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Tshabangu in bruising tussle over windfall
Employees of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have turned to Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, appealing for assistance in recovering approximately US$1.2 million in outstanding sala...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:29hrs | 4536 | by Staff reporter
ANC officials spying for US
AFTER a long and bruising court battle that ended with Independent Media winning the case against the State Security Agency (SSA), which sought to prevent the publication of the contents of the SSA re...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 12:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'You see skeletons' - the deadly migrant Limpopo crossing
The men who raped Portie Murevesi did not care that she was visibly pregnant. They attacked her with glass bottles too, she told us, pointing to a large and jagged scar on her forearm.Now, her...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe army generals fired over housing corruption
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), which brings together the country's army and air force wings, has fired three senior military commanders at the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) over a multi-million-dol...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts 'sell-outs' within CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched an indirect reprimand on unnamed party comrades he branded "sell-outs" as he battles one of his most difficult challenges since t...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political parties funds take centre stage
When distributing the budgeted funds for political parties, with Zanu-PF and CCC being the two who qualify, the Government will be guided by the law and even by the courts if the CCC factions need to ...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malaba, CCC - Chamisa on collision course
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba and opposition political parties could be headed for a bruising showdown after he reportedly ordered court registrars to furnish his office with information on all election-r...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Home team fails to provide enough security at Barbourfields
IT is a match that had all the ingredients for a spectacular afternoon.The rivalry between old foes, Dynamos and Highlanders had been renewed setting the stage for a bruising battle.In...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is going to win the Zimbabwe election by a big margin
More than 10,000 people, many clad in bright yellow, gathered on Monday for a climactic show of support for Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of tense general elections.The sou...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Stafff reporter
'Mnangagwa wants to throw Zimbabwe into anarchy,' says angry Chamisa
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa is livid following the disqualification of 12 opposition parliamentary candidates in Bulawayo saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on the...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle royal at BF
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Highlanders and Dynamos are primed for a bare knuckle fight at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow, with so much at stake for the two nemesis.Both teams ca...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's 'Lady of Steel' vows to humiliate Ziyambi in Zvimba West poll re-run
THE remaining candidate challenging Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in the upcoming Zanu-PF Zvimba West primary election re-run has vowed to hand him a humiliating defeat in the second round of votin...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries chaos, a harbinger for bloody polls
ALLEGATIONS of kidnapping, guns being fired at polling stations, torture, intimidation, rape and beatings were the order of the day ahead of the Zanu-PF primaries a fortnight ago as aspiring candidate...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two South African journalists assaulted in separate incidents
Lusaka, March 9, 2023 - South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate the recent assaults of journalists Silindelo Masikane and Gaddafi Zulu and prosecute those responsible, the Co...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:48hrs | 7 | by CPJ
Confusion over Zifa's new league
IT'S only 15 days into the new year, but a lot of contentious issues are already beginning to emerge in local football.Just when the clash between local coaches and ZIFA over the implementatio...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy Prosecutor-General in trouble for lying in court
A Harare property developer Georgious Katsimberis has reported prosecutor general Michael Reza to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over what...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Chiwenga down but not out'
ALLIES of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was brought to his knees by President Emmerson Mnangagwa - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress last weekend, say the forme...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Social media 'war' looms ahead of Zimbabwe's 2023 polls
ZIMBABWE'S major political parties are planning to up the ante on the usage of social media ahead of the 2023 polls as they scramble for the hearts of voters.Different political parties have u...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings rival Chiwenga to his knees
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought his bitter rival Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to his knees - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress which ended in Harare yester...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC commissioner faces ouster over Wadyajena Cottco graft probe
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)'s John Makamure could be target of an elaborate plot to punish him by the powers that be for his bold decision to launch corruption investigations against co...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why do Zimbabweans keep electing individuals who clearly lack leadership qualities?
What do we look for when we elect a leader? Is it their fearless stand against an incumbent oppressive government - whereby, they boldly confront injustice, and ready to die for the greater go...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:24hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What sort of leaders do Zimbabweans need?
What do we look for when we elect a leader?Is it their fearless stand against an incumbent oppressive government — whereby they boldly confront injustice, and are ready to die for the greate...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Tendai Mbofana
Sikhala, Sithole treated like hardcore criminals
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) members of Parliament Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole who are incarcerated on charges of inciting public violence are being treated like hardcore criminals and the...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala stares horror in prison's notorious D-Class
"These leg irons are as old as can be. Other than them being too tight, since they appear to be one size fit all (despite that some inmates may have bigger legs) with a possibility of disrupting the s...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to announce congress dates
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has said he will announce the party's elective congress dates in the next few days as pressure mounts on him to hold the meeting.Mwonzora has been accused of dith...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can ED tell Zimbabweans where to find this elusive 'independence' we are supposed to be enjoying and 'jealously guarding'!
I honestly feel like screaming and banging my head against the wall, each time I hear those in the country's ruling elitist privileged clique make noise about some 'independence' that we, the people o...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:57hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Inside three swing provinces that will decide entry to State House in 2023 polls
The 2023 general election may see the highest turnout in decades, though it comes at the same time as vast uncertainty about the independent auditability of the voters roll and electoral systems, ball...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:29hrs | | by Farai Chirimumimba
'Mnangagwa fighting for his political life'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting for his political life ahead of a Zanu-PF congress slated for October, according to political analyst Ibbo Mandaza.Mandaza believes the Zanu-PF leader,...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 18:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks for 2023 as Kasukuwere rolls up sleeves
As the months, weeks, days and hours go by in the momentous countdown yo the epic decisive Zimbabwe elections in 2023, many wait with bated breath for what has been touted as the most dynamic politica...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 11:00hrs | 16 | by Ndinashe Mudavanhu
There's absolutely nothing Pan-African and Anti-Imperialist about oppressing one's citizens and looting nation's resources
In all my 48 years of existence on this planet Earth, there has always been one thing that has always thoroughly vexed my intellect - as I have greatly struggled to fathom how something that appears s...Published: 26 May 2022 at 21:13hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt throws industry under the bus
THE decision by the government to open up importation of basic commodities by citizens together with a six month suspension of duty on various products will have a damaging impact on the revival of th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in MDC Alliance
DAGGERS have been drawn in the opposition MDC-Alliance (MDC-A) with party president Douglas Mwonzora's deputy, Elias Mudzuri and chairperson Morgen Komichi set to contest for the presidency at an elec...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavies renew animosity
A FRESH factional frontier has opened in Zanu-PF after the ruling party's politburo resolved to hold its primary elections for the 2023 general election latest by February next year at its monthly mee...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA position on Zimbabwe exemption permit holders will trigger humanitarian crisis
THE South African government recently made a decision not to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) regime that expired on December 31, 2021, opting instead to let the programme lapse.Th...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Rebone Tau
WATCH: ZANU PF Masvingo Province plunged into chaos
Masvingo ZANU PF province has been plunged in chaos during its inaugural Provincial Executive Committee meeting. According to sources on the ground, the newly elected Provincial Executive was sc...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 10:33hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Masvingo ZANU PF warlords bury hatchet
Feuding ZANU PF Masvingo province warlords Ezra Chadzamira and Robson Mavhenyengwa have buried the hatchet after a bruising provincial election campaign. The two made peace and pledged to work togethe...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 09:27hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh Zanu-PF tensions over polls
Zanu-PF is headed for renewed factional turbulence ahead of a string of fresh internal elections starting next month, NewZimbabwe.com can report.The ruling party, still smarting from highly co...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF internal polls prove party not only a national security threat but a danger unto itself!
It is so laughable listening to ruling ZANU PF leaders touting its just ended provincial elections as a sign of "democracy at work", and even going as far as ridiculously lauding them as a "resounding...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 12:51hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Low voter registration signals distrust in electoral system and lack of faith in main political parties
As the year 2023 beckons - with an anticipation of fierce and potentially bruising electoral contestation between Zimbabwe's two main political rivals, ZANU PF and MDC Alliance - one would have though...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:22hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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