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MK Party refuses to be cowed by captured Cape Town High Court
Next week's Judicial Service Commission (JSC) sitting set for October 7 hangs in the balance after the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) revealed that it intends to appeal against last Friday's Western Cap...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
CCC hara-kiri
WHEN Nelson Chamisa stepped down as Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, the social media streets were full of comments pressuring MPs to resign as a block in solidarity with their leader....Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Legal woes mount for Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati as CID and Home Affairs are roped in
In the sinister saga unfolding within Zimbabwe's gold mining industry, Francesco Marconati emerges as a dark specter, casting a menacing shadow over the operations of DGL Investments Number Five (Pvt)...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe debt clearance talks on despite US disengagement
THE United States, through its embassy in Harare, has decided to disengage from participation in Zimbabwe's debt resolution and clearance programme and the round of negotiations resuming next month....Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loyalist threatens councillors
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Masvingo City Councillors are under fire from the party and were threatened for failing to attend the ward 2 by-election campaign launch last weekend by the par...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 14 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
'Zimbabwe heading for disputed elections,' claims Anglo funded ISS
THINK tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa, says disputed polls are brewing in Zimbabwe as the current election regulatory framework falls short in conforming to the regional guidelines....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police should not be cowed
IN our Thursday issue of NewsDay, we carried a rather sobering report about junior police officers who petitioned their bosses to intervene and save them from harassment by top Zanu-PF officials. ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube refuses to be cowed by George Charamba
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) platforms exist to serve Zimbabweans in their diversity and to help build the country, the group's chairman Trevor Ncube said yesterday.Speaking on the sidelines of ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's terrorism should come to a stop
THE recent amendments to the Electoral Act are either the work of a stupid government or a government that thinks its citizens are stupid.The disqualification of a person who has been convicte...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by A Mbire
Hosiah Chipanga grace Mnangagwa's rally
MANICALAND based sungura musician Hosiah Chipanga – well known for attacking Zanu-PF – on Saturday graced the ruling party's rally in Mutasa South Constituency alongside Baba Harare who has perfor...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
No leader will serve Zimbabwe without pressure from citizens
WHY do we as Zimbabweans somehow appear to believe that there will ever be a politician who will emerge in our country or possibly has already manifested, who places the interests of Zimbabwe ahead of...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa tells supporters to lie low
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to lie low to protect themselves from violent attacks from Zanu-PF loyalists as tempers between the two ma...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police petitioned over Filabusi tsikamutandas
GWANDA-based human rights watchdog, Coalition for Citizens Advocates (Coca) has petitioned police in Matabeleland South to deal with tsikamutandas (witch hunters) who are "fleecing" Filabusi villages ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks to keep rivals out
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly planning to block aspiring candidates from contesting the party presidency after influencing some youths to declare him the sole presidential cand...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Giant manhood' charms sangoma, dumps hubby, stalks client for sex
A married sangoma left people tongue-tied when she allegedly ditched her husband for a client she had reportedly cured of erectile dysfunction.Sarudzai Dube from Mudzenga Village under Chief N...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa agents hunt for Jonathan Moyo
From fierce clashes in the Zanu-PF politburo meetings after a bitter political fallout over a hotly contested leadership succession during the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule to resorting t...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa hits back at Mutsvangwa
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has described Zanu-PF party spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa as "politically immature" after he criticised his recent private meeting with former Chivi South MP Kille...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube 'defiles' sacred site
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been accused of building lodges on a sacred site reserved for cultural ceremonies in his rural home in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province.The area i...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new from tired Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF's annual conference is underway in Bindura and, predictably, the former liberation party is not proffering any fresh ideas to extricate Zimbabwe from the quicksand of corruption-induced povert...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Conqueror of Worms - Zimbabwe Soldiers
I am writing this observation as someone who participated in the war of liberation struggle. Anyone who went through the trials and tribulations of Chimurenga war will be dismayed by the soldier of to...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Cde Ndugu
Chamisa's MDC says it's no longer in charge of urban councils
THE MDC Alliance has admitted the opposition party, once in charge of all urban local councils, was no longer in control of the municipalities following the controversial recalling of most of its coun...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was convinced: Only a united opposition will defeat ZANU PF at the polls
Since its inception in 2013, ZUNDE has been unfailingly committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe characterised by good governance and the rule of law. Fundamental to ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:13hrs | | by Denis Moyo Hunt
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
SA under Ramaphosa becoming a military state, political analyst claims
POLITICAL analyst and University of South Africa (Unisa) Professor Tumi "BB" Senokoane said South Africa was fast becoming a military state reflecting the apartheid system which opposed freedom for al...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police must not be cowed by criminals
In March, a mob attacked police on official duty in Bulawayo and damaged their service vehicle.Yesterday, another police team enforcing the law was attacked. This means that there have been tw...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's 'MyRight2Vote' is no 'game-changer' because 2023 rigging is done and dusted
"What will make voter registration different this time around if it did not make a difference in other elections. Has it become generic to be part of the exercise to register; go to the elections and ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Teachers will not be cowed
TEACHERS yesterday accused government of trying to use intimidatory tactics to force them to go back to work, but vowed not be cowed into submission, claiming their concerns were legitimate.On...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff writer
Zanu-PF's oppressive politics has cowed the populace
IT is time to put in place a new and different way of doing politics in Zimbabwe because Zanu-PF has failed and brought us to the brink of ruin. Zanu PE's oppressive, exploitative and manipula...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Conned to trade freedoms and rights for 'peace and prosperity' only to lose all to Banana Republic - haven't learnt lesson
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF do not like anything that threatens the regime's iron grip on power. The soaring numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Zimbabwe have been an eye opener for many Zimbabweans....Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ex-MDC MP urges Zimbabweans to abandon the Unity Day
Former legislator for Masvingo Central, Jeffreyson Chitando (MDC Alliance) torched a social media storm when he urged Zimbabweans to abandon the Unity Day and instead turn it into Patriotism Day....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Sitabile Dewa
Are Zimbabwean doctors now too cowed to speak?
WE are truly apologetic for the chain of events that have taken place over the past few months and we hope that you will have a kind heart to allow the rest of the students to return to class and fini...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira finally confirms that 5th Brigade targeted Ndebeles only
"We have heard lies being thrown around in the media. They are saying we have been captured to white-wash the gukurahundi reburial. Well let me make it clear that is not the case. Only Chiefs from Mat...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:18hrs | | by Israel Dube
Threats won't work, teachers warn politicians
TEACHERS yesterday scoffed at government threats to withhold their salaries for refusing to report for duty, saying they will not be cowed into submission after declaring incapacitation due to poor re...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Two years on, the beast is revealed
LAST month marked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration as the second directly-elected leader of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.Mnangagwa came riding on the wave of hope that no one...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Yet to see what was stolen' Kasukuwere denying being corrupt - seen his bullet-proof mansion, etc.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly seeking to have Zanu PF G40 faction leaders like Saviour Kasukuwere, now living in self-imposed exile brought back to Zimbabwe to face justice. The G40 leade...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabweans must not pin hope on ANC
THE African National Congress (ANC) has dispatched a six-member delegation of its national executive committee to have bilateral discussions with the leadership of Zanu-PF. The world of former liberat...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
ANC determined to dump camaraderie approach and reprimand Zanu-PF
Analyst Phillan Zamchiya yesterday said while liberation parties operate secretively, the actors and nature of the delegation dispatched by Ramaphosa showed that South Africa was now more determined t...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZCTU members free to participate in MDC protests'
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday said its members were free to participate in the MDC led protests against the government's handling of the economy and rising poverty.MDC cal...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC chides war vets
THE opposition MDC has described as disappointing utterances by war veteran leaders threatening violence, claiming such recklessness ultimatums will only cause alarm and despondency.Zanu-PF po...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demonstrations not best of options for MDC
THE decision by the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC to engage in a massive demonstration against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is within their rights as guaranteed by the Constitution, but if histo...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:32hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Chamisa's MDC itches for confrontation
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has initiated a series of rallies which will culminate into what insiders said would be a massive demonstration against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for alleged...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Chamisa effect and hope for a new Zimbabwe
NELSON Chamisa, the unopposed president of the opposition MDC, recently announced the members of his national executive committee. The appointments are not surprising - in many respects, they are a cu...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Obert Hodzi
ZAPU fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
ZANU is a criminal organization built on a foundation of lies, conspiracy, treachery and a network of bought puppets masquerading as all sorts of officials. These officials are found on all strata of ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by ZAPU
Brace for more demos, says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned that poverty and the worsening economic crisis will push people onto the streets to demonstrate against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration....Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC, ZCTU joins forces
The main MDC opposition party and the country's biggest trade union, ZCTU- shall be taking to the streets to vent out their anger over the deteriorating economic situation.Workers unions have ...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC refuse to be silenced
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said the opposition party will not be cowed into silence by the State, while vowing its planned demonstrations will not be shelved despite threats of a clampdown b...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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