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South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority

Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy â€“ and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal argument, but the genocide case brought by South…

Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | | by Nesrine Malik

Zimbabwe urbanites and the politics of the West

The country is nearing the conclusion of the election period, with the appointment of Cabinet ministers, deputies, Mayors, and council chairpersons being among the final steps in the process. This election period has been marked by peace, …

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's diatribe against Western nations sad

IT is beyond doubt that the election silly season is upon us.This is a period when all unimaginable things are said and jaws drop at the farfetched promises made to voters, who are also spoilt silly - in typical Zimbabwean context â€” by a…

Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Exposing Western duplicity over criminal law amendment

WHILE Zimbabwe's promulgation of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act has sparked criticism from Western forces, a similar law has been silently embraced in the United Kingdom, exposing the double standards of the West and its sp…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 9 | by Zvamaida Murwira

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 failed society.Society in the West has …

Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 7 | by Eddie Cross

Mnangagwa slams western hypocrisy

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has slammed western hypocrisy where "false environmental and mining lobby groups" are paid to agitate local communities to fight non-western investment in their localities. The country has recorded a series of coordinat…

Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Sanctions on Russia expose West's double standards

Sanctions, whether targeted or not should be considered a crime against humanity, their  impact is like that of a full-fledged war.Sanctions have the capacity to destroy a nation's infrastructure, its economy, but most of all they are…

Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila

Chinese vaccines inject fear into West as Zimbabwe rejoices

The coming in of Covid-19 has highly exposed global vulnerability. The pandemic has left the whole world puzzled, without any amenable solution to the devastating effects. But the vaccination programme all over the word is throwing some in…

Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Dylan Chiwawa

Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda

Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-attack. "The social media attack is most …

Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Let's deal with puppets

Back in the village, in Rhodesia, colonialism came in several waves, imposing itself on our people, who had their original political ideas, economic innovations and cultural idiosyncrasies, and sought to establish a new system in which the…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

'West must listen to Mnangagwa, not Chamisa'

This past weekend, Zimbabwe took a dramatic step towards national reconciliation. In an effort to improve the country's difficult economic situation and bring about unity among its confrontational politicians, President Mnangagwa officiall…

Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:25hrs | 2 | by Martin Banks

Africa has no divine duty to heed the West

IT'S quite refreshing that many Africans - both black and white - have refused to submit to Eurocentrism, where all things from the West are viewed in utopian terms in which everything is projected as perfect, on the one hand, while, on th…

Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Conway Tutani

Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West

WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government would adopt a political approach that d…

Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Simukai Tinhu

Time for West to back Zimbabwe

IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time followers of Zimbabwean politics will tell you that the o…

Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Bruce Mutsvairo

Zimbabwe: Under Western eyes, again

Come July 30 2018, the harmonised elections shall be won and lost. There shall be celebrations and anger, laughter and crying, joy and sorrow, vindication and vilification. On that day, a destination for Zimbabwe shall be set. The country …

Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by RADAR

The West suspicious of Mnangagwa

In recent years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to have discovered that Britain and the West are good.For example, when newly-appointed as vice-president in 2013, Mnangagwa was not ashamed to demonstrate his new obsession: "We cannot do…

Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Tinhu

Grovelling for sanctions then canvassing for votes from suffering masses

Grovelling for sanctions from the USA then coming canvassing for votes from the suffering masses, what rank madness? How can the povo forget so early, sanctions hurt the vulnerable. Is this not the same man who had Zimboz fired en-mas…

Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 22:18hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo Murisa

Armchair representation is unproductive

Those MPs who are always on 'mute' during parliamentary debates do not deserve our votes, we want active representation in that august house. Week in week out some honorable members are known to just go in and doze off or sit there be…

Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 21:36hrs | 5 | by Tondorindo Murisa

The West cannot tell Zimbabwe what to do

The very nations who underdeveloped Africa or their agents must not come here to us as if they are the only ones with economic solutions for the problems we face. We as Zimbabweans will implement our own informed economic development solut…

Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 18:47hrs | | by Vince Musewe

West to rescue Mugabe?

The West seems hell-bent on saving the beleaguered Zanu-PF regime - in spite of a Zanu-PF minister accusing Western embassies of fomenting the mounting unrest. The West apparently believes that there will be regional chaos if the regime co…

Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil

How the West Won Control Over Africa

THE popular uprisings in north Africa affecting Tunisia, Egypt and Libya took Africa by surprise.Stunned by the events we watched unfolding on TV, and unable to quickly decide how we should respond, we, as Africans, instinctively resolved …

Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 09:42hrs | | by TM

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