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Gender Dynamics Shaping Ecological Outcomes in Zimbabwe
Throughout Zimbabwe's rich history, the relationship between its people and the environment has played a central role. This dynamic has been shaped by the intricate dance between gender dynamics and h...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 17:52hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 13 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
China to support Zimbabwe's education
CHINESE ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding has pledged China's support to the country's education sector saying the two countries have maintained good relations that can be traced back to the pre-coloni...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive off the rails
ZIMBABWE'S international diplomatic re-engagement drive is completely off the rails as shown by the United States government's announcement of a new travel embargo targeted at the regime actors respon...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Dzikamai Bere
OPC ZITF stand has public in awe
AN imposing artistic image depicting President Mnangagwa carrying a masonry trowel laden with mortar and building blocks in the background, admirably stood above the Office of the President and Cabine...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zapu criticises government over Gukurahundi
THE opposition Zapu has criticised government and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) for failure to consider the1980s Gukurahundi victims emotions inconducting research on the...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malawi leader jets in
MALAWIAN President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to arrive in the country today for a two-day State visit. President Chakwera, who won the Malawi election run-off in June this year, is making h...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Retracing the footprints of a heroic legacy
In the month of August we celebrate the gallant fighters of our liberation struggle - both the living and those no longer in our midst. Through their lived commitment to disfigure colonialism, w...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Obert Mpofu
'Political rivalry shouldn't translate into animosity'
Indo-Zimbabwe relations are largely timeless as trade between the two countries can be traced to the pre-colonial era. Last year, Indian Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu visited Zimbabwe and pledged...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi' stifling healing process
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday acknowledged that government's failure to address past conflicts in the country had made it difficult to achieve sustainable peace and national healing.Mo...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister evicts 350 families in Mutasa district
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has been accused of using her political muscle to facilitate the eviction of over 350 families at Zengeni Farm in Mutasa district where she rep...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | | by Michael Mhlanga
Unpacking impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe
According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, sanctions are defined as "official orders such as the stopping of trade, which is taken against a country in order to make it obey international l...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Panganai Kahuni
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chieftainship wrangle settled in court
The High Court has confirmed Mr Boniface Musara as substantive chief for Ward 32, Masvingo East, putting to rest a protracted wrangle that dates back to the colonial era.Wards 32 and 8 of Vict...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt warned of bloodbath over Gukurahundi
Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, the outspoken Matebeleland South proportional representation MP, has warned of a bloodbath in Zimbabwe if the Mugabe led government continues to ignore the concerns of...Published: 15 May 2017 at 08:33hrs | | by Hansard
Zanu-PF supporters disrupt Bill hearing
Participants disrupted the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee hearing on the National Peace and Reconciliation Bill at Cooksey Hall in Chinhoyi yesterday.The hearing ended prematurely after...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
The crisis of educated Zimbabweans
Our beloved continent, is currently dominated by a generation of noise makers: a people who can talk almost all the time, but don't act. It is very annoying to hear some "experts" giving speeches over...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 00:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Mazenge
Bayethe poet wins in Mpumalanga
Johannesburg - The Bayethe Music Production and Promotion company (A division of Bayethe Media), has finally secured a space in the December trending arts news through its award winning poet Gugulethu...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 16:07hrs | 3 | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
High Court judge to hand down sentence on Harare residents convicted for alleged murder of Police officer
HIGH Court Judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu will on Monday 12 December 2016 sentence four Harare residents who were convicted for the murder of a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Inspector Petros Mutedzi....Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 06:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mlambos take the letter to the president straight to Zim
Barely a few days after the official reading of the letter to the president at Cosmos City , in a session that happened on 3 December at Cosmos City Mall, Mlambos Express Band is now eager to co...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
Energy Mutodi releases album
The controversial Zanu PF youth member Energy Mutodi has released a new album titled Shanga Yangu Yawa.In his Facebook Post Mutodi said his latest album is now out and available on Whatsup...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 07:11hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF ordinary members, war vets plan Mugabe's down fall- Mutodi
The controversial Zanu PF member Energy Mutodi has claimed that Zanu PF ordinary members and war veterans are planning the President Robert Mugaber's down fall from power.He said following a s...Published: 30 May 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mozambique insurgency threat to regional security
RAMPANT poaching and threats to political stability posed by the rebel Alfonso Dhlakama-led Renamo in Mozambique are serious regional issues, which should be dealt with urgently, officials said yester...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
The case for the re-introduction of the Lozwi - Rozwi Monarchy
The Lozwi/Rozvi Monarchy should be revived. It is the true uniting factor that transcends tribal barriers. It is representative of all Zimbabweans in every region be it Matabeleland, Mashonaland, Masv...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 12:09hrs | 9 | by Julius Sai Mutyambizi-Dewa
Why Zimbabwe needs devolution
It is not only the people of Matabeleland North and South who want devolution of power but it is the six out of 10 provinces in Zimbabwe who need devolution if the people of Zimbabwe are to adopt the ...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:32hrs | | by Methembeni Moyo
The Britain Zimbabwe Society's annual research day 2012
'Zimbabwe and the Region'The Britain Zimbabwe Society's annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Antony's College, Oxford (corner of Woodstock/Bevington Road, North Oxford, OX2...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 12:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zim parties defer over the period when human rights abuses should be investigated
Differences between Zanu-PF and the MDC formations over the period when human rights abuses should be investigated led to abandonment of public hearings on the proposed Zimbabwe Human Rights Commissi...Published: 26 Jul 2011 at 04:22hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Dangers of myths to tribal relations in Zimbabwe
A NUMBER of myths and distortions of history have combined to fuel tensions, conflicts and violence in Zimbabwe. There are indeed a series of myths and distortions that have filtered into the Z...Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 08:09hrs | 5 | by Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
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