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Origins of the Gukurahundi philosophy
The philosophy of Gukurahundism, as articulated by George Mkwananzi in FIGHT or PERISH, is rooted in a complex web of ethnic fears, historical grievances, and political ambitions that shaped the traje...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 20:06hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Why Botswana's shift has Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF on edge
As the region and the continent at large continue to digest the outcome of the recent Botswana elections and their ramifications reverberate across borders, a bigger debate is unfolding on the changin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1253 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 394 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25198 | by Nomazulu Thata
Dr John Hlophe's election to the JSC is most feared by neoliberals
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed the appointment of Umkhonto weSizwe's parliamentary chief whip to represent the National Assembly in the Judicial Service Commission - the primary body...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 09:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between Kenya and Zimbabwe's social, economic, and political disturbances
We want to believe that the demonstrations in Kenya just happened overnight. The Gene Zs went on a rampage assisted by criminals. To framing them so thin, is to trivialize a genuine revolution that wa...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 23:08hrs | 37 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mr Kudzai Mutisi, the German 'Economic wonder' after the WW2 had multiple favourable factors!
I am writing this article as a reply to your article you wrote last week: My article is not in any way or form critiquing your own but including factors that must be known, but, however, adding to wha...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
A doomed holiday for unrepentant genocidaires!
We shall always remember the 21st of February as a doomed and diabolic holiday which has been set aside by the unrepentant genocidaires for openly celebrating the physical Gukurahundi genocide, which ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:34hrs | 10 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General for Freedom Alliance)
Our feelings matter too
I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to be a volunteer at an online free teen support hotline last year. It was a place where young individuals could seek solace, guidance, and a listeni...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:29hrs | 12 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Mnangagwa doing such a great job then why try so hard to convince Zimbabweans?
Those who know me personally are aware that I am not easily deceived. The secret is that, possibly due to my introvert nature, I analyze and scrutinize any given situation more than what may o...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:56hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe opposition should capitalize on ZANU PF glaring weaknesses and insecurities
If ever I have come across a weak and spineless entity - standing on shaky ground, that can cave in at anytime - then, the ruling ZANU PF perfectly fits that category.And, the party is fully a...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa charms armed forces with title deed promises
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised decent wages, improved living conditions and title deeds for the country's security forces if his party forms a future government...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC project exposes Chamisa's poor political pedigree
For the past week the adherence of the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, some interested distant watchers and anti-Government elements have been head over heels in excitement.This follows Cha...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa, is Zimbabwe a sovereign state or a pariah, failed state?
What is sovereign about Zimbabwe whose government fails to give its people basics such as food securities for all, good education for all, basic health facilities, good all-weather roads, water & ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 11:48hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabweans' fear of their oppressors makes them an attractive magnet for dictators!
I have often wondered whether Zimbabweans were the easiest people to oppress on this planet.I once even wrote any article, some years ago, postulating that Zimbabweans themselves were the main...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:45hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Inevitably Zimbabwe is next!
This is the painful truth we dread to talk about in Zimbabwe consideration the South African volatile situation. Realizing that the unrest taking place in South Africa are poverty induced, lock-down-i...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Jacob Zuma's jail case was a golden opportunity: a catalyst to real issues
Criminals have taken a golden opportunity to hide behind another criminal who disdained the nation's constitution he once presided. Chinua Achebe writes about corruption in Nigeria's early independenc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 18 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mbeki criticises ANC and Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership
Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership and the ANC's governance of the country.In an interview, Mbeki said with the government's deployment of t...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left shell shocked by ED's achievements
The policies and programs of Zimbabwean government under ZANU PF wield enormous influence on National development progress and the ultimate goal towards 2030 vision. Despite the little manoeuvring spa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Writing my suicide note: Dambudzo Mnangagwa is inside us!
It is suicidal to critique the Mthwakazi parties in as much as to condemn infiltration by the Mnangagwa CIOs in Matabeleland. What I read in New Zimbabwe.com causes concern to those who are carefully ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 08:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
How your business can benefit from OCR technology
Optical Character Recognition or Optical Character Reader is the electronic and mechanical conversion of the image typed into machine-encoded text. OCR is a field of research in pattern recogn...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:03hrs | 23 | by Staff Writer
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 10 | by Nomazulu Thata
UK to curb food insecurities for Zimbabwe urban
Zimbabwe is going to receive part of the global package being pledged by the UK to provide food, and nutrition to citizens in the urban areas, Zim w...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:44hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Petition to deport Tytan from UK goes viral
A petition to deport singer Tytan from the UK has gone viral online.This follows after Tytan broke up with Olinda with both parties claiming domestic abuse against the other.In a live ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:19hrs | 3 | by Staff
ARVs shortage hits Bulawayo
SOME people living with HIV in Bulawayo are failing to access antiretroviral (ARV) drugs due to shortages in the city blamed on distribution inefficiencies as Government says the country has adequate ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu corruption saga deepens
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu is a victim of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's insecurities about an impending coup that might remove him from power it has emerged. A highly pl...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 13:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans in make-up craze
Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face.While fashion trends have always been borrowed from oth...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4 | by Cindy Munyavi
Mnangagwa politically insecure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has on at least two occasions publicly accused Zanu-PF of working against him.At a healing and reconciliation workshop for winning and losing Zanu-PF primary elect...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Corruption damaging Zimbabwe recovery
TRANSPARENCY International's 2017 corruption perception index ranked Zimbabwe number 157 out of 180 countries. Using a scale of 0 to 100 (where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean), Zimbabwe has...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Paddington Masamha
You are putting women and children in Mathebeleland at risk Israel Dube
Your article in Bulawayo24 on the 5th of August is a cause to be concerned about if one comes from this region. It felt as if you are already threatening war against the Mnangagwa regime. Did you and ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
This sermon is about Grace Mugabe
THIS sermon is about Grace. I mean Grace Mugabe, the former First Lady. She needs a lot of grace. And I repeat for the umpteenth time, Operation Restore Legacy remains an unfinished project. Operation...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa nothing more than a conman
The simplified definition of a conman is a man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. This is the best description anyon...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:45hrs | | by Charles Motsi
Open Letter to Chamisa - Tribal perception will destroy you!
Dear Chamisa Be wary of falling into the same pitfalls as the elderly Lacoste gang led by leader Mnangagwa.Please bear in mind that the party you lead, MDC-T is a national party that g...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Ndaba Nhuku
We want to win all the Mthwakazi seats, says Ngulube
Mthwakazi Republic Party Vice President Presia Ngulube has poured out her heart concerning her political venture, which saw her land on the Vice Presidency of the party which has been labelled a seces...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe, Mnangagwa's costly sideshow
Barely four years after they hounded then vice-president Joice Mujuru out of government and Zanu-PF on spurious allegations of witchcraft and treason, President Robert Mugabe and his wife are at it ag...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman bites hubby's hand, hubby 'escapes' to parents’ house
IT'S hot in hell's kitchen!A woman beat up and bit her husband's hand during an infidelity row and now she regrets her actions because he has hit the road.Nkululeko Mhlanga left his ma...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition lacks internal democracy
Zanu-PF'S 2018 campaign is slowly gathering momentum. In a few months, it will be all systems go at every level. This will kick in what is considered the primary election season for the party. When do...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
President Lungu must reject attempts by rogue bishops to set him on a feud with Prophet Bushiri
For nearly a month now, Prophet Bushiri and his Enlightened Christian Gathering Church have been the recipients of attack after attack from an orgy of Bishops in Zambia, who first called a whole press...Published: 25 May 2017 at 15:05hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa (News24)
Racism and prejudice, my personal encounters
Racism is a difficult and heavy subject to discuss, more so immediately after having such a beautiful holiday. My wife bears me witness, we had a lovely time in Hersonissos. Walking on the edges of th...Published: 24 May 2017 at 11:02hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Lupane is now a liberated Area: All stuff and nonsense!
I would like to repeat it again; it is the figment of your own imagination to say Lupane is now a liberated area. You are tugged up there in the UK and very safe. To declare a liberated zone far away ...Published: 21 May 2017 at 14:01hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
President Robert Mugabe to award Dr Grace Mugabe with another doctorate
The leadership of President Robert Mugabe is generally viewed as a dictatorship. Political history informs us that dictators have a propensity to hand over power within their family circles. The obtai...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 21:48hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Independence Day once again
One would ask why the day has any significance. If we NOT celebrating Independence why even take note of the day.Sadly we must do so, because of what it was meant to be. This day our grandfath...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 23:32hrs | | by Sipho Sibanda
April 18th is coming: Wish Wilfred Mhanda: Dzino had lived to see these developments unfolding!
For those of us who have lived in Germany we know how the German system itself loathes the loyalty to one individual: individual loyalty should go to the nation, its constitution and its flag. The "De...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
How I got 16 As. . . Genius' recipe for brilliance
I remember the doubt and insecurities I felt when our Head, Mr Gombera and Deputy Head, Mr. Gwenda asked me whether I could sit for 16 subjects.I asked myself whether I was making the right de...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:50hrs | | by Nqobani Khoza, L6 Rusununguko High School
Linda Masarira: She got a healthy dose of beating!
Those are the words of Journalist Maynard Manyowa' yesterday's article about Linda on the 16th January on Bulawayo 24. This description Maynard of a physically mutilated woman, gender violence is nast...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
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