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Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
SADC Chair Nyusi rallies world against Zimbabwe sanctions
Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, has said sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe must be removed immediately as this is good for the region and t...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:35hrs | 244 | by Staff reportetr
Unmasking sanctions promoters
Many had hoped that the coming of a new administration led by President Donald Trump in America was going to usher in a fresh foreign policy trajectory. This deduction was wrong. Let me ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 961 | by Ranga Mataire
Trump, a poisoned chalice, says analysts
In yet another not so surprising move, United States of America (USA) President, Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, if he loses the 3 November 2020, elections....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:17hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Trump 'free of symptoms and fever'
President Donald Trump has had no Covid-19 symptoms for 24 hours and has been fever-free for more than four days, his doctor says.Sean Conley said the president also had "detectable levels of ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:53hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus still a threat, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to remain wary of Covid-19, warning that the lethal virus was still a threat to the country.Speaking at the burial of national hero, Ruphu...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:15hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
MDC circus continues as 2023 beckons
So sad to note that the President of the world's superpower is down with coronavirus after having tested positive last week. There is something intrinsic about Africans. We are generally a kin...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
When the undertaker wishes you long life
This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 299 | by Bishop Lazi
Indefinitely Suspension of by-elections in Zimbabwe a death to Democracy
On 2 October 2020, the ZANU PF led government published a new statutory instrument 225 of 2020 which prohibits the holding of by-elections in Zimbabwe indefinitely. The government gazetted SI 225 of 2...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1173 | by Prince Njagu
Mnangagwa wishes Trump a speedy recovery
President Mnangagwa has wished a speedy recovery to the United States of America President Donald Trump who tested positive of Covid-19 together with his wife Melania recently.Trump announced ...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2534 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa takes Zimbabwe sanctions removal call to UN
THE 75th Session of the UN General Assembly began yesterday with African Union (AU) chairman and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterating the call for the removal of illegal sanctions agai...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Iran plot to bomb American Embassy in South Africa exposed
The Iranian government is reportedly weighing an assassination attempt against US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks. A story about a US intelligence report has been referenced by two officials wh...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 13:34hrs | 3179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US media has become the true opposition
LISTEN ye men of Dzimbahwe, even those foolish MaShurugwi, to these wise words.Over the last 30 years, the power of the media has grown out of all proportion to its intended purpose, which was...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:59hrs | 855 | by Ken Mufuka
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1202 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Matemadanda attacks, Trump, Malema
Matemadanda also attacked United States President Donald Trump, accusing him of fuelling chaos in Zimbabwe by sponsor-ing protests through civil society organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance. ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2916 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ring-fences chairpersons' posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has barred party youths from contesting for provincial chairpersons' posts, a decision likely to create more rifts as youths were pushing to take over senior positions....Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema eats a humble pie
The EFF leader Julius Malema was left with egg shells in his face after realising that he backed a dead horse. Malema did not do a fact finding enquiry before he issued puke on Zimbabwe. Juliu...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 22:55hrs | 23889 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Zimbabwean political allegory: A dystopian complex
Read it to me Benjamin, Muriel the goat bleats pleadingly; "…, and all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."This quote from George Orwell's Animal Farm novel is pe...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 959 | by Terence Q Ndlovu
South African Rand on the ropes as emerging market risks increase
South Africa's rand traded nearly 1% weaker early on Friday, near its lowest in 10 weeks, amid souring emerging market sentiment led by Turkey's currency crisis and increased tension between China and...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:58hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Beyonce won't vote in Zimbabwe
The Bishop laughed his lungs out last week when he saw the desperate efforts of some activists who were trying to foist their latest hashtag movement on US singer Beyonce.There was a lot of eu...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 399 | by Bishop Lazarus
America unveils US$17.5 million for Zimbabwean doctors and nurses
The United States of America Embassy in Harare has announced that the U.S. government through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has invested more than USD17.5 million to support ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:08hrs | 7295 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government should stop crying wolf
THE more things change, the more they remain the same. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Demagogues throughout history have perpetuated the idea of an us vs them.It...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 145 | by Maverick Maphosa
Shiri died in his car while trying to get help
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Armed ZANU PF Youths threaten Donald Trump and Chamisa
ZANU PF Youths have threatened unspecified to United States of America President Donald Trump, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume, and former cabinet Min...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 16:55hrs | 3590 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Criminal charges opened against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress while under oath during two joint hearings in Cong...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1973 | by Matt Gaetz
US senator describes slavery as 'necessary evil'
A senator for the state of Arkansas has described slavery as a "necessary evil" on which the American nation was built.In a local newspaper interview, Republican Tom Cotton said he rejected th...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 17:08hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns US against interference?
THE arrest of political activists Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume last week, was a pre-emptive move by authorities to quell a potentially violent foreign-funded insurrection meant to destabilis...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:56hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1976 | by Bishop
America should stop lecturing Zimbabwe
United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols is behaving like a demigod. He is indeed way out of order and lost because he has removed his diplomatic robes and stepped into the local political a...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1628 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
The 'witchcraft' of Nehanda's statue
There is nothing that Bishop Lazarus finds as nauseatingly revolting as the holier-than-thou brigade.Yes, those low-lives that seemingly have the uncanny ability of seeing past the girthy logs...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 647 | by Bishop Lazarus
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 434 | by Staff Reporter
Donald Trump is an atheist and a blasphemer
DONALD Trump is a liar when he claims that his unbridled dictatorship owes its currency through God's appointment. Trump declared recently that he is the most powerful president of the United States b...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1146 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump, asks Interpol to help
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:57hrs | 3933 | by Al Jazeera and news agencies
Zimbabwe opposition facing extinction?
IT WAS a journey of 40 years, one which the children of Israel endured until they reached Canaan, but unlike the Israelites, who turned a corner after four decades, the opposition in Zimbabwe has rema...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:48hrs | 569 | by Tendai Kamhungira
Mnangagwa extols US, Donald Trump
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country's agricultural mechanis...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1306 | by Jonathan Chando
Woman who shared nudes with friend on WhatsApp arrested with three other women (Mpopoma woman)
Many people are not aware that they will be committing a crime, when they distribute their nude pictures or their videos or such pictures or videos of others.So, there is a need for the media ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 17:59hrs | 2324 | by Njabulo
Selective outrage retrogressive to the African plight
WHEN we speak of the year 2020 the name Gorge Floyd wields more weight than the COVID-19 pandemic for obvious socio-political reasons. George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, in the USA....Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 122 | by Nqaba Matshazi
BREAKING: Trump orders 10 years in jail for destroying racist statues
American President Donald Trump has authorized the imprisonment of any persons who are caught destroying statues in the country. In a tweet on Tuesday, Trump said, "I have authorized the Feder...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 12:14hrs | 1463 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Theatre in USA politics: A threat to aspiring democracies
THEATRE has been part of cultural socialisation since time immemorial. It has always been employed to convey messages of various purposes. Theatre is packaged with humanity, psychology, motivations, c...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 179 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe: Your prayers are going nowhere!
Under different circumstances, a call by the country's leadership for atonement, supplication and prayer brings about a sobering moment to the populace. It is my painful duty to inform you that the ca...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 406 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabweans have a duty to free themselves from crocodile jaws
EVERYTIME I travel to and from the US, I have noticed, the flight crew will always ask those who are serving or have served in the military to board first. As they present their boarding passes to the...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 485 | by Dr Shepherd Mpofu
The US on the verge of momentous changes
In order to understand the present political turmoil in the American social fabric, one must keep as a background the fact that the US elites were shocked at the electoral victory of a street billiona...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:13hrs | 953 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe not US adversary
CALLS for re-engagement by Zimbabwe's Second Republic seem to have been futile, undoubtedly falling on deaf ears as the United States and its surrogates continue to burn bridges, this has been evidenc...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 201 | by Khumbulani Vodloza
Chamisa 'can't breathe'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has psyched up hard-pressed Zimbabweans to liberate themselves from the heavy Zanu-PF yoke which he claims has shrunk the democratic space and deprived ci...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 5357 | by Staff reporter
George Floyd murder: A gamechanger for Donald Trump
Last week, I would have surmised that Us President Donald trump has a very good chance of being reelected in November 2020.the murder of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, though not unusual, has t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:49hrs | 947 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe keen to re-engage America but.....
ZIMBABWE is eager to re-engage with the United States of America, but Washington continues its hostile stance on Harare after US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mr Tibor Nagy, blatan...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF condemns killing of unarmed black man in US
ZANU-PF yesterday said the racial killing of a black unarmed man by US police despite pleas that he was chocking symbolises the nation's attitude towards the people of colour hence their equally chock...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:28hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Americans' brave struggle for justice, in the face of state brutality, should inspire oppressed people of Zimbabwe
It is so easy for a perpetually oppressed, subjugated, and choked people to give up their struggle for justice, freedom, and equality - in the face of ever-growing brutality and brazen abuse of their ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 13:59hrs | 962 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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