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'Zimbabwe needs sanctions lifted to develop'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on the world to rally behind SADC's quest to have illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West removed to enable the country to realise its full potential. ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have affected citizens from rural areas to urban areas
Zimbabwe has laboured under the cruel sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States. In an unprecedented way The United States has made it its duty to oversee the Zimbabwean suffering. ZImbabwe ha...Published: 3 hrs ago | 61 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF MP wails in Parliament
ZANU-PF MP for Nkayi South Stars Mathe shocked legislators on Wednesday after she requested for an opportunity to wail over sanctions in the National Assembly in the middle of a debate.This co...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions removal will leave Zanu-PF exposed, says Madhuku
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku has said the reason why he supports the removal of sanctions in Zimbabwe is to make sure Zanu-PF will be left with no excuses to ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3216 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blames everything on sanctions
The sanctions which were imposed by the British, the Americans and European countries on Zimbabwe were as a result of human rights abuses and the land which was taken from the white farmers.I ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 268 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa says law against 'errant' NGOs in the pipeline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired warning shots against "errant" non-governmental organisations (NGO) and disclosed that government would soon craft a law to whip them into line.In ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Unite to achieve brighter future, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the country is on a new path towards prosperity calling for unity of purpose among Zimbabweans as a brighter future depends on every individual. President Mn...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:19hrs | 283 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says anti-graft crusade will spare no one
GONE are the days when senior Zanu-PF members would engage in corruption hiding behind their statuses, President Mnangagwa said yesterday as he called for free and fair elections in the ongoing pa...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 10:38hrs | 1879 | by Staff Reporter
Land deal eases government re-engagement efforts
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government's decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country's international engagement and re-engagement efforts...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:18hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition snubs anti-sanctions gala
OPPOSITION parties have snubbed the invitation extended to them by government to attend the State organised anti-sanctions musical e-gala scheduled for Bulawayo this Saturday, describing the event as ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:54hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches dance like Mnangagwa competition
THE ruling Zanu-PF has called on the nation to compete in an Ngazviende Dance Challenge, where people replicate dance moves by the President Mnangagwa to win prizes to commemorate Anti-Sanctions Day. ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:48hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
'MDC got more than US$10m to defend Western interests'
It is beyond debate that for the past decades or so, Zimbabwe has been reeling under the disastrous and debilitating effects of illegal sanctions that were imposed against the country by some powerful...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 225 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Speaker of parly cracks whip on Mthuli
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday blasted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for failing to table the 2021 national budget strategy paper before Parliament for condonation.Mu...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 5295 | by Staff Reporter
Sanctions meant to weaken Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations are motivated by a desire to slowly weaken the nation, leaving the country vulnerable to poverty, droughts and epidemics ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:42hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC-A should give Zimbabwe a break
ON October 25, Zimbabwe will be walking tall, arm in arm with its regional partners in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations that seek to...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2725 | by Staff reporter
Unmasking sanctions promoters
Many had hoped that the coming of a new administration led by President Donald Trump in America was going to usher in a fresh foreign policy trajectory. This deduction was wrong. Let me ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 953 | by Ranga Mataire
Separation of Matabeleland from Zimbabwe will end in bloodshed and tears
"Zimbabwe is a liberated country. It did not come through democracy, there was no vote to say Zimbabwe now wants to become independent. It was fought for." This is word of mouth by Patrick Chinamasa, ...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 09:05hrs | 6552 | by Israel Dube
Zanu PF tell whites 'to shut up' on reforms - madness, hurting blacks not whites
One of the most offensive and exasperating things the white colonial oppressors did was to deny the blacks their voice and human dignity. In the workplace blacks were called "boyi" and were expected t...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1311 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF calls for slavery reparations
Zanu-PF has joined the rest of the continent in calling for reparations from Western countries that enslaved and looted resources from Africa years ago.The clarion call comes as the Namibian G...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
'Militarisation worse in post-Mugabe era'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has used the military to infringe on the rights of Zimbabwean citizens and the media, far more than his late predecessor, Robert Mugabe, a fresh report by the Zimbabwe Dem...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells West to 'Shut up'
ZANU-PF has told Western countries, especially Britain and United States, "to shut up" and stop pontificating about democracy and human rights, adding that Britain and the US's hands were historically...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions mantra divides public opinion
FOR me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence.This, however, has been the m...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 538 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Students lock-up Impala Car Rental
Placard-waving students on Thursday staged a demonstration outside an Impala Car Rental motor spares shop in central Harare, before chain-locking it.The students accused the company of being b...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans divided over effects of targeted sanctions, as govt can't prove they're responsible for economic crisis
For me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence - which has been the hallmark of the ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 11:40hrs | 1725 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Khupe, Madhuku blast sanctions
ALL Zimbabweans, regardless of political affiliation, should on October 25 stand up and demand the unconditional removal of the unjust economic sanctions that have bled the country of billions and cau...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:34hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told by USA, Nichols that Zimbabwe can rise again
THE United States of America (USA) has reiterated its desire to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government succeed in improving the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans.Speaking to the...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:04hrs | 6151 | by Staff reporter
'Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe'
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe as they are allegedly working to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.Spe...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:03hrs | 5131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health system in ICU
IN Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centres, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:38hrs | 130 | by Bloomberg
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | 95 | by Vincent Gono
US stuck in slave master mode, says Mutsvangwa
The United States of America has a long history of oppressing black people hence its continued imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association Chairman A...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:04hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe set to bust sanctions, prosper'
Zimbabwe has started the build-up to this year's edition of the Anti-Sanctions Day on October 25, ratified by SADC to intensify the lobby on lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States and other...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:03hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lauds govt on-PFumvudza programme
ZANU-PF has lauded Government for the "sterling preparations" for the 2020-2021 farming season, headlined by the-PFumvudza programme.Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Harare yesterday, th...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Prof Steve Hanke's no hyperinflation in Zim comment angers Biti
MDC Alliance Vice President, Tendai Biti, leading that party's Economic Portfolio is this week set to meet representatives of the US Embassy in Harare to express that party's dismay over positive soci...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 2278 | by David Mwanza
Will diplomacy without reforms work for ED?
THE appointment of Zimbabwe's ambassador to Malawi Hilda Suka-Mafudze as the African Union ambassador to Washington does not only raise Zimbabwe's flag higher, but presents an opportunity for Africa a...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs desperate for dialogue with Mnangagwa
MDC bigwigs say they are frustrated by the painfully slow progress towards the much talked about national dialogue — amid claims that authorities are blocking South African officials from returning ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:20hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
A country in 'crisis' cannot guarantee access to land
The term "crisis" is the latest buzzword in Zimbabwe meriting the attention of scholarly researches to establish if it is being used in the proper context. Opposition political parties are in overdriv...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 163 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Paradigm shift needed to de-politicise RDCs for the improvement of service delivery
Dear Editor, allow me to share an opinion. I have observed that the Zimbabwe citizenry has been in a 'political jaw-lock' for some time and feel like sharing my views on this. Our lives have been imbe...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 12:34hrs | 275 | by Taru Sibanda
Mnangagwa reads riot act
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered security arms to decisively deal with ritual murderers and those who betray their country by engaging in criminal activities for money.Addressing mourners at th...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 3182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government is concerned by the increase in ritual killings especially involving minors and has ordered the country's security forces to deal harshly with the perp...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:55hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa and wife arrive at heroes acre with maximum security
A picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa arriving at heroes acre accompanying by high level security to attend the burial of the late national hero Brigadier General Ruphus Chigudu has gone viral on ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 15:50hrs | 9899 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti allegations are baseless
MDC-ALLIANCE co-vice-president Tendai Biti has on countless occasions made unsavoury and bald assertions, mainly to his gullible supporters, that "Zanu-PF may rig elections, but it cannot rig the econ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1922 | by Rutendo Jiri
MDC circus continues as 2023 beckons
So sad to note that the President of the world's superpower is down with coronavirus after having tested positive last week. There is something intrinsic about Africans. We are generally a kin...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions were fashioned to kill Zimbabwe - Academic
THE sanctions imposed by the West on Zimbabwe, are no longer about inculcating good governance and freedoms but a tactless, miscalculated economic warfare, fashioned to ‘kill' Zimbabwe.Curio...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 239 | by David Matsanga in London United Kingdom
Zimbabwe govt urged to adopt traditional medicine to fight Covid-19
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) third Vice President in Africa Max Mkandla has called on the government of Zimbabwe to adopt ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 16:48hrs | 702 | by Stephen Jakes
Sadc ratchets up anti-sanctions drive
REGIONAL countries will make an emphatic stand against the continued imposition of economic sanctions on Zimbabwe on October 25 through various activities to commemorate the day of solidarity against ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe law to criminalise unpatriotic acts
CABINET will soon consider the principal framework of a proposed law that will criminalise and impose stiff penalties for campaigning against the country through private correspondence with foreign go...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1772 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says no room for political violence
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning to opposition parties and individuals he accuses of plotting to topple his government through violence and delinquency, saying they have no p...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:28hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Young petroleum mogul enters Zanu PF DCC race
YOUNG petroleum mogul Danmore Mambondiyani has entered the race for a post in the ruling Zanu PF party's fiercely contested district coordination committees which the party had shelved for years over ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 13:59hrs | 3506 | by Bernard Chiketo
Banishing West election observers will not stop Zanu PF demise - must rig economic recovery too
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fellow coup plotters knew the world at large did not approve of the November 2017 military coup that toppled Mugabe. To earn himself some brownie points, Mnangagwa...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 09:47hrs | 1709 | by Nomusa Garikai
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