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Zanu-PF youths target bigwigs' farms
Zanu-PF youths in Headlands are reportedly eyeing farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF could regret constitutional changes'
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu-PF, Rugare Gumbo, says the removal of the running mate clause from the country's Constitution could come back to haunt the ruling party whi...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:33hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zacc ups anti-graft drive
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has upped its anti-graft drive, embarking on a massive recruitment exercise aimed at strengthening its decentralisation strategy.Zacc seeks to re...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:16hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
'I've defeated my opponents in polls before,' says Mwonzora
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has described the fact that his opposition rivals continue to underestimate him politically as "the best position" for him to be in.Speaking to the Daily News On Su...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:38hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's graft buster in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly under pressure from Zanu-PF bigwigs to act on his trusted corruption buster Tabani Mpofu whom they accuse of extortion.Mpofu is the head of the Specia...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2711 | by Staff reporter
AAG revived Passion Java lands top post
On the 15th of July 2019, I wrote an article calling on Dr Phillip Chiyangwa to revive the Affirmative Action Group AAG.On the 23rd of April 2021, AAG is back with a bang and a refreshing line...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1408 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is more patriotic than Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday scoffed at suggestions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he was unpatriotic to the country and pandering to the whims of his Western handlers...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2537 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo says 'old politics' is dead
THE ruling Zanu-PF is no longer practising "old politics" and is pushing committedly for unity and tolerance among all Zimbabweans, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has said.Speaking to the...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Opposition worried about recurrence of Mugabe era barbarities
THE imminent return of the national youth service training programme has triggered jitters among many in the opposition who have bad memories of the project's cadets.The programme's recruits w...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa copying and pasting Mugabe toxic policies
THE move to reintroduce the National Youth Service training programme has sent chills down most Zimbabweans' spines who experienced brutality at the hands of Green Bombers in 2008. The re-intr...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1304 | by Leonard Koni
'It is sink or swim time for the MDC'
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics.In addition, the MDC bo...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 2248 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2705 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to contain its highly divisive DCCs
Zanu-PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity a...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda allies in quandary
Zanu-PF bigwigs in Masvingo, who were aligned to the embattled former war veterans' leader Victor Matemadanda before his sacking as the party's political commissar, are now in a state of uncertainty....Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:53hrs | 3815 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 5922 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's 'defining moment'
WITH pressure mounting on its leaders all round, insiders say the MDC Alliance has reached a critical point where tough decisions now have to be made about its future.This comes as both Zanu-P...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 17:01hrs | 3044 | by Anesu Mirisawu
'Zanu-PF can't wait for 2023'
With the country's main opposition MDC party at war with itself amid leadership wrangles and mass defections to Zanu-PF, the ruling party says it cannot wait for 2023 elections to finish off its rival...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:59hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mum on Matemadanda fate
Zanu-PF has remained mum on the redeployment of national political commissar Victor Matemadanda amid reports of tension in the Midlands province, with several senior officials trying to dissociate the...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:45hrs | 3205 | by Staff reporter
Arrest of council bigwigs blurs city memory
ACTING Harare town clerk Mabhena Moyo has said the arrest of several council executives will affect its operations and quality of projects, as well as blur the city's good memories of the past....Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:23hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 10339 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF printing MDC cards, regalia'
THE MDC Alliance has sensationally accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of printing opposition party membership cards and regalia and parading defectors before "rented crowds" as part of a wider plot to a...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3608 | by Staff reporter
Angry Mnangagwa lashes Zanu-PF bigwigs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa blew his gasket during a Zanu-PF politburo meeting yesterday, warning his errant lieutenants that gossiping, rumour-mongering and petty jealousies would not be tolerated i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | 3510 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs risk losing properties worth US$4m
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating a plethora of cases involving executives at several urban local authorities, who are accused of corruptly acquiring properties worth as ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo's industrial plants idle
THE battle to reposition Bulawayo as the heartbeat of Zimbabwe's industries appears to be hitting a brick wall.Just when national manufacturing output is reportedly rising, Bulawayo's industri...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:36hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
President Magufuli: Letter to Prof. Lumumba of Kenya Cc. Energy Mutodi; Bcc African Presidents
Dear Professor Lumumba, Comrade Energy Mutodi is having his last laugh: he was spot on. He told us the bare truth about the President of Tanzania; the way he is handling the global pandemic wa...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1573 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chiwenga receives his second jab
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga this morning received his second shot of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine.The VP received his vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare where he urged Zimbabweans...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:38hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes former MDC bigwigs
TOUGH-TALKING MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators have been recalled from Parliament by their People's Democratic Party (PDP).At the same time, two former senior...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Biti stare threat of being recalled from Parliament
THE tendency by Zimbabwe's ever brawling opposition parties to self-destruct continues unabated, with key MDC Alliance constituent, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), at the centre of the latest suc...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 4009 | by Staff reporter
Confusion mars schools opening
CHAOS characterised the opening of schools yesterday after some non-examination classes turned up and were sent back home, while most teachers did not report for work saying they would only do so afte...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Big wigs throng court
IT was a hive of activity yesterday at the Anti-Corruption Court in Harare as bigwigs facing corruption and related charges jostled to sort out their next appearance dates following resumption of full...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:47hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavyweights bounce back
ZANU-PF senior party members who have been lying low in the second republic under President Emerson Mnangagwa have bounced back to reclaim their political clout within the party structures.Bus...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:46hrs | 5426 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10545 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF guns for MDC Alliance bigwigs
Zanu-PF yesterday claimed that more MDC Alliance bigwigs were ready to jump ship to save their political careers after realising that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party was reaching a dead end, w...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2689 | by Staff reporter
Two-thirds of Chamisa's top brass to join us this year, says Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF is being accused of using its deep pockets to entice disgruntled members of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa to cross the floor.After Zanu-PF Midlands Province chairperson Daniel...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:45hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo departure is good riddance
IN response to MDC bigwigs Chebundo, Timveos defect to Zanu-PF: I am really surprised that former Kwekwe Central MP Blessing Chebundo, of all the people, has decided to join the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1630 | by Chief Chiduku
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa badly lacks performance legitimacy
THE Zanu-PF politburo convened in Harare on Wednesday this week, creating a grotesque spectacle in the middle of a devastating Covid-19 pandemic as focus shifted to politicking instead of addressing d...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF defy COVID-19, hold elections to replace Gwaradzimba
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that all COVID-19 protocols were followed by the party when it conducted its elections to fill in the senatorial seat which was left vacant after the death of Minister of Sta...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 fears force politburo postponement
ZANU-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostle for Matiza's posts
THE death of Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza two weeks ago has plunged Mashonaland East province into election mode, with Zanu-PF party members reportedly jostling to take over his parliamentary...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3449 | by Staff reporter
The trouble with ruinous advisers
IT HAS been painful to watch over the past few days the desperation with which the small cast of know-it-alls, that is contributing so much to the country's toxic politics, has been attacking talk abo...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3742 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes haunts Zanu-PF
FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister and ex-Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi, Petronella Kagonye (pictured) was yesterday arrested over alleged illegal land dealings.Kagonye ser...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | 2124 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs use sanctions excuse to loot, says Mzembi
FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi yesterday criticised the continued placement of Zanu-PF officials on the sanctions' list saying it was giving some bigwigs in government leeway to engage ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1810 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is trapped and demanding negotiations at gun point' - how naive, it's povo that's trapped and dying like flies
There are some very confused people out there who are calling for political dialogue as the way forward but have no idea who should be demanding change much less what that change should be. All the ar...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:21hrs | 2846 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF bigwigs come face-to-face with Zimbabwe's crippled healthcare system
ON January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to Covid-19.The 61-year-old, who rose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa continues to reach out to Mnangagwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition parties continue to reach out to each other, raising further hope that the necessary and much-talked about formal national dialogue involving all key stakeholders wil...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 19:44hrs | 3176 | by Staff reporter
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