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CCC recalls: Hope is a finite resource
HOW is one Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament a dress-rehearsal for politics of manipulation and inconsistence in Zimbabwe?For students of...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | | by Sharon Hofisi
Zimbabwe now like a car made of wire
WHEN we were little boys, we enjoyed playing with our homemade toy vehicles made out of scrap wire.These were usually small cars, buses and trucks — with the most popular being the first two...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
EU, US sanctions hit Zimbabwe's agric sector hard
Since the final stage of the Cold War, the use of sanctions as a "soft approach" in international diplomacy gained pre-eminence among states that seek to influence the perception and behaviour of othe...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Oh, please, Zimbabweans, shut up!
Of late, most particularly after the recent elections, I have felt thoroughly fed up with Zimbabweans!The dejection has reached a point where I have all but concluded that we are a lost cause....Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:47hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadc observer report a run away 'gun'
THE choice of words by the Sadc observer mission bordered on incitement, propelling a legitimacy crisis with the potential to harm the country. The report was by any standard a threat to human and nat...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Dr Matthew Mare
The US Dollar to be rendered useless by year end
China's place on the world stage advances year by year. It is arguably already the world's largest economy. Its Belt and Road Initiative and its other international links like the BRICS have helped to...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a "dream" in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging.The provocation and the challenge come from the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by William Jethro Mpofu
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 12 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Chamisa's lightning rod
God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yo...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Jamwanda
Basics run out of Zimbabwe shelves
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent economic pronouncements have reportedly triggered a shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities in most retail shops...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants agree on new benefits
Civil servants' representatives yesterday signed an agreement with the Government in acceptance of the significant steps taken to improve conditions of service for its workers.In a statement, ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwean leaders can learn from FW de Klerk's legacy
WHEN the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe met the last apartheid South African leader Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died of cancer-related complications at 85 this week, in Gaborone, Bot...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EU maintains stance on Zimbabwe isolation
THE European Union (EU) this week dismissed government claims that the two decades-long restrictive measures imposed on individuals and state firms had triggered an economic meltdown, which has seen m...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Sweet scent of democracy sweeping Zambia in coming to Zimbabwe' - finally, many are questioning MDC A foolishness
It is heartening to notice there is a noticeable shift is Zimbabwe politics; the old naïve, gullible ask-no-question mentality is being replace by the sober and savvy realism. "Africa must ha...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 20:16hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Defer schools opening'
TEACHERS' unions have called on the government to defer schools opening to August or until the COVID-19 infections have subsided, saying going ahead with schools opening anytime soon would be "suicida...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esigodini teacher launches 4th book
AN Esigodini teacher and senior pastor at Great Divine Missions Church, Qiniso Mpofu, has penned his fourth book titled But We Piped to You which was launched on Friday in Bulawayo.In a world ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt caves in on salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has bowed to pressure and agreed to consider another adjustment on civil servants' salaries after teachers threatened a full-blown strike last week as their e...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinese vaccines inject fear into West as Zimbabwe rejoices
The coming in of Covid-19 has highly exposed global vulnerability. The pandemic has left the whole world puzzled, without any amenable solution to the devastating effects. But the vaccination ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Dylan Chiwawa
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Michael Mhlanga
Presuming 'no normal person votes Zanu-PF' is what makes MDC lose
Appearances can deceive big-time.Perusing the South African media before that country's general elections in May this year, one would have concluded that the ruling ANC was finished and would ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Biti, Mthuli in nasty exchange
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube and MDC vice president Tendai Biti - who held the Finance portfolio during the inclusive government between 2009-13 - have engaged in a war of wo...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mugabe's shadow lingers on...
IT'S a tedious cliché, but best captures what is happening in Zimbabwe now: the more things change, the more they remain the same. I couldn't immediately find any better expression which describes th...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:31hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
A coup in Zimbabwe again
In the past weeks Zimbabwe has received rumours of coup and a pending coup. Zimbabwe has received rumours of strikes stay aways and many things followed as a form of reaction. We have comrades who hav...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 18:04hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli Ncube fires back at Tendai Biti
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Sunday accused MDC vice president Tendai Biti of "lacking sophistication" following searing criticism of the treasury chief in London.Ncube lost his rag after ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:44hrs | | by ZimLive
'Ncube lacks realism, intelligence and honesty' charged Biti - true enough but what about you
"When asked about the economy and Mthuli Ncube, Mr Biti said among other things, "Mthuli is a Loud mouth that doesn't have a connection with its brain and the economy has found him out. This is about ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 18:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti says, 'Mthuli is a loud mouth that doesn't have a connection with its brain'
Wednesday 5 June 2019 saw Honourable Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe's former and without doubt most successful Finance Minister this Century, visit Chatham House in Westminster, London.Honourable Tenda...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Thabo Makuyana
Paul Siwela: fearless father of Matabeleland cause, roar 'King Lion' roar!
Hate him or love him Cde Paul Siwela is a fearless, unapologetic and very principled father of Matabeleland revolution who has been in and out of Zimbabwe prisons and courts since his teenage years. ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Tafataona Mahoso: A man of many hats
Rupise: Poetry of Love, Separation and Reunion 1977-2017; By Tafataona Mahoso; Mutare, Samwasika Heritage Products.136 PagesISBN: 978-1-7706-070-9 (Paperback)INDEED Tafataona M...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:09hrs | 30 | by Staff writer
EU slammed over biased Zimbabwe election report
The European Union (EU) has come under fire for trying to discredit the widely hailed July 30 harmonised elections in its final report released on Wednesday. Observer missions - including the ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Second Constitutional Amendment
A constitution, written or unwritten, is a blueprint on various national aspects such as freedom, aspirations or governance issues. Put simply, an amendment is an addition or alteration to a constitut...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Sharon Hofisi
Election 2018 the aftermath and opportunities to embrace
Politics is not entertainment neither is it Christian evangelical crusades. Politicians need to be serious and not take the electorate for granted as there are not there to entertain or preach. Grante...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Zimbabwe Solidarity Campaign
While ED's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
The Zimbabwean president has started his mandate to rule Zimbabwe for the next five years. He made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he took the oath of office on 26t...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare Poly principal calls for re-organisation of tertiary system
HARARE Polytechnic principal Tafadzwa Mudondo yesterday called for the re-organisation and re-configuration of the tertiary educational system in Zimbabwe in order to offer solutions that address 21st...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done' - Is there Justice in Zimbabwe?
In the case of R v Sussex Justice, Ex parte McCarthy in 1923, an English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges, this aphorism was birthed. The full statement was that it was of fundamental im...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zimbabwe and African countries urgently need a new generation of leaders?
For the youth in Zimbabwe, you have a chance for "youth quake" on July 30, 2018! Zimbabwe like most African countries' populations is dominated by young people. Unfortunately, these young peop...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:34hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Battle for Mberengwa declared
Aspiring legislator for Mberengwa Takavafira Masarira Zhou who is the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President have declared war for the control of Mberengwa constituency in this year election...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The irony of Africa Day
Just like Christmas, only Christians - a group of people- celebrate it but Africa day is worse for it is celebrated by a few (elite) leaders on behalf of the whole continent. It's very funny tha...Published: 25 May 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Poseidon Tsautsau
Gathering the lost ethnicities of Zanu-PF
Indeed 2018 is upon us and Zimbabweans are going to elect their leader as part of the democratic benefit that our sovereignty has to offer.However, in the interest of realism Zanu-PF must be able ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Mnangagwa govt's approach realistic
Despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rather scary nickname of "the crocodile", his warm smile can make him both appealing and approachable.However, recently he has clearly begun to feel the ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:29hrs | | by Knowledge Moyo.
Chamisa: Zimbabwe's rising young hope
As the day ended on February 18, MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa, who had arrived from the late Morgan Tsvangirai's home, jumped out of his car. He was eased, by a group of youths, through a sea...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Succession in MDC-T is premised on political realism - analyst
A political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the succession in the opposition MDC-T is premised on political realism leading to hegemonic stability.This come at a time when squabbles have esc...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's dress rehearsal for Sadc, AU summits
President Mnangagwa will wind up his regional appraisal tours with a State visit to Botswana after having charmed regional leaders with his adept understanding of the critical ingredients needed to re...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga Christian coup to restore dictatorship 'Restore legacy' - surreal Zim politics
"Surreal" means "having the qualities of surrealism: strange, bizarre." There is an aura of strange and twisted reality, surreality, in Zimbabwe, especially the last two weeks. For anyone who ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 09:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF officials in looting spree
Zanu-PF is closing the net on party officials who are in the habit of fleecing citizens and the corporate world in the name of raising funds for the governing party, the Daily News can report....Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T has to hope for the best and prepare for the worst
Painful as it might be, some things have to be said and sorted. Whether you like it or not, they cannot be postponed or shelved any further.It has been courageous - not outrageous - for Eddie ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Use the law to assert women's rights, Biti urges young lawyers
The law is the best way to assert human rights in a country where the government is reluctant or the perpetrator of violations, President Biti has said.Addressing a strategic planning meeting ...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 12:08hrs | | by PDP
Grace Mugabe debacle depicts the struggle between legal positivism and political realism
A political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has argued that first lady Grace Mugabe's debacle in South Africa depicts the struggle between legal positivism and political realism.This was after th...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Youth convergence a crucial part of the opposition electoral victory
As the political temperatures are heating up with each day ahead of the 2018 plebiscite, ordinarily thoughts and actions should be brought together to work out a superior plan of victory. This coming ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 23:17hrs | | by Tererai Obey Sithole
Zimbabwe media split into rival camps that parallel various political divides
I don't know what triggered it, but I just woke up craving for hard-reading stuff. Deep and tough reading. If happens quite often, especially when you suffer a surfeit of the mundane, the everyday, wh...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:01hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Pseudo-Reformists: When Beasts of England Roar
A cryptic but interesting response to my piece last week came from one "yowe" who advised me to read George Orwell's classic, Animal Farm. I can only surmise that "yowe" is unaware that literature, En...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
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