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Mnangagwa turns to Israelis as populace gets restive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's edgy administration, battling to contain a restive populace amid a worsening economic crisis, has engaged the Israeli government for possible deployment of security expe...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 4980 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 10636 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 11908 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5643 | by Staff reporter
What is Khupe up to?
WEEKEND reports that the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe had claimed the MDC Alliance title exposes confusion in that party. It speaks to desperation on the part of the MDC-T to seek legitimacy. But to w...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3624 | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare incapacitation ahead of schools reopening
THE opening of schools for examination classes after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been dealt a blow after teachers declared incapacitation.Government announced Grade Seven, Ord...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
We're still Zanu-PF, says G40
EXILED members of the Zanu-PF's G40 faction have said they are still Zanu-PF members and are fighting tirelessly to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to return to constitutionalism, accusing President Em...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Charamba spits venom over ban on China game park mining
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing against lawyers and environmentalists who forced government to abruptly withdraw two Chinese companies' licences p...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4646 | by Staff reporter
Misheck Sibanda set for exit in retirement age shake-up
Chief Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda is set to be retired after 17 years in the job.Sibanda is being forced to stand down after President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved the harmonisation of th...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:02hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC piles pressure on Mnangagwa
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to keep the Zimbabwe crisis on the table despite a spirited campaign by Zanu-PF to shrug it off.Lindiwe Zulu, the head of the AN...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | 5443 | by Staff reporter
Tongai Moyo Jnr chides brother Peter in new song
Obert Tongai Moyo Jnr has taken the gloves off for a bare-fisted brawl with his elder brother Peter after he recently released a single titled Cain and Abel.Plucked from the biblical scripture...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4048 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader acquitted
MDC Alliance national youth organiser Godfrey Kurauone has been acquitted after spending 42 days behind bars over his alleged involvement in the July 31 protests.He was accused of blocking smo...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Chinese Hwange blitz a minister's directive
THE shock decision by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to grant two Chinese mining firms the greenlight to drill and explore for coal in the giant Hwange National Park w...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2775 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dares SA, Botswana
THE ruling Zanu-PF has pooh-poohed on the ongoing mediation efforts by fellow liberation movements in the region to resolve Zimbabwe's political logjam, with the party's national political commissar V...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 8225 | by Staff reporter
Malema is a political delinquent, says Zanu-PF commissar
The Zanu-PF politburo member and national political commissar Victor Matemadanda yesterday attacked South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, labelling him a polit...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 00:00hrs | 2129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa maintains 'no crisis' stance
A delegation from South Africa's ruling African National Congress arrives in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, beginning the latest round of attempts by President Cyril Ramaphosa to break the political logjam in H...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 17:24hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reaches out to political foes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again reached out to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and other opposition leaders for dialogue to end the country's myriad crises.In addition, the 77-y...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 6528 | by Staff reporter
Charamba torches a storm by 'insulting' a South African journalist
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba yesterday torched a storm when he "insulted" South African journalist Sophie Mokoena following their protracted debate on South Africa's inv...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 5796 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe threatens to expel US envoy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson says United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has created a basis to "expel himself" after the envoy urged the region to be more proactive in hand...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:07hrs | 7503 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Chamisa for talks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again reached out to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and other opposition leaders for dialogue to end the country's myriad crises.In addition, the 77-y...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 24852 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe about to split into two states yet Mnangagwa says there is no crisis
It seems the move by the ANC to send special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet all stakeholders has struck fear into the hearts of Zanupf leaders. The former liberation movement has made so many political bl...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 15:16hrs | 4103 | by Israel Dube
'Zanu PF still fighting to stop SA meeting opposition' - risking all to stop dreaded regime change
"Despite the NEC's wish for the ANC delegation to meet a broad range of Zimbabwean stakeholders, it is understood that Pretoria feels it would be better for the ANC to meet only its ruling party count...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:36hrs | 3145 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zacc descends on police top brass
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a massive crackdown targeting senior Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers implicated in corruption.Already, some of ZRP's top bra...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 5937 | by Staff reporter
Charamba dead right, South Africa is saddled by many problems
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba is dead right that Zimbabwe cannot farm out for solutions to its myriad of problems and that it will be expecting too much from South Africa to resolve our ch...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:43hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to dismantle and illegitimatise Mnangagwa's Polad?
Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba said it was disconcerting to see that some Zimbabweans expected the country's problems to be resolved by outsiders. This comes as President Cyril Ramap...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:40hrs | 5914 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warms up to national dialogue
MANY Zimbabweans are warming up to the recent calls for national dialogue and an internal resolution of the country's decades-long political and economic crises, while also imploring President Emmerso...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:39hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must swallow its pride, accede to dialogue
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba's hardline stance against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to deploy envoys to Harare to meet all stakeholders over the country's multifacet...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesperson says SA is beset with its own problems
THE government reiterated yesterday that only Zimbabweans could resolve the country's myriad challenges, warning that it was futile for anyone to expect outsiders to lift the nation out of its current...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
South Africa interference in Zimbabwe 'problematic'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest diplomatic push to find a solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe drew an angry response from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesmen on Tuesday.Mn...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 5270 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa being used as a pawn in US diplomacy on Zimbabwe'
President Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba has said that only Zimbabweans could resolve the country’s myriad challenges and that it was futile for anyone to expect outsiders to lift the nation ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 6203 | by Staff reporter
ANC mediation divides Zanu-PF
SHARP divisions have emerged in the ruling Zanu-PF party with hardliners rubbishing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's efforts to intervene in the Zimbabwean crisis while moderates have welcome...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 9038 | by Staff reporter
'South African politicians dont matter in Zimbabwean affairs' Charamba says
South African politicians will never matter in the affairs, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has said. Posting on Twitter Charamba said Zimbabweans must know that POLAD is the only pl...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 11:21hrs | 4307 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12469 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Mnangagwa adviser under siege
A GROUP of suspected Zanu-PF hoodlums yesterday blocked cleric and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's outspoken adviser Shingi Munyeza from addressing a public meeting in Harare.Munyeza, who appea...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 13392 | by Staff reporter
'Nobody thought Mnangagwa would be this ruthless'
ZIMBABWEANS are becoming nostalgic about the Robert Mugabe era as they never thought President Emmerson Mnangagwa would come in and be more ruthless than the now late strongman, top human rights lawye...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2481 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga still to meet doctors, nurses
The new Minister of Health, Constantino Chiwenga is yet to meet doctors and nurses to address the challenges plaguing the country's public health system. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association said t...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa, You risk Isolation & Sad departure
When I looked at Nick Mangwana speaking, I simply said it's all about pleasing his master, scrambling for few pieces falling from the master's table, when I listened to George Charamba, he was spittin...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 16:03hrs | 9426 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa jittery as pressure mounts
CORNERED President Emmerson Mnangagwa blocked envoys sent by his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa from meeting opposition political party leaders and civil society organisations fearing humil...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:08hrs | 11664 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mounts diplomatic offensive on Mnangagwa
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa plans a charm offensive against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pressure the region and the international community to force national dialogue to res...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 9931 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl' accused of breaching protocol
South African ruling party chairperson for international relations committee Lindiwe, Zulu ANC, Lindiwe Zulu, who on Tuesday insisted Zimbabwe was in a crisis, has been accused by Mnangagwa's spokespe...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 12485 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hopes fade under Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE has failed to end the culture of human rights abuses witnessed under its former leader Robert Mugabe, while the optimism generated by the election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has faded, a...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's emissaries will return to Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa's ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mphakama Mbete, has refuted claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa's special envoys snubbed the country's opposition and civil society organisations when they cam...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:16hrs | 4365 | by Staff reporter
The reason why the special envoy from South Africa snubed the opposition revealed
The opposition was breathing fire over the snub by the envoys from South Africa. They were quick to spread wrong information and casting aspersions with sole aim of soiling the good name of Zimbabwe. ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 1461 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Confusion over Ramaphosa's envoys cleared
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has clarified that the Presidential envoys sent by South Africa's Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to interact with Zimbabwean stakeholders were not mandated to meet ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 10:39hrs | 7303 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl' says there is crisis in Zimbabwe
THE South African ruling party, African National Congress (ANC) has said Zimbabwe is in a crisis and millions of its citizens have lost their dignity hence the need for an immediate solution.L...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 6110 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fights to end Zimbabwe's political crisis
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's special envoys arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and immediately went to work - meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country.Interesti...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:57hrs | 2270 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to cooperate with SA's envoys
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa conferred with President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he appointed his two special envoys to Zimbabwe last week - amid allegations of human rights violations in the country - it...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 16:15hrs | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Biti lashes Khupe
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has called on the rival MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe to stick to its name which it used to contest the 2018 election and stop attempts to bully the former's par...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:47hrs | 1969 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga's shock move: Details emerge
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio following differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the sacked Obadiah Moyo's successor, it has emer...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:30hrs | 34135 | by Staff reporter
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