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Zimbabweans capable of achieving regime change - Mashakada
MDC-T deputy secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada has said Zimbabweans are capable of achieving regime change which if not an offence to do so as elections through the constitutions allow such.M...Published: 9 mins ago | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Retired soldier intimidates Gokwe villagers
ZANU-PF ward Chairman, Johnson Sithole and Peter Mbakadha (a retired soldier) in Gokwe South ward 33 recently reportedly intimidated community members during a community sports tournament organised by...Published: 12 mins ago | 40 | by Stephen Jakes
ZLHR joins the world in celebrating UN International Day of Peace
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations International Day of Peace and appeals to all people in Zimbabwe to commit to peace and fosteri...Published: 13 mins ago | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'I urge you to play your part by registering to vote' - Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has assured his followers that his party is doing all it can to make sure that all the people who want to vote in the 2018 elections are not left out in the registration...Published: 18 mins ago | 39 | by Stephen Jakes
Grace Mugabe doles out seized clothes for Zanu-PF campaigns
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe is reportedly doling out second-hand clothes to Zanu-PF MPs to start campaigning ahead of next year's harmonised elections.The second-hand clothes are believed to have ...Published: 1 hr ago | 36 | by Staff reporter
Court judge deliver a blow to MDC-T
A High Court judge yesterday delivered a blow to MDC-T after he ruled its application challenging President Mugabe's proclamation of biometric voter registration (BVR) dates could not be treated as an...Published: 1 hr ago | 53 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will rig 2018, orthodox thinkers say contest no matter what - is it time to think outside the box
Zimbabwe is in an unusual situation in that we are stuck with a corrupt, vote rigging and tyrannical dictatorship and the opposition we entrusted the task of implementing the democratic changes to end...Published: 12 hrs ago | 578 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe media should address concerns over alleged capture
MISA Zimbabwe on 20 September 2017 held its elective annual general meeting in Harare with its outgoing Chairperson Kumbirai Mafunda imploring the media to address concerns on the alleged capture of t...Published: 15 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
Politics of victimisation will destroy Zanu-PF
After NPC and his team were declared innocent at a rally and not by the party nine provinces were plunged into great uncertainty. Victimisation of those perceived to have been instrumental to a crusad...Published: 16 hrs ago | 573 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa allies plan to 'shipwreck' Mugabe's 2018 campaign
President Robert Mugabe has a lot of homework to do ahead of next year's decisive polls amid revelations that allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have hatched an improved version of the 2008 B...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1490 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe prepared to protect victims of torture
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has said it is committed to protecting and assisting survivors of torture so that they are able to access justice and requisite social services.The remarks come amid report...Published: 18 hrs ago | 82 | by Stephen Jakes
ZimFirst fearing for the 2018 polls
ZimFirst President Maxwell Shumba has said he is humbled by the support his party is getting as the nation bears for the 2018 elections."Finally Zimbabweans are stepping up to join the platfor...Published: 19 hrs ago | 346 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe engages generals for war vets congress
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly engaged army generals imploring them to diplomatically engage restive members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (Znlwva) and urge them...Published: 24 hrs ago | 3357 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai expected back in Zimbabwe at the weekend
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who is receiving medical treatment in South Africa, is expected back in the country anytime from now, as his condition has reportedly improved."By the end of t...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:28hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
'BVR is shambolic,' complain MDC - right challenge for Win In Rigged Elections (WIRE)
The tragedy of a having a totally dysfunctional political system is that you are totally helpless. For the last 37 years we have been stuck with this incompetent, corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictat...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | 279 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Pressure awaits cancer-stricken Tsvangirai
PRESSURE awaits ailing MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on his return from South Africa with the party's senior leadership from Matabeleland pressing for a meeting to discuss disagreements over the f...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:19hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
War veterans elect new executive
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has elected a new national executive committee that will lead the organisation to elections in December.The change of guard w...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:14hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Lessons learnt from the Kenyan electoral experience of 2017 visa vee Zimbabwe, Africa and the world
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart (Proverbs 3:1 NIV) Robert Gabriel Mugabe has no lesson he can pass, either to his generation or that below him, when he fi...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 20:07hrs | 585 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Britain downplayed Robert Mugabe massacre in Zimbabwe
British officials deliberately downplayed the massacre of thousands of Robert Mugabe's opponents in Zimbabwe in the 1980s, newly released documents have revealed.Who did what?Mugabe swept ...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 14:23hrs | 3201 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will win back Bulawayo seats, says Chipanga
ZANU-PF will not only romp to victory in the 2018 elections, but will win back seats from areas like Bulawayo where the party has performed badly in previous years, a senior official said yesterday....Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 13:53hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
NERA can be sued over 2016 anti-government protests
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF continue tightening screws opponents after the High Court granted a request by a shadowy organisation linked to the party to sue organisers of last year's anti-...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 13:38hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Politics of victimisation will destroy Zanu-PF
After NPC and his team were declared innocent at a rally and not by the party nine provinces were plunged into great uncertainty. Victimisation of those perceived to have been instrumental to a crusad...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 09:26hrs | 1801 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa allies plot to drown Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe has a lot of homework to do ahead of next year's decisive polls amid revelations that allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have hatched an improved version of the 2008 B...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 07:53hrs | 9815 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai in 'critical, but stable' condition at the Wits Gordon Hospital
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai remains in critical, but stable condition at South Africa's Wits Gordon Hospital, but at home the scramble for his position continues amid indications the MDC-T...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance will win 2018 elections guaranteed,' argue Bulawayo Lawyer - Fools are stubbornly foolish
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess and one of the reasons why we are in this mess is the failure to think through our problems logically and thoroughly. Here is one typical example....Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:47hrs | 1445 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu-PF stands no chance next year'
FORMER Zanu-PF Matabeleland South provincial member and war veterans' chairman, Jabulani Phetshu, has warned that the ruling party stands no chance of winning the upcoming general elections if it does...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru going it alone
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) is preparing to enter the 2018 general elections outside the coalition deal with other opposition political parties who are backing the MDC Alliance led by Morgan Tsvangi...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Technical hitches blight voter registration process
TECHNICAL hitches continued to dog the voter registration exercise in some parts of the Matabeleland region yesterday, with some potential voters claiming it took them longer than necessary to have th...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips MDC-T over Tsvangirai's health
PANIC has gripped the MDC-T amid revelations that party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's close associates have followed him to South Africa to monitor his condition after he was flown there as an emergency ...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
'BVR machine failing to pick polling stations,' admit ZEC - opens door to new rigging opportunities
The BVR voter registration exercise that started four days ago is failing already. In Bulawayo, for example, ZEC Officials are manually write the polling station name on registration slips, resulting ...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 21:14hrs | 790 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai, Mugabe health a big concern
Former Prime Minister and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai is a giant of Zimbabwe's politics and his reported deteriorating health, which prompted him being airlifted to South Africa for emergency trea...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 19:21hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC to repeal indigenisation law, take away farms
Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC says it will repeal a law to force the transfer of foreign-owned firms to local ownership if it wins power in the 2018 elections.MDC shadow Finance minister Tapiwa Mash...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 19:18hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe, a champion of human rights
President Robert Mugabe has always been a champion of human rights and democracy despite his detractors professing ignorance to this fact.Reports from some sections of the media have it that U...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 16:14hrs | 763 | by Chido Chikuni
Where is the justice in Grace's son getting $300k car paid for by 72.3% living on $1 or less a day
Grace Mugabe's son by her first husband, Russell Goreraza has just taken delivery of a Rolls Royce luxury car worth $300 000 and will soon be getting an Aston Martin to add to his collection, accordin...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 15:58hrs | 1511 | by Nomusa Garikai
Lupemba appointed Vice President of Zimbabwe People First, ZimFirst
ZimFirst President Maxwell Shumba on Tuesday said Dereck Lupemba has been appointed as the vice President of his party."Dereck Lupemba who has a MSc in Chemistry Education is Appointed V...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 14:09hrs | 1402 | by Stephen Jakes
It's My Vote!
A colleague in academia responded to my article on this platform titled 'Whither Zimbabwe?' in which I lamented our collective lethargy and responsibility for the myriad of challenges that we are curr...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 13:23hrs | 334 | by Mthokozisi Nyathi
MDC Alliance gives people hope - Prominent lawyer
A Bulawayo prominent lawyer Matshobana Ncube has insinuated that the recently formed MDC Alliance was giving people hope of better government to come and rescue them from the misrule by Zanu PF which ...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 07:23hrs | 1629 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe accused of tampering with Constitution
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is in the eye of a storm after he allegedly usurped Parliament's powers and amended electoral laws ahead of the 2018 general elections.Using the Presidential Powers (Te...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:39hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blows $20 million on rallies
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe (pictured) has reportedly blown an estimated $20 million in hosting the eight Zanu PF youth interface rallies he has held to date, with the bulk of the money commandeered from ...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:36hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Concern over rising intra-party fights, tribal tension
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has expressed concern over rising tribal tensions and intra-party fights as the country gears for the 2018 general elections.The ZPP, in its latest violence-mo...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:33hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans petition UK over Mugabe rights abuses
Several of United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean women's rights activists last week petitioned the Zimbabwean embassy in London protesting against the violation of women's rights by President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's unofficial political commissars available to highest bidder
Traditional chiefs - Zanu-PF's unofficial political commissars - are playing hard to get with the ruling party, threatening to paralyse its campaign for next year's polls if Treasury does not consent ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:05hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fate in Mugabe's hands?
Like one at the end of a bungee rope, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa always springs back while those who love the nerve-wrecking sport talk of their experiences.After falling sick in Gwanda...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:01hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance threatens protests
The MDC Alliance has threatened to stage protests against proclaimed dates for voter registration, arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is unprepared for the process.This comes...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 17:59hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Stinking electoral amendments from an interested party
On Friday the 15th of September the President gazetted Statutory Instrument 117 of 2017 in terms section 2 of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act.He sought to amend section 24, 25...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 16:34hrs | 409 | by Jacob Mafume, PDP Spokesperson
Voting for APA is 'common-sense decision', says Dr Moyo - not that he has any himself
Once upon a time, I admired Dr Nkosama Moyo and considered him a man with a wisdom and a vision. Now I have got to know him better, to say I am disappointed is an understatement. He has turned out to ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 16:17hrs | 381 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Court hears opposition part's challenge to Mugabe's new registration proclamation
HIGH Court Judge Justice Davison Foroma will today is presiding over the hearing of an urgent chamber application filed by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) party seeking an order ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 12:06hrs | 998 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF's campaign machinery rolling out workshops
Zanu-PF's campaign machinery is rolling out workshops to lay an election roadmap that prepares the party for resounding victory in next year's harmonised elections.The party has partnered the ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 07:28hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai fit to fight again
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai whose illness has thrown the country into a state of panic, is now stable and on the path to recovery, the Daily News heard yesterday.Tsvangirai's inner circle rev...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:58hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party threatens to eradicate all Shona teachers in Tsholotsho
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has threatened that it will not sit and watch while Mugabe's ruling party Zanu-PF implements the 1979 grand plan in Matabeleland.MRP also said it is worried abou...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:36hrs | 2529 | by Stephen Jakes
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