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MDC T's security department infiltrated
MDC-Alliance has reportedly infiltrated the MDC-T's security department and has dangled some dollars to the security personnel who are currently guarding the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (MRTH) as ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:42hrs | 984 | by Staff Reporter
US Embassy warms up to Ngarivhume
The US Embassy in Harare is warming up to the Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume as evidenced by a token of appreciation they gave him for his stance against the Government.A source p...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1808 | by Political Reporter
MDC Alliance using unorthodox means to fundraise
The MDC Alliance has embarked on using unorthodox means to fundraise to keep the party afloat as the embattled opposition party's coffers are reportedly dry on account of donor fatigue.An impe...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:39hrs | 576 | by Political Reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls for halt to UK deportations
Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance on Thursday urged the United Kingdom to halt the deportation of failed asylum seekers, warning that human rights abuses are "increasing" under President Emmerso...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:41hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe deputy mayor dies
KWEKWE deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa has died.Tobaiwa who also once served as the mayor of Kwekwe between 20082013 is believed to have succumbed to Covid-19 complications.Kwekwe Mayor ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni forms pressure group
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group - MyRight2Vote - aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governmen...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'frees' Caledonia from Harare
GOVERNMENT has separated the sprawling suburb of Caledonia from Harare and announced that the underdeveloped settlement will now be under Mashonaland East Province.This was revealed last week ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo halts BCC purges
THE minister of Local Government July Moyo has blocked Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni's move to fire MDC Alliance ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube.Mguni recently unsuccessfully tried to f...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF denies plan to ban women from wearing mini-skirts
Zimbabwe's governing Zanu-PF party on Monday denied social media reports that it was planning legislation to ban the wearing of mini-skirts by women in public, calling the reports "fake news."...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:31hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
EFF urges Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has discouraged Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives, saying the country needs more people to fully harness its abundance as well as underutilised resourc...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:23hrs | 2234 | by Staff reporter
United States imported COVID-19 vaccines into Zimbabwe to 'checkmate Zanu-PF?
Zimbabwe, facing a wave of new Covid-19 infections and a slow vaccination campaign, will only accept Chinese, Indian and Russian vaccines under the global vaccine distribution scheme COVAX, a spokesma...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:31hrs | 3453 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dissolves Bulawayo structures
THE MDC Alliance Commission of Inquiry set up to probe infighting rocking the party's Bulawayo structures has recommended that the party's provincial executive should be dissolved and replaced by a fo...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Covid-19 vaccines: US hits back
THE United States yesterday hit back at claims by the Zimbabwean government that it had provided over half a million vaccines to the opposition MDC Alliance.In a terse statement following alle...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:16hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 'we're in a crisis', 'MDC stuck with unregistered COVID-19 vaccines'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says information on the ground, particularly in rural areas, was pointing to a dire situation in the country, hence the need for government to stop politi...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:15hrs | 3503 | by Staff reporter
No, Mr Biti, you are not a jack of all trades
A week ago, the local mainstream and social media were abuzz with news of MDC Alliance (MDCA) faction co-vice president, Tendai Biti's rantings against the International Monetary Fund (IMF's) report o...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 936 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC Alliance stuck with unregistered COVID-19 vaccines from US embassy
Deputy chief secretary George Charamba, Presidential spokesperson has claimed that the opposition MDC Alliance received half a million COVID-19 vaccines f...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1995 | by Shelton Muchena
Zanu-PF MP distances himself from US$330 000 Rolls-Royce Phantom acquisition
Deputy Minister who is also the Wedza South MP, Tino Machakaire distanced himself from the acquisition of a US$330 000 Rolls-Royce Phantom which has caused consternation in the southern African nation...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 1683 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC stuck with over half a million 'unregistered COVID19 vaccines'?
GOVERNMENT yesterday sensationally claimed that the opposition MDC Alliance was stuck with over half a million "unregistered COVID19 vaccines" which it allegedly received from the United States embass...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:37hrs | 4053 | by Staff reporter
UK MP fumes over Zimbabwean minister's US$330K supercar purchase
Zanu-PF has declared war with the United Kingdom after one of the former coloniser's MPs yesterday said he would raise questions in the House of Lords over how a yet to be identified Zimbabwean minist...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC attacks Khaya Moyo
A WAR of words has erupted between the country's two main political parties after the MDC Alliance Monday afternoon angrily reacted to Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo's claims that the oppositio...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:25hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Mass UK deportations exposes MDC's double standards
The news which has gripped the Zimbabwean community in the UK about the chartered flights of loads of Zimbabwean criminals has shaken the community with mixed feelings. But the most surprising wailers...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3160 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Alliance & Civic Society Organisations in caucus for Gays & Lesbians Law
As the nation is experiencing vast socio-economic reforms since the inception of the New Dispensation, the MDC Alliance have chosen to join the train by amending the Constitution to incorporate same s...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1129 | by Shelton Muchena
The fight against COVID-19 is everyone's responsibility
The first Saturday of this month saw local author, film maker and anti-Government activist, Tsitsi Dangarembwa, getting her first COVID-19 vaccination jab at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. She did n...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:35hrs | 476 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Ruling elite roving bandits, says Biti
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti yesterday described the ruling elite as "roving bandits" who are clinging to power to loot national resources without concern for the ordinary citize...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
'Miniskirts, trousers ban rumour fake'
Zanu PF has distanced itself from messages circulating on social media platforms suggesting that it was lobbying for the banning of miniskirts and trousers for women. The fake messages were generated ...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | 2792 | by Nomazulu Thata
Outrage over minister's £330 000 super car
Revelations that an unnamed Zimbabwean government minister is importing a luxurious Rolls Royce Phantom worth £330 000 from the United Kingdom have sparked outrage from local and British activists....Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
City will pay dearly for few voters
BULAWAYO'S loss of any constituency in the delimitation exercise will result in under-representation with devastating consequences on development and legislative priorities for the city, civic groups ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deputy minister shells out $770,000 on Rolls Royce
Deputy sports minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire has splashed US$770,000 on a Rolls Royce Phantom - the latest illustration of the gulf between Zimbabwe's poor and super rich political elites.Th...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:36hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance factionalism report kept under wraps
THE MDC Alliance is yet to release a report on deeply en-trenched factionalism rocking its Bulawayo structures almost a month after a five-member probe team submitted its findings. The party's...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
Biti trial fails to take off
The trial of MDC-Alliance vice president Tendai Biti on allegations of manhandling a Russian national during an altercation outside Harare Magistrates Court hit another brick wall yesterday after his ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote remains a pipe dream ahead of 2023 polls
While citizens of some Southern African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi enjoy the right to vote in national elections while domiciled in other countries, for millions of Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after social media as he cracks down on protests
South Africa, rocked by violent protests that have turned deadly, is now looking to social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to crack down on looting and destruction of property and infrastr...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1831 | by Tawanda Karombo
Ignore critics, says Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on his party members to ignore critics who have been blasting the Zanu-PF government over its failures, describing them as prophets of "doom".Mnangagwa s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:21hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zec in 'Catch Them Young' campaign
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will roll out voter education in tertiary institutions under its ambitious project dubbed "Catch Them Young", aimed at encouraging students to register ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:20hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politicians and their addiction to Twitter
WITH the advancement of technology, Twitter has rapidly become a crucial communication tool for Zimbabwean politicians to convey their messages to the public, either to threaten or give general update...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:14hrs | 351 | by Evans Mathanda
Biti set to lose Parly car
PARLIAMENT has approached the High Court to repossess top-of-the-range vehicles it issued to six former People's Democratic Party (PDP) MPs following their recall and expulsion from Parliament in Marc...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Acie Lumumba, Chamisa's MP test Covid-19 positive
Zanu-PF activist and socialite Acie Lumumba and MDC Alliance MP for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka have announced that they have tested Covid-19 positive.Lumumba confirmed he, and "a few memb...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
African countries to benefit from Unicef, Covax vaccine project
COUNTRIES that are participating in the Covax facility, Zimbabwe included, will benefit from a 120 million dose project by United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and Sinovac in a bid to scale up the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio's trial postponed
REGIONAL magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro yesterday postponed to next month the matter in which MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri, are alleged to have faked their a...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:17hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Makomborero Haruzivishe released on bail
MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was granted bail pending appeal on his 14-month prison sentence on Wednesday – but the 28-year-old will remain in prison following the revocation of his...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 12:33hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP endorses vaccine
Bulawayo East Member of Parliament Ilos Nyoni (MDC Alliance) has urged his constituency to be vaccinated in a bid to fight the deadly covid-19 pandemic.In a statement, Nyoni said although vacc...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 17:12hrs | 1083 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shun violence, says Chief Charumbira
Chiefs' Council president fortune Charumbira on Saturday urged his subjects in Masvingo to shun political violence ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.He was speaking at the burial of 85-ye...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
State attempts to force trial of MDC trio
THE State yesterday tried to force the trial of three MDC Alliance activists arrested for allegedly faking their abduction by suspected State security agents in April last year.Harare West MP ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe in bid to stalingrad trial again
MDC-ALLIANCE members Joana Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri yesterday made another attempt to delay their trial on allegations of faking their abductions sometime in May last year when they...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa deploys army against Zulus
SANDF soldiers have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assist law enforcement agencies amid violent protests."The South African National Defence Force has commenced with pre-deploym...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 12:33hrs | 4714 | by Staff reporter
'2023 elections will be disputed,' says Chamisa aligned NGO
WATCHDOG Election Resource Centre (ERC) has predicted that the 2023 elections will be disputed due to lack of electoral reforms, ensuring that the country would remain polarised for the foreseeable fu...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1937 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe stares at another disputed poll in 2023'
SINCE the advent of COVID-19 in March last year, Zimbabwe suspended by-elections despite that several parliamentary and council seats fell vacant after MPs affiliated to the MDC Alliance led by Nelson...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Nsukuzonke breaking new ground
PETER Ndlovu, popularly known as Nsunkuzonke, Flying Elephant and Silent Assassin in the football circles, just like former international star Liberian George Weah, has broken new ground.Most ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1763 | by Leonard Koni
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