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How Mnangagwa got it wrong
Journalist Violet Gonda (VG) interviewed former Education minister David Coltart on the Hot Seat programme to understand President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet.Coltart warned the government wa...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Violet Gonda
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle paves way for succession plan
SYNOPSIS: Journalist Violet Gonda interviews veteran political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on President Robert Mugabe's recent cabinet appointments and the infighting within...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Mugabe succession battles becoming uglier
Political Scientist and Sapes director, Ibbo Mandaza (IM) says President Robert Mugabe has thwarted an "attempted coup" within his party. Mandaza spoke to Violet Gonda (VG) on her Hot Seat programme w...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Violet Gonda
LISTEN: Brian Kagoro for Zimbabwe President, he calls a spade a spade
Violet Gonda’s guest on the Hot Seat programme is eminent commentator Brian Kagoro, who says beyond being clear about why Mugabe must go, we need to be clear about what our future must look like. Th...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 10:15hrs | | by Violet Gonda
LISTEN: 'Zimbabweans are again unwittingly being sent into a choreographed 2018 electoral dance'
Pundits warn: Zimbabwe has a bleeding economy and only has 6 months if the country does not get any international bailout package. Violet Gonda's guest on the Hot Seat programme is eminent commentator...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Sex workers languish in prison after failing to raise $200 for bail
SCORES of sex workers arrested in Harare last Friday are still languishing in prison after failing to raise $200 for bail with rights lawyers saying the amount was exorbitant.The Zimbabwe Law...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 05:23hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Biti part-pays for elections
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has described the funding situation for upcoming elections in Zimbabwe as a 'nightmare and like watching a horror movie' and the cash strapped authorities have been fo...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 17:01hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Interview - Mtetwa: MDCs do not help their cause
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa - currently on trial for allegedly insulting the police while trying to defend her clients - was in London recently to launch the film about her work in Z...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 19:30hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'Court will uphold July 31st poll date,' says Madhuku
President Robert Mugabe has accused Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of sending mixed messages on the controversial issue of elections dates, as the political parties gear up for the much-awaited hear...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 19:32hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Interview with Professor Jonathan Moyo on elections dispute - Audio
Violet Gonda's guest is Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, with his party p...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 07:26hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Grace Kwinjeh refuse to accept MDC-T results for Makoni Central primaries
Former journalist and founding member of the MDC, Grace Kwinjeh, was on Saturday told she had not won the party primaries for Makoni Central, two weeks after she had been told she had garnered the maj...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 18:27hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'Zanu-PF not budging on poll dates,' says Prof Moyo
THERE will be no consensus court application between Zanu-PF and the MDC formations, calling for a delay in elections, Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has revealed, as the dispute over the elec...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 03:28hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Zanu-PF officials walk out of crucial cabinet meeting
ZANU PF "big guns" dramatically left en masse an hour after a Cabinet meeting, which was due to discuss the crucial election roadmap, started on Tuesday. The meeting was also supposed to discuss a...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 15:35hrs | | by Violet Gonda
MDC-T files urgent court application challenging Mugabe
Spokesman for the Tsvangirai led MDC, Douglas Mwonzora today [Thursday] told SW Radio Africa that his party has filed an urgent court application challenging the legality of what the President ...Published: 13 Jun 2013 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter | Violet Gonda
Interview: Mutumwa Mawere speaks on citizenship fight
Violet Gonda's guest on Hot Seat is Zimbabwean business mogul Mutumwa Mawere, who was recently told by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede that he had to renounce his So...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Violet Gonda I SW Radio
Mutumwa Mawere goes to court to reclaim his Zimbabwean citizenship
ZIMBABWE-BORN businessman Mutumwa Mawere filed an urgent Constitutional Court application on Tuesday asking the court to confirm constitutional provisions on dual citizenship and to stop the 30-day vo...Published: 05 Jun 2013 at 02:45hrs | | by Violet Gonda I SW Radio Africa
Mawere gives Mudede citizenship ultimatum
Zimbabwean businessman Mutumwa Mawere is taking steps to have the issue of dual citizenship addressed by the High Court. He wrote a final letter to Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede on Thursday, seeki...Published: 31 May 2013 at 10:06hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Welshman Ncube's MDC denies moves to fire Misihairabwi-Mushonga
The MDC-N has denied news reports stating the party wants to fire Secretary General Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, as factionalism rears its head in the party.The MDC-N, like its two partne...Published: 30 May 2013 at 05:11hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Youths attack school teachers, pupils with axes and machetes
At least 13 people were injured, two of them seriously, after a group of youths descended on a school in Midlands South province attacking teachers and pupils with machetes and axes, SW Radio Africa r...Published: 29 May 2013 at 10:41hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Massive corruption, looting at Home Affairs Ministry departments
Massive corruption and looting in departments under the Home Affairs Ministry, including the police force, is robbing Zimbabwe of many millions of dollars every month, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has...Published: 13 May 2013 at 17:16hrs | | by Violet Gonda I SW Radio
'Mugabe is a limping donkey,' said Madzore
MDC youth leader, Solomon Madzore, described President Mugabe as a limping donkey which should be put out of its misery at an election campaign rally.He was arrested and charged with insultin...Published: 04 May 2013 at 06:14hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Kirsty Coventry's taking ARVs after Harare attack
FORMER Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry was the victim of a robbery in Harare that has left her taking anti-retroviral drugs as a precaution after she was hurt during the attack.The swimmer sa...Published: 01 May 2013 at 06:09hrs | | by Violet Gonda I SW Radio Africa
Mutinhiri's past comes under spotlight at MDC-T
MDC-T members are unhappy with former Zanu-PF legislator Tracy Mutinhiri's selection as a candidate in the party's primary elections scheduled for later this month.SW Radio Africa reported T...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 07:51hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Zimbabwe headed for second GNU - interview
SW Radio Africa's Violet Gonda hosted a pre-referendum debate on her Hot Seat programme with Minister of Constitutional Affairs Eric Matinenga, NCA chairman Dr Lovem...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 13:20hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'No secret Zanu-PF talks,' says US envoy
US Ambassador, Bruce Wharton, was recently a guest on SW Radio Africa's Hot Seat programme with Violet Gonda. Wharton denied reports of behind the scenes talks with top Zanu PF officials about a new u...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 05:06hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Mugabe's ally confronted for murder
There was an explosive Cabinet meeting Tuesday as MDC-T ministers confronted Zanu-PF over the death of a 12 year old who died in a suspected arson attack in Headlands this weekend.Cabinet mee...Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 06:33hrs | | by Violet Gonda
US sanctions will only change if parties supported by US win elections
The United States is prepared to end targeted sanctions and re-engage in all areas of bilateral collaboration with Zimbabwe, if the inclusive government honors the commitments for reform they made in ...Published: 24 Feb 2013 at 17:19hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Arthur Mutambara 'compromised by Zanu-PF' says Biti
DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has been "compromised by Zanu-PF" and has no legitimate claim to the MDC presidency, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.Biti, who is secreta...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Violet Gonda I VOA
Key positive changes to the Zimbabwe constitution
Zimbabwe's long-awaited draft constitution is finally out, after four years of bickering between the coalition government parties. The management committee, comprising negotiators from the three polit...Published: 24 Jul 2012 at 05:07hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Independent Media Advocate Charged With Undermining Mugabe
Advocacy Officer Tabani Moyo of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Zimbabwe said there seems to be an increase in systematic targeting of pro-democracy groups by elements within the government,...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 23:20hrs | | by VOA Violet Gonda
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