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'Mugabe was bad, this is worse'

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has strongly condemned the abduction and torture of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students, describing the assault as "barbaric and pure evil."The victims, Marlvin Saint Madanda and Lindon Zan…

Published: 12 Nov 2025 at 07:13hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter

The politics behind the US visa ban on Zimbabwean officials

When the United States announced new visa restrictions on several Zimbabwean officials in March 2025, the move was presented as a principled stand for democracy, human rights, and electoral integrity. Yet beneath the diplomatic language li…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

What happened to Mugabe's mausoleum?

The mausoleum built for the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre stands completed, gleaming in its hut-shaped grandeur of glass, stone and symbolism. Yet, it remains an empty shrine - a monument in search of a body. It is…

Published: 04 Oct 2025 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Televised DNA testing must be banned in Zimbabwe

DNA testing and its use in private family matters of biological relationships must be regulated by law.It should be restricted to resolve family issues privately in line with other regulations on data privacy and protection and safeguardin…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 21:36hrs | | by Glanis Changachirere

Zimbabwe's narrative: A view from the outside!

In the case of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe's government was democratic, economically savvy and politically astute, until one day, overnight, it became oppressive and intolerable.The sudden change came about in the wake of the appropriation of …

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 12:04hrs | 3 | by Kenneth Mufuka

Mnangagwa blew the chance

"The voice of the people is the voice of God." That was the biggest statement given by President Emmerson at his inauguration in November 2017 in Harare, soon after the coup.Everybody supported Mnangagwa, including myself. People were just…

Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni

Joe Biden at 81 versus Robert Mugabe at 81: No match

AS HAS BECOME ITS ENTRENCHED TENDENCY, a characteristically thoughtless and delinquent segment of the political opposition in Zimbabwe has been busy using old-age to make asinine comparisons between the public engagement of the late Presid…

Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 08:17hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo

Mnangagwa owes us an apology

EVER since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into power in 2017, one of his rallying calls has been the removal of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union  over human rights abuses.Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-P…

Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:22hrs | 15 | by Martin Stobart

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 Emme

Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:22hrs | 2 | by Martin Stobart

Mugabe and Other Leftist Heroes: Progressive Endorse Tyranny

The death of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe sparked a controversial debate about leftist heroes and their legacy. Many progressive activists and intellectuals have hailed Mugabe as a liberator who fought against colonialism, racism, and…

Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 10:32hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Mnangagwa did Me A Huge Favor

He woke me up from my fantasy. He proved to me once and for all that voting for an intelligent president does nothing to stop paid-for politicians funneling all our tax money to their business cronies. Both political parties are out to suc…

Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 16 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Ex - Dynamos and CAPS United player dumps newly born baby , wife and kids

IT was an emotional scene at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday when the players from the Archford Gutu Boys Academy, who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a football trip that turned into a nightm…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:04hrs | 4 | by Erick Matotoba

Zimbabwe dearly misses Mugabe

Zanu-PF bigwigs flooded Masvingo province at the weekend flaunting their ill-gotten wealth as they drove top-of-the-range all-terrain vehicles amid a sea of pov

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Sarudzai Mwano

Bona Mugabe is Harare's true rich aunt

"One man one farm" was a Mugabe mantra for the longest time after the fast-track land reform programme that took land from around 4000 white former farmers into the hands of thousands of landless black Zimbabweans.The news of Bona Mugabe's…

Published: 03 May 2023 at 20:50hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria

Mnangagwa's latest revised plan: 'Nyika inovakwa inorakashwa ivenevayo imashefu namaChina!'

"Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications" screamed the headline. 8 363 skilled and semi-skilled Zimbabweans were granted UK work permit in 2022 up from 499 in 2019. The truth is Zimbabweans have been leaving the country in droves since 2…

Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 18:57hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

May Mugabe's real friends please stand up!

The day Robert Mugabe Jnr made his walk of shame into the Harare Magistrates' Court on Monday, two things of significance to him personally were taking place hours later.Number one, the country was preparing to commemorate the Robert Gabri…

Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Moses Matenga

Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe

This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robert Mugabe and installed President Emmer…

Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube

'Why was Army granted licence to export lithium ore?' - Not because ZDI is on sanctions, there're no investors

"Embattled state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life into the firm's struggling operations, …

Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:21hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai

Who actually overthrew Mugabe?

HISTORY is crucial for every nation. To know its future, a nation must know its past. I will briefly interrogate the coup that unseated the late former President Robert Mugabe. In 2017, Zimbabwe, for the second time in its choppy antiquity…

Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:01hrs | | by Nkwazi Mhango

Chamisa resorting to double-Dutch to sell autocratic CCC - anything to avoid demanding Truss vs Sunak democratic slug

"It (CCC party structures) is a dead issue, a non-issue really," Chamisa said. "We are introducing fresh politics and new culture and, of course, it will have a new structure carrying within it new strategies," Nelson Chamisa told The News…

Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 12:05hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?

It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zimbabwe struggle. Failing to do so may re…

Published: 08 May 2022 at 11:33hrs | | by Israel Dube

Mugabe, My Dad and Me

Zimbabwean-born and now London-based actor Tonderai Munyevu tries to make sense of his roots, both familial and national, in his engaging show Mugabe, My Dad an

Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence

THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will surely win the next elections and this …

Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | | by Sharon Hofisi

Mnangagwa use divide and rule tactic to force Chamisa to abandon #PRICECAMPAIGN

Divide and rule, it is a tried and tested tactic as old as human history that has worked, particularly in conquering those easily divided!Talk of easily divided, it really does not take much to divide the MDC. Ever since the party's format…

Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

'No individual can be bigger than Zimbabwe' Kasukuwere readily admits, now - 'Terror the human form divine' W Blake foretold

Anyone who read the latest remarks from Zanu PF former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere must have laughed their head off. What is the idiot wittering about, they must have asked themselves!"People must unite and deal with common challen…

Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 09:38hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

'Zanu PF 2017 coup coalition has collapsed' hyenas are fighting fiercely - it's no place for timid MDC jackals

Zanu PF is a party of thugs who got into politics for the sake of securing political power, absolute power, and the influence and wealth it brings. They don't care about anything or anyone else. Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies presen…

Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:32hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

New Zapu SG, a real Political Testosterone

Innovation is a word only relative to the young, and this is what Zapu produced yesterday. Just to start from the right place, Zapu elected  a Deliberate Black  Log, Ugodo Olumyama Ngenkani, Danda Demadema nenharo, to the positio…

Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:17hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri

'Cannot accord diaspora vote due to legislative challenge' - in plain language; we are a quintessential Banana Republic

Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was a senior member of Robert Gabriel Mugabe's government for 37 years. It is not that Mnangagwa did not know what the Zanu PF government was doing was wrong and even outright criminal like the blatant and repea…

Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 14:22hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

Isifo kasihlekwa

It is mind-boggling to see ZANU PF information secretary Tafadzwa Mugwadi making fun and laughing at the death of former Secretary of State in the United States of America retired general Colin Powell. This is unheard of as it is unAfrican…

Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 17:36hrs | | by Phosiwe Ncube

3 must-know benefits of decentralized finance (Defi)

The most intriguing use cases for blockchain have always been in financial services. From digital purchases and remittances to cryptocurrency storage and tradin

Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff writer

Zimbabwe under attack as the united nations special rapporteur is deployed

THE United Nations (UN) will deploy a special rapporteur to Zimbabwe to probe the impact of sanctions on the country and determine if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was not using them as a scapegoat to the prevailing economic cr…

Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 16:07hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Mugabe's remains could be exhumed by family, and sent to Britain for a safer burial

If the Government of Zimbabwe does not want to be humiliated, they should leave Mugabe's remains where family chose to bury him. There would be indelible humiliation if Grace Mugabe   decided to ask the British Government to take…

Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 21:06hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

ZRP lifts Zimbabwean flag very high

The first pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights (hereinafter UN Guiding Principles) underscores that the duty to protect human rights lies with the State.Assessment of police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy depends o…

Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 05:16hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Robert Gabriel Mugabe: The killer of our dreams

THIS week marks the second anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the first prime minister of an independent Zimbabwe, on April 18, 1980.While we acknowledge the fact that there are many people who benefitted immensely from sta…

Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka

Remembering Mugabe

HISTORY has many lessons. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, many a time people regret decisions they would have made. People sometimes fall into nostalgia.Zimbabweans are no different to any other nationalities. The sense of acco…

Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 11:42hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

On land, Mugabe walked path other African leaders would not

Forget what you may have read in Western press about the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Forget the propaganda and Western hate. Forgive the excesses o

Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by John Kamau

Zanu-PF party is a British project

The vice grip that the Zanu Pf party and government has on the Zimbabwean economic, social and political sphere since 1980 is suffocating. Close analysis on the background of this political party and government  exposes the British go…

Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 11:00hrs | 4 | by Muzi Hadebe

Zimbabwe's woes have always been solved through open dialogue

Unity. Freedom. Work. These three words have been emblazoned on the official Zimbabwe coat of arms since the days the country attained independence.However, 40 years down the line, a lot of work still needs to be done for Zimbabweans to li…

Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:01hrs | | by Tatenda Nyakufuya

My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!

Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befell Zimbabwe in November 2017 when you m…

Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses

When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!

Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jogging is liberating but then again wadrobes have been re…

Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 17:40hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria

Mugabe exhumation and the legend of Chief Zvimba

I will not enter the debate on where the late Robert Mugabe's body must be buried or reburied.Hearing the debate raging in the media reminded me of the legendary Chief Matthew or Matewu Zvimba, who gave sleepless nights to colonial and chu…

Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Tererai R. Mafukidze

Heroes Acre without Mugabe: incomplete history of Zimbabwe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years from 1980-2017 and despite being shunned by many, the nonagenarian had managed to protect the country's legacy.  The late President fast tracked the Land Reform Programme which gave th…

Published: 29 May 2021 at 13:05hrs | | by Tatenda Murenjekwa

Constitutional crisis and tsvimbo

By the time you read this letter, dear Fabian (Mabaya), I will be in the land of the free and the brave, and safe from the shenanigans of my beloved Zimbabwe. I have examined the self-made crisis created by the attempted re-appointment of …

Published: 23 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Ken Mufuka

G40 resorts to voodoo conspiracies

When the weekly Standard newspaper published a story on 2 May 2021 to the effect that a Zvimba villager, Tinos Manovengere, was not happy with the burial of former President Robert Mugabe, G40 members and other anti-Zanu-PF elements got al…

Published: 18 May 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga

Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's liberation pilgrimage

In my previous instalment in this publication, I indicated that Zimbabwe's independence history is connected to that of all post-colonial African nations. Likewise, Africa's liberation is also grounded on paternal nationalism constructed a…

Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva

The problem was not Mugabe, but Zanu-PF

THE chaos and uncertainty that is rocking Zanu-PF after its chaotic district development coordinating committee elections held last December has left the party weak, fractured, divided and easy to be defeated by the opposition in 2023. The…

Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Chief Chiduku

Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits

WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the world that "Zimbabwe is Open for Busin…

Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Tendai Dumbutshena

Mukudzei Mudzi and a 'distorted historyâ€™

We have learned with sorrow and sadness of the death of Cde Mukudzei Mudzi (94) the former Executive Secretary (General Secretary) of Dare reChimurenga of ZANU.

Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 16:17hrs | | by Rugare Gumbo

President Mnangagwa 'Develop a Strategic Thinking Approach'

During Mugabe's era, you would easily recite cabinet Ministers without reading from any script, alas today, I can only remember maybe less than five Ministers unless you visit their offices. What is the problem?Presidency is not a common p…

Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 15:43hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Stand up for sit down - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 21st November 2020

World Toilet Day on Friday made a bigger splash than this month's third anniversary of the overthrow of Mugabe.Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights called on the Mnangagwa government to ensure that everyone has access to a clean and safe toil…

Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by ZimVigil

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