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Zanu-PF bigwigs' spouses appointed to council positions via women's quota

In a surprising and controversial turn of events, some influential members of the Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province have been accused of securing council positions for their wives under the women's quota system, aimed at promoting women's…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter

Police protest abuse by Zanu-PF heavyweights

JUNIOR police officers have complained to their superiors about Zanu-PF officials who are interfering with their duties as the country prepares for the August 23 harmonised elections.NewsDay is reliably informed that low-ranking police off…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa pushes out CCC bigwigs in Bulawayo

A NUMBER of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs aspiring to represent the party in the August 23 polls fell by the wayside after being disqualified during the verification process which started on Friday and ended on Saturday in Bu…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs sweat over poor rally attendances

Zanu-PF's woes in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard continue to mount, with party candidates in the forthcoming polls now resorting to commandeering traditional leaders to frogmarch their subjects to meetings due to poor attendances …

Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs leak wounds

ATTEMPTS to settle for "safe constituencies" have backfired on several Zanu-PF party primary election candidates who contested away from their original areas.Under the Zanu-PF party constitution, a person can transfer to any constituency o…

Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries

Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their rivals.President Emmerson Mnangagwa unexp…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chaos as Zanu-PF heavyweights displace settlers

A Zanu-PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances.One of the victims, a 66 year old woman, is said to h…

Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt withdraws Xmas goodies for bigwigs

BIGWIGS in government will this year not be pampered with Christmas goodies, such as end of year hampers as the Finance ministry seeks to curb excessive spending.In the past, civil service bureaucrats would be pampered with groceries and e…

Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs to fall from grace

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said some Zanu-PF bigwigs must prepare for life as ordinary card-carrying members when he announces a new politburo.Mnangagwa made the remarks as he officially opened the last politburo meeting before the Z…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs fall by the wayside in chaotic elections

As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu-PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo Mohadi, Tambudzani fell by the wayside …

Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Former Zanu-PF bigwigs eye return

THREE former Zanu-PF Members of Parliament (MPs) from Hurungwe district are eyeing central committee positions in the ruling party ahead of elections slated for this weekend.They include former Hurungwe Central MP and current central commi…

Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs deplore top govt officials

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under fire from senior Zanu-PF officials, including those stationed at party headquarters, who have raised concern over the failure by ruling party officials deployed in government to deliver and steer the t…

Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs 'blocking' parastatal reforms

CONCERTED efforts by Treasury to push for key parastatal reform and privatisation of the loss-making entities have been frustrated by some hawkish cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats, who have for many years enjoyed the feeding trough…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwig in messy love triangle

Zanu-PF Makoni district coordination Committee (DCC) chairperson Albert Nyakuedzwa's mistress, who is accused of threatening to kill her illicit lover for ending their relationship, says she is deeply in love with the married politician.Ny…

Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths gun for party bigwigs

Zanu-PF youths in Manicaland province are plotting to invade farms belonging to the ruling party's secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, it has emerged.The youths from Headlands and…

Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | 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 members of the MDC, Obert Gutu and James Makor…

Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | 1 | 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.Business Times can report that those that have com…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Anti-graft dragnet to sink bigwigs

AT LEAST 41 high-profile figures face imminent arrest over corruption allegations, including those sucked in a US$23 million scam at the embattled National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).The wide investigation net is targeting murky tender dea…

Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs jostling to take over from Mnangagwa

IN HUMOROUS remarks that may contain some truth for ambitious Zanu-PF bigwigs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, joked on Thursday about the sure-fire credentials of the person who would likely succeed him when he leaves office.Speaking in Har…

Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why Zanu-PF youths are targeting heavy weights

Zanu-PF youths threw the cat among the pigeons recently when they released a list of alleged corrupt people that included senior ruling party officials such as Obert Mpofu and Prisca Mupfumira.Mpofu and Mupfumira are said to have reacted f…

Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

MDC bigwigs fight for survival

THE stage has been set for a bruising fight in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC as almost all candidates nominated for top positions in the party's standing committee have accepted and are now reaching into their war chests to mount rigorous cam…

Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs divide war vets

Cracks have emerged in the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) over the fate of ex-Cabinet ministers assigned to the "Shake-Shake Building" to run the party's affairs on a full-time basis.ZNLWVA Mazowe district c…

Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Politburo rejects G40 bigwigs

The ruling party has all but shut its door on the majority of members of the Generation 40 (G40) faction who were seeking to re-join Zanu-PF, nearly a year after they were given their marching orders.Addressing journalists at the Zanu-PF h…

Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

War vets threaten Zanu-PF bigwigs

War veterans yesterday petitioned the Zanu-PF leadership demanding the removal of former Cabinet ministers from their full-time positions in the party, threatening to remove the bigwigs from their offices if their demands are not met.Accor…

Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs fall

ZANU-PF heavyweights in Manicaland Province reportedly failed to make it during the primary elections, with Politburo member and Minister of State in the President's Office responsible for Scholarships Christopher Mushohwe making the list …

Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bloodbath in Zanu-PF primaries

Zanu-PF's National Elections Commission (NEC) was last night still receiving results of the revolutionary party's primary elections amid reports that some bigwigs had fallen by the wayside .There were also indications of challenges in cons…

Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs face axe

A number of senior Zanu-PF officials risk losing their parliamentary seats after they failed to avoid primary elections in their constituencies.Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwan…

Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs bleed banks dry

Politicians, particularly the elite in Zanu-PF, are proving to be a thorn in the flesh for the financial services sector, with hardly a month passing without the Deputy Sheriff being called in to put assets of defaulting politicians under …

Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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