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Ex-CiZC boss summoned 5 years after alleged crime
FORMER Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chairperson Rashid Stuart Mahiya has been summoned to appear in court for plotting to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in 2018.Mahiya...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Underperforming ANC hell bent on stopping regime change in Zimbabwe; it's fiddler crab strategy
"South Africa has a Zimbabwe problem - and no one is willing to help it, said African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula as he called for an end to long-standing sanctions agains...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 07:33hrs | 1902 | by Wilbert Mukori
TTI, BCC making 'super profits' from parking system deal
IT seems Bulawayo motorists who were boycotting the parking management system introduced in the city in mid-February last year have bowed down to pressure amid revelations that the parking management ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi implores councils to promote waste recycling
FORMER Vice President Kembo Mohadi says recycling plays an important part in waste management, which is missing in local authorities as they struggle to manage waste collection.Officially open...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
When all friendship ceases!
Von Hornick's nine principles on National EconomyIn 1684, an Austrian lawyer-turned-civil servant, Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick, published nine principal rules of a National Economy.The...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:57hrs | 108 | by Jamwanda
Tsvangirai remembered five years on
February 14, 2023 marked five years since late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer.He was 65.Tsvangirai left the main opposition MDC...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:36hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt ill-treating its diaspora citizens
RECENT legislative developments in Zimbabwe portray the government as being only interested in its diaspora-based citizens when it wants them to contribute to the country's economic development and mo...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 301 | by Padmore Kufa - Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative
Zimbabwe keeps western diplomats away from Lukashenko
Zimbabwe broke with established protocol on Tuesday after western diplomats were not invited to a state banquet in honour of visiting Belarusian authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, emphasizing tension...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
UZ barred from fees hike
THE feud between University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and its students has taken a new twist with High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi, ordering the former not to withhold the former's results on acc...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:02hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commandeers supporters to register en masse
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly been mobilising its supporters to get registered to vote in Harare and Bulawayo, with hundreds turning up daily at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) regis...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
CCC fishing for coalition but will participate in 2023 no matter what for same reason - greed
"At the outset I wish to affirm your Constitutional right to stand for President. My only questions, Sir, are: One - Do you realise that all you are going to do is divide those opposed to Zanu-PF, whi...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:29hrs | 2141 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa claims his party has corrected past mistakes
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa claims his party has corrected past mistakes to ensure a clean sweep in this year's elections, but Zanu-PF says the opposition leader is day d...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 601 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Draconian PVO Bill passed, shrinking democratic space to a singularity point. CCC will participate in 2023, regardless. Why?
"Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls" screamed the Bulawayo24 article!"In December alone, critical developments that undermine democracy have unfolded. Most notably, th...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1565 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZCTU threatens to boycott meetings
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to boycott the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meetings next year, saying the body has failed to represent the interests of workers....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
'CCC will win the 2023 elections' Need a reality check here, especially after 42 years of rigged elections
"Our motive is clear, we want to win the 2023 Presidential Election. Let it be known that Chigumba cannot stop the wave of change, said CCC Task Force Com...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 21:27hrs | 737 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe opposition's to-do list ahead of 2023 polls
Zimbabwe is expected to hold its presidential election next year, and the world has mixed sentiments about the impending polls due to the Zimbabwean government's reluctance to execute electoral reform...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 189 | by Evans Mathanda
Chamisa's CCC to boycott 2023 elections?
Sources within the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC have revealed that a fierce debate on whether or not to participate in next year's elections is raging. According to the sources, the debate has...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 10:37hrs | 4477 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe opposition party threatens to boycott 2023 polls
OPPOSITION Peoples Unity Party (PUP) has threatened to boycott 2023 elections citing lack of reforms amid heightened political intolerance.PUP becomes the second opposition party to hint at sn...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:56hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a banana republic, mafia State'
NewsDay (ND) reporter Lorraine Muromo recently had an interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson Peter Mutasa (PM) on the country's human rights situation and the controversial Pri...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:55hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
'It's foolish participating in rigged elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy' admitted Biti in 2015 - of course, has known this al
"Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:42hrs | 492 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa issues 2023 poll warning
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted that his party will consider boycotting the 2023 elections if its concerns over the voters' roll are not addressed.The Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and co are hell ben on participating in flawed 2023 elections out of greed - pure and simple
Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends are hell bent on participating in these 2023 elections just as they have done in 2013 and 2018. They are after the few gravy train seats Zanu PF is giving away as ba...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:25hrs | 910 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa told to go hang
INFORMATION deputy minister Kindness Paradza says government will not succumb to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's demands for electoral reforms."If Chamisa wants ele...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 3873 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy mob disrupts CCC presser
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths yesterday cordoned off the Media Centre in the capital to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders from holding a Press conference.CCC spokes...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition party ZRF threatens to boycott 2023 elections over sanctions
A new political party, Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) has claimed that the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries were affecting the country's electoral processes.The par...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T throws Komichi under the bus
THE MDC-T has dismissed a weekend statement by its national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, saying the opposition party had already fielded candidates to contest forthcoming by-elections after boycotting...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T reverses decision to boycott by-elections
THE MDC-T has made a somersault on its earlier decision to boycott by-elections, which arose mostly as a result of recalls of incumbent councillors and Members of Parliament (MPs) by the opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central boycotts Mnangagwa's re-election?
ZANU PF National Chairperson has reportedly lamented indiscipline displayed by some elements from Mashonaland Central delegates who abandoned their bay and Congress for personal business on Frid...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 08:32hrs | 12781 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents boycott anti-sanctions campaign
THE anti-sanctions provincial campaign scheduled for Bulawayo Tuesday attracted a paltry crowd with ordinary citizens and opposition parties boycotting the event.The function, which was initia...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
'Bloody 2023 Zimbabwe polls beckon'
FORMER State Security minister and top Zanu-PF official in the Midlands province Owen Ncube has threatened a bloody 2023 election campaign reminiscent of the 2008 bloodbath to ensure the ruling party ...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa
MAIN opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has warned the ruling Zanu-PF party against jeopardising next year's polls by perpetrating violence saying the world is watching.This follow...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3995 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
China pledges more investment support to Zimbabwe
MORE Chinese companies are expected to invest in Zimbabwe if high quality products are introduced, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said last Friday.Addressing delegates in Harare a...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge councilors threaten boycott
BEITBRIDGE Municipality councillors have threatened to boycott council sessions citing non-performance of the Executive in implementing their resolutions.Beitbridge is one of the youngest muni...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
SADC leaders threatened to boycott Biden's US-Africa Leaders Summit
Zimbabwe has been invited to the second United States-Africa Leaders Summit in December – but President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot attend due to personal travel sanctions for his role in undermining ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:46hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor and deputy boycott CCC's Harare meeting for councillors
BULAWAYO Mayor, Solomon Mguni and former deputy mayor, Mlandu Ncube, Thursday boycotted a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) meeting organised for councillors in Harare.The councillors were ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa activist boycotts court
THE police now have leads on the whereabouts of one of the five CCC members who disappeared during their trial on charges of staging an illegal demonstration in Warren Park, Harare, in May 2020, the S...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor accused of pampering Mnangagwas at students' expense
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have petitioned Parliament in an effort to crank the heat on the institution to curb wasteful spending and reduce recently announced fees, which they argue are exo...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II
I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government M...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1471 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Sadc warming to Chamisa dialogue,' claims CCC
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is optimistic that the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (AU) will intervene to resolve the country's long-running soc...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 4556 | by Staff reporter
16 UZ students arrested for staging fees protest
SIXTEEN University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested Monday for participating in a protest that erupted at the Mt Pleasant campus to press for a cut in tuition fees.The group is expected...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
UZ situation, a mere tip of the iceberg
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) hiked its tuition fees last week, sparking protests from students at the institution of higher learning. The students have since resolved to boycott lectures until the ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe students stage protest against 1,000% fees hike
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students Monday staged a flash demonstration over the latest round of tuition fees hike, and have vowed to boycott lectures until the new fees are reversed.The univ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Caps United trash relegation talk
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has ruled out his side being dragged into the relegation dogfight after finally going through a normal training week ahead of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:21hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Vote overwhelmingly to counter rigging
The story of election rigging has become a topical issue of the day in Zimbabwe as political parties prepare for the most fundamental elections to elect representatives of their constituencies and the...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 14:16hrs | 578 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa under pressure from EU over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 3445 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United heading towards collapse?
IT'S no longer just a crisis.It's now a mire. A pandemical predicament.CAPS United are in desperate need of life support. But, as it stands, no one is willing to give them a hand....Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Charumbira calls for peaceful general elections in Angola
Pan African Parliament President Chief Fortune Charumbira has appealed to the Angolan authorities to ensure that general elections are free and fair. Millions of Angolans will head to the polls ...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 20:23hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
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