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War veterans backbone of Zimbabwe State apparatus, Zanu-PF claims
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has declared that war veterans are part of Zimbabwe's State apparatus, which includes the army and police.Addressing a Press conference in the capital last Friday, par...Published: 47 mins ago | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC lock horns in Bulilima
FIVE political parties are contesting in the Bulilima district by-elections for three vacant local government seats as they seek to test their popularity in Matabeleland South ahead of the 2023 electi...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks trainee nurses recruitment
THE Zanu-PF Youth League (YL) has ordered all government hospitals offering general nurse training courses across the country to only enrol candidates it has vetted and approved.All party prov...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1324 | by Staff reporter
83% of voters choose policies over freebies
AN estimated 83% of urban voters want candidates with clear policies than those that dangle gifts, but aspiring candidates offering freebies tend to enjoy support in rural areas, an Afrobarometer surv...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells profiteers to play fair,
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the need to adopt fair business practices and urged economic stakeholders to rally behind the country's transformation agenda and leave a legacy of positive im...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 8088 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Shona community votes for the first time in 50 years
They stood out as they queued to vote in various polling stations in Kinoo ward, Kikuyu constituency, in Kiambu County.Shona community women clad in white dresses, white headgear, and children...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1321 | 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 | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Internal Zanu-PF violence unsettles youth leader
RECENT political violence that rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party elections to choose Masvingo provincial youth chairperson has unsettled the party's youth league boss John Paradza.The post was l...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to play fair in 2023
THE leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), bishop Nehemia Mutendi yesterday pulled a shocker by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to promote peace and play a "clean game" in the general elec...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1655 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt okays US$ school fees
GOVERNMENT has given greenlight for schools to charge fees in United States (US) dollars, leading to calls for formal dollarisation as the majority of the country's workforce earn in Zimbabwe dollars....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 19:26hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa setting CCC up for another potential storm
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) could be setting itself up for another potential storm following its resolution to open up its candidate selection pool to both active party politicians and charism...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:19hrs | 6927 | by Staff reporter
'We're winning (2023) Big! Faka pressure!' claim Chamisa - Doesn't even know who is piling what pressure and on whom?
For the first twenty years of our independence the nation trusted the late Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies whole heartedly, they were the liberation war heroes and heroines would could do no wro...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:44hrs | 1374 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 1718 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Matebeleland South villagers perplexed over Zanu-PF victories
MATEBELELAND South province villagers are perplexed over how Zanu-PF continues to win elections in the province despite the area's glaring marginalisation.The area continues to be a Zanu-PF st...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Push for new route to the sea
IN a short four years, President Mnangagwa and his team have ushered in and carried out breathtaking reforms in our national economic management. He is scoring successes in all the fundamental...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 543 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Chamisa's CCC need to be clear about its structures
A bizarre situation is playing out in Zimbabwe ahead of the general 2023 elections.The major political parties have picked their candidates for next year's all-important harmonised election....Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:14hrs | 2149 | by Evans Mathanda
Brito expects tough battle against relegation candidates Tenax
DESPITE their opponents Tenax languishing on the wrong end of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League log standings, Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito is anticipating a tough battle this afternoon when ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
491 Zimbabwean teachers up for Rwandan jobs
MORE than 491 Zimbabwean educators have been registered to undergo job interviews next week for possible recruitment by the Rwandan government under a worker-exchange agreement struck between Harare a...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:11hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira, Mavhenyengwa battle re-ignites
The factional battle which threatened to tear Zanu-PF Masvingo province last year has been re-ignited as the two warring camps tussle for the provincial youth chairperson post that was left vacant fol...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:10hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends examinations registration
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates to next Friday giving examination centres a week-long window ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Black advocates responds to Adriaan Basson's insults
We the undermentioned advocates respond formally to Mr Adriaan Basson's insults against Dali Mpofu SC as follows: On 7 February 2022 Mr Adriaan Basson, Editor-in-Chief of News 24 published an ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Zimsec exams deadline
THOUSANDS of pupils and parents throughout the country are in panic mode after failing to secure registration fees for the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations whose deadlin...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
CCC ditches Chamisa's face as it unveils new party logo
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party yesterday unveiled a new logo with the sun replacing its leader Nelson Chamisa's image in the old logo.Chamisa formed the CCC party in Janu...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:30hrs | 11578 | by Staff reporter
MDC T members dump Mwonzora; defect to Chamisa's CCC
EMBATTLED Douglas Mwonzora has lost 35 members of his MDC T formation in Kadoma after they crossed the floor to join Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).Among those who defected is Tafadzwa Ch...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:31hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora defends Mohadi's daughter
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has defended the appointment of former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's daughter Abigail Mohadi Ambrose as a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner.Abig...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF to contest Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election
IT is going to be a two-party race for the Gokwe- Kabuyuni constituency by-election following the successful filing of papers by Zanu-PF and CCC candidates during a Nomination court sitting at Gweru m...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants cops barred from collecting poll data
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wants police officers stopped from accessing any information relating to the progress of the country's elections, in a raft of demands placed by the main opposition...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 15:35hrs | 3470 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa'ss CCC dismisses POLAD's poll reform declaration
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has poured scorn on the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)'s electoral reform declaration saying it lacked critical issues that were key to the holding of credible p...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 15:33hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams registration begins
The registration window for the 2022 primary and secondary school examinations opened on Friday and will close on July 29, with exam fee payments being accepted in both foreign and local currency, the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:26hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets exam fee exchange rate
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has set the exchange rate to be used for payment of examination fees for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates at $454,7 to US$1, applying u...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
POLAD electoral reform declaration forces ZEC to announce results in 72 hours
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of 16 political parties which took part in the 2018 elections, including Zanu-PF, has released a declaration recommending electoral reforms before nex...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2330 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Zec blames voter apathy on economy
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has blamed voter registration apathy on the state of the economy, saying even civic groups faced resource challenges in mobilising people to register to vote....Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
2022 Zimsec examination fees gazetted
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has gazetted the 2022 examinations fees payable in United States dollars or the equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate as at July 22.In a...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 3798 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF weakens, CCC flexes muscles
With the ruling party seemingly weakening in Plumtree ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, Citizens for Coalition Change is flexing its muscles to snatch away the seats.Taking advantage of ...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:49hrs | 2486 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF pushes for youthful candidate
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Marondera Central is reportedly pushing for a "youthful" parliamentary candidate ahead of the 2023 elections.A group of Zanu-PF party members has reportedly approac...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:29hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Huge voter turnout for Zanu-PF primaries
THERE was a huge turnout during yesterday's Zanu-PF primary elections held to select the party's candidate for the Gokwe-Kabuyuni Constituency by-election.Voting started at 7am and polling sta...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:21hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Bill to compel Zimbabwe NGOs to use banking channels
Additional amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment (PVO) Bill are being tabled, criminalising civil society organisations' funding of political parties and candidates and providing ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe youths must fight for their future
The recently sworn in Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioners is a clear indication of an impending brazen grand theft of 2023 harmonised election.The young people must not allow such a theft of an e...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 19:53hrs | 356 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF youths secretly plot for 2023
HUNDREDS of ruling Zanu-PF youths and their leaders are gathered at the Midlands State University in Gweru reportedly to plot the party's 2023 election campaign strategies, NewsDay has established....Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new Zec commissioners
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sworn in six new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners who replace the previous commissioners whose terms of office expired.The six new commissioners sworn ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 20:12hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC reverses recall of Manyame councillors
MDC Alliance has cancelled the recall of its two councillors in Manyame and forced the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to call off a by-election set for September, according to documents seen by N...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:08hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
'End of an era': Joyce Kazembe retire from Zec
Kazembe is the giant of modern Zimbabwe electoral landscape. For many Zimbabweans, her retirement today after 27 years of uninterrupted service at Electoral Supervisory Commission now, Zimbabwe Electo...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 2005 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Mnangagwa heads for Marange
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit the Johanne Marange apostolic sect in Manicaland province this week to attend the church's annual Passover.Early this year, Mnangagwa secretly...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:05hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Parents worry about exam fee payment dates
Parents and guardians of children writing national public examination in November are concerned over the day when the local currency fees are set and the very narrow one-week window given to pay these...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election date
President Mnangagwa has fixed Saturday 27 August 2022 as the date on which Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election will be held to fill in the vacancy created by the death of Leornard Chikomba.In a Statuto...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:01hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean opposition's history of election fraud exposed
Each time Zimbabwe prepares for elections, the opposition prepares a case for a stolen vote.By now, the trend is abundantly clear: no matter the election, no matter the evidence and sometimes ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 312 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimsec clears air on forex exam fees
SCHOOLS that are pegging examination fees exclusively in foreign currency are flouting regulations set by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 3644 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's rural charge shakes Zanu-PF?
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC)'s rural mobilisation strategy which, for a while, received backlash from Zanu-PF has reportedly left ruling party officials in Mashonaland province battling to...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 6006 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to prepare for his retirement
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared that he will rule the country after elections expected next year.Addressing scores of mourners at the burial of the...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 5849 | by Staff reporter
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