Politics

Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire’s former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger. Beyond official condolences praising the queen’s longevity and service, there is some bitterness about the past in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Talk …

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Sunday survived what the party insists was an assassination attempt by suspected Zanu PF assailants. Occupants of a silver sedan with the licence plate AFA 1651 allegedly threw a grenade just as Chamisa’s convoy approached Gadzema Grounds, venue for the opposition chief’s …

Jailed Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala has written a letter informing Zimbabweans that he has appointed lawyer Freddy Masarirevu as his family and personal spokesman with immediate effect. Sikhala said thousands of people have been contacting his wife and family about his well-being. Pindula News presents the letter: …

Fighters say death is a reminder of a very tragic period in Africa’s history Read full statement below… The Economic Freedom Fighters notes the death of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, the Queen of the United Kingdom, and the ceremonial head of state of several countries that were colonized by the …

The UN Committee on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination has called on Zimbabwean authorities to lift restrictions they continue to impose on Gukurahundi commemorative events and also pave way for a truth-telling platform for survivors of the government sponsored atrocities. In findings and …

A parliamentary public hearing on the re-introduction of the National Youth Service was abandoned in Bulawayo on Tuesday after Zanu PF activists physically attacked participants who opposed the programme. A man had his shirt torn and was left bleeding on the neck in ugly scenes which brought proceedings to an …

The Zimbabwe-European Union Article 8 political dialogue, whose third session was held in Harare last year, should continue as the two parties seek to broaden the discussions, outgoing EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen said yesterday. Mr Olkkonen was speaking after paying a farewell courtesy call on President Mnangagwa at …

Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who helped to end the Cold War, but his death received a cool response in Russia, engaged in a war with Ukraine to regain some of the power it lost when he presided over the Soviet Union’s …

The Zimbabwean consulate in South Africa has finally broken its silence on the immigration debacle and xenophobic attacks by Limpopo Health Member of Executive Committee (MEC), Phophi Ramathuba, against a Zimbabwean national. Ramathuba sparked controversy last week after a video emerged of her chiding a Zimbabwean patient at a Limpopo …

The Pan-African Parliament along with the SA Medical Council, have echoed the growing list of organisations in slamming Limpopo Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, for her conduct. The MEC had embarrassed a bedridden patient from Zimbabwe at a hospital in Bela Bela, Limpopo, last …