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Was operation restore legacy a success?
The November 17 Coup which ushered President Emmerson Mnangagwa code named Operation Restore Legacy looked like an alternative idea but actually violated the Constitution of the country rendering it u...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
New dispensation used and dumped us: Zipra
Zipra war veterans have complained that they were used by the new dispensation during the November 2017 military take over and later dumped.They also accused the government of squandering an o...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's health condition 'is nothing serious'
Former president Robert Mugabe is back in Singapore for medical check-up, a local privately-owned daily reported Wednesday.The 94-year-old ex-ruler "slipped out of the country two weeks ago af...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by AFP
Munangagwa has been rejected before, let us reject him for good
The current junta leader has been rejected before,twice in Kwekwe, by an opponent in hiding. Kwekwe is a small mining town in the Midlands were the junta leader is known as the Midlands godfather. I t...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 23:26hrs | 2 | by AT Kadada
ZLHR laments over military take over in Zimbabwe
The Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, state delegates, ladies and gentleman, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) presents this statement on the occasion of the 62nd Ordinary sessi...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere came to Grace crying for help, says Mugabe
Harare - Former Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, said self exiled former Zanu-PF spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo cried for help during the military take over.According to the def...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa is a clone of Mugabe - US Diplomat
COLOGNE - In what could explain America's unchanged foreign policy on Zimbabwe, a prolific U.S diplomat now based and working in Washington, has dscribed the country's new leader, President Emmerson M...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Itai Mushekwe
Was the army intervention party politics or national interest?
In the 1960s AFRICA Tested independence and many states gained freedom. This was followed by military coups to change the demi gods created by the military and bootlickers. The 2000s saw a comparative...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 14:29hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
President Mnangagwa man of his Word
A wise man is the one who distinguish jokes from sensitive issues and a loving friend maybe a friend for life. While the country is recovering from bootlicking and backbiting mainly orchestrated by fo...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:42hrs | 4 | by Prof Luke Mbune Chakaza
'Jailing Mugabe would bring Zimbabwe bad luck'
A survivor of atrocities committed by former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's regime, has called for a truth and reconciliation commission instead of jailing the former long time ruler. Ch...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'When they took Dzamara more activists were born'
Various people across the word are singing with one hymn of praising the missing Itai Dzamara for starting the Mugabe must step down campaign.The activist was abducted on the 9th of March in 2...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Mwandipenda
Rebuild Zimbabwe - time is ripe
Zimbabwe has once again made headlines and surprised the world. The so called "coup" is a creature that is generally despised world over but it has been a different atmosphere in my beloved nation- in...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 22:17hrs | 3 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Can human rights be restored after the 'coup'?
The military intervention in Zimbabwe is a result of power struggle within Zanu-Pf. It indicates the end of the Mugabe era who has dominated Zimbabwe's political stage for nearly 4 decades. Th...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:23hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Rule of law is not rule of war
#AfricanLivesMatter I cannot celebrate a military take over. Whatever the reason, especially those pertaining to factional Zanu PF fights. We cannot chew up & throw out 2013 Constitution without c...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Brian Kagoro
PDZ call for Sadc AU intervention in Zimbabwe
Progressive Democrats Zimbabwe Party leader Barbra Nyagoma has called for the intervention of the Sadc and the African Union in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe following the military take over of pow...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe and family yet to confirm house arrest
The 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has not yet officially confirmed that he is under house arrest following what appears as a military take over that took place last night.T...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa fight over Chiwenga
The struggle over ZANU PF succession has affected the texture of the democratic processes in Zimbabwe that has experienced flawed elections one after the other. The ramifications of the succession pro...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
'I am smart individuals' masquerading as leaders are a disease time will cure: Zimbabwe experience, lessons and a tough way forw
1 Corinthians 1:26-27 (NIV) "For you see your calling brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble but God choose the foolish things of the world that he mi...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
African governance: does it have steadfast love, justice and accountability?
I have lived to witness three military coups under my watch either in transit or while visiting a country. The experiences were unforgiving and very taxing. The doubt of whether you will ever be able ...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
WAJA Condemns Military Take Over in Burkina Easo
The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has described as shameful, the Military's continued disruption of the freedom and happiness of the people of Burkina Faso.The Military seized po...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zipra war book to be published soon
A United Kingdom based Zimbabwean lawyer and liberation war veteran says he is close to finishing his book that will put the record straight about the role played by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionar...Published: 26 May 2015 at 11:31hrs | 12 | by Thabo Kunene
How Rhodesians forced Zapu to abandon its 'Operation Zero Hour'
A top Zipra intelligence officer who turned Rhodesian spy after his capture by the Selous Scouts allegedly gave the enemy vital information that forced Zapu to abandon its plans to invade the cou...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 11:27hrs | 199 | by Thabo Kunene
MDC Zimbabwe calls for urgent SADC intervention in Lesotho
The Movement for Democratic Change Mdc in Zimbabwe is calling upon the Southern African Development Community SADC to swiftly attend to the military take over of civilian institutions in Lesoth...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi, MDC Secretary for International Relations
Security forces to impose order in post Mugabe era
The security sector will "impose" order in the country in the event that serious divisions emerge within Zanu-PF following the departure of the ailing President Robert Mugabe, a party official has hin...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe is not Tunisia or Egypt
GIVEN the political turmoil which has engulfed North Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf (NAMEG) region in recent weeks, can a twitter-driven Facebook revolution in the style of what has happene...Published: 28 Feb 2011 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
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