By Zifiso Masiye In our new kind of normal, where restraint, moral integrity and sound values have been replaced by lumpen orgy, profanity and clown foolery, I meet the question: So what do you think of the latest VP sexual audio than what’s to be done with the zero pass […]
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Chilonga evictions saga exposes callous government
The move by the government to eject over 12 000 people in Chiredzi to make way for a lucerne grass project has once again exposed the authorities’ disregard for the rule of law. A week ago Chilonga villagers woke up to the news that they would be forcibly removed from […]
Has Zimbabwe turned a corner? Businessmen think so
That’s after the political instability, economic stagnation and two bouts of spiraling prices over the past two decades. Now inflation is slowing rapidly — albeit it’s still 322% — and the government expects the economy to expand 7.4% this year, rebounding from a 4.1% contraction. The country also got a step up on its African peers by starting […]
Race to replace Mohadi as VP heats up
ZANU PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to announce a new Vice-President, in line with the dictates of the 1987 Unity Accord, […]
Zim crisis needs shift from false expectations of reform to a conference to resolve it
By Ibbo Mandaza The discussion on the crisis in Zimbabwe has over the years been premised on the false expectation that a state increasingly based and surviving on the strength of a military-security machinery can reform itself out of power. What is required now is an acknowledgement, and a consensus […]
Zimbabwe’s randy Vice-President quits in sex shame
Mohadi romped with married lovers in his vice-presidential office Disgraced Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday in the wake of a damaging sex scandal exposed by ZimLive. The 71-year-old had stepped out to blame political enemies for the salacious revelations last week, vowing not to resign and placing his […]
Chamisa’s allies accused of plot to hound out old guard
A shock defection by a senior official has triggered soul searching in the MDC Alliance amid claims that some of the party’s problems are self-inflicted. MDC Alliance deputy treasurer general Lillian Timveos was last week paraded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House after she defected to the ruling Zanu […]
Mnangagwa in bid to destory Chamisa ahead of 2023 elections
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will entice MDC Alliance senior officials into joining Zanu PF using various persuasive and even coercive instruments as he seeks to weaken his main rival Nelson Chamisa ahead of the 2023 elections, observers say. Nearly three years ago, Mnangagwa got a major fright after Chamisa nearly beat […]
Time to end farm invasions for good
‘Henceforth, no more land invasions in whatever form, place or by whomsoever! Be warned!” This was a chilling warning by the Deputy Chief Secretary in charge of Presidential Communications George Charamba via his social media handle on Twitter on Tuesday morning. Interestingly, the warning shots were fired a few days […]
Zimbabwe’s central bank sees inflation falling
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector stability. Zimbabwe has received goods rains this year, which are expected to fire up exports and foreign currency earnings. In December 2020, […]