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New dispensation rejects corruption
The advent of the new dispensation in November 2017 has seen a new impetus in the fight against the scourge of corruption. Right beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President M...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:25hrs | 707 | by Bevan Musoko
Chamisa wants a woman
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC's three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman, the Dai...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:19hrs | 10642 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stuns MDC bigwigs
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC's three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman. ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:56hrs | 17079 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hand over power if he loses to Mwonzora
MDC president Nelson Chamisa said that he will support whoever is victorious in the much-anticipated Congress slated for May.Responding to a follower on Twitter who had asked whether he will s...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2954 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Zanu-PF bigwigs looted $1 million ZINARA funds
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe as well as top ZANU-PF leader went on a looting spree and stole over $1 million funds from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA), according to a report by ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:25hrs | 8785 | by Staff reporter
Rat race for MDC posts
A mad rat race for the positions of MDC vice president has ensued within the country's main opposition, with nearly a dozen bigwigs apparently set to throw their names into the hat at the party's eage...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance planned to win 2018 with 4.5m votes - failed, plan lacked even common sense
MDC Alliance leaders want to cast themselves as democrats who have embraced the democratic ethos of open and meaningful debate and democratic competition. They are not democrats and there is nothing l...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1283 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sparks to fly as MDC bigwigs meet
THE MDC's national standing committee (NSC) meets in the capital city tomorrow to finalise congress preparations amid serious jostling for positions among party bigwigs. Slated to run from May...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance restructures
The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has merged Harare province with Chitungwiza while Midlands North and South have been collapsed into one as part of preparations for its elective congress slated for May....Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:41hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora wants to end the standoff between Chamisa and Mnangagwa
TENSION continues to rise in the MDC ahead of its elective congress with secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora saying party president Nelson Chamisa failed to meet a target of attracting 4,5 million vote...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa failed to meet MDC target,' says Mwonzora
Tension continues to rise in the MDC ahead of its elective congress with secretary general Douglas Mwonzora saying the party president Nelson Chamisa failed to meet a target of attracting 4.5 million ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 5031 | by Staff reporter
Dog-eat-dog affair ensues in MDC ahead of congress
Jostling for positions has intensified in the MDC ahead of its elective congress in May.Party bigwigs are likely to take each other head-on at the congress as they battle for supremacy in the ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Exposed: The men who are causing mass suffering in Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank Governor gave a monetary policy statement which was exactly two months late. The delay was caused by a power struggle within those in finance corridors of power namely the minister of...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 07:36hrs | 14321 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZANU PF only listens to violent rebellion!
The recent violent protests that rocked most Zimbabwe cities between 14 and 16 January 2019, have offered enough proof that the only way the ZANU PF regime will ever seriously listen to the people's g...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 1319 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 3121 | by Staff reporter
'Is Mnangagwa's govt pro-poor or Queen B?'
MDC legislators on Wednesday grilled Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi over the effects of government's austerity measures while bigwigs are living an extravagant life...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:42hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Dismissal of Zacc commissioners commendable
Corruption in Zimbabwe has to be stamped out. On January 31, 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired the entire Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in a move that was hailed as progressive....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 563 | by Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto
Government finalising land audit
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro told Parliament on Thursday that government plans to wrap up its nationwide land use audit next month and, thereafter, redistribute idle land to needy farmer...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to act like Mugabe and resign
FORMER Masvingo provincial minister, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should act like his predecessor Robert Mugabe who resigned 2017 when locals staged massive street demonstrat...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:23hrs | 12926 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MPs in fix over luxury cars
As Treasury prepares to splurge millions of scarce United States dollars on luxury utility vehicles (SUVs) for legislators serving in the ninth Parliament, MDC representatives and their leader Nelson ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:33hrs | 4670 | by Staff reporter
Harare, water purification dealer fight over $500k project
Harare City Council and a local water purification dealer are embroiled in a dispute over a $500 000 mobile water treatment plant meant to provide water to Mabvuku, Tafara and nearby suburbs.C...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highlights for 2018
January ED visits sick TsvangiraiApart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of se...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Of mute MPs and their mute brigade
Parliament offers its members many platforms to speak on diverse issues.A member can rise on the floor to table a petition, a private members' Bill, raise a matter of national importance, ask ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 657 | by Blessings Mashaya
Mugabe's ex-minister, wife lose property
Former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and his wife Millicent are set to lose household property worth thousands of dollars after failing to pay back an undisclosed amount of money to a local bank....Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | 4966 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should be forced to engage Chamisa, says Jim Kunaka
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Jim Kunaka says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF government should not be allowed to continue ruining the country through economic mismanagement but must be dra...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 14:58hrs | 6643 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF youth leader targets Chamisa
With a few days to go into the new year, the omens don't look good politically in 2019, following the Zanu-PF youth league's ominous threats this week against the country's opposition forces, the Dail...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leads in forex dealers arrests
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested 478 illegal foreign currency dealers as the clampdown on currency trading continues to intensify.Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commission...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:19hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls MPs to order
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on public servants, including legislators, to tighten their belts and stop making outrageous demands as the country goes through a lean restructuring spell....Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:57hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa insincere on corruption'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is insincere when dealing with corruption, Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) president Nkosana Moyo has said.This comes after government's fight ...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:46hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ramps up Mnangagwa pressure
HARARE - Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is ratcheting up the pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to energise the frustratingly slow tempo of the much-talked about national dialogue mea...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 19:19hrs | 10887 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers report loan sharks to Mnangagwa
Troubled escalating deductions on their payslips in an unfavourable economic environment, teachers have handed President Emmerson Mnangagwa a list of 16 loan sharks whom they allege are swindling them...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:54hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gobbles millions on chefs' fat-cat salaries
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the ruling Zanu-PF leader, deployed 15 senior party officials, including former ministers dropped from his cabinet in September, to the party headquarter...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:06hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells Mnangagwa to fix the economy
Zanu-PF bigwigs who gathered in Esigodini for their party's annual conference last week pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to act quickly and decisively to stem the country's worsening economic...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 20:58hrs | 5385 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feels heat over economy
With Zimbabwe's economy continuing to tank - and long-suffering citizens now desperate for some respite - President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu-PF delegates gathered in Esigodi...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:04hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fumes over R5 million bribe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, blew his gasket on Wednesday and put his ministers on notice, after he received damaging reports that some of them were demanding bribes from investors to facilitate meet...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:02hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa officially opens Zanu-PF 'talk shop'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday ahead of the official opening of the 17th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, today. First to arrive at Jo...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally given up to Dec 31 to pay $110,000
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has been given until December 31 to pay over $110 000 in salary arrears to over 60 of his farm workers.Sekeramayi, who became a career Cabinet ministe...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:54hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF in $500 000 bribery storm?
An official from Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (AACZ) has sensationally alleged that ZANU PF official Energy Mutodi was given US$500 000 by the members of the Korean cult leader Hak Ja...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:41hrs | 9400 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu-PF bigwigs queueing for fuel'
Government bigwigs are also queueing for fuel, Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has claimed, rejecting accusations that there was lethargy to address the fuel shortages because the to...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | 5774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is open for abuse and foreign interference
THE fact that Zimbabwe is open for business does not mean that the country is open for abuse and foreign interference and this should be understood loud and clear by the MDC and its handlers who now s...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:19hrs | 1928 | by Pupurai Togarepi
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2444 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF bigwigs awaken Esigodini
Government business will literally come to a halt as the who's who in Zanu-PF, including Cabinet ministers, abandon their stations this week to attend the party's annual peoples' conference in Esigodi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2217 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's world crumbling?
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's world is crumbling down following his fall from grace in November last year.The diplomat could just be on the verge of losing what many consider to b...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:11hrs | 3540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's graft probe targets judges
With President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration desperate to restore public trust, a senior government official has said the anti-corruption dragnet has been extended to cover all judicial officers...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must be stopped, says Muchinguri
Zanu-PF bigwigs that are annoyed by pressure from the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are agitating for the ruling party to use its two-thirds parliamentary majority to amend the Constitution and l...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:33hrs | 15900 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje, Chadzamira in holy alliance
Zanu-PF national secretary for the commissariat, Engelbert Rugeje has kept at bay those harbouring ambitions to remove Masvingo provincial chairperson Ezra Chadzamira, saying the new Minister of State...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
EFF commends Mnangagwa
We as EFF in Zimbabwe we would like to commend the President of the second Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa for taking a positive direction of taking land from those who stole i...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 07:49hrs | 4489 | by EFF Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa ready to seize idle land owned by Zanu-PF bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly said that his government is "ready to seize any idle land owned by some of the ruling Zanu-PF party heavyweights".According to New Zimbabwe.com, Mna...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:43hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa engaging Mnangagwa behind the scenes
There could finally be light at the end of the tunnel for long-suffering Zimbabweans, after it emerged yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are indirectly e...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 16:00hrs | 4463 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks kick off
There could finally be light at the end of the tunnel for long-suffering Zimbabweans, after it emerged yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are indirectly e...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:32hrs | 42902 | by Staff reporter
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