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Tendai Biti's letter to World Bank on Zimbabwe COVID-19 aid
In May 2020, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.The US$7...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:09hrs | 3628 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for 'dialogue fo build synergies' - had cure since 2008, reforms, lacked competent leader to implement
When some people have nothing better to say, the repeat themselves. Mwonzora is back at calling for national dialogue as the solution to Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political paralysis."H...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 851 | by Nomusa Garikai
Govt warns acting Harare mayor
PROVINCIAL development co-ordinator Tafadzwa Muguti has warned Harare deputy mayor Luckson Mukunguma that his decision to defy a suspension order from Local Government minister July Moyo would end in ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1861 | by Staff reporter
Mawere stokes flames in SA judiciary
THE case of exiled Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere, who was controversially muscled out of ShabanieMashaba Mine (SMM) Holdings, is now at the centre of judicial capture.Mawere was in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
No respite for Zimbabwe under Biden
The United States of America, believed by many to be the sole superpower post-Cold War, has arguably the most staggering defence budget ever known to humanity. Post the cataclysmic attacks of ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2049 | by Sapien Sapien
Sally Mugabe nurse resigns, cites victimisation
AN official for the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) Samson Gurupira has resigned from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital and Health Services Board (HSB) alleging inhumane treatment and victimisation fro...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition finding it hard to fight elections effectively
British Professor at the University of Birmingham Nic Cheeseman says opposition parties in countries like Uganda and Zimbabwe are finding it hard to fight elections effectively as they are criminalise...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 21:32hrs | 1770 | by Staff reporter
SA's Minister in the Presidency dies of Covid-19-related complications
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu died of Covid-19-related complications on Thursday, just 10 days after testing positive for the disease.President Cyril Ramaphosa described him as "a...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa yet to congratulate Uganda's Museveni
President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking a wait-and-see approach on the outcome of the Ugandan elections, which resulted in Yoweri Museveni being declared president for a sixth term."We have been l...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 20:44hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
At exactly 12.01 EST 20/01/21 America will heave sigh of relief - government of the people was tested and survived
Today, 20 January 2020, at exactly one minute past high noon Eastern Standard Time the whole of America will heave a huge sigh of relief. The four years of chaos, arrogance and down right lawlessness ...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1878 | by Nomusa Garikai
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 225 | by Leonard Koni
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 476 | by Nomazulu Thata
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:12hrs | 452 | by Leonard Koni
Why movement to restore American democracy is needed
Wildlife-rich and climate change-vulnerable Sub-Saharan Africa has been following the political events unfolding in the United States with great interest. What happens in America still has worldwide c...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:07hrs | 379 | by Emmanuel Koro
Inauguration exclusion for Mnangagwa! so what?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend this week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the invitation list did not include the president of Zimbabwe. It must be clear to an...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 4270 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa against 'stoking political fires'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against "stoking political fires" through arbitrary arrests of his opponents and silencing of divergent voices....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 3292 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns against Judiciary interference
Zanu-PF says no one is above the law and the Constitution should be respected by all citizens, regardless of their political affiliation or station in life. In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF S...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a constitutional democracy, says ZANU-PF
ZANU-PF, says the governance of the country is premised on the rule of law.This comes after an article published by the NewsDay this Monday titled "Release Chin'ono, Mahere, Sikhala- ED told."...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:47hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
UK welcomes the relatively calm passing of elections in Uganda
Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, said:"The UK Government welcomes the relatively calm passing of the elections in Uganda and notes the re-election of H.E. Yoweri Museveni as President....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 10:09hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF angry over US's local envoy failure to denounce America's demos
THE ruling party Zanu-PF has been angered by the failure of the United States of America's envoy to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols to denounce the recent violent protests at the Capitol Hill in Washington DC,...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Zec criticised for suspending elections during COVID-19 lockdown period
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been blasted for suspending electoral activities in the country during the COVID-19 lockdown period through Press releases without legal authority from a co...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
USA democracy under the spotlight
The year has started on a bad note with the COVID-19 pandemic taking lives, causing sickness, destroying livelihoods and depriving people of freedoms. It is like starting a new a day under a thick dar...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 284 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zanu-PF takes a jibe at Brian Nichols over Capitol Hill incident
Zanu-PF has taken a jibe at the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian A Nichols and other "local and international" critics for what they called their "deafening" silence at the protest that occu...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:56hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pins hopes on Biden
THE ruling Zanu-PF has expressed hope that the inauguration of America's President-elect Joe Biden who assumes office on Wednesday will see relations between the two countries turn the corner and lead...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:25hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
SABC blind to progress, Peter
A few days ago, I wandered into a Twitter discussion between Peter Ndoro and a gentleman called Selwyn Nkomo and various other people.The discussion I stumbled upon was about the apparent bias...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:23hrs | 583 | by Stembile Mpofu
Zanu-PF slates US envoy
United States of America's envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian Nichols' failure to denounce the violent insurrection that happened at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on January 6 - killing five people an...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! Below I present to you the Draft Constitution (Part 1 and Part 2 consisting of 47 Articles) of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. The Full Draft Constitutio...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:49hrs | 2145 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 138 | by Taurai Mutoti
Patriotic Zimbabweans in Diaspora party is born
EDITOR,In line with the Zimbabwe Constitution Section 67 (1)(b), 67 (2)(b)(c) and 67(3)(a)(b) that confers Zimbabwean citizens political and electoral rights related to political membership an...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must stop selective application of the law' - Pete's sake, he is a tyrant and that is what tyrants do
Zimbabwe has been a nation of protestors and human rights activists contend to say what is wrong in society but rarely ever come up with what should be done about and rarest of all do it!"The ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 462 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance activists' arrests 'ploy for sanctions renewal'?
Recent allegations of targeted arrests and human rights abuses in the country have been described as a ploy by opposition linked political activists to influence the outcome of a sanctions review proc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:12hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 630 | by Mirian Mangwaya
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2538 | by Samantha Power
Sanctions must go
Trump crying foul after being... trumped and trampled in recent American elections. Elections stolen in great America, my foot! The cradle of democracy now turned 'mobocracy', who will guard the guard...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:52hrs | 240 | by Murisa Tondo
Exactly just how does Zimbabwe's ZANU PF expect South Africa to 'rein in' SABC's Mokoena - the Hopewell Chin'ono way?
As tensions between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party, and South Africa's ANC intensify - after the telling threats uttered by the former's director of information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, as he, typical of t...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:10hrs | 989 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mwonzora, Chamisa scuffle (is there a Zanu-PF hand)
There have been many accusations and counter-accusations going on since the ruling that installed Khupe as MDC T leader and which resulted in much turmoil in the opposition camp. While much or less ma...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 2339 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Zimbabwe regime exposes its tyrannical tendencies in seeking to force South Africa into a dictatorship
If ever there is one thing I 'like' about someone with a criminal and rogue character - who always seeks to deny and hide their waywardness and lawlessness - is that, they always, somehow, manage to e...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 562 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Rule of law now a pipe dream, says ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace project (ZPP) has castigated government over the recent arrest of civil rights and political activists, saying the move shows lack of respect for democracy and the rule of law....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegate to Harare told Zanu-PF they want to oust Ramaphosa
A Zimbabwean senior ruling Zanu-PF official told The NewsHawks that when South Africa's governing ANC leaders visited Harare in Sept 2020 to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis, one of them intimated that the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:17hrs | 3627 | by Staff reporter
Reasons why by-elections spook Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE is in perpetual election mode, so there is no harm yapping on this subject even as the year is just starting and we are more than two years away from the next national polls.The west ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 288 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe calls for a 'sober reflection' by Washington
Zimbabwe is doubling down on taking apparent satisfaction in the U.S. Capitol insurrection Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo criticizing the 'politically-motivated violence' and call...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 17:00hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
ANC's long fight for SA democracy inspiration for Zimbabweans never to give up on struggle for freedom
The African National Congress (ANC) yesterday celebrated its 109th anniversary - being the oldest political party on the continent - yet, the fact that South Africa was the last country to attain its ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 10:30hrs | 673 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Iran's supreme leader bans Covid-19 vaccines from UK, US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech yesterday, the supreme leader said he has no...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth, sanctions removal Mnangagwa's top priority
Rejoining the Commonwealth and seeking the removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, principally by the United States (US) and her allies, are the top priorities of the Ministry of Fo...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Indeed, the US never been paragon of democracy, but laughable that a worse tyranny would dare comment
As much as my health is not well today, and, would have preferred staying far away from the pen, the most recent outbursts and ranting by the perennially and inherently unrepentant brutal, barbaric an...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 13:19hrs | 586 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trump's Capitol Hill barbarism to usurp people's vote; not only failed, it backfired
President Donald Trump is a conman and like all conman he promised one thing and delivered something else. In the 2016 elections, the then Donald Trump promised the American votes two things:...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:58hrs | 949 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe govt says to re-engage new US admin
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said he does not expect any change to the United States policy on Zimbabwe despite the change of administration in that country when President-elect Joe Biden is inau...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Trump dents US democracy claims, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for order in the United States following the chaos unleashed on Washington by pro-Donald Trump supporters, who do not want to accept Joe Biden's electoral...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reiterates call to end American sanctions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reiterated his call for an end to the vindictive illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries as he congratulated Mr Joe Biden following his confirmation yesterda...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Africans have last laugh
Africans are responding to the chaos at the US Capitol with irony, sarcasm and humour. #Trump started trending on Twitter in places like Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya as the platform blocked the US ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
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