Columnist / Tichaona sibanda
Grace Mugabe 'bullying' her way to the top
Even though she is yet to be elected as boss of the Zanu-PF Women's league, Grace Mugabe appears to be going after her perceived political opponents like a 'heat seeking missile', according to a polit...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 19:18hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Dabengwa vows to fight for his farm
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has described the invasion of his Rudy farm in Nyamandlovu by Zanu-PF supporters as 'provocative', warning that he's prepared to defend his land.Dabengwa, a former ...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 21:12hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T youths in anti-Mugabe protests in Harare
Hundreds of youths from the MDC-T gathered in central Harare on Thursday to protest against the government of President Robert Mugabe, blaming him for failing to create jobs or improve the economy....Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 20:58hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zanu-PF infighting to get worse
A Harare based journalist has said that President Robert Mugabe has no interest in appointing anyone to succeed him in Zanu-PF and the party's elective congress in December 'will come and pass as a da...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 21:39hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Jonathan Moyo fails to report to police
Information minister Jonathan Moyo did not report to the Law and Order section of the police at 9am Thursday as instructed, allegedly to answer questions relating to the Baba Jukwa saga. On Wednesday ...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 19:27hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Mugabe totally detached from reality
President Robert Mugabe' statement that the country's failing economy is on a recovery path is a clear indication he's detached from reality, analysts said on Monday.The 90 year-old Zanu-PF le...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 21:24hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Sikhala eyes Chamisa's post
Job Sikhala, the former St Mary's MP for the MDC, is reportedly eyeing the post of national organising secretary for the MDC-T at its congress in October.Sikhala formed the MDC99, after the 20...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:38hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Mugabe will 'never' ratify UN convention against torture
President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF government will never sign the UN Convention on Torture because the practice has kept them in power since independence, a torture victim said on Thursday...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:37hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Baba Jukwa to 'remain hidden', says suspect
The mystery Baba Jukwa Facebook character will 'remain hidden' until Zimbabwe becomes a democracy again, according to a journalist accused of being the vigilante.Mxolisi Ncube, who has been im...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 21:20hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Tsvangirai to address UK star rally next week
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai will next week address a star rally that is open to all Zimbabweans in the UK, a senior party official said on Tuesday.Elliot Pfebve, the MDC-T's EU chief rep...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 17:43hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Police crackdown on unlicensed motorists
Police have launched another massive crackdown on major roads leading in and out of Harare, checking on unlicensed drivers and uninsured vehicles.Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa said they are...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 17:41hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zanu-PF infighting sparks 'fist-fight'
Zanu-PF infighting took a nasty turn in KweKwe on Sunday when two MPs were involved in a vicious public fist-fight at Amaveni shopping centre.The incident between the KweKwe central MP, Masang...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 17:42hrs | | by Tichaona sibanda
Toll gate fees hike, High court judgement postponed
The High court on Friday postponed judgement in the matter where Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) are challenging the 100 percent hike of tollgate fees, announced by the government this week....Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 21:13hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T factional fights, deputy Mayor of Chegutu arrested
The MDC-T deputy Mayor of Chegutu has been arrested following an alleged physical assault on a female member of the party.Edias Ticharwa, together with the Chegutu West chairman Gift Konjana a...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 19:40hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Baba Jukwa suspects further remanded
Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Phillip appeared at the Harare Magistrate court on Monday to hear that the case was being postponed to August.The Kudzayi brothers are facing...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 09:51hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Protest against Zanu-PF government planned for UK
A peaceful demonstration has been organized by the MDC-T in the UK in protest against the worsening economic and political situation in Zimbabwe.The demonstration, organised by the MDC-T Midla...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 10:06hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Parastatal bosses still earning obscene salaries
Four months after government there was a salary cap for top earning parastatal and local authority bosses, executives at Harare City Council are still earning huge salaries.In March, following...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 19:38hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Race hots up for MDC-T secretary-general position
Party stalwarts are lobbying for the post of secretary-general of the MDC-T.While party leader Morgan Tsvangirai looks set to cruise towards another term, all eyes are now focused on the posit...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 16:54hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'MDC-T will emerge stronger,' says Chamisa
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC-T national organisation secretary, issued a defiant message amid the turmoil in the party by claiming on Monday they will 'ride out the storm.''Each time the party is c...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 17:31hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Murambatsvina: - Police destroy wrong houses
Police officers armed with a High court order razed to the ground the wrong houses in a land dispute involving two headmen in Buhera.A deputy sheriff from Chivhu accompanied police details...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 17:28hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Opposition making things worse in Zimbabwe
The country's political and economic meltdown is being exacerbated by a divided political opposition which has failed in its main role, which is to question the Zanu-PF government and hold them accoun...Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 20:51hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'Baba Jukwa' suspect is a sacrificial lamb
The ruling Zanu-PF party is making a 'sacrificial lamb' out of the Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi while pursuing those allegedly linked to Information Minister Jonathan Moyo.Kudzayi, 28, wa...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 20:04hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'Amai Jukwa' charged with plotting insurgency and terrorism
The editor of the Sunday Mail, Edmund Kudzayi, spent the night in police custody, with little information coming out from the authorities about his incarceration. He was arrested when he handed hi...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 18:37hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Tsvangirai unfazed by 'renewal' attacks
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has in the last two months been the target of a concerted attack by the renewal team, is reportedly unfazed by the blitz against him.Since January, Tsvangir...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 19:43hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T in purging exercise ahead of congress
The MDC-T will this week role out a program that will see the party embarking on a massive restructuring exercise leading up to the congress in October.Nelson Chamisa, the party's national org...Published: 17 Jun 2014 at 17:10hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zimbabwean man strangles wife to death in UK
A Zimbabwean man is being charged with murder for strangling his wife to death in their Hilltop home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.The wife, Nadina Abdul who lived in Arcadia, Harare before reloc...Published: 13 Jun 2014 at 10:14hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'Perrence Shiri is a liar,' says MDC-T
Air Marshall Perence Shiri's statement that the military do not interfere in the politics of Zanu-PF is a blatant lie, a senior MDC-T official said on Wednesday.Giles Mutsekwa, the MDC-T secre...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 19:45hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Review of Zim indigenisation linked to EU rescue package
The ruling Zanu-PF government is so desperate for cash it appears to be willing to modify its controversial indigenisation policy.It is believed the party has taken this route to ensure the on...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 19:10hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Ex-Zanla commander, Wilfred Mhanda, dies
Former guerrilla commander Wilfred Mhanda, known by his liberation war name Dzinashe Machingura, has died, his close friend said on Thursday.Happyson Nenji, a Zimbabwe Liberation Platform boar...Published: 29 May 2014 at 18:24hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T infuriated by Tsvangirai reports
The MDC-T's acting treasurer-general, Theresa Makone, has labelled state media reports that claimed Morgan Tsvangirai fled a hospital without paying his bill as inaccurate and malicious.The MD...Published: 29 May 2014 at 18:22hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Army, police chiefs fight for farm in Mwenezi
A lucrative wildlife ranch in Mwenezi is at the centre of a fight between its owner and senior army and police officers who are demanding a substantial amount which they claim to be part of their...Published: 24 May 2014 at 21:28hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zanu-PF Politburo panics over economy
Ten months after the Zanu-PF government claimed a 'resounding electoral victory' over its opponents, President Robert Mugabe appears to be struggling to prop up the struggling economy.Finance ...Published: 20 May 2014 at 20:25hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Chamisa, Mwonzora eyeing MDC-T secretary-general post
It's still five months away but the campaign for top posts at the MDC-T congress scheduled for October has already started, with potential candidates making their cases to party members to be part of...Published: 16 May 2014 at 19:00hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'Coalition without Tsvangirai will be doomed'
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai still remains politically relevant and any plans to exclude him from a grand coalition to fight Zanu-PF will be doomed, his chief political strategist said on Wednesday....Published: 14 May 2014 at 22:16hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Mwonzora, Mafume trades verbal blows
If the hostility evident between Douglas Mwonzora and Jacob Mafume was transferred to a boxing ring, one of them would not be the same at the end of the fight.The two lawyers and spokespersons...Published: 14 May 2014 at 18:17hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T 'rebels' downplays Tsvangirai's 'rallies to nowhere'
The MDC-T faction calling itself the renewal team has said it is not concerned with the huge attendances of people at rallies addresssed by Morgan Tsvangirai, dismissing them as 'rallies to nowhere.'...Published: 13 May 2014 at 21:33hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Thokozani Khupe remains Parliament's MDC-T leader
The refusal by Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to be dragged into the MDC-T factional fighting leaves Thokozani Khupe as the leader of the opposition in Parliament, the MDC-T chief whip said on Fr...Published: 09 May 2014 at 21:07hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Is this the end of the MDC-T?
The main opposition party in Zimbabwe, the MDC-T, has apparently split into at least two factions.A faction, consisting of the secretary-general Tendai Biti, several MPs and provincial chairpe...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 17:08hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Tsvangirai appoints US based chief political strategist
SUSPENDED MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai has appointed US based academic and political analyst, Dr Maxwell Shumba, as his chief political strategist.Tsvangirai's chi...Published: 27 Apr 2014 at 20:40hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zimbabwe military junta subverting democratic processes
The continuation of the country's political and economic crisis, nine months after the 2013 elections, is a result of the failure by the government of national unity to implement security sector refor...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T crucial meetings set for Thursday
The MDC-T will on Thursday deal with the indiscipline that had crept into the party once and for all, the party spokesman said on Wednesday.Douglas Mwonzora told SW Radi...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 20:25hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T renewal team disputes Tsvangirai's claims of unity
Rebels in the MDC-T, calling for the ouster of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, have dismissed ...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 10:08hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T SA executive 'booted out', as Tsvangirai purging invades SA
The new interim structure, headed by Austin Moyo, was put in place until the province holds elections, said Mutsa Murenje, the acting secretary for Research and Policy.H...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 19:20hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Mugabe's boycott of EU/AU summit is a fart in the wind
Delegates to the EU/AU summit that kicked off in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday have described President Robert Mugabe's boycott of the event as 'insignificant' as most African leaders apparently i...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 22:00hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zim govt finally pays civil servants March salaries
The cash strapped ruling Zanu-PF government has finally managed to pay all civil servants their March salaries.Since the election last year President Robert Mugabe's government has struggled t...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 18:32hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Tsvangirai, Biti agree to one-on-one talks
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai and his secretary-general Tendai Biti have agreed to one-on-one talks, to deliberate the toxic issues that nearly split the party. ...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 15:09hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Law protecting Mugabe from being lampooned is unconstitutional
The MDC-T spokesman Douglas Mwonzora has said a law that protects President Robert Mugabe from being lampooned is unconstitutional and impinges on basic fundamental freedoms.Mwonzora told SW R...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 11:28hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Mangoma has 'no problem' working with Tsvangirai
Suspended MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma is a democrat who has no problems working with party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, his lawyer said on Wednesday.Jacob Mafume, Mangoma's legal...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 18:22hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MP hits back at Zimra boss and brands him 'arrogant'
The MDC-T MP for Mbizo in Kwekwe, Settlement Chikwinya, has said he's astounded that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) boss Gershem Pasi is contemplating a constitutional challenge to stop p...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
SA donated helicopters find their way into Zimbabwe
Namibia could have controversially used a 'perfect cover' to send helicopters to Zimbabwe, for rescue operations to save flood victims in the Tokwe-Mukosi basin, following the heavy rains in the ...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 14:03hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
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