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Mnanaggwa urged to amend laws
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF government has been urged to amend laws and enshrine the principles in the African Charter on Democracy and Governance (ACDEG) in order to improve issues of huma...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells off Malema
ZIMBABWE will not be lectured by misinformed and misguided regional parties such as the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on anything as the country is not a province of South Africa. ...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 8834 | by Staff reporter
'I'm not Benjani, but Mpenjani'
BENJANI Mwaruwari is one of the finest football exports to emerge from the local scene. And yet interestingly, Benjani is not even his original name.When he was born in the City of Bulawayo ba...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4898 | by Staff reporter
Community broadcasting remains a strategic missing connection in Zimbabwe
It is a fact though debateable that the new generation of our children can hardly read the vernacular or mother tongue and are not even inclined to write properly because we still believe it's backwar...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 467 | by John T Chirinda
COVID-19: Zimbabwe's exemptions to the lockdown
Zimbabwe begins its 21-day lockdown today as it tries to curb the spread of Covid-19 in a country, which has limited testing capabilities. The latest update from the Ministry of Health and Child...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zimbabwe begins 21-day lockdown
Zimbabwe begins its 21-day lockdown today as it tries to curb the spread of Covid-19 in a country, which has limited testing capabilities. The latest update from the Ministry of Health and Child...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Liberation: Did somebody say Fanon?
DURING the African struggles against settler colonialism the name of Frantz Fanon used to scare settler colonialists that understandably banned his books and pamphlets. In the present era the name and...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 464 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Currency reforms restore country's sovereign dignity
The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) has laid the foundation for fiscal consolidation at the same time generating sustainable budget methods. So far, the implementation of the TSP ha...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:03hrs | 189 | by Richard Mahomva
Zimdollar given 5-day ultimatum
THE National Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) has given government up to Tuesday next week to withdraw Statutory Instrument 142/2019, which banned the use of multi-currency and reintroduced the Zimb...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:41hrs | 5102 | by Staff reporter
Even if it meant forming a New Party Name, Chamisa would still win Election by 90%.
Chamisa is a few years younger than me. My probability of becoming a Universally recognised Zimbabwean Opposition leader was much greater than Chamisa's but Chamisa walked the steps of a Hero which I ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 19:59hrs | 5321 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 49080 | by Methusi Ncube
Mthuli Ncube quizzed over high cost of sanitary wear
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube was last Thursday quizzed in the Senate over the issue of the removal of duty on sanitary wear for women and girls.A packet of panty liners now costs between $3 a...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya pressed wrong button, says MDC Alliance shadow minister
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya's keenly awaited monetary policy statement (MPS) delivered last Wednesday has sparked debate amid fears that the floating of the exchange rate will spar...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 3172 | by Staff reporter
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 | 904 | 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 | 29015 | 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 | 10441 | 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 | 869 | 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 | 1232 | 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 | 675 | 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 | 2937 | 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 | 987 | 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 | 2602 | 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 | 2940 | 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 | 2818 | 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 | 8123 | 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 | | 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 | 365 | 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 | | 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 | 2053 | 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 | 1231 | 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 | 998 | 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 | 8824 | 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 | 1366 | 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 | 14913 | 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 | 6160 | 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 | 45162 | 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 | 21439 | 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 | 21397 | 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 | 184 | 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 | 1045 | 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 | 2228 | 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 | 515 | 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 | | 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 | 511 | 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 | 2177 | 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 | 1480 | 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 | 1529 | 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 | 986 | 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 | 2997 | 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 | | by Nick Mangwana
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