Muchinguri calls for truce
Provincial Affairs Minister Chimene and Former Zanu (PF) women’s league boss Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (Pictured): battling it out to fill Didymus Mutasa’s shoes. Muchinguri-Kashiri took advantage of...
View ArticleWOZA protests at Kasukuwere’s office
Saviour Kasukuwere SEE PETITION The 9th of September 12noon protest drew participation of 600 members. Two protest groups converged at the Ministry of Local Governance located along Leopold Takawira...
View ArticleWhy did he wait 20 years?
That is the Zanu (PF) way – slogan for seed pack. Approximately 300,000 smallholder farmers are expected to stand in line to receive fertiliser and seed which, though funded from taxpayers’ money, are...
View ArticleT1 Wema1 drops We On – a collaborative #ZimHipHop summer jam
The hot track has been expertly produced by Mclyne Beats and mixed and mastered by Anonzi Xndr and sets off our #KruelSummer! The best summer jam is more than just a catchy song, it sells an experience...
View ArticleChinese are crooks: Industry tells VP
VP Phelekezela Mphoko: extremely frustrated. Industrialists did not mince their words, labelling the Chinese as crooks and unprofessional business partners – a declaration VP Mphoko took note of....
View ArticleFresh farm invasions in Headlands
The following farms were invaded; • Wakefield Farm (owned by Andrew Dawson) • Mhandara Farm (occupied by Dakarai Mapuranga the losing Zanu PF primary elections candidate for Headlands constituency) •...
View ArticleRevisit of indig law welcome
Paul Bogaert Khaya Moyo mentioned the review while addressing a National Defence College course last week. Particularly heartening is the fact that he acknowledged that government was anxious to...
View ArticleA vision for Zimbabwe
If we try individually to describe our vision for our country, every vision will be slightly different, but each of us can contribute to a common vision. Here is one, offered in the hope that most...
View ArticleI don’t see the Nigerian ‘crook’ settling for 49%
Aliko Dangote But, no, he is a Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man, according to a Forbes survey. President Robert Mugabe and a host of his ministers were on their toes once Dangote landed at...
View ArticleSISTAZ OPEN MIC returns & Tina Watyoka to Shine
Tina Watyoka The monthly event – which sees upwards of 20 young women performing, sometimes for the very first time – has over the years been graced and validated by the participation of established...
View ArticleTsvangirai welcomes Mujuru entry
MDC-T President Morgan TsvangiraiEarly this week, Mujuru, a veteran of the liberation war against colonial rule and member of Zanu (PF) since her teenage days, launched political-economic blueprint...
View ArticleFreedom is not a free lunch
Vince Musewe Note that I say here freedom from colonialism – not freedom – because we are not yet free from oppression. I think I should write a book on their stories to enrich our appreciation of what...
View ArticleBiti lays into Tsvangirai
Renewal Team leader Tendai Biti: Tsvangirai slept at the wheel during the GNU and his party is founded on violence. Tendai Biti has laid into his former boss, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai,...
View ArticleCircumcision ceremony cancelled
The traditional circumcision procedure that precedes the graduation of boys into men Every year dozens of young males go into camp for three months to undergo circumcision, but this year it is a...
View ArticleMan fights lion with bare hands
Samson Mutombeni of Chegwite village in Chiredzi warded off the attack from the hungry and wounded lion in a bush near the Save Valley Conservancies last week. He was walking along a path when the...
View ArticlePoverty breeds child workers
He only gets paid $50 a month, never gets a week-end off and yet he still considers himself to be one of the ‘lucky’ ones. “I didn’t have three meals a day when I was living with my poor parents in my...
View ArticleChaos in Zanu (PF)
Ignatius Chombo The turbulence was reflected in the numerous state of the party reports given at the 291st ordinary Zanu (PF) politburo meeting on Wednesday. Ruling party insiders told The Zimbabwean...
View ArticleUnsafe abortions kill thousands
Chalkboard – Abortion Cynthia Zengeya (17) will never be able to be a mother again after undergoing an abortion done by an unqualified midwife, although this unmarried housemaid is probably lucky to be...
View ArticleHospital staff accused of harassing patients
Mutare General Hospital Tip-offs followed up by The Zimbabwean opened a Pandora’s box as randomly selected patients that were interviewed expressed disgust at the manner in which the health institution...
View ArticleChidhakwa pledges revival of Kamativi mine
Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa : The Chinese have shown huge interest and commitment to revive the mine. He said this in an exclusive interview with The Zimbabwean over the weekend at an event held to...
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