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Don't you feel envious seeing democracy at work in neighboring countries, Mr. Mnangagwa?
Zimbabwe stands as a glaring anomaly in a region where democratic transitions have become the norm. Since gaining independence in 1980, the country has never experienced a smooth transfer of p...Published: 12 hrs ago | 231 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There's life beyond State House, Mr. President!
Is it not most embarrassing that Zimbabwe has never experienced a democratic smooth transfer of power since independence 43 years ago?In fact, it gets even more shameful that the only time pow...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Botswana's ex-President Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant
Botswana's former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week.Court papers released on Thursday ...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards Dr Sikhulile Moyo for discovering Omicron Covid-19 variant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has awarded a US$50 000 token of appreciation to world-renowned Matobo District-born medical scientist and virologist, Dr Sikhulile Moyo, in recognition of his contribution in savi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa-Masisi alliance bad for democracy'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi clearly have many things in common — the hounding of political foes out of the country and the silencing of cri...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, Choppies case judgment reserved
THE Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgment in a case involving former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son, Siqokoqela who are suing Choppies Enterprises over a 51% Choppies share stake th...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe ever have any elder statesmen since our leaders want to die in office?
As the entire African continent in general, and the southern region in particular, keep their eyes firmly focused on the exceedingly emulable events unfolding in Zambia - with yet another smooth democ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 17:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Choppies ownership wrangle sucks in Mogae
FORMER Botswana President Festus Mogae and Choppies managing director Ottapathu Ramachandran have been sucked into the legal battle between former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and retail gr...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Suspended Choppies CEO responds to 'unfair and biased' forensic & legal reports
Legal and forensic reports into Choppies Enterprises Limited, circulated to shareholders via Botswana's X-News and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) are unfair and biased – and app...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Choppies battle heads for EGM
The boardroom battle for Botswana and JSE-listed Choppies Enterprises Ltd, is heading for resolution by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Gaborone on 4 September 2019.C...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-President take on Mphoko tormentor in bitter Choppies boardroom battle
A bitter Boardroom battle for control of Botswana's most prestigious company is being waged in Gaborone - and is reverberating through eight sub-Saharan countries.At its heart is a battle for ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:26hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Battle for control of Choppies turns nasty...Festus Mogae turns against partner
A bitter Boardroom battle for control of Botswana's most prestigious company is being waged in Gaborone – and is reverberating through eight sub-Saharan countries.At its heart is a battle fo...Published: 24 May 2019 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff Writer
Mugabe misses out on Kaunda's 95th birthday?
Five former African presidents will visit Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda in late April to celebrate his 95th birthday, one of the leaders said on Tuesday.Former Mozambican President J...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:28hrs | 2 | by Xinhua
Botswana! The sinking of Africa's democracy basket
It was difficult to remain as silent when Africa's jewel of democracy took seat and comfort upon an imminent time bomb.The growing conflict between the most recent former president, Lt. Genera...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
'Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF cannot convene talks'
POLITICAL and civic society activists have called for a neutral mediator to lead interparty talks, which they say should be all inclusive and not led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The remark...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama, Masisi feud hits alarming levels - Coup possible in Botswana?
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi sanctioned an impromptu meeting yesterday - dubbed a "special conference" - at the height of disunity within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.He begg...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 25 | by City Press
PHOTOS: Remains of Choppies after #ShutdownZimbabwe
Choppies Mountainview in Bulawayo was reduced to ashes inside after protestors on Monday broke in, looted and set ablaze the shop. Choppies is one of the major retail outlets in the country wh...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Choppies workers demonstrate
Choppies workers and some members of the Mthwakazi liberation movement on Thursday in a demonstration in Bulawayo calling for the immediate release of the jailed Director Siqokoqela Mphoko.The...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
EXCLUSIVE: Former VP Mphoko speaks on Choppies saga
Former Vice President Prelekezela Mphoko has set the record straight from his perspective on the boardroom struggles bedevilling one of the biggest retail companies in the country, Choppies Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko to lose all Choppies shares
Former vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela Mphoko are bound to lose all the shares they hold in Choppies Zimbabwe if they continue fighting their Botswana partners, we can r...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko's arrest takes new twist
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son Siqokoqela is arrested over the alleged refusal of renewing permits for Indian workers at Choppies and not flouting any bail conditions, it has been reve...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko in $94 million headache
FORMER vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's Botswana-based business partners are demanding US$94 million for them to allow him to take over control of supermarket giant Choppies' local operations....Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Mphoko
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr Mangaliso Ndlovu to enforce a takeover of Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's Choppies retail business, it has ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 16:48hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko loses control of Choppies
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela Mphoko have no financial or operation say in the business of Nanavac Investments which owns 51% of Choppies brand in Zimbabwe , th...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko slowly losing Choppies' battle
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is slowly but surely losing grip on the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe, run by Nanavac Investments.Choppies entered the Z...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama, Ramaphosa, Masisi coming for Mnangagwa inauguration
Sadc chairman and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Botswana counterpart, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi , have confirmed their attendance at President-elect Mnangagwa's inauguration set for Sunda...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko would not accept a hostile takeover bid
THE battle for the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - on paper owned 51% by Nanavac Investments run by former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's family and 49% by Botswana...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of funding Mthwakazi
Choppies chairperson, Festus Mogae has written a strongly worded letter to Choppies Zimbabwe's 51% shareholder, former vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, demanding that he relinquish his Choppies sha...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, Festus Mogae fights over Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko battles to keep Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dictator Ian Khama steps down, hands over to Masisi
Khama has visited all of Botswana's 57 constituencies since December, bidding a long goodbye to a population of just 2.2 million after serving the constitutional maximum of 10 years in office....Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by AFP
Mugabe must focus on writing memoirs
There are reports concerning a development in our polity where our former leader Robert Mugabe is said to be attempting to play the joker. He is not so subtly trying to use whatever clout he believes ...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Mugabe should have resigned 15 years ago
AFRICAN leaders, who were his contemporaries, were responsible for the 37-year reign of recently deposed Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe, according to former Botswana president Festus Mogae....Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Sunday Tribune
Ian Khama plans to step down
BOTSWANA president Ian Khama has announced plans to step down at the end of his term in April next year.Khama announced the decision in a State of the Nation address on Monday where he said he...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 05:04hrs | | by Africanews
The Lost Kingdom - The rise and fall of the Kalanga Monarchy
As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our republic it may be noted that modern Botswana as a whole, and not just communities in the north-east, has its ancient Ikalanga roots.They run deep in ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 11:11hrs | 2 | by Jeff Ramsay
Countries such as Zimbabwe lack democracy intimates Namibian president
Namibian President Hage Geingob made what I believe were the most powerful, although diplomatically wrapped, stinging remarks against dictatorships, such as Zimbabwe.In his speech - during the...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 17:44hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Masire's family, Ian Khama clash over Masire State funeral
Former Botswana president Sir Ketumile Masire will be buried today.Meanwhile, former President Festus Mogae has revealed the main reason behind the dates of Sir Ketumile's midweek State funera...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Khama pushing children in wheelbarrow photo goes viral
President of Botswana Dr Lt Gen Seretse Khama Ian Khama has proved to be so social to his citizens and in the photograph above, which has gone viral on social media he is seen pushing a wheelbarrow pl...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:34hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Dear President Khama, please save Zimbabwe
With the army going unpaid while the government tries to find the money, the Vigil delivered a petition to the Botswana High Commission in London calling for the help of the Southern African Developme...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 16:04hrs | | by ZimVigil
Leave when your time is up- Kofi Annan tells African leaders
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up and to avoid excluding opposing voices if elections are to cease contributing to conflicts on t...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Robert Mugabe rejected Senegal asylum'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe was reportedly offered asylum by his then Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade in the aftermath of his electoral loss to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai at the 2008 polls,...Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent politicians fighting to take control of Zanu PF, future looks gloomy- Mutodi
President Robert Mugabe' staunch supporter Energy Mutodi has said a murky future for Zimbabwe is slowly manifesting itself, with prominent politicians fighting to take total control of Zanu PF and str...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 06:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-Botswana President Mogae chickens out on Mugabe criticism
Festus Mogae Former Botswana President has denied reports that he attacked President Robert Mugabe over the latter's anti-gay stance, claiming he was quoted out of context. Mogae told Bots...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blast ex-Botswana president Mogae for attacking Mugabe
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association yesterday took a swipe at former Botswana President Festus Mogae for attacking President Mugabe over his stance denouncing homosexuality....Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:14hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Former-Botswana President want Mugabe to accept gay rights
FORMER Botswana President Festus Mogae has uncharacteristically called on President Robert Mugabe to "stop hiding behind sovereignty, while abusing people" and to accept gay rights.In a recent...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Good leadership is about people' - Festus Mogae
Festus Mogae served as president of the southern African country of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He is the recipient of several international awards, including the 200...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 21:04hrs | | by Tefo Pheage
Is power a cancer for African leaders?
As Rwandans go to the polls to vote on whether presidential limits should be lifted or not, possibly paving the way for Paul Kagame ruling the tiny east African country till 2034, that ever-embarrassi...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 08:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt supports development-oriented individuals, says Mugabe
The government will give full support to individuals who are into the development of the country's economy, especially those who can work to support the key drivers of growth and employment creation....Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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