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Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Popular Cleric barred from contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections
POPULAR Cleric, Bishop Kandros Mugabe, who was barred by the party from contesting for Kwekwe Central Constituency in the recently concluded primary elections, said he was not deterred by the move....Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Africans are to blame for soon-coming Nuclear World War III
When human beings were created, there was a certain field of knowledge which they were not supposed to extrapolate into. Knowledge was supposed to be limited for the good and continuity of this Planet...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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
Mnangagwa enforcer's nephew disqualified from contesting Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) disqualified the nephew of under-fire former State Security Minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube from contesting in the party primary election for Kwe...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Minister of state security addicted to gold - Mliswa
Outspoken Norton Legislator Temba Mliswa has accused Minister of state security Owen "Mudha" Ncube and his nephew Energy Ncube of being addicted to gold and brutalizing people in Midlands.Mlis...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 14:37hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chaos at ZANU PF Kwekwe district
Zanu PF's factionalism in Kwekwe has turned ugly following the rivalry between District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Secretary for finance Ka...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 19:26hrs | 8 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Drama as Kwekwe Zanu-PF councillor in full council meeting
THERE were exhilarating dramatic scenes at Kwekwe City Council Tuesday when the only Zanu-PF Kwekwe Councillor, Maclean Nyamucherera, openly wept during a full council discussion on the allocation of ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes inquest in Kwekwe Central primary poll violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial leadership has completed investigations into the violence that rocked Kwekwe Central primary poll leading to the indefinite suspension of the process in October last year....Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe buys vehicle for Matemadanda
Aspiring ZANU PF Kwekwe Central legislator Kandros Mugabe has been accused of buying the latest Toyota Landcruiser to the recently demoted party commissar Victor Matemadanda.Mugabe won the cha...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 09:31hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora to share $100m, Chamisa excluded
Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the constit...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock Chinhoyi MDC Alliance councillors
Tensions continue to mount in MDC-Alliance amid revelations that six Chinhoyi councillors who survived last year's purges by MDC-T now led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora are squabbling over the recently held ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls on Zanu-PF to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must crack whip on troublemakers'
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs
A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe in trouble over G40 links
Tensions are running high in the ruling party Zanu-PF following the just ended DCC polls.War Veterans in Mashonaland Central where Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe is the chairman a...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'O' levels alone can't improve MPs' pedigree, says Mudenda
LOCAL MPs and the quality of their debate and contributions in the August House cannot be improved by stipulating that eligible candidates should possess a minimum of Ordinary Level qualifications....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff writer
Zanu-PF says violence instigators to be brought to book
ZANU-PF Politburo member Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said perpetrators of violence which led to the abandonment of the Kwekwe Central Constituency primary election recently must be made to account for ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands receives CVs from aspirants
THE Zanu-PF Midlands Province election directorate on Friday received curriculum vitaes (CVs) from prospective candidates for three by-elections to fill seats that are up for grabs.The three s...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to elect candidate for Kwekwe Central
ZANU--PF party is set to conduct primary elections to elect a candidate to stand for the party in the looming Kwekwe Central Constituency by-election.The seat fell vacant following the death i...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of reclaiming Kwekwe Central seat
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has expressed confidence in reclaiming the Kwekwe Central Constituency seat ahead of the impending by-election for the vacant seat. The seat was left vacant following ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Gems thrash Barbados
GOAL-SHOOTER Pauline Jani shot 51 of 53 to power the Zimbabwe Gems to another victory over a side ranked above them on the globe as their fairy-tale Vitality Netball World Cup continued here last nigh...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by STaff reporter
We continue to be anglicised bastards
There is a hauntingly true African proverb that claims that unless the lion learns how to write, every story will always glorify the hunter.here is a hauntingly true African proverb that claim...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:36hrs | | by Bishpop Lazarus
'Mnangagwa legitimacy not on dialogue agenda'
THE legitimacy of President Mnangagwa will not form part of the agenda for the inter-party national dialogue as he was duly elected as Head of State and Government and his election was confirmed by th...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa politics shatters society's mirror
The dawn of the new dispensation brought along a glimpse of hope to many, including artistes, with the leaders ensuring the upholding of fundamental human rights.This was reinforced by the ret...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance to share $8m
Zanu-PF and MDC-Alliance will share $8 million allocated to political parties by Treasury under the Political Parties Finance Act. Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube set ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blackman victory endorsed by High Court
THE High Court has dismissed with costs, a court challenge by MDC-Alliance losing candidate for Kwekwe Central Constituency, Blessing Chebundo, citing lack of evidence among other reasons. Mas...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian billionaire arrives in Zimbabwe
In the past year, Zimbabwe has attracted a new clique of international entrepreneurs, colloquially referred to on social media platforms as briefcase businessman. Zimbabwe's twitter is awash wit...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Maya Chisenga
Machete killings, marauding gold panners strike fear in Kwekwe
A week after witnessing a bloody fight between gold panners that saw one of them being hacked to death with a machete, Prudence Sibanda is still traumatised.Some of illegal miners who had just...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Xolisani Ncube
'Blacks like to lie to ourselves' confessed Simbi - real genius starts with being honest to oneself
Terence Simbi, your article; "Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?" in Bulawayo24 opinion; is one of the most thought provoking articles I have read in the last five years! Th...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?
TWO years ago, I completed my undergraduate studies and thus attained a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Accounting. The process towards attaining this qualification involved completing a research report ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 9 | by Terence Simbi
Biti takes an oath of office for an institution that has 'crisis of legitimacy'
Greetings to you all dear congregants in the mighty name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Rugare kwamuri vanhu vaMwari.It has been a busy and long week for Zimbabwe. In fact, it was such ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Bishop
Lessons from the Natural History of Nations
There is certainly no prize for predicting the reaction of the opposition alliance to the outcome of the elections, and of course the constitutional court challenge. After all, we have been made to be...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:39hrs | | by Robert Sigauke
Be strong young man, lead my people!
I MUST admit that I really underestimated this young Wamba kid. I had initially never given him much chance, but I am really gratified and very delighted that God and the gods timely intervened in the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 19:07hrs | | by CZ
Zanu-PF wins 145 National Assembly seats
ZANU-PF won 145 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly in the just ended harmonised elections against the MDC's 63.This was after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced results for thr...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top 10 Zimbabwe election battles
ZIMBABWEANS go for the most peaceful election in the country's history today - the harmonised elections to choose the leadership for the next five years.A record 23 candidates are on the Presi...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally #Kwekwed by 'Blackman'
MDC Alliance parliamentary candidate for Kwekwe Central, Mr Blessing Chebundo yesterday suffered a heavy blow after he was beaten by his closest rival, Mr Masango "Blackman" Matambanadzo of the Nation...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe says ousted Kwekwe Zanu PF MP was corrupt
THE battle for the heart of Kwekwe Central constituency has been drawn with Zanu PF's Kandros Mugabe, taking on MDC Alliance's Blessing Chebundo, seating MP Masango Matambanadzo (NPF) and Independent ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why Mnangagwa will lose the election
The economy. The temptation for those in the political classes is to view politics as an abstract game. It is not.There are real people who graduated 10 years ago and have never seen a pay sli...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Edmund Kudzayi
Chamisa should exclude Mugabe from his Alliance
The fledgling National Patriotic Front (NPF) - the new political outfit which is linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace - reiterated yesterday that it was in advanced discussions ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blackman calls for a 'counter coup' against Mnangagwa
A FORMER Zanu-PF legislator has called for a "counter-coup" against President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming crunch July 30 ballot, dismissing the ruling party leader and candidate as unpopular...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blackman defends photo
FORMER Kwekwe Central Member of Parliament, Masango "Blackman" Matambanadzo, has torched a social media storm after he addressed a rally in Mbizo sitting on the shoulders of one of his bodyguards....Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Blackman' turns bodyguard into a podium
HIS bodyguard-turned-podium is now sweating profusely as the Kwekwe Central MP and former Zanu PF member, Masango "Blackman" Matambanadzo, keeps extending his speech during a National Patriotic Front ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
You are responsible for 'Change', or continuation of suffering - This Election
The fall of Robert Mugabe taught us, once more, that Zimbabwe does NOT belong to an individual. We saw how Ian Smith fell, how Muzorewa fell and from those close lessons, we need to keep reminded that...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 20:12hrs | | by Multiverse Dungani
'Mnangagwa made sure I was removed from Zanu-PF party structures'
FORMER Kwekwe Central legislator Masango Matambanadzo - affectionately known in Kwekwe and national political circles as "Blackman" partly due to his dark complexion - has opened up to The Standard on...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporyer
Matambanadzo joins NPF, to be recalled from Parly
Zanu-PF Midlands Province is working on recalling Kwekwe Central Member of Parliament, Masango "Blackman" Matambanadzo after he announced his defection from Zanu-PF at the weekend to join opposition N...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 cabal sings the blues
Aspiring Zanu-PF parliamentary candidates linked to the G40 cabal in the Midlands province will not be representing the revolutionary party in this year's harmonised elections after their bids were re...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 linked candidates rejected
Aspiring candidates, most of them who were linked to the G40 cabal in the Midlands province, will not be representing the revolutionary party in this year's harmonised election after their CVs were re...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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