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War veterans demanding 'automatic entry into power' - povo can kiss 'One man! One vote!' goodbye
"One man! One vote!" was clarion call in the fight for independence. Not after independence and certainly not now!The very fact that blacks were denied a meaningful say, a free vote, in the go...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2781 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's MPs says 'without unity Zimbabwe is doomed'
ZANU-PF legislators on Tuesday said there is need for unity in the country despite political differences to save the nation from doom.This comes as there is a fresh push by the church to persu...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:11hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned
Businesses have issued a stern warning to the government to effectively deal with a "poisoned political environment" which has the potential to scare away investors.In its submissions for the ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 13735 | by Staff reporter
Call me a sell out, I will dialogue with Mnangagwa, says Khupe
Acting MDC leader Thokozani Khupe was yesterday treated to a standing ovation from almost all Zanu-PF legislators in parliament yesterday after she vowed to dialogue with President Mnangagwa despite c...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 5449 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to muzzle critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday announced plans to tighten screws on critics, including banning civil society from staging anti-government protests at international fora and "unaut...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to bar citizens talking to foreign governments
Zimbabwe's cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding "unauthorized" communication and negotiations with hostile governments."Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect imp...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo, Chiyangwa take war to Caf
ZIFA have refused to work hand-in-hand with Cosafa ahead of the upcoming 2021 Caf elections where the majority of the member associations on the continent have backed incumbent president Ahmad Ahmad t...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube says Mnangagwa can't fix country
ZANU-PF stalwart Tshinga Dube has warned that the ugly factionalism and succession wars plaguing the ruling party are derailing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to resolve the country's decades-...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:20hrs | 12858 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu freed on $10,000 bail
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was granted Z$10,000 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after 10 days in prison.Justice Davison Moses Foroma said magistrate...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF should be removed as they're not prepared to apply the rule of law
Zimbabweans stop barking and start biting. This rogue regime openly breaks the international laws, who holds them to account? They continue pushing the boundaries and no one fights back. They should b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 15:31hrs | 1652 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Mthuli Ncube says peace key to Zimbabwe growth
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says he will adequately fund security forces and anti-graft bodies going forward, in a bid to secure peace and the ease of doing business in the country....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:54hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3285 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Obert Mpofu argues that Gukurahundi genocide was dealt with by 1987 Unity Accord
IN VIEWS that are set to be a major talking point in the coming days and weeks, former Cabinet minister Obert Mpofu, says it is time to forgive and move on from the Gukurahundi killings of the 1...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not accept rights lecture from slave trade America'
ZANU-PF says it will not accept human rights lectures from countries that were involved in the slave trade and have not shown any remorse towards the brutalities to this day.Speaking Thursday ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:27hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa redeploys Ferret forces, says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo, has claimed that there President Emmerson Mnangagwa is redeploying Ferret Forces amid concerns over the exposure of the force's secret activities....Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:05hrs | 8796 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits stalking opponents, critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made astonishing confessions his government was tracking the daily movements of opponents and critics through their electronic gadgets.The state leader was add...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:53hrs | 3851 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is missing out on gold's rally
Gold might have rallied to a record high above US$2 070 this year, but policy missteps by the Zimbabwean authorities saw the southern African country missing out on the uplift.Zimbabwe, which ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama: Slams authoritarianism in Zimbabwe
Former Botswana president Ian Khama has slammed the ZANU-PF regime over authoritarianism and says Zimbabweans have shown tremendous resilience during these pressing times.During a webinar chat...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 311 | by Prince Njagu
'Rogue Khupe is adding no value to our politics' - and corrupt Chamisa is? Incurable insanity
Most of us have heard of the great Physicist Albert Einstein's famous line: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." And, here is the nub of it, all of u...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 17:29hrs | 3047 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Making Zimbabwe ungovernable is not what we fought for' - look who is talking. Cup is full to overflow.
"Given the onslaught, machinations and clandestine shenanigans by our detractors, isu tasara, ngatirambei takabatana (we the living must remain united) … in defence of our hard-won independence," Mn...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1710 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Prices of goods to remain stable'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, said yesterday that Zimbabwe's economy would improve further in the coming months, with prices of basic consumer goods and services expected to remain stable.Add...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:15hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh ouster fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday alleged a plot by Zanu-PF insiders to oust him from office after agreeing to pay white commercial farmers US$3,5 billion in compensation for land expropriated by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:15hrs | 17765 | by Staff reporter
Khupe sneaks into Parly, by-elections banned
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday suspended holding of by-elections to fill in seats for recalled MDC Alliance MPs and councillors, as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confirmed in ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 3436 | by Staff reporter
'Cryptocurrencies can list on Victoria Falls Stock Exchange'
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has said cryptocurrencies can list on its foreign currency-only bourse subject to regulatory approval.If the cryptocurrencies-a digital representation of valu...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:10hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC should take government threats seriously'
ANALYSTS and rights groups have advised MDC leaders to beware after authorities said the party was linked to a plot aimed at overthrowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government from power. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mnangagwa ally over 'reckless' coup claims, threats
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on State Security Minister Owen Ncube to retract his threats to deal with labour activists, civil society and the opposition he collectively acc...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 166 | by Franck Kuwonu
Mnangagwa forges ahead with Constitution amendments
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday told the United Nations his administration was forging ahead with amendments to the national constitution, a process which has been dismissed by opponents as an a...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under tyranny 40 years on, says Khama
OUTSPOKEN former Botswana President Ian Khama has made a scathing evaluation of the Zanu-PFled regime's performance saying nothing, except for name and leaders, had changed in Zimbabwe since independe...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
Church says 'it's time for Zimbabwe to come together'
WITH the country and its two major political parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House
Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 2928 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3661 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa says 'it's game on'
UNDER-FIRE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unfazed by the relentless attacks from fellow opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and the ruling Zanu-PF party, declaring his pa...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 11245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets Chamisa-led councils
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to unleash the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) to sniff out corrupt elements in all councils led by Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance.But crit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3100 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Ian Khama ratchets pressure on Mnangagwa
FORMER Botswana president Ian Khama says the region must step in to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold talks with his rivals.Khama, who was ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 4152 | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells critics that they won't get help from region
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday claimed that regional leaders were laughing off claims that there was a crisis in the country.Addressing a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare ye...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 4611 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts door on Zimbabwe intervention
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has put paid to any hopes of external mediation into Zimbabwe's crisis, telling Zanu-PF loyalists Friday his government will not entertain any foreign attempts to remedy t...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
'People must defend their vote' - never ever had a vote, can't defend what is not there
The root cause of Zimbabwe's crippling economic meltdown and political paralysis (politicians on both sides of the political divide are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless) is the failure to hold...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:59hrs | 1547 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe govt abuses critics, allege rights groups
GODFREY Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the prosecution...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams door on Ramaphosa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out allowing a delegation from South Africa to meet his critics, including opposition parties and civic organisations, slamming the door on efforts by the neighb...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 7480 | by Staff reporter
Malema calls for blocking of Beitbridge border post
SOUTH African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has challenged Zimbabwean youths to take the lead in confronting their government and not wait for outsiders to take the i...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 05:56hrs | 6438 | by Staff reporter
ANC defiantly tells Zanu-PF that it will be back to meet MDC
THE South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party yesterday defiantly told Zanu-PF that its delegation would soon head back to Harare to meet other stakeholders as part of efforts to init...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 4980 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sweats over ANC Zimbabwe trip
South Africa's Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has provided President Cyril Ramaphosa with a report on the circumstances that led to ANC officials flying to Zimbabwe for a fact-finding missio...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3546 | by Staff reporter
South African Communist Party slams Zanu-PF over growing authoritarianism
The SACP's first deputy secretary Solly Mapaila has hit out at the Zimbabwean government and Zanu-PF for its "growing authoritarianism", a stance that contradicts that of its alliance partner, the ANC...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC piles pressure on Mnangagwa
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to keep the Zimbabwe crisis on the table despite a spirited campaign by Zanu-PF to shrug it off.Lindiwe Zulu, the head of the AN...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | 5469 | by Staff reporter
UMD supports fair, just land reform programme
The Zimbabwean masses have been unequivocally sold out and abandoned by the Zanu-PF government in their quest to be legitimate owners of pieces of land in their motherland. The announcement to...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 275 | by Lovemore Moyo, UMD president
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