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US deports five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

The US has deported five people who it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen who have been convicted of crimes…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 21:11hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter

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 least 96 people in Harare on 31st March for allegedly p…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 16:58hrs | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Politics 101

The thing about politics is that while its study is scientific - which explains why political science is the original science found in such early iconic sources as Plato's Dialogues - its practice is not and cannot be scientific not least …

Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:02hrs | 425 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Mr. Mnangagwa, fighting for independence doesnâ€™t give you the right to oppress us!

He never tires reminding us!Zimbabwe's independence was fought for in a protected liberation struggle where thousands of innocent lives were lost.It was never given on a silver platter.This was attained after an armed fight against colonia…

Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?

Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minister has to have read him. I can't vouch for Premier Suna…

Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2

The difference between Mugabe and Mnangagwa

Based on pure analysis it can be argued that the difference between the late and former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and the incumbent and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa can be cited in the fact that the former ruled as an emperor whi…

Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 22:22hrs | 24 | by Martin Stobart

Is Mnangagwa the most unpopular Zimbabwe leader since independence?

Not that Zimbabwe has had many presidents since attaining her independence from Britain in 1980, having known only three.The first, Canaan Sodindo Banana, was merely a ceremonial one. The other two - Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Emmerson…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:39hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Elections won't change anything as long as Zimbabweans donâ€™t hold leaders accountable

Some people have asked why I appeared as though I was not particularly enthusiastic about the forthcoming harmonized elections in Zimbabwe.This deduction seems to have emanated from my apparent shunning of writing much on the whole affair.…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:12hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?

When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Africa.This was, nonetheless, not unity ju…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

When the rich fight over the poor

A SLEEK Toyota Prado VX V8 off-road vehicle makes a rumbling sound along a gravel road as it negotiates its way into the poverty-stricken Chihota communal areas.A group of people, mainly Zanu-PF members, burst into song as the fuel-guzzlin…

Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 17:06hrs | | by Jairos Saunyama

Zimbabwe in desperate need of national leaders not Mafia bosses and gang leaders!

It was the most heartbreaking sight - as images of a collapsed primary school in my home city of Kwekwe made the rounds across the country. In fact, the stab to my heart was made more excruciating - as if a knife was being cruelly turned a…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:17hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

This and that with Mal'phosa: Zan'arcissists

We are in a forced relationship with a narcissistic government. They think they are the best. They think they are great and important. They think we can never survive without them. And they think we deserve them and they deserve us. These …

Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 5 | by Clerk Ndlovu

Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens

GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recounts his reasons for writing that, "putting aside…

Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 86 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu

Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition

Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a condition of satellitisation forced upon the p…

Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai

Glorification of violence coming back to haunt Zimbabwean societies

Hardly a day passes without Zimbabweans encountering a horrific story of one incident of barbaric violence or another â€“ be it in romantic relationships gone sour, misunderstandings between individuals reaching boiling point, armed robber…

Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

This and that with Mal'phosa: No, South Africa can never be another Zimbabwe

Finally, load 'shredding' is over, for now. Well, my workmate calls it so. She is a modern day Malaprop and does not care whether words she uses are appropriate or not. 'This morning police comprehended two suspects at Bree Taxi rank.…

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 13:46hrs | 15 | by Clerk Ndlovu

Chibuku Cup exit deflates Dembare

SO, there won't be that glittering blue and white colour of Dynamos in the final of the Chibuku Super Cup this year, again.DeMbare are now starring at the grim prospect of finishing the season empty-handed, having gone into the campaign wi…

Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's lightning rod

God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yonder. They are, after all, our intercessors in …

Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Jamwanda

'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe

A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platforms.He is accompanied by a lanky dark b…

Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 31 | by Dumisani Muleya

Tech drifts that are changing the gaming business

In the previous ten years, the universe of betting has quickly advanced. This is expected essentially to the turn of events and development of the web. The ubiquity of web-based betting is obvious around the world, and most societies track…

Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 16:34hrs | 36 | by Staff Writer

Sprouting shebeens rile Makokoba residents

MAKOKOBA residents in Bulawayo have raised concern over an increase in shebeens and drug peddling which they say could be behind a recent spike in criminal activities in the area.Makokoba high-density suburb is rated as one of the most dan…

Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters

WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba from extending his controversial tenure b…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans need to alienate themselves from celebs that support the regime

For the last few years Zimbabwe has seen quite a rapid infestation of so called â€˜celebs' and like with all celebrity culture, a lot of these people are famous for being famous, an example being people who talk about their sex lives on so…

Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Deborah Harry

When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment

Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, who has just become SADC chair, deli…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Bishop Lazi

Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni

TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard Nhliziyo and Kholisani Nyathi indiscriminately…

Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter

Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future

NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Moyo who succumbed to…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe needs a new crop of politicians, not these MDC - Zanu-PF criminals

As a nation, we can only blame ourselves for allowing these two criminals to capture the way we think as if our success as a nation is entirely dependent of these criminals. Both these two parties are entirely to blame for the misery that …

Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Knowledge Hakata

Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives

Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from their partners and spouses. Domestic viol…

Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavava

When 'skinning a live snake' is not working

SOON after Fortune Chasi was sworn in as Energy minister in May, he admitted that the country was in a rut. In spelling out his immediate plan to avert power shortages, Chasi vowed to skin a live snake in finding lasting solutions to the c…

Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Cliff Chiduku

Monetary policy statement, an admission of failure

On February 20, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, issued his monetary statement which contained both admissions of failure in the economy and a topsy-turvy aspiration for an immediate better future.The monetary policy state…

Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo

ShutDownZimbabwe: Where do we go from here?

When the heart is burdened, the spirit is broken, the soul feels encumbered, and the body is debilitated, making hope a mirage forever receding to the horizon. It is during such times that music becomes a source of inspiration. Music is on…

Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:16hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira

Mnangagwa - the face of a pathetic coward!

Do we all remember when we little children, and we could not sleep with the light off - otherwise, we would start seeing monsters and ghosts that were not there!That shadow of that tree outside our window would suddenly look like a huge gr…

Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Taurai Pachena

Mnangagwa calls MPs to order

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on public servants, including legislators, to tighten their belts and stop making outrageous demands as the country goes through a lean restructuring spell.This comes as legislators from both the MDC…

Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

What if witchcraft is our technology?

One of my aunts is a drama queen. She is bubbly and energetic, and a storyteller of note. Whenever she is around, we all find ourselves surrounding her and listening to tale after tale of her adventurous life. She can take any incident and…

Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:20hrs | 3 | by Thandekile Moyo

A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency

Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many desperate policies enacted over the past two decad…

Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 30 | by newZwire with The Source

Truth the medicine for a sick nation

"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and before, during and after World War II (1939-194…

Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj

Zimbabwe to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for MPs

Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament.This is at a time when government is struggling to mobilise resources to contain a cholera outbreak that…

Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following â€” nay, stalking â€” losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If there are two or more ways to do something and one of t…

Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by CONWAY TUTANI

Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good

Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreigners who think Zimbabwe incurably remain…

Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Igomombe

Are revolutionaries real or just a bunch of oppressors? - Mthwakazi activist

Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has questioned if the so called revolutionaries who liberated Zimbabwe from the colonial jaws are real or they are a bunch of oppressors bent on using liberation credentials to suppress majority citizens…

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

Mugamisa: The Mugabe-Chamisa Monster Is Real

I don't believe people are born monsters. I don't believe in pure good or pure evil. I believe people are driven to do bad things by evil temptations. One of those evil temptations is the lure of power. And in particular the lure of politi…

Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 11:51hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Moyo

Biti wants UN to supervise elections to stop Zanu PF 'brutalising civilians' - he cannot resist Sirens' beguiling song

"I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this is going to be a violent election," admitted Tendai Biti on Thursday.SADC leaders advised MDC leaders in June 2013 not to contest in that year's elections without implementing the democratic…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 17:37hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori

Gumbo petitioned over Zinara's $16 million 'snow' graders

Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has reignited debate about the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s 80 motorised graders after petitioning Transport minister Joram Gumbo to explain the suitability and technical specif…

Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 10:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

We must stop this culture of bootlicking

Harare West MP Jessie Fungayi Majome has warned citizens and politicians to stop the bootlicking of leaders habits saying this has resulted to the creation of monsters.She said recently at the National Assembly sitting she  expressed&…

Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Appointing military men in government is normal

The appointment of the military personnel I government is not only peculiar to Zimbabwe. World over governments are filled with ex army officers and there is no one who complains about it.In politics ex military members can not be wished a…

Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 22:05hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Mnangagwa: The bloody end of crocodile politics

Concealed to many of us is that the real misfortunes of a true crocodile pursue Emmerson Mnangagwa and the politics that he represents. The crocodile tears over corruption and crime in Zimbabwe that he continues to shed are not enough to d…

Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 15:16hrs | 11 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana

Mugabe's hero worshippers' message to South Africans

Here's something about the continent of Africa I've been wrestling with for some time: a political leader can have tens of thousands of his citizens murdered and destroy his country's economy, but he will still be hailed as a great leader …

Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Max Du Preez

MLF does not support Mnangagwa's presidency

Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said they do not support the idea that former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa because he has a hand in the 20 000 people's killing in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980s.This come at a time when Presiden…

Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes

MDC-T, the worst corrupt party ZANU has ever produced

Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that the MDC-T is the worst corrupt party that Zanu PF has formed for Matabeleland people and the political parties have since started campaigning for the 2018 elections."On my arrival at home, I was in…

Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes

Arrest monsters on the run

Monsters on the loose are rampaging through Zimbabwean society, trampling underfoot the confidence in Government by both the gullible and rational-minded citizens of our country all the while defaming some of them with impunity.False news,…

Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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