The Gwayi-Shangani Dam and plans to draw water from the Zambezi river was first mooted in 1912 but was drawn back after experiencing financial constraints, then politicised by Zanu pf and its deliberate marginalisation of the Matebeleland region .   It is interesting that the despot led regime which murdered at least 20,000 Ndebeles during gukurahundi in the early eighties and has marginalised the region since Mugabe came to power on 18 April 1980, only…

ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION (ZNWLVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has, in the ongoing Zanu PF succession battles. released a T-shirt that has a message calling for President Robert Mugabe’s wife First Lady Grace Mugabe to deal with her children first before she can lecture Zimbabweans on anything. The message on the Tshirt reads “Control your children first,” By Sibusiso Ngwenya. photo online-(ZNWLVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda wearing the t-shirt

NIGERIAN LEADER BUHARI (74) who has reportedly spent more time undergoing medical treatment from the beginning of the year 2017 claims he is feeling well enough to return to his job of President of the Nigerian government. Buhari the Nigerian president has been in London for unspecified medical treatment on sick leave, the second time this year….more news to follow.on sick leave is the second this year, after a stint from January to March. The…

MDC-T Vice President, Thokozani Khupe, is reportedly engaged in talks with Presidential aspirant, Nkosana Moyo, who recently launched his Alliance for People’s Agenda (APA) to challenge President Robert Mugabe. Khupe, assaulted by suspected MDC-T youths in Bulawayo for calling for a meeting to discuss the MDC Alliance, reportedly met with Moyo at a hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg this Thursday. According to NewZimbabwe.com, Khupe was reportedly in the company of disgruntled MDC-T leaders, Lovemore Moyo as…

POLICE yesterday said they had established that the incarcerated Energy Mutodi, who was arrested on Thursday after he insinuated there would be a coup, was part of an organised syndicate of powerful people, whom the law enforcers want to round up.   Mutodi, who was charged with causing disaffection among defence forces over his Facebook post about President Robert Mugabe’s succession, was yesterday further detained after the State sought more time to prepare and seek…

We are reliably informed that last night, there was a break into the offices of the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs through the roof.   In 2016, the Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office was also broken into the same way, for the fourth time at Vice President Mnangagwa’s offices.   It is a difficult time for Mnangagwa, who just over aweeek ago had to sit through a one and half hour video presentation…

Our contacts inform us that Zimbabwe’s vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa the gukurahundi butcher is suspected to have been poisoned earlier on today in Gwanda.   This could certainly be the making of another hero by the Zanu pf battles. How appropriate that it comes at a time we are set to commemorate heroes day that the Vice president is almost made a hero..I’m just saying!   Within a few minutes of consuming Alpha Omega dairy…

Police have heavily deployed countrywide to ensure that the Heroes Day and Defence Forces Day holidays will be crime and accident- free. Members of the public have been urged to fully cooperate with the police at roadblocks and those on patrol. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba warned motorists in a statement to observe road rules and regulations and to ensure that their vehicles were roadworthy to carry passengers and goods. “Experience has…

A 72-minute video presented in the Zanu-PF politburo by Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo on July 19, which is now circulating among senior party members and state security agents, portrays Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a callous, corrupt and power hungry individual who is systematically trying to usurp President Robert Mugabe’s power.   The Zimbabwe Independent has watched the explosive video – part of Moyo’s defence of embattled Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere – which fast…