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Willing recolonisation will forever be the hallmark of MDC-Alliance
The folly of Zimbabwe's destiny lies in a fetish plinth that Sadc and the African Union (AU) are insignificant to the African cause, while the European Union (EU) and International Criminal Court (ICC...Published: 1 hr ago | 45 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Damnatio memoriae and Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day?
In the recent past few years, it had become a norm in February to see pomp and extravagance in Zimbabwe's state and independent media with preparations towards and celebrations on the birthday of "com...Published: 3 hrs ago | 101 | by Brian Maregedze
Robert Mugabe a hero and a true patriot
Cde Robert Mugabe tendered his resignation as the president of Zimbabwe on the 21 st September 2017. This came about after a bloodless army intervention. The man who became a hero and fought many stro...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1911 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sadc, EU positions on Zimbabwe: Attempting an end of history
Last week, there were two very important statements issued on Zimbabwe by two very important inter-State political bodies. The first of these statements and closer to home was issued by the Southern A...Published: 17 hrs ago | 801 | by Takura Zhangazha
Lest you invite bad omens
Much has been said and discussed about the vetting and subsequent compensation of war collaborators but to date there is no substance. Most of these people are now in the twilight zone of their lives ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 15:27hrs | 642 | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
Dismissal of Masvingo Magistrate Mr Madhibha unfair
It is true that Magistrates and judges have to be competent. They have to measure to the standard expected of them by discharging their duties efficiently, effectively and judiciously. The...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1030 | by Njabulo
Mrs Mnangagwa denies 'hand' in Zanu-PF youth fights
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has denied meddling in the internal power struggles rocking the Zanu-PF youth league.Social media has been awash with claims that she sponsored no-confidence vote...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejigged security sector to consolidates power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday effected yet another major shake-up of the top brass of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) - retiring four top military bosses this time, in a move which politica...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga still fighting ailment, still feeling 'kupisa'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in the Indian capital of New Delhi, where he is receiving treatment for an abdominal ailment, a government official revealed yesterday.Information deputy...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:44hrs | 18087 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Military government officials angered by public scrutiny
Following a soft coup that deposed former President Robert Mugabe from power last year, a number of military generals were retired to take up civilian posts in the new government in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:24hrs | 4385 | by Alistair Nyakudya
Chamisa, Mnangagwa trade barbs
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is the chief culprit in causing violence against innocent Zimbabweans. Mnangagwa blamed the opposition for t...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1903 | by Staff reporter
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 150 | by Pearl Matibe
'EU sanctions will spur Zimbabweans to bust sanctions' - nonsense just what we need
"Zimbabweans should not be distracted from their focus on turning around the economy by the country's enemies threatening to effect and strengthen illegal sanctions on the country," wrote the Chronicl...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1059 | by Nomusa Garikai
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: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | 14527 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa more brutal than Mugabe at his worst, says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is "more rabid than Robert Mugabe at his worst."Chamisa spoke outside the Harare Magistrates Court where the MDC's Harare ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 18:19hrs | 4450 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe situation needs proper strategic development plan
We lack basic fundamentals to fulfil the benchmark of legitimacy and credibility. We need to correct a lot of things on the ground. We have so much potential, we simply need to pass the legitimacy tes...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | 1393 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2183 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Comparative analysis of current political developments in Zimbabwe
It is critical and paramount of importance to do case studies, researches and analysis in any situation, mainly because they curb problems, and act as an indicator and eye opener for future events. Ba...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:48hrs | 646 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Command injustice on Biti
Command injustice was today displayed when the court convicted and sentenced MDC Deputy National Chairperson Hon Tendai Biti for 'announcing results'.This is despite the fact that the court it...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 12:36hrs | 2462 | by Hon Bekithemba Mpofu
MDC Youths speak on Chamisa Presidency
MDC Youth Assembly National Chairperson Happymore Chidziva says Nelson Chamisa is not the Acting President of MDC but a substantive President who was elected by the National Council at the directive o...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3519 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa plots crippling mega demos
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the MDC will soon roll out massive protests against the government, putting him on a collision course with authorities who warned at the weekend that security for...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2176 | by Staffg reporter
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 | 6617 | by Staff reportet
Bulawayo artiste blasts Mnangagwa
BULAWAYO artiste Njabulo "SizFire" Nyoni has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the song Cry of a Zimbabwean Child, blaming him for the current economic hardships and social unrest in the c...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
3 reasons why it's all going wrong for Mnangagwa
HOW did things turn so bad for Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa?He won the disputed July 30 2018 elections, but even before the results were officially announced, protesters were being ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1075 | by Stephen Chan
Mnangagwa's govt unfazed by EU sanctions threat
Government yesterday said it was not worried by the threat from the European Union (EU) Parliament to tighten sanctions against the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration, insisting that they...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:05hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance threaten to unleash more protests
THE MDC party has threatened to unleash more protests as part of efforts to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently engage with opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa to resolve the ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | 221 | by Victor Bhoroma
Matebeleland chiefs ditch Mnangagwa, back Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last Thursday received backed from two traditional chiefs following a meeting with the traditional leaders from Matebeleland who threw support behind him saying Zimb...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 3918 | by Staff reporter
'Why we are talking to Mnangagwa'
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is one of the opposition parties that have embraced calls for dialogue by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is meant to address the country's political and economic ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
The paradox of Chete Chete! Emerging understandings in 2019
Pursuant to last week's instalment, an erstwhile barrister in the making, Zwelithini Xaba gave a candid response on how Nelson Chamisa and his generational consensus are a façade. But the budding bar...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 486 | by Michael Mhlanga
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 | 754 | by Nick Mangwana
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) is set to hand down a new set of sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in the wake of persistent human rights violations as well as the deteriorating ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:16hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
GNU with Tsvangirai talk is Chamisa's imagination, says Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF yesterday said claims by the MDC-Alliance's Nelson Chamisa that MDC-T late leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai died a bitter man after the ruling party reneged on a deal to co-opt him into President M...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 19:59hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions made in MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance yesterday celebrated resolutions by the European Union (EU) Parliament for the bloc to effect and strengthen sanctions on Zimbabwe, indicating that the party's efforts to invite hostile i...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 19:57hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 955 | by House of Commons Library
Joshua Nkomo was a dictator?
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo may have been a rigid leader who did not agree with anyone disagreeing with his ideas, it has emerged.A top leader of the Alliance for People's Agenda (AP...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We need complete thinkers, not compartmentalised ones
What does it mean to be a "complete thinker"? Complete thinking entails connecting apparently disparate or unconnected ideas.To further elaborate, it means being able to take on a variety of i...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 522 | by Conway Tutani
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 147 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Business complicit in Zimbabwe's economic woes
CHIEF executive officers from across the African continent have been meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the last three days in a bid to find lasting solutions to the economic crisis faci...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
National dialogue deadlock: Hope keeps eluding Zimbabwe
NATIONAL dialogue meant to unite Zimbabweans around a common vision has failed to gain traction as the leading political parties have taken deeply entrenched hardline positions, plunging the country d...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 858 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'G40 has taken over MDC-Alliance'
The late MDC-Alliance leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, died almost a pauper but could have still died a billionaire if he had sold out the struggle for selfgain, the former Prime Minister's aide has said. ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:55hrs | 7832 | by Staff reporter
Comparative Analysis of current political Developments in Zimbabwe: Case Study - Shutdown and arrests of opposition officials
It is critical and paramount of importance to do case studies, researches and analysis in any situation, mainly because they curb problems, and act as an indicator and eye opener for future events. Ba...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:26hrs | 395 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai: A lasting epoch in the national story
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, my boss for 10 years until he died last year on 14 February on the day the power of love is celebrated worldwide, was not a persona but a gargantuan political moment whose i...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1070 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Regional support thwarts regime change agenda
Zimbabwe has recently been on an onslaught from the West, who have been using local opposition parties and Non-Governmental Organisations in attempts to destabilise the country. The actions of the opp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:46hrs | 1337 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Mushava's valentine in austerity and Zimbabwe's political economy
A few weeks ago, I wrote on Stan Mushava's autobiographical poetry anthology, Rhyme and Resistance and it has become a habit for me to check on his Facebook page for any latest poetry. On this Valenti...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:35hrs | 603 | by Brian Maregedze
Towards a genuine national dialogue
In recent times, there has been much talk of a "national dialogue". Indeed, this is the precise term that President Mnangagwa used when he called the February 6 meeting with political parties that was...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1421 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
Zimbabwe bonds its resources until 2020
With international lenders continuing to shun Zimbabwe due to its dismissal repayment record and toxic politics President Emmerson Mnangagwa's skint government has resorted to mortagaging the country'...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
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