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Opinion and Analysis

Does Zimbabwe really need another political party now?
 
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande
 
DR SIMBA Makoni is doing it again!
 
He says he is going to form a political party in August this year, hardly four months after the Zimbabwean electorate handed him a humiliating defeat of less than 8 percent of the vote in the still simmering scandalous presidential election.   Read on...

Degree student to head TV services at ZBC
 
(A historical perspective from the archives)

 
LAINDON, Essex, October 30, 2001 - Bright Matonga, 33, is in his last few days living in Laindon before he moves to Zimbabwe to set up a new life as Head of Television Services for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation - the Zimbabwe equivalent of the BBC.   Read on...

A shameful betrayal of national independence 

A statement by Professor Arthur Mutambara, president of the breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
(thezimbabwetimes.com, April 18, 2008)   Read on...

Military top brass protect benefits of patronage
 
By Clyde B. Chakupeta
(May 8, 2008)
 
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe seems to be making the same mistake that was committed by Ian Smith - that of undermining the importance of voters.  Read on...

A bizarre electoral process

By Eddie Cross

May 7, 2008

THE BBC got it right the other day; in news broadcasts they described the Zimbabwe elections and the aftermath as "bizarre".   Read on...
Mugabe treats his people worse than beasts               

By Rev Grace P Karamura

A FEW weeks ago, the BBC showed the picture of a woman in Zimbabwe who was so badly tortured that she could hardly walk. Read on...
Mugabe has misinformed Zanu-PF members

By Daniel Makina

May 6, 2008  

THE violent crackdown on members of the opposition including their leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, which took energised form in March 2007, finally propelled the Zimbabwe crisis to a threshold that triggered a concerted effort for its resolution.   Read on...

Press freedom finally coming to Zimbabwe

By William Bango
 
(A paper presented at a panel discussion on the state of the media in Zimbabwe at a commemoration of Press Freedom Day, May 3.)  Read more...
The close of the Mugabe era    

By Mark Bellamy and J. Stephen Morrison
May 3, 2008
 
AFTER 28 years of increasingly violent misrule, the reign of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has entered its endgame.  Read more...

           Main News Headlines

MDC to participate in run-off election

 
        
Morgan Tsvangirai, right, and Tendai Biti.
    
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE , May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - Zimbabwe ’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has now decided it will participate in the second round of the presidential poll whose date is still to be announced by the country’s electoral commission.  Read on...
Mbeki expected in Harare today
 
By Raymond Maingire
 
HARARE, May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – South African President, Thabo Mbeki arrives in Harare today (Friday) for yet another round of talks with Zimbabwe’s feuding political parties as international and regional pressure mounts on him to take a tougher stance on President Robert Mugabe.  Read on...

Standard editor arrested for Mutambara’s article
 
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE , May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – The police on Thursday arrested the editor of the privately-owned Standard newspaper for publishing an article the authorities say was allegedly in contempt of court.  Read on...
Desperate measures fail to curb cash crisis
 
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE, May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - A range of desperate measures aimed at ending an unprecedented shortage of local bank notes has dismally failed to improve the cash crisis situation in Zimbabwe, banking officials said on Thursday. Read on...

Farm workers earn 60 US cents per month.
 
By Ntando Ncube
 
JOHANNESBURG, May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - More than 4 000 farm workers employed on farms owned by senior Zimbabwe government officials are now in hiding in the bush after the recent violence and intimidation by Zanu-PF militia who accused them of voting for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).  Read on...
Dos Santos says Tsvangirai must stand 
        
By Raymond Maingire
   
HARARE, May 8, 2008 (thezimbabwtimes.com) – Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who is thecurrentchairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation has urged MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai to abandon plans of a poll boycott.  Read on... 

ZEC says run-off could take up to a year
 
By Our Correspondent
HARARE, May 8, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – George Chiweshe, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), has said the much talked about presidential run-off election between Zanu-PF president, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC, the loser and winner respectively of the March 29 election, could de delayed by up to one year.  Read on...
S Africa will grant permits to illegal immigrants
  
By Ntando Ncube
   
JOHANNESBURG, May 8, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) The South African government on Thursday said it would resume the granting of temporary resident permits to illegal Zimbabweans immigrants.   Read on...

Biti faces arrest on return to Zimbabwe
  
By Our Correspondent
   
HARARE, May 8, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary-general, Tendai Biti, currently based in South Africa, faces arrest on his return to Zimbabwe.   Read on...

 Letters to the Editor
Let’s transform Zanu-PF into mature party
 
WHAT a coincidence?
 
I recently wrote an article on this website complaining about the silence of Zanu-PF official spokesmen and within a short time Zanu-PF spokesman, Nathan Shamuyarira, made some interesting comments in the Herald.   Read on...
Tsvangirai not a coward
 
I WRITE this letter in response to comments on your website by political commentator, Eldred Masunungure, of the University of Zimbabwe, who argues that MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, made a mistake by leaving the country and that a government of national unity is a must for Zimbabwe.  Read on...
Eddie Cross should provide facts and figures
  
THE ARTICLE by Eddie Cross of the MDC posted on your website on Wednesday, May 7, does not seem to say anything different from the rest of the party's press briefings.  Read on...
In the name of Zanu-PF, Mugabe must go
 
I AM very shocked at the deafening silence by the official Zanu-PF spokespeople whilst President Robert and a few unelected mafikizolos (recent arrivals) are tarnishing the image of that party. Read 0n...
Vegetarian diet ideal for Zimbabwe
 
BECAUSE of economic hardships in Zimbabwe, many residents are eating more vegetarian foods. Fortunately, these foods are not only less expensive, they are healthier, “greener,” and more humane.  Read on...
People terrorized and killed
      
LOCAL war vets jambanjaed (rampaged through) Buffalo Range for some nine hours yesterday. The Chiredzi police reacted late but dispersed the mob. Read on...
Mugabe’s “farewell speech” was spot on
 
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading your article published on the Zimbabwe Times website on Monday on what could be a very good speech from President Robert Mugabe to the people of Zimbabwe. It was a great piece on “passing the baton”.  Read on...

Zanu-PF wants to retain power after losing elections
 
THE ramblings in The Herald are getting more bizarre.  Read on...
MDC has become too quiet

 AS THE outcry over China’s massive weapons shipment to Zimbabwe continues, I do not believe I have heard a similar outcry from the MDC leadership.  Read on...      
Best ever article on Zimbabwe

THIS is just a short note to say that I have read every single article on Zimbabwe in the last 10 years, and Brighton Mutebuka’s article on The Zimbabwe Times website (April 20, 2008) is the best ever. Read on...        
Makoni won presidential election     

LET US not under-estimate Dr Simba Makoni who contested in the presidential elections only.  Read on...   

MDC not opposition party
 
IF THE opposition won 110 votes in Parliament on March 29 why does the press (with the exception of The Zimbabwe Times) continue to refer to the Movement for Democratic Change as the opposition MDC. Read on...   

 More Letters

 Sport and Entertainment

Zifa refuse to pay players after poor show

By Our Correspondent

HARARE , May 7, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - In an unprecedented move, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has refused to pay the national soccer team their bonuses for Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Namibia , saying it was a poor display which was totally undeserving of reward.  Read on...

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