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MRP takes Mthwakazi restoration bid to Joe Biden
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has escalated its bid to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom through an appeal to newly elected American President Joe Biden to use his world influence to grant t...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the opposition's failure confirms long-held suspicions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccination must be compulsory
THE ministry of Health and Child Care says Zimbabwe will start receiving Covid-19 vaccines from the Ides of February.China and Russia - you guessed right - and maybe India also, will give us t...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:33hrs | 812 | by Tawanda Majoni
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga a hero in the making
The Police Commissioner General Mr GodwinMatanga is a gentle giant but brutally effective. The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state sec...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3528 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Mthwakazi question: Who does or doesn't qualify to be Mthwakazian?
My intention is not to write on either the historical origins or the actual geographical boundaries of Mthwakazi State, highlighted in yellow on the above image, but I am more concerned with initiatin...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2494 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana and the Medical Assassins, Did he mean any harm?
The past few days social media was awash with the news of the Permanent Secretary of Information Ndavaningi Mangwana's statement on the Medical assassins. Many sort to accuse Nick for alleging that th...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1692 | by Dr Masimba Masimba
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | 473 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 'caught pants down'
Zimbabweans have been shocked by blatant lies said by the MDC A leader when he went on defensive denying his ugly hand in the demolition of properties in Budiriro. The under fire leader tried to blame...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 17:13hrs | 10975 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa orders courts to respect human rights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged judges and magistrates to defend human rights and ensure good governance.He made the call while launching the Judiciary Service Commission (JS...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
'Dollarisation was our biggest mistake,' says Mthuli Mcube
Dollarisation was a big mistake as it took away the country's monetary autonomy and made industry uncompetitive, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday. Besides,...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 2909 | by Staff reporter
Zapu sceptical about Mnangagwa's devolution approach
THE opposition Zapu party has taken a dig into the devolution concept being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, describing it as pointless because it gives too much power to ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Excitement over city status grips Victoria Falls
IT'S finally happening for Victoria Falls. The city fathers are excited that the resort town municipality is upgrading into a city. Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini said the lev...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Should I Stay or Should I Go to Arbitration Proceedings?
Arbitration is often viewed as a better suited forum than litigation to make use of when a dispute arises. However, not all parties are swayed by this appeal, as was the case in the recent decis...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 353 | by John Bell
Mnangagwa spells parliament's legislative agenda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has outlined the third session of the Ninth Parliament's legislative agenda that is expected to consolidate the Government's political and economic reform agenda.Officially...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 19:10hrs | 2461 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa, judiciary heavily compromised?
The way most of our judges are keen to try their cases in the press and on twitter shows that they angling for a a public interview for their promotion. As a result they disobey the Chief Justice and ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 12:48hrs | 4466 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's e-rally speech Fulltext
THIS month marks the 21st anniversary of our struggle, our journey and our formidable political formation called the MDC which morphed into the MDC Alliance following processes which saw founding stal...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 949 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mnangagwa's govt moves to block doctors' migration
SENIOR doctors have slammed the Health ministry for trampling on the Health Professions Act by throwing thorns into their path to stop them from looking for green er pastures.This follows an a...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:43hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 377 | by Admire Dube
Criminals around President: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked (II)
THE first part of this series, which was published last week articulated the unconstitutionality of the military intervention in November 2017, which was a coup d'etat.This week, Part II of th...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1853 | by Jonathan Chando
Security sector, judiciary urged to revert to rule of law
THE National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) has challenged the country's security arms to observe their constitutional mandate of serving and protecting citizens instead of serv...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:26hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages Vatican envoy
Government has engaged the Holy See's papal Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe, Archbishop Marek Zalewski, to establish whether a pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholics Bishops Conference (ZCBC) was a r...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3632 | by Satff reporter
Tobacco auction faces collapse
TOBACCO sales at the auction floors are declining each year, with latest data showing they only constituted 5% of total delivered crop, raising concern over the future of the country's oldest marketin...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:28hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
With or without the people, political parties must go on
THOUGH it is already a common occurrence that the people only matter to politicians during elections, that truth has not been rightly validated as has happened over the past two months.When go...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 461 | by Teni Chitanana
Mnangagwa pulled the plug on shady Covid-19 deals, claims Charamba
WITH the advent of the global pandemic, coronavirus (Covid-19), many civil society organisations have called for transparency in the use of various donations that the government has been receiving....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is hindering talks with Mnangagwa'
NELSON Chamisa's alleged "big-headedness" and refusal to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has hampered much-needed national dialogue to help resolve Zimbabwe's myriad challenges, presidentia...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 10159 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (II)
IT is important to analyse why Zimbabwe was successful in the first two decades of Independence, and became a failure in the second two decades. One fundamental reason is that the whole nation was uni...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 938 | by Fay Chung
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 844 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1228 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Community broadcasting remains a strategic missing connection in Zimbabwe
It is a fact though debateable that the new generation of our children can hardly read the vernacular or mother tongue and are not even inclined to write properly because we still believe it's backwar...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 474 | by John T Chirinda
Zanu PF denying MDC elected councillors to do their mandate: Manyenyeni
Former MDC Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has revealed that Zanu PF government has for the past years been blocking the opposition elected councillors in the capital city to exercise their mandate of...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 628 | by Stephen Jakes
Celebrating 40 Years. Which way Zimbabwe?
At 40, Zimbabwe should be celebrating a milestone-forty years of independence from our former colonial masters.18 April 1980 was indeed a milestone for Zimbabwe. Yet, we stand today on 18 April 20...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3644 | by Benjamin Paradza
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 255 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
George Charamba and Jonathan Moyo in Twitter exchange
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba and former Zanu-PF spin doctor Jonathan Moyo were on Thursday engaged on a Twitter exchange ov...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 20:02hrs | 7371 | by Moyo Roy
Dual Monetary Economy: Organized Chaos
Despite the visible momentum towards full re-dollarization and apparent depreciation of the Zimbabwean Dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) declared that de-dollarization is well on course. The ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2751 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe churches reject Constitutional Amendment Bill
CHURCH leaders in Gweru have rejected proposed constitutional amendments and pledged to mobilise their congregants to oppose them ahead of public hearings to be held in the city on March 30.On...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 19:05hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Male sex workers complain over stigma
MALE sex workers have complained that the stigmatisation and criminalisation of their profession is derailing the country's progress in reducing the spread of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) as...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 122 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Zanu-PF women want party projects to benefit non-members
THE Zanu-PF Women's League has said party-initiated projects should spread to benefit other members of the community regardless of their political affiliation. Speaking at a Women's League lea...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Is the new dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 13:45hrs | 497 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
MDC leadership engages NPRC
The MDC leadership today met with Commissioners of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), an independent Constitutional Commission, at the party headquarters at Morgan Richard Tsvang...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 19:22hrs | 3743 | by Luke Tamborinyoka Deputy National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa faces ZANU PF Conference price headache
The President heads to a ZANU PF National Conference where the issue of prices is set to take centre stage as prices affect the proverbial bread and butter issues.The President will have addre...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 06:12hrs | 6920 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chamisa's MDC has had enough, planning to roll out fresh protests
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is tired of the political stand-off in the country and of government using the police to crush opposition activities and is, therefore, planning to roll out fresh pr...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 5337 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's saga divides Matabeleland
The case of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has sharply divided Matabeleand activists over ethnic lines.Kalanga Cultural activist Divine Dube posted on Facebook saying, "We have a...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 15:17hrs | 5753 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ Autonomy and Quasi-Fiscal Activities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation aft...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1169 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa divides Chamisa's councillors
PRESIDENT will today address predominantly MDC councillors in Bulawayo amid divisions in the opposition party over the Zimbabwean leader's legitimacy.T Emmerson MnangagwaIronically, MDC Member...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership meets, charts way forward on key national issues
The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of t...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 16:44hrs | 3003 | by MDC Communications
Mthuli Ncube vows to defend Zimdollar
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, has vowed to defend the stability and value of the Zimbabwe dollar against other (especially major) currencies to address concerns ove...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
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