By Isaac Makomichi21 October 2026 | Mberengwa For years, residents of Mberengwa in the Midlands Province had to travel hundreds of kilometres to access specialist medical care, including caesarean sections and major surgical procedures. That story has now changed. The Second Republic has upgraded Mberengwa District Hospital with modern, international-standard…
By Tafadzwa Munjanja- The ZANU PF bootlicking festival that was held this past week in the historic town of Chinhoyi under the guise of a "people's conference" is over, but as the political dust settles, the biggest question to be answered is, So what? In the same town that marked…
Hassan Ghazaly, founder of Pan African initiative on media and journalism the "AfroMedia", has paid tribute to journalist and intellectual Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, son of Ghanaian leader Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who passed away in Cairo, leaving behind a legacy of writing and engagement with the issues facing Africa and its…
By Tafadzwa Munjanja- After extending his misrule via Constitutional Amendment Act No.3 (CAA3), the dictator is stopping at nothing in his quest to create a corrupt system that only serves his parochial interests. This past week, Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed the completion of state capture by 'Zvigananda' (cartels) by announcing Queen…
By Givemore Chare - It's not even shocking in Zimbabwe, takajaira zvisingafanire kujairika. When a rich or powerful person dies, suddenly the powerful become available. Convoys move. Suits appear. Cameras arrive. Politicians, businesspeople and the elite rush to be seen paying condolences. But when 97 ordinary Zimbabweans perish in the…
By Phillan Zamchiya Dear Reader, I hear that the mourning of Chivayo is becoming another theatre of the ZANU-PF succession struggle. While Mnangagwa and his hardcore faction mourn Chivayo, General (Rtd) Chiwenga was conspicuously elsewhere, inspecting some Hoja RABBITS, twu TSURO, at Chivaraidze Farm along Luna Road in Umwinsidale, just…
By Tafadzwa Munjanja- Talking of mediocrity on the international stage, no one does it better than ZANU PF dictator Emmerson Mnangagwa. Presented with a global audience at the United Nations General Assembly, Mnangagwa chose to embarrass the nation with his empty "friends to all, enemy of none" at the grand…
By Dr Banabasi Marambire - There is no age in terms of the number of years that we can use as a measure to recommend for marriage. There are 40 or 50 years of people who behave like teenagers and are very immature. Then there are people in their early…
(Two Pieces of Chicken, the Mvurwi Spectacle and the Conditioning of Political Loyalty) By Reason Wafawarova When Zimbabweans watched people celebrating two pieces of chicken, a 500ml soft drink and the promise of birthday cake at Mvurwi, some responded with laughter. They mocked the elderly woman who reportedly travelled from…
By Reverend Givemore Chare -Let us stop sugar-coating it. When political power uses cars, handouts and favours to manufacture loyalty, it is patronage and manipulation. And when the Church accepts those favours, stays silent, and protects the powerful while the poor suffer, the Church is not merely looking away, it…
