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Mnangagwa evading Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of evading him so that they could resolve their political dispute.Unveiling his agenda for 2020 in Harare's high densi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 13:03hrs | 4705 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC under siege
THE opposition MDC has claimed that it is now a banned political party in Zimbabwe and accused Zanu-PF of making Zimbabwe a de facto one-party State.MDC secretary for international relations, ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:53hrs | 690 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa savages Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party's offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country.T...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:24hrs | 6883 | by Staff reporter
Guns before food
With millions of Zimbabweans facing starvation, hospitals and schools collapsing in the rubble of the economy and civil servants rejecting a 98% pay rise as inadequate, President Mnangagwa is reported...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 20:32hrs | 4534 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Heard of Government Organised NGO (GONGO), in POLAD have Zanu PF organised opposition (Zoo)
After 40 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship Zimbabwe is in a serious mess with the economy in ruins, millions of our people now living in abject poverty and, worst of all, the plungi...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 08:42hrs | 1288 | by Nomusa Garikai
POLAD to engage European Union, United Nations
Parties under the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) plan to engage SADC, African Union, European Union and United Nations member states to explain their mandate as they press ahead with finding lastin...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 09:30hrs | 2153 | by Staff Reporter
POLAD had a successful year, says Justice Nare
Political parties under the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) say they recorded notable successes in 2019, including influencing Government to re-introduce grain subsidies that had been scrapped in th...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1207 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa must do the right thing and join POLAD
Former South Africa President Mr Thabo Mbeki's record of pulling off political settlements against the odds is well known. As Sadc-appointed mediator to dialogue in our country, he delivered the Globa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 08:12hrs | 4669 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Zimbabwe courts Botswana on anti-corruption drive
CORRUPTION remains the greatest threat in Africa and serves as a barrier to democratic development and respect for human rights, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League applauds World Federation of Democratic Youth
The Zanu-PF Youth League has hailed the solidarity Zimbabwe received at the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) 20th Assembly in Cyprus with calls for the lifting of Western-imposed sanctions ...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Security forces fingered in Youth Games scam
SECURITY forces could have helped themselves to huge sums of money meant for the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Under-20 Youth Games that were hosted in Bulawayo in December 2014, a fore...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:18hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo eyes City of Choice status in sports
THE Bulawayo City Council has declared its intention of being the country's City of choice in hosting international sporting activities and will take a deliberate approach to improve the various sport...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:15hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
British MPs plot Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban
CONSERVATIVES in the House of Commons are lobbying the UK government to block Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth citing Harare's chequered property and human rights record, a move that is likel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcome UN call for removal of sanctions
Political parties have welcomed a high-ranking United Nations official's call for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Western countries. UN special rapporteur on the...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots final push
THE opposition MDC is ganging up with citizens, civic society, churches and labour to launch a spirited campaign to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power through an initiative they say will b...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3484 | by Staff reporter
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2836 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No 'Road to Damascus' awakening in Zimbabwean politics - citizens can vote for recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange - if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coach fire...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 1622 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC says 'No foreign mediation, no dialogue'
Since its formation in 1999, the MDC has been perceived by Zanu-PF as a "puppet of the West" and a regime change agenda proponent with the backing of the United Kingdom and the United States.N...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa again
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 7094 | by Staff reporter
South Africa reignites historical bonds of unity
Something unprecedented happened on November 18, 2019 in South Africa.For the first time in many years, a neighbouring country took it upon itself to hold a convention to pragmatically explore...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:10hrs | 131 | by Ranga Mataire
Jonathan Moyo joins Chamisa to push for dialogue outside Polad
Self-exiled G40 kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo and MDC-ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa have allegedly written a letter to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and selected SADC leaders req...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 9647 | by Staff reporter
What happened to voice of the people?
When Zimbabwe was on the verge of political and economic collapse in 2007, it took the late former President Robert Mugabe and his long-time nemesis Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC, to dialogue the count...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:05hrs | 320 | by NewsDay Comment
SA whites party condemns SA's legitimisation of Zimbabwean 'strong man politics'
As Zimbabwean police clamped down on the opposition party MDC, the DA condemned the "legitimisation of strong man politics by International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor", who in a ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:26hrs | 4486 | by Staff reporter
No Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks anytime soon
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will not enter into dialogue with his arch-rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa as long as Zanu PF keeps on scoffing at the opposition party's preconditions, an MDC executive h...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 2905 | by Staff reporter
South Africa offers to mediate in Zimbabwe political crisis
South Africa announced a major recalibration of its Zimbabwe diplomacy on Monday with a new push for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition rival, Nelson Chamisa.Internat...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2120 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu I ZimLive
ANC denounces sanctions on Zimbabwe again
ZIMBABWE should be allowed to solve its problems without the interference of external forces and illegal sanctions imposed on it by Western countries must be lifted, South Africa's ruling African Nati...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
UN speaks about Zimbabwe sanctions
PRESIDENT of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande says Zimbabwe has struggled to deal with its problems and that sanctions were not solely to blame.This comes as the...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:57hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Diplomats 'disappointed' with Mnangagwa admin
DIPLOMATS attached to Zimbabwe from Sadc, African Union (AU), Europe and Asia are highly disappointed and concerned about the course Zimbabwe has taken under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa called to order
THE head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Harare, Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has called on Zimbabwe's main political leaders to urgently tame their egos, swallow their pride and dialogue to a...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, govt must pay ZBC for live broadcasts'
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the struggling State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) must be supported through the fiscus and that it must be paid for outside coverage of national ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
US-imposed sanctions to take centre stage at NPRC, parties dialogue
The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe will take centre stage during a meeting organised by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and political parties involved in the Political Actors Dialog...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:56hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Is Zim govt anger at Brian Nichols due to jitters as was sold a dummy by SADC over anti-sanctions solidarity?
The escalating attacks on the United States of America ambassador Brian Nichols by the Zimbabwe government - most recent of which was notably a thinly veiled threat, possibly of expulsion from the cou...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3954 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Anti-sanctions: In pursuit of the national interest
THE successful campaign against illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe last Friday expanded from a regional exercise by Sadc to an Africa wide exercise that was also joined by nations beyond the contin...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 85 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
It's time to weed out corruption, says Gutu
The opposition MDC-T party has said it is now time to earnestly weed-out corruption, now that Zimbabwe's call for the removal of sanctions has reached the doors of the Southern African Development Com...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:54hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top ally in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt yet another blow with US President Donald Trump on Friday adding his close ally, State Security minister Owen Ncube, to the sanctions list.Ncube who...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare road upgrade begins
CIVIL works on the upgrading of the $600 million Beitbridge-Harare highway have begun in earnest under locally based contractors after Government could not agree on a number of issues with foreign con...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3572 | by Staff reporter
Owen Ncube's sanctioning absurd, say analysts
POLITICAL analysts have described as absurd the decision by the United States to add State Security Minister Owen Ncube on to the sanctions list. Minister Ncube was added to the list on Friday...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said the poor turnout at the government-organised anti-sanctions march last Friday served to confirm President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF's fast shrinking supp...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 11:46hrs | 9238 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's sanctioning draws Zimbabwe govt ire
Government has fired a salvo at the United States of America's decision to add to its sanctions list, State Security Minister Owen Ncube on allegations of gross violations of human rights, describing ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe, a regime change agenda, says Wadyajena
Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena says economic sanctions imposed on the country by western nations are hurting ordinary Zimbabweans and the United States of America is ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 12:29hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends EU dialogue progress
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the European Union (EU) for removing the bulk of sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe and engaging in progressive dialogue.The 28-member bloc imposed san...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Disentangling neo-colonial political thought
The burden of history.Today the pan-African nationalist movement is bestowed with the mandate of tackling the ever-changing complexities and complexions of colonialism.This comes again...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:51hrs | 91 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Global capitals back Zimbabwe
The push to remove sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West is gaining traction after the African Union (AU), China, Japan and Sadc diplomats around the world lent their voice for the embargo to be l...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:45hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-sanctions march flopped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday left red-faced after only 7 000 people turned up for his much-hyped anti-sanctions march.Zimbabweans, battling skyrocketing prices, rising inflation ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 21:52hrs | 5469 | by Staff reporter
USA, EU unmoved by Zimbabwe's anti-sanction demo
The United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) are seemingly not going to remove the sanctions that they have put on Zimbabwe anytime soon as eagerly anticipated.USA and the EU...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 5233 | by Daniel Itai
'Enough is enough, remove sanctions now'
Address by President Mnangagwa during the Anti-Sanctions Day main event at the National Sports Stadium.On 18 August 2019, the SADC Heads of State and Government, meeting in Dar es Salam, Tanza...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:42hrs | 736 | by Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe receives massive support from Sadc, AU
IT was a day to remember for Zimbabwe yesterday as it received overwhelming support from SADC and African Union (AU) member states, who sent representatives to stand solidly behind Harare as citizens ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
African Union full statement on Zimbabwe
The African Union has issued a statement calling for the immediate removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe by Western powers. The statement was issued on Friday when many African countries held ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 21:03hrs | 7751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Military operation to remove ZANU PF launched
Ideal Zimbabwe President Tinashe Jonas has unveiled what he termed a military operation that will remove ZANU PF. Jonas posted a video which shows him wearing army regalia urging Zimbabweans t...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 10:45hrs | 26653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa focuses on trade co-operation as summit starts
ZIMBABWE and Russia should work closely to promote economic trade co-operation and cement political ties that date back to the liberation struggle. President Mnangagwa made this call during an...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:03hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
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