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Could it be more about money and less about Chiwenga?
"The joke is on you," goes an English saying.If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that the person has tried to make someone else look silly, but has, in the process, ma...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:37hrs | 901 | by CONWAY TUTANI
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 24024 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'The Negotiations'
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance's new method of keeping sanctions on Zimbabwe, while pretending not to support sanctions is to keep on demanding "Negotiations." Nelson Chamisa said, "I am ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 17:30hrs | 10363 | by Sam Wezhira
Apparently budget presentation was relatively good, but lacks clarity
From Hand to mouth As a development practitioner, my strong analysis is as follows, it appears the current budget presentation is a reflection of hand to mo...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 848 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Sustainable key ideas of resuscitating Zim economy
There is a huge gap between demand and supply. Our economy mainly survive on borrowing and imports. We have imports more than exports and therefore our balance of payments are in red. Zimbabweans must...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 10:01hrs | 967 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Ginimbi sparks fresh social media nuclear genocide
Socialite ''nouveau riche'' Genius ''Ginimbi'' Kadungure is really not an interesting character, at face value at least. His face is just about as interesting as sitting down and watching paint dry. O...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:42hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
You are putting women and children in Mathebeleland at risk Israel Dube
Your article in Bulawayo24 on the 5th of August is a cause to be concerned about if one comes from this region. It felt as if you are already threatening war against the Mnangagwa regime. Did you and ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 20:05hrs | 2923 | by Nomazulu Thata
Charismatic appeals vs performance legitimacy
Tomorrow, July 30, 2018, Zimbabwe will have its first post-Robert Mugabe harmonised election, where 23 candidates from 22 political parties will engage in mortal political combat for the country's pre...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 20:08hrs | 956 | by McDonald Lewanika
What now Comrades?
After having watched the demo as it beamed live on the MDC Facebook handle l could feel the pain and disappointment of the marchers of Wednesday. Dear reader away from the meddling crowd of Zimpapers ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 15:31hrs | 2592 | by Tatenda Magumise
Chamisa ZANU PF is part of the solution as ED agrees with Clinton: 'It's the economy, stupid'
Listening to Nelson Chamisa's simple rally message about destroyed infrastructure, horrendous economic toll, devastated health care, and increasing social misery excites malcontents. As h...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:07hrs | 2931 | by Sam Wezhira
Job Sakala: As worst as they come!
The Editor,On 18 April 2018, Tendai Biti was quoted as saying, "Zimbabwe's elections scheduled to take place this year will be the most important in a generation and critical to restoring demo...Published: 16 May 2018 at 13:23hrs | 2773 | by Wezhira Sam
What is Chisa Mbama Chisa?
Zimbabwean populism has a clear history, and Morgan Tsvangirai epitomized its paradoxes. At his graveyard, he united political adversaries, religious people, blacks, whites, Indians; yet at the height...Published: 14 May 2018 at 18:48hrs | 7982 | by Sam Wezhira
Expect bhora musango
My People, I trust this letter finds you well. I could not be better.I am still celebrating the loss of Lizard Ngwena's puppets during the Zanu-PF primary elections.More of his people ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | 3122 | by Dr Stop It
English made easy by the Language Coach
How to Improve Your Spoken EnglishIf you struggle with spoken English, below are a few handy hints that will turn you into a champion speaker.Speak in English only when at sc...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 06:25hrs | 335 | by Language Coach
Drawing parallels between the ZANU PF and ANC recalls, the issue of Constitutional order
Whether this is by design or it is the swinging pendulum of fortune swinging in reverse it stands to be seen. The ANC has had two recalls in successive Presidencies. This is the biggest problem Africa...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 12:25hrs | 676 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Speaking up against Chamisa's hypocrisy
As an MDC supporter my whole life, I cannot keep quiet with the pure hypocrisy we are witnessing today.Indeed, if we were to create a new excerpt for the definition of ‘hypocrite' in a dicti...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 13:06hrs | 2186 | by Faith Hope
Matabeleland has a vacuum in leadership
The Matabeleland in its quest for a leader has crossed the border and brought in a king. I wonder if this is a Ndebele king or a Matabeleland king, if Ndebele it becomes a puzzle, yet if it's Matabele...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1206 | by Clive Zulu
Tsvangirai's MDC continues to burn
There is seemingly no end in sight to the serious factional fighting that is devouring the MDC, with fresh cracks emerging in the Bulawayo provincial executive of the party - where one of the key figu...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploy police to Tsvangirai's house
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Sunday came to the rescue of ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai when it deployed armed police guards to stave off the former prime minister's alleged rela...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:55hrs | 8825 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Whither Zimbabwe's Nationalist Project
Good Evening everyone, I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to share my ideas and views with you on the state of the Nationalist project in Zimbabwe. As I prepare to make my remarks I note that i...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 14:39hrs | 1343 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
General Chiwenga Pronounces a Coup - No to civil war in Zimbabwe!
How clear does it get? That statement in a country with a functional defense mechanism would have gotten the man court marshalled right away. He would not see the dawn of tomorrow or setting of the su...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 17:39hrs | 14921 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zimbabweans face challenges in raising children abroad
Making a decision on how your children will grow up is task which is challenging. Raising a child was traditionally a community duty. A parent brings him out the community brings him up. Now being in ...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 07:48hrs | 6148 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans struggle to cope with their unusual English names in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have a torrid time with their names. Most people have got English names given to them by their parents. Probably our parents saw a notice on an electric pole which says d...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 18:28hrs | 44975 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe's grandfather served King Lobengula
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has Ndebele ancestry as his grandfather served King Lobengula, historian and Higher Education Minister Stan Mudenge claims.Speaking at the Lupane State University's ina...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:59hrs | 18059 | by Staff reporter
The Ncube Clan: a Tale of Kalanga Origins
THE REBIRTH OF BUKALANGA: A GREAT NATION Since the publication of my book, The Rebirth of BuKalanga, a lot of interest has been generated in Kalanga ide...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 17:15hrs | 11534 | by Ndzimu-Unami Emmanuel Moyo
After the fossils of G40, Lacoste
Frenetic media headlines such as, ''Mugabe throws Mnangagwa under the bus'' and ''Mugabe ready for the kill'', are not for the good of the country.The hearse bearing the corpses of the two dea...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:49hrs | 201 | by Teddie Bepete
English made easy by the language coach - How to Improve Your Spoken English
If you struggle with spoken English, below are a few handy hints that will turn you into a champion speaker. - Speak in English only when at school. - Speak in English as oft...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 20:40hrs | 922 | by Language coach
Ninety percent of all the qualified teachers in Zimbabwe cannot pass SAT
The Editor, My pronunciation might seem a bit over the top, but it's the only accurate description of what has happened and is happening in Zimbabwe today. The vampire elites that now controls...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 22:10hrs | 2225 | by Sam Wezhira
Spectacle of Dead-mouse Mutasa
So it's true after all? That Tsvangirai's MDC benefited from Mai Mujuru and her late departed hero-husband, Chauya-Chauya's Mavambo project? So why was she denying it when this column made that revela...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:21hrs | 509 | by Nathaniel Manheru
The media gave us Mujuru
For a person holding a doctorate degree, one would expect a polished delivery in terms of detail and simple pronunciation of the Queen's language.It is not clear whether opposition leader ...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:07hrs | 361 | by Staff writer
English made easy by The Language Coach
How to Improve Your Spoken English If you struggle with spoken English, below are a few handy hints that will turn you into a champion speaker. ...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 12:46hrs | 492 | by The Language Coach
New Curriculum - English Language Overview
As a nation, we should embrace the new curriculum as it brings more benefits than limitations to our society. It was introduced at a time when it was needed most. We were trailing behind in terms of t...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 07:42hrs | 1728 | by Farirai Nyamana
Bond notes are what the doc ordered, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am so elated that my ideas have proved to be the magic that this economy was missing for some time now. That is what experience does. I gave you a...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:30hrs | 1476 | by CZ
Nera demonstrations expose Mujuru
The involvement of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) in the barbarous protests that rocked Harare recently exposed the true stripes of that party's founding fathers and mothers.For a while, Dr. ...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 14:40hrs | 1527 | by Tafara Shumba
We are on the right track, says Gen Chiwenga
This week we publish the final instalment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga's, interview with The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and Repo...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:55hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family cries foul over SA post-mortem
THE family of Zimbabwean gynaecologist Dr Tham Matinde, who was found dead at his Cape Town home in South Africa, in July last year, has expressed concern over the slow pace of police investigations i...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:42hrs | 2868 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Zanu-PF: Stop kicking and start pulling, please
Some members of ZANU-PF have been seized with attacking each other using social media platforms like Twitter at the expense of pressing issues like the El Nino-induced droughtThe Exchequer...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 05:17hrs | 1123 | by Nick Mangwana
'Mboko slur' Mpkoko to be appeased with a live beast
ACTING Zanu-PF provincial chairperson for Midlands, Kizito Chivamba, has reportedly offered to appease Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko with a live beast after mutilating his name during a rally in M...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 06:32hrs | 4064 | by Staff reporter
Grace tell Mphoko she is Shoko (monkey) clan - the devourers of 'mazhanje nemambishi'!
Zimbabwe's politics is getting really complex and demanding; who would have guessed that a VP is now expected to know everything about the First Lady including her family tree and totem!"You (...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:37hrs | 4554 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Diaspora worth $50bln says Mugabe's nephew
ZIMBABWE'S Diaspora has potential to invest at least US$50 billion in the economy, but the country needs clear strategies on how to reach out to its expatriates and address policy inconsistencie...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 05:57hrs | 2747 | by Walter Mswazie
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 | 3775 | by Caitlin Kamba
ZBC taken to task over 'biased, unfair coverage'
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been taken to task by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) over the biased and unfair coverage in the ongoing parliamentary by-election campai...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 09:54hrs | 1941 | by Staff reporter
Of the Political Scientists/Analysts, and Constitutionalism!
The Editor,As the ZANU PF Congress has come and passed; many Zimbabweans are confused at what is facing them: Have we descended into dictatorship? Is it lawlessness? Was the constitution viola...Published: 27 Dec 2014 at 15:45hrs | 2933 | by Denny
For frightened teen from Bulawayo, Canada became a beacon of hope
Dumo Siziba fled Zimbabwe at age 16, fearing for his life. Welcomed into Canada "with open arms," the now 30-year-old lawyer is working to pay it forward.Happy birthday, Dumo Siziba.Th...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 21:31hrs | 4422 | by Scott Simmie
Local car assemblies should get govt support
The recent statement by the Finance Minister, Mr. Patrick Chinamasa that people should not import second hand cars from abroad as they are externalizing the little foreign currency needed in the ...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 13:36hrs | 1938 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Civil servants payday, Chinamasa paints a gloomy picture
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday painted a gloomy picture over the future welfare of civil servants when he admitted in Parliament that government was failing to maintain consistent pay da...Published: 29 May 2014 at 17:05hrs | 4811 | by Staff reporter
100 Most Influential Africans - Religion Featured
What is influence and how do you measure it? It will always be hard to agree on a common understanding and meaning of influence. Understandably, this always generates wide debate. How do we determine ...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 15:52hrs | 2012 | by New African
Does Mugabe speak Ndebele or not?
If there is anyone out there who knows for real and without any equivocation whether or not president Robert Mugabe speaks Ndebele, can that person kindly confirm this fact during Mugabe's lifetime s...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 10:10hrs | 17184 | by Colls Ndlovu
Malema's EFF project: A force to reckon with or another stillbirth?
Background In the last few days there has been a lot of excitement and reportage about the formation of the EFF [Economic Freedom Fighters] initiated ...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 02:13hrs | 335 | by Bigboy Mthombeni
Corporates guilty of butchering local languages in their ads
Coke is now doing damage control over imported cans.Brands worldwide take clients seriously and invest heavily on marketing, luring and keeping clients, well except in Zimbabwe, it seems. ...Published: 17 May 2013 at 08:12hrs | 2875 | by Deck-Magazine
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