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The real story behind Britain's withdrawal from Zimbabwe's land reform: Exposing corruption and mismanagement
AS SOUTHERN Africa approaches another 'SADC Anti-Sanctions Day,' the Zimbabwean government is once again amplifying the narrative that economic sanctions, particularly from Western countries like the ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:37hrs | 875 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe opens rail network to private companies
The National Railways of Zimbabwe has opened its network up to private players, including a unit of South Africa's Grindrod, as it seeks to boost freight volumes that had collapsed after decades of un...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 13:07hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC hopes election will break Zanu-PF stranglehold
Zimbabweans vote next week in an election many hope could end the country's lengthy economic crisis, but those expectations are tempered by concerns that the contest is skewed in favour of a party tha...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
On inflation Mthuli Ncube must listen to Chinamasa and Gono, 'in the know' advised Moyo. A very sick joke.
Professor Jonathan Moyo would be fountain of wisdom if only his contributions are not more often than not laced with propaganda, lies and damned lies whose sole purpose is to poison the mind. ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Western countries block Zimbabwe's readmission into Commonwealth?
Zimbabwe has accused western countries of blocking its bid to rejoin the Commonwealth bloc.The late former President Mugabe pulled the country out of the Commonwealth in 2003 after he was crit...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth readmisison 'not priority right now'
Re-joining the Commonwealth is not Zimbabwe's priority right now, a spokesman for President Emmerson Mnangagwa said.Zimbabwe had been expected to apply for readmission into the club of former ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 09:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe flies British fighter jets again despite sanctions
Zimbabwe's Air Force has mysteriously found parts for its grounded Hawk fighter jets - 21 years after Britain imposed a crippling arms embargo.Four BAE Hawk jets took part in a fly-past during...Published: 01 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe a nation or just a country?
THE question is often asked "Where did Zimbabwe go wrong?" but it is not necessarily a helpful question. Any attempt to pin down what has gone wrong to one single factor like corruption or bad governa...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:06hrs | 16 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Major boost for Zimbabwean exporters to Europe
ZIMBABWEAN exporters will now enjoy preferential tariffs on their exports to European markets after a new policy, the European Union-East and Southern Africa (EU-ESA) interim Economic Partnership Agre...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Uganda: What Nelson Chamisa can learn from Bobi Wine
Yesterday two despots shared the same birthday - that is one Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa from Zimbabwe and the other being Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from Uganda. Despite old age, these two brothers in de...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Leonardo Makuya
Trump nails Mnangagwa?
The United States of America has released yet another damning report on Zimbabwe - observing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government continues to fail to capitalise on the goodwill that was pre...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's TSP could resolve most of Zimbabwe's structural problems, says US
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's reforms anchored on his short-term policy, the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) could resolve most of Zimbabwe's structural problems, his most vocal foreign cr...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
'Compensating white farmers is an obligation' said Mnangagwa - bribe and last throw of the dice
"Zimbabwe was proceeding with the compensation of former commercial farmers who were displaced during the country's agrarian reform despite growing criticism against the policy, President Emerson Mnan...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 17:17hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Desperate Chamisa now wants a transitional govt
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday proposed a transitional government for the country, which he said would resolve the issue of legitimacy and have sufficient buy-in from Zimbabweans to deal...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
How Zimbabwe's first election after Mugabe went wrong
Zimbabwe's July 30 elections were meant to be a new beginning for a nation driven to its knees during two decades of misrule by the autocratic Robert Mugabe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took off...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 18:12hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg
'Mugabe is a kiss of death'
The maxim that there are no permanent friends in politics has never been truer than in Zimbabwe, where historic elections took place last week.The polls were the first without Robert Mugabe - ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
Mnangagwa rally ends in chaos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally was yesterday marred by violence after ruling party youths and soldiers tried to stop people from streaming out of the venue before the Zanu-PF leader finished his...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should vote wisely
As Zimbabweans go to the polls in less than four months, it is important that voters are reminded of how a once prosperous country was brought to its knees through gross economic mismanagement....Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Harry Peter Wilson
How Mnangagwa fooled Mugabe
In his desperation to get his story out, former president Robert Mugabe unwittingly revealed on Thursday how he had long lost control of teh army, this presenting a perfect opportunity for those disen...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I saved Mnangagwa,' claims Mugabe
Former President Robert Mugabe says he saved President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the noose during the liberation struggle. Mugabe speaks for the first time after he was ousted in a coup last November no...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Mugabe never thought Mnangagwa would turn against him
Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe said he never thought new President Emmerson Mnangagwa would turn against him and denounced Mnangagwa's move to oust him last year as a coup, in an interview bro...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 20:14hrs | | by reuter
Land Reform And Indigenisation Blunder To Cost Mnangagwa State House
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, risks having his presidency short-lived and turned to just but a flash in the pan, due to political errors on his new land reform and black empowerment policy stance, a c...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe, Nancy Mabaya, Malvin Motsi and Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa drops hint military chief set for vice presidency
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave his clearest signal yet on Tuesday that he would appoint as vice president the military leader who led the de facto coup that ousted former leader...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 20:09hrs | | by Reuters
Military muscles into first post-Mugabe Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed senior military officials to top posts in his first Cabinet on Friday in what is widely seen as a reward for the army's role in the removal of his predecessor, R...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe politicians plot post-Mugabe reforms
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I‘M THE...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Joe Brock, Ed Cropley
Mugabe's fall from Grace
After 37 years of absolute power, the reign of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was last evening coming to a close as the military walked into the executive space he has ruled with impunity....Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by John Kamau
Tsvangirai opens door for fired Mnangagwa
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is keeping his options open in the wake of former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dismissal from Zanu-PF and government by keeping the door wide open for a possible al...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'UK's calamitous strategy' led to Mnangagwa's downfall, says Oxford University Lecturer
"There are several reasons why Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe fired his Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 6 November. Many were likely to do with ZANU-PF infighting over who will eventually suc...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC-T rejects post-Mugabe coalition deal-making
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Wednesday it had no plans to join factions of the ruling ZANU-PF party to form a national unity coalition after the eventual death of...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Thomson Reuters
Mnangagwa and a plan to rebuild Zimbabwe after Mugabe
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I'M THE B...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 15:12hrs | 1 | by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley
Why don't many British tourists visit Victoria Falls?
In August 1934, a memorial statue to one of Britain's greatest national heroes, David Livingstone, was unveiled alongside his beloved Victoria Falls.A thousand people attended the grand ceremo...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 17:10hrs | 1 | by Mark Easton
Deja vu, MDC ignore 1000s warnings BVR will not stop rigging - bombarded with zillion warnings
When Tsvangirai told his supporters in Gweru that the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits from China would stop Zanu PF rigging the elections next year the official MDC-T position was that Zan...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 22:21hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Malema pleads with Mugabe to step down with immediate effect
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has once again said President Robert Mugabe must step down, as he accused the long-time ruler of destroying the little left of his legacy by clinging on t...Published: 27 May 2017 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe 100% right on land,' says Malema - we are starving in the Garden of Eden
Africa's greatest curse is that we have too many people of little intellect in positions of power and authority and they have dragged the continent from one blunder into another from one act of sheer ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 20:44hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Macron win puts Mugabe's age on spotlight
The election of 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron as new France president has ignited fresh debate on social media on President Robert Mugabe whose party confirmed him as its candidate for the next presiden...Published: 11 May 2017 at 11:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Opposition alliance raises regime change prospects'
Zimbabwe's opposition political parties announced an alliance last week to fight next year's presidential and parliamentary elections against President Robert Mugabe and his long-ruling Zanu-P...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T call for 'nationwide demos' over BVS kits - decoy, Zanu PF will still rig elections regardless
As a nation, we have not paid much attention on who we elected into positions of power and authority, first it was President Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs and then it was Morgan Tsvangirai and his inco...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mutambara resigned over 'breach of sacred democratic values - dismissal of Mujuru: how insulting
Some people never learn; especially the hypocrites who are renowned for their every selective view of life, they see only what they want to see and filters out the rest. If you do not learn from the p...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 22:46hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Makarau's 'station-specific' voting is as sadistic as Afrikaners' 'right to starve' to Biko
For those of us old enough to have lived through the years of white colonial oppression and exploitation one of the things the whites loved doing was to take a serious concern of the blacks and mockin...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 20:55hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
A dictator is but a boisterous tail wagging the dog - cut it off and save the dog
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown is NOT as difficult and intractable as some people, especially our political leaders with a hidden agenda, would have us believe. What these confusion(ists) are doing ...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 20:45hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
British medical centre run by Zimbabwean doctor closed
A medical centre in Nottingham run by a black Zimbabwean doctor has been closed. Zimbabwean exiles have staged repeated demonstrations outside the clinic in protest at the doctor’s violent seizure o...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by ZimVigil
Mugabe would have scrapped indigenisation law but not for the reckless gambler in him
Mugabe enacted the indigenisation law to please his very demanding but wasteful Zanu PF cronies. Sadly, the law is bad for business. After years of economic decline without gaining anything by the cro...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 08:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Boisterous war vets abandon demo - proof, without Mugabe cajoling, they are not thugs
"Boisterous fighters of the liberation struggle had to abandon their planned demonstration yesterday, which was meant to show support of their embattled leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa, as well as stop...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'State of our Union is strong,' said President Obama - lack of same qualities has made Zim weak
"Sixty years ago, when the Russians beat us into space, we didn't deny Sputnik was up there," admitted President Barack Obama in his 7th and last State Of The Union Statement."We didn't argue ...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 20:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Minister Zhuwao to explain indigenisation law to SA investors - but to what end and purpose!
“Newly-appointed Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao will next week headline the Zimbabwe Mining and Tax Law Market Briefing 2015 in South Africa where he is expected to clarify the country's emp...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 16:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Jabulani Sibanda admit regime change is now a certainty!
The Zanu-PF war vet thug leader, Jabulani Sibanda, who earned notoriety for intimidating, beating, raping and suspected murders of innocent Zimbabweans in the pursuit of Mugabe and Zanu-PF's singular ...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 12:16hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe was charming and defiant on a state visit to SA
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has launched a withering attack on Tony Blair over his handling of the country's land reform programme, declaring: "Blair, Blair, who was he? Just the prime minister of Britain...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Agencies
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