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Ngarivhume in no hurry to join Khupe's coalition
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ), one of the opposition parties that formed part of the grand MDC Alliance in the 2018 national elections, has put on hold attempts by the MDC-T to lure it to be part of a reviv...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 16:25hrs | 2899 | by newzimbabwe
Mthuli Ncube misses revenue collection target
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube missed April's revenue collection targets by 11 % owing to the impact Covid-19 lockdown had on businesses that were grounded to a halt as part of measures to minimise the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1026 | by newzimbabwe
'Mthuli Ncube's policies a security threat'
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube was Thursday told in Senate the newly introduced foreign currency exchange auction trading system was a security threat as it had added burden to long suffering Zimbabwea...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1151 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt splurges millions on ambassadors' new cars
THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government has splurged millions to purchase top-of-the-range vehicles for nearly 50 ambassadors posted across the globe when the State is failing to pay agitated civil serv...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 4027 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's 5 MPs challenge Parly expulsion
FIVE MDC Alliance MPs who were recalled from Parliament by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe last week, have approached the High Court challenging their expulsion.The affected MPs are; Basilia Maja...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:36hrs | 5190 | by newzimbabwe
Job Sikhala dares Muchinguri
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, recently accused of spreading falsehoods on an impending coup to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has warned Defence Minister Oppah Muchingur...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2578 | by newzimbabwe
Ginimbi, Grace Mugabe's brother fight over accident damaged luxury car
SOCIALITE and flamboyant businessman, Genius Kadungure, better known as Ginimbi, is giving former First Lady Grace Mugabe's brother, Samson Marufu sleepless nights with the former demanding back his l...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:15hrs | 3587 | by newzimbabwe
Villagers hired to invigilate exams
SOME headmasters were Tuesday forced to hire local villagers to assist in invigilating ZIMSEC June 'O' and 'A' Level examinations after teachers boycotted the process due to lack of proper Covid-19 sa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2050 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa abducted, dumped near railway line
MDC Alliance youth chairperson for Goromonzi South, Davison Chamisa, who claims abduction by suspected state security agents in Ruwa Sunday, has been found, with claims of being drugged and dumped som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1897 | by newzimbabwe
Chihuri failing to feed family
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has disputed the valuation done on his vast properties describing it as mischievous political persecution that has compromised his family's surviva...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 8915 | by newzimbabwe
'Deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique dangerous lies'
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has described as dangerous rumours and lies, reports government has deployed Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers to Mozambique to help that country quell an...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1117 | by newzimbabwe
Journalist arrested for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
MASVINGO-based journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice president, Godfrey Mtimba was arrested Monday on charges of insulting and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 2314 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa says will not attend Khupe's 'Zanu-PF' congress
EMBATTLED MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he will not be part of the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T's extra-ordinary congress set for September this year.He was speaking in an interview wit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:40hrs | 5259 | by newzimbabwe
'Zanu-PF not political party but army appendage'
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says Zanu-PF has ceased to exist as a political party but was now an appendage of the military.He was sharing his thoughts on Twitter.Moyo,...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1265 | by newzimbabwe
Coup fears allayed after 'unusual' army drills in Darwendale
UNUSUAL heightened activity at the Zimbabwe National Army's Mechanised Brigade in Darwendale, spooked government to spiritedly dispel swirling rumours of a brewing coup against President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3478 | by newzimbabwe
ZCTU dares Khupe over congress invite
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed it will not entertain reinstated MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who reportedly plans to hire the labour group to observe a party elective poll in S...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2997 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa writes to Malawi poll winner
MDC Alliance president, Nelson Chamisa has praised Malawian state institutions for defending the neighbouring country's constitution through a presidential poll rerun that has seen opposition leader L...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 785 | by newzimbabwe
Tsenengamu vows Mnangagwa confrontation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has made startling claims the country was better governed by late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now under Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2569 | by newzimbabwe
Ex-Chipangano commander leads protest against Chinese violence
ONCE feared Zanu-PF youth boss, Jim Kunaka will lead a public protest against continued violence allegedly visited upon Zimbabwean workers by Chinese employers.The demonstrations, organised un...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:12hrs | 990 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's activists freed on $10 000 bail each
HIGH COURT judge, David Foroma Friday freed embattled MDC Alliance MP Joanna Mamombe and two party activists on $10 000 bail each.Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova are being accused ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:11hrs | 677 | by newzimbabwe
Citizens petition Mnangagwa to fire Obadiah Moyo
TOP human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa Thursday led a team that submitted a petition signed by thousands of Zimbabweans demanding the immediate dismissal of Health and Child Care Minister, Obadiah M...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 429 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa responds to Makamba Busha
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally responded to Joseph Busha, the Free Zimbabwe Congress leader, who last year filed an application at the High Court challenging the introduction of the real-tim...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 20:45hrs | 6461 | by newzimbabwe
Mliswa slams 'bunch of empty head' MPs
CONTROVERSIAL Norton MP, Temba Mliswa was Wednesday suspended for a continuous six house sittings by Speaker Jacob Mudenda over rowdy behaviour.But an angry Mliswa, reacting to the move, accus...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2935 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe's MDC-T pleads with govt to free 'abducted' MDC Alliance activists
MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni has pleaded with the state to free MDC Alliance MP, Joanna Mamombe and two female party activists who are languishing in remand prison for 'falsely' claiming abdu...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 21:53hrs | 4305 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe's fresh headache
INTERIM MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe's bid to lure former MDC Alliance principals into her camp faces hurdles after it has emerged the targeted parties were divided on the idea.Khupe, who w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 15034 | by newzimbabwe
'Chamisa's MPs will not fall for material benefits'
MDC Alliance says its remaining MPs will not be tempted to abandon the party out of material interests presented by continued threats of a recall from the house by the rival MDC-T led by reinstated pa...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2279 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF MPs feast on expelled MDC Alliance MPs' misfortune
EXCITED Zanu-PF MPs Tuesday rubbed salt on expelled MDC Alliance MPs' wounds as they exited the house following an announcement by the Speaker they had ceased to be sitting legislators.The bat...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1318 | by newzimbabwe
Mamombe, activists' freedom bid ruling judgement reserved
HIGH COURT judge, David Foroma has reserved his judgement on bail appeal by three MDC Alliance activists, Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova.The three was being accused of publ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 20:01hrs | 2924 | by newzimbabwe
Undenge in fresh bid for freedom
JAILED former Energy minister Samuel Undenge has approached the High Court seeking release on bail.This was after the courts recently upheld an earlier two and half years he was given followin...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 799 | by newzimbabwe
Mliswa, Chatunga in twitter WAR over Grace Mugabe
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa is back again to haunt former President Robert Mugabe's family with demands for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to seize farms which are still in the hands of th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3381 | by newzimbabwe
Nguwaya has no diplomatic passport, says SB Moyo
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo has denied jailed businessman Delish Nguwaya was issued with a diplomatic passport by government.Nguwaya is currently languishing in remand prison facing...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 452 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe targets Chamisa's MDC Alliance partners
INTERIM MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has shifted a geared up in attempts to grow her dominance over rival Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance and is now courting opposition political party leaders who ar...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 6316 | by newzimbabwe
Obadiah Moyo produced a box full of cash payment for his $50 000 bail
AMID a worsening cash crisis in Zimbabwe, onlookers were Saturday left dumbstruck after Health Minister Obadiah Moyo produced a box full of cash payment for his $50 000 bail.Ordinary people in...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1330 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's associate in fresh bid for freedom
DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya who landed in the dock two weeks ago on allegations of lying to the government in order to win a US$60 million coronavirus supplies procurement contrac...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 653 | by newzimbabwe
MDC losing support base, claims Nixon 'Mao' Nyikadzino
THE secretary-general of the smaller MDC-T, Nixon Nyikadzino says current power struggles within MDC factions will see the opposition lose its traditional support base as party leaders concentrate on ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 701 | by newzimbabwe
73-year-old white Zimbabwean leads new opposition, The Patriotic Front
DISPOSSESSED former rancher, Darryl Collett has emerged to lead the newly formed The Patriotic Front and is set to contest President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 elections.Collett, a 73-year...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:06hrs | 2869 | by newzimbabwe
Mzembi questions Mnangagwa why Delish Nguwaya holds Diplomatic passport
INCARCERATED local businessman Delish Nguwaya holds a diplomatic passport and former tourism minister, Walter Mzembi has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa explains how a man with a chequered ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 4221 | by newzimbabwe
Minister Obadiah Moyo 'detained' in his bedroom?
HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo, who was arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officers Friday night, is reported to have spent the same night at his home before coming to court the next...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1112 | by newzimbabwe
Komichi ready to be buried at Harvest House
MDC-T politician Morgen Komichi says his attachment with Harvest House was so deep that he was ready to be buried at the MDC headquarters upon his death one day.The battle to control the iconi...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1289 | by newzimbabwe
Police order 'non-existent' Simbarashe Zuze brought to cop shop
IN a dramatic turn of events, Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has demanded lawyers charged early this month with signing a fake affidavit on behalf of a ‘non-existent' client, Simbarashe ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 699 | by newzimbabwe
Mahere calls for Collins Mnangagwa's arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop confusing Zimbabweans and arrest ministers involved in corrupt Covid-19 related deals.She was addressing...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1490 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's activists approach High Court for bail
INCARCERATED Harare West MP, Joanna Mamombe and two female MDC Alliance activists, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri have approached the High Court seeking bail.The trio is facing allegations...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 281 | by newzimbabwe
'Tsvangirai knew Khupe, Chamisa as factional leaders'
LATE opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai knew if either Nelson Chamisa or Thokozani Khupe succeeded him as president, the party would split into rival factions, newly appointed MDC-T deputy chair,...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:40hrs | 4439 | by newzimbabwe
Sikhala confronts Kazembe over coup plot claims
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala on Wednesday confronted Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe demanding answers on why the Zanu-PF top official made allegations linking him to a plot to...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2611 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo records 218 diarrhoea cases, 3 deaths
A TOTAL of 218 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in Bulawayo's water-hit Luveve high density suburb with five diarrhoea patients admitted at Mpilo hospital.Three children in the same high den...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:37hrs | 287 | by newzimbabwe
Parliament breached lockdown rules to expel Chamisa's MPs
THE Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Mabel Chinomona breached Covid-19 restrictions when they convened sitting and expelled four MDC Alliance MPs.This was admitted by M...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:08hrs | 3123 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa associate denied bail
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Delish Nguwaya, facing fraud charges, will languish in remand prison after he was denied bail by Harare magistrate, Vongai Muchuchuti.Muchuchuti ruled Nguwaya is faci...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:37hrs | 772 | by newzimbabwe
Rise in voter apathy as public loses trust in ZEC, claims ERC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) reluctance to share the voter's roll with stakeholders has eroded the public's trust and their voting enthusiasm, an electoral watchdog has said.The E...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:32hrs | 174 | by newzimbabwe
Mohadi faces imprisonment
A LOCAL human rights activist, Pascal Gonzo has approached the High Court seeking to have Vice President, Kembo Mohadi held in contempt after failing to pay him US$80 000 in damages.In 2009, G...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1280 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe relives last moments with Tsvangirai
MDC-T interim President Thokozani Khupe used her first press conference in her new capacity to narrate her last encounter with the now late Morgan Tsvangirai at a private hospital in South Africa....Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 455 | by newzimbabwe
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