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Real empowerment means financial independence, not State handouts
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent unveiling of a US$500 000 cash payout to war veterans, under the guise of the War Veterans Empowerment Fund, has ignited widespread debate and scepticism....Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:34hrs | 55 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Real empowerment means financial independence, not state handouts
The truth will set us free.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent unveiling of a US$500,000 cash payout to war veterans, under the guise of the War Veterans Empowerment Fund, has ignited widesp...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 19:06hrs | 453 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wicknell Chivayo: A symbol of wealth, controversy, and economic imbalance in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, Wicknell Chivayo has become a household name, renowned for his extravagant lifestyle. From lavishly distributing luxury vehicles to reportedly acquiring a private jet, his wealth and ambi...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming titles as ceremonial King Mambo and King Munhumutap...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 990 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Zanu-PF official dismisses 'rebel plots', vows support for Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East Provincial Chairman and Local Government and Public Works Minister, Daniel Garwe, has strongly condemned what he described as attempts by "renegade" former ruling party offici...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Youths, War Vets trash Mnangagwa-Tungwarara dummy fund banner
Several youths and veterans of the liberation struggle mocked Presidential Youths Fund launch spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his controversial advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara, descri...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:07hrs | 1999 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chiwenga's colourful vernacular reshapes Zimbabwean discourse
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, renowned for his pivotal role in the 2017 military coup that ended President Robert Mugabe's near-four-decade rule, is now making headlines for his vibrant and imp...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:10hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa succession open for debate'
A fierce debate has surfaced within Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, over a proposal to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028, as revealed by party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:02hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Who wanted to assassinate Donald Trump?
Pennsylvania - Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, a shocking act of political violence that threaten...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart sees better days in 2024
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says finding solutions to the city's multifaceted problems will not happen overnight as he laid out his council's priorities for 2024.Coltart, a former Education m...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the Sadc radar?
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is currently deeply involved in addressing the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe, which has caused divisions within the nation and the region, while al...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
What legacy will Mnangagwa leave?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in on Monday for his second and last term, according to the Constitution of Zimbabwe.His first term ran from 2018-2023 and now his final lap will take hi...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:46hrs | 1 | by Faith Zaba
In the face of denialism, candidates must accept the people's voice
In any thriving democracy, a foundational tenet remains undisputed: for the electoral process to truly reflect the will of the people, the outcome – be it victory or defeat – must be accepted with...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Innocent Mujeri
Kasukuwere rallies citizens, poll observers against political violence
Exiled former cabinet minister-turned-opposition-politician Saviour Kasukuwere has urged Zimbabweans to stand strong in the face of continued acts political violence often blamed on some Zanu-PF suppo...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 21:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Another empty political statement from Chiwenga
ZIMBABWE goes to the polls on August 23 and the only strong political candidates tussling it out are Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa, Nelson Chamisa (Citizens Coalition for Change) and Saviour ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fikile Mbalula at it again
It was another blundering from the African National Congress Secretary General Mr Fikile Mbalula who again was caught offside on matters concerning the political and economic situation on great Zimbab...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:08hrs | 7 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications
ZIMBABWE is among top five countries that registered the highest number of citizens granted work visas to the United Kingdom (UK) in the past two years, latest statistics by the UK's Office of Nationa...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's job creation mega deals facade exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-vaunted job creation thrust and mega deals have proven to be mere political rhetoric after the country's statistical agency noted continuing joblessness, particular...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 19:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must revisit his inauguration pledge
IN his inauguration speech on August 25, 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa clearly promised the nation a departure from his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe's violent politics.On that sunn...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brain drain cripples Zimbabwe
UNFULFILLED electoral promises of creating an environment conducive to youth development by the Zanu-PF-led government in 2018 have fuelled a mass exodus of young people to faraway lands in search of ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Crisis in Zimbabwe health sector deepens
AUDITOR-GENERAL (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in the country's health sector, where there is serious understaffing and shortages of equipment with no ambulances having been procured between 2...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gangs up against Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE'S worsening economic situation has reportedly ratcheted pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa from within his ruling Zanu-PF party to find quick solutions as the country heads into the ele...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF gangs up against Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE'S worsening economic situation has reportedly ratcheted pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa from within his ruling Zanu PF party to find quick solutions as the country heads into the ele...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 07:12hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia: There goes the puppies again!
OVER the past few months, the political temperature has been heating up as if the country's general elections are scheduled for next year.Watching developments from my poshto has been quite in...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 14 | by Retired Major Action Mandingo
I have never come across anyone who blames sanctions for our suffering - outside political rhetoric
The debate over the real cause of the seemingly unending untold suffering and unimaginable poverty that ordinary Zimbabweans have painfully (but, most worryingly with the patience of the pope) endured...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 22:24hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Nehanda not a national heroine'
A LOCAL historian has said government erected Mbuya Nehanda's statue for political expediency, distorting history since the heroine of the first war of resistance against colonial rule was not a natio...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
West's Zimbabwean political project crumbling
There is an interesting quotation from the Old Man in Charles Mungoshi's "Waiting for the Rain" (1975). It is a quotation that epitomises his lament about the alienation that has afflicted Lucifer, hi...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Bulawayo needs water, not political rhetoric
BULAWAYO's perennial water crisis has hogged the limelight for far too long, especially towards an election, and it's time politicians stop politicking over the issue, but deliver the precious liquid....Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 won't be defeated by empty political rhetoric, says Biti
Zimbabwean former Finance minister Tendai Biti, also main opposition MDC Alliance deputy president, says the virulent Covid-19 pandemic, surging and killing more people, won't be defeated by empty pol...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Callous lack of humanity, empathy, and sympathy in the death of Zanu PF political leaders
Should we have empathy for those we hate?Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique on the demise of the political leaders from their n...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 15:26hrs | 12 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Open letter to Nelson Chamisa
Attention : Advocate Nelson Chamisa The Movement for Democratic Change has become the most powerful political organization in Zimbabwe. This influence h...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Pongo
Crucifying 'Wiwa' for a mere political rhetoric: A countenance of the Devil
While we mutually admonish instigators of anarchy, despondency, divisiveness and secessionism we loudly criticize an all-out war on the deputy chairperson of MDC-Alliance over an address at a politica...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:41hrs | 4 | by Benny Gudo
Mopa: In pursuit of a fallacious democracy
RECENTLY, America gave us a rare tonic on its actual view of Zimbabwe, under the new government. It is a given that, in most of its statements, the United States prefers to give cryptic political mess...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
Government riot act to errant NGOs welcomed
The reading of the riot act to some errant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) by the Acting Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Kazembe Kazembe on 11 December 2018 should be applauded...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 4 | by Brightface Mutema
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 4 | by Brian Maregedze
Conflation of business and politics: An economic solution for Zimbabwe
September and October saw the prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rising beyond the reach of many. Medicines at pharmacies were charged in United States dollars only and those who could not afford...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:35hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
MDC at 19: A trail of destruction and failure
Naturally in life when a person turns 19 he or she is considered an adult as he or she can exercise their right to vote, marry and be employed without violating any laws such as child labour. This is ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe MPs must deal with real issues
ZIMBABWE held elections on July 30 this year, which brought forth a Ninth Parliament dominated by Zanu PF, while Emmerson Mnangagwa was deemed elected as President when the Constitutional Court dismis...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Editorial - newsday
MDC deplores heavy police deployment in cities
The MDC notes with alarm the unwarranted heavy deployment of police in the streets of Harare and other cities. The apparent "securocratisation" of the state by the illegitimate Zanu PF Government is a...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 11:41hrs | | by Jacob Mafume MDC National Spokesperson
Letter to Nelson 'Mischief' Chamisa
Dear Mr Chamisa First, greetings from the cotton tuft-haired elders in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve. Admittedly, this is the first time that the council of Karitundundu, the agel...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Post-election Violence: MDC Alliance supporters abandon homes
POST-ELECTION violence has reportedly displaced several opposition MDC Alliance supporters countrywide despite calls for tolerance, with reports that many families have abandoned their homes for fear ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Political violence, deplorable and red flags ignored
Wednesday's awful shooting gave us lot to discuss as this day dawns, so let's get straight to it.. If the government and local police authorities unwilling to address violent protesters, it will fuel ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 13:22hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Credible elections will see GDP grow 6,5% by year-end
SOUTH African firm Emergent Research says a clear winner and a clean election will see the gross domestic product (GDP) grow to 6,5% by year end.Emergent Research is an investment research and...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be arrested
Reports from MDC Alliance rallies in recent days echo a common theme: if their candidate loses there will be anger, despair, and even revolution. Chamisa's supporters site the election as being r...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's rigging allegations: A case of history repeating itself
Those who have meticulously followed developments on Zimbabwe's political landscape since President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the date of the 2018 harmonised elections will, no doubt, concur with ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
An analysis of Chamisa's recent trip to Israel
In the midst of a gruelling election campaign, MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa surprised many by posting pictures on social media holidaying in Israel, which he dubbed a private vis...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Chiwenga under fire over 'reckless' talk
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has come under heavy criticism for advising residents not to pay for services they do not receive.In the heat of electioneering, Chiwenga told Zanu-PF supp...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 15:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Politics of entitlement: A threat to electoral democracy
The election season is upon us and Zimbabwe will go to the polls on July 30. This election is both critical and unique in the sense that it is now urgent that the country moves forward after a long pe...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Terrence Muvoti
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