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One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised
On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 562 | by Takura Zhangazha
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Film on Chamisa to be released soon
A film on Nelson Chamisa’s election campaign, called “The Walk of Giants”, is currently in production and will be released soon.The 40-year-old was the main challenger of President Emmer...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 20:17hrs | 2340 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Parly antics a betrayal of the electorate
On Tuesday, this week, Parliament had to adjourn prematurely following ZANU legislators' objection to the MDC-T Chamisa faction Dangamvura-Chikanga legislator, Prosper Mutseyami's mischievous claim th...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1004 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC bigwig off the hook
MDC women's assembly chairperson Lynette Karenyi, who was accused of insulting former president Robert Mugabe, is off the hook after the State indicated yesterday that it was withdrawing the charges....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2088 | by MDC
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 | 23739 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 4907 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fears army backlash
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respon...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 4069 | by Staff reporter
Parliament abandons sitting in Mnangagwa votes row
The National Assembly was adjourned prematurely yesterday after Zanu-PF parliamentarians objected to MDC-Alliance chief whip Mr Prosper Mutseyami insinuating that his party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's private security details slammed
Many people - including MDC Alliance supporters - have regularly bemoaned the overzealousness and unnecessary heavy-handed approach of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's private security details to their wor...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:59hrs | 4086 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Anjin employees petition court over terminal benefits
Chinese miner Anjin's former employees have petitioned the High Court seeking leave to execute judgment pending appeal after the diamond miners obtained an order thwarting the attachment of its proper...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Harare owes Ken Sharpe over $23 million
BUSINESS magnate Ken Sharpe and his Augur Investment yesterday claimed that they were owed over $23 million by the Harare City Council.This followed reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
MDC demos: Time youths refused to be used
The MDC Alliance (MDC A), leader, Nelson Chamisa was defeated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the 30 July both in the ballot booth and at the Constitutional Court on 24 August. Instead of grace...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:12hrs | 2219 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Update on 1 August killings
As the Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence hears evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police today we give you an update of the hea...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 07:18hrs | 4028 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe ignored coup warnings,' says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was forewarned about the coup that would topple him from power, but distrusted those who warned him and believed his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Defence Fo...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 7962 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs better advisers
I always say politics is not for short-term schemers and this is proving true indeed. At a time the majority of Zimbabweans are having their brains full to find ways on how the economy can be mended, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 730 | by Ranson Madzamba
Mnangaga ready to deal with Chamisa and his followers
Government has drawn a line in the sand following threats by the main MDC party to roll out a series of protests in order to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to end a full-blown econo...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:49hrs | 15315 | by Staff reporter
One year after Zimbabwe soft coup
When Zimbabwe's army took power in a bloodless coup exactly one year ago, it promised to bring happiness back by ending social and economic suffering.The military said the coup was needed to "...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:03hrs | 2167 | by Tendai Kamhungira
Chief Justice Luke Malaba: Where is the full judgment to Chamisa's election challenge?
The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, is yet to deliver full judgment in Advocate Nelson Chamisa's elections petition,it has emerged. This comes almost three (3) mont...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:12hrs | 3050 | by Walter Nyabadza
Pregnant form 3 student challenges expulsion
A ROW has erupted between a Form 3 pregnant student and school authorities at St Anne's Goto High School in Wedza with the former accusing the administration of violating her rights after expelling he...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa guns for Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday started mobilising his supporters for a proposed march to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for allegedly rigging the July 30 elections....Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:07hrs | 5111 | by Staff reporter
Khupe calls on Chamisa to acknowledge Mnangagwa
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has called on the MDC Alliance to acknowledge President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the July 30 presidential election to allow the country to move forward....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:33hrs | 3983 | by Staff reporter
War vets crank up heat on Zanu-PF 'chefs'
The political future of former Cabinet ministers who were recently re-assigned to the ruling Zanu-PF's headquarters by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is becoming increasingly uncertain. This com...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 06:04hrs | 6124 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura trial in false start
The trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, failed to kick off yesterday after he sought...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:15hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC at wits' end
It is three months since this year's harmonised election and all is not well in the MDC-T Chamisa faction. As each day passes, the faction and its leader, Nelson Chamisa, are getting to grips with the...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 20:04hrs | 7003 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa playing with fire, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF yesterday described as "treasonous" claims by MDC-Alliance vice president Mr Morgan Komichi that the opposition party had installed Mr Nelson Chamisa as national president and warned against "...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 09:24hrs | 4256 | by Staff reporter
Army on high alert to deal with Chamisa threats
STATE security agents are on high alert to deal with opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's threat to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a top government official warned yesterday.T...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:42hrs | 3878 | by Staff reporter
23pc females cohabited before 18 - Study
OVER 23 percent of females aged between 18 and 24 were once married or cohabited before they turned 18, the Young Adults Survey of Zimbabwe has revealed. Young Adults Survey of Zimbabwe (YASZ)...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:26hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF slams Chamisa 'inauguration'
The ruling Zanu-PF party has taken a swipe at the opposition MDC Alliance party's move to ‘inaugurate' its leader, Nelson Chamisa as the president of Zimbabwe, describing the event as a kindergarten...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 21:01hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is Zimbabwe president'
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the MDC, all but declared its leader Nelson Chamisa the country's "president" yesterday, insisting that the youthful politician won the popular vote at the July 30 po...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 20:57hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backs down on 'inauguration' threat
THE inauguration of opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa as the ‘People's President' did not take place as threatened Saturday as the party celebrated its 19th anniversary in the capital.Gwa...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 4987 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zanu-PF HQ under siege - as war vets gun for bigwigs
Members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) besieged the Zanu-PF headquarters yesterday, demanding the removal of ex-Cabinet ministers assigned to the "Shake-Shake Bu...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:38hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cornered, claims Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has no choice, but to agree to the formation of a transitional authority if Zimbabwe is to emerge out of the chaos engulfing the country, opposition MDC Alliance leader Ne...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:48hrs | 3787 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party accuses Mnangagwa of dirty tactics
The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of employing dirty tactics to silence the opposition after police gave strict guidelines for the party's 19th anniversary celebra...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 19:47hrs | 3267 | by Staff Reporter
'Law Association of Zambia has got a committee of lawyers which is not independent':- Advocate Mushipe
Advocate Martha Mushipe of Zambia and lead Counsel in Zambia's election petition of 2016 has claimed that the Law Association of Zambia has a committee of lawyers which is not independent."I a...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 11:58hrs | 409 | by Walter Nyabadza
'Need transition Govt if there is no Govt' Zanu PF acknowledges - Exactly, present is illegitimate
"Zimbabwe does not need a transitional Government. Transiting to where? This country is governed through the Constitution which was adopted by more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans in 2013 and the same ...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 3079 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF invited to Chamisa 'inauguration'
Douglas Mwonzora, the MDC secretary-general, has extended an invitation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF to attend the opposition's 19th-anniversary celebrations which had also been planned f...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 07:42hrs | 9592 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rubbishes Chamisa, 'he has to move on from the political drubbing'
ZANU-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana has said the call by MDC Alliance to have a transitional Government is not feasible as it is unconstitutional. Mr Chamisa, addressi...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Chamisa now wants a transitional govt
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday proposed a transitional government for the country, which he said would resolve the issue of legitimacy and have sufficient buy-in from Zimbabweans to deal...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 5192 | by Staff reporter
The day Chamisa wanted to overthrow the Government
When the MDC Alliance under the leadership of Nelson Chamisa realised that the 30 July elections were proving to be a tall order for them, they decided to hatch a plan to discredit the whole election ...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 17:03hrs | 7751 | by Elijah Chihota
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura bid to stop trial hits brickwall
SUSPENDED University of Zimbabwe vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is accused of singlehandedly offering former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD without due processes, lost a challenge to stop his trial ...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Post-poll violence inquiry: Opposition attempting to score cheap political points
The seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August 2018 post-poll violence incident in which six people died in Harare city centre commenced its work last week with witnesses testifying on their...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1170 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa AU 'poll push' was a publicity stunt
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to get the African Commission for Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) hear his bid to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa's slim election victory ha...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga is not dying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that he once considered throwing in the towel, but changed his mind after he was persuaded by his new boss.Last year Ch...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 4298 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner ordered to pay ex-workers $400,000 in Zimbabwe
Chinese diamond miner, Anjin, has been ordered to pay its former employees over $400 000 as compensation after they lost their jobs following a government directive to close the mine.Anjin, wh...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:49hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
'POSA is unconstitutional' ruled Con-Court - so what, ED already has New Constitution Section 209
Public Order and Security Act (POSA) was one of the many obnoxious pieces of legislations on the Zimbabwe statute books that this Zanu PF dictatorship has relied on to deny the people of Zimbabwe thei...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 22:16hrs | 2594 | by Wilbert Mukori
'ConCourt ruling to open floodgates of demos'
The landmark Constitutional Court (Con-Court) ruling declaring unconstitutional the draconian Public Order and Security Act (Posa) is likely to open floodgates of protests, as agitated Zimbabweans are...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:55hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General interviews set for next month
THE Judicial Service Commission will next month conduct interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General (PG), which fell vacant after Ray Goba resigned in August. Goba stepped down after a tribunal ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's first 50 days: Zimbabwe sinks deeper into abyss
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week completed 50 days in office, but in that short stint, the negatives have so far outweighed the positives amid indications he faces a herculean task in his bid to...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 3573 | by Staff reporter
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