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Chamisa refuses to testify, wants 'thanked for preserving peace' - nonsense, preserved Zanu PF, yes
The Commission of inquiry chaired by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, into the killing of seven unarmed civilians on 1 st August 2018 is now entering its home straight. Many p...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1238 | by Nomusa Garikai
Letter to Mnangagwa from a white Zimbabwean
We have quickly come to realise that Operation Restore Legacy meant Zanu PF perpetuating it is stay in power. It is nothing to do with Zimbabwe at all. A white Zimbabwean woman Nanette Allmark...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 16:37hrs | 19876 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 417 | by Pearl Matibe
Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:06hrs | 3770 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Commonwealth refuses to endorse Mnangagwa election victory
The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards.The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe wh...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:21hrs | 12281 | by Staff reporter
Canadian soldiers suspended for selling Rhodesian merchandise
FOUR Canadian Forces soldiers who operated a Calgary-based online military surplus store have been suspended from the army following allegations they catered to a white supremacist clientele.T...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
UK politicians urge lifting Zimbabwe ban
Ministers came under mounting pressure last night to reverse an "outrageous" ban on Zimbabwe from attending the Cenotaph to remember southern Rhodesians killed in the two world wars.More than ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | 4442 | by telegraph
UK army to recruit from Commonwealth
Foreign nationals living abroad will be allowed to join Britain's Armed Forces, the UK government is set to announce.Currently, citizens from Commonwealth countries can only join if they have ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 12:27hrs | 2072 | by BBC
Chamisa demands Presidency
Opposition Leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected the Leader of the opposition office that President Mnangagwa had offered him.Said Chamisa, "Mnangagwa is fascinating. I was voted by the people to...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 09:09hrs | 7729 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judgement reserved on Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry challenge
High Court judge David Mangota has reserved ruling in a matter in which a Zimbabwean woman is challenging the legality and composition of a commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:22hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
CDC concerned about Zimbabwe's currency issues
The Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) has expressed concern over Zimbabwe's currency situation after Treasury resolved tax compliance issues around a long-delayed $100m loan that was extended...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 21:20hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa commission
Pressure is mounting on the commission of inquiry into the August 1 shootings that left at least six people dead to do more to probe the role of the army in the whole incident.South Africa-bas...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:41hrs | 3847 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to lead in corruption fight
President Mnangagwa will lead the fight against corruption after he reserved to his office several laws meant to curb graft. The President also set out functions for Cabinet ministers in several Statu...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:36hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
British Embassy in Harare looking for Senior Political and Projects Officer
The British Embassy in Harare is seeking an impressive organiser and influencer to be the operational lead within the Embassy's political section. The successful candidate will oversee the del...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2615 | by Ndou Paul
'Soldiers fired randomly on August 1'
A victim of the August 1 post-poll violence which claimed six lives said soldiers fired randomly at people in the streets and he was hit by a stray bullet.Giving his evidence on the second day...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 15:17hrs | 4121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliamentary committee to engage US congress on sanctions
THE Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade is planning to meet members of the United States Congress and the European Union to discuss the removal of sanctions as part of i...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:18hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings probe hots up
After a near-farcical start, temperatures rose a notch up yesterday at the government's commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence - which ended up with the army killing at least s...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:51hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe post-poll violence probe team assesses damages
THE Commission of Inquiry into the political violence that rocked Harare on August 1 yesterday carried out inspections of various places to assess the damage. The commission - chaired by forme...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters nailed for post-poll violence
MDC Alliance's supporters went on a rampage destroying property worth tens of thousands of dollars following the harmonised elections held on July 30, the Commission of inquiry into the post election ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa comes to Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to officially open the third Local Government Investment Conference (Logic) 2018 that will be held at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo thi...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
EU poll observer report: Public camaraderie with Chamisa
While Zimbabweans had largely moved on with life after the July 30 harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) has sought to drag the country back into election mode through the release of its...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 922 | by Bevan Musoko
Mnangagwa dragged to court
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dragged to court by a Harare man, Alison Charles whose brother was shot and killed alongside six other civilians in post-election violence on August 1.Cha...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | 10811 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'World warming up to Zimbabwe'
President Mnangagwa yesterday said Government is encouraged by the positive responses from the re-engagement process, which seeks to reintegrate the country into the family of nations. The Pre...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's UN performance shames detractors
The hatched plan by the MDC-Alliance supporters in the United States to humiliate President Mnangagwa, through demonstrations during the just-ended 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 520 | by Tafara Shumba
Mnangagwa’s speech offset MDC Alliance demo
The hatched plan by the MDC Alliance supporters in the United States to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa, through demonstrations during the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:55hrs | 2790 | by Tafara Shumba
Mnangagwa's 'new' political project
The irony of Zimbabwean politics, today, is the variable that must change for matters to move forward is the one which new President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not prepared to change.What needs to ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1013 | by Vivid Gwede
Zimbabwe poised for Commonwealth return
ZIMBABWE is likely to be formally readmitted into the Commonwealth at the international body's next Heads of State and Government Meeting scheduled for Rwanda in 2020, President Emmerson Mnangagwa sai...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 07:49hrs | 2744 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa begs Trump
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the West to lift economic sanctions, as the United States continues to set tough conditions for their removal, the Daily News can report....Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 13:51hrs | 10087 | by Staff Reporter
It is now established fact: Zanu PF rigged the 2018 elections - Mnangagwa's world is falling apart
The electoral victory of the rigged elections has been but a hollow Pyrrhic victory for Mnangagwa.Here is the man who had executed all Zanu PF's vote rigging activities and Mnangagwa knows bet...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 18096 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa should be wary of Mnangagwa offer
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa should consider President Emmerson Mnangagwa's offer to make him official leader of the opposition with caution as he risks sinking into political oblivion, analysts...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the verge of re-joining Commonwealth
Zimbabwe is on the verge of re-joining the Commonwealth and this week President Mnangagwa met with the organisation's secretary general Ms Patricia Scotland on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa setting up Chamisa office framework
Government is in the process of setting up legal frameworks that allow for the accommodation of the "Office of the Leader of the Opposition", as part of building institutions of governance in the Seco...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2847 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa confused about the role of the leader of the opposition in parliament
The president of Zimbabwe indicated that he is minded to create a formal position of a leader of the opposition in parliament in accordance with the British and commonwealth system. This raised a grea...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3103 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa crafting laws to accommodate 'homeboy' Chamisa'
THE Government is in the process of setting up legal frameworks that allow for the accommodation of the "Office of the leader of the Opposition" as part of building institutions of governance in the S...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking idea of 'losing' Chamisa in Parliament
The President of Zimbabwe indicated that he is minded to create a formal position of a leader of the opposition in Parliament in line with the British and Commonwealth systems. This raised great excit...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 574 | by Masimba Mavaza
'Will lift sanctions if implement constitution' USA is saying now - nonsense, and ignore vote rigging, again
"United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has said that all that is required for the United States to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe is for Zimbabwe to fully implement the 2013 Constitut...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 18:26hrs | 4167 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa in crunch standing committee meeting
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will today preside over his party's national standing committee that is likely to discuss President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reported offer to create an official opposit...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's next five years: 2018-2023 (realities, lies)
POLITICAL perspectives in Zimbabwe, at least after the recent 2018 general election, have tended to have a sense of immediacy and urgency.Spurred on by the fundamentally zero-sum power games t...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:29hrs | 1407 | by Takura Zhangazha
Chamisa's new office explained
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation of a formal "Office of the Leader of the Opposition" is not a personal accommodation for any particular individual, but rather about long-term institution-build...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 5413 | by staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on Chamisa's office
President Mnangagwa's creation of a formal "Office of the Leader of the Opposition" is not a personal accommodation for any particular individual, but rather about long-term institution-building in li...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
ED receives hero's welcome at UNGA
When a new baby is born in a family, everyone wants to see, hold and shower it with gifts. It is normal for family members to even suggest that that the baby should be named after them. So stiff...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 13:13hrs | 3751 | by Elijah Chihota
Sanctions affect the man on the street sir
The newly appointed United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Brian Nicholas had an interesting interview with one of the pirate radio stations, Voice of America, wherein he was very economic with the ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1646 | by Tafara Shumba
Chamisa despises Mafia coloured politics
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has again scoffed at Zanu-PF plans to create an official leader of the opposition position, saying he does not need a job.He insisted that and that it is the 95% une...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 3860 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to amend Constitution to save Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution to recognise "official opposition" in a move critics say is meant to soothe MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, NewsDay reported....Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | 8102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, the broken window philosophy
There are crimes that injure individuals, and then there are crimes that injure society. Crimes that injure individuals can be measured through weighing scales of gravity.Is it a serious injur...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 23:45hrs | 449 | by Nick Mangwana
ED offers Chamisa 'opposition leader recognition' to buy legitimacy – a hyena is a hyena with or without ticks
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta rigged the 30 July 2018 elections, that is a fundament truth at issue here. If the truth must be told; here, the truth will be told even if it makes s...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 16:49hrs | 3362 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa looking at Mnangagwa's offer
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to weigh any offers tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enable them to work together for the good of the country, but ca...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:20hrs | 5150 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu runs parallel shootings inquiry
A TEAM of human rights defenders, data and science experts, Team Pachedu, has upped the tempo in the inquiry of the post-elections fatal shootings of August 1 which left seven people dead, by opening ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:12hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
I'll weigh ED's offer, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to weigh any offers tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enable them to work together for the good of the country, but ca...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:54hrs | 4000 | by Stephen Jakes
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