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Nkayi school head under investigation
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has initiated an investigation into Mpumelelo Primary School in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, following a series of complaints from residents rega...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:01hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 28 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF thrives on dividing nation
Ever since the party was formed on August 8, 1963, its modus operandi has always been the same: Dividing the people of Zimbabwe. In fact, Zanu-PF's existence and survival have been premised on fomenti...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF at the forefront of dividing Zimbabweans!
There has, arguably, been no greater force of division in modern-day Zimbabwe than the ruling ZANU PF. Ever since the party was formed on 8th August 1963, its modus operandi has always been th...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 22:22hrs | 22 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
John Mushayavanhu: A strong candiate to lead the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe looks to appoint a new Governor for the Reserve Bank, the candidacy of John Mushayavanhu has gained significant attention and support from various quarters. With an impressive track record...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 10:56hrs | 16 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Kasukuwere's headache
CHARITY begins at home, but for Mr Saviour Kasukuwere it seems to reside on social media and nowhere else.It is for that reason that he is seemingly not welcome in Mt Darwin, his home area whe...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 14 | by Staff rporter
Nelson Chamisa warned about Thokozani Khupe
Shadowy pressure group Team Pachedu has warned the Nelson Chamisa led CCC has been of its association with former MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. Pachedu accused Khupe of causing the death of th...Published: 05 May 2022 at 11:37hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joe Biden's simple message to Africa: Save yourself
I went to university during the days of United States president J F Kennedy, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and the American dreamer, the Reverend Martin Luther King.The last 20 years have been dogged ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 14 | by Ken Mufuka
No to factional mudslinging…Discipline comrades discipline!
My 54 political toddler years which are founded 'On the Shoulders of Struggle' signify a journey of robust African revolutionary tutelage which has been vastly enabled by those national paternal and m...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Obert Moses Mpofu
A wave of political change blowing over SADC region
The recent events characterizing developments happening in the Sadc region are pointers to a very big change in the political arena of region.The current wave of protests and looting in South ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 21:56hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Ramaphosa targets Zulus, plays the apartheid tribal card
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has attributed some on the forces behind the recent violent protests to ethnic mobilisation.Although the son of a Venda apartheid policeman offered no e...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If I were President Mnangagwa, unfortunately I'm not !!!
Apparently, I woke up at 3 am, I'm just thinking of the November 27, 2017 event, and I can safely conclude the phrase " New dispensation, has just been eroded, by a flood of events ".Can you b...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 20:29hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
South African tycoon's invasion of Zimbabwe analysed
Matshela Koko served as acting CEO of South African power utility ESKOM, he has been awarded a contract to produce 100MW of solar-generated power in Gwanda. This comes on the back of a project that wa...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 13:06hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Kambarami: A limping goat with one horn on its forehead!
The uncanny and hellish school boy behaviour by one Tinashe Kambarami of unknown origin, who by the devil's design, strangely found himself being the self-proclaimed godfather of Bulawayo, is exceedin...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:31hrs | 4 | by Muntukaziwa
Zanu-PF MPs refuse to honour Dabengwa
TEMPERS flared in the National Assembly yesterday when Zanu-PF MPs refused to observe a minute of silence in honour of the late national hero and opposition Zapu leader, Dumiso Dabengwa.This f...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament snubs Dabengwa
ZANU PF Members of Parliament on Tuesday refused to observe a moment of silence in honour of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa who was declared a National Hero on Sunday by President ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 18:32hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Foreign Bulawayo mayor calls on councillors and residents to unite
BULAWAYO deputy mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami has called on councillors and residents to unite and focus on developing the city saying the era of dirty politics has been left behind.Spea...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF used tribal card since 1980
ZANU PF used a tribal card since independence, it tactically used this weapon drilling it in the minds of its victims, the United Voices Forum has said. "As we address this man made cancerous ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Tackle causes of Tribalism and not dwell on symptoms
Dear Mr. Kernan Zwelikahle, If there are issues that the government of Zimbabwe has not done so far, one of them is to effectively tackle tribalism in our societies. Tribalism has been with us...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's answer doesn't lie in the box
And so it is with my Grade 2 granddaughter. Only yesterday, she sought my help with what seemed to me a very simple multi-choice Math problem. My wife and I have always admired the rare professional a...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Khuphe: Khuphe all the time, Thokozani-hatred and vitriol are tribally insulting, and gender-degrading!
Hate speeches against Khuphe must just stop at once! We have enough of the insults on women whom they hate with a passion. Stop at once insulting Thoko, stop abusing her, stop denigrating her, we have...Published: 23 May 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa, quest for political endorsement
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa stirred controversy during his recent campaign trail in Bulawayo.Chamisa paid homage to prominent political figures and families, among them a respected freedom fig...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Retlaw Matatu Matorwa
Khupe must swallow her pride and join Chamisa
I once opinied about the growing fissures within the most powerful opposition political party in Zimbabwe the Movement of Democratic Change -T and an immediate split. I was quickly dismissed and label...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:57hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa rose to MDC presidency on a tribal card
May I join in the debate around Joshua Nkomo, Khupe, Chamisa, Welshman, Mtambara etc etc. Apparently I happen to have worked under JN and with the rest in my political career. Without taking a neutral...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:57hrs | 5 | by Mzila Ndlovu
Will MDC rule if they are voted in?
In September 2017 Zimbabwe experienced a coup within a coup. Coup d'etat is a French word to mean that strike on the state. A coup detat is usually an unconstitutional means of changing the status cor...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 18:48hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Brand Mnangagwa shaping up, working
A couple of months ago, at the height of the factional fighting in the ruling Zanu-PF, a small study I carried out while in South Africa led me to conclude that the then Vice President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
The Role of the King in Mthwakazi - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
There has been a lot of talk about a King in Mthwakazi. In fact in September 2017 we saw Stanley Raphael Khumalo taking the initiative and being crowned king, dubbed King Mzilikazi II. There has ...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 10:46hrs | 5 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
The Gukurahundi: Who, What, Where, When, Why
In about a week from today, on 1 July 2012, Zimbabweans across the political cleavage will be celebrating the life and times of that great nationalist, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo. Without ...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Mncumbatha
President Mnangagwa must stop the politics of patronage
Widespread corruption in the Zimbabwean government got to a little slow down after the army intervened to restore order and stability. Zimbabwean politics was riddled with corruption as president awar...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 15:40hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Zezurization of The Zimbabwean State
Anyone who dreams of partitioning this country along tribal lines or whatever means is possessed by Legion." (Biblical man possessed by many demons)These words came out of the foul-mouthed and...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Publicity
Mnangagwa, my insanity, Gukurahundi and celebrating his dishonarable demise
If someone treats you disproportionately unlawful and you can't report to any Government on planet Earth, it means the word "Civilisation" is absent in your country. I openly raise my right hand today...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 21:26hrs | 3 | by Ryton Dzimiri
'Ndebeles are actually Shona'
THE NDEBELE people of Zimbabwe are so ignorant of the fact that they are actually Shona to the extent that white people take advantage of their situation to cause divisions in the country, Zimbabwe He...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe juggling balls in the air
THE current situation in Zanu-PF is fragmented and fractious; it needs a unifier. There is serious factionalism, infighting and political hostilities. It's a dog-eat-dog affair.So President Ro...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's poisoned chalice
For those who have dispassionately followed the polarised politics of the ruling party in light of factionalisms of recent years, there have been two kinds of reaction.Either to watch it all a...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
We cannot build a nation while divided on ethnic grounds - Tsvangirai
Ethnicity in our current circumstances does not belong to the democratic society that we in the MDC and in the MDC Alliance want to build. Ethnicity has been a cause of strife, conflict and di...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 11:14hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'Vote Tsvangirai, raise objections later'
THE recently-launched MDC Alliance risks giving Zanu-PF an easy victory in next year's elections if opposition parties in the coalition deal fail to urgently address internal fissures centred around s...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is a hero: who is a heroine in Zimbabwe?
We people of Mathebeleland celebrate hero's day with sadness all the time because those who are celebrated and decorated heroes and heroine are a prerogative of Zanu PF, are mostly people who were Zan...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Moses Mzila-Ndlovu - ANSA Party President
Mujuru suspends the NPP elected structures in Bulawayo province
In a sad move that puts a dent on the prospects of Zimbabwean opposition parties ever removing ZanuPF regime from power, the Mujuru-led NPP has suspended its elected structures in Bulawayo province. ...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:02hrs | 3 | by Sindisiwe Mkandla
Kasukuwere on the ropes
UNDER-FIRE Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has laughed off reports that the ruling party's powerful women's league, led by First Lady Grace Mugabe, wants him removed from his positi...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions maybe the demon, but corruption is the devil
Zimbabwe has been ridiculed, belittled, choke-slammed and demonized from around late 1990s. It has survived but on hand-to-mouth; credited be all Zimbabweans for surviving that piece from hell. The re...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Kudakwashe Chikwanda
Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday
Dear President Robert Mugabe! Your Excellence! Our African tradition requires that, I congratulate you on your 93rd birthday irrespective of our political differences. As a...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 18:10hrs | 3 | by Cde Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Mugabe's band of loyalists dwindles
"OUTDATED, self-centred and power-hungry ruler."These are the unlikely yet hard-hitting words used by former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu to describe President Robert Mugabe last ye...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to 'selfish' Robert Gabrial Mugabe
15th February 2017Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday.Dear President Robert Mugabe!Your Excellence!Our African tradition require...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 15:30hrs | 4 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Jonathan Moyo slammed
ZANU-PF aligned legal experts and political analysts have slammed Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for undermining President Mugab...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Twitter was an affidavit, Prof Moyo would be in gallows
It is almost natural in African politics to hang small goat thieves but elect the bigger thieves into public office. Our African parliaments can be easily mistaken for prison rehabilitation centres. W...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Mangosuthu MJ Mbele
Mujuru tells Mugabe to boot Jonathan Moyo out or go
Former vice president and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, has given President Robert Mugabe an ultimatum - either suspend Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his depu...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Students warn Jonathan Moyo
The Zimbabwe National Students Union secretary-general Makomborero Haruzivishe warned Prof Jonathan Moyo to desist from using the tribal card and face the consequences of his actions. "The...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Thokozani Khupe
ONE of MDC-T's three vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, at the weekend led a handful of women on the streets of Bulawayo beating pots in a self-serving campaign that served nothing but to mark her p...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Past & present events paint bleak future for Matebeles in Zimbabwe
Philosopher, Essayist, Poet and Novelist, George Santayana once observed that, "those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."In the short history of Zimbabwe or e...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 22:01hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
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