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Aspiring ZANU PF MP, councilor nearly trade blows
Aspiring Mazowe North ZANU PF Member of Parliament Tsungai Makumbe nearly traded blows with the losing candidate Campion Mugweni whom he defeated in the primary elections.Mugweni has since swa...Published: 11 hrs ago | 635 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe must announce election results in real time'
Legislators have urged Zimbabwe's administration to use real-time technology techniques of declaring election results in order to avoid late pronouncement of winners.The demand comes at a crit...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:47hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Cut-off date for voter registration announced
VOTER registration for those intending to vote during this year's harmonised elections will close two days after the proclamation of the poll day by President Mnangagwa in line with the country's elec...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate convicts CCC councillor without trial
A Chiredzi magistrate who bungled a case of an 'unauthorized' meeting involving a CCC councilor by convicting him at the close of the State case apologised for the error and wrote to the High Court in...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:37hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF election rigging exposes Chiwenga faction
Zanu-PF factional tussles are far from over with the recent primary election rigging exposing the Chiwenga faction which is being fingered in Gutu East primary election dispute which saw the winner be...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:36hrs | 3881 | by Staff reporter
Headache for CCC Elections Directorate
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Election Directorate is faced with a mammoth task ahead of candidate selection for Chiredzi Central constituency where equally matching candidates were nominated ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:17hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi MP rallies villagers
Member of Parliament for Nkayi South, Stars Mathe, has encouraged locals to challenge for political positions in the 2023 harmonised elections.Mathe made these remarks at the Chief Dakamela aw...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:48hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
CCC goes for complete overhaul in Masvingo
Though there are reports of violence across the country, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party successfully completed its first stage of the long process of candidate selection for the 2023 harmon...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:37hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Influx of Shona candidates of Zanu PF in Bulawayo worrying
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has expressed concerns over the influx of Shona candidates being fielded by the ruling Zanu PF in Matabeleland and in Bulawayo in particular....Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 13:25hrs | 2668 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa content with 'flawed' delimitation
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa said he is content with the gazetted delimitation boundaries, saying he was aware the process was however flawed, vowing that it will not s...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:16hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Welcome to the Ancient times in the 21st century
Who would have imagined seeing a proliferation of dug wells in urban areas?This is not happening in the villages but in the urban areas...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 346 | by AT Kadada
Two South African journalists assaulted in separate incidents
Lusaka, March 9, 2023 - South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate the recent assaults of journalists Silindelo Masikane and Gaddafi Zulu and prosecute those responsible, the Co...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:48hrs | 399 | by CPJ
Bulawayo Power Station ownership debate tomorrow
BULAWAYO Power Station ownership comes under the spotlight tomorrow (Friday) as the local authority convenes a public consultative stakeholders meeting over the matter.The meeting is set for S...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Kwekwe Deputy Mayor for siding with Chamisa's party
THE Douglas Mwonzora -led MDC has recalled three Kwekwe City councilors for allegedly dumping the party and joining the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC). The recalled trio are; Deputy Mayor and Ward...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 20:48hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF and the opposition fooled by the vendors in virtually every urban area
Vendors have turned most urban centres into markets as they sell anything from food stuffs, clothing, cellphones and accessories. This is all done in the side walks commonly referred as pavements ther...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:28hrs | 722 | by AT Kadada
Zanu-PF forces teachers, nurses to buy party cards
Zanu-PF took it's intimidation tactics to a higher level following reports that the ruling party is forcing teachers and nurses to buy party cards in Masvingo province.Zaka district women boss...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:16hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
48 4ED affiliates meet Zanu-PF leadership in Bulawayo
Zanu-PF leadership Friday met with the party's recently formed controversial structures known as 4 ED affiliates at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).The groups include ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Villagers bemoan politicisation of aid
Villagers from Masvingo's, Zaka district have decried the politicisation of government aid by public officials, which they say has condemned many people to poverty.In Zaka central constituency...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora dreams of winning presidency by 66% margin
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Senator Douglas Mwonzora, has declared himself the unanimous winner of the yet-to-be-held 2023 Presidential election, claiming he will get the...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:59hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries hunts for board members
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking, Ingwebu Breweries, is hunting for three new board members to fill gaps created by the expiry of the term of office of previous members.The board'...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
In a normal country, both ZANU PF and CCC/MDC would be history!
It is bewildering listening to ZANU PF mouthpieces condemning the opposition (CCC and MDC) for running down once plush urban areas into disgusting shanty towns - thereafter, suggesting that residents ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:12hrs | 713 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu PF Councillor demands payment for presidential inputs
Villagers in Ward 16, Buhera Central Constituency, are up in arms with their Zanu Pf councillor Thomas Matsenhura who is allegedly demanding payment upfront for one to get Presidential inputs and soci...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 17:16hrs | 757 | by Zebedi Mapuranga/ Simbarashe Sithole
Failed leadership with nothing to offer nation allows corruption in order to appease restless population!
It is no secret that Zimbabwe has become a lawless country! Whenever I move around, observing laws being openly violated at every turn - I always say to myself, 'Mnangagwa is really not in cha...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:07hrs | 779 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC grabs land worth US$5m
LAND worth millions of United States dollars was parcelled among Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and management at the Harare City Council with the corruption also sucking in legislato...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in eye of storm
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora's "unanimous" nomination as party president could be short-lived as one of his allies has approached the High Court challenging his nomination.MDC Allia...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, councilor in near fist fight over adultery allegations
Outspoken Chiredzi North Member of Parliament, Roy Bhila recently blasted Chiredzi Town Council's Ward 2 councilor, Obert Ngwenya who is also Zanu-PF's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Secretary ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Withdraws Rufaro Stadium Renovation Plan
Fuel giant Sakunda Holdings has announced that it has withdrawn its offer to renovate Rufaro Stadium over what it says was lack of political will to...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:34hrs | 662 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Harare braces for second Operation Murambatsvina
MUNICIPALITIES in Harare Province have been ordered to provide material and human resources amounting to tens of thousands in US dollars for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 45-day presidential cleanup ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 20:10hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa offers free courses at Zimbabwe Open University
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa (under the Angel of Hope Foundation) has embarked on skills capacitation program aimed at capacitating Zimbabweans through short courses ranging from Business, Science, E...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 13:47hrs | 4327 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's CCC to defy BCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have vowed to resist tariff hikes being proposed in the city council's 2023 budget.The five councillors from Wards 8, 20,21,24 and 2...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP relives torture horror
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Jasmine Toffa has described her last weekend's ordeal at the hands of suspected Zanu-PF hooligans as dehumanising and traumatising.Toffa was brutally att...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:22hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
'Chinese consider Zimbabwe as second home'
Chinese nationals living in Zimbabwe now regard the country as their 'second home' and vouch that no slander or smear can undermine thectraditional friendship between the two countries.Speakin...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 14:47hrs | 2130 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beitbridge councilors threaten boycott
BEITBRIDGE Municipality councillors have threatened to boycott council sessions citing non-performance of the Executive in implementing their resolutions.Beitbridge is one of the youngest muni...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Kambarami 'mocks' Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Mlandu Ncube
Former Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami has mocked and denigrated the current Deputy Mayor Councillor Mlandu Ncube calling him deregatory as Councillor Murandu eight times in a letter from his lawyer to...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 16:16hrs | 3737 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former Mutare deputy Mayor dies
FORMER City of Mutare Deputy Mayor, Councilor Kudakwashe Chisango, has died.He succumbed to severe chest complications Tuesday morning.Chisango served for a long period as the Citizens...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:17hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Youths Call Party Councillor To Order
ZANU PF youths in Mazowe have called party councillor in Glendale Dominic Chimumba to order after he allegedly dished commercial stands to vendors a move ...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:24hrs | 388 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Edson Mapani
Zanu-PF councilor in sex scandal
A Zanu-PF councillor in Chiredzi is in the centre of a storm after three girls were expelled from Hippo Valley High School following revelations that he was having an intimate relationship with one of...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2594 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors join gravy train
After the 26 March by-elections in which the then newly formed political party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) romped to victory in Masvingo Urban which had four vacant wards, the social media was...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1961 | by Staff reporter
Donkey bites, swallows Bikita woman's finger
In a bizarre incident that has left the community tongue-tied, a Bikita woman recently lost her finger after it was bitten and chewed by a donkey in Munatsi village, ward 31 of Bikita.It is re...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Councilor caught pants down with school pupil in own lodge
Masvingo Provincial Councilors for Ensuring Development (Councilors 4ED) chairperson who is Chiredzi Urban's ward 2 councillor Obert Ngwenya was allegedly caught pants down with a lower six Hippo Vall...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 5G in Victoria Falls
Econet Wireless on Friday officially launched its 5G network in Victoria Falls as the listed telecommunications company expands its rollout of the super-f...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:39hrs | 1320 | by Agencies
Mwonzora's MP fights drug abuse through sport
TO fight drug abuse in his constituency, Makokoba legislator James Sithole (MDC Alliance) has decided to channel his 2022 Constituency Development Funds (CDF) allocation towards rehabilitating sport a...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says Zanu PF thugs in police uniforms terrorising legislators
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Saturday claimed Zanu PF thugs in police uniforms were terrorising their legislators in Nyatsime, with one of them being robbed of a vehicle.Nyat...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 12:37hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
'To hell with your fire tenders,' councils tell July Moyo
Local authorities in the province have rejected the directive from central government where each council has been ordered to pay for a fire tender to a certain supplier using devolution funds at a ver...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:40hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents write to council over US dollar billing
BULAWAYO residents under the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), have written to the Bulawayo city council expressing displeasure over the local authority's recent decision to levy rate...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 07:45hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Burna Boy refused Zanu-PF offers of money to wear scarf
NIGERIAN superstar Burna Boy Friday refused offers of money to wear the Zanu-PF scarf as an endorsement of the party, it has emerged.The Grammy award winning Burna Boy was to perform for an ho...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:59hrs | 3673 | by Staff reporter
Moyo to contest Mnangagwa, Chamisa for presidency
FORMER speaker of parliament, Lovemore Moyo, will be contesting for presidency against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former ally, Nelson Chamisa, at next year's elections.Moyo announced thi...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 5605 | by Staff reporter
Independent politician withdraws ahead of by -election
AN independent candidate for the forthcoming June 25 Masvingo West ward 21 by-election, Sister Nhando, has withdrawn her candidature under unclear circumstances.Nhando was set to battle it out...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:53hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Pomona deal exposes MDC councillors
THE names of the Harare City councillors involved in the controversial Pomona waste management deal which will see residents forking out US$22 000 per day have been revealed.The controversial ...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa welcomes Khupe
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday welcomed Thokozani Khupe saying the opposition party wanted to work with everyone to unseat Zanu-PF.Chamisa told cheering pa...Published: 07 May 2022 at 20:00hrs | 8471 | by Staff reporter
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