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Mugabe's party has not disbanded
The Eunice Sandi Moyo-led National Patriotic Front yesterday dispelled claims by a rival faction of NPF led by retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri that the party has been disbanded because it ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:22hrs | 4623 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alliance victory leaves Zanu-PF divided in Chiredzi
The election of an MDC Alliance councillor and an independent as chairman and deputy chair of Chiredzi Town Council has left the ruling Zanu-PF party deeply divided.Zanu-PF won resoundingly al...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts fired Zanu-PF rebels
Zanu-PF has extended an olive branch to former party cadres who were sacked between 2014 and last year. Among those invited back into the party are Rugare Gumbo, Didymus Mutasa, Ray Kaukonde, ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 13448 | by Staff reporter
War vets cry foul over 'purge'
Mashonaland East Provincial War Veterans chairperson Daniel Sigauke has expressed concern over the ouster of their members from key positions in the ruling party's provincial structures. Membe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Infighting costs Zanu PF Chiredzi town chairmanship
Zanu PF's Chiredzi Town Council chairmanship candidate, Blessing Mazinyani was recently caught by surprise after MDC Alliance's Gibson Hwende won the race after scoring more votes than what everybody ...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:30hrs | 2782 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must chart clear agenda to unite nation
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, has gone through different phases in its development, as people seek to chart a path that brings prosperity. Each epoch in the country's history has been character...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 149 | by Lovemore Chikova
Let's write our liberation war history
In actual essence time will never run out, time is always there but its our lives that run out of time. From the beginning of the Second Chimurenga up to its 'logical conclusion' in 1980, we have lost...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:30hrs | 465 | by Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa reassigns ex-ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-assigned some of the former ministers who were retired from government to full time heads of departments at Zanu-PF party headquarters today.This was reveal...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 19:42hrs | 6917 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must appoint competent team to steer economic recovery
THE enormity of the task of steering the country's economic revival requires that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the best team at his disposal into Cabinet. The pool of possible Ministe...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business environment 'toxic'
THE CEO Africa Roundtable would like to see action on some of the "toxic elements that characterise the business environment".In emailed responses to questions posed by NewsDay, CEO Africa Rou...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A future finely balanced between democracy and militarisation
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's inauguration as Zimbabwe's second president and commander-in-chief consummated power for the main beneficiary of the November 2017 coup that forced Robert Mugabe's long d...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 08:44hrs | 821 | by David B. Moore, University of Johannesburg
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tactics exposed
Africa is a young sleeping giant where Zimbabwe comes as the best educated country on the continent a vibrant young population which can compete at any global level.Zanu PF tactics of scuttlin...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 07:43hrs | 5433 | by Leonard Koni
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1196 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
'AU, Sadc toothless bulldogs'
THE presence of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (UN) observer missions during the just-ended elections has only served to rubber-stamp the political status quo ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
We were too hopeful about Zimbabwe . . .
Zimbabwe is back on the international radar following elections that were held on July 30. Feels like we have been here before.Yes, we have been. Anyone who had hoped otherwise is either a hop...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | 257 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Time for Zimbabwe to move on
THE 2018 harmonised elections have come, but not exactly gone because the main opposition MDC Alliance has signalled its intention to approach the Constitutional Court to challenge the results, which ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 532 | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa fails to pay polling agents
MDC-Alliance polling agents in the July 30 harmonised elections are up in arms with the party over non-payment of allowances. Ahead of the polls, the MDC-Alliance reportedly deployed 45 000 el...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:40hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the cost of election propaganda
An opinion poll conducted just a month before the election by Afro Barometer gave Mnangagwa a slim lead. This evidence was brushed aside. The response of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | 597 | by Derek Matyszak
Zanu-PF alleges infiltration in Midlands
THE Zanu-PF Midlands leadership has claimed that the party did not do well in the July 30 harmonised elections, with the opposition MDC Alliance gaining a notable number of votes in the province becau...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:50hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voters bifocal
THE results of the 2018 harmonised elections provide an insight into voting trends and patterns which are useful for understanding voter psychology and the factors that influence how and who the elect...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:48hrs | 261 | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Why Zimbabwe does not need an inclusive Govt
President Mnangagwa made it clear, in an interview with Sky News on Monday, that it is not necessary for him to form an inclusive government after his electoral victory last week.In saying tha...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 475 | by Editorial - The Chronicle
War vets liken Mugabe to Judas Iscariot
WAR veterans in Bulawayo yesterday slammed former President Robert Mugabe for being a sell out after aligning with the MDC Alliance in the harmonised elections.Zimbabwe National Liberation War...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora must show political maturity
Actions by Douglas Mwonzora shows that he is immature in politics. He is quick to blame his comrades in a way that may cause division. He quickly finds audience with the state media that shows...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:47hrs | 5447 | by Isaac Nkomah
Gukurahundi has lost value as a political currency
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1654 | by Mso Ndlovu
Whither ZAPU: The morning after
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 11:35hrs | 2348 | by Mso Ndlovu
Zanu-PF to reprimand senior members
ZANU-PF is going to reprimand senior party members especially in Kwekwe Central constituency who allegedly supported an independent candidate ahead of a preferred party candidate who subsequently lost...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Our time for change has come: Ngarivhume
Good Day Zimbabwe! As a nation, we have come a long way. The journey for change has been long, full of sacrifices, pain and suffering.When we began this journey in 1999, we did not exp...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:48hrs | 159 | by Jacob Ngarivhume
The legacy of Zanu-PF
I have loved former President Robert Mugabe and I have and will always believe in him and in his wisdom as a leader and as a human being. Gushungo might have had his short comings but we need to ackno...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | 1790 | by Fidelis Fengu
Confusion in Zanu-PF camp over 'rebel'
The Zanu-PF leadership in Kwekwe has been accused of supporting an independent candidate fired from the party to the extent of giving him party campaign material at the expense of the candidate who wo...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2613 | by Staff reporter
Biggie Matiza vows to crush opposition in Mashonaland East
Zanu-PF Murehwa South candidate and Mashonaland East provincial chairman Biggie Matiza has vowed to crush all opposition parties and independent candidates who are set to battle it out with Zanu-PF ca...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths storm MDC Alliance rally, scores injured
Scores of MDC Alliance supporters were seriously injured on Wednesday after a group of suspected Zanu-PF youths stormed a campaign rally at Royal KK in Caledonia on the outskirts of Harare, indiscrimi...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:32hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
MRP members mobilsed to attend Court case of other members arrest over Pick N Pay Protest
Mthwakazi Republic Party has encouraged its members to attend the court case of fellow members who were arrested following a protest at the Pick n Pay Supermarket recently."MRP members are enc...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 12:58hrs | 1181 | by Stephen Jakes
Victory is certain, claims Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is set for a thunderous victory in the forthcoming elections scheduled for July 30 and party cadres should maintain peace ahead of, during and after the polls and towards election observers. ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:32hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, violence and the absence of leadership
In February, at Morgan Tsvangirai's funeral, Nelson Chamisa's private militia, The Vanguard, attacked his opponents and tried to torch a hut in which Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora and their suppor...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 11:36hrs | 1049 | by Anthony Mkondo
Obert Mpofu, Mudenda get Mnangagwa praise
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday paid tribute to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda's roles in the political transition that ush...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:45hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists arrested for violence
SIX Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Manicaland province for allegedly assaulting MDC-Alliance activists during a prayer meeting on Monday.The Zanu-PF cadres were also accused of threatenin...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns Zanu-PF 'rebels'
President Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu-PF members to be wary of individuals contesting the July 30 harmonised elections as independent candidates, but masquerading as ruling party cadres. Th...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC-T chickening away from the logo court case
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has claimed that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T is seemingly to be chickening out of pursuing the legal battle of logo and party symbol."O...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 15:30hrs | 4058 | by Stephen Jakes
All MRP contesting candidates boycott ZEC's peace signing ceremony
Mthwakazi Republic Party's National Executive Council last advised all party candidates and their election agents to stay away from ZEC's supposed meeting set for Friday in Bulawayo. "We canno...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:18hrs | 227 | by Stephen Jakes
Greenade or no Greenade we will win
The nation and a remorseful worried community asks, "Who did it? Who threw that bomb? Was it a G40 or An Enemy within?" The answer should be, "The Enemy of Zimbabwe Did It." Every last one of us ...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 06:44hrs | 783 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sobriety should characterise campaign discourse
Aspiring for public office is not an infatuation, neither is it a trivial hunch. As I see it, there is no aspect of human enterprise that deserves to be undertaken after reasoned forethought than that...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:52hrs | 53 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa preparing for a Coalition of Patriots
I spent past several months resisting to write a commentary about the going on in Zimbabwe. As a political junkie, I read Zimbabwe news daily. What I did differently this time was to read all news (al...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1370 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa song video on cards
Three members of the ruling Zanu-PF party from Kadoma who penned a dancehall song for President Mnangagwa following a bomb explosion at White City Stadium in Bulawayo are shooting a video set for rele...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Grenade or no grenade we will win
The nation and a remorseful worried community asks, "Who did it? Who threw that bomb? Was it a G40 or An Enemy within?" The answer should be, "The Enemy of Zimbabwe Did It." Every last one of us is co...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 09:41hrs | 2675 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Trust demands land for Nkomo memorial college
Lalangwe Mbambangwe Memorial Trust has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding land for construction of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo School of Tourism and Hospitality in Matobo.The trust...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF prays after White City terror
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South Province yesterday held a prayer meeting for President Mnangagwa and victims of the bombing incident that occurred at White City stadium in Bulawayo over the weekend....Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams 'satanic attack'
THE attempt to assassinate President Emmerson Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday is a primitive and satanic terrorist act, Zanu-PF said yesterday.Police have at the same t...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
War vets give thumbs-up to Tongai Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF losing candidates in Harare South National Assembly constituency and war veterans have pledged to work together with winning candidate, Tongai Mnangagwa, to ensure election victory for the rev...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 407 | by Staff rpeorter
Chinotimba to give up seat in 2023
BUHERA South legislator Joseph Chinotimba will contest for a senatorial seat in 2023 and leave room for younger cadres to carry on with the work he has started in the constituency. Chinotimba said thi...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
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