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Mhona benefits from Mbudzi interchange looting spree
Zimbabwe's Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona has allegedly benefited from Mbudzi interchange looting spree and temporarily managed to evade public scrutiny through pre...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:42hrs | 17095 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's very own Emperor Nero is burning down povo's hovels to build palatial villas for filthy rich few
"The closer the collapse of the empire, the crazier its laws" Marcus Tullius Cicero. Well we in Zimbabwe are witness this first hand. Zanu PF introduced the new local currency insisting ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 20:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe politics is a rat race and the antagonists' trump cards are deception and betrayal
Zimbabwe's political system is not a caucus race but a rat race! Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland explained what a caucus race is: "After swimming around in Alice's pool of tears...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Kanopula embarks on Harare's development overdrive
In the wake of cholera scourge and Infrastructural decay amongst some parts of Zimbabwe's capital city, residents from Harare South have witnessed massive enrollments of infrastructure face-lift being...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:03hrs | | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's CCC faction suspends Tshabangu
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) standing committee has suspended interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu pending a disciplinary hearing. The suspension is with immediate effect.In ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stopped Zanu PF getting 2/3 majority!' was CCC's excuse for participating in flawed 2023 election. What now Zanu PF has 2/3?
"Zanu PF now has the two thirds majority it craved in parliament after the party won all six by-elections held Saturday, triggered by the recalls on CCC MPs by Sengezo Tshabangu. Zanu PF needed to win...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 14:13hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF disown Saturday Retreat land barons
The ruling Zanu-PF party has disowned some land barons in Harare South's Saturday Retreat (Border Gezi) who have embarked on an overdrive to dupe unsuspecting homeseekers through allocating them land ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 10:31hrs | 63 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe is a failed state because we're governed by buffoons claiming to know best but know nothing
Both Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF and Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party claim that they are nation builders. If so, then why is Zimbabwe a failed state whose economy is in ruins and ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on tenders
CORRUPTION in the awarding of tenders will now be a thing of the past following the launch of the Electronic-Government Procurement (e-GP) system by President Mnangagwa yesterday.The Electroni...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council swearing-in exposes CCC hypocrisy
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s inconsistencies and politics of grandstanding without substance have been exposed following the swearing-in of its newly elected councillors in Bulawayo yeste...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should refuse to be hoodwinked by enemies of development
ZIMBABWE yesterday opened a new chapter following the swearing in of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for his second term as the President of Zimbabwe.President Mnangagwa won the presidential elect...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean star Trey Nyoni signs for Liverpool
RISING star Trey Nyoni has been tipped to make it big at Liverpool following revelations the English Premiership giants have completed the signing into their academy the teenage midfielder who was bor...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa doing such a great job then why try so hard to convince Zimbabweans?
Those who know me personally are aware that I am not easily deceived. The secret is that, possibly due to my introvert nature, I analyze and scrutinize any given situation more than what may o...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:56hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa commissions Mthuli Ncube clinic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government will upgrade health infrastructure at the country's major hospitals in line with international standards as the Second Republic continues to improve healt...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mmnangagwa says major hospitals to undergo upgrading
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government will upgrade health infrastructure at the country's major hospitals in line with international standards as the Second Republic continues to improve healt...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
No blood should be shed in this election, says Mwonzora
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) president Senator Douglas Mwonzora has called on all political parties and citizens to maintain peace in the forthcoming elections, while encouraging tolerance of ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube must ignore councillors' talk shows
SO an aspiring candidate rehabilitated roads in a constituency and the local council has its knickers in a twist saying the candidate should have obtained permission from them. Really? Talk of a sense...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Zanu-PF reform under sanctions?
The US targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe are working in the sense that their effects have now reached a boiling point unlike the earlier days during the time they were imposed on the country the signs an...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 13:42hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Posting nudes now attracts imprisonment
Sharing or broadcasting intimate photographs or videos without the authorisation of the person in question can result in a five-year prison sentence, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF candidates got new car, judges US$ 400k @, etc. - vote rigging juggernaut has hit overdrive
Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF colleagues and their cronies are loaded and they are using some of their ill-got loot to bankroll the regime's many vote rigging schemes!"The judiciary plays...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Vote buying destroying Zanu PF'
The Zanu PF leadership in Mashonaland East province has admitted that some of its candidates splashed cash to win the party primary elections held in March this year.Addressing delegates...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react with shock over exchange rate, price madness
CONSUMERS have reacted with shock to the extortionate and unrealistic exchange rates being applied in the pricing of basic goods in local currency by some unscrupulous retail players in Bulawayo and o...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm working for investor-friendly environment" insist Mnangagwa. Watch again Al Jazeera Gold Mafia. I rest my case!
The spirit is willing, but the intellect is weak! "Zimbabwe is open for business!" is the most enduring thing President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ever said since taking over from the late Robert ...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'CCC and MDC are two different entities!' How naïve! Different in name and regalia, yes, but not in deeds!
"CCC and MDC are two different entities so please your arguments have no basis, and it lacks facts. We are in 2023. MDC then was Tsvangirai and ZANU was Mugabe," complained Jimmy Marunza.Nelso...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe speeding into the territory of charter cities
FINALLY, Al Jazeera aired the first of the four-part series documentary Gold Mafia. Social media went into overdrive, with many people condemning the attitude and character of some of those implicated...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Don't be a dunderhead and vote them back,' says Chapman
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader Robert Chapman has said Zimbabweans must not be dunderheads and vote the ruling party Zanu-PF back into power.Chapman also said the country has a fail...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera documentary is likely to cause fallout between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga?
A MAN is like the company that he keeps. This old adage is coming to haunt President Emmerson Mnangagwa as his re-election campaign, six months before the polls, hit a huge pot-hole after Al Jazeera p...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mliswa rebukes recently elected ANC chief Mbalula over regime change utterances
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has blasted recently elected ANC Secretary General (SG) Fikile Mbalula following his statement that the South African ruling party will not support regi...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula targets foreign players in South African premier soccer league
OPERATION Dudula commander, Nhlanhla 'Lux' Dlamini, who for the past year has been in overdrive hunting down undocumented foreigners in continuous episodes of South Africa's xenophobic attacks, has hi...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is indeed open for business!' Yeah right! 1 - 5 = -ve 4 not +ve 4!
"Zimbabwe is indeed open for business including our air space where Ethiopian Airways had its maiden trip to Bulawayo today. There was water canon salute for the inaugural Ethiopian airlines flight co...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 20:30hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
SADC's foolish tous pour un, un pour tous over sanctions must NOT spill into 2023 Zanu PF rigged elections
Zanu PF is blatantly rigging the 2023 elections and the party knows that there is real danger of SADC and AU condemning the process and deny Zanu PF legitimacy as happened after the 2008 elections. Th...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 22:09hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UK lies about Zimbabwe sanctions
The United Kingdom (UK) has dismissed continued claims its sanctions and those imposed collectively with western allies on Zimbabwe have impeded economic development in its troubled former colon...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand 20% budget allocation
TEACHERS want Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate 20% of the 2023 national budget to the education sector, which they said is in shambles.In their 2023 pre-budget position paper to Parli...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti 'threatens' complainant
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti has been reported to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for allegedly threatening a complainant in a matter where he is an accused person....Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must revisit its ruinous stance on NGOs
Zanu-PF has been in overdrive with its attacks of civil society organisations with party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa being the latest top ranking official to launch an unprovoked tirade....Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | | by Evans Mathanda
Castle Lager National braai fest bounces back
Get tastebuds and friends ready for the biggest braai in Zimbabwe as the annual Castle Lager national braai day returns on October 22.Organisers, Delta Beverages are yet to announce the venue ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Limpopo Health MEC berates Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa again
UNAPOLOGETIC Limpopo Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for Health, Phophi Ramathuba has gone into overdrive, once again berating a Zimbabwean patient saying she was considering billing President...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Is Auxillia Mnangagwa following in 'Gucci' Grace's path?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, after the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe in a coup ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Africans definitely need to rid themselves of their 'slave mentality'!
Sentiments expressed by Malawi president, and outgoing SADC chair, Lazarus Chakwera - that, Africa risked being plundered of its natural resources by glob...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity compromising progress, unity
DURING the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby the ruling Zanu-PF party, the country and its structures were mo...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity and lack of confidence as a leader compromising national development and unity
During the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby, the ruling ZANU P...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Isn't it pure madness expecting the same govt that destroyed Zimbabwe to be entrusted with country's revival?
So, there are Zimbabweans exceedingly thrilled with the completion of the new parliament building, and the commissioning of a brand new capital, named Cyber-City, in Mt Hampden, several kilometers nor...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:51hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Western countries trying all tricks to remove Zanu-PF from power
AS the clock ticks towards the 2023 harmonised elections, which some have described as "crunch" (interestingly all polls since 2008 have been dubbed as such!), Zimbabweans should brace for more shocks...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean NGOs red flag weaponisation of law
CIVIL groups, churches and students yesterday voiced concern over the abuse of the rule of law.Addressing a joint Press conference in Harare, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) president Pete...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe: A form of economic invasion
In the context of domestic politics and international relations, national economic security refers to a country's capacity to implement its preferred policies to build the national economy in the mann...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Dr Norbert Hosho
Zimbabwe teachers, nurses down tools
TEACHERS and health professionals have vowed to go ahead with their planned industrial action today after snubbing a 100% salary hike offered by government in Zimbabwe.Salary talks between gov...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC lost all humanity in search of power
One of our fellow-citizen has lost her life being victim of a heinous crime and heartless violence at the hands of one whom she had, at one time, shared her soul with.Moreblessing Ali had been...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:55hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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