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Posted by ZDN on September 8, 2010
From TimesLive - By GABISILE NDEBELE Top local band Freshlyground have added a cheeky spin to the music video of their latest single, Chicken to Change, as they challenge Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's leadership. Click here to view the video The video, done in collaboration with the satirical Internet show ZA News, is the second to be made from the seven-member band's album Radio A...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on May 10, 2010
Heard from a friendly source: retired policemen are being recruited now. Apparently Police Commissioner Chihuri has issued a directive to pump the number up to 50,000 members of the police force by year end - from the current 22,000. No prizes for guessing why. Surveys show that between 6% and 24% only would vote for Zanu PF in an election: the problem is, hardly anyone is on the voters' ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 9, 2010
Unilever's workers complain that the company is struggling to produce soap and detergents in their Zimbabwe factory because the government taxes the imported raw materials. Retail shops, however, bringing in basic items from South Africa, don't have to pay any duty. Talk about exporting jobs! Word is spreading like wildfire that more diamonds have been discovered about three meters away f...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 15, 2010
15 March 2010 Tsk, tsk. Apparently Robert Mugabe is able to discipline an entire nation but not the children in his own household. Mugabe has recently been embarrassed by DisGrace's son, who was expelled from St George's College for being 'disruptive'. The miscreant pupil then managed to get accepted (probably under duress) at St John's, another posh independent school - where rumour has it he...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 11, 2010
Read it first here! We name names and repeat allegations and gossip that cannot be published in conventional papers - the word on the street and the stuff whispered by 'an eyewitness', a 'reliable source' or 'someone you know who has connections'. Rumour and street-news is a favourite national pastime in Zimbabwe and we think it deserves it's own space. Because there is no smoke without fire! ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on January 12, 2010
For the delectation of our readers, here is the official Zimbabwe Presidential Festive Season greetings card. Note, Christmas is not mentioned anywhere. Click on the image below for a larger version. Such an unhappy-looking couple! Whatever it is that the First Shopper is wearing, could it possibly be her attempt at making us believe that she sews and crochets to make a living? Sure looks ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on December 5, 2009
Week ending 4 December 2009 This week ZBC TV and Radio get the perjury prize for a change. Their whole week has been dedicated to shouting about how Minister Biti is 'witholding funds' for agricultural inputs. This, accompanied by threats that 'we cannot tolerate this any longer' have the ordinary folk wondering if Zanu-PF are actually trying to stir up the anger of the masses in order to c...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 27, 2009
Week Ending 27 November 2009 The vote for champion liars of the week was unanimous: the various state witnesses brought by AG Tomana before the High Court in the Roy Bennett treason trial. The lies and inconsistencies got to be so much that it elicited laughter from the courtroom, confirming the entire thing is just one big farce. Moving on, Moyo was back on form in the Zimbabwe Independen...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 20, 2009
Week Ending 20 November 2009 Well what do you know: Tafataona Mahoso is our lying champion for the second week in a row! We want to say good on you, but we're not sure it's something to be proud of. His rant in the latest Sunday Mail confirmed that he truly is off his rocker. His theme this week: sanctions (surprise, surprise). Taffy may be our champion of the week in terms of quantity of l...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 13, 2009
Week Ending 13 November 2009 This week in honour of Friday 13th, we wondered whether to rename the Lie-O-Meter. Perhaps it could be called the Mad-O-Meter due to the utterances of the state press which have become truly insane rather than just untrue. In particular we quote the discredited Tafataona Mahoso (judged 'unfit for office' in 2008 and fired from his post as chairman of the Medi...
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