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Zanu-PF's controversial 2030 plot a calculated
A controversial plan by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists to extend his presidential term from 2028 to 2030 is not just a political maneuver but a critical test of Zimbabwe's constitutional int...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 45-year fall
The country is emerging from the celebrations of the statehood of the Republic of Zimbabwe on 18 April 2025, just under five years to celebrate half a century of its existence.Are there any ta...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:21hrs | 395 | by Vivian V. Siziba
Botswana's Boko is right: any president who wants to remain in power for more than 10 years has failed
The truth, although unpalatable at times, shall set us free.When Botswana's President Duma Boko recently declared that any president who desires to hold on to power beyond ten years is "instan...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:19hrs | 550 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why is the greed of Zimbabwe's leaders so insatiable - even at the cost of the nation?
Killing the goose that lays the golden egg! There is a peculiar kind of greed that afflicts some leaders - one so insatiable it defies logic. It is a form of acquisitive madness that t...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:17hrs | 78 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Thank you Zimbabwe: Blessed Geza Blasts Tagwirei and Mnangagwa in New Video
In a provocative new video titled "Thank you Zimbabwe | The Way Forward After March 31 I More Exposes" posted on YouTube, outspoken political figure Blessed Geza expressed his gratitude to Zimbabweans...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 4376 | by Ndou Paul
ED 2030 Agenda: The one seeking selfish ambition, dividing the nation and threatening national stability
Zimbabwe faces its greatest test since the ouster of Robert Gabriel Mugabe.Of late, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has become increasingly unyielding in his rhetoric, especially in warning those...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:37hrs | 628 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who benefits from Zanu-PF infighting?
In the past 48 hours, Zimbabwe's political landscape has been rocked by the deepening infighting within the ruling Zanu-PF party, with the removal of key military figure Lieutenant-General Anselem San...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:37hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa missed one fact: Unlike Mugabe, he has never been genuinely respected within ZANU-PF
Who can deny that ZANU-PF is teetering on the brink? As factional fighting within the ruling ZANU-PF intensifies - and even threatens to get ugly with the so-called "uprising" slated for 31st ...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 22:52hrs | 984 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's liberation was the greatest farce of all time
The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow, but it needs to be taken if we are to heal our nation.Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, celebrated as a triumph over colonial oppression when independe...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 21:11hrs | 1162 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The push for Mnangagwa's term extension is a threat to national unity and development
In recent years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has repeatedly called for unity among Zimbabweans. On paper, this is a noble and constructive appeal. A united nation, working collectivel...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 12:09hrs | 550 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa moves to extend his rule
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's initiative to extend his rule beyond the constitutional two-term limit appears to be gathering momentum. Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taken the first steps in in...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:09hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional coup looms in Zimbabwe
A controversial proposal to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office by up to five years beyond the 2028 constitutional limit has sparked heated debate. T...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 12:09hrs | 2695 | by Staff reporter
ED2030 a reality as Zanu-PF passes resolution to amend the Constitution
Former Deputy Information Minister and current ZANU PF Member of Parliament for Bikita South, Energy Mutodi, announced that the ruling party has resolved to amend the constitution to extend President ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 13:03hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies suffer major defeat at War Veterans Congress
In a significant political shake-up within Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's key allies among war veterans, Christopher Mutsvangwa and Victor Matemadanda, faced unexpected defeats at the Zimbabw...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:45hrs | 3619 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Mugabe’s family, relatives
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has reportedly repossessed extensive land holdings belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, her daughter Bona, and other relatives, in a move believed to ...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Of course, Chamisa acted 'without democratic oversight'. Herd refuse to accept it out of blind personality cult
"Ncube pointed to Chamisa's consolidation of power, describing him as having reduced the party into a one-man show where he held multiple roles including president, spokesperson, secretary general, an...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:03hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa undermined democratic principles within CCC
Welshman Ncube, interim president of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), criticized former leader Nelson Chamisa for undermining democratic principles within the opposition, which he believes has...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aiming to leverage on the upcoming war veterans congress
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is aiming to strengthen his authority by leveraging the upcoming war veterans congress to quash the presidential ambitions of his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga. The congres...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
81 year old Mnangagwa's third term bid exposed
Ruling Zanu-PF structures are reportedly engaged in covert political manoeuvres to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's third term in office, it has emerged.Mnangagwa (81) is currently serv...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Pitfalls of Liberation Movements in Zimbabwe
This paper seeks to provide an introductory general overview of the pitfalls associated with liberation movements in Zimbabwe up to a certain historical point. However, the most accurate and u...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:30hrs | 19 | by Josh Mhambi
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 19 | by Sharon Hofisi
Mnangagwa removes ZIDA Act from Finance Ministry to his office
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shifted the oversight of the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) Act from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion to his own ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 14:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga trapped in crocodile jaws
In just six years, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, once a formidable figure and key player in the military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe, has seen a significant decline in his i...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 18:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on the brink, analysts say
POLITICAL analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa will likely retain his post in Zanu-PF at the party's October congress but his political life is on the brink ahead of the 2023 polls due to the com...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe freezes registration of new NGOs
THE government has frozen the registration of private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and trusts, stoking fears that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has begun a clampdown on non-gover...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Citizens' new hope for a New Great Zimbabwe
In the last quarter of 2021, it seemed as though the political arena of Zimbabwe was hopeless due to the enemy-fuelled split in the main opposition party. The turning of the tables was hatched overnig...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 08:51hrs | 5 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Chamisa's options in the context of despotic capture of MDC Alliance?
In 1998, in Russia's St Petersburg, Oleg Sergeyev ran for the Governor's position. When he officially launched his campaign, to his chagrin there were two other opponents. Opponent one was Oleg Sergey...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt goes after lawyers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has torched another storm after his top aide sensationally claimed that some white-run law firms affiliated to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) were being used as conduit...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
2023 election and the reconfiguration of Zanu-PF
THE re-assignment of Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi to run party affairs on a full time basis, signals a massive operational turnaround to the revolutionary function of the ruling Zanu-PF....Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu,
Mnangagwa ignores noise over Justice Malaba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term by five years, defying pressure from critics who said the move created a constitutional crisis.The extension follows ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidation of power an indictment on constitutionalism
INAPPROPRIATE laws inherited from colonial rule have been the major source of poverty and alienation in rural communities where 68% of the population live.To a larger extent, government has ma...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's new law will lead to another coup in Zimbabwe'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the now-defunct inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has predicted the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2, recently endorsed by lawmakers, will lead to another coup i...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sad milestone for Zimbabwe democracy or momentous occasion?
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment No 2 Bill sailed through Senate yesterday with three MDC-T senators, Piniel Denga, Morgan Femai and Jane Chifamba voting in Zanu-PF's corner to help the ruling party achieve t...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dougie is following Ngwena everywhere
My Dear People,If there's one thing that Ngwena and his people don't have -it is taste -sartorial taste.When I saw Ngwena at a function about the national dress, he was in the stranges...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Dr Stopit
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind Zanu-PF's renewed push for sweeping amendments to the constitution to put a leash on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is said to harbour ambitions for th...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's weird fight against corruption
THERE are some weird winds winds sweeping corruption in high places blowing across Zimbabwe since November 2017. No one can tell which direction the tornado will blow, but a pattern is emerging some p...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Comprehensive analysis of the current political, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe
Politics requires strategy and there are several political and economic connotations evolving around our situation in Zimbabwe. Every aspect of politics or economics has its own indicators. Never make...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Political drama engulfs 2018
The curtain came down on 2018 and as 2019 is finally into full swing, the Daily News spoke to a number of social and political analysts who gave us what they think were the political highlights of the...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Motlanthe commission report could be Mnangagwa's test
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa counts down to his maiden first citizen anniversary, as I see it, the probable outcome of the commission of enquiry into the August 1 brisk shooting of civilians in Har...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tightens grip on Zimbabwe government
VICE President Constatino Chiwenga has been given new responsibilities to administer Zimbabwe's public procurement processes, anti-corruption drive and key components of the Home Affairs ministry, ign...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security forces tension reach boiling point
THE expulsion of high-ranking Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers this week has escalated tension in the security forces amid revelations that some operatives who were tortured during the...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 11:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's False Dawn
After 37 years of Mugabe's rule, Zimbabwe finally had a forced transition through a mixture of people power, political pressure and military intervention. The forced transition gave birth to the...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 23:45hrs | 2 | by Darlington Nyambiya.
Zanu-PF hopes for economic turnaround
Less than a month after a military intervention forced longtime leader Robert Mugabe to step down, the new leaders of ruling ZANU-PF party have big plans for Zimbabwe.Retired General Sibusiso ...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa drops hint military chief set for vice presidency
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave his clearest signal yet on Tuesday that he would appoint as vice president the military leader who led the de facto coup that ousted former leader...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 20:09hrs | | by Reuters
US want #Zimbabwe military to go back to the barracks
Washington - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Friday for a return to civilian rule in Zimbabwe, saying the country has a chance to put itself on a "new path" amid signs longtime authoritaria...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by AFP
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