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Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:04hrs | 886 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 12:03hrs | 611 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF needs to pass a free and fair election test
Every election in Zimbabwe since the turn of the new millennium, has been fiercely contested, and allegations of rigging have almost always accompanied each and every one of them.It is difficu...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crisis meeting betrays vote uncertainty
Zanu-PF held a stormy crisis meeting at the party's headquarters in Harare on Tuesday this week, the day before the nomination court sat, to plead with disgruntled members who lost in the primary elec...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces an acid test over his handling of the delimitation report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces an acid test as his handling of the delimitation report could affect the credibility of this year's general elections or leave him vulnerable to impeachment....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
An acid test for Zimbabwe's opposition parties
EVERY institution is bound by a code of conduct which helps an organisation to run professionally and within the parameters of operations.There are several kinds of codes of conduct which the ...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Acid test for Zimbabwe's health restructuring
THE desire is to have a national healthcare system that ensures equitable access to services of sufficient quality to all, thereby, leaving no one behind," said Vice-President and Health minister Cons...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi will haunt Mnangagwa in 2023
THERE is no doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to address key economic issues and implement electoral reforms as recommended by various observer missions in the 2018 polls.Mnan...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by KK Zvauta
Mnangagwa quakes over looming COVID-19 3rd wave
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has put its health and security agencies on high alert over a looming and potentially more fatal third wave of COVID-19, with the Zanu PF leader yesterday...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conducts Chivi South primaries
Zanu-PF will tomorrow conduct primary elections to choose its parliamentary candidate in Chivi South to fill a vacancy left following the expulsion of Mr Killer Zivhu, who was legislator for the area....Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Falgold ceases gold production
Troubled mining group Falgold Zimbabwe published its delayed financial statements for the year ended 31 September 2018. During this period the group's net loss after tax widened by 609% to US$4.9 mill...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by FinX
Zimbabwe economic crisis has shifted to another level
THE ascendency to power of the incumbent President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on November 24, 2017 was a genesis to the generality of Zimbabweans; a genesis – or so it seemed, ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Acid Test for Zimbabwe Rugby Academy as they face Border Bulldogs
It will be a tough test for the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy when they face the Border Bulldogs on Sunday (April 28) at 1430hrs in the debut appearance at the SuperSport Rugby Challenge at the Sisa Dukashe ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:19hrs | 26 | by APO
War, chaos rock MDC Alliance Masvingo
MDC is headed for fresh turbulence and complete paralysis in Masvingo following chaos and violence which marred the party's polls to choose leaders for lower-tier structures ahead of its national cong...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Engineer Elias Mudzuri is not a favourite to win the presidency in MDC-Alliance.
As the MDC-Alliance Congress gathers momentum, there are conspiracy theories and smear campaigning going around in the social media where people are discussing about the preferred candidate to lead th...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:51hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa sneaks back into the country
MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa's so called diplomatic offensive has raised stink following reports that his claims that he was going to meet the African Union (AU) and SADC chairpersons ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has no product to sell in Davos' says Dr Moyo - true, US$25 m for trip was wasted
In his interview with CNBC Africa Dr Nkosana Moyo got two things right:a) that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland was a waste of time and resources. "He goes to ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 17:46hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa must make bold decisions
"Given the mood within the government workforce and the country at large, it would be wise for the government to abandon its bully tactics and take the demands of the workers seriously to avoid situat...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa must make bold decisions to end crisis' - his last one was to rig elections and it has backfired
"Given the mood within the government workforce and the country at large, it would be wise for the government to abandon its bully tactics and take the demands of the workers seriously to avoid situat...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 21:27hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:06hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Moyo is Mnangagwa's new acid test
Back in the days, every old, frail and ugly country woman was believed to be a witch. It didn't matter if, indeed, she was. Her looks and age naturally turned her into that ogre that drank our blood a...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Acid test for President Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will face his first greatest test when he selects his new Cabinet in which he will have to strike a balancing act between his old Zanu PF lieutenants' political interests ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's greatest test, camel through needle's eye, was to hold free elections - he failed miserably
The greatest test If Zimbabwe's 2018 elections were free, fair and credible would President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta have won the elections? The answer must be an emphatic YES. ...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Britain's bet on Mnangagwa victory hangs in the balance
Efforts to nurse Zimbabwe back to international respectability depended on free and fair elections, but the plan appears to be unravelling.Ever since the then Africa minister Rory Stewart took...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Patrick Wintour
Announcement Of 2018 Presidential Election Results to be an acid test for ZEC & Judge Chigumba
There is a greatest possibility that the entire parliamentary election results of 2018 are likely to become null and void following the announcement of presidential results. The likely failure of tall...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe Elections 2018: The big read
Always on guard for synonyms of the word "election", I stroked through thesauruses, translations and search icons I could lay my fingertips on. I simply fell for one word-"choice". At least chosen can...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Sharon Hofisi
NPF, a party that never was
The newly-formed National Patriotic Front (NPF) is already suffering a still birth even before becoming a fully-fledged party as the founding leaders Professor Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere and Pa...Published: 11 May 2018 at 16:20hrs | 2 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Crocodile attack couple speaks
A WOMAN who lost an arm in a crocodile attack in the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls five days before her wedding has revealed how, before the horrific incident, her only worry was decorating the wedd...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked in gold mine wrangle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sucked into a messy gold mine wrangle between a war veteran and a foreigner, a development that could be an acid test to the president in the wake of his bid to c...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 12:16hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's acid test
THE Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra will come unstuck as long as cash shortages persist.DOP leader Harry Wilson...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
People are working to reconcile Mnangagwa and Mugabe - What business is it of the goat to stop hyenas fighting!
"The country's sulking former leader, Robert Mugabe - together with his restless wife, Grace - is said to be stepping up his efforts to get back at his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, despite...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 22:36hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa: The General's Frontman
Someone asked me yesterday, 'Mnangagwa, is he president-original or president-lite?'. He simply wanted to know if Mnangagwa is the one who chose Chiwenga or they mutually agreed that he should come ba...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Fungayi Mukosera
Will Mnangagwa have foresight to scrap Mugabe's 'one centre of power' - it is his first acid test
Zanu PF is a de facto one-party cum one-man dictatorship and there in lay the seed of its own destruction. Robert Mugabe, being the control freak he is, has become obsessed about controlling everybody...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Acid test for Mnangagwa
The United States has set minimum conditions - predicated on far-reaching reforms - that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration must meet if it wants improved diplomatic relations and access to...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's acid test
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new administration faces its first stern test when it presents the 2018 National Budget next week.Tackling hostile investment laws, a growing current account def...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe ready for polls'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says the ouster of former Robert Mugabe after a military takeover will not affect next year's elections.ZEC chairperson Rita Makarau said the events of ...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T continues fight for Zimbabwe's total democratisation
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai and other top leaders of the MDC were present at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Friday, November 24, 2017, when Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated as the ne...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 09:18hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, MDC-T National Spokesperson
Fear of ICC will force Mugabe to contest 2018 in a Mr Bean high-tech wheelchair.
The fear of being dragged to The Hague to face charges of serious human right violations is the one reason that has forced President Mugabe to hang on to power at all cost. If he is still alive next y...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa faces acid test
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces an acid test tomorrow when the Supreme Court hears an appeal against a ruling that sought to stop the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) from rolling out a ...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acid test for coalition to unseat Mugabe
There has been so much hullabaloo about Zimbabwean opposition forming a coalition to uproot Zanu-PF from power and the arrest of Pastor Evan Mawarire presents an acid test on what the parties prio...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 16:00hrs | | by Itayi Mamutse
Another acid test for Mujuru
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her fledgling Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party face another big political test when they square up against Zanu-PF in yet another by-election — this time ...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai keeps Mujuru guessing
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai could leave his ZimPF counterpart, Joice Mujuru (pictured) stranded at the altar, literally, as the former premier is non-committal on whether he will address a joi...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demo ban hearing postponed to Wednesday
HARARE High Court judge, Justice Priscilla Chigumba, today postponed hearing on protests ban in Harare postponed to Wednesday 10am.Justice Chigumba today faced an acid test when she presided o...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Enough is enough,' says Mugabe
President Mugabe has said judges who sanction political demonstrations in the face of strong evidence that the protests will generate into violence are negligent and reckless. Speaking on oppo...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
To opposition implementing reforms is like belling the cat, Mugabe - a paper tiger
"Zanu PF will never ever win free, fair and credible elections!" this is a simple truth that even the most fervent Zanu PF supporter will ready admit. The people are not stupid, they know the party ha...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 19:35hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MP Cross calls for alignment of 400 Acts to new constitution - to what end and purpose!
MDC MP, Eddie Cross call on the Zanu PF government to complete the task of aligning 400 existing laws with the new 2013 constitution. “The new Constitution was adopted by a massive majority ...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mapfumo is spot-on, Tsvangirai sold-out on reforms but sadly he is still leader
"People no longer have anyone to stand with. They (Zanu PF) bought Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai joined the money brigade. Here the Americans did not give him money because of his ways. So whom should the pe...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 18:45hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe welcomes Dangote investment pledge
Captains of industry say the commitment by Nigerian businessmen, Aliko Dangote to invest billions of dollars in a cement plant, coal mining and power generation is an acid test for government to get i...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa camps face litmus test in provincial elections
ZANU-PF is headed for renewed turbulence ahead of ongoing provincial elections which have proved chaotic in the past.The polls will be a litmus test for Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inf...Published: 18 Jul 2015 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Copac constitution has failed to deliver free elections and its defenders are justifying why!
Everyone is aware that the new Copac constitution passed in the March 2013 referendum failed to deliver free, fair and credible elections in July 2013, which was its first acid test. This happened de...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 19:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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