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Ultimate Survivor: The nine lives of Wadyajena
JUST a few months ago, it looked almost certain that factional wars in Zanu PF had buried Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Yet, Mayor's detractors, especially in his turbulent Midlands Province, ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 20:02hrs | 922 | by Paul Ndou
Woman takes tortoise on debt recovery trip in Zimbabwe
A Harare woman, Sithembiso Budzirikawa (58), appeared in court after she allegedly used a live tortoise, covered in red floor polish and tied with a red cloth, to intimidate her former employer into p...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:28hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Prof Ncube, another Mnangagwa's creation
A mystery takes time to unfold. A lot of people in the opposition sect, especially those who were in the CCC led by Nelson Chamisa, wondered what had really hit their political party when Sengezo Tsua...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Tshabangu inflicted damage
"WHEN I saw the recall letter circulating on social media I thought it was a hoax. I showed it to my colleagues and we laughed it off," says Evidence Zana, the recalled Bulawayo youth quota member of ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Nero
Hello incoming President of Zimbabwe. Hope this letter find you in good health.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. The people want to taste you.Age is still on your side and you...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:38hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
A chitchat ain't an interview
It's been quite a spectacle to witness people – who since 3 October 2023, have been painting Sengezo Tshabangu as a Zanu-PF tortoise that has allegedly caused the mayhem which has ravaged CCC throug...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 17:00hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Was the Emperor a Zanu-PF tortoise on some post
AND THE EMPEROR TOO, is also into stories of tortoises that have allegedly wreaked havoc in CCC?Well, well. Interesting. It is of course a refreshing break from the daily verses on the hour bu...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Recalled CCC MPs served their court application on Tshabangu at the CCC offices
Recalled CCC CHAMISA MPs Served their Court Papers on Tshabangu at CCC's Administrative Office in Bulawayo, Yet they Deny Knowing Him They say Sengezo Tshabangu is an "imposter", a "tortoise o...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:30hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Moyo
Sengezo a tortoise on a lamp post
ZIMBABWE is the only country in Africa which spends much of its resources conducting by-elections for the whole term whilst unemployment is hovering above 90% with street vending hitting very high lev...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:55hrs | | by Leonard Koni
CCC MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda unleashes supporters on Sengenzo Tshabangu
In a shocking turn of events, Binga North Member of Parliament (MP) Prince Dubeko Sibanda, representing the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), has reacted to the recall by the party's 'Interim Secret...Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere still stands
HIGH Court Justice David Mangota on Friday reserved judgment in a case in which Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to stop independent presidential candidate Savior Kasukuwere from contesti...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | | by Musa Kika
'Gold Mafia will face full wrath of the law!' Bollocks! For once, face povo's wrath in free elections
"Charova sei chando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (The winter will have to be extraordinarily cold to force the tortoise to climb a tree!) so goes the Shona adage. Well after weeks of dismissing the Al Jaze...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Fire Minister Kirsty Coventry
I am not sounding like a racist but whoever thought that introducing Kirsty Coventry to take charge of the Ministry of Sport just because she excelled well in winning swimming awards needs their brain...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 22:44hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Job Sikhala for CCC President
If tribalist CCC members are serious about replacing the terrorist ZANU PF government, they must, as a matter of urgency, install firebrand, Job Sikhala or Tendai Biti as CCC President. But if...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Israel Dube
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabwe opposition should capitalize on ZANU PF glaring weaknesses and insecurities
If ever I have come across a weak and spineless entity - standing on shaky ground, that can cave in at anytime - then, the ruling ZANU PF perfectly fits that category.And, the party is fully a...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt urged to complete outstanding projects in honour of Chief Mabhikwa
Lupane West Member of Parliament (MP) Martin Khumalo has challenged the government to complete all the outstanding projects in Matabeleland North in honour of the late Chief Mabhikwa of Jotsholo, Lupa...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Factional battles split MDC again
FACTIONAL fights in the troubled MDC peaked yesterday with the suspension of Dr Thokozani Khupe from a faction led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora over allegations of working with Mr Nelson Chamisa, resulting ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers ready to fight Mnangagwa's govt
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it will face down threats from government, and a court case that could strip it of regulatory powers in a case analysts say has wider implications for other perc...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Who is Sybeth Musengezi?
IN the aftermath of his High Court application challenging his own party Zanu-PF over how it unconstitutionally and illegally convened, constituted and conducted a Central Committee meeting on 19 Nove...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
You can't pull in croc with fish hook
IN the village, the outcome of a fishing trip to the river often meant the difference between a sumptuous meal and another dish to be tolerated just to keep the body and soul together.As pleas...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Prophets' jailed for performing fake miracle
TWO self-proclaimed prophets have been sentenced to a suspended 20-day jail term each by Bindura magistrate Joyline Mudhege after they performed a fake miracle at a congregant's residence.Nebs...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fake prophets jailed
TWO Shamva based self styled fake Apostolic prophets (Madzibaba) were sentenced to 20 days in jail yesterday by a Bindura magistrate after they plan...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 17:02hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF disowns Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger
Zanu-PF has disowned its member, Sybeth Musengezi, who recently filed a High Court application, challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy as leader of the party and country.Last we...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
When it comes to Zimbabwe’s 41 years and counting of rigged elections - it takes three to tango
When it comes to Zimbabwe's rigged elections - it takes three to tango. The ruling party Zanu PF, the MDC opposition and the ordinary Zimbabweans have all played a part in historic fact that Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa will not replicate Hichilema no more a tortoise replicate a cheetah
The refusal by Zimbabwe's MDC A leaders and their fanatical supporters to accept that Zimbabwe and Zambia share a common boarder but political share nothing else; the direction the two nations are tra...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:36hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mwonzora party implodes?
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T formation faces implosion after top executives including his deputy Thokozani Khupe, were ordered to leave the party for recently defying a directive to withdraw financial imp...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tortoise carrying prophet nabbed
A self-proclaimed Guruve apostolic prophet Madzibaba Biggie Murere was nabbed last week after he had allegedly brought a live a tortoise at a house in Mahuwe in the name of cleansing the home....Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Before the July 30 elections in 2018, MDC Alliance's swashbuckling and technophile public relations machine nourishingly fed us the optics of what we were told were the makings of a political tsunami ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
End of the road Emerson
That's it. Its the end of the road for Emerson Mnangagwa. He should just pack his begs and go back to Zvishavane, or, by the way, is it Zambia. Once a dictator starts changing the constitution to limi...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 20:07hrs | 2 | by Clemen Moyo
An abiding tortoise of White House goons
Politics, as an existential science, can be characteristically hot, heavy and heady.In its very extreme form, politics can be similar to religious fundamentalism, where it becomes a matter of ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe transitional authority long overdue: MDC
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni torched a storm when he graced and addressed the MDC congress in Gweru on Saturday. The chief criticised the Zanu-PF government and Judiciary for failing the nation whic...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A Squirrel Wedding Party, As the MDC's Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) Makes No Show?
The originally proposed Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) by the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC), as it geared itself to hold its electoral congresses in 2019 had been hailed a...Published: 03 May 2019 at 15:20hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Sifelani Tsiko
What is going on?
Are we being governed by a mafia? We are kept in the dark as Zanu pf and its leadership do what ever they want and whenever with our resources since they are answerable to no one. They don't lis...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | | by Clement Moyo
ED the change that exist not!
We have wondered for so long how the events of November 2017 will unfold on the liberation of Zimbabwe's economic front. Is this change still on its way or we are waiting in vain? Are we really open f...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | | by Takesure Tazvishaya
What leaders? No more than tortoises sitting atop lamp posts
I decided in the new year to return Kuumba, my beautiful pet tortoise, to his wild, natural habitat of Matojeni.Besides my amazing wife, few sights and few life experiences have left a greater...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Want a goblin? Ask these guys
MR Lameck Banda from Waterfalls, Harare is a shrewd and cunning businessman.Better known as Sekuru Chitsuwi, Banda understands the basic premise of capitalism: supply and demand.Each d...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff writer
The worsening economic meltdown is forcing ED to do the unthinkable - step down
"Charova sei chando, kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be bitterly cold to force the tortoise up a tree!) one would say in Shona.Well Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation is forcing ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Queen Bee' once caused govt shutdown
The death of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father dealt a major blow on government business this week as virtually all ministers abandoned their workstations to attend his burial - in a developmen...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZADHR will sue Gvt to secure forex for drugs - Placid forced to act, 'charova sei chando!'
"Charova sei chando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be bitterly cold to force the tortoise to seek warmth up a tree! It will take unusual hardships to force the placid and indifferent to act!...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:11hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Millitary Juntas cannot be removed through votes or courts
Is there anyone in troubled Zimbabwe who still believes that Mnangagwa/Chiwenga regime is a democracy? You better awaken from your dream and face reality before it is too late. Zimbabwe is now a milit...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Israel Dube
What a Mnangagwa victory will mean for Zimbabwe
BackgroundThe election season is once again upon us, follow citizens, albeit without the two main traditional contenders, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvan...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Trust Mugwagwa
Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles
The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are big col...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 10:00hrs | 18 | by Adam Cruise
Mugabe ruled 37 years, Mnangagwa's will not last 37 months
"Charova seichando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be a bitterly cold spell to force the tortoise to climb a tree!) goes the Shona adage. Well the "tortoise" in the Blue Roof has learned to c...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Time is running out - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The Mugabes are aggrieved at their treatment by President Mnangagwa. Despite vast government resources devoted to their imperial upkeep, they are angry at being forced to step aside from ruling Zimbab...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 21:40hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Prophet' presents 'goblin' in court
A Harare court gallery was yesterday cleared to allow a self-styled Binga "prophet" to present a "goblin" he claimed to have recovered from a CAG Travellers Coach and allegedly demanded money to preve...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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