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Wutawunashe's blasphemous utterances are an affront on Zimbabweans' rights and endorse repression
It becomes a huge concern when Christian leaders defend the oppression of God's children.When Prophet Andrew Wutawunashe recently likened Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to Jesus Chris...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:45hrs | 1727 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There should never be anything criminal about criticising the president
Why is the Zimbabwe government at war with its own citizens?The recent arrest of journalist Blessed Mhlanga following his interview with war veteran and ZANU-PF Central Committee member Blesse...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:16hrs | 1444 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Phelekezela Mphoko: Farewell to a revolutionary
THE passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has left a profound void in the hearts of many Zimbabweans and those who knew him globally. As we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:28hrs | 115 | by Marshall Ndlela
So, when will the UN hold a Summit on democracy and human rights?
As world leaders make their way back to their respective countries after the COP29 Climate Change Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, one can't help but ask: when will the United Nations (UN) hold a summit de...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:22hrs | 307 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa no different from Ian Smith'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governance has come under fire for being increasingly repressive, drawing parallels to the oppressive regimes of late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and apart...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has betrayed Zimbabwe war heroes
Zimbabwe's opposition parties claim that the sacrifices of the country's heroes have been betrayed by those in power, who have shown brutality, violated human rights, engaged in rampant corruption wit...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 18 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Job Sikhala fundraising drive launched
ZIMBABWEAN political leader Job Sikhala is severely ill, according to his legal team, but remains in custody at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.The opposition politician for the Citizens...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hope and Opportunity: Analysing Saviour Kasukuwere's presidential campaign in Zimbabwe
In the realm of political campaigns, the power of a strong message cannot be underestimated. It has the potential to resonate deeply with the electorate, capturing their hopes, dreams, and aspirations...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 09:36hrs | 15 | by Professor Eason Wilson
Britain actually demanded Zimbabwe independence and majority rule before ZANU PF!
I always find it most disingenuous and particularly infatuating listening to the Zimbabwe ruling elite distract from valid demands from the international community for the respect of human rights in t...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 22:13hrs | 19 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
AU failing to rein in rogue regimes, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party, led by Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has accused the African Union (AU) of deviating from its objectives of uniting Africans by failing to rein in oppressive regimes.In a stat...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Maimane tells big brother SA to be tough on Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa should team up with regional groupings including Sadc to ensure Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections are not rigged and the observers do not endorse a flawed process as happened in the past,...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa's acceptance of oppressive regimes fueling coups and terrorism
So, yet another African country has fallen to military rule! This time around - in apparent quick succession of one African government after another, particularly in the Western region - it wa...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 15:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
On the persecution trail with Ngarivhume: trailing the harassment of human rights leaders/activists by Zimbabwe regime
I called Jacob Ngarivhume the previous day and asked if I could be with him from morning to end of day. I wanted to get into his world, I wanted to follow up on the stories of harassment he has been c...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 17:13hrs | 11 | by Fungai Muridzo - a freelance journalist
Apartheid leader De Klerk to be burnt
The funeral of South Africa's last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who died last Thursday aged 85, will take place on November 21 in a private ceremony, his foundation said in a statem...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa now needs new breed of leaders who bravely stand with the oppressed in the region
As Zambia marks yet another milestone in its commendable democratic path, with the recent election of Hakainde Hichilema - who was overwhelmingly victorious over outgoing president Edgar Lungu - it ha...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 14:47hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa seeks to decimate Chamisa's MDC
Zimbabwe is in the throes of "rising authoritarianism" and gross human rights violations as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to consolidate power by decimating the opposition, MDC Alliance leader Ne...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he will survive Mnangagwa antics
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday described the ongoing attempts to weaken the party by opponents, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF, as a passing sto...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is clearly unsuitable for government
I watch with increasing dismay as MDC, the party on which huge numbers of Zimbabweans are pinning their hopes for a better future, shows more and more its unfitness to govern the nation.Let me...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by David Barber
The real cause of Zimbabwe's economic collapse
Zimbabwe's problems are not exclusive to Zimbabwe, they are actually the same as in all Africa's other 53 nations. 9 out of 10 of all Africans live on less than US$5 a day, nearly half on under $1.90....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's hundred days, much ado about nothing
The phrase a Hundred Days was made famous by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his ascention to the American presidential throne. He promised a new deal for the people of America. Indeed he changed the fac...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Nqobizitha Dumakude Khumalo.
Mnangagwa presidency built on quicksand
THAT is what it is, an opportunistic political dispensation brought about by Constantino Chiwenga's illegal, undemocratic and unconstitutional military takeover of political power in Zimbabwe....Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje
In Zimbabwe Elections Will Never Be a Tool to Change Government for As Long As Zanu Is in Power
Introduction: Who Really Is Zanu? A political organization that timely took an opportunity to talk right language at the right time on the need to fight...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 00:13hrs | 15 | by Andrew Manyevere
Mugabe, Museveni and Others: Dictators and Enemies of Africa, not Pan Africanists
Do not be fooled by empty speeches against America and her friends on the United Nations stage, ruthless African dictators are not Pan-Africanists.People are quick to forget the crimes of dict...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Taking it into the streets: a new hope for Zimbabwe
It is sad that the junta in Zimbabwe has normalized kleptocracy, they have normalized capitalism, they have normalized corruption, they have normalized stealing and using excessive force against the v...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Advocate Ntate Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Why Matebeleland in particular and Zimbabwe in general needs a regional party?
It's been 36 years now since Zimbabwe gained its independence from colonial rule. But before we could even begin to enjoy the independence, a new breed of colonialists - Zanu - struck, beginning their...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:45hrs | 5 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Zimbabweans with no political views can claim asylum
Thousands more asylum seekers could be allowed to stay in Britain after the country's highest court ruled that even those with no political views are at risk of persecution from oppressive regimes....Published: 26 Jul 2012 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter I The Telegraph
Give Robert Mugabe a 'Black Eye' once and for all: Learn from the ANC!
"I am still young and I can still punch" – Robert Mugabe (2005). Elections and their aftermath can give Zimbabweans another chance to punch Mugabe back and g...Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 17:36hrs | 1 | by Mathula Lusinga
Auctioning Zimbabwe -The shady individuals and companies behind
Mugabe's brutal regimeAccording to sources close to them, Zanu PF and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) officials continue to manipulate indigeni...Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Mathula Lusina
ZIPRA, MK veterans must join hands to rebury their fallen comrades
Speaking at a moving ceremony of the reburial of four Umkhonto Wesizwe fallen heroes, ZAPU elder Richard "Gedi" Dube called on MK and ZIPRA veterans associations to embark on joint programmes to find...Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 12:16hrs | 1 | by Luke Sayi
Mugabe 'the crazy old man': SA International Relations Minister
South Africa's International Relations Minister, Maite Nkoane Mashabane, referred to President Robert Mugabe as "The crazy old man" according to a US embassy cable from Pretoria to Washington....Published: 30 Sep 2011 at 04:20hrs | 2 | by Mafu Sithabile
Why the Constitutional Outreach Programme performed dismally in data collection
Law experts from warring parties concur on their observation Folks, I would like to share my reflections on media comments that were recently attributed...Published: 22 Jul 2011 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by Akim Zwelibanzi
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