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By Fungi Kwaramba Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has accused War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube and military chiefs of effectively plotting a coup d’état against President Robert Mugabe by holding a crucial meeting with disgruntled former freedom fighters while the nonagenarian is out of the country. Speaking to the Daily News, the fuming Chimene also […]
By Ali Naka It is with a heavy heart and a trampled soul that i write this letter to you Mr President. Our beloved country that you have presided over the last 36 years was once the breadbasket of Africa but has declined to become the laughing stock of the world. Your very own fellows […]
By Mutsa Murenje I never foresaw it happening and fewer people across the globe ever imagined that we would have Donald Trump as the United States president. But, we are outsiders and observers of electoral processes in another country. Those who voted for Trump believed in his competence as leader. This is something we ignored […]
By Shame Makoshori Outspoken British tycoon, Nicholas van Hoogstraten, has raised concerns over a multi-million dollar deal concluded between CFI Holdings and Fidelity Life Assurance last year and escalated his complaint to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). The mogul has pleaded with the stock market to suspend the two companies’ listings, as he seeks to […]
By Cyril Zenda “Look at me. You don’t know how humiliated I sometimes get? Have you ever been a debtor? Say, a debtor who has borrowed from everyone in the street and no longer takes a straight line to his or her house… you have to meander and so on. That is exactly the situation […]
By Andrew Kunambura Journalists in Zimbabwe seem to have great difficulty resisting the temptation to prefix the name Temba Mliswa with rich superlatives. Controversial, mercurial, outspoken, combative and valiant are some of the numerous prefixes associated with the politician. The former fitness trainer has developed quite a thick skin to face any situation and his […]
By Andrew Kunambura The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is co-ordinating the preparation of a document highlighting people’s grievances while seeking consensus around a candidate they shall support going into the 2018 harmonised elections, the Financial Gazette can exclusively report. In what could further widen the chasm between them and the ruling ZANU-PF […]
Communication and Allied Services Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CASWUZ) members this week forcibly chucked out of office the union’s president, Lovemore Matombo, who was refusing to relinquish his post after reaching the retirement age. Matombo, along with CASWUZ’s general-secretary, Cephas Chizura, including other members of their executive, were bundled out of their offices in Harare […]
By Godknows Matarutse After a two-week break, Castle Lager Premiership title-chasing CAPS United, FC Platinum and Highlanders resume their battle this weekend. As things stand, Makepekepe hold all the aces as they currently enjoy a two-point lead over second-placed FC Platinum. With only two games to go before the season ends, Lloyd Chitembwe’s side virtually […]
By Arnold Tsunga The cases of the assault of the High Court Sheriff staff by Prophet Magaya’s staff were taken to court at Mbare Magistrate Court today. It turned out that there were a number of cases involving multiple victims of assault and multiple suspects all linked to the PHD Ministries and Prophet Magaya. The […]