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Borrowdale Brooke management pursuing sinister agenda, says Wadyajena
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena has accused the management of posh Borrowdale Brooke area of pursuing a sinister agenda against him including trying to pin false claims o...Published: 6 hrs ago | 545 | by Staff reporter
Walk the talk on reforms
Five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa swept into power following a coup that toppled Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe is still stuck in the political and economic quagmire of the past two decades....Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:33hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Polad for economic solutions
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members to help him arrest the economic turmoil characterised by sky-rocketing prices of goods and services....Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has failed to implement electoral reforms: EU
ZIMBABWE has failed to take steps to implement electoral reforms that would guarantee free and fair elections next year, a European Union observer mission (EUOM) said yesterday.The EU mission ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:01hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army chief 'cyber bullied'
FORMER military commander Anselem Sanyatwe and his wife Chido have been victims of cyber bullying after a Nyanga district man reportedly harassed them in a WhatsApp chat group.The man, Raymond...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Why Mugabe desperately supported Chamisa
IT has emerged that the late former President Robert Mugabe decided to support the then MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 2018 presidential bid after President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly shut the...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK envoy roasted over Mnangagwa links
FORMER British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has been roasted by the United Kingdom Parliament for giving London misleading reports that portrayed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a "reformist...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5095 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK ambassador's Zanu-PF links exposed
THE United Kingdom lawmakers have exposed former British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing over Zanu-PF links and misleading the government into believing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, then the la...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Is this the promised Canaan?
AM trying to write this article under a tree where there is shaky network on a Saturday afternoon.There is no electricity, so the vibe that usually punctuates our nearby Chikwanha shopping cen...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:05hrs | 65 | by Chief Chiduku
Chamisa says he is on course to upstage Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he is on course to upstage President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF in next year's elections as he dismis...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:17hrs | 3123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1508 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zec abandons polling station at Zanu-PF torture base
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will no longer be using a polling station in Kwekwe situated in an area where there is a traditional Zanu-PF torture base manned by the party's violent terror s...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:30hrs | 1967 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets conditions for Chamisa talks
Zanu-PF yesterday set conditions for talks with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, saying he must first publicly distance himself from British politicians.Ad...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | 11152 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts compromised minister
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo's interference in the governance of local authorities has infuriated Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa who has called the Zanu-PF politburo...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:04hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaving a legacy of failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa for umpteenth time last week told those who care to listen that he was preparing a sjambok treated with salt and hot spices (shamhu ine munyu) to beat up and inflict pain ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 357 | by Muzokomba villager
Mnangagwa pampers Mwonzora & co
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government splashed cash on leaders of opposition political parties, including MDC-T Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora, to facilitate their attendance of Independence Day...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:23hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Pre-Elections Pact on Reforms is a pseudo pre-marital power sharing agreement- no reforms will be implemented
If I was in a position to do so, I would make reading George Orwell's book, Animal Farm compulsory reading for all Zimbabwe for two reasons:1) The book is an allegorised allu...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:46hrs | 2189 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's members jostle for Gweru Urban seat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) senior party members in the Midlands capital have begun campaigning, albeit underground, for the Gweru Urban parliamentary seat ahead of the watershed 2023 g...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:36hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's popularity soars ahead of 2023 polls?
A PRO-OPPOSITION research entity, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has said the recent by-elections have shown that the revolutionary Zanu-PF party is on a strong resurgent trajectory as it man...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Police chief Matanga told to reinstate officer or face jail
The High Court has given police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga seven days to re-instate a sacked police officer or go to prison for 90 days for contempt of court.Constable Sikhathazile Mo...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
Factionalism rocks CCC in Masvingo
Factionalism has rocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party with an alleged faction claiming that party president Nelson Chamisa recently dissolved the provincial executive during his last visit...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:17hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in secretive GNU talks
SECRETIVE coalition talks are underway between Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) front man Nelson Chamisa with the aim of forming a seven-year gover...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | 4788 | by Staff reporter
Polad kicks out Mnangagwa critic
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Peter Munyanduri has been kicked out of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) for criticising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's handling of the March 26 by-elections.Mnangag...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader kicked out of POLAD for raising rigging allegations, car seized
New Innovative Modernisation Front (NIMF) president Peter Munyanduri, who became famous for praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the contested 2018 elections, has been booted out of the Politic...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:25hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Community radios warned not to be used by politicians
COMMUNITY radio stations must not be used by political parties as their conduits of information as this will bring division rather than social cohesion. Those found doing so will have the...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 157 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Khupe attends Chamisa meeting
FORMER MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe yesterday effectively joined the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) after she attended a meeting addressed by Nelson Chamisa in Bulawayo.Khupe wa...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
Challenging election results
ELECTIONS are prone to be disputed. Electoral petitions to challenge any part of the election process are allowed in terms of the Electoral Act. There are also criminal remedies if there has been a br...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 273 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'There is room to improve conduct of elections' says ZCC – were rigged but will never admit, what a waste
In 2018 the EU Election Observer Mission stated in its final report that "the electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | 1190 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
By-elections went according to plan
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) held by-elections to fill 28 National Assembly seats and 122 council vacancies which had arisen due to opposition recalls as well as deaths. The much...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge road upgrade: 300km completed
The widening, rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway is moving swiftly with more than 300km (just over a half) now open to traffic, a clear demonstration of how the Second Repub...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora promises to respect poll outcome
THE opposition MDC Alliance party has conceded defeat in what could be its heaviest electoral setback since formation in 2017.Pitted against the Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:41hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to engage Mnangagwa in dialogue
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa in dialogue for the 2023 election roadmap.Addressing jou...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:50hrs | 4463 | by Staff reporter
Holding free elections is an event; in Zimbabwe it's a 42-year process still with no end date
The number one reason Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess is the country's failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country started on the wrong foot by failing to ensure the...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:38hrs | 210 | by Wilbert Mukori
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 5248 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa raises rigging fears
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa last night raised fears of vote rigging as he urged his supporters to be vigilant and guard their by-election votes.The polls were mar...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:34hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls 16 more councillors
ZIMBABWE could be faced with yet another by-election after the MDC effected a fresh round of recalls in various councils around the country.Yesterday the country completed its by-elections to ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:32hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
By-election winners, losers must work jointly
Results for most of the by-elections for 28 National Assembly seats and 105 local authority seats, mostly in city councils and municipalities, will be announced today and only 133 candidates are going...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
By-elections to provide ‘hint of what is to come' in 2023
ON Thursday at an open field in Epworth,17km (11 miles) outside the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a crowd of people in yellow T-shirts and caps waved flags emblazoned with the youthful face of Zimbabwe's...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:29hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Don't read much into campaign crowds
ZIMBABWEANS are set to cast their votes in key parliamentary and local government by-elections tomorrow. The by-elections have the potential to set the tone for next year's national elections....Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:12hrs | 344 | by James Muzondidya/ Munyaradzi Mushonga
Chamisa's party has same fears of dirty tricks
ZIMBABWE'S opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa may have formed a new political party, but he is still facing the same old problems which some had hoped would end with ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC claims to have unearthed voters roll and ballot papers anomalies
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) claims it has unearthed serious anomalies on the Pumula voters roll and irregularities on the Nkulumane ballot papers which are going to be used in the Saturday by-...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Stranded Khupe endorses Chamisa
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has officially announced that her party will rally behind Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to bring change in the country.Khupe made the announcement at a Press...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 3643 | by Staff reporter
'Voters roll is in shambles, unusable'
THE voters roll which will be used by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the Saturday by-elections is shambolic, with an unacceptably high margin of error of 27%, watchdogs have said.A...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora under fire over PPA grant
THE leader of MDC-T and MDC Alliance, Douglas Mwonzora faces fresh fissures over distribution of the $150 million grant recently released by Treasury to his party under the Political Parties (Fi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 3013 | by Staf reporter
'Zimbabwe electoral process manipulated'
LOCAL think-tank Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) and election watchdogs - Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) - yesterday described the run-up to next week's...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo loses discharge application
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo, yesterday indicated that he might appeal against the decision by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande to dismiss his ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zec registers 80 000 new voters
MORE than 80 000 new voters were registered on the voters roll during the recently concluded first phase of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz.Harare Metropolitan Province had the hi...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:03hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu condemns failure to produce verified voters' roll but not CCC for participating in the flawed elections
A few weeks ago, Team Pachedu, a group of IT savvy Zimbabweans, revealed some pretty shocking irregularities and illegalities in the voters' roll such as the transfer of some voters from one Polling S...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 09:36hrs | 581 | by Nomusa Garikai
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