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'Intra-party violence fomenting split'

THE intra-party violence rocking the main MDC party ahead of its May congress might cause the party to split if history is anything to go by, analysts contend.Reports coming from the provinces across Zimbabwe are disturbing as violence see…

Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity

RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thousands of families displaced while all t…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Staff at ZBCtv are very lazy

AS a taxpayer who is religiously paying for the upkeep of public broadcaster ZBCTV, I am disappointed at how this station is packaging its news content.The issues I will raise in this instalment are not just manifesting themselves now but …

Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Scare tactics will not work'

The continued clampdown and arbitrary arrest of civic leaders and opposition Members of Parliament in the aftermath of the January 14 to 16 stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to protest escalating prices will …

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube lost opportunity at CEO's meeting

The  reported anger by captains of industry when President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance minister Mthuli Ncube snubbed the recent CEO Africa Roundtable meeting in Victoria Falls is understandable as this was their only opportunity to…

Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:02hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Chamisa-run councils disappoint'

DESPITE dominating some of the country's biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership from the late Morgan Tsvangirai to Nelson Cham…

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Tuku was a clever politician'

At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thomas Mapfumo, Zexie Manatsa, Tineyi Chikupo and S…

Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | 5 | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Current economic chaos to define future'

As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda spoke to several analysts to hear their…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Electoral outcome predetermined

There is nothing new about the shortcomings of the 2018 harmonised elections as the stage for the current dispute was set when authorities refused to strengthen the legal framework for elections immediately after the 2013 elections, an ele…

Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Is Mnangagwa's censure of ZRP genuine?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over its involvement in the running of Zanu-PF primary elections has received mixed reactions, with some analysts saying he was right to censure the force while ot…

Published: 09 May 2018 at 13:31hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Tsvangirai family has no future role in MDC-T'

The late Morgan Tsvangirai's family will not have anything to do with MDC politics as their role in the party naturally ended when he was buried on Wednesday, social and political analysts have said.While Tsvangirai's family has been at th…

Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

'#Zimbabwe military coup strengthens Zanu-PF'

The current military siege in the country which is meant to push President Robert Mugabe into resigning will most likely benefit the ruling Zanu-PF while on the other hand this might signal the death of opposition politics in Zimbabwe, soc…

Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 22:02hrs | 3 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Mnangagwa's wait for night of the political hangman

Embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is one of a kind as exhibited during the weekend's 9th presidential youth interface rally in Bulawayo when President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace tore into him while he smiled and clapped han…

Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

BVR not the panacea to Zim's electoral challenges

With the 2018 elections fast approaching, this week the Daily News speaks to Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) on a number of issues around this crucial vote, its preparation and short comings …

Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 12:06hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Jonathan Moyo: Rebel without a cause or voice of reason?

In a bid to stem the factional fights spiralling out of control in his party, President Robert Mugabe barred his quarrelling cadres from using social media to air their views.In spite of the ban, more and more of his officials have fallen …

Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Radio stations too close to Zanu-PF

While local radio stations will be the conduit for delivering political parties' campaign messages ahead of the 2018 elections as they have a wider reach, there are others who feel most of the prominent stations are closely linked to the s…

Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Zanu-PF captures State

With the 2018 elections on the horizon, Zanu-PF seems to have captured key institutions like Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), ZBC, police and army among others that can aid it to win the elections.But how can this state capture be addre…

Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 11:42hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Zimbabweans: Is it cowardice or fear?

Remember firebrand politician and former Zanu-PF legislator Margaret Dongo who in the early 1990s caused pandemonium in Parliament after she called Zanu-PF MPs, including cabinet ministers, "Mugabe's wives"?Among those incensed by the rema…

Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Should Mnangagwa declare interests?

Political analysts have said it would be suicidal for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to come clean on his mooted presidential ambitions despite growing calls by his supporters who feel his silence is fuelling the factional and successio…

Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

ANC, Zanu-PF ready for female presidents?

Recent political developments in neighbouring South Africa where president Jacob Zuma has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party is ready for its first female leader, days after his former wife was named by the party's in…

Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Dog-eat-dog' in post-Mugabe era

As the debate on who will succeed President Robert Mugabe if he finally vacates office continues, interesting scenarios have come out with two front-runners in First Lady Grace Mugabe and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa while former Rese…

Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

'Tendai Biti's U-turn puzzling'

Tendai Biti, MDC secretary-general, on Thursday last week touched off a storm when he admitted that his party lost to Zanu-PF in the watershed July 31 elections due to poor electoral messages.Biti, who was addressing a meeting of civic gro…

Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Heroes acre is strictly Zanu-PF

President Robert Mugabe finally admitted that the National Heroes Acre is a preserve for Zanu-PF cadres adding that only those whose history in the liberation struggle was unquestioned deserved to be buried at the shrine.Mugabe said those …

Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 11:34hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

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MISA Zimbabwe raises alarm over surge in AI-facilitated abuse of female journalists

Muswere Urges Citizens to Unite Against Alleged Constitutional Manipulation by ZANU-PF

'Umthondo' Cannot be illegal or indecent - but Gudo’s argument Is correct

Passenger vanishes with Taxi driver’s vehicle at lodge

Silobela Man Fatally Stabbed Over Missing Torch

CFU commends Zimbabwe's doing business reforms

ZACC has reclaimed a mere US$39m assets since 2019

Kaindu's faith and fight inspire Dynamos revival

Chanakira warns of confidence crisis

Zimbabwe agriculture sector surpasses US$10 billion

'Serial car thief' arrested in Beitbridge

Treasury releases US$101m for major dam projects

Zimbabwe's NHI Bill nears completion

Prophet Magaya's soldier-bodyguard in court

Chiwenga condemns Tanzania's post-election violence

Prophet Magaya remanded in custody

Bata workforce hits 1,326

Harare to make it expensive to bury the dead

Zimbabwe moves to make local holidays more affordable

Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries get title deeds

ZESCO faces US$5m penalty for exceeding Kariba water allocation

Prophet Magaya and wife to appear in court

Mnangagwa leaves for Qatar

DANet Defends ZANU-PF-Aligned Philanthropists Amid Public Criticism

Plumtree man in court for assaulting brother over food dispute

Beer thief jailed for breaking into bar

Man rapes 93-year-old grandmother

Matebeleland South records drop in maternal deaths

Gorimbo's brave stand ends in painful decision loss

1 killed, 17 injured in Harare crash