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Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife
WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous chal...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
US voices concern over political violence in Zimbabwe
The United States says it is concerned by outbreaks of politically-motivated violence as Zimbabwe gears for elections in 2023.The MDC Alliance accused Zanu-PF shock troops of targeting its lea...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 19:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Glasgow
President Mnangagwa has arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, for the key COP26 deliberations.He touched down at the Glasgow Prestwick Airport at exactly 2230 hours, Zimbabwe time.President Mn...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
The invention and revolutionary stand of the hubble space telescope
Space is huge. It is estimated to be more than 23 trillion light years diameter wise. For context of its sheer size, think of a single light year...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:16hrs | 11 | by Staff writer
Police arrest 14 suspected armed robbers
Police have arrested 14 armed robbers who besieged a horticulture farm in Marondera and stole a disc plough valued at US$3000.The arrested are Godfrey Tatenda Nyapokoto (35), Fungai Mutigwina ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Amazing astronomical discoveries that changed our vision of space
Today, we might be living in a period that could eventually be called the beginning of space exploration era. One space company after another is working to make ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 20:12hrs | 8 | by Staff writer
Chiwenga agrees to station China's Special Forces in Zimbabwe?
China is reportedly planning to station an elite special force from it's red army in Zimbabwe, as Beijing moves to crystalize military cooperation with Harare, amid growing fears that the Asian powerh...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 3 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
New cabinet should fight corruption
The new look ED's has brought new dawn to highly expecting Zimbabweans. The corrupt ministers who had been looting the government resources should be given a rest and one impression exhibited ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
China places strategic ground to air missiles in Zimbabwe
COLOGNE - In what all but amounts to turning Harare into a satellite outpost of Beijing, China has reportedly deployed and installed a dreaded new generation of surface-to- air missiles (SAM) in Zimba...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 68 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mugabe officially picks Gono for President
COLOGNE/CAPE TOWN - President Robert Mugabe has reportedly cherry-picked, former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, for president and to become his successor of choice in an afterma...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
The Nuts & Bolts of Radical Economic Transformation
On the occasion of his second inauguration President Jacob Zuma vowed that 'economic transformation will take centre-stage' during last term of office. He promised that "the structure of the economy w...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 00:10hrs | | by Ms Faith Muthambi - Minister of Communications, Republic of South Africa
Wealthy Knowledge should strengthen Tsvangirai 'Never to Fear Death'
Everyone WILL die at some point. When birth happens, it is ALWAYS preceded by death and this is how God, the Architect Designer of our atoms made all of us and there is a good reason for that. There i...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 15:00hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zimbabwe ivory stockpiles continue to soar
THE suspension of Zimbabwe by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) to trade in ivory is impacting negatively on Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese govt donates anti-poaching equipment
The Chinese government has donated vehicles and equipment worth US$2 million to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority to enhance wildlife conservation efforts in the country....Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa - Tsvangirai GNU is modern day Smith - Muzorewa Internal Settlement!
The details of the secret talks between Zanu PF and MDC-T are coming. VP Mnangagwa will take from Mugabe in August 2016 and Tsvangirai will be enticed to join the new GNU mark 2 with an offer VP post ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 20:39hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe retiring, Mnangagwa taking over as President, Tsvangirai the Vice President
The country's ruling party, Zanu-PF, is reportedly plotting to suspend the watershed 2018 Presidential and Parliamentary elections from 2018 to 2021, in a bid to buy political time to allow the fractu...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Chinese have blinked first, they will bankroll ZimAsset much to the disgust of Minister Moyo
When it comes to the bankrolling of Mugabe's ZimAsset plan, there has been a high-stakes brinkmanship game going on here between Mugabe and the Chinese; the latter have blinked first. Wh...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 00:12hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF to delay elections so as to recover from possible defeat
There reports that President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF are planning to postpone the elections from 2018 to 2021 to allow themselves to recover from possible defeat considering the fact that people mus...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Hard-nosed but slow witted Zanu PF banking of MDC to save them need boot in backside!
"Confidential talks around the issue have already been made," said a Zanu PF legislator from Mashonaland West, according to The Telescope report. "The military brass is in favour of another coalition ...Published: 05 Aug 2015 at 21:58hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe and Grace's secrets 'wreck' Bona's marriage
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's number one child, Bona Nyepudzai's tricky marriage to Simba Chikore, is allegedly on the brink of damage and possible collapse owing to secret plans by Mugabe and th...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 05:54hrs | | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Zimbabwean technocrat's exit package rattles SA parliament
ZIMBABWEAN technocrat, Gatsha Mazithulela was a subject of discussion in the South African Parliament last week where fresh details emerged about his "controversial" exit from the neighbouring country...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 05:57hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Mphoko faces ouster, as tension mounts between him and Mnangagwa
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's job is reportedly to be on the line amid revelations there was seriously brewing final purge against forces opposed to his counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa almos...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Midzi was about to expose Marange diamond looters?
Former Zanu-PF minister and Ambassador to the US, Amos Midzi, was reportedly in the process of compiling an intelligence report exposing leading political leaders in the country, who have been implic...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Kassim Dube
Zimbabwe army to veto Mnangagwa Presidency
Hardline military and intelligence chefs are allegedly going to veto, Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa's safe passage into attaining power, as President Robert Mugabe's successor, The Telescope News...Published: 22 May 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Gono to 'bounce back' as finance minister
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, is reportedly tipped to bounce back in government, this time as finance minister as President Robert Mugabe tries to turnaround the wor...Published: 19 May 2015 at 06:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinamasa's letter to IMF proves Zanu-PF is set like concrete never to change!
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa's recent letter to the IMF promising reforms only served to confirm that this Zanu-PF regime is not serious about implementing the tough reforms necessary to end the...Published: 02 May 2015 at 19:51hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
President Mugabe condemns SA xenophobia attacks but condoned Zanu PF violence!
"The act of treating other Africans in that horrible way can never be condoned by anyone," said President Mugabe in his first statement on the shocking xenophobia attacks on foreigners in SA. "Our o...Published: 18 Apr 2015 at 18:47hrs | | by Patrick
Mnangagwa gets China's Xi Jinping endorsement for President
Vice President, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, has received a major political boost, to succeed President Robert Mugabe, as next in line to power, amid reports that Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has repor...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 08:51hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Masses at Tsvangirai's rally proves it is not out of ignorance
.... they learnt naught from past mistakes!Someone once said a fool is the person who will try the same thing expecting a different result again and aga...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe reopens the presidency succession race not out of choice
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has said the race to succeed him is wide open despite his recent appointment of two Vice - Presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, who were seen as clear fav...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru allies stop Grace Mugabe
Zanu-PF heavyweights, reportedly aligned to former Vice President, Joice Mujuru, have effectively managed to stop first lady, Grace Mugabe, from becoming president, following claims that a planned co...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 15:46hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Grace Mugabe's secret up in flames
VANCOUVER/HARARE - First Lady, Grace Mugabe's secret goal to succeed her husband, President Robert Mugabe, is all but up in flames as the country's hardline military generals, have reportedly "written...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 06:08hrs | | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Mugabe breathes fire over Grace's death prophesy - Report
VANCOUVER/HARARE - Panic has reportedly gripped President Robert Mugabe's Office, with intelligence operatives said to be working flat out to ascertain the identities of government officials, who wer...Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 06:19hrs | | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Grace Mugabe not in coma, says Charamba
First Lady Grace Mugabe's whereabouts after undergoing an appendectomy (appenditis operation) several weeks ago, have once again sent tongues wagging amid speculation about her true state of health....Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Doctors battling to save Grace Mugabe's life'
An online publication on Friday reported that First Lady, Grace Mugabe's appendectomy operation in Singapore last month did not go well, resulting in her alleged admittance into intensive care, as d...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe 'economic' with truth on Grace's condition
An online publication on Tuesday reported that President Mugabe had been "economic with the truth" about the first lady's condition after she underwent appendectomy surgery in Singapore last week....Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Iran gives Mugabe Spy-Technology
The Islamic Republic of Iran, has reportedly granted as a gift to Zimbabwean leader, President Robert Mugabe's regime, a dreaded cocktail of cyber and surveillance technology, meant to keep Harare's ...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 07:49hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's life in danger - Report
HARARE- First Lady, Grace Mugabe's life is reportedly still not out of the woods, as a confederacy of what is said to be downtrodden Zanu PF elites, who have suffered politically and financially from ...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 04:38hrs | | by Mary-Kate Kahari
President Mugabe fall out with Mujuru due to Coup d'état
COLOGNE - President Robert Mugabe's bitter fall out with ousted vice president, Joice Mujuru, has nothing to do with an alleged plot to kill him nor graft charges laid against his former deputy, but a...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 06:07hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Simba Makoni gunners for Vice Presidency under Tsvangirai
Former finance minister, and Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader, Simba Makoni, is reportedly aiming to become the country's first vice president, under a Morgan Tsvangirai led government, which could s...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 07:58hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/ Nancy Mabaya
Mnangagwa's office running Secret Service
Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa's office, is now running Zimbabwe's dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), popularly known for it's ruthless covert operations in the crushing of dissent ...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 09:19hrs | | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Mujuru in Prime Minister deal with Tsvangirai
In what appears to be a well - ochestrated secret plan to stone and short-live Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa's likely presidential ascendance this year, former VP Joice Mujuru has allegedly seal...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Late General Mujuru was tricked out of power -Part 1
The late General Solomon Mujuru, could have become Zimbabwe's Vice President or easily facilitated for her wife ousted former VP, Joice Mujuru, to takeover power from President Robert Mugabe much ...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by SIU, The Telescope News
'Mugabe advised to look beyond Obama'
COLOGNE- Zimbabwe strongman, President Robert Mugabe, and his inner circle have reportedly been advised to look beyond U.S President, Barack Obama, in Harare's bid to end the country's decade long Int...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 06:43hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
'Zimbabweans must hold their horses, Mugabe not dying in 2015' - Prophet
VANCOUVER - Zimbabweans must not be falsely excited and fooled into believing "a foolish prophesy" that President Robert Mugabe will die in 2015, a German-based Zimbabwean prophet said last night...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 04:46hrs | | by Nancy Mabaya
VP Mnangagwa finally succeeds Robert Mugabe - Report
COLOGNE - Newly promoted first vice president, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, has now quietly succeeded President Robert Mugabe, as Zimbabwe's next leader taking office possibly during 2015, according t...Published: 01 Jan 2015 at 06:03hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Zim licences Chinese company to print new currency, to be issued at a moment’s notice
COLOGNE - President Robert Mugabe's administration, is reportedly sittings on wads of a new Zimbabwe currency to be backed by a gold standard, which can be issued at a moment's notice as a home grown...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 06:19hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
China begins secret underground airbase construction in Zimbabwe - Report
COLOGNE/ HARARE - China has now reportedly began construction work of a state of the art underground military airbase, in the diamond rich Marange fields in eastern Zimbabwe, The Telescope News r...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 06:27hrs | 27 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
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