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Ziyambi under fire over 2018 army shootings

CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has written to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi demanding answers on the compensation of August 1, 2018 army shooting victims.Six people were fatally shot after soldiers opened fire using live ammunition…

Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

July Moyo resumes campaign for Redcliff seat after shock 2018 defeat

LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo is dishing out donations in the dormitory town of Redcliff amid reports that the Midlands Zanu-PF godfather has resumed campaigns to regain the peri-urban parliamentary seat which he lost to an oppositio…

Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

US$2 for 2018 army shooting victims

GOVERNMENT reportedly gave $1 000 only as "compensation" to families of the August 1, 2018 army shooting victims, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.The amount, given to assist burial of those killed by army personnel during the post-election pr…

Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

2018 shootings still haunt victims

VICTIMS of the August 1, 2018 post-election shootings are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones, four years on.None of them have received any form of government support as recommended by the Kgalema Motlanthe …

Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF yet to fulfil 2018 election promises

IT'S so painful that less that two years before the 2023 elections, Zanu-PF has not delivered on its 2018 electoral promises. The ruling party is now making new promises when the economy is in shambles. Why not expend more energy on fixing…

Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 17 | by Gato

2019 protests: Affected businesses qualify for loans

BUSINESSES destroyed during protests in January 2019 qualify for affordable Government loans and now a team from the security forces is on the ground reconstructing destroyed and damaged buildings. A team of Zimbabwe's security forces comp…

Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe highlights for 2018

January ED visits sick TsvangiraiApart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of several former government mandarins who were loyal to for…

Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Major events of 2018

As we say goodbye to 2018, the Daily News on Sunday reflects on some stories that grabbed newspaper headlines and dominated social media. Below are some of the highlights.Mukanya's return to HarareAfter spending 14 solid years in United St…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's messy takeover and other 2018 highlights

AFTER nearly 40 years of former guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe's rule, 2018 opened with the successor he did not want, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, consolidating his rule and embarking on a global charm offensive telling whoever cared to …

Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

2018: The year in which anger took centre stage

At some point, almost every adult Zimbabwean could easily be defined as being angry in the year 2018.And all for different reasons. A majority of us were apoplectic about the state of the national political economy as accompanied by the pr…

Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 12 | by Takura Zhangazha

Chamisa says 2018 is MDC's 'year of misfortunes'

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described the year 2018 as a year of misfortunes for the party.In his condolence message last weekend to the family of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai following the death of his brother Caspe…

Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:21hrs | 4374 | by Staff reporter

Why Mnangagwa 'won', but lost the 2018 election

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa won the 2018 election on one hand, but lost it on the other. First, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Mnangagwa celebrated their vindication by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), the upshot was that Ze…

Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:57hrs | 28 | by Moses Tofa

2018 elections post-mortem

IT'S a week after the July 30 elections and with tensions having simmered down a bit, it's time for some introspection and a post-mortem of the elections.The first thing that we need to deal with are the legal "myths" being shared in the p…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 19 | by Paul Kaseke

July 30 election a fake, waste of time

When Moses was sent to approach Pharaoh to demand the freedom of the Israelites, Pharaoh was adamant. He would not let them go.Every evidence was there that Egypt was not their land and that they were under heavy oppression.It had to take …

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:20hrs | 13 | by Zanda Shumba

'Nothing will stop Zimbabwe polls'

Zanu-PF has reiterated that nothing will stop harmonised elections slated for next Monday urging Zimbabweans not to be misled by some local political parties that were developing cold feet as the harmonised elections draw closer. The rulin…

Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter

Electoral reforms - What are they

THERE has been a lot of talk since 2008 about electoral reforms. I have received many questions about what exactly this means and have been asked to break it down to into very simple, digestible terms.Interestingly of the persons who asked…

Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:17hrs | 17 | by Miriam Tose Majome

'Mnangagwa the best person to lead the country'

ZANU-PF Youth League national political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has said President Mnangagwa is the best person to lead the country as he has acquitted himself well after only six months in office.Tsenengamu said this while addressing…

Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Who will win Zimbabwe's 2018 elections?

The harmonised elections are barely a month away and aspirants of all persuasions are out in full force hugging babies, giving to the needy, officially opening bins and promising everything to everyone as they desperately seek to sway publ…

Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Dumisani O Nkomo

List of Mthwakazi candidates

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, says his party managed to successfully field candidates in all the 12 constituencies in the Bulawayo province while in Matebeleland North they managed to forward nine candidates out of the 13 …

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 12:01hrs | 40 | by Ndou Paul

Service delivery key to human, economic development

Whoever wins the 2018 elections whether its MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, or Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa or another candidate must grapple with critical questions around service delivery, without which the "Zimbabwe …

Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 10 | by Dumisani O Nkomo

Chamisa to boycott Zimbabwe polls?

The MDC Alliance yesterday gave its clearest hint to date that it would not participate in the watershed July 30 national elections unless the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) binds itself to running what the main opposition said would …

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 14:35hrs | 3413 | by Staff reporter

Social media game changer of 2018 polls

The name Baba Jukwa became both a reference point and somewhat source of credible inside information regarding the ruling Zanu-PF party in the build up to the 2013 harmonised elections.The shadowy Facebook character was an instant hit as a…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa threatens to boycott forthcoming polls

OPPOSITION coalition MDC Alliance has threatened to boycott the July 30 general elections if its demands for electoral reforms are disregarded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).The spectre of an election boycott was raised by the …

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 14:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

2018 Election: We now need a signal

Today is the day the nomination court sits to accept nominations for the elections that is the councillors, MPs, and presidential candidates. Various parties are concluding on their final lists of representatives and the major parties, the…

Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:51hrs | 422 | by Munyaradzi N Ziburawa

Nominations begin

Aspiring candidates across the political divide have started submitting nomination papers to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), amid reports of serious bickering in MDC Alliance as MDC-T supporters refuse to recognise nominees fielde…

Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF poised for landslide election victory

Zimbabwe's political parties are now campaigning vigorously ahead of the harmonised elections slated for July 30 with the two main political parties â€“ Zanu-PF and the MDC Alliance â€“promising to mend the country's economy, which has bee…

Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 481 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

2018 elections: Re-igniting the enduring national values

Antagonising a certain truth does not invalidate its popularity nor does it decapitate its prominence.In a polarised polity, it is fashionable for political analysts to take a side and after all it is normal that analyses is underpinned on…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:28hrs | 9 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva

What Zanu-PF was MDC has become

For some, South African struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who sadly passed away on April 2, 2018 (may her dear revolutionary soul rest in peace!) is a controversial figure, what with the perceived length she was prepared to go in th…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:12hrs | 11 | by Staff writer

I am sorry Mr Chamisa, but my vote isn't yours

To begin with, I must applaud the MDC Alliance for coming up with a splendid document.It does take some effort and concern and obviously all the issues at the heart of the Zimbabwean are hard to summarise in a mere 106 pages. So let's acco…

Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1133 | by Radar

Red flags ahead of July 30 elections

THE campaign season is already in full-swing and judging from what is happening from the terraces it seems the electoral playingfield has shifted from being "very" uneven to being relatively "even", although there are still concerns around…

Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 6 | by Admire Mare

Insults, nastiness do not win votes

The election date has been proclaimed and campaigning has shifted gears upwards for all serious political parties.We are seeing all sorts of attention- seeking gimmickry being deployed. The presence of international observers who have alre…

Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 17 | by Nick Mangwana

Chamisa flying on broken wings

Following the passing on of Tsvangirai, the late leader of a faction of the MDC, I had an animated discussion with some opposition figure whose identity I shall not disclose. Congenitally boisterous and energetic, this talkative politician…

Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:28hrs | 9 | by Igomombe

Zimbabwe formally in election period

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says the country is now formally in the election period following the proclamation of the election date and the final voters' roll will be made available a few days before the sitting of the Nominati…

Published: 31 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Kwese TV bags advertising rights for World Cup 2018

Kwese TV revealed that they have agreed advertising deals with major brands for the FIFA World Cup 2018. Along with that agreement, the company has sub-licensed its rights to the football tournament to over 35 sub-Saharan broadcasters.Kwes…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 19:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Court quashes 2018 election challenge

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has dismissed the urgent application by "briefcase parties" represented by Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP) leader Kisnoti Mukwazhe to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from promulgating election dates without amen…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter

Police vow impartiality in elections

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has vowed to block Zanu-PF officials' bullying tactics in the run-up to this year's elections, saying they would execute their duties without fear or favour.Speaking during an elections stakeholders' liai…

Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T intimidate voters, demands voter registration slips

MDC-T is demanding that voters taking part in its ongoing primary elections produce voter registration slips issued by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.Ironically, the opposition party had raised concern against asking people to produce v…

Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:07hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Disgruntled MDC-T protesters block offices

BUSINESS at the MDC-T provincial offices in Chinhoyi was briefly grounded last week, after more than 50 disgruntled members blocked the main gate in protest over alleged imposition of candidates to contest this year's primary elections.The…

Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Opposition must continue pushing Zec for reforms

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has finally relented and will allow political parties to observe the printing of ballots, a significant victory for the opposition that has been campaigning for this.It is a mystery why Zec has been …

Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | 137 | by Staff rpeorter

Why Chamisa will win 2018 elections

BILL Taylor, in his article Do you pass the leadership test, alludes to the fact that the true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action - an unconventional business strategy, a unique product development ro…

Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:04hrs | 2100 | by Edwin Ndlovu

Biti unveils Parly candidates

THE Tendai Biti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) has unveiled nine of its aspiring parliamentary candidates who automatically qualified to represent the opposition party in the upcoming general elections after they were unanimously endo…

Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2762 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF rerun results expected today

ZANU-PF primary election reruns continued yesterday and voting went smoothly in some constituencies while chaos characterised areas like Harare South. In Harare South, voting ended on Monday evening, but the party was expected to decide on…

Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mhofu names Cosafa 2018 provisional squad

The Zimbabwe Warriors coach Sunday Chidzmbwa has named an exciting preliminary squad of players for the 2018 COSAFA Cup, which includes several overseas-based players.  The squad of 33 will be trimmed down to the required 20 by May 20…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 16:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as poll reruns beckon

Zanu-PF candidates taking part in reruns ordered by the Politburo say the primary election extension has afforded them the opportunity to cover more ground in their constituencies.As the candidates make frantic efforts to consolidate their…

Published: 09 May 2018 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF primary elections: Success wrapped in chaos

Last week I focussed on unpacking the Zanu-PF primary elections, which have now come, but have not gone as they still dominate the news cycle.There is a prevalent view that the commissariat (organ in Zanu-PF responsible for running interna…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | 11 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube

'Elect a statesman, not a politician'

HISTORICALLY, the electorate the world over is left divided each time countries go for national elections. In Zimbabwe, where the electoral commission announced this week that the country is a thriving democracy, it is time for voters to l…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | 5 | by Gibson Nyikadzino

Rugeje is just what the doctor ordered for Zanu-PF

Rugeje's sincerity in ensuring vibrant internal democracy in zanu-pf is widely acknowledged even by those who used to be on the other side of the political divide.Exactly two months ago, Zanu-PF national political commissar Engelbert Rugej…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 14 | by Ranga Mataire

LATEST: Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out

Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after several party heavyweights lost out to …

Published: 03 May 2018 at 16:24hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter

Chief makorokozas â€˜bless' Kwekwe, use money to buy votes

In what can be regarded as the battle for Kwekwe, prominent Zanu-PF "godfathers" of illegal gold mining in Kwekwe have invaded the political arena with much controversy.The "godfathers" of illegal gold mining were practically buying votes …

Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 614 | by Roy Muroyi

2018 polls could be Zanu-PF's waterloo

In the past few weeks, the chorus has been how good Zanu-PF is at organising and how they have got the rural areas on lockdown.There is a defeatism about it, as activists and some in the media seem to think that the opposition cannot come …

Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | 15 | by Nqaba Matshazi

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