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Biden claims immunity from SA courts in Zimbabwe sanctions case
The US Embassy in Pretoria has issued a diplomatic note to SA claiming the Johannesburg High Court lacks jurisdiction over the US in the case brought a year ago by the Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 15:59hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tightens grip on rural strongholds
The study also revealed rural impregnability was increased by fissures within Zanu-PF structures and a general economic meltdown.Zanu-PF has reportedly tightened its grip on its rural strongho...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:17hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Huge outcry over CCC led city vehicle clamping fine
While the outcry over Harare City Parking's fines continues to grow and a Government investigation has opened, a motorist is trying to get the High Court to rule that Harare City Council has no legal ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants forced to buy Zanu-PF cards'
Civil servants in some parts of the country have protested over what they have described as "coercion" by the ruling Zanu-PF party to buy the ruling party's membership cards at US$3 each.To av...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says no unity without true dialogue
CIVIC society and opposition political parties yesterday decried Zimbabwe's highly-polarised society which they say have rendered Unity Day irrelevant.Zimbabwe yesterday celebrated the 35th an...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
US removes 17 Zimbabweans from sanctions list, but country remains under sanctions
THE United States government has today removed 17 Zimbabweans from the illegal sanctions list while adding four people and two companies, as the clarion call for total and unconditional removal of the...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Untrustworthy Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
United States President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa - one that has grown wider ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | 753 | by Associated Press
Biti details illegal land grab in dodgy deal between Augur Investments and Harare City Council
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has revealed that part of the land reportedly grabbed by Augur Investments in their dispute with the City of Harare (COH) was nefariously seized without the knowled...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a banana republic, mafia State'
NewsDay (ND) reporter Lorraine Muromo recently had an interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson Peter Mutasa (PM) on the country's human rights situation and the controversial Pri...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:55hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's personalization of government programs divisive and counter-productive
So, now there is a 'Miners for ED' group!Another, in a long line of shady organizations that have mushroomed over the recent past – a...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 16:06hrs | 1528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF has dismally failed
Our lives have become so much compressed and constrained under this new dispensation. All hope of expecting anything new coming from t...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1169 | by Leonard Koni
Mr President, Zanu-PF oftentimes erupts in annoyance
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, your party, Zanu-PF, exhibited the dearth of its democratic essence by denying the NewsDay crew accreditation to cover the party...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 366 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF fears economic implosion
Zanu-PF has admitted that economic implosion is a big threat to its bid to retain power in next year's general elections.In its central committee (CC) report released last week, Zanu-PF said h...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 3385 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacks Zanu-PF for 'child abuse and terrorising citizens'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has chided Zanu-PF for roping in school children to participate in just ended anti-sanctions events held across the country.He said c...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF politicising education'
Zanu-PF has been accused of political indoctrination following reports that students are being forced to participate in its political events.There are claims that some students missed lessons ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ordered to hold 'anti-sanctions' events on October 25
The government has ordered schools to plan "anti-sanctions" events for October 25, ZimLive reported.The date was declared by SADC as a Day of Solidarity Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe.F...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
US, NATO masters of double standards
Speech by Vassily Nebenzia, Russian Permanent Representative at the UNAt the meeting on 10 October, Russia already provided a clarification of reasons t...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plans to weaponise gold in dirty 2023 elections campaign
Zanu-PF officials in Manicaland have devised a plan to rope in smallscale gold miners and their workers in a dirty 2018 elections campaign that will see the party supporting them in the plunder of the...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition urges NGOs to contest PVO Bill
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has called on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to scale up the struggle for democracy as the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) bill nears enactment into law...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt justifies clampdown on 'regime change' NGOs
GOVERNMENT has justified its decision to clamp down on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council meeting, alleging that the organisations were plotting t...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs speak out against Zanu-PF coercion
Zimbabwe's rural areas have for decades been a Zanu-PF stronghold, and are turned into no-go areas for the opposition during elections.Previous Zanu-PF election victories in the rural ar...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Aggression won't build Brand Zimbabwe
FOR the umpteenth time, Zimbabwe this week launched Brand Zimbabwe, bringing into sharp focus why the country is endlessly rebranding, having last done so only four years back when it unveiled the "Zi...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pleads with SA
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called on South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and other political parties in the neighbouring country t...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
'West responsible for chaos in Africa'
Zimbabwe's long held position that Western countries should not dictate to African countries how they should run their affairs has been reaffirmed by South Africa's Minister of International Relations...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Chinese embassy threatens 'strong counter-measures' against The Standard over fabricated anti-China news
The Chinese embassy in Harare has threatened to take "strong counter measures" against The Standard newspaper and the NGO, Information for Development Trust (IDT), over what it calls fabricated "anti-...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Anger will not solve Zimbabwe's plight
ANGER doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything," wrote one African-American lawyer and politician, Lawrence Douglas Wilder.As Zimbabwe battles to navigate a tre...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army is part of Zanu-PF, says Mutsvangwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has bragged that it has the country's armed forces and war veterans on its side, raising fears that the security sector might be used to influence the outcome of next year's p...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | 6668 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, Zanu-PF implicated in gold leakages
A FRESH report has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya at the centre of gold leakages and violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga and surrounding areas in Manicaland pr...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:16hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe ruling elite have capacity to court spouses without instilling fear?
During a recent conversation with a friend, I expressed how incomprehensible it was that someone with high levels of intelligence would even consider bein...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:54hrs | 618 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa speaks on fake nationalism
ZIMBABWEANS should remain vigilant against a new wave of fake nationalism designed to discourage African countries from dealing with investors that are not from the West, which is using all means poss...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:29hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hits the rural trail
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has embarked on a nationwide rural mobilisation exercise in a bid to break Zanu-PF's stranglehold on that constituency ahead of n...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames 'NATO expansion' for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
In his first public comments over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said it was a "robust" response by President Vladmir Putin to "provocation" by NATO, a military alliance of...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Russia-Ukraine conflict wake up call
THE Russia and Ukraine conflict, which has spawned a surge in global food prices and disruption of world markets and supply chains, has been a wake-up call for Zimbabwe on the need to ensure food secu...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:28hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens firm chokehold on Jonathan Moyo
FORMER cabinet minister, MP and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, who escaped by death by a whisker when the army stormed his home and that of a friend guns blazing during the 2017 military coup...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | 7705 | by Staff reporter
Stop the bloodletting ahead of by-elections
Zimbabwe will this weekend hold what is seen in some circles as a mini general election where 29 parliamentary seats and over 100 local government positions would be up for grabs.The by-electi...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
US hijacks European allies on Russian energy ban
Russia and the US showed no signs of stopping biting each other's head off despite progress to a certain extent in Russia-Ukraine talks, with a Russian official announcing Moscow's readiness to respon...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Bloody road to March 26 by-elections
ON February 26, 2022, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, warned the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and its leader Nelson Chamisa that Zanu-PF would crush the party like lice."Let me ass...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 166 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
Spike in politically-motivated violence cause for concern
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is concerned over cases of politically-motivated violence recently reported in the media and is saddened by the resultant loss of life during a rally held in Kw...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:22hrs | 52 | by Justice Priscilla Chigumba, Zec chairperson
Zec goes after whistleblowers
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday threatened to sue activists and other pressure groups for exposing discrepancies on the voters roll, with the electoral management body saying public ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's calculation pays off?
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's gamble to form a new party following squabbles over the MDC-Alliance name seems to be paying off amid renewed interest in the democratic struggle and fresh internati...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:31hrs | 12350 | by Staff reporter
ZEC warns Zimbabwe political parties
AHEAD of the March 26 by-elections, political parties must sell their ideas to the electorate and not seek scapegoats in the event of losing, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justic...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
'We will protest rigged elections!' promised Chamisa - but why keep participating, it's insane
Insanity comes in all manner of degrees and disguises but have two things in common; one, it is mind bogglingly repetitive. Or as the great physicist Albert Einstein aptly put it, "insanity is doing t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:17hrs | 551 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZANU PF regime a pathetic victim of its own delusional thinking and propaganda
In aviation, there are numerous causes of airplane accidents - but, they are usually grouped in three categories - technical faults, external factors, or human errors.Technical faults can be a...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 17:19hrs | 1535 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa reiterates warning against political chicanery
President Mnangagwa on Saturday urged party leaders and supporters to uphold party values and reiterated his warning against use of coercion and chicanery as tools to attain political power.Ad...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:30hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
'Oppressing health workers to backfire'
A PLAN by the government to criminalise industrial action by health professionals, among other proposed changes, will trigger massive skills flight of medical staff, a parliamentary watchdog has warne...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer's fall from grace
FAMED for his role as Zanu-PF's political enforcer for the Midlands province, former State Security minister Owen Ncube popularly known as "Mudha" had a nasty fall from the echelons of power to the st...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has never had a fully democratic election, says Mandaza
POLITICAL analyst Ibbo Mandaza says Zimbabwe will only hold free and fair elections when the country addresses deep-seated electoral concerns that have hampered plebiscites since 1980.Mandaza ...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:35hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
US lifts restrictions on Zimbabwe
THE restrictions were implemented to slow the spread of the omicron variant in the United States, and they applied to South Africa – where omicron was first detected – as well as Botswana, Eswatin...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:18hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts down dissenting voices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa once famously declared that he is soft as wool, but beneath that woolie facade lies a ruthless determination to either co-opt or coerce those he believes are a threat to h...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:00hrs | 980 | by Blessing Goronga
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