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Fresh test for Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts as the US hosts crucial Africa meeting
DESPITE spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a public relations stunt and expending energy on an international re-engagement exercise, Zimbabwe continues wallowing in isolation amid reports that t...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:50hrs | 2702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law led SRC must wake up and smell the coffee
THE latest response by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to the public discourse on Zimbabwe's suspension by Fifa has put to rest the false and misguided narrative by the Sports and Recreati...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
SA will slam door shut to Zimbabwean refugees - all we ask, please stop endorsing rigged elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy
Zimbabwe is a textbook case failed state – a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent and lawless thugs who have rigged elections to cement their iron grip on power. 42 years of criminal waste of ...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 21:53hrs | 1182 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 5566 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's readmission into club of former territories of the British Empire hinges on reforms'
HUMAN rights activists have urged government to implement political and governance reforms if it hopes to be readmitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.Last week, Zimbabwe failed to be ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
SA's Zimbabwe exemption permit scheme is a money racket and a ‘fraud'
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the "largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history", accor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 5008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe registerd NGO tells Commonwealth, 'Zimbabwe not yet ready to rejoin'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum) has cited Zimbabwe's poor rights record as an indication the country is not yet ready to rejoin the Commonwealth following its unsuccessful appli...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians-no single individual, group, or political party can fight an entrenched dictator alone. One of the requirements of regime change is Unity of Oppos...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 14:44hrs | 5092 | by Sam Wezhira
Former territories of the British Empire snub Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S bid to be re-admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations appears to have flopped after the economic bloc snubbed the Southern African country.The Commonwealth Heads of Governmen...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 2166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says political violence will not be tolerated
The State will deal decisively with instigators and perpetrators of political violence and will move with speed to institute a strong legislative response to thwart incidences of violence ahead of nex...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:12hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth readmisison 'not priority right now'
Re-joining the Commonwealth is not Zimbabwe's priority right now, a spokesman for President Emmerson Mnangagwa said.Zimbabwe had been expected to apply for readmission into the club of former ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 09:52hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Stong Zimbabwe presence in Rwanda as Harare eyes Commonwealth re-admission
ZIMBABWE, which has applied to be readmitted into the Commonwealth, has a strong presence at the ongoing Commonwealth meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.Ministers, business leaders, students, and membe...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission chances are slim'
ZIMBABWE'S readmission to the Commonwealth might face hurdles due to continued human rights abuses in the country, political analysts said yesterday.This comes as the Commonwealth members are ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa's CCC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of stage-managing acts of political violence countrywide to stall Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonweal...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 18:09hrs | 3444 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims CCC destabilisation
resident Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday skirted addressing the gruesome killing of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali, and instead accused the opposition party of creating "di...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:23hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Ali's death is a 'stage-managed shenanigan'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has described Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali's killing as a stage-managed shenanigan aimed at tarnishing the nation's image ahead of a Commo...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:57hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
'Win we shall! God is in it!' Chamisa proclaimed - Curse of discerning mind ossified into fat
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all th...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 15:57hrs | 488 | by Nomusa Garikai
Will 11 SADC leaders ask Rwanda CHOGM 2022 to follow them and lower election standard to readmit Zimbabwe
Rwanda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 next week, 20 to 25 June 2022. President Mnangagwa has, no doubt, been lobbying hard for Zimbabwe to be re-admitted to the C...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 1214 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF's Patriotic Act targets dissenters
Zanu-PF members of Parliament have renewed their plot to bring in laws that seek to bar opposition leaders, particularly those from the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), from contesting in nationa...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 16:18hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission at crossroads
A REPORT produced by the Commonwealth after observing Zimbabwe's 2018 elections will potentially scupper the country's desperate bid to rejoin the group, four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
'Moreblessing Ali murder suspect not in Zanu-PF structures'
Zanu-PF on Thursday distanced itself from Pius Jamba, the murder suspect in the callous murder of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Moreblessing Ali killing, saying he was not part of thei...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF denounces violence
VIOLENCE has no place in the Second Republic and any violent characters should face the full wrath of the law, the ruling Zanu-PF party has said.The warning from the Revolutionary Party comes ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala arrested as Chamisa goons torch homes
POLICE last night arrested CCC deputy chairman and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala in connection with the violence that erupted at Nyatsime on the outskirts of Chitungwiza where his ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
'Beer brawl triggered CCC activist's disappearance'
The disappearance of a Chitungwiza woman three weeks ago, Moreblessing Ali, who was eventually found dead in the Nyatsime area last weekend, was triggered by a beerhall brawl between the deceased and ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF on murdered CCC activist
Attempts by opposition political formations and foreign agencies to place blame for the kidnapping and subsequent death of Moreblessing Ali on Zanu-PF is perfectly choreographed to destabilise Zimbabw...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga-Indonesia arms deal jolts UK
THE United Kingdom has expressed concern over reports that Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was shopping for ammunition in Indonesia, amid growing fears of a plan to perpetuate human rig...Published: 28 May 2022 at 19:25hrs | 6105 | by Staff Reporter
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | 5390 | by Grace Kwinjeh
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | 4646 | by John Mbizvo
Zimbabwe police recognised for excellence
Zimbabwe's police officers seconded to the Egyptian Police Academy have distinguished themselves well over the past few years.Director of the Egyptian Peacekeeping Operations Training Centre, ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:27hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 465 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
'Mnangagwa lied to diplomats'
THE United Kingdom government is plotting tougher sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, arguing the measures put in place have failed to nudge Harare towards reform, hence t...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 3377 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK envoy roasted over Mnangagwa links
FORMER British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has been roasted by the United Kingdom Parliament for giving London misleading reports that portrayed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a "reformist...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5341 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK ambassador's Zanu-PF links exposed
THE United Kingdom lawmakers have exposed former British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing over Zanu-PF links and misleading the government into believing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, then the la...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Stayaway that never was exposes Western puppets
TODAY, Pachedu, a shadowy troll on Twitter, manned by some faceless characters, stands starkly naked, exposed as a Trojan horse of Western nations that have an incurable colonial hangover.In t...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:39hrs | 189 | by Fungi Kwaramba
UK minister says Zimbabwe not ready for Commonwealth re-admission
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's much vaunted re-engagement policy has once again been given a slap in the face, with the British parliament hearing that Zimbabwe is not yet at a level where it could be...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Cheetahs qualify for Sevens Rugby World Cup
Zimbabwe have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa in September after finishing runners-up at the Rugby Africa Men's Sevens in Uganda on Sunday.The ...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:19hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2244 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Sadc faces irrelevance
SOUTHERN Africa Development Community (Sadc) member states are now beginning to join other regional blocs, a move that political and economic analysts say was an indication that the regional body was ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:45hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells diplomats to project true Zimbabwe story
Diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe should not undermine peace prevailing in the country through projecting false narratives, but must tell the true Zimbabwean story, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
UK Parliament blasts Chiwenga
THE United Kingdom parliament has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to bring Zanu-PF activists accused of killing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter Mboneni Ncube to justi...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 17:39hrs | 2837 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 1566 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
The ugly face of political violence
"NATIONAL liberation, national reawakening, restoration of the nation to the people or Commonwealth, whatever the name used, whatever the latest expression, decolonisation is a violent event."...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:42hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign legion poser after Fifa ban
THE suspension of Zimbabwe from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) family over government interference may reverse all the gains that had been made in trying to convince em...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
EU snubbed Mnangagwa at Brussels summit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was snubbed by top European Union diplomats at last week's EU-Africa Summit while regional counterparts secured critical meetings, pouring cold water on government claims ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Time to end political violence culture
WITH by-elections scheduled for March 26, a few weeks away, there is rising concern over pockets of violence being recorded in some parts of the country.Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Chan...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames UK for teachers strike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed the United Kingdom government for instigating the ongoing strike by schoolteachers.This came out of a meeting Mnangagwa held with Zimbabwe Federation of...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 17:41hrs | 2489 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai, the flawed political giant who dismantled Zanu-PF's one-party state project
MORGAN Tsvangirai succumbed to cancer on Valentine's Day in 2018. Some remember him as a charismatic trade unionist turned politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) since its incepti...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 17:25hrs | 754 | by Itai Michael Preston Choto
Mnangagwa under pressure to reshuffle
PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reshuffle his cabinet within the fractious ruling Zanu-PF ahead of upcoming 2023 harmonised elections.The anticipated reshuffle, accordi...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:32hrs | 4431 | by Staff reporter
Crisis at Bulawayo council clinics deepens
BULAWAYO residents are spending long hours at council clinics due to a shortage of nurses, a development that is compromising access to health services in the city.Council clinics and Governme...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 18:56hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
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