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Biggie Matiza's son in US$1 million project theft storm
The son of the late Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Joel Biggie Matiza, has been dragged to court over allegations that he attempted to seize control of a US$1 million agro-forestr...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consoles Matiza family
President Mnangagwa has today consoled the Matiza family following the death of Mrs Lilian Matiza, widow to national hero and former Cabinet Minister Joel Biggie Matiza.Mrs Matiza died on Sund...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dzino thinks Mnangagwa was a minor and peripheral player in the liberation struggle
Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraI later lose my autographed copy of Wilfred Mhanda's b...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 49 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells his followers to start their engines
THE Midlands Zanu-PF Convention Centre stood tall and majestic as President Mnangagwa arrived with an unmistakable spring in his step yesterday. Accompanied by the radiant First Lady, Auxillia Mnangag...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murewa South snubs fly-by-night politician
It is a warm afternoon in the serene picturesque rural Jekwa in Murewa South, Mashonaland East province.The peace is disturbed by the roaring sound of a helicopter landing at one of the homest...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readmits Fay Chung and other ex-members
THE Mashonaland East Zanu-PF national disciplinary committee (NDC) has readmitted Noah Mangondo into the party after he was suspended in 2018.His readmission follows that of Beatrice Nyamuping...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere dared to challenge Mnangagwa
The ruling Zanu-PF party has dared exiled former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere to come back home and challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next year's polls.The party's info...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe's deputy police chief
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Mutamba, the second in command of Zimbabwean police, has been slapped with sanctions by the United States for "undermining Zimbabwe's democratic processes and institutio...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads for Marange
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit the Johanne Marange apostolic sect in Manicaland province this week to attend the church's annual Passover.Early this year, Mnangagwa secretly...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers attack MP over fertilizer allocation
VILLAGERS in Murewa South constituency are up in arms with their legislator, Nyasha Masoka (Zanu-PF), accusing him of diverting fertiliser meant for them to his own use.They have taken to soci...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matiza's widow in estate wrangle
THE High Court has dismissed an application by the late Transport minister Biggie Matiza's widow, Lillian, who was seeking to sideline his 34-year-old son from benefiting from his estate.Lilli...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son pulls out of Zanu-PF youth race
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Kudakwashe, has pulled out of the race for Zanu-PF top youth leadership posts at an elective party youth conference slated for next month in the capital.The...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Winning Zanu-PF candidates salute Mnangagwa
WINNING Zanu-PF candidates yesterday paid tribute to President Mnangagwa for his policies that have attracted voters to the ruling party.In Masvingo Zanu-PF maintained its position as the domi...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
March 26 by-elections: Safe and swing national assembly seats
Battles between different political parties and independent candidates will play out in one of the most important by-elections in decades this March 26 as these by-elections will not only deliver a re...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zanu-PF targets to reclaim lost seats
Zanu-PF candidates are hopeful of winning the three National Assembly and 10 local authority seats being contested on March 26 in Mashonaland East.Yesterday, thousands of Zanu-PF supporters th...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga cancels road deal while Mnangagwa is on leave
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga allegedly pushed for the unilateral termination of a US$2 billion tender awarded to South African firm Khato Holdings for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Victoria...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'rejects' land top posts
ON this summer day, two years ago, Nyarai Tsvuura cut a lone figure at a Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Marondera during Zanu-PF gatherings.She was the provincial women's l...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Matiza's son to contest for Zanu-PF youth chairperson position
HIS father's shoes are too big to fill, but the son of the late former Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza, Batsirai is eager to step into them.That journey kicked off last week when he subm...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:11hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bvute vies for top Zanu-PF post
BUSINESSMAN Ozias Bvute has joined the race for the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairperson's post ahead of provincial elections.The post fell vacant following the death of the Transp...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says mining shouldn't displace communities
The Government will not allow mining companies to displace communities from their ancestral lands and those communities should have the final say on the operations of mineral extraction companies on t...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Communities first before mining, says Mnangagwa
THE Government will not allow mining companies to displace communities from their ancestral lands and those communities should have the final say on the operations of mineral extraction companies on t...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Looming by-elections fuel Zanu-PF factionalism
ANNOUNCEMENT of by-election dates by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has triggered rivalry and factionalism within Zanu-PF in Mashonaland East province as aspiring candidates are trying to outwit each ot...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in Zanu-PF restructuring
THE Zanu-PF restructuring exercise has exposed deep-rooted factionalism as well as infighting fuelled by jostling for positions ahead of the party's provincial elections.The party is set to co...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 battle for Zanu-PF Mashonaland East youth league chair
THE battle for the Mashonaland East youth league chairmanship has intensified after Mutoko businessman Isaac Tasikani expressed interest in the highly influential post.Tasikani who is currentl...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF implodes
Zanu-PF internal fights have marred preparations for the party's Mashonaland East province elections.A recent meeting at the provincial party offices in Marondera resulted in the provincial wo...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa denies role in wife's controversial award
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has distanced himself from the controversy surrounding the award accord to his wife Auxillia last week, saying he played no role in the decision.Mnangagwa last wee...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matiza's son flouts Zanu-PF election guidelines
THE late Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza's son, Batsirai, has landed himself in trouble with Zanu-PF youths in the province after he started campaigning for a post in the provincial executive wi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga back in Zimbabwe after Beijing Covid-19 scare
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga flew back into the country on Thursday evening from China where some of his security details tested positive for Covid-19.Chiwenga had flown to the Asian co...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs keep cards close to chests
Zanu-PF bigwigs in Mashonaland East are keeping their cards close to their chest as the race to elect a new provincial leadership intensifies.The provincial chairpersonship is vacant following...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nkiwane gets befitting send-off
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Joyful Farm in Umguza District yesterday as people from all walks of life gathered at the farm to give the late national hero Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane a befitting send-of...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt dithers over radar acquisition
THE scandal-riddled process to acquire a modern air traffic control system, commonly known as the radar, has taken yet another twist after it emerged this week the Office of the President and Cabinet ...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New COVID-19 variants more deadly'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned that the Delta and Beta variants of the COVID-19 virus were running riot in the country, and urged Zimbabweans to heed lockdown regulations imposed by his...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble
The government stopped the demolition of fancy houses at an alleged illegal settlement on the outskirts of Harare after it emerged that Zanu-PF bigwigs owned some of the housing stands.Several...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF in dramatic U-turn
UNDER-FIRE Zanu PF yesterday made a dramatic U-turn and ordered a stop to the demolition of all illegal structures in the country, including in Harare, Chitungwiza and Melfort in Mashonaland East prov...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF readies for Mashonaland East primaries
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province has sent CVs submitted by potential candidates interested in contesting in the primary elections to their respective districts for vetting.The province ha...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:01hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes MDC Alliance's Marondera seat
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial executive has scaled up its campaign to wrest the Marondera Central parliamentary seat from the opposition MDC Alliance in the upcoming by-election.This...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff report
US$137m loss sinks run-down Air Zimbabwe
NATIONAL flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), chalked over a US$137 million loss in four successive years which helped sink the airline deep into the abyss under the yoke of corporate malfeasance, inc...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangondo leads Zanu-PF race for Murewa South
THE majority of Zanu-PF supporters in Mashonaland East province has warmed up to stalwart Noah Mangondo's return ahead of the forthcoming highly-contested primary elections for the party to choose a p...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hands over PhD certificate to Matiza's widow
President Mnangagwa has this morning handed over the doctorate certificate and academic transcript of the late national hero, Joel Biggie Matiza, to his widow Lillian at a ceremony at State House in H...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prosecution recommended for Zinara looters
ZINARA officials involved in special projects undertaken with questionable and dubious contractors between 2012 and 2016, that prejudiced the Zimbabwe National Road Administration of US$71,5 million a...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers renew push for tollgate relocation
VILLAGERS in the Dema area of Seke district have renewed their efforts to have the Dema tollgate relocated as it is economically affecting their lives.The tollgate, located along Chitungwiza-W...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Matiza family to complete late minister's projects
THE family of late Transport minister, Joel Biggie Matiza has set sights on completing projects that were started by their patriarch in his home constituency of Murewa South. Matiza succumbed ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm snatches lucrative aviation deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a multi-million dollar tender to a Chinese firm to replace a redundant aviation system following pressure exerted by the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to award the deal to a co...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh disorder rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has been hit by fresh chaos, with the party's highly divisive and recently restored District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) at the centre of the latest commotion.The DCCs - which were...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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