Columnist / Zvamaida murwira
Deal decisively with Parly delinquents
Mr Speaker, SirIt is high time that Parliament's Committee on Rules and Standing Orders asserts its authority in ensuring that legislators respect State institutions and the Constitution, whic...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Brush with law made me strong, says Prophet Magaya
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader, Prophet Walter Magaya, yesterday said his recent arrest on rape allegations inspired him to work harder and speed up completion of several pr...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
MDC-T activist goes into hiding for taking Tsvangirai to court
MDC-T activist Mr Partson Murimoga, who recently took opposition party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to the High Court for unilaterally appointing party vice presidents, has gone into hiding after being...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe assents to three Bills
President Mugabe has assented to three Bills that were recently passed by Parliament, while two Bills have been gazetted and would be tabled before the august House soon for debate. The Head of State ...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
WAR on makorokoza: 10 years jail term for riverbed mining
Persons conducting riverbed mining now risk a 10 year imprisonment term and the State would also confiscate their equipment. This is contained in the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill. The...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:39hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe proclaims Norton by-election
President Mugabe yesterday proclaimed October 22 as the date for the by-election in Norton, after the seat fell vacant following the expulsion of Mr Christopher Mutsvangwa from Zanu-PF. The Head o...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
25 Zinara staff suspended over toll fees scam
The entire staff complement of about 25 people manning a toll plaza in Mutare were recently suspended for stealing toll fees, in a scam that could be happening at other toll sites, legislators hav...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Accusations of big brother mentality rocks opposition parties
Opposition parties continue to struggle to form a coalition despite claims that they would be a unified force in time for the 2018 harmonised elections. Zanu-PF has, on the other hand, continued to de...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:07hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe urges civil servants to be patient
President Mugabe yesterday urged civil servants to be patient and be resilient in the wake of Government's delay to pay their salaries saying the challenge was temporary. The Head of State and...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Bid to stop Amendment Bill's debate flops
Attempts by MDC-T to derail the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill flopped yesterday after Parliament voted overwhelmingly to have the august House debate on the Bill.The Bill seeks to a...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Nyemudzai Kakore
Govt to vet 200 000 war collaborators
More than 200 000 war collaborators are expected to be vetted soon once the necessary legal instruments that seek to align the Constitution have been enacted, Parliament heard last week.Minist...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
'Reconsider decriminalising abortion'
SADC governments should reconsider decriminalising public health challenges like abortion, drug use and transmission of HIV and AIDS as use of the law does not help in curbing a vice, Sadc Parliam...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Massive housing project for Zimbabwe
THE government has secured a multi-billion dollar investment from China for the construction of more than 32,000 housing units countrywide in line with the economic blueprint Zim-Asset.The inv...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova and Zvamaida Murwira
Zanu-PF scoffs at Mujuru, Tsvangirai coalition talk
Zanu-PF is unmoved by reports that Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru was mulling a coalition with MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai for the 2018 harmonised elections.In an interview...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Arrest for U-18s lobola receivers
Government is coming up with a cocktail of laws, among them making it an offence for parents and guardians who accept lobola for children below the age of 18 as it steps up efforts to clamp down on un...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Jonathan Moyo tells govt agencies to adhere to their mandates
Government agencies should adhere to their mandate as envisaged by the enabling Act that created them and guiding polices and desist from straying into other areas, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
'Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere must be expelled from Zanu-PF'
War veterans want Saviour Kasukuwere and Professor Jonathan Moyo expelled from Zanu-PF for causing serious divisions after the national commissar allegedly vowed to unleash violence on war veterans pl...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Munyaradzi Musiiwa
MDC-T launches witch-hunt against supporters in Bulawayo
THE MDC-T has embarked on a witch-hunt against party supporters in Bulawayo province following the humiliation of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai last week when he was forced to abort a provincial meet...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 06:03hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Zimbabwe war vets blast ex-Botswana president Mogae for attacking Mugabe
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association yesterday took a swipe at former Botswana President Festus Mogae for attacking President Mugabe over his stance denouncing homosexuality....Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:14hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Fights between Tsvangirai and Chamisa escalate
MDC-T has suspended two district chairpersons in Masvingo Province as factional fights between party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and national executive member Mr Nelson Chamisa escalate.This c...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:12hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and George Maponga
Zanu-PF explosive indaba begins
THE Zanu-PF 15th National People's Annual conference roars into life today with the Politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare followed by the Central Committee on Wednesday. Presid...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Tendai Mugabe
Mugabe not spared on power cuts
The First Family has not been spared from escalating power outages that have gripped the country as it has seen some of its domestic electrical gadgets being damaged owing to load shedding, First Lady...Published: 23 Nov 2015 at 05:30hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Masline Mavudzi
Prophet Magaya welcomes Mugabe's criticism
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has welcomed President Mugabe's criticism of Pentecostal churches that have mushroomed over the years saying the Head of State...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Nyemudzai Kakore
Mugabe invited to Togo
Togolese President Mr Faure Gnassingbe arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to invite African Union chairperson President Mugabe to chair the continental body's forthcoming Maritime Security and Develo...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 00:52hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe to address Parliament
President Mugabe is expected to deliver a State of the Nation address in Parliament next Tuesday where he will touch on various issues affecting the country. Senate President Edna Madzongwe ma...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Chiyangwa in stands 'daylight robbery'
OVER 20 000 people who bought land for housing in Harare South from a land developing consortium on three farms face eviction after the Government returned the land to Dr Philip Chiyangwa's Pinnacle P...Published: 16 May 2015 at 11:36hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe expected to name deputies today
PRESIDENT Mugabe convenes an extra-ordinary session of the Zanu-PF Central Committee at the party headquarters today where he is expected to appoint his two deputies, the national chairman and 20 hea...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 06:13hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe reads riot act, warns 'big-headed' Zanu-PF big wigs
PRESIDENT Mugabe who is fresh from the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York has warned Zanu-PF officials who use Zanu-PF for enriching themselves saying they were bad e...Published: 29 Sep 2014 at 08:42hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
MDC to abolish open palm symbol
MDC Renewal Team led by Tendai Biti is set to rebrand the party by discarding the traditional open palm symbol and adopting orange as its official colour among a host of new features to be embraced be...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Nyemudzai Kakore
Zimbabwe owes diplomats $6,9 million
GOVERNMENT owes diplomats abroad about $6,9 million in salaries, rent payments and other costs and has also failed to pay school fees for children of these officers a situation that has resulted in th...Published: 05 Jun 2013 at 03:08hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira I Herald
Polygamous man with 14 wives snubs new 8 bedroom homestead
A polygamous man with 14 wives allegedly snubbed a new homestead built for him in Arda Transau saying it did not have bedrooms for his other six wives, Parliamentarians heard at the weekend.An...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 05:04hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira recently at CHIADZWA
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