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Will the new ‘ZiG' ‘gold backed' digital currency alleviate Zimbabwe's currency stability woes?
THE chronic problem of Zimbabwe's economy has its roots in the land reform activities that began more than 30 years ago.The principle of ‘ethnic balance' in land ownership was fair. The prob...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by John Mc Keown
'Zanu-PF abusing State resources'
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of abusing State resources by transporting its supporters to rallies across the country using ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
You can't 'negotiate' for reforms with a criminal government!
Here is a picture. Let us say, for instance, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa - in her press conference a week ago, responding to the Gold Mafia exposé being aired by Al Jazeera - had s...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, Zimbabweans leaving country not because of good education system but your failed leadership!
Self-delusion is a very dangerous trait! One can easily become reckless in his life decisions, or never able to address his own shortcomings - if he does not realize and admit where he lacks -...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 10:21hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe currently lacks caliber of leadership required to take nation to the next level
I am finding it most difficult shaking out of my mind those haunting images of a whole head of state and government, and commander-in-chief of the country...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:42hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mwonzora aborts Chinhoyi rally over poor turnout
MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora was Wednesday forced to cancel his rally in Chinhoyi after it turned out to be a monumental flop with just a handful of people turned in attendance.The Chinhoyi ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lying for his country
A diplomat was famously described as 'an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.' Lieutenant-General SB Moyo, Zimbabwe's chief diplomat as Minister of Foreign Affairs, fell so...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:43hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazi
SA finance minister confirms short-term Zimbabwe bail out plan
SOUTH Africa is planning to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also to help it write off its US$7.4-billion external debt, to prevent its neighbour spiralling out of control. Critics say this wi...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by The Daily Maverick
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by The Source News Agency
Hypocrisy and self-delusion
Happy Christmas? After a seamless transition from Mugabe's hypocrisy to Mnangagwa's self-delusion, most people will have little to celebrate. Food, fuel, fares, medicines and school fees are a perpetu...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet raises Zimbabwe hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Self-aggrandisement mars opposition politics in Zimbabwe
I arrived at Oslo International Airport one late afternoon in October 2005 en route to Oslo University where I had been invited as guest professor.By some coincidence, the then secretary-gener...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:30hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota.
Of Zimbabwe's 2 presidential candidates, plus 21 others
THEY came literally from all walks of life, in a kaleidoscope of colours, shapes and sizes to stake a claim to Zimbabwe's top job and in the end 23 will go into the hat in what is set to be a brutal f...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa denies bussing people to rallies
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has dismissed claims that it is bussing people to attend its jam-packed rallies.Chamisa, who is riding on a wave of the so-called #Generational Consensus, has been p...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bused crowd divides opinion
MDC president Nelson Chamisa's massively attended Bulawayo rally has divided opinion, with some saying the crowds were bussed.Last Saturday, Chamisa invaded his rival Thokozani Khupe's homegro...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa splurges $50,000 to bus supporters
MDC-T shelled out more than $50 000 to hire buses to transport party supporters to an MDC-Alliance rally held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday as part of an elaborate scheme to inflate th...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
During Easter, Nelson Chamisa Must Learn Some Humility
Easter is a special festival in the Christian calendar. It is about resurrection, new life, new beginnings, hope, and great love.Above all, Easter is about loving your fellow man. Jesus came t...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Mike J, Harare
Poor leadership MDC's Achilles heel
ANYONE who has read the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro, last year's Nobel Prize winner for literature, will know that characters in his books cope with the bleakness of their situation through denial and se...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Itayi Garande
Rent-a-crowd; delude others not self
A few days ago, this columnist appeared to have steered a hornet's nest by appearing to criticise the recycling of crowds from one rally to another as a show of support.There are people in the...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
The Ian Smith myth and other fallacies
There are many fallacies associated with the history of Zimbabwe. Let's start with one of the oldest.Rhodesia was not built on an empty veld. The fallacy that the land was empty is just that: ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Simon Massey
Gukurahundi: reckoning nears
TO the casual observer, nothing much seems to have happened in Zimbabwe of recent times. Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, remains president. And Zanu-PF is still the ruling party, more...Published: 19 May 2016 at 13:18hrs | | by Dr Stuart Doran
Zimbabwe: One side black, the other side bright
I suppose it is called delayed sight. Last week I drew the ire of opposition MDC-T supporters when I raised the self-evident, dead-end scenario that comes with demonstrations, and the fleeting joy tha...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:56hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
There is always a vacancy Mr. President!
It is always intriguing when I hear the Zimbabwe President - in his attempts to ward off any discussion on his succession - remind the nation that he is still alive, and as such, there is no vacancy f...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Welshman Ncube on Friday: Who Really is an 'Ordinary' Zimbabwean?
A few years ago, I heard an Afro American rhythm and blues singer named John Legend sing this about ordinary people: 'We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go. Cuz we're ordinary...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Of undressed MPs, vanished activists, SWC 2018
Who am I? To be honest I have done some good somewhere. Let us admit that much before I go any further. I grew the medical aid society that caters for most civil servants into a conglomerate that offe...Published: 14 Mar 2015 at 15:53hrs | | by brageesbar
Zimbabwe elections won't bring change
For nearly 35 years, we have lived under self-delusion.That delusion is that, we, the totality of Zimbabweans "own" this country.We hear about sovereignty that must be guarded jealousl...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 12:54hrs | | by Conrad Nyamutata
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle won't get Zim out of the woods
Former deputy Justice minister Obert Gutu has dismissed recent speculation on President Robert Mugabe's planned cabinet reshuffle saying the move would not improve the country in any way....Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai's complacency was due to hallucinations of Baba Jukwa'
How the MDC-T got doomedIt is quite clear that MDC-T is still in a state of shock and denial over its shattering loss in the July 31 2013 harmonised elections. This forms the background to their e...Published: 11 Feb 2014 at 10:59hrs | | by Hezvoka!
Nelson Mandela, whose hero?
I WOULD like to propose a thesis that others will attack me for, which is that the reaction to the death of Mandela has been over the top, and one that exposes the hypocrisy of this world. It is, how...Published: 14 Dec 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
With defeat imminent, Manheru fantasises
Thank goodness for the world wide web; the Latin bull with which ...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 18:45hrs | | by Lammiel Mangwanani
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