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Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We May Look Sane: We Are Not
I am a Zimbabwean citizen by descent. I was born and raised in this country and have lived through decades of political turmoil (just two actually), economic collapse, and social injustice. For as lon...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Family crisis in the West
I KNOW this is sensitive ground and most people avoid commenting on, but I think it is too important to the world and our own families and society to just brush it aside as another feature of a ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe govt ramps up anti-human trafficking efforts
What seemed to be a good escape from poverty back home in Zimbabwe quickly turned into a nightmare for Chipo* when she landed in Oman in 2022.Like many economically impoverished citizens, Chip...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls stiffer penalties for human traffickers
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has revealed that the country will impose stiffer penalties for human traffickers who he accused of robbing the nation of human capital in the name of recruiting pr...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa: Zan'arcissists
We are in a forced relationship with a narcissistic government. They think they are the best. They think they are great and important. They think we can never survive without them. And they think we d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 3 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Mohammed Bushera's physical training is no exercise in futility but the future
The Mohammed Bushera story is a story of perseverance, possibilities and posterity. A story of heroism, help, honesty, health and happiness. Perhaps for someone who has never ever delved into some kin...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 9 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabweans loudly rejected ZANU PF's half-baked two-bit so-called 'development'!
Although results of the recently-held parliamentary and local government by-elections were anything but surprising, with the romping to victory of the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change) in 22 out of ...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 14:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Yellow ‘fever' fast turning into despair
Just a few weeks down the line, the euphoria is fast dying down.The yellow fever is fast turning into despair.Zimbabweans being the creative lot that they are have turned CCC into "Cha...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:40hrs | 2 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Victoria Falls songstress, collabos Vusa Mkhaya
VICTORIA Falls-based Afro-fusion songstress, Cingi (born Cinginkosi Ncube) is preparing to release a single titled Ngikhuseliwe which features veteran imbube singer, Vusa Mkhaya. This is the s...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavava
Woman slaps hubby with lifetime sex ban
FOR a sex-deprived Bulawayo man sex seems to be the source of a man's self-worth.This was after he bitterly complained that he was living with his wife as strangers in the house after she alle...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by newZWire
We can fix our country
I AM one of many Zimbabweans who witnessed the birth of an independent Zimbabwe 39 years ago.Apart from my own modest participation in the struggle for our independence, I do have a vivid memo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Paul Themba Nyathi
Considerations on Zimbabwe's future
ZIMBABWE'S future is rarely discussed in holistic terms in everyday conversations. This is because the future is always in the immediate.This may appear contradictory or even complex, but it i...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
How Sports Betting Affects You Psychologically
Sports betting accumulated with humanity for ages, and yes, it is the nature of humankind to gamble. In every civilization emerged from the crust of the earth, sports betting has adhered with it. Many...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 13:35hrs | 9 | by Staff Writer
Prophet Magaya faces fresh accusations of sexual abuse
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder, the self-styled prophet Walter Magaya, is facing new accusations of sexual abuse after a couple claimed he impregnated their 17-year-old daughter....Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:30hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe: A timeline of an almost failed state
I. Stone Age; hunter-gatherer San (Twa) presence (20,000–15,000 BC) of modern homo sapiens.II. Iron Age; Niger-Congo Bantu pastoral migrations (2000–1500 BC).III. Ophir; alleged "p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Sonny Jermain
Bambanani Association stands with Chief Ndiweni
There is little doubt that the recent garbled, inane vitriol against Chief Ndiweni, emanated from the office of the Zimbabwean President. Rarely does one find such a match between messenger and messag...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Social media killing our self-esteem
WHETHER we want to believe it or not, the media plays a big role in our lives. It includes magazines, adverts, and now social media as well. Even if you manage to avoid all of these things you are sti...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Rutendo Chidawanyika
Zimbabwe: Policing the police
Every human system needs checks and balances. For developing societies, none is more apparent than the uniformed forces. The fundamental flaw of democracy is that uniformed forces, just like assassins...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:45hrs | | by Sonny Jermain
Chamisa in need of urgent treatment
The MDC T ALLIANCE leader Advocate Pastor Nelson Chamisa made some dramatic claims that he was almost kidnapped by the CIO on the Saturday November 2018 while he was on his way to Harare from a rally ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Can MDC Alliance point finger at Zec?
THERE is a time to set the record straight so that repeated lies about anyone and anything do not begin to sound like the truth.Fellow Zimbabwean Brighton Musonza posted this on social media r...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Conway Tutani
'Youths with disabilities'
Greetings to all, especially to the young compatriots of our beautiful Zimbabwe. Today our focus group will be young people who are blind, deaf, those with mental or physical disabilities. Henceforth ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 11:48hrs | 8 | by Mokhumi Valela
Workers rights are Human Rights
The United Nations organization recognizes that people have a "human right to work, or engage in productive employment, and may not be prevented from doing so". This concept enshrined in the Universal...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 19:57hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
When your net-worth threatens your self-worth
Society don't care what value you create. If you aren't getting rewarded with an obese paycheck, you aren't doing nothing. Well, shame on society. Finding fulfillment in the service you render (even o...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 16:04hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
The creation of a new Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF party, initially formed as Zanu on August 8 1963 when the likes of Ndabaningi Sithole, Henry Hamadziripi, Mukudzei Midzi, Herbert Chitepo, Edgar Tekere and Leopold Takawira decided to spli...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 09:58hrs | | by Conelia Mabasa
Dr Guduza encourages spirit of self-reliance and resilience
Speaking at Pimlico in London on the 15th July 2017, Dr Churchill Guduza - the President of Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) encouraged all Mthwakazi people world-over to stop expecting anything from ...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:42hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Comrade Chihuri and Justice Makarau: Will Zimbabwe ever be big enough for big dreamers?
I developed problems with my left front wheel about nine hours into my journey from Johannesburg to Harare. I had left home at five in the morning and made it past Masvingo by three o'clock. But the t...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Let's safeguard 37 years of peace and tranquility
At her birth in 1980, Zimbabwe led by the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe accentuated cherished values such as impartiality, forgiveness, self-worth, freedom and equality for all its citizens, there...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 20:56hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Open letter to Olinda Chideme
Dear Olinda Initially, I chose to stay away from what has been going on, because something was just not right and did not know what to say. After you issued an apology to your husband, I came ...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 13:40hrs | | by Jean Gasho
Saviour 'Tyson' Kusakuwere punches a youth member with a divastating blow
Saviour "Tyson" Kasukuwere punches a youth member with a devastating blow In the just ended Norton by-elections Kasukuwere set a group of vulnerable youths to commit acts of violence on peace loving p...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 22:56hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Mugabe held hostage
Zanu-PF replicates many of the doctrines that defined the Rhodesia colonial regime by devoting much of its energy to victimize and demobilize the popular constituency that brought the independence...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 21:10hrs | 5 | by Themba Mthethwa
The future we want - ZUNDE
Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE) hopes that Zimbabweans across the globe are striving today to create the future we want and deserve. Each of us can help shape our future by 2018 and beyond. ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 13:53hrs | | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
Jay-Z, his nose, your nose, and the Pope's black Fiat
At the Washington DC's Joint Base Andrews Airport, President Barack Obama and his cavalcade of men in black shepherded Pope Francis through an ecstatic crowd to a tiny black Fiat. Inane questions ping...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 21:53hrs | 7 | by Field Ruwe
UN Calls for Accelerated Efforts to End Child Marriages in Zimbabwe
The United Nations today adds its voice to ongoing calls to end child marriages in Zimbabwe.Child marriages are not only an affront to the dignity and well-being of individual girls; they...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 10:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
35 Years of Independence and 35 Years in the wrong Direction
A simple question was posed in order to get the views of the people's experiences of the Zimbabwean independence since 1980. The question was as follows: '35 years of independence what have been your ...Published: 18 Apr 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Youths join Zapu as it gives them a fair and better deal
The move by MDC Youths to join Zapu was highly welcome and indicative of the fact that young people have finally realized that their future aspirations and social mobility can only be secured by Zapu'...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 10:13hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Lack of sex contributes to depression in women
A study by anti-depressant pharmaceutical firm Pharma Dynamics has found that little bedroom action elevates symptoms of depression in South African women.According to Pharma Dynamics, the stu...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 10:15hrs | | by Times LIVE
ZAPU Secretary General's Christmas Message to party members
So this is Christmas. The season to be jolly! Peace to all men and women of good will. A time to share love all around. Only if this applied to all peoples of the world!To some it certainl...Published: 23 Dec 2014 at 18:09hrs | | by R Mguni Secretary General
A chat with Auntie Noe - 5 Signs You're Dating a Loser
1. She forms attachments fast A loser has very shallow emotions and connections with others. This type of woman will seem fantastic at first and will shower...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 10:27hrs | 3 | by Nobuhle Virgie
Zambia's vice president is proof intelligence in humans is same
Vice President Guy Scott has proved wrong all white racists who in their sick effort to preserve White dominance claim that Africans have the lowest IQ (Intelligence Quotient). Over the years Sc...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Field Ruwe
It's time to let go Morgan!
The most dangerous idea that we can accept is that MDC-T belongs to an individual.I am told that the greatest power that we humans have is the ability to detach our self-worth from desired out...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 09:20hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zim gays hit catwalk at drag queen contest
HARARE - And the winner is ... Ezmerald Kim Kardashian.That was the stage name for a young man who won the title of Miss Jacaranda at a drag queen pageant in Zimbabwe. He refused to give his r...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 08:06hrs | | by AP - Gillian Gotora
How to Talk to a Loved One About Their Weight
How do you approach the topic of weight without sounding mean? When you see a loved one's weight headed in a physically dangerous direction, you nat...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 04:02hrs | 1 | by Jennifer Kromberg, PsyD
Counting Lobengula's looted head
Just under two days ago I held a fascinating discussion with Baffour Ankomah, the British-based, Ghanaian-born Editor of the world-read New African magazine. Well known for his obdurately pro-Mugabe ...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 08:14hrs | 6 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zim-Escorts recruits first male hookers
ZIMESCORTS agency, the foreign based company that has set up a prostitution website that advertises sex workers in Zimbabwe, has recruited its first male prostitutes to cater for female clients, Sunda...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 06:43hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Are We the People God Forgot!
Gripped by a sense of failure, I sat on the bench and stared at the horizon in the direction of my motherland. A jab of pain couldn't let go."Are we the forgotten people?" I asked....Published: 05 Sep 2012 at 17:44hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse!
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse? I wonder. But first, Tendai Biti. Quite a humourous guy, is he not? So humourous that he does not mind laughing at himself even. I am of course referring to hi...Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
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