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Did Geza hype fail?
Those of us who have been following Zimbabwe political protests from the 1980s would know why the Geza hype was not going to be a complete success. The Geza hype partly failed because of a number of i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 706 | by Ndaba M. Nhuku
Arresting protesters in Zimbabwe exposes an Illegitimate government that fears its own people
Fear breeds monsters, and these monsters, in turn, seek to instil fear in others.Those who seek to instil fear in others are often the most fearful themselves.The recent arrests of at ...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 16:58hrs | 314 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Haunted family should take traditional route'
Traditional healers have expressed concern over the plight of the Dzapasi family, whose haunting by goblins was featured on Tilder Live last week. While the story of supernatural disturbances in the f...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 11:35hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
The abuse of freedoms and upending of Constitutional order
THE freedoms of expression, assembly, and association are fundamental human rights, essential for the flourishing of democratic societies.However, these rights are not absolute, and their limi...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 332 | by Nick Mangwana
Zanu-PF condemns social media abuse
The ZANU-PF Midlands Provincial Co-ordinating Committee (PCC) has strongly condemned the misuse of social media, warning citizens to be vigilant against individuals attempting to destabilise the count...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:38hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
BornFreesforED condemn planned protests
The BornFreesforED movement has strongly criticized calls for protests in Zimbabwe, describing them as reckless and counter-revolutionary acts that serve no genuine purpose except to advance neo-colon...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:26hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Chirumanzu chieftainship wrangle takes unexpected turn
The ongoing Chirumanzu chieftaincy dispute has taken a dramatic turn, with opponents of Abraham Nyamande's nomination for the chiefdom filing an urgent High Court application to halt his installation....Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:46hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's intolerance to demonstrations is what threatens peace and stability in Zimbabwe
Democracy in Zimbabwe is now in the intensive care unit! In any genuine democracy, demonstrations are a normal and indispensable part of life. They are a visible, collective, and power...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 12:13hrs | 670 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who benefits from Zanu-PF infighting?
In the past 48 hours, Zimbabwe's political landscape has been rocked by the deepening infighting within the ruling Zanu-PF party, with the removal of key military figure Lieutenant-General Anselem San...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:37hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ruto to set terms of reference for DRC mediation panel
Consultations are underway to set a date for a high-level briefing between Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his East African Community (EAC)...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Fact-Checking Blessed Geza
A few days ago, war veteran Blessed Geza released a reckless and inflammatory video on YouTube, packed with baseless accusations and outright fabrications all in a desperate attempt to incite unrest....Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:03hrs | 5030 | by John Mbizvo
A Step in the Right Direction, but Long Overdue
Zimbabwe's higher education sector has been plagued by a silent but dangerous crisis, the rampant issuance and use of fraudulent qualifications. It is, therefore, commendable that the Zimbabwe C...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 20:55hrs | 746 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Will Zimbabweans answer Blessed Geza's call for protest?
As Zimbabwe approaches March 31, 2025, the nation faces a pivotal moment. Blessed Geza, a controversial war veteran and former ZANU-PF insider, has called for an uprising against President Emmerson Mn...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 17:31hrs | 2590 | by Nomalizwe Mbulu
Is it legal to keep US$70,000 cash at home in Zimbabwe?
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has experienced an alarming increase in armed robbery cases, with criminals specifically targeting individuals and businesses that keep large amounts of cash at their premise...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 09:58hrs | 778 | by Staff writer
Bulawayo City Council orders pushcart ban to restore order
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced the immediate relocation of all vendors operating along 5th Avenue to designated vending sites, in line with a Government directive aimed at restoring ord...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:53hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Biden's pardons 'void and vacant', says Trump
US President Donald Trump has claimed that pardons signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, lack legal force, alleging they were never properly considered and authorized.Shortly before leaving of...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 15:21hrs | 1303 | by Staff reporter
PSC dismisses fake news on teacher deployment announcement
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has urged stakeholders to disregard false reports circulating on social media claiming that a new deployment policy targeting teachers has been implemented....Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 14:54hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Power struggle hit Harare Zanu PF structures
FORMER Zanu PF Harare South lawmaker, Shadreck Mashayamombe is allegedly being persecuted for posing a huge threat to Goodwills Masimirembwa's Harare provincial chairmanship in the ruling party's ongo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 1460 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF suspensions linked to fight for province's top post
Former Zanu-PF Harare South lawmaker Shadreck Mashayamombe has become the latest casualty in the growing factional infighting within the ruling party, which has been further fueled by a campaign to ex...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:31hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo family challenges appointment of regent Chief Mabhikwa in Court
Some members of the Khumalo family have approached the High Court of Zimbabwe to challenge the appointment of Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa. The dispute follows her introduction ceremony las...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 20:27hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
The Notorious and Dubious State of ZIFA Southern Region: A Call for Immediate Reform and Accountability
The state of football administration in the ZIFA Southern Region is nothing short of a disgrace. What was once a promising platform for nurturing talent and fostering the growth of the beautiful game ...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 17:53hrs | 557 | by Ezra Tshisa
Whether one calls it a third term or a term extension, it's the same: an illegitimate attempt to prolong power
The riddles continue in an attempt to hoodwink the people of Zimbabwe. The ruling ZANU-PF National Political Commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, yesterday sought to reframe the increasingly contro...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 13:46hrs | 257 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
200 houses in Harare face demolition
Two hundred houses and properties, including two opulent mansions near the National Heroes Acre, were illegally built on land reserved for the Harare Drive expansion project and now face demolition, T...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:30hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Top cop accused of extorting business community
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has initiated an investigation into Superintendent Elizabeth Chipfakacha following serious allegations of extortion and illicit activities raised by the Masvingo bus...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:29hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1671 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tshabangu's court gamble on brink of failure as Welshman Ncube exposes his lies
In a last-ditch attempt to cling to power, Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-imposed "Interim Secretary General" of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rushed to court seeking an interdict to block...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 14:13hrs | 951 | by George Tshuma
Stop dismissing and arresting everyone who criticises the president
45 years on, Zimbabwe is perhaps the only country where even the Vice President cannot publicly declare an ambition to be the next President without facing severe consequences. Under Robert Mugabe's r...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:32hrs | 686 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Beware of bogus charitable organizations and rogue individuals soliciting money in the guise of charity
In recent times, many people have fallen victim to fraudulent individuals, organizations, and groups that masquerade as legitimate charitable entities in order to solicit funds from the public. These ...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:22hrs | 104 | by Njabulo
Open Campaigning for ZANU-PF Leadership
Be it VP or the people decide, the remarks by Mabel Chinomona, ZANU-PF Women's League boss, will spark discussions about leadership transitions and democratic participation within the ruling party. As...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1781 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Forty-Five Years On: The Bitter Aftertaste of a forced colonial marriage
On the Fast Lane to 2030: Awakening the African Mindset Forty-five years ago, the Great Republic of Zimbabwe emerged from the suffocating grip of a forc...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 16:34hrs | 722 | by Maxwell Haitengeswinyika Teedzai
Mnangagwa's attempts at portraying Zimbabwe and Cuba as 'sanctions victims' is absurd as Havana succeeds where Harare fails
The Zimbabwe regime appears unable to stop ridiculing itself on the global stage.The recent visit to Zimbabwe by the President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of Sta...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 16:29hrs | 899 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There should never be anything criminal about criticising the president
Why is the Zimbabwe government at war with its own citizens?The recent arrest of journalist Blessed Mhlanga following his interview with war veteran and ZANU-PF Central Committee member Blesse...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:16hrs | 1437 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The weaponization of the law and relentless persecution of dissent in Zimbabwe's 'Second Republic'
THE persecution never appears to end. The recent arrest of and denial of bail to renowned journalist Blessed Mhlanga has brought a disturbing trend in Zimbabwe to the fore. Since the a...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:09hrs | 358 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe media must not agitate for illegal regime change
Advocating for the overthrow of a democratically elected government falls outside the bounds of media freedom, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr. Jenfan Muswere said yesterd...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:54hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hear Tshabangu's appeal against CCC expulsion
The High Court in Harare is set to hear an appeal on Thursday afternoon by expelled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general, Senator Sengezo Tshabangu, challenging his removal fr...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 09:14hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Residents decry surge in sex work in Bulawayo CBD
Residents of Ward 1 in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) are sounding the alarm over the increasing presence of sex workers between 8th and 9th Avenue and along Lobengula Street, expressing c...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
ZINEF condemns arrest and detention of Blessed Mhlanga
The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) has strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist and HStv presenter Blessed Mhlanga, describing it as an attack on ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 19:47hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi's PhD raises red flags
In December 2015, former Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Walter Mzembi proudly declared that he had earned a PhD from Aldersgate University College. However, the United Kingdom investigative unit Dug Up h...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 11:18hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Why Transparency International’s flagship Corruption Index falls short
For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 234 | by Alex Cobham
Zimbabwe Defence Industries removed from EU sanctions
THE European Union Council has removed the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) from its restrictive measures imposed in 2002, but maintained its embargo on arms and equipment that could be utilised for ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:55hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tightens social media control amid internal dissent
Zanu-PF has introduced a new social media policy requiring the authorisation of party WhatsApp groups by leadership as part of efforts to regulate internal communication and curb dissenting voices....Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 05:57hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
'You're remotely controlled, I'll switch off main socket,' Tshabangu tells panel
Senator Sengezo Tshabangu has promised to deal with the invisible hand behind his party's discord through switching off the main (invisible) political con...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 03:41hrs | 3514 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Edmund Kudzayi responds to Kenneth Sharpe accusations
Statement in Response to False Accusations by Mr Kenneth Sharpe (recordings in tweet below)It has come to my attention that Mr Kenneth Sharpe has fabri...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 11:44hrs | 749 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Court reinstates gold mine shareholder's rights
The High Court has overturned a decision by minority shareholders of Botha Gold Mine to remove Themba Hlongwane from his position, bringing a close to a contentious boardroom coup that had sparked a f...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:39hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diplomat defrauded of US$1.3 million in international scam
Interpol London has confirmed that Richard Kaye, the alleged mastermind behind an elaborate investment scam that defrauded the late Zimbabwean diplomat Ambassador Hurudza Punungwe and his wife of US$1...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:35hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judges slam greedy leadership
High Court judges Justices Munamato Mutevedzi and Naison Chivayo have condemned corrupt and self-serving leadership while upholding the conviction and sentence of former Victoria Falls mayor Somveli D...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:15hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Bishop-cum-land barron up for US$80k fraud
A Bishop at Emmanuel Global Church, Emmanuel Muzondi (49), appeared in court on Tuesday facing allegations of defrauding a local businessman, Lovemore Pasipamire, of US$80,000 in a failed residential ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:56hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Over 600,000 used the SA-Zimbabwe border during festive season
A total of 645,590 travellers used the Beitbridge Border Post during the recently concluded 2024 festive season, according to an announcement made by South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) o...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:52hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
ZACC, PACU Face Accusations of Complicity Over Chisango State-Witness Deal
Allegations of a high-level conspiracy are swirling around the corruption case of Harare Town Clerk Hosea Chisango who has been secretly let off the hook in the Juluka case by members of the Zimbabwe'...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 21:52hrs | 439 | by Staff Reporter
We cannot stop Chamisa or Zanu PF rigging referendum, we can deny them legitimacy by refusing to participate
Tendai Biti has acknowledged that Mnangagwa has corrupted the opposition to make sure he will have no problem getting the 2/3 majority approval in House of Assembly and in Senate for the proposed cons...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 21:35hrs | 1389 | by Wilbert Mukori
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