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War veteran warns against Constitutional amendments to extend Mnangagwa term
Outspoken war veteran Andrew Ndlovu has issued a strong warning to the government against attempts to amend the Constitution, arguing that such actions will lead to chaos and negatively impact future ...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:53hrs | 2111 | by Staff reporter
SA govt allowing undocumented aliens' children in schools
The South African government has been commended for resisting calls to remove undocumented migrant children from schools, despite recent pressures from locals and opposition politicians advocating for...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:37hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Elite clique in Zimbabwe wants on capture football
Outspoken former Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has stirred controversy after being disqualified from contesting in the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidential elections. Mliswa to...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 17:04hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a 'coward', says Clive Malunga
Veteran musician and war veteran Clive Malunga has taken a bold stance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pursuit of a third presidential term, questioning the legitimacy of the 82-year-old Zanu-P...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:56hrs | 4012 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari joins race for Zifa Presidency
Legendary former Zimbabwe national football team captain Benjani Mwaruwari has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidency, marking a significant mo...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 09:55hrs | 4948 | by Staff reporter
8 file papers for Zifa presidency, Prophet Magaya missing
At least eight candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidency, with nominations set to close this Wednesday. The much-anticipated elections wil...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:28hrs | 2969 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami warns against electing Mliswa as Zifa President
Susan Mutami, the former partner of aspiring Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidential candidate Temba Mliswa, has called on football stakeholders to reject his candidacy, alleging that he lac...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:29hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Mahere slams gifted cars to artists
Former Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament and outspoken political figure, Fadzayi Mahere, has sharply criticized the recent trend of gifting cars to Zimbabwean music artists, calling it a form of disres...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:52hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Human rights defender, Mupambi conferred with Honorary Doctorate
The prominent and outspoken human rights defender and social justice activist Abigale Mupambi has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Advocacy and Development by the Addulam Bible Institute and U...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 19:09hrs | 809 | by Stephen Jakes
CCC MP accuses govt officials of diverting food aid
Fanuel Cumanzala, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Binga South, has accused government officials of illegally diverting food aid meant to alleviate the effects of the El Niño-in...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are educated for nothing: A nation of intellectuals with no voice
Zimbabwe is a country blessed with a wealth of intellectual capital.Its people are among the most educated in Africa, with a strong tradition of academic excellence, particularly in fields lik...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:26hrs | 35994 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Government urged to revise strategy for granting hero status
The government has been challenged to change the manner in which the ruling party exclusively grants hero status. Concerns have been raised that deserving individuals, such as the late historian Phath...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 13:11hrs | 517 | by Stephen Jakes
Why Kamala Harris Lost and How Donald Trump Won: A Deep Analysis of the 2024 US Election
Today I am mourning, but this too shall favour me - Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's loss carry lessons for us all. She joined the race just 107 days ago, facing a former president who began...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1724 | by Ifeanyi Abraham
Ramaphosa, DA secret deal clinched before elections
The outspoken SACP general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says he stumbled upon credible intelligence way before the May 29 elections, exposing that the ANC secretly had a predetermined agenda to go into b...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 09:26hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist acquitted for assaulting village head
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Wilson Guvamatanga, 62, walked out of the Gutu Magistrate Court smiling today after being acquitted of assault charges in a case that highlighted ongoing t...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 13:44hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZIPRA Veteran Slams Zanu PF's Push for Mnangagwa to Stay in Power: Calls for National Referendum
An outspoken former ZIPRA member, Max Mkandla, has issued a stark warning to Zanu PF factions advocating for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his tenure beyond 2028, stating that such a move wou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1200 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo celebrates late Gogo Wodumo
The city of Bulawayo bid farewell to one of its most vibrant social activists, Rose Nyathi, affectionately known as Gogo Wodumo, who passed away on Saturday morning last week. Nyathi, known for her ch...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers
ZANU-PF provincial structures in Midlands and Masvingo are reportedly planning protests against a vocal critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been campaigning against a proposed plan to exte...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 11:48hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe football fraternity divided over 5 O' Levels clause
Zimbabwe's football community finds itself divided ahead of the crucial ZIFA elections scheduled for January 2025. With the Lincoln Mutasa-led Normalisation Committee's term expiring at the start of t...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:42hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe requires frank, honest leaders'
Zimbabwe requires leaders who are frank, forthright, and honest, as such qualities are crucial to achieving the country's national objectives, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. He was addressing mou...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:44hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans outraged after RBZ devalues ZiG
A storm of outrage has swept across Zimbabwe following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) shocking decision to devalue the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency by 75%. The drastic measure has ignited a wave...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 13:27hrs | 6780 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gifts off-road vehicles to traditional leaders
Harare, September 26, 2024 – President Emmerson Mnangagwa sparked controversy yesterday by distributing off-road twin-cab vehicles to traditional leaders while many families across Zimbabwe face sev...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:57hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Heartless Mugabe did not give chance to non combatant and local trained vets to be vetted
Outspoken ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has criticized the late former President Robert Mugabe and his administration, accusing them, in collaboration with former colonialists, of being heartless f...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 16:53hrs | 1356 | by Stephen Jakes
Trump points finger at Democrats over latest assassination attempt
The Republican candidate believes that incendiary rhetoric by his opponents may have contributed to the second attack on his lifeFormer US President Donald Trump has suggested the rhetoric com...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 13:06hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Selmor excluded from Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival by Daisy
Could the legendary late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, be deeply disturbed by the rising tensions within his family ahead of a festival held in his honor?A rift between his daughter, ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube wary of Mnangagwa's advisers
Outspoken Zanu-PF politburo member Tshinga Dube has warned that citizens should be cautious of those advising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cling to power, suggesting that such advisors often act in...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2174 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo demands return of seized vehicles
Exiled music icon Thomas Mapfumo is demanding the return of five vehicles seized by police in 2000. From his base in the United States, Mapfumo has claimed that the allegations of buying stolen BMWs w...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:24hrs | 2428 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans don't need to be paid by the US to reject oppression, Mr. Mnangagwa!
It never ceases to amaze!Can there be anything more demeaning than an entire nation being regarded as dimwits by its own leaders?What can be more insulting than your own government acc...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 17:17hrs | 884 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 05:11hrs | 440 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF youth league slams Mutsvangwa
Zanu-PF youth league political commissar Taurai Kandishaya has slammed Christopher Mutsvangwa over the party spokesperson's recent claims Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was not ordained successor...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:26hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala returns to Zimbabwe amid threats to his life
Outspoken opposition figure and Vice-Chairman of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Job Sikhala, is set to return home today after a four-month absence abroad. His impending return was confirmed by re...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Ramathuba's appointment spells trouble for Zimbabwe authorities
Phophi Ramathuba's election as the first female premier of South Africa's Limpopo province has reignited discussions on Zimbabwe's socio-economic impact on neighboring countries, particularly regardin...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:30hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa tackles Mnangagwa
In a recent contentious development, former opposition leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa has strongly criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration for denying bail to Jameson Timba and other ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu rules Chiwenga out of succession equation
Controversial Zanu-PF member Killer Zivhu has sparked a political storm in Zimbabwe with his bold declaration about the future presidency. In a significant social media post, Zivhu hinted at a future ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
War vets make fresh demands
War veterans, represented by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) and led by Ethan Mathibela, have requested the government to grant Freedom of the City and hero status t...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo tells Wicknell Chivayo to 'stop soiling my name'
Exiled legendary Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo has rubbished claims that he is considering returning to Zimbabwe after being offered a US$700,000 package that includes a house, car and cash by co...Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Return Home affairs ministry to Zapu officials: Ex Zipra cadre
THE SECOND Republic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been challenged to return the Home Affairs ministry to Zapu in honour of the unity accord that was signed by late former Vice President Jo...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 15:10hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Biti dumps CCC
FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) co-vice-president Tendai Biti, has dumped the main opposition political party saying he is taking a sabbatical away from politics as he ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'You see skeletons' - the deadly migrant Limpopo crossing
The men who raped Portie Murevesi did not care that she was visibly pregnant. They attacked her with glass bottles too, she told us, pointing to a large and jagged scar on her forearm.Now, her...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'War vets not a tool for Zanu-PF'
OUTSPOKEN Zipra War Veterans Association spokesperson Buster Magwizi has castigated the ruling Zanu-PF party for putting the former freedom fighters under its structures.The Zimbabwe National ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Community share ownership trust CEO faces arrest
TRADITIONAL leaders, villagers and other stakeholders have called for the arrest Chiadzwa Community Share Ownership Trust (CCSOT) Chief executive officer Hardwork Mukwada over charges of abuse of fund...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:42hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni accuses Zanu of hypocrisy
Outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has accused the Zanu-PF government of "hypocrisy" in commissioning the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupane....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions on Zanu PF govt leaders are useless'
Outspoken Ex Zipra cadre Max Mkandla has warned the United States of America that itrs imposition of targeted sanctions on the Zimbabwean leaders is useless as those leaders lose nothing and feel no p...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:07hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zipra war vets hails ED for appointing Mavhunga as their minister
ZIPRA war veterans have hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointing Monica Mavhunga as the Minister of War Weterans Welfare adding that as she is a war veteran herself she is bound to address a...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:05hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Killer Zivhu readmitted back to Zanu-PF
Former Chivi South MP Killer Zivhu has been readmitted to Zanu-PF without any conditions.Zivhu was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2020 on charges of misconduct after he wrote on his Twitter handle t...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 18:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
More trouble brewing for Rutendo Matinyarare
Legal trouble is brewing against Rutendo Matinyarare as the chickens come home to roost over unfounded and defamatory allegations leveled against grain millers. In a recent development that has stirre...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 13:38hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Sikhala launches new movement
FORMER Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has launched a new movement, the National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), which he hopes will "free masses from political chains".The outspoken poli...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to embark on thank you rallies across the country
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon embark on thank you rallies across the country in a calculated move to lay the groundwork for a third term bid in 2028, ruling party insiders have alleged....Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Dembare lash out at Khama Billiat
DYNAMOS vice-chairperson Vincent Chawonza is outraged over what he termed unprofessionalism by Khama Billiat's handlers after Yadah successfully snatched the former Warriors talisman transfer on Tuesd...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 15:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blasted for spilling bins about Mnangagwa after being fired
The fired minister of War Veterans Christopher Mutsvangwa has come under fire for claiming to be exposing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa who fired him was put at the helm by him (Mutsvangwa) and th...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 14:53hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
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