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Why Botswana's shift has Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF on edge
As the region and the continent at large continue to digest the outcome of the recent Botswana elections and their ramifications reverberate across borders, a bigger debate is unfolding on the changin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1253 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Harare govt should decentralise services
GOVERNMENT should reconsider its decision to nationalise electricity generation and vehicle licensing which has resulted in poor service delivery in rural and urban councils, a councillor has said....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Nutty Professor
Looking at most political analysts in Zimbabwean political perspective Jonathan Moyo confounds me with a professor who does not stand on his words and behaves like a pendulum, a flip flopper in the ma...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
China takes next step in currency globalisation
China's gradual internationalisation of its currency will shift to its next leg on Monday when about two dozen Chinese companies start trading in their home currency in Hong Kong's stock market....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the collapse of Zimbabwe
THE first two decades that followed the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980 were characterised by a number of major developments. Government expanded social services such as health and education — the ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 9 | by Eddie Cross
US embassy partners Zimbabwean varsities
THE United States embassy in Harare has entered into partnerships with Zimbabwean universities to help strengthen their research skills.US embassy public diplomacy officer John Hishmeh said th...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's attempts to internationalise Sikhala case flops
CCC interim spokesperson, Gift "Ostallos" Siziba and a retinue of other opposition members and other detractors were in the United States for the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that ran f...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mahere dismisses claims Sikhala has lost confidence in the party
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) party has denied claims that incarcerated lawmaker Job Sikhala has lost faith and confidence in his local legal team and the party.Sikhala together with ano...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa can only lose and Malema has everything to gain
As things stand, Cyril Ramaphosa has no more than six years to get South Africa on the road to shared wealth and prosperity, while Julius Malema has at least a decade to build his base and whip up the...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Ismail Lagardien
Mnangagwa makes headway in re-engagement crusade
THE removal of three Zimbabweans from the European Union (EU) sanctions signals the positive strides that the country has made under President Mnangagwa's reengagement policy.Commenting on the...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
How quick Chamisa would win with a "Robot" party name?
A quick innovative miracle is needed in choosing Chamisa's new party name. The explorative process must consider ease to remember name, punch, humour, cross-age acceptability, cross-tribe acceptabilit...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 14:48hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zimbabwean failure
LOOKING back over the past 40 years in Zimbabwe, I am surprised we are still here.In 1980, I was playing a small part in the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe in that I was selected as one ...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 9 | by Eddie Cross
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 of his rule – human rights abuse and ex...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by John Kamau
'Nothing must be left to chance' declares Mnangagwa, mobilising his vote rigging juggernaut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to mobilise Zanu PF's vote-rigging juggernaut in preparation for the by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. Two weeks ago he called on the war veter...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:23hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Understanding the Zimbabwe economy
I OFTEN say to visiting experts and diplomats that, if you say you understand Zimbabwe, you have not been here long enough.We are a tiny blip on the global radar but we punch well above our we...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Chiwenga brews shocker
The government is mulling yet another amendment to the constitution to effectively nationalise commercial farms owned by foreign nationals in Zimbabwe, barely a year after making concessions on the ma...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love, Dambudzo Marechera: Drawing parallels and their contribution to Zim Culture and Cultural Diplomacy
After an avalanches of tributes have already written on and about Soul Musaka aka Soul Jah Love the Zimdancehall maestro, whose untimely demise on 16 February 2021 gripped the nation with sorrow, ther...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Taurai Mutoti
Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?
WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
The militarisation of Zimbabwean politics bad for democracy, freedoms
The military remains a decisive power-bloc in transition politics of Zimbabwe.Its decisive role has been highlighted in four interrelated ways.First, the military elite captured Zanu-P...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:11hrs | 5 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Admire Dube
White farmers compensation gets murkier
Zimbabwe's ministers of Land and Finance issued a joint statement on the farm compensation issue on September 3, 2020, a month after the controversial signing of the Global Compensation Deed between t...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:01hrs | | by Ben Freeth
Chinese firm eyes 5-star hotel
ANHUI Foreign Economic Construction Group Co Ltd (Afecc) is looking to invest in a five-star hotel in Zimbabwe, but that would depend on whether they will get back their money.The group has in...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
Zimbabwe finds a new ally in the UAE
ZIMBABWE is going through an unbelievable socio-economic crisis and is slowly reaching a tipping level. With skyrocketing inflation, a biting forex crunch and failing institutions among the myriad iss...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Zimbabweans in the UK
The Government has been clear that, while there are problems back home, authorities alone cannot sort them out. It needs all Zimbabweans, including those in the Diaspora to work towards rebuilding the...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Magashule slams gatekeepers of the compromises of the sunset clause
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule on Thursday slammed gatekeepers of the compromises of the sunset clause in a prepared speech for the memorial service of ANC stalwart Lesiba Maphoto in Polokwane....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo steps in to resolve BCC, ZPC rift
GOVERNMENT has stepped in to resolve the dispute between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and power utility Zesa Holdings over the ownership of the coal-fired Bulawayo Power Station.The BCC has...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parties face censure for accessing phone numbers to canvas for votes
Political parties will be prosecuted and penalised for accessing personal mobile phone numbers and using them to canvas for votes from the electorate under the new Protection of Personal Information B...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
Old Mutual boss to step down
Old Mutual Zimbabwe group chief executive Jonas Mushosho, is set to leave the financial services giant before year end, at a time the firm is restructuring and bundling up its business operations. ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2 | by Harare Correspondent
Mnangagwa: cunningly succeeded in harmonising independent press
I used to send some of my articles to Alpha Media Holdings subsidiaries through Trevor Ncube and they would be published. But as soon as he was roped into the ED Mnangagwa President's Advisory Council...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa's reform programme steams ahead
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), this writer was asked what reforms President Mnangagwa had undertaken.The journalist asking the question was reminded that her ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Way forward on Zimbabwe situation
Zimbabwe to go forward we need to adhere to our "Constitution". We need press freedom, freedom of speech, rule of law (all citizens to respect rule of law without political affiliation), transparency,...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:34hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
ZANU PF proposes to give away platinum to foreign Capitalists
In 1991, the Zimbabwean economy took its first major dive with the adoption of the IMF/World bank neo-liberal "Economic Structural Adjustment Programme" (ESAP). In Zimbabwe, this process was headed by...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | | by ZCP
South Africa Reserve Bank to be nationalised
President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement on Thursday that government intends to continue with plans to nationalise the central bank cased "havoc" in dealing rooms, according to Bianca Botes, Corporate...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government and parents complicity is creating a class of useless graduates
Government and parents are delinquently complicity in allowing our young people to pursue tertiary level qualifications that offer no value to either the country or to the graduate. The pursuit of aca...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | | by Brian Sedze
EFF calls for sanction removal in Zimbabwe
Following their inclusion into the Institutional Framework Committee (IFC) of the National Dialogue spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has underline...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
DA's 'Uncle Tom' wants to meet Mnangagwa
South Africa - Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party, has written to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking a meeting over an on-going crackdown by ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:01hrs | | by ZimLive
Looting protests: Vendors feel the heat
THE ongoing crackdown against perceived opposition activists following recent riots in Harare and other parts of the country has left vendors vulnerable. Most of them lost their wares, while trading i...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCDC pursues diamond find in Chihota
STATE-RUN diamond firm, Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), says it will carry out exploration work for gems in Marondera district as part of its expansion scheme.With alluvial diamo...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP applauds Zimbabwe soldiers
The MDC-Alliance instigated violent protests witnessed early this week had nothing to do with an increase in the price of fuel or high cost of living among Zimbabweans, but part of the broader attempt...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents object to ZPC takeover of thermal power plant
BULAWAYO residents are objecting to attempts by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to take over the city council-owned owned thermal power station arguing this was against the spirit of devolution....Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
EFF calls Zimbabwe govt to declare a national Economic disaster to save the country
We as ZIM EFF and on behalf of the majority of our people and together with the poor, downtrodden and disposed people of Zimbabwe today declare that we are real victims of Zanu PF's mismanagement of o...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:46hrs | | by Innocent Ndibali
Chief Maduna playing politics
Recent actions by Chief Vezi Maduna of Avoca, Filabusi in Matabeleland South to petition the United Nations to intervene in the Gukurahundi issue in Zimbabwe may have been a miscalculation by those wh...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | | by Bevan Musoko
Mnangagwa's message to Uncle Sam
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe has no quarrel with the United States government and its people, and he is pleased with the way relations between the two countries are improving....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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