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Mnangagwa makes maiden UNGA appearance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make his maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which opened on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level Genera...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1263 | by Elijah Chihota
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers warned against abusing court system
ACTING Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has warned of judicial action against lawyers "abusing the country's court system with frivolous challenges" against the legality of a crack prosecution unit e...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his VPs urged to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two deputies - Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi - have been urged to publicly declare their assets in order to demonstrate their commitment to fighting corrup...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's mission impossible?
While everyone in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet is expected to hit the ground running, it is Finance minister Mthuli Ncube who has the most difficult mission to accomplish.Mnangagwa r...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 2317 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Economic war cabinet
After the noise and deliberate anti-development scheme by the opposition President Mnangagwa has appointed a new well balanced and surprising Cabinet. The nation is very anxious for change and the anx...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 701 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for MPs
Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament.This is at a time when government is struggling to mobili...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:07hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
In times of disaster let us bury our differences
The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is a human tragedy we should all gather together and prevent more deaths.This is not time to be bickering about who should be doing this or that .Zimbabwean pe...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:59hrs | 680 | by A T Kadada
Mudede denies refusing to issue passport to Gonda
Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has denied reports that his department refused to issue a passport to prominent Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda on allegations that she was on a "stop list"....Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5114 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa paid at least $550 000 to hire plane for Grace using private funds
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported to have spent a minimum of $550 000 chartering a private Gulfstream 650 plane from Qatar to allow former first lady Grace Mugabe to travel to her mother's fune...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:48hrs | 2971 | by Sithabile Mafu
Jonathan Moyo savages Grace Mugabe in shock outburst
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe has had a major fallout with her former ally Professor Jonathan Moyo, apparently after the latter called her "toxic and polarising".This is revealed by Moyo, who...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:10hrs | 14529 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive gorillas from DRC
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is soon expected to take delivery of okapi and gorilla breeds in a wildlife exchange programme with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet raises Zimbabwe hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:19hrs | 5848 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Beyond the captive state
The phrase "state capture" comes very easily into our formal and informal communication these days.What is not easy, however, is true understanding of what the phrase fundamentally means. In S...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 151 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Biti cries political persecution
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is being used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to politically persecute him.Biti said th...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:05hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15362 | by Lloyd Msipa
Rigged votes aren't just an African thing
AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When de...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 255 | by Nic Cheeseman
Post-poll violence commission criticism baseless
Following the unfortunate incident in which six people died in the post-election violence of August 1, 2018, which was instigated by the MDC-Alliance as it staged anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Z...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | 181 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa to be offered government perks
A top government official has revealed President Emmerson Mnangagwa had, up his sleeve, a pending constitutional amendment that could see opposition leader Nelson Chamisa offered government perks as l...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | 10995 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's likely trajectory
THE most significant political fact about Zimbabwe today is that it is mired in a complex and turbulent multi-dimensional transition of which the just-ended elections were a part. The bitterly contest...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:48hrs | 3157 | by Eldred V Masunungure
Mnangagwa renews $2 billion Chinese bid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow leave for Beijing, China, to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) summit after which he will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:41hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court saga lawyers
My Advanced Oxford Learners dictionary says, 'saga' means a long story of heroic deeds, events or adventures especially involving several generations of people. It goes further to give the adjective t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1032 | by Morris Mtisi
Khupe slammed for endorsing Mnangagwa
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has taken a dig at MDC-T leader, Thokozani Khupe for endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's electoral victory, saying this automatically stripped her of the "Queen...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to appoint a young, dynamic and small Cabinet?
Jostling for Cabinet posts has reached fever pitch, as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a young, dynamic and small Cabinet capable of breathing fresh life into the country's ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3811 | by Staff reporter
While ED's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
The Zimbabwean president has started his mandate to rule Zimbabwe for the next five years. He made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he took the oath of office on 26t...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 14:41hrs | 2133 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Windfall for Zanu-PF MPs
Elected Members of Parliament from the ruling Zanu-PF party are set to receive $13 000 each for their victory celebrations, the Daily News reported.The windfall is being drawn from Zanu-PF's e...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:43hrs | 9664 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa too hot to handle
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, young and eloquent, turned the political landscape upside down to the chagrin of his detractors at home and abroad.When he assumed the leadership of the MDC...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | 4591 | by Pardon Maguta
US sanctions on Zimbabwe - truths, history and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | 5646 | by newsZWire
Did the MDC really call for Zimbabwe sanctions?
ZANU-PF often makes the claim that it is the opposition that has called for sanctions. The opposition's stance on sanctions has shifted according to its proximity to power.In 2012, Tendai Biti...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 18:52hrs | 2165 | by newsZWire
Grace Mugabe enjoying life
Former first lady Grace Mugabe seems to be enjoying her life at the ‘‘Blue Roof'' mansion, as she was captured on video entertaining guests with various performances.No one can ever doubt ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | 13533 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF in partisan food distribution'
ZANU-PF officials in Chimanimani East are denying agricultural inputs to everyone they suspect to have voted against their party in the just-ended harmonised elections.The practice has been so...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:10hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways chaos continues
THE policy flip-flop around Air Zimbabwe (AirZim)'s proposed merger with its equally controversial peer Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) has once again exposed the ineptitude of those superintending this...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda blames MDC Alliance
The commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Philip Valerio Sibanda, has blamed opposition political parties for the ugly scenes of violence witnessed in Harare just after the July 30 h...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 4312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land reform irreversible says Mnangagwa
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the country will not return land seized from former white commercial farmers almost two decades ago."It is now behind us, it is irreversible,"...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 15:33hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's US sanctions expected to sow misery in Zimbabwe
The decision by President Donald Trump to extend sanctions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration came after Zimbabwe's new government failed to meet international obligations, and spurned a...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 15:03hrs | 4184 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa racing against time
The MDC Alliance is racing against time in its desperate bid to overturn results of the just-ended polls, with the party keeping the whole world guessing about the veracity of the evidence it claims t...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:21hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga must go or no aid for Mnangagwa's govt, says British MP
A UK legislator has said vice president Constantino Chiwenga must go after post-election violence blamed on the military left seven people dead and several others injured last week.Opposition ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:49hrs | 33036 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's statesmanship under spotlight
LAST Monday's election was supposed to mark a new trajectory for the politically-fractured and divided Zimbabwean populace, but fresh rifts set in motion by a few trigger-happy State security agents, ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1081 | by Editorial
New dispensation and the rotten apple theory
Election 2018 is over, and it ended with telling lessons for the two main parties in the race. Zanu-PF nearly paid the ultimate price for years of infighting; something that clearly affected the outco...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 398 | by Reason Wafawarova
Top 10 Zimbabwe election battles
ZIMBABWEANS go for the most peaceful election in the country's history today - the harmonised elections to choose the leadership for the next five years.A record 23 candidates are on the Presi...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:48hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hand over his sister to Mnangagwa?
Movement for Democratic Change Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sparked heated debate, not just about the elections but about the way he views women, when he pledged his sister to Emmerson Mnangagwa if ...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 09:14hrs | 4498 | by Staff reporter
Everything you need to know about Zim's election
TODAY, Zimbabweans go to the polls to elect a President, parliamentarians and local councillors.The elections are an unprecedented opportunity for Zimbabweans to choose who they believe can de...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 480 | by Piers Pigou
Let the people speak
TODAY is a historic and significant day in Zimbabwe's body politic as it provides the country's estimated 5,6 million registered voters an opportunity to elect their new leadership for the next five y...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
'Zec has failed transparency test'
Civil rights group #This Constitution has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of failing the transparency test after it reneged on calls for an independent audit of the voters' roll and re...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:05hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
CSOs, parties wary over ban on demos, political meetings
CIVIC society organisations and opposition political parties have expressed concern over the Zimbabwe Republic Police's decision to bar political parties from holding rallies and demonstrations in the...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:35hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Populist measures deepen fiscal crisis
GOVERNMENT'S recent decision to award soldiers and police a hefty "special allowance" a few weeks before Zimbabwe holds a crucial general elections on July 30 shows that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:26hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi skeletons tumble out of the closet
AS Zimbabwe inches towards critical general elections on Monday, skeletons of Gukurahundi massacres - which remain an emotive political and electoral issue in the country - are tumbling out of the clo...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:19hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
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