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Senior ministers to be rested in this weeks reshuffle
Zimbabwe will have a First reshuffle this week since elections in July. In the inauguration speech the previous year ED had pledged to hit the ground running. The ground is available the running has s...Published: 17 hrs ago | 9081 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF leaders trapped in Rhodesia
Growing up back then, this Village Idiot remembers well two Rhodesian slogans; ‘Rhodesia will never Die and Rhodesia is Super'. Looking at it today this remains true to the core. The Urban I...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | 1236 | by Cont Mhlanga - Village idiot
Prophet Makandiwa warns Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention in Zimbabwe should there be any more bloodshe...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:18hrs | 5863 | by Staff reportet
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 735 | by Nick Mangwana
Zimbabwe not yet ready for national dialogue
This Tuesday I wrote an analytic piece on how our main political leaders Pres Chamisa and Pres Mnangagwa have all used their political posturing skills at the expense of the nation's economic, politic...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:53hrs | 1964 | by Terence Simbi
'Let us control our own destiny' argue ZUNDE - whoever stopped you, mess is your own foolishness
"Zimbabwe should not look to outsiders to solve its problems. Lasting solutions can only come from Zimbabweans. International intervention is unnecessary and generally ineffective. Regionally, S...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:28hrs | 856 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa begins war to democratise media?
GOVERNMENT's announcement that it is ready to pull the plug on one of the most notorious vestiges of former President Robert Mugabe's regime, the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (A...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2313 | by Editorial - newsday
CEOs call for dialogue between Mnangagwa and Chamisa
BUSINESS executives in the country have called for a national dialogue to address the challenges facing the country. The call follows last week's meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and losin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda bemoans MPs' lack of economic literacy
SPEAKER of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has bemoaned lack of economic literacy among some of the Members of Parliament saying this was negating efforts to steer the country forward. Speak...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers
I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2842 | by Terence Simbi
Riot police sold a dummy
Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests.Apparently, the police were reacting t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa on Dialogue. A parody
Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa snubbed an invitation by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join a national summit, just weeks after security forces crushed protests by MDC Alliance looters....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 4646 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks kicked off, but not without confusion
IF you do not organise the people into productive sectors, they will organise themselves into disruptive activities.The talks about the talks have finally kicked off, but not without confusion...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:53hrs | 2031 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Pray without ceasing for peace and prosperity' argues Mnangagwa - no substitute for rule of law and competence
"It is my singular honour and privilege to be with you at this timely breakfast prayer for our nation, even as the Bible exhorts us in Thessalonians 5 verse 17 to pray without ceasing. Constant intera...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1657 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Multi-party democracy is entrenched in Zim' said Herald - then how come have yet to hold first ever free elections
"Multi-party democracy has been entrenched in Zimbabwe, yet the system has been missing one crucial part - dialogue among political parties and players," wrote Herald Editorial."We note that P...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:12hrs | 220 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Gukurahundi commission can't probe military crimes against civilians'
AMID high political temperatures, violent protests and a military crackdown on civilians, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is seized with the mammoth task of healing a wounded n...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa play hide and seek
BITTER political rivals, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC's Nelson Chamisa, again failed to meet face to face at a strategic national dialogue meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dialogue stance a step in right direction
Multi-party democracy has been entrenched in Zimbabwe, yet the system has been missing one crucial part - dialogue among political parties and players. We note that President Mnangagwa is pret...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 99 | by Editorial - The Herald
'We are to blame,' Chamisa admits
MDC–Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday tacitly confessed to causing the suffering of the people in the country at present, during a prayer meeting in Harare. Mr Chamisa was part of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa commit to dialogue?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated that his door was open for dialogue to move the country forward and benefit Zimbabweans, in line with his approach for a broad-based and inclusive national int...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is insicere and selfish'
Mnangagwa's dialogue is an in-genuine, insincere and selfish attempt to save face for his gross failure to implement his much touted reforms; political, economic, constitutional and governance reforms...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3189 | by Makomborero Haruzivishe
'Chamisa must call Mnangagwa president!' pleaded Zanu PF - nation is burning and Tweedle twins fight over rattle!
"Chamisa must acknowledge Mnangagwa who Pastors at today's Prayer called "President!" said Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi in a video released on social media. It was clear in the voice ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 21:06hrs | 8265 | by Nomusa Garikai
Britain must stop duplicity, treachery
HE outburst by British Minister for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, that the United Kingdom has all but lost confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is unfortunate.Not that we supported t...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 19:53hrs | 3047 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa snubs prayer breakfast attended by Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today snubbed The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Meeting organised by church leaders and attended by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Mnangagwa decided to send Mi...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 5647 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overrating self
Fresh political crisis is brewing for MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, after he stayed away from the political dialogue meeting called by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House yesterday.The o...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:15hrs | 9760 | by Jasper Hloka
Mnangagwa says Chamisa has right to snub dialogue meeting
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says it is MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's democratic right to boycott a dialogue meeting he had called for the country's political leadership at State House on Wednesday....Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:50hrs | 3395 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa snubs 'dialogue' with Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, he said, following a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.So...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1055 | by Reuters/ZimLive
National Dialogue in Zimbabwe
The third window for national dialogue in Zimbabwe has opened as expressed by the President's recent tweet following his return from state visits to four Eurasian countries in mid January this year. T...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:40hrs | 4236 | by Terence Simbi
A partisan military: The most potent weapon against democracy
That Zimbabwe has become the proverbial cursed nation, which simply can't unshackle itself from an economic abyss and political crisis that has rankled for decades, is beyond doubt.The highly-...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 807 | by Learnmore Zuze
Has the revolutionary party lost the plot?
So many conspiracy theories have been written on the revolutionary party with some saying the party died when Robert Gabriel Mugabe the former President was ejected from the party.The revoluti...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 17:54hrs | 4373 | by Leonard Koni
'Unite and politicians will jump' Linda Masarira tells Zimbabweans
Self-exiled MDC–T Spokesperson Linda Masarira has urged Zimbabweans to unite and combine their power in defining the kind of Zimbabwe they want instead of following what political leaders tell...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 3276 | by Mandla Ndlovu
In Mnangagwa's universe, people are secondary to keeping grip on power
"THE welfare of the people is the highest law," goes a popular Latin maxim by Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero – who lived in the period 106BC to 43BC – that has been adopted by...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:10hrs | 322 | by Editorial - NewsDay
Mutodi blasts UK over 'double standards'
Deputy Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has accused the Western countries of having double standards when approaching the recent reports of state crackdown on cit...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 12:57hrs | 1639 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UK further discusses Zimbabwe abuses
As part of the inquiry into the country's human rights abuses, at least four witnesses are tomorrow set to give evidence to the United Kingdom's International Development Committee as the organisation...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2984 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must act on reforms, promote democracy
newsdayZimbabwe, a land of unparalleled beauty and infinite potential, is again under democratic and economic siege. Armed men are removing residents from their homes. Unknown assailants have burnt th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
It's time to abandon adversarial politics
In spite of my traumatic memories of the days of British colonialism, I hasten to admit that recent words of Queen Elizabeth II carry a powerful wisdom which we as Zimbabweans — bent on a reckless p...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:46hrs | 249 | by Andrew Wutawunashe
United States issues strong statement to Mnangagwa
The United States is "deeply concerned" over reported human rights abuses being carried out by Zimbabwe's security forces against civilians, a top official said on Friday.Tibor Nagy, the Unite...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 14:02hrs | 10846 | by ZimLive
Maimane a paid fool
Indeed every village has its own fool, but to have a stray one seeking to stoke up the fires of chaos to a foreign community can be a bit disturbing to say the least. South Africa's Democratic Allianc...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 10:03hrs | 2674 | by Jasper Hloka
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 | 558 | by ZimLive
Chamisa's life now in danger?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says his life is now in danger following his harassment by State security agents over the weekend, the Daily News reported.The opposition leader, who disputes Preside...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:00hrs | 3534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bail-out package talks on course: SA envoy
There is progress towards Zimbabwe getting a financial bail-out package from South Africa.This was revealed by South Africa's top envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Mphakama Mbete when he paid a cou...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Western-funded 'one-way flow of information' must end
In their Unesco-funded research paper aptly titled: "Television traffic: a one-way street? A survey and analysis of the international flow of television programme material," Kaarle Nordenstren...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:12hrs | 253 | by Editorial - The Herald
Towards the Zimbabwe people want: A call to inclusive and open national dialogue
Cognizant of the current socio-economic and political challenges Zimbabwe is facing, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO), an official umbrella body of NGOs operating in ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:15hrs | 287 | by NANGO
Zanu-PF, MDC Chamisa trade insults over Tuku funeral
THE death of music great and national hero Oliver Mtukudzi, while uniting a weary country at least for a few days, also exposed the abiding paranoia of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administrat...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2115 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabweans need to get out of election mode
ZIMBABWEANS need to get out of the election mode and direct their energy to nation-building and resuscitating the economy, a senior Zanu-PF official has said. The call was made by Zanu-PF Cent...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:51hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | 16301 | by City Press
Time for unity is now
We have the highest literacy rate on the continent and beyond, our people are known workaholics who keep their knuckles on the ground yet Zimbabwe is struggling to keep head above water, why? ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 562 | by Tondo Murisa
'Mnangagwa' tweet exposes divisions in Zanu-PF
A Twitter account reportedly run by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has exposed sharp divisions within the ruling party, with two of his top lieutenants clashing over its authenticity.The divisio...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa' tweet exposes divisions in Zanu-PF
A Twitter account reportedly run by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has exposed sharp divisions within the ruling party, with two of his top lieutenants clashing over its authenticity.The divisio...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:11hrs | 2407 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is the legitimate President of Zimbabwe
The nostalgia of a crude and barbaric past a British Lord by the name Palmer, never mind the high sounding but really empty prefix, of the old British Empire so much so that he hankered after its retu...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:58hrs | 415 | by Pupurai Togarepi
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