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Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, realit...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:35hrs | 3044 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Elon Musk announces creation of new political party in USA
Elon Musk unveiled plans on Saturday to establish a new political party, vowing to "give freedom back to the people" and accusing America's elites of running the country into the ground.In a p...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 13:56hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: 'We refused to be lured by trappings of power' - Why did you fail to implement even one token reform in 25 years?
The people of Zimbabwe have risked livelihoods, limbs and even their lives (over 500 were murdered by Zanu PF during the 2008 presidential run-off alone) to elect MDC/CCC leaders not power on the unde...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 19:57hrs | 815 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's third term bid is worsening the suffering of Zimbabweans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambition to extend his stay in power beyond the constitutional two-term limit has taken center stage in Zimbabwean politics, overshadowing the real issues plaguing the c...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 00:59hrs | 307 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Eddies Cross insists Mnangagwa won 2023 elections, defying SADC. Americans sussed out MDC leaders are 'flawed' back in 2007!
Mr Eddie Cross, former MDC MP and confidant of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai reiterated his claim on Denny J Show that Mnangagwa won the 2018 and 2023 Zimbabwe elections. This is an outrage!Com...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:15hrs | 1090 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube sheds buckets of crocodile tears over 'disputed elections'! Disputed by who; certainly not him!
When I was in High School; many, many moons ago; the high light of the year was a College Ball. The Master of Ceremony one year was X (real name withheld to protect the guilty as charged), a pompous g...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1500 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa taking over SADC chairmanship a travesty'
ANC of Ramaphosa ranked 16th most corrupt organisation worldwideIOLCorruption indexes around the world aim to measure the most corrupt businesses, non-profit organisations, and even political ...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 07:09hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is responsible for scuttling development in rural areas!
Forty-four years after Zimbabwe attained her independence, rural areas are still largely as backward as they were under colonial rule. Nothing much to write about, in terms of development, has...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe is a failed state in dire need of democratic reforms. We must stop Mnangagwa 'cementing' the dictatorship
Dictators live in their own cloud cuckoo-land world in which they, characteristically, see and hear only what THEY want to see and hear. It is no surprise therefore that Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is now at...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 22:49hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 153 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZIMRA measures to restore value chain integrity utter insensitive, says former Senator
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu from Nkayi has described the measures recently announced by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) meant to protect value chains integrity, issued in...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 19:19hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe is a failed state because of 'a parasitic ruling elite' admitted Chamisa, junior parasite with the anaesthetic and para
"A UNITY DAY is meaningless unless and until it is driven by Unity values and UNITY POLITICS undergirded by a unity of direction, singleness of national purpose and a preponderance of patriotic duty a...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 10:01hrs | 16 | by Wilbert Mukori
A sad Christmas present from clueless Mthuli Ncube
The just presented 2024 budget by Prof Mthuli Ncube has left Zimbabweans in shock. This is the worst budget ever produced by minister of Finance since independence and the colonial era.It has ...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 10:39hrs | 15 | by Leonard Koni
'CCC is not perfect but doing its best fighting Zanu PF.' Hell bent on making silk purse out sow's ear
In the good old days of Short Wave Radio, you could always tell if someone knew how to tune the radio or not. Smart Alec would waste time and the battery fidgeting with the "Fine" tune knob when it is...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 21:12hrs | 15 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Disputed polls worsening voter apathy,' Stop using sticky band-aid to fix broken limb - vote rigging
"Disputed polls to worsen voter apathy" proclaimed Bulawayo 24 headline. "The frequency of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the most recent being the August 23 polls, will discourage more regis...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sarah Masiyiwa honoured in the UK
SARAH Masiyiwa, the daughter of Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi Masiyiwa, has expressed her delight after being honoured as one of the brightest and most promising individua...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
'Can't continue to subject povo to sham elections to have their hopes crushed' argued Biti. He's doing exactly that, yet again
Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed in that Zanu PF was forced to show the world the sicken depths of depravity the regime would go to hang on to power. Before the 2008 elections, Zanu ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The untold anguish Mnangagwa has caused Zimbabweans!
I have seen my fair share of adults being driven to tears due to the unbearable suffering brought upon them by the Zimbabwe government.I would rather quickly forget some of these incidents, on...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 08:59hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!
There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZACC probes council over US$57m software scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now investigating the US$200 million that Harare City Council cannot account for to the Auditor-General and has also launched a specific investigation...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I'm working for investor-friendly environment" insist Mnangagwa. Watch again Al Jazeera Gold Mafia. I rest my case!
The spirit is willing, but the intellect is weak! "Zimbabwe is open for business!" is the most enduring thing President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ever said since taking over from the late Robert ...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
You can't 'negotiate' for reforms with a criminal government!
Here is a picture. Let us say, for instance, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa - in her press conference a week ago, responding to the Gold Mafia exposé being aired by Al Jazeera - had s...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Impeach Mnangagwa over gold mafia!' No, focus on denying him legitimacy and all else will follow!
Team Pachedu have done excellent work in the fight for free, fair and credible elections. However in calling for Mnangagwa to be impeached over the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia expose, they are losing the pl...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 17:29hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Spectre of Zanu PF thugs rigging party primaries underlines folly of participating in 2023 without even verified voters' roll
"Matsotsi haagerani!" (Crooks do not cut each other's hair!) so goes the Shona adage. Meaning it is one thing the crooks playing their mischief on the unsuspecting public, when one of them is the vict...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:36hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Forget elections, go out in the street!' argue Mapfumo. Protesting what? It's CCC who is hell bent in participating in flawed e
"Zimbabweans must understand who they are really dealing with, [President Emmerson] Mnangagwa took over power from (Robert) Mugabe in an unconstitutional manner and he will never let go of that power ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF is rigging 2023, it's normal and CCC must be hard-hat equipped for it!' It's insane and must be stopped, now
In an interview with AFP Nelson Chamisa admitted that Zimbabwe's electoral process has "always attracted controversy" and is "littered with rigging, manipulation" and it is his reaction that we should...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 16:54hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'CCC will win big 2023!' bombardment is relentless. Real challenge, educate povo to know it's all wishful thinking
"2023 IS A YEAR FOR CHANGE. 2023 brings hope, dignity and prosperity.May this year be the year Zimbabwe becomes free, happy and prosperous. This time Citizens will WIN BIG & celebrate BIG....Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:11hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Does the current water shedding mean a broken system in the BCC?
This year so far has not only been struck by the long hours of load shedding but water is being cut constantly with people having to go at least 72 hours ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 07:03hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimbabwe unemployment, education system not directly linked
IN the Wednesday edition of NewsDay we carried a story in which some of our college student leaders were frothing at the mouth over the failure by many of the students to get employment soon after gra...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Even a five year old can tell that Mnangagwa has failed!
I remember when my son was still a little child, in the early 2000s, whereby we had to give him millions of Zimbabwe dollars to buy sweets and 'freezits' ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'CCC will win the 2023 elections' Need a reality check here, especially after 42 years of rigged elections
"Our motive is clear, we want to win the 2023 Presidential Election. Let it be known that Chigumba cannot stop the wave of change, said CCC Task Force Com...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 21:27hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZESA and government corruption and incompetence to blame for perennial power challenges in Zimbabwe
As I write this article, I am preparing for a scheduled eight-hour power outage - from 08:00 to 17:00 hours - and, as can be seen, translates into an enti...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa endorsed Zim's Commonwealth readmission regardless 2023 elections are being rigged - his 'Easy Street' down payment
The important thing is Chamisa has endorsed Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonwealth before the 2023 elections, in his usual long winded and confused way.Chamisa and his CCC team met the C...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa and co are hell ben on participating in flawed 2023 elections out of greed - pure and simple
Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends are hell bent on participating in these 2023 elections just as they have done in 2013 and 2018. They are after the few gravy train seats Zanu PF is giving away as ba...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:25hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
Only a revolution not the ballot can remove Mnangagwa!
As President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa consolidates his grip on power, and openly creating parallel structures intended to entrench him as Zimbabwe's FÃ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Peace Marangwanda
'ICT Min Chamisa reduce US$200 SIM card price to 50c in 1 month' - yet he plus MDC PM, 2 Deputy PM, 26 Min, 110 MPs, etc. implem
"When @nelsoncha became Minister of ICT, a mobile phone SIM card was US$200 in Zimbabwe due to the incompetence and looting of Zanu PF.It took Chamisa less than a month to bring the price of a SIM...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 11:46hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa finally proves 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe' a big fat lie!
I have always asserted to my friends that, as much as state media is an insufferable drag to read or watch - due to the pathetic and disgraceful substandard work - but, most of the Zimbabwe regime's l...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:31hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean politicians must walk their peace talk
THE recent rise in hate speech spewed on a daily basis by politicians and the attendant violence that has gripped the nation provide grim prospects for peace in the coming elections.President ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is mortgaging Zimbabwe for a song!' complained Biti - true but who is facilitating looting
When Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF got into power in 1980, he proclaimed mass prosperity, "Gutsa ruzhinji!", in Shona. He was convinced he would achieve that by spending, spending and spending....Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There's no one better placed to educate our children over ED regime abysmal failures than parents!
The opportunity to help our children with their learning, especially in light of the more demanding CALA (continuous assessment learning activity) curriculum - which requires much research and analyti...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:13hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'2013 elections were so flawed, so illegal withdraw was the only logical step' - today it's only sane step
"Zanu PF has won the Masvingo West ward 21 by-election," reported Zimeye."Sources in the ward spoke of intimidation of voters and rampant rigging by Zanu PF."What is really infuriating is thes...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by P Guramatunhu
Will 11 SADC leaders ask Rwanda CHOGM 2022 to follow them and lower election standard to readmit Zimbabwe
Rwanda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 next week, 20 to 25 June 2022. President Mnangagwa has, no doubt, been lobbying hard for Zimbabwe to be re-admitted to the C...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 14 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MSU's skewed retrenchment scheme backfires
Midlands State University (MSU) faces a massive staff exodus after implementing a skewed and controversial employee voluntary retrenchment scheme, which was unexpectedly oversubscribed leaving the ins...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
There is no my vote is my secret, 'Death leaves no track record, voters do!' boasted Mnangagwa
"SaBuku pamberi, (Zanu PF) district chairman shure navanhu, councillor aripovo. Kwava kunovota." (Village headman will be in front, (Zanu PF) district chairman behind with the people and the local cou...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
It's the economy, stupid!
Eons ago, in Bishop Lazi's village, there lived a pint-sized legend who was known far and wide.Everyone always surmised — and with good reason too — he had inherited the worst biological q...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zanu-PF scoffs at Chiwenga, Mnangagwa rift
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu on Saturday claimed that there was no rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.Mpofu made the remarks at a...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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