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Muchinguri lets cat out of the bag
The ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was last night forced to issue a statement to rebut utterances purportedly made by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri in which she revealed that ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3050 | by Staff reporter
Exactly just how does Zimbabwe's ZANU PF expect South Africa to 'rein in' SABC's Mokoena - the Hopewell Chin'ono way?
As tensions between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party, and South Africa's ANC intensify - after the telling threats uttered by the former's director of information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, as he, typical of t...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:10hrs | 976 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugwadi's 'mischief' divides Zanu-PF?
The News Hawks reported that reckless utterances by Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi against SA President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC, as well as on other issues, have divided senior Z...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:57hrs | 5895 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under fire over misplaced priorities
ANALYSTS yesterday accused the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration of misplaced priorities and dismally failing to prepare the country for the second wave of COVID-19 which has claimed 483...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:03hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says arrests, torture won't deter it
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed that its supporters will not be distracted from their goal of unseating the Zanu-PF regime by State-sponsored arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns detractors
ZANU-PF has warned some critics to stop lecturing the country's leadership on implementing Covid-19 lockdown measures. Self-exiled G-40 members have on a number of occasions attacked the rulin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF demand MDC apology for asking for sanctions - privilege, is one adversary of imagination
"We have an opposition that asked for sanctions, an opposition which has been cohabiting with countries that seek to undermine our development trajectory," said Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu PF acting spoke...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 1142 | by Nomusa Garikai
US admits Zimbabwe regime change plot
THE United States has unwittingly admitted its hidden hand in regime change efforts in Zimbabwe after its Congress expressed frustrations on continued financial support to political activities, saying...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF keen to establish Mwonzora's attitude on sanctions
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday said while they had no business in the way the opposition was run, they were keen to establish Mr Mwonzora's attitude on sanctions, which have...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:10hrs | 2795 | by Staff reporter
Douglas Mwonzora takes charge of MDC-T
Newly-elected MDC-T president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday assumed his new role as opposition leader and immediately unveiled a new executive in which he retained his election rivals - Dr Thokozani...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2957 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Central Committee meets today
The Central Committee is expected to sit today for an ordinary session at ZANU-PF Headquarters in Harare. In a statement yesterday, Acting Secretary for Information and Publicity and Party spo...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
It's time for people to take the struggle
The sun does not go down twice in a day. The current political , economic and social settings in Zimbabwe are in dire straits and leave a lot to be desired.The country is stuck in between two ...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 14:38hrs | 589 | by Leonard Koni
It's time to take the bull by its horns
THE country is stuck in the horns of a dilemma. It's high time the people unite and break the political logjam so as to solve the situation once and for all.Relying on elections to solve Zimba...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 452 | by Leonard Koni
'MDC-T condemns any form of secessionism in Zimbabwe'
POLITICAL parties yesterday urged Zimbabweans to set aside their differences and remain united as the prevailing unity and peace were a fundamental requirement for national development and prosperity....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Tension grips Mutare urban ahead of Zanu-PF DCC re-run
TENSION has once again gripped the Zanu-PF Mutare district after the ruling party politburo ordered the rerun of the district co-ordinating committee chairmanship elections after chaos rocked the firs...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zimra blow for rice dealers
TOUGH times lie ahead for some players in the rice supply chain as the government insists on collecting a 15% value-added tax (VAT) on rice packages of 25kg and below backdated to February 2017....Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Spooks investigate US$45m CAPS deal
ZIMBABWE's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), is investigating a volatile commercial dispute that has erupted between the government and interim trustees of Caps Phar...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
The harassment of nurses is getting ridiculous!
THE Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday took a jab at nurses and we know the meaning of what the party bigwigs were trying to say — intimidation and harassing of health workers.This is the same p...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:47hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1925 | by crisisgroup
Chamisa a 'shameless liar', claims Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has castigated MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for being a "shameless liar" after the opposition leader tried to blame the Government for the demolitions of houses in the suburb of Budir...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1927 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF goes after nurses
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused nurses of working with the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, saying their tendency to go on strike from time to time was meant to distabilise President Emmerson Mna...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over social media
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered disgruntled party members to stop taking out their anger over the just ended district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to the media.Zanu-PF held...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure over DCC mess
THE chaos that gripped Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections will today come under the spotlight as the ruling party bigwigs meet to take stock of the polls.President Emmers...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC formations refuse to meet in one room for dialogue
POLITICAL enmities among the ruling Zanu-PF and MDC formations - the MDC Alliance and MDC-T which are fighting a vicious battle for the control of the heart and soul of the main opposition movement - ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mum on DCC chaos
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has remained tight-lipped on the chaos that gripped the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections which are yet to be finalised despite voting having ended over a week ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:29hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
'MDC preoccupied with opposing itself' said Moyo - no substitute for quality, especially with life at stake
"The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways," wrote Professor Jonathan Moyo."This is not new....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:58hrs | 1318 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF infighting exposed
THE chaos that characterised Zanu-PF polls has revealed that the ruling party is still struggling for cohesion three years after its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was toppled in a coup, analysts have ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2068 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF government scoring own goals
This is pure and refined drama which is being exposed to the majority of Zimbabweans and must be rejected the people are being subjected to.At the time Zimbabweans thought the government was n...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2554 | by Leonard Koni
Senior Zanu-PF official drowns
A senior Zanu-PF official from Chirumanzu District in the Midlands province drowned after he tried to cross a flooded river to cast his vote during the party's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) el...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF orders DCC poll re-runs in some districts
ZANU-PF will descend heavily on party members found to have had a hand in the chaotic scenes which marred its weekend district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections.The former liberation mov...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 19:24hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tracks chaos mongers
ZANU-PF will descend heavily on party members found to have had a hand in the chaotic scenes which marred its weekend district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections.The former liberation mov...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Pannic as COVID-19 hits Zanu-PF HQ
PANIC has gripped the ruling Zanu-PF party after two senior party officials on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 with confirmed cases likely to go up as results of mass tests done recently continue ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2935 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, wife 'stable'
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe, a Matabeleland North Senator, have tested positive for Covid-19.Mpofu told ZimLive that he and his wife were "stable...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3177 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Zanu-PF DCC polls
CHAOTIC scenes characterised the Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections at the weekend amid allegations of vote-rigging, burning of ballot papers and violence in most parts of the co...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:27hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
US raises concern over Biti arrest
THE United States embassy in Harare has expressed concern over the arrest of MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti in connection with an alleged assault of a Russian woman.Biti was arrested ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:23hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Does ZRP take orders from Zanu-PF HQ?
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti was last week arrested and charged with assault for calling a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina an "idiot" after an altercation at the Harare Magistrates Cour...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:19hrs | 1017 | by Chaururra Gutu
Zanu-PF members boycott DCC elections
SOME Zanu-PF members yesterday boycotted voting in the party's district coordinating committee elections after names of their preferred candidates were removed from ballot papers under controversial c...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu COVID-19 positive, Zanu-PF confirms
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has gone on self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa last night confirmed that Dr Mp...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Zanu-PF's DCC polls
ZANU-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections got off to a slow start yesterday due to logistical challenges and heavy rains.The revolutionary party is holding DCC elections in all t...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:41hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostling to take over from Mnangagwa
IN HUMOROUS remarks that may contain some truth for ambitious Zanu-PF bigwigs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, joked on Thursday about the sure-fire credentials of the person who would likely succeed hi...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Bruising battles in Zanu-PF DCC polls
THE stage is set for bruising battles as the ruling Zanu-PF conduct their much awaited district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections across eight provinces today.This comes as cracks have bee...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Obert Mpofu tests Covid-19 positive
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Minister Obert Mpofu and wife Sikhanyisiwe have reportedly been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19....Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 09:30hrs | 5062 | by Staff Reporter
Behave or else, Zanu-PF warns
THE ruling Zanu-PF said yesterday that it would deal ruthlessly with senior officials who interfere with its eagerly-awaited District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections to be held this weekend....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa our own Mbuya Nehanda,' says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF acting spokes-person Patrick China-masa yesterday took praise-singing to a new level, describing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's own Mbuya Nehanda, an ancient ancestral spirit fr...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands heroes' remains from Britain
ZANU-PF is demanding the return of heads of the country's heroes and heroines who were beheaded during the First Chimurenga for decent burials from Britain. This comes as the country is presen...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
All set for divisive Zanu-PF DCC polls tomorrow
ALL is set for the Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections scheduled this weekend, with the ruling party acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa saying supervisory teams have already bee...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls on Zanu-PF to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must crack whip on troublemakers'
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants wade into Zanu-PF politics
JOSTLING for top positions in the ruling Zanu-PF party has gone into full swing ahead of the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections on December 5 and 6, with some bigwigs fearing being kicke...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aims his guns at Zanu-PF land barons
IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa blew a gasket on Wednesday after he learnt that some Zanu-PF bigwigs were allegedly land barons who were using the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains t...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 16:00hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
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