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Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1017 | by The Economist
Doctors strike calls for urgent attention
The death of Robert Mugabe has taken the nation's focus away from very pressing issues, among them the strike by doctors at public hospitals.Doctors went on strike almost two weeks ago after f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 981 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3210 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3989 | by ZimLive
Striking doctors dig in
Doctors have refused to return to work after the government increased their allowances by a paltry $360.The junior doctors went on strike a fortnight ago after the government announced that it...Published: 7 hrs ago | 954 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police refuse to charge Mutodi with hate crimes
Police in Bulawayo have refused to charge Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi with hate crimes after the Zanu-PF politician declared on social media that Ndebeles are refugees in Zimbabwe....Published: 7 hrs ago | 571 | by Staff reporter
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 7 hrs ago | 985 | by Staff reporter
The other side of Mugabe
In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour.When Mug...Published: 7 hrs ago | 434 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zesa, BCC agree on compensation for power station use
AFTER years of fighting between the Bulawayo City Council and Zesa, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Power Company, over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station, the impasse seems to be coming to a co...Published: 7 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 7 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
'Foreigners can now invest in Zimbabwe's restricted sectors'
Government has reviewed the ownership of restricted areas by making it permissible for individuals, who are not Zimbabwean citizens, to invest in previously "reserved sectors" of the economy.T...Published: 7 hrs ago | 266 | by Staff reporter
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 7 hrs ago | 136 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
Mnangagwa may not revenge against Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted he may not be entertaining any plans of seeking revenge against late former President Robert Mugabe's widow, Grace, who has tormented him before.In a sp...Published: 7 hrs ago | 195 | by newzimbabwe
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wasn't...Published: 7 hrs ago | 136 | by Jason L Riley
Zimbabwe nears SA industry loans deal
Zimbabwe is closer to sealing over half a billion US dollar syndicated loan package with South African banks to support the private sector, amid revelations Treasury is now finalising the insurance gu...Published: 7 hrs ago | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zinara looters put on notice
A team of experts assembled by Government from both the private and public sector to pore over the recent Zinara forensic audit has recommended the recovery of funds that were allegedly bilked from th...Published: 7 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe died a sad man
FORMER Mines Minister, Walter Chidhakwa has revealed that former State President and close relative Robert Mugabe died a sad man.He was addressing mourners, among them several Heads of State a...Published: 8 hrs ago | 541 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 8 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's funeral will be tricky because there are so many narratives
As the dictatorial president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe occupied the national pulpit and wrote his own colourful story.It is a well-tuned narrative about a man who liberates a nation from the ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1628 | by John Sparks
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2181 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa dumping Mugabe's black empowerment drive'
EXILED former Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of attempts to reverse the gains of black empowerment which were introduced by late former President R...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 14:57hrs | 2895 | by newzimbabwe
Tsvangirai's premature condolence message on Mugabe's death
THE late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, at one time, had prepared a condolence message on former President Robert Mugabe in 2016 following widespread rumours on social media that he had passed on....Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:06hrs | 5944 | by Staff reporter
Failed politicians demonising Mugabe funeral: War vets
WAR veterans yesterday have claimed that mischievous criminals and failed politicians were behind the demonising of the late former President Robert Mugabe in his last days and defended Defence minist...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 2901 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in court over govt loans
HARARE North legislator Allan Norman Markham (MDC Alliance) has approached the High Court seeking an order to nullify a loan agreement entered between the Finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:04hrs | 2804 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans, says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere believes ex-president Robert Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans to fix the economy, adding that blaming the departed strongman will not bring solution...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:02hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death, an omission of justice
It is with profound grief and sadness to learn that RG. Mugabe, the first prime minister and indeed the first executive president of the independent Zimbabwe passed away in Singapore on Friday t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:56hrs | 232 | by Andrea Sibanda -MLF SG
Xenophobia dishonour Pan Africanism ideology
Few weeks ago winds of xenophobia started blowing, leading to loss of life, destruction of property and causing some severe wounds. This time around xenophobia erupted in Gauteng province which is the...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:54hrs | 194 | by Matora Hupile
Zimbabwe to build mausoleum to honour dictator Mugabe - even in death his selfish greed is insatiable
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zimbabwean government is building a mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre as a way of paying homage and honour to the country's late founding father Robert Mugabe...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:49hrs | 822 | by Wilbert Mukori
NRZ - DIDG deal awaits guidance from Treasury
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has received the submissions for funding made towards the US$400 million recapitalisation project by Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)/Transnet C...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:19hrs | 285 | by Advocate Martin Dinha
Jonathan Moyo denies links with G40
Exiled former cabinet Minister professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from a newly formed political outfit called the G40 which was registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission recently. ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 11:54hrs | 4653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
General Sibusiso Moyo extends begging bowl
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister General Sibusiso Moyo has begged the International Community to assist in the nursing of Zimbabwe from its current problems to a becoming a better coun...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 2943 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe not going into exile
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace Mugabe is not entertaining any plans to abandon the country and seek asylum elsewhere, a family spokesperson has said.Grace fell out with the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4364 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe coup announcer pleads for international support to spur reforms
Zimbabwe is serious about pursuing political and economic reforms and deserves international support, foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo said on Friday.President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised a diff...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 668 | by Reuters
Chamisa gets VIP treatment at Mugabe funeral
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will finally get some VIP treatment at a State managed funeral of prominent Zimbabwean after some nightmarish experiences before.This is according to the list of VIPs...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4697 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe to be remembered for land reform, says Masuku
THE late former President Robert Mugabe will be remembered for the bold and historic land reform programme which he undertook to empower the people of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF deputy national secretary for t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 163 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 7814 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki lands in Zimbabwe ahead of Mugabe's funeral
Former president Thabo Mbeki has described the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as an important player in the remaking of the African continent.Mugabe died last week in Singapore...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Let's be fair to Mugabe deeply flawed as he was
The death of Robert Mugabe, the only Executive Prime Minister and only Executive President that Zimbabwe had known since independence in 1980 until 2017 - all of 37 years - has shown that he was not a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:41hrs | 1239 | by Conway Tutani
Police need more to spruce up image
IN our Tuesday edition of NewsDay we carried two unrelated stories which, however, strikingly touched on one of the many sore issues that have created animosity between the police and the very public ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 250 | by Editorial - Newsday
Obiang Nguema jets in for Mugabe funeral
The President of the Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has arrived in the country for the funeral of the late former President Robert Mugabe.Accompanied by his w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is giving Mnangagwa a headache even in death
Even in death, former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe remains an Achilles' heel for his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy.Since 1977, Mnangagwa has been on Mugabe's side - first as ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:46hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
Stampede to check if Mugabe is really dead
THOUSANDS of people yesterday stampeded to view the body of the late former President Robert Mugabe at Rufaro Stadium, where he took his first oath as the country's founding Prime Minister at midnight...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 2259 | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe's MPC, RBZ boards face a daunting task
The new Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) boards face a daunting task in dealing with the country's monetary problems and bring the much-needed stability and confidenc...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:02hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to the soul of R.G. Mugabe (currently in the purgatory)
Dear Comrade RG, I know that you are currently in the purgatory while waiting for your verdict from the almighty. There is no doubt that you are in great fear and shivering. Your chances of go...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2981 | by Don Chigumba
Minister Mthuli Ncube taken to court
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has been taken to court by an Harare North Member of Parliament, Daily News has reported. The paper states that MP Allan Norman Markhan w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5519 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1624 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Superstition hits Mugabe family
Former President Robert Mugabe's chaotic funeral arrangements have been further blighted by a seemingly excessive adherence to supernatural beliefs with his family refusing to let his casket out of th...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4674 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe offered Chiwenga presidency
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore last Friday, offered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take over from him at the height of the coup, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 6944 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 252 | by Amnesty International
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