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Zimbabwe to hike traffic fines
Government is planning to hike traffic fines in a controversial move it claims will reduce road accidents, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed.Ziyamb...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 13:11hrs | 5102 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda names SROC legislators
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday named MPs who will sit in the Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC), seen as crucial in the appointment of parliamentary portfolio and the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
War collaborators await War Vets Bill alignment
WAR collaborators have to wait for the alignment of the War Veterans of the Liberation Struggle (Rights and Benefits) Bill to be eligible for monthly pensions and other related benefits for their role...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Deal decisively with Parly delinquents
Mr Speaker, SirIt is high time that Parliament's Committee on Rules and Standing Orders asserts its authority in ensuring that legislators respect State institutions and the Constitution, whic...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 197 | by Zvamaida Murwira
'Chamisa must not waste time fighting Mnangagwa'
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has called for unity in the province, saying there was need to end "political dogfights" and focus on development. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in colonial relics show
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official opening of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday turned into a public display of colonial regalia and trinkets in scenes that would fit well at Westminster A...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Pomp and fanfare as new Parly opens
THE official opening of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament saw President Mnangagwa delivering his maiden State of the Nation Address following his election on July 30. It was pomp and f...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance walkout on Mnangagwa backfired spectacularly,' says Charamba
IN a show of political immaturity, MDC Alliance legislators yesterday blew more than $200 000 in accommodation, fuel, meals and sitting allowances to play political games by walking out during the off...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4819 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs walk out on Mnangagwa
THE government has secured $500 million in foreign credit facilities to ease a cash crisis that has crippled local industry, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday at the official opening of the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's woes mount
The Election Resource Centre (ERC) has once again petitioned the High Court seeking the dismissal of an application for rescission of judgment filed by president of the National Council of Chiefs, For...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ninth Parly bound to fail, says Biti
Members of the Ninth Parliament were sworn in yesterday with former Finance minister Tendai Biti painting a gloomy picture of its prospects of success owing to what he termed as a 'crisis of legitimac...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 08:20hrs | 3326 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri plots to doorstep Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday vowed that she would doorstep President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his return from China this week to protest the politburo's decision to deny nation...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 6579 | by Staff reporter
Village heads picket Mnangagwa ally's office
THE dispute over the appointment and proposed installation of Chief Bere yesterday took another twist after clansmen Chief Zimuto and Chief Charumbira picketed the Provincial Affairs minister Josiah H...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:57hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must resign or face humiliation
NOW that the collusion between President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been exposed, the best thing for Mnangagwa is to resign from his position as President-elect and...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:53hrs | 4885 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Govts urged to install female chiefs
WOMEN attending the 2018 Sadc People Summit in Windhoek Namibia have called on the region's governments to respect women's rights and to ensure that females are included in powerful institutions such ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa submits more damning 'evidence'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has furnished the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) with more damning "evidence" of alleged electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Daily News...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 12188 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa submits more 'evidence'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has furnished the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) with more damning "evidence" of alleged electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Daily News...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 16223 | by Staff reporter
Mathuthu burial set for Sunday
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, who died on Monday at her home in Harare and was declared a national heroine, is expected to be buried at the...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Chieftainship wrangle sucks in July Moyo
CHIEF Tshovani of Chiredzi district has taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo and the president of the National Council of Chiefs, Senator Fortune Charumbira, to...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Not My President - I am an Urbanite
Our hearts bleed with those who were slain by the trigger-happy military on Wednesday. What is more flabbergasting is the lack of sensitivity by those responsible of arming the soldiers with live bull...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | 12600 | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Chiefs elect members for Senate seats
CHIEFS from all parts of the country yesterday elected 16 of their members who will take seats in the Senate alongside 80 other Senators.At least two chiefs were elected from each province and...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwe police shake-up
In the second major shake-up of the police force since the ouster from power of Robert Mugabe, authorities have promoted close to 500 senior cops, the Daily News reported.The latest shake-up c...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:45hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lose case against Mnangagwa
The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa seeking an order barring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF from interfering with the independence of tradit...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:12hrs | 2327 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni challenges Charumbira reelection
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court seeking nullification of provincial assembly and national chiefs council elections held bet...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:35hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Dark clouds hang over MDC alliance candidate
Dark clouds are hanging over former Zanu-PF Harare province political commissar - Shadreck Mashayamombe and four other people - whose bid for the courts to drop charges of public violence against them...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:05hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru says, 'Zimbabwe elections in shambles'
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru has called on all regional and international observers in the country to help ensure that next week's general elections were held i...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
July 30 election: Not free, fair or credible
As things stand at present, it is evident that these elections cannot be called free, fair or credible without some remarkable changes taking place.The fast approaching elections in Zimbabwe a...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:58hrs | 2041 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Bribery allegations at Chiefs' Council poll
Chief Musarurwa allegedly tried to bribe other traditional leaders with blankets ahead of yesterday's elections for the posts of president and deputy president of the Chiefs Council.It is unde...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:26hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot be tried while in office, says judge
President Mnangagwa cannot be tried for any misdemeanour committed in his personal capacity while he is still in office, the High Court has ruled.The Chamisa-led MDC had sought to impugn the c...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:25hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs retain Charumbira, Mtshane
Sitting president of traditional leaders, Chief Charumbira and his deputy Chief Mtshane, were yesterday retained unopposed as leaders of the Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs, positions that automatically ma...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:16hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira drops another bombshell
NATIONAL Council of Chiefs president, Fortune Charumbira has dropped another bombshell, declaring that traditional leaders would not hesitate to intervene in political issues when national interests w...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:55hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs are not politicians, says Chief Charumbira
PRESIDENT of the Chiefs Council Chief Fortune Charumbira has said traditional leaders are not politicians, but custodians of land, tradition and culture. Speaking at the installation of Chief ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in near blows, as Charumbira survives axe
Chiefs Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, yesterday survived a planned ouster after he was voted by Masvingo traditional leaders to contest at national level for another term.Charumb...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira faces ouster
SOME traditional leaders have reportedly started pushing for the ouster of the Chiefs' Council president Fortune Charumbira, whom they accuse of frog-marching them into Zanu-PF politics when they were...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 2913 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa 'justifies' Zanu-PF, chiefs link
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said there was no way his government could not engage chiefs, as only those ruling had the mandate to do so.Addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters, d...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:12hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa 'justifies' Zanu PF, chiefs link
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said there was no way his government could not engage chiefs, as only those ruling had the mandate to do so.Addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters, d...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 08:29hrs | 753 | by Staff Reporter
Traditional leaders letting us down: ZPP
ZIMBABWE Peace Project (ZPP) national director Jestina Mukoko said traditional leaders were letting the nation down due to their involvement in politics as the country moves towards the elections....Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa responds to Chamisa court application
President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF have described as mere political grandstanding, an application by the MDC seeking to compel the ruling party from alleged interferrence with the independence...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and co lacks capacity to win elections
Zimbabwean opposition parties lack organisational capacity to seriously challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party in the looming July 30 elections, analysts said.With report...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:06hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists cause havoc in Gokwe
Villagers in Gokwe South are complaining over alleged intimidation, harassment and threats of violence by Zanu-PF activists and traditional leaders in the area ahead of next month's general elections....Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's utterances constitute a threat to free expression
MDC ALLIANCE leader Nelson Chamisa has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court over allegations of electoral malpractices, including abuse of traditional leaders among other issues.In an...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 17:50hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drags Mnangagwa to court
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has taken his battle for State House a notch higher by dragging his main rival in next month's crunch national elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to court for ...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 17:38hrs | 3412 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF and chiefs sued
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has hauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party to court in the hunt for an order compelling them not to engage in electoral ma...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 16:06hrs | 2240 | by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF and chiefs sued over electoral malpractices
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has hauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling ZANU PF party to court in the hunt for an order compelling them not to engage in electoral ma...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:59hrs | 1704 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe ally in court over political violence
Expelled Zanu-PF Harare political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe has been dragged to court after reportedly staging violence against erstwhile party supporters who backed his ouster.Mashayamo...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 14:31hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira refuses to comply with a recent High Court order
CHIEF'S Council president Fortune Charumbira has dug in and refused to comply with a recent High Court order compelling him to publicly apologise for urging traditional leaders to support the ruling Z...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje elbows out Dinha, endorses rival candidate
ZANU PF national political commissar, Engelbert Rugeje, yesterday flexed his political muscle and blocked Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs minister Martin Dinha from campaigning for Mazowe North...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
ERC sue Chief Charumbira for campaigning for Zanu-PF - sue the puppeteer and not the puppet!
"President of the National Council of Chiefs (NCC) Fortune Charumbira is facing jail after failing to comply with a court order that directed him to issue an apology for rallying other chiefs to suppo...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 16:49hrs | 404 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chief Charumbira faces arrest
President of the National Council of Chiefs (NCC) Fortune Charumbira is facing jail after failing to comply with a court order that directed him to issue an apology for rallying other chiefs to suppor...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:52hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Chief summons headmen to meet Zanu-PF candidates
JUST days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zanu-PF aspiring candidates to provide trinkets to traditional leaders as part of the ruling party's campaign ahead of crucial elections next month, ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1089 | by Statf reporter
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