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JOC blocks ZANU-PF ex-MP, Tongaat Hullets' farmers eviction ploy
Members of the Joint Operation Command (JOC) in Masvingo withdrew and crippled an attempt by former ZANU-PF Chiredzi West legislator and central committee member, Farai Dumo Musikavanhu who in conniva...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2183 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
Zanu-PF legislator says govt is not serious
Zanu-PF legislator Darlington Chiwa, representing Chiredzi West, criticized the government's lack of commitment to supporting sugarcane farming despite declaring it a strategic crop. Speaking at an ev...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor cries after party loses council chairperson post
A recent incident at Chiredzi Town Council unfolded with unexpected emotions when Charles Njopera, Zanu-PF's ward 4 councilor, found himself in tears after Roger Chikonye of the Citizens Coalition for...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early poll lead
RESULTS of this year's harmonised elections started trickling in yesterday with Zanu-PF taking an early lead in National Assembly polls.The results that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electora...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo gives Mnangagwa 148 cows
Masvingo province has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a herd of 148 cows as a thank you gift for the Zaka star rally held at Chinorumba Primary School on July 16, 2023.Politiburo members an...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets over primary election results
Zanu-PF will hold an Ordinary Session of the Politburo in Harare today to take stock of the just ended primary elections held last weekend.Confirming the development last night, party spokespe...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Politics rock UZ SRC election
Police officers reportedly descended on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) campus Friday and randomly attacked students after the conclusion of Student Representative Council (SRC) elections.The ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Disgruntled sugarcane farmers meet Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last Sunday met sugarcane farmers from Chiredzi at his Precabe Farm in Kwekwe to discuss challenges faced by the over 1 200 sugar growers who benefited from the land reform...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP 'rejects' MDC official's medical donations
CHIREDZI West legislator Farai Musikavanhu has allegedly withdrawn hospital beds and other medical ancillary supplies donated to Chiredzi Polyclinic by opposition MDC losing parliamentary aspirant Joh...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops steal US$11 000 from money changer
Five Zimbabwe Republic Police officers have been arrested on charges of robbing a money changer of US$11 000 despite receiving a US$3 000 bribe to release US$200 000 they had confiscated.The f...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake projects scandal: MP Musikavanhu plots to steal CDF
Chiredzi West Member of Parliament (MP) Farai Musikavanhu is having a hard time explaining why he mentioned projects that have already been done in his application for the Constituency Development Fun...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP exposes rot in party
Incumbent Zanu-PF legislator for Chiredzi West, Darlington Chiwa has said the level of corruption in ruling party is so alarming that he chose to stand as an independent candidate in the July 30 water...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF expels rebels
The Zanu-PF leadership here has said two rebels who are contesting the July 30 harmonised elections as independent parliamentary candidates for Chiredzi West and Masvingo North constituencies, have au...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sleepless nights for Zanu-PF in Chiredzi West
Incumbent Chiredzi West legislator, Darlington Chiwa, who automatically expelled himself from Zanu-PF by registering to contest as an independent after losing to Farai Musikavanhu in the primaries, is...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Primary elections were rigged but let's move on, says Mnangagwa
After a chaotic primary election which left many Zanu-PF members dejected and crying foul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned disgruntled members from contesting in the July 30 harmonised polls a...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa fret over 'rebels'
THE unprecedented huge number of independent candidates emerging from both the ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition MDC Alliance has reportedly unsettled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC Alliance...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets independents
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has deployed its politburo members and top officials to various parts of the country to decampaign disgruntled party members who chose to stand as independent candidates in th...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens Zanu-PF rebels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened unspecified action against Zanu-PF rebels who defied the party and will stand as independent candidates in next month's polls in protest at the manner...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies into Zanu-PF storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa today flies into a political storm in Masvingo after several disgruntled members of his Zanu-PF party successfully filed their nomination papers as independent candidates ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Little-known' wins chaotic Chiredzi West MDC-T primaries
A former councillor won the MDC-T Chiredzi West primary elections which were, however, described as not credible because of widespread allegations of rigging, with one of the candidates' name missing ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns supporters
The Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo will take action against intransigent party members who are still in denial over the outcome of ruling party primary elections held to choose the party's candidates ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally shoves out contestants
It is going to be a dog-eat-dog in Zanu-PF primary elections slated for May 05, 2018 amid allegations that the Masvingo provincial executive made some shocking decisions to disqualify at least eight s...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 14:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi town chair up for murder
CHIREDZI - The chair for the Zanu PF led Chiredzi town council is in the eye of the storm after he was implicated in a murder cases that occurred more than seven years ago. Francis Moyo (43) is allege...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Former CIO operative to contest for Chiredzi East seat
Former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Jevas Masosota has expressed interest in contesting in Chiredzi East constituency, where he is likely to face off with Zanu PF central committe...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere blamed for chaos
Former ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been accused of fomenting chaos within the ruling party structures in Chiredzi, where he allegedly created parallel structures in an ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40's kiss of death
Events happening in Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province can be best described as the Generation 40's (G40) kiss of death as the faction is going for the kill ahead of the extra-ordinary congress slated...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 16:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF seeks to identify group which booed Grace Mugabe
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive has set up a committee to investigate the identity of a group of individuals from the province who are believed to have been part of a group of people who boo...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF criticised for politicising beerhall reopening
THE Zanu PF-controlled Chiredzi Town Council has come under fire from MDC-T and Chiredzi United Residents' Association for politicising the reopening of a popular beerhall, Chigarapasi, and prematurel...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Sugarcane Farmers accused of funding Mujuru
The Commercial Sugarcane Farmers Association of Zimbabwe has been accused of funding the National People's Party (NPP) operations, sparking outrage among subscribing members. The association's executi...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignored as delegates scramble for food
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa cut a lonely figure at a Zanu-PF rally at Tshovani Stadium in Chiredzi on Thursday, after senior government officials and securocrats snubbed an event he was addressi...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters heckle Mahofa
A Zanu-PF inter-district meeting in Chiredzi recently turned chaotic, as rowdy party supporters booed and heckled Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa, labelling her a thief."Mah...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF fight for Chiredzi West constituency heats up
CHIREDZI - Zanu PF fights for what can be described as the hottest seat in the country's south eastern sugar farming town of Chiredzi, has reached high levels, with accusations and counter accus...Published: 15 May 2017 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
'G40 MPs' snub Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF factionalism reared its ugly head yesterday when Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to officially open a private ward at Masvingo General Hospital after several G40 faction-linked legislat...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi Christian school bus in accident as it ferries youths to Mugabe birthday bash
A Chiredzi Christian College school bus was involved in an accident while carrying Zanu PF supporters to President Robert Mugabe`s birthday celebrations in Matopos recently.MP for Chiredzi Wes...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Rt Brigadier Gwanetsa stole Presidential rice - Mahofa
The Minister of State for Masvingo Shuvai Mahofa has accused three Zanu PF MPs for Chiredzi including Retired Brigadier Gwanetsa, Robert Mukwena and Denford Masiya of diverting donated rice which was ...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP accuses Mombeshora, Mahofa of sabotaging party programmes
Chiredzi West legislator Darlington Chiwa (Zanu-PF) has accused Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahova and her Lands counterpart, Douglas Mombeshora of defying President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police chief accused of benefiting from Tongaat land as demo is thwarted
A senior Police chief at Masvingo Central Police Station (name supplied) is a beneficiary of land grabbed from Tongaat Hulett hence her interest to thwart demonstrations against appropriation of t...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MP 'receives death threats'
The MP for Chiredzi West, Darlington Chiwa has allegedly received death threats from several people including those in the State security sector for his resistance to the planned takeover of Tongaaat ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mahofa, Hungwe face Mugabe axe
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Ben Mahofa and Psychomotor minister Josiah Hungwe's political survival in Zanu-PF is under threat amid reports that their government jobs are hanging on...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Comm to prosecute people politicising food aid
In the first such tough move, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) which has received and dealt with reports of politicians who are politicising food aid will now take such culprits to court, t...Published: 20 May 2016 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Over 100,000 Masvingo youths to join million man march
MORE than 100,000 Zanu-PF youths from Masvingo are set to join the one million man march in solidarity with President Robert Mugabe in Harare on May 25. Addressing Zanu-PF members in Bikita We...Published: 16 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
MP Chiwa denies MDC-T councillors maize grain
Two Chiredzi MDC Councillors Gibson Hwende and Efison Mupfumba are up in arms with Zanu PF Chiredzi West MP Darlington Chiwa after he denied them access to maize donated by Tongaat Hullet.Masv...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MP seek protection against soldier brothers
Chiredzi West MP Darlington Chiwa together with his wife have approached the courts to seek a protection order against two brothers in the army, Captain Faster Gono and Lt Colonel Gono.Masving...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 08:03hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Soldier 'points gun' at Zanu-PF MP's wife
Chiredzi West Zanu-PF Member of Parliament Darlington Chiwa has taken to court a senior army officer in the sugar growing town for allegedly threatening to shoot him and his wife with a pistol....Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by George Maponga
Chivi councillors set conditions for villagers to access food aid
Six Zanu (PF) councillors in Chivi Central have reportedly set conditions that if not met will disqualify the villagers from accessing free government inputs this season."The councillors led b...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Army captain pulls out gun at Zanu PF elections
A senior army officer, Captain Faster Gono allegedly drew out a pistol and threatened to shoot at Miriam Chiwa during Zanu PF ward elections.The melee happened at Kamba Primary school in Trian...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru loyalists barred from holding meetings
The ruling Zanu-PF party here has unilaterally banned all legislators linked to ousted former vice president Joyce Mujuru from holding any rallies or meetings in their constituencies.This come...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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