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Zimbabwe destroys 36 ostriches, several animals smuggled from South Africa
THE Veterinary Services Department has destroyed 36 ostriches, five peacocks, one bush pig, three parrots, 10 Chinese pheasants and 27 chickens that were smuggled from South Africa into Zimbabwe. ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nothing wrong with Mpofu's declaration that Zanu-PF will rule forever
It is not surprising that political parties and pressure groups who are funded by the West have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's declaration that the ruling party ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's star rally rolls into Mashonaland West
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to address legions of Zanu-PF supporters in Mashonaland West as he continues with his crusade to ensure the revolutionary party triumphs in the upcoming by-electi...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Conduct of US Embassy shocks Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa has said his cordial engagements with US President Joe Biden left him stunned at the way the US Embassy in Harare conducted itself.He said this in an interview with journal...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abusing social media to bolster fake abuses
When many protests go unnoticed, creating drama can seem like a good strategy to draw attention. But if they become self-harming and harming others the public opinion can turn against the protestors....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:57hrs | 7 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison. Many opposition group...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Daily News sues editor of online paper over Tagwirei link
Elias Mambo, editor of the online publication Zim Morning Post is being sued for defamation by owners of The Daily News who are demanding Z$10 million in damages over an article linking them to contro...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tertiary education should focus on quality, not quantity
THE proliferation of a gamut of universities and tertiary institutions churning out tens of thousands of graduates each year is a welcome development in the country's quest to close the skills gap and...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Canisio Mudzimu
Chamisa Agenda 2021: Much ado about nothing
The past two decades or so have clearly proven that opposition parties in the country, particularly the MDC (Chamisa-led) has no authentic identity of its own except posturing as Zanu PF's conscience....Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 17:21hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
Zimbabwe now a Vampire State
A Vampire State is a country where anyone who gets to be the president ends up with much more wealth than before s/he became president. On the other hand the poor and working class are always left beh...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Linda Masarira to write book on Chiwenga's coup
Former MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira has revealed that she is writing a tell-all book about how she started an organic anti-Mugabe protest that was hijacked by some MDC activists. She anno...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sindiso Mazibisa leaves MDC
This is it. The wait is over. While I do not have a legal duty to issue this personal and political announcement I know that a moral and political reposes upon me to do so. Deliberately I am doing so ...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Mnangagwa now more paranoic and desperate
A REGIME failing to provide its citizens with basic necessities is unsurprisingly afraid of itself and those who differ with its lopsided policies.The arrest of four civil society activists th...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF Green Bombers re-emerge
THE decision by the ruling Zanu-PF government to re-engage the "Green Bombers" ahead of next month's general elections raises a stink given their record of being used as pawns to harass and beat up op...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
It is time we had leaders who listen
For all his shortcomings, real or imagined, Morgan Tsvangirai had two great strengths – humility and the ability to listen. My first direct interaction with him was in 1999 in Gaborone, Botswana, wh...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:33hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Tertiary institutions to recruit students without Maths
TERTIARY institutions have been given the green light to recruit students without demanding specific subjects such as Mathematics and English as long as the programmes on offer do not require those su...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Protesters #shutdown Zimbabwe Embassy in London AGAIN!
Protesters organised by Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) kicked off another Wednesday Vigil at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London.The - ZHRO Wednesday Vigil, which began on Wednesday 27th...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | 6 | by Kingtone Jambawo
Makarau surrenders professional values & ethics by letting her judicial robe fall to her knees
Justice Rita Makarau, former ZANU PF appointee none constituency MP for parliamentary legal committee, professional lawyer, constitutional and supreme court judge, current secretary of the judiciary s...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Sale of Barclays exposes MUgabe's indigenisation hypocrisy
The imminent acquisition of Barclays Bank Zimbabwe by a Malawian bank, First Merchant Bank as widely reported is both curious and depressing. Curious in that indigenisation has been a political mantra...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 08:48hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Around claims of a dying Zanu-PF
One question many of my readers pose and even criticise me for is taking contrary thoughts too seriously. I fully understand where my readers are coming from. We have become a virtual community of opi...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
'Jonathan Moyo wants to be President'
Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo - one of the fiercest critics of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa - is being groomed by the Generation 40 (G40) faction to become the next Zanu-PF leader, ...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 20:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gono should be considered next president: Politburo members
President Mugabe spoke truth and sense to his political comrades when he declared that none of them was suitable to take over from the veteran leader. All the front runners touted by paid parrots are ...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 15:00hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Gideon Gono the best option
Succession part 1President Mugabe spoke truth and sense to his political comrades when he declared that none of them was suitable to take over from the veteran leader. All the front runners to...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 00:29hrs | | by Comrade Zvotapira
Wildlife under threat from legal trade in Southern Africa
Southern Africa is losing protected wild plants and animals at an alarming rate. Between 2005 and 2014, around 18,000 individual species worth US$340-million were legally sold. This figure, wh...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 17:53hrs | | by Jane Surtees
This and that with Mal'phosa - Abahlutshwa ngu Jesu
"Thulani bantwabami ngob'unyoko wabaleka; Musan'ungikhalela selilhuph'amaDlozi; musanukung'khalela selihluph'uJesu." This is an extract from one of the late Vusi Xmba songs. Here is a man...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 21:30hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
No pay for doom Sayers
The much awaited explosive ZANU PF, politburo meeting came and it passed without much of the anticipated drama as some sections of the media and the revolutionary party's protagonists made us to belie...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 10:30hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
State media parrots Grace Mugabe's shameful lie
That former Vice President Joice Mujuru has rattled the cage of the warring post-congress Zanu-PF, after she dramatically and unexpectedly announced her re-entry into formal national politics last Mon...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 20:52hrs | | by Staff writer
Don't trust 'jambanja boys' Jabulani, Mliswa
The Bible calls them wolves in sheep's clothing, the intellectuals call them turncoats or opportunists, a simpler term is Jabulani Sibanda and Temba Mliswa.It was indeed a sight to behold, the...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 12:04hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
When tiring becomes a sin
It is that time again when the parrots of regime change chant of alleged signs that point to President Mugabe as not fit to discharge his duties. This time around, all hell broke loose when ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 12:32hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Mugabe's promotion of deadwood Shuvai Mahofa condemned
Even before the ink had dried on the new national constitution, Zanu-PF and its leader, in typical fashion, had already started violating what the nation regarded to be at least an improvement from th...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
What #SONA2015 means for South Africa
#SONA2015 was full of drama. Most South Africans were left wondering if this is the political tipping point of the "Rainbow Nation". Writing in the Daily Maverick, Democratic Alliance's Parliamentary ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Decoding Grace's messages
Let me begin by stating that I have no dog in this fight and hold no brief for the protagonists as I blame them for the economic, social, displacement of the citizens and political problems visiti...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 05:59hrs | | by Hlaleleni Karanda
Mbeki spills Tony Blair's beans
I am hardly surprised by Thabo Mbeki's recent revelations about an attempted British military intervention in Zimbabwe. What Mugabe did to the white farmers angered the white establishment.A...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 15:21hrs | | by Mai Jukwa
It is easy to blame Tsvangirai
After monumental fraud of the harmonised elections, there has been a barrage of attacks aimed at Morgan Tsvangirai in particular and the MDC-T in general. While some isolated criticisms might be ...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 06:28hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Fired Zimbabwean couple on the run after SA double murder
Johannesburg - A man and his wife who bred parrots have been killed on a smallholding near Rustenburg, North West police said on Thursday.Don du Plessis, 72, and his wife Jackie, 68, were app...Published: 04 Nov 2011 at 09:23hrs | | by -
Villagers confront Tsvangira over illegal sanctions
PM Morgan Tsvangirai was on Friday confronted by angry MUREHWA villagers demanding to know what he has done to have illegal sanctions he once asked the West to impose on Zimbabwe back in 2000 removed...Published: 01 Oct 2011 at 05:50hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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