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Zanu-PF youths plot farm invasions
THE Zanu-PF youth league yesterday announced plans to invade and take over farms from multiple owners for redistribution to young people in yet another move seen as targeted at senior party and govern...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Now we know the culprits behind Zimbabwe's agricultural failure
THE case of former Police Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri being dragged to court for failing to pay back a US$189 000 debt is not only very intriguing, but it is also infuriating in a bi...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1440 | by Editorial - NewsDay
Zanu-PF youths dare old guard
The Zanu-PF youth league, which triggered a storm early this month when it listed several people as being corrupt, will soon release a list of multiple farm owners mostly bigwigs in the ruling party. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3942 | by Staff reporter
500 Zanu-PF supporters fight eviction
THERE was pandemonium at Lot H, Whiteside Farm in Bromley on Friday after 500 illegal settlers attacked the High Court Sheriff who was evicting them to pave way for a new owner.The settlers, m...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'shame list' brews huge storm
An international money laundering watchdog has put Zanu-PF bigwigs and prominent people on its radar after ruling party youths named them in a list of people that are allegedly driving the foreign cur...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | 4755 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Jacob Mudenda emerge as Mnangagwa's new targets for purging
AFTER weeding out his new rivals - who brought him to power - in the security sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has now shifted the purges to Zanu-PF, targeting the ruling party's heavyweights seen...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 12671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe citizens missing in action
IN his 1957 ANC presidential address, chief Albert Luthuli once remarked: The length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and not on the oppressor."Although his r...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 609 | by Levison Bhebhe
Zanu-PF Youth League told to bring evidence
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has summoned the Zanu PF Youth League to bring evidence of corruption against the ruling party and Government bigwigs named recently for possible prosecution...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
AG report puts ZACC to test
The efficiency of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will be put to test by its response to the scathing Auditor- General's report that exposed serious rot in government and parastatals....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:48hrs | 873 | by Mona Lisa Dube
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 6736 | by Staff reporter
Matutu dares Mangudya, Rushwaya
THE Zanu-PF youth league has vowed to further expose Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and the Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya's alleged corrupt deals, and expose more...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | 4432 | 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....Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 6214 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar return: Financial engineering not the answer
If the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was a ship it would be the Titanic, sailing with the patronage of a well-heeled elite with privileged access to the life boats towards a deadly iceberg.Th...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:04hrs | 331 | by Sipho Malunga
Mnangagwa sliding back to Mugabe politics
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of sliding back to the politics of former President Robert Mugabe of using Zanu-PF youths to target opponents within the party. Recently party you...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:30hrs | 6185 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa loses control of ZANU PF?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is losing control of ZANU PF to the party bigwigs that he deployed at Jongwe House political analyst Brighton Musonza says. Musonza was commenting on the recent mo...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 09:07hrs | 12303 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obert Mpofu, Zanu-PF youths in heated exchanges
THe Zanu-PF youth league reportedly stood firm during an explosive politburo meeting in which secretary for administration Obert Mpofu reportedly tried to threaten them into silence, highly-placed sou...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:24hrs | 3898 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to probe 'corrupt' bigwigs
ZANU-PF bigwigs, ministers and business people fingered in alleged acts of corruption by the youth league are facing an uncertain future after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he would set up a commi...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches commission of inquiry
President Mnangagwa will set up a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption levelled against ordinary citizens, senior ZANU-PF members and Government officials. This follows the bol...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:24hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Explosive Zanu-PF politburo meeting
ZANU-PF is poised for an explosive politburo meeting today following an exposé by its youth league, which on Monday named several top party members and Cabinet ministers as fuelling corruption and th...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 16:37hrs | 3022 | by Staff reporter
Sick Robert Mugabe in Singapore
Former President Robert Mugabe is still holed up in Singapore where he has been undergoing treatment in the past months.South Africa's Foreign Editor and Acting Political Editor Sophie M...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 13:44hrs | 20524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC MPs demonstrate spirit of Ubuntu at Mguni burial: Sikhala
The huge number of opposition MDC Alliance legislators at the burial of Zanu PF deputy chief whip and Mangwe legislator, Obedingwa Mguni was reciprocal to the spirit of Ubuntu exhibited by the ruling ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | 3228 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Zanu-PF 'corruption kingpins'
THE Zanu-PF Youth League says it has heeded President Mnangagwa's call to fight corruption and yesterday audaciously named individuals, private sector executives and party bigwigs it claimed were corr...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 2712 | by Staff reporter
Massive demonstrations against Mthuli Ncube planned
Zimbabweans across the country are mobilising nationwide protests against the decision by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to ban the use of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. On Monday afternoon Zimb...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 14:46hrs | 19120 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bloodbath in Zanu-PF over forex 'cartels'
Factional wars dogging Zanu-PF have escalated, with the youth league declaring a war against party bigwigs who are allegedly involved in the illegal foreign currency trade.Zanu-PF youth league...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:13hrs | 2733 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth leader receives death threats
ZANU PF bigwigs have reportedly issued death threats to politburo member and deputy youth league secretary Lewis Matutu after he threatened to expose corruption among his peers.Matutu said he ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
Obedingwa Mguni a national hero, says Zanu-PF bigwigs
PLUMTREE Zanu PF bigwigs have unanimously agreed that the late party's deputy chief whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni be conferred with national hero status, considering his history in the liberation...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE Zanu PF commissariat and youth league have called for a clean sweep of corrupt party and government bigwigs, saying all those implicated in corrupt activities should immediately be relieved of the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:06hrs | 4735 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hounds Mugabe
The Zanu-PF youth league has demanded that government repossesses at least 15 farms allegedly owned by former First Lady Grace Mugabe and redistribute them to youths.This follows claims by Pre...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Zesa bigwigs' case
THE lawyer representing former Zesa chief executive officer Joshua Chifamba last week cornered the investigation officer Energy Mundandishe into making concessions which are likely to affect the State...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exposes Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says former first lady Grace Mugabe owns a staggering 16 commercial farms in a revelation that could re-ignite the public spat between the Zanu-PF leader and his predecess...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:22hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Here we go again
Mnangagwa has made clear that Zimbabwe will have its own currency again by the end of the year. Economist and former senior MDC MP Eddie Cross says it will be the strongest currency in the region. The...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:04hrs | 698 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'My main focus is to make urbanites understand Zanu-PF'
The ruling party Zanu-PF on Tuesday appointed Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda as secretary for the Commissariat. He replaced Engelb...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda warns corrupt bigwigs
NEWLY appointed Zanu-PF Secretary for Commissariat Victor Matemadanda says top Government officials and party bigwigs implicated in corrupt activities should clear their names first before assuming pu...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
How Chamisa shredded MDC rules to assume power
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African funeral parlour, Tsvangir...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 497 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Zanu-PF bigwigs implicated in corrupt activities should clear their names'
THE newly appointed Zanu-PF Secretary for the Commissariat Victor Matemadanda said senior Government officials and party bigwigs who are implicated in corrupt activities should clear their names befor...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: The personification of a selfish leader
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from the heiress apparent, Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African fun...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:20hrs | 4552 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Dabengwa burial snub cannot erase his legacy
Twitter: @MuckrakerZimTHE presidium was last week conspicuously absent at the burial of Zimbabwe's liberation war stalwart, the late Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, at his Ntabazin...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 503 | by MUCKRAKER
Mnangagwa's supporters threaten 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF supporters in parts of Masvingo province have threatened a protest vote in the 2023 election over the recently completed command livestock programme, which they claim was skewed in favour of p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 3306 | by Staff reporter
'Mangoma, co-accused flouted tender procedures'
The investigating officer in the trial of former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma and two ZESA bigwigs yesterday insisted that the trio violated tender procedures. Mangoma was appearing before Ha...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over posts for 'losing' bigwigs
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa is sweating over how to accommodate losing party bigwigs who fell by the wayside in the just ended party congress. The congress claimed the scalp of severa...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to throw lifeline to fallen bigwigs
Reports indicate that MDC president Nelson Chamisa is set to throw a lifeline to party bigwigs sidelined during last weekend's elective Congress held in Gweru's Ascot Stadium.Chamisa has the p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:04hrs | 4820 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs bite the dust
Former Cabinet ministers and long-serving party bigwigs are among the officials who lost their positions in the MDC's just-ended elective congress in Gweru.The MDC congress brew a shocker afte...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2389 | by Staff reporter
Chasi breathes fire over Chivayo
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has told the Zesa board to take urgent action to ensure that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo completes the Gwanda solar project or that he repays the $5 millio...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Prodigal son donate truckloads of mealie meal for MDC congress
MDC bigwigs vying for the VP positions have donated generously to the MDC congress which begins today in Gweru. Tendai Biti, has donated truckloads of mealie-meal that will almost cover t...Published: 25 May 2019 at 20:29hrs | 6786 | by Staff reporter
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - 6 December 1939 to 23 May 2019 - A Tribute
A giant has fallen. Zimbabwe mourns. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa personified the war of liberation. Affectionately known as ‘the Black Russian', in reference to the fact he was one of the few liberation war ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:13hrs | 836 | by Lloyd Msipa
Chibaya blames MDC bigwigs for chaotic structures
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya last week blamed the party's top leadership for the party's loss in Chiredzi West during the harmonised elections last year, saying imposition o...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:33hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Removing Mugabe alone was not enough, the whole system is rotten
Theoretically, the 2017 November coup brought in joy on paper but practically it was the opposite on the ground.Zimbabwe is well known throughout the Sadc region, beyond Africa , Asia and Euro...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 6008 | by Leonard Koni
Rigging fears hit Chamisa's MDC congress
Chairperson of the independent commission running the weekend elective process of the MDC congress, Japhet Moyo, has allayed rigging fears by some candidates saying the polls will be free and fair....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1429 | by Benny Gudo
Mnangagwa goes after dirty Zimbabwean tycoons
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has launched a fresh crackdown against all powerful people stand accused of amassing wealth irregularly.It is reported that a comprehensive list of ta...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 17936 | by Staff reporter
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