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Chimombe, Mpofu to turn state witnesses against Chivayo?
Two businessmen linked to the inflation of contracts worth over US$100 million awarded by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) were grilled by anti-corruption investigators on Monday.Moses M...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 11:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula remarks reflect how Zimbabweans are weighing on SA's public service delivery
NOTWITHSTANDING massive infrastructure projects and other developmental initiatives being undertaken in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwean development question remains debatable.A majority of the ongoin...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
Illegal food vendors overwhelm council
Crime and grime in Bulawayo's city centre has seen the rise of unlicensed food outlets and mobile vendors that thrive in illegal trade.Taking a walk in the city centre is practically a nightma...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF ropes in touts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has enlisted the services of touts, popularly known as mahwindi in its 2023 electoral campaign.Fears abound that the touts could be used as a youth militia against pol...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Value addition: Driving the youth towards a post-harvest sustainable culture
Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ) together with Global Platforms Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya successfully held the International Youth Day commemorations under the theme "Transforming Food Systems: Y...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Roselilly Ushewokunze
SB Moyo: Epitome of Zimbabwe revolution's finest cadre
Comrade Sibusiso Moyo, the General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who pronounced the demise of the four decade-old Mugabe dictatorship in November is no more. Comrade SB Moyo, what a journey we have t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 9 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
TSCZ in 10,000% fees hike shocker
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has increased prices for its services by more than 10 000 percent with a defensive driving instructors' course shooting to $24 000 from $190. The ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe fired Prisca Mupfumira for corruption
Former President Robert Mugabe fired embattled ex-Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira for gross abuse of office it has emerged.Writing of Twitter Professor Jonathan Moyo said, "In October 201...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa now more paranoic and desperate
A REGIME failing to provide its citizens with basic necessities is unsurprisingly afraid of itself and those who differ with its lopsided policies.The arrest of four civil society activists th...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe agent gets Fifa life ban
Fifa yesterday handed a life ban to player agent Kudzanai Shaba for his alleged involvement in Asian betting syndicates linked to match-fixing.Shaba, who was in 2012 named in a Zifa report as ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe agent gets Fifa life ban
Fifa yesterday handed a life ban to player agent Kudzanai Shaba for his alleged involvement in Asian betting syndicates linked to match-fixing.Shaba, who was in 2012 named in a Zifa report as ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charamba and the Pfeesident
WHOEVER said the more things change, the more they remain the same was not far off the mark, at least in relation to Zimbabwe. We have a whole regime pretending to be a new dispensation but st...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:21hrs | | by Hon Criss
Ethnic card not to blame for poor school results in Matebeleland
The recent recruitment of 1 300 teachers, by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, with the bulk of them being deployed to Matabeleland provinces, is a stride in the right direction. ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Defensive driving training should be made compulsory
Official statistics show that most of the traffic road accidents recorded in Zimbabwe have been due to human error.Despite commendable efforts by various players including the Vehicle Inspecti...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:54hrs | 3 | by Jeffrey Muvundusi
Zanu-PF chefs ordered to don party regalia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs who are employed at the party headquarters to wear party regalia when on official duty.He told the Zanu-PF central committee meeting on...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Politics of false hope.
The truth is not always good news however it is always right. The Zimbabwean opposition is going into 2018 election with a false positive. There is no way in hell ZANU-PF would have announced ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Collen Madziva
Josaya Hungwe to retire after polls
Long-serving Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister, Josaya Hungwe, who recently got a second bite of the cherry following the coming in of the new political dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff repoter
Zimsec urged to revise grading system
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has been urged to review its grading system for practical subjects to enable academically challenged but practically gifted pupils to pass.Res...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will use soldiers in 2018 election campaign
Newly appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Province Josiah Hungwe has openly said that Zanu-PF will use the Zimbabwe Defence Forces when campaigning in next year’s harmonised elections. ...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Pindula
Mnangagwa taking us where we are coming from
IN his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "the voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Driven to desperation - Who's boss now?
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - brimming with all the enthusiasm of a 10 year old stamp collector suddenly coming across a triangular from Tanganyika - was ready to usher Zimbabwe back into ...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 20:50hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Disappointing Cabinet - where Mnangagwa is leading us is where we are coming from
In his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "The voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Zanu-PF bigwigs open up
DURING the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the National Sports Stadium, our reporter Obey Manayiti (ND) spoke to four top Zanu-PF officials who served as Cabinet ministers in former Pr...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa - lessons from how Mugabe conducted himself
Dear Honourable President, As you get ready to commence your duties as the Head of the State and Government of Zimbabwe, here are some of the lessons that you could learn from how Mr Mugabe co...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Vabatsiri Venyika
The return of the Crocodile
Rabidly opposed to the Generation 40 in Zanu-PF factional politics, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - better known as "Ngwena (Crocodile)" - was born in Zvishavane on September 15, 1942 and is reportedly ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies jump ship
FORMER Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies, both in the ruling Zanu-PF party and government, reportedly dumped his camp to save their political skin after President Robert Mugabe last week gave...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies in political wasteland
TOP Zanu-PF heavyweights, among them Cabinet ministers Oppah Muchinguri, Patrick Chinamasa, Kembo Mohadi and Josaya Hungwe linked to axed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa could soon be in the politic...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crushed
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday dropped the bombshell on his deputy and wartime personal assistant, Emmerson Mnangagwa, axing him from government for allegedly "consistently and persistently exhibit...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Masvingo stalwarts face boot
THE Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive yesterday recommended the immediate expulsion of the party's six stalwarts - among them Psychomotor minister Josaya Hungwe, chief whip Lovemore Matuke and pro...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo says no to new minister
Newly-appointed Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Paul Chimedza is struggling to assert his authority in the former Victoria province because Zanu-PF heavyweights in the faction-ridden region are r...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's political scandal meant to manage power dynamics
President Robert Mugabe's creation of obscure ministries is a political scandal meant to manage power dynamics within his ruling Zanu-PF party, analysts contend.This month, the president creat...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's brief success
The little-known Presidential Travel Committee (PTC) includes some of the most creative minds in Zanu PF. Apart from top presidential aides, its members include senior officials from the Reserve Bank ...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by ZimVigil
Grace Mugabe's Chikomba gets more cabinet posts after reshuffle
CHIKOMBA - In a rare show of power and influence, Chikomba which is home to First Lady Grace Mugabe and one of the smallest districts in the country got more posts in Cabinet compared to the whole of ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
I'm not G40, says Mugabe's new Masvingo point man
Former Health and Child Care minister Paul Chimedza was one of the new faces in the Cabinet line-up announced by President Robert Mugabe last week.Chimedza was one of several ministers and dep...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has failed citizens once again
People's Democratic Party faction led by Lucia Matibenga has said President Robert Mugabe has once again, failed the people of Zimbabwe at a crucial moment in their government induced suffering ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
It is not a bedroom affair, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, the situation on the ground has forced me to make changes to my Cabinet as a matter of urgency. I could not wait to make these changes when I assume...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by CZ
It's never too late to do right
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe told members of his party's youth league on Saturday that they should expect to see Cabinet changes in the coming days as he seeks to foster a sense of unity of purpos...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 12:37hrs | | by dailynews
'President Mugabe should reshuffle himself out'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe at the weekend disclosed he will reshuffle his Cabinet this week, as the succession circus gripping his Zanu PF party continues unabated.Political analysts accused Muga...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere nullifies Masvingo suspensions
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, has reversed the suspension of four senior party officials in Masvingo province, as deadly factional wars rage in the volatile south-eastern r...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa raises Zanu-PF stakes
Two days after missing a high-profile state funeral, Vice-President Emmerson Mnanagwa yesterday attended a memorial service for the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa in Gutu acco...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 MPs in crisis meeting
AT least 19 G40-aligned Zanu-PF legislators from Masvingo were due to hold a crisis meeting in Harare last night to map the way forward following the recent "suspension" of their four allies from the ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hints at Cabinet shake-up
President Robert Mugabe has dropped the clearest hint that he might reshuffle his Cabinet anytime soon to weed out elements seen as fomenting discord in his government, the Daily News can report....Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bunking ministers summoned to parliament
Parliament is at long last moving to rein in government ministers who bunk Parliament sessions, targeting those who did not attend the august House's business on Wednesday without giving apologies....Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who will take over from Mahofa?
Factions in the ruling Zanu-PF party are burning the midnight oil in a bid to influence President Robert Mugabe's choice of successor to Shuvai Mahofa, who was the Provincial Affairs minister for Masv...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe drops succession bombshell
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday said he will not impose his wife as Zimbabwe's next president as he opened up on his troubled relationship with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mugabe told ...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF infighting intensifies
Jostling for the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Ben Mahofa's post has escalated barely two weeks after the controversial politician's death.A faction linked to Vice-President...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'poisoning' opens can of worms
THE reports that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned through ice cream supplied by President Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairies have opened a can of worms in Masvingo province, where top Zanu...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, Mnangagwa engaged in a cold war
President Robert Mugabe's deputies - Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko - are engaged in a cold war of sorts over the emotive succession debate notwithstanding the camaraderie they exhibit in p...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holding of fake elections in Zimbabwe
1. The role played by the ruling party ZANU-PF 2. The complicity of the opposition parties There have never been free, fair and credible electio...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Mugabe backs Mzembi
Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has proved to be President Robert Mugabe's darling, as the nonagenarian leader takes every opportunity he gets to shower the ambitious minister with praises.Last...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 14:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
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