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Warriors eye first trophy since 2018

Zimbabwe's senior men's national team, the Warriors, head into tonight's final with a chance to end a seven-year wait for silverware as they face Zambia at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium.Kick-off is set for 6pm, with Zimbabwe chasing their…

Published: 15 hrs ago | 269 | 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 05:38hrs | | by Gato

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 | 244 | by Takura Zhangazha

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 06:57hrs | 8333 | 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 05:33hrs | 464 | 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 07:20hrs | | by Zanda Shumba

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 07:00hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo

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 06:20hrs | 145 | by Dumisani O Nkomo

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 06:51hrs | 464 | by Munyaradzi N Ziburawa

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 05:49hrs | | 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 08:28hrs | | 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 08:12hrs | 271 | 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 14:40hrs | | 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 06:15hrs | 605 | 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 06:11hrs | | 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 14:28hrs | 396 | by Igomombe

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 06:24hrs | | 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 14:04hrs | 2137 | by Edwin Ndlovu

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 07:04hrs | | 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 06:16hrs | 264 | 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 06:15hrs | | 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 resul

Published: 03 May 2018 at 15:24hrs | | 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 06:04hrs | 722 | 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 06:02hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi

Sound policies can win it for MDC Alliance

The MDC Alliance is showing dangerous traits of continuously proposing a welfare State and doing so without the consideration that the double entry of a welfare society is the taxpayers' burden. There is too much of "free" interventions be…

Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 400 | by Brian Sedze

The NPF-Mugabe factor in 2018 polls

The emergence of the National Patriotic Front (NPF) led by the former minister of state for Mashonaland East provincial affairs, Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri, has created possibilities of what could be described as "the NPF …

Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 13:00hrs | | by ZDI RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Capital's interest, influence in Zimbabwe's 2018 polls

At the risk of stating the obvious, the "ease of doing business" is an inherently political term. Not merely because President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is using the term in each and every one of his major speeches. Locally and internationally.I…

Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha

2018: Why do we prefer bad leaders?

Behold the Ides of March are come and gone with little event and no fanfare, save for some bitter blue roof rantings of an aged, vanquished, fangless rattlesnake.The dim headlamp of Election 2018 begins to flicker and appear on the politic…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:05hrs | 483 | by Zifiso Masiye

No basis for optimism in 2018 elections

The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe last week convened a useful seminar on the media and election reporting. The alliance managed to invite an articulate delegation from the Sadc Parliamentary Forum, together with other equally erudite speakers…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by awanda Majoni

2018 election no easy walk to freedom

THE 2018 election is winnable on issues and strategy, but the opposition must make no assumptions about a clear and easy victory. Historically, all great moments of great oppositional momentum have been thwarted by either violence, out and…

Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1071 | by Brian Kagoro

How the 2018 polls will be lost or won

This week's article focusses on an important subject: how the 2018 elections will be won or lost.Regrettably, but for good reason, I will disappoint a number of my readers who believe in the conventional public campaigns and their persuasi…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2928 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube

Response to 2018; Let's not be misled by armchair radicals

Response to 2018; Let's not be misled by armchair radicals, Newsday Jan 4I am surprised with how the author of the above article and some others seem to blindly support the new government. I have been following your articles and you portra…

Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 10:04hrs | 755 | by Zanda Shumba

Who's Nkosana Moyo fooling?

Like salesmen, Zimbabwe's politicians are out in full force to market themselves to the electorate ahead of the 2018 polls.As is part of life, not everyone is gifted in whatever they do, and this also applies to our politicians.Even though…

Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 16:52hrs | 1778 | by Hama Saburi

Poor registration figures in Matabeleland irking

I am going to speak a very regional message to the people of my region right now which I know when you speak you are given that dreaded tribalist tag.I have learnt to completely ignore that tag which as Discent Collins Bajila rightfully sa…

Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 13:30hrs | 1030 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

Voters will reshuffle Mugabe out of power

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe once more proved that he has run out of ideas, strategies and sound advice to keep his party intact and the economy floating.His latest Cabinet recycle, or is it reshuffle, which saw Priscah Mupfumira and Tshinga Du…

Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 05:28hrs | 690 | by PM

Zimbabwe Election 2018: The prospects

Zimbabwe is once again heading into another election, as has become the norm, every five years since 1980.We are one of the few countries that did not start off as a one party state after we attained independence, although we have had one …

Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 15:00hrs | 377 | by Reason Wafawarova

Inside Zanu-PF gerrymandering

This is a second in a series of articles on a report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) titled BVR, Zec and the Struggle Against Political Decay: A Light at the End of the Tunnel? and related imp…

Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 16:45hrs | | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute

2018 Zimbabwe's most expensive vote

If in 2018 I decide, as I should, to exercise my right and responsibility to cast my vote in the watershed Zimbabwean elections, it is going to cost me an arm and a leg.Fadzai Mahere wants to be a Member of Parliament for Mount Pleasant co…

Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 09:50hrs | 192 | by Ronald Ncube

BVR not the panacea to Zim's electoral challenges

With the 2018 elections fast approaching, this week the Daily News speaks to Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) on a number of issues around this crucial vote, its preparation and short comings …

Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 11:06hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Election 2018: Is it a foregone conclusion?

Zimbabwe goes for elections every five years and before each election we are always inundated with all sorts of predictions, be it wishful thinking, propaganda blitzes, scientific polling, prophecy, sorcery, right down to electioneering an…

Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Reason Wafawarowa

Is Nkosana Moyo a decoy or real deal?

The arrival on the political stage of Nkosana Moyo has been received with mixed feelings.Just like Simba Makoni did in the run-up to the 2008 elections, Moyo has generated an equal amount of energy, excitement, dissention, opposition and m…

Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo

Mahere's entry into mainstream politics is helpful

Advocate Fadzayi Mahere (pictured) has offered herself as a candidate for the Mount Pleasant constituency parliamentary seat. There was a lot of grumbling by various people on social media with a lot of people decrying her decision to stan…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 17:08hrs | 288 | by Tapiwa Mubonderi

Who is Nkosana Moyo?

"I was born in Makuva, and I started school at Makuva Primary School, then went to Don Bosco."At the end of a two-day, high level strategy session, you do not expect to hear such a humble statement from the putative guest of honour.And, pe…

Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Albert Gumbo

Tsvangirai and his 'Bhora Musango' moment

Interesting! A couple of days ago, a local newspaper ran a story that alleged that MDC-T's ELECTED (emphasis mine) deputy president Thokozani Khupe was ganging up with National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru to have an alliance t…

Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

'Coalition of zeros' in panic mode at Mugabe's popularity

The ruling Zanu-PF has launched Presidential Youth Interface Rallies that will see President Mugabe going around the country meeting youths and hearing their concerns for later addressing.At the time the ambitious programme was announced, …

Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 05:43hrs | 308 | by Nicole Hondo

Punish Zanu-PF in 2018

Reports that top Zanu-PF bigwigs closed Mutare at the weekend flaunting their ill-gotten wealth driving top-of-the-range all-terrain vehicles amid a sea of poverty are a clear indication that the ruling party does not care about the mess t…

Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 05:53hrs | 516 | by NewsDay Editor

Tsvangirai et al. sleep-walking into 2018 poll defeat

Opposition political parties in this country are missing the point. While they have a right to moan and groan about the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's biometric voter registration (BVR) and a litany of other complaints, they are committin…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba

Tsvangirai might meet his political demise

The inimitable Nathaniel Manheru opined last week in his Saturday column that Zimbabwe faced a real prospect of a national by-election next year. That's instead of a so-called eagerly-anticipated harmonised election. A possibility exists t…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Why Tsvangirai should go it alone in 2018

Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have, for the past few months, been hyping a grand coalition that is envisaged to hand Zanu-PF a resounding defeat in 2018. While the idea of one "great" united opposition sounds very appealing on paper, the …

Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1004 | by Tinotenda Mutasa

2018 ELECTION: If we fail to prepare then we must prepare to fail

Our ancestors were wise enough to know that after a terrible misfortune in the family they had to consult spiritual diviners and get answers to the many questions they had. It still remains a mystery a why leaders in the opposition want to…

Published: 31 May 2017 at 13:39hrs | 270 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji

Search / 2018

Zapu organising a national shutdown

EFF supports Zimbabwe's proposed constitutional amendments

Drawssolona coach praises fans

Pro-Chamisa youths jailed as state opposes bail

Zimbabwean man steals 3 vehicles in Mozambique

Zimbabwe edge Zambia to lift Mukuru four Nations Cup

Dynamos hit by fresh executive turmoil

Zanu-PF official who stole Coltart's phone identified

Zimbabwe tightens fuel imports

Coltart assaulted, phone stolen in Harare

Harare restores water supply after major repairs

Bulawayo police hunt man over wife's murder

Chaos erupts at Harare constitutional amendments hearing

Zimbabwe maintained a trade surplus in February

Lake Kariba recovery boosts power generation prospects

Tich Mataz joins Channel Africa

Zimbabwe sex workers demand end to police harassment

Zanu-PF opposition flounders

Sanyatwe raves about Chahwanda Stadium

Zimbabwe delivers third consignment of relief to Malawi

MP wants sex workers to be protected by law

Opposition claims exclusion at Constitutional Amendment public hearings

Warriors eye first trophy since 2018

Businessman in US$368,00 money-laundering storm

Biti's CDF slams ‘insufficient' CAB3 meetings

Desperate Zimbabweans turn to Botswana for cheaper fuel

Municipal police vehicle knocks down pregnant vendor

Fake hospital employee arrested for US$29k loan scam

Woman ejected for anti-2030 regalia at public hearing

Gross abuse threatens civil servants car import scheme

Huge backing for Amendment No. 3 Bill

fastjet Zimbabwe introduces new Victoria Falls-Johannesburg noon flight

Zimbabwe steel formidable and competitive in the region

Which teams are favourites for the World Cup?

Zanu PF dishes out groceries, bicycles in Mondoro during CAB3 campaign

Hadebe suspended over camp code breach

Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 consultations deeply flawed

Police dismiss claims of Bindura State University student abduction

CCC senator condemns abduction of Bindura State University student Magodora

CCC MP elected to Global Parliamentarians' executive committee

Swift expands fleet with of 60 new trucks at Beitbridge

Chamisa responds to leaked audio

Zimbabwe mourns veteran actor 'Skoro' of Amakorokoza

Cheap imports from Zambia, Tanzania undercut Zimbabwe sugar bean farmers

Tout jailed 15 years for raping pupil in kombi

Jonasi must rebuff Lebo M overtures

Amendment No.3 Bill goes to the people

Marinica targets Mukuru trophy

Chiwenga clashes with Mnangagwa loyalists

Churches condemn Zanu-PF over Palm Sunday disruption

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