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Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 693 | by Enos Denhere
Why has Africa not developed after attaining independence?
Dear AfricaI grew up thinking that Africa was once referred to as a dark continent because most of its inhabitants are dark in complexion. Honestly it didn't bother me because to me black is r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:21hrs | 499 | by Munya Shumba
Let's engage as the youths
ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we a...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 314 | by Pupurai Togarepi
'Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe'
Now that I have your attention may I say that Im very disappointed with some Ndebele fools who have been flooding my inbox with insults saying that I am a sponsored Zanu PF thug.I will underst...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:45hrs | 3943 | by Rabson Mwenda
Business success in Zimbabwe no longer hinges on political connections
The Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group, a leading investor in Zimbabwe that won the tender to recapitalise the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to the tune of $400 million (R5.7 billion), sa...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1848 | by African News Agency
Ambassador Katsande invites Zimvigil for a meeting
The Vigil marked its 16th anniversary and - to our surprise - we were joined by the new Ambassador Christian M Katsande and his deputy. He invited us to have a meeting with him and we are happy to acc...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 21:39hrs | 572 | by ZimVigil
Patriarchal dominance, misogyny in Zimbabwe's political economy
WOMEN in Zimbabwe constitute about 54% of the population of about 14 million people. In the just-ended 2018 harmonised elections, statistics compiled by Women In Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) indicate...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:30hrs | 422 | by Linda Masarira
Time to give technocratic management of economy a chance
THE experiences of the hyperinflation still linger in the minds of many citizens. Since the end of the GNU tenure, the management of the economy of the country has been struggling to regain full confi...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 176 | by Dr Bongani Ngwenya
Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?
TWO years ago, I completed my undergraduate studies and thus attained a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Accounting. The process towards attaining this qualification involved completing a research report ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1133 | by Terence Simbi
Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1204 | by Anonymous
Currency reform answer to Zimbabwe's economic woes
THE success of the new Government's effort to transform the country's economy, both in the immediate and future term hinges on addressing the currency reform problem. The vision of the Government is t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 354 | by Bongani Ngwenya
Mindset shift key to policing: Mathema
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs a paradigm shift and the necessary resources, including adoption of information communication technologies to combat 21st century crime, new Home Affairs minis...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Education system poised for major overhaul
As the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education our objective is to take Zimbabwean education to the 21st century and there has to be an educational transformation and full implementation of the co...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 2177 | by Prof Paul Mavima
Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 4246 | by Elijah Chihota
Workforce experiences to match customer experiences: the next frontier for telco success
Since GSM was first demonstrated in Cape Town in 1993 and the first GSM networks launched the next year, the telco industry has fundamentally transformed every country on the African continent. As som...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 12:16hrs | 270 | by Mariam Abdullahi, Telco Industry Lead at SAP Africa
Mnangagwa must chart clear agenda to unite nation
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, has gone through different phases in its development, as people seek to chart a path that brings prosperity. Each epoch in the country's history has been character...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 156 | by Lovemore Chikova
'Mudhidhi' comments haunt Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has been slammed for derogatory and sexist comments he made about Olympic Gold medalist Kirsty Coventry's appointment as Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minis...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
Why the party is always supreme
Political parties are constructed in order to conquer and exercise political power. The political party does the conquering but the Government does the exercising of the power. Therefore, the question...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 240 | by Nick Mangwana
Please persevere! Your journey is worth it!
The road to success isn't for the faint-hearted. Sometimes, you will want to give up! Please persevere! Your journey is worth it! Many great achievers have written inspiring statements about success. ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:51hrs | 942 | by Enos Denhere
Legitimacy comes from the people, Cdes!
OUR doubts about the efficacy of our hopeless legal system have now been proved beyond any reasonable doubt. After that charade of an election court hearing, it is little wonder this country is in the...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1667 | by CZ
Trump under fire over South Africa land reform
SOUTH Africa's land reform policy was long overdue and attempts by United States President Mr Donald Trump to muddy the programme is clear testimony of his administration's defiance to black self-dete...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:43hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Youth participation in elections hailed
YOUTH empowerment lobby group, Activista Zimbabwe, has applauded youth participation in the just-ended harmonised elections.Activista national co-ordinator Thando Gwinji said a meaningful and ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
No one ordered fatal shootings, claims Mnangagwa
PPRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that none of his lieutenants gave orders for the fatal shooting of seven civilians, where soldiers opened fired into groups of protesters ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:10hrs | 3898 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1444 | by The Language Coach
De-Westernisation towards Decolonisation
Most of what are called African problems today are problems that Europe and America have caused or at least promoted in the continent.Most African problems, including civil wars and genocides,...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:40hrs | 70 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zimbabwe; a blessed nation
Is God angry with Zimbabwe or not? Is the nation appeasing God's wrath and undergoing punishment for past evils? Because of the austere environment the country is under, many theories emerge. Economis...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:38hrs | 978 | by Erasmus Makarimayi
Why I will beat Mnangagwa: Chamisa
A few months after taking over from MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa ran an impressive campaign for the presidency where he has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for h...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1690 | by Staff Reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 746 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Chamisa blasts Charamba
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has slammed Information, Media and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary George Charamba for allegedly converting public media into a Zanu-PF pro...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 10:08hrs | 2900 | by Staff repprter
Paul Kagame Transformed Rwanda into middle economy
His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, once said: "In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investments and not aid are major pillars of development."Ordinary Africans have for long ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | 3161 | by Enos Denhere
Is Mnangagwa going the Yahya Jammeh-way?
As 30 July poll beckons, the atmosphere flares up as parties crisscross the lengths and breadths of the country soliciting votes from a poverty-ridden electorate. All candidates mete out plans to revi...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:43hrs | 4692 | by Benny Gudo
Zec in fresh storm over polling booths
A WAR of words has erupted between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and political parties over the redesigning of polling booths for the upcoming elections, with stakeholders arguing that the n...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fighting wrong opponent in wrong battle
This pre-election period has been as eventful as it is important. What with the panic-stricken MDC-Alliance behaving like a headless chicken trying to make up for its five-year absentee politician stu...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 519 | by Nobleman Runyanga
2018 elections, implications on Ndebele
Parliamentary representation has not helped Ndebele speaking territories much since attainment of independence. For a good hopeless 25 years or more Zanu PF MPs and ministers playing the tune of that ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1744 | by Sazi Ntozonke
Simba Mhuriro, The most decorated young entrepreneur in Zimbabwe
Great moments are born from great opportunity.If you can imagine it ,you can achieve it. If you can dream it , you can become it. No matter where you are today .It should be not the yardstick to deter...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 13:34hrs | 1900 | by Enos Denhere
Mnangagwa must answer to past 'transgressions' first
Oftentimes, age is said to be nothing but just a number. Ask anyone in a cross generational romantic relationship and most assuredly, they would parrot like answer that age is only but a number. At fa...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 658 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Reverend wants to 'rebuild' Zimbabwe on Christian values
Reverend Washington Chikanga, leader of Rebuild Zimbabwe Party (RZP), says Zimbabwe needs "right vision and right leadership" to change fortunes for citizens. The 48-year-old clergyman, who is...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:58hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Staying positive in a tough economy
Staying positive is a challenging work for almost all of us whether one is at work or at home.We are affected daily by too many negative behaviours from others or the environment.If it...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 189 | by Paul Kagame
Mnangagwa ally lashes out at headmasters
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has rapped some heads for failing to implement the new education curriculum and also provide basic maintenance of their school infrastructure....Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 09:00hrs | 2181 | by Staff reporter
Your mind is a garden, cultivate it
The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgment, language, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:03hrs | 659 | by Enos Denhere
Your success is in your state of mind
Robert Kiyosaki - One of the most valuable lessons I've learned from my Rich Dad is this…"Poor is forever. Broke is a state of mind." Your state of mind is crucial.The game plan of success is in min...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 15:15hrs | 713 | by Enos Denhere
Opposition leader hails peaceful campaign
THE president of the newly formed Zimbabwe Rainbow Democratic Party (ZRDP) Mr Cuthbert Ncube has hailed the peaceful environment obtaining in the country, saying his party's election campaigns that ar...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Why digital money makes sense
William Arthur Ward was an American who contributed a lot to the Reader's Digest. His main genres were inspirational maxims and meditations and poems. One of the things he said was: "A pessimist compl...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 105 | by Nick Mangwana
Zimbabwe intra-party violence is tolerated
Since day one of the election conversations, the word, "peace" or "non-violence" have been said several times in relation to elections, but now the question I pose is.....is the talking being practica...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:43hrs | 206 | by Poseidon Tsautsau
Mnangagwa speeches not enough without apologising
In response to Let's break from the past: Mnangagwa says: This is the speech that we Zimbabweans want to hear from the highest office. I salute you President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The biggest pro...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 18:37hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Africa could be the next frontier for cryptocurrency
Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:44hrs | 476 | by Pavithra Rao
7 key activities for creating trust in successful relationships
Trust is the cement in any relationship, binding the partners together, building the foundation for a long and contented future together. But to take that analogy fu...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:28hrs | 1217 | by Staff Reporter
Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe
This article is circulating on social media.Now that I have your attention may I say that I'm very disappointed with some Ndebele fools who have been fl...Published: 26 May 2018 at 17:42hrs | 4571 | by Rabson Mwenda- Mutare (Loyal MDC supporter)
Mnangagwa's dangerous new slogan
THE ruling Zanu-PF last Friday launched its 2018 election manifesto which has been widely criticised as tantamount to building castles in the air, just like the 2013 one.Neutrals and critics s...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:27hrs | 13118 | by Dumisani Muleya
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