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Sengezo Tshabangu up and running, in good health
Sengezo Tshabangu, the secretary-general of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is up and running after being reported to have been moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:21hrs | 5033 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aims to register 500,000 members in Harare
Zanu-PF's Harare Province is aiming to register more than 500,000 members. This restructuring effort emphasizes the importance of people registering in their respective cells to become bona fide suppo...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 15:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
A tale of two parties: SA elections don't mirror Zim's 2028 polls
As the South African election results were announced, critics of the African National Congress (ANC) and ZANU PF celebrated the party's failure to secure a majority, viewing it as a significant setbac...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 13 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zanu-PF Political Commissar announces massive restructuring process
Recently appointed Zanu-PF Political Commissar Munyaradzi Machacha has announced a significant restructuring of the party, reportedly aimed at purging members opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Amos Chibaya double crosses Chamisa with Tshabangu
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Organiser, Amos Chibaya, once considered a staunch ally of the Nelson Chamisa faction, has strategically positioned himself as the sole CCC candidate in the Mkoba N...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 07:53hrs | 70 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Sengezo Tshabangu defeats Morgan Tsvangirayi record' Analyst says
Sengezo Tshabangu, the Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has emerged as a formidable force in challenging the ruling ZANU PF through strategic electoral maneuvers, ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 11:48hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Expect more defections to Zanu-PF'
After being ‘rigged' in the recently held murky CCC candidate selection process, outspoken activist Mr Paddington Japajapa (PJ) decided to pack his bags and rejoin Zanu-PF. Below are excerpts of his...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF cell structures in shambles'
Zanu-PF cell structures are reportedly in shambles, with some members allegedly removing names of their perceived rivals from the registers to deny them an opportunity to participate in party primarie...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to have a landslide victor , claims SA pastor based pastor
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is going to have a landslide victory in the upcoming harmonised elections and the results are going to irk the opposition and their partners into fomenting anarchy in the country, ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiroto vows to expose Chamisa
Mutare-Former Harare Mayor and President of Urban Council Association in Zimbabwe who is among a host of Zanu-PF returnees has declared that he will expose all strategies and inside information that b...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unleshes machete gangs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has allegedly unleashed machete-wielding gangs in the Midlands province to mobilise voters for its five million votes for ED campaign ahead of this year's polls.NewsDa...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC top officials fall for ZANU PF money
There are reports reaching this reporter indicating that some Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior members are stampeding for ZANU PF's stipends as the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 11:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF Congress endorses Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's ongoing elective congress has unanimously endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the sole party candidate in next year's presidential elections, giving him a fresh mandate to lead the part...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff rporter
Mnangagwa warns divisive elements
AHEAD of the War Veterans League elective conference next month, President Mnangagwa has called for democratic contestation and acceptance of results, saying divisive tendencies have no place in the r...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flies to Togo on luxury jet linked to Libyan strongman
Zimbabwe's vice president Constantino Chiwenga on Tuesday flew to Togo on a private jet linked to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, a renegade military commander who now controls the eastern and some s...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party battling fresh internal turbulence in cockpit
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling fresh internal turbulence after some party bigwigs openly said that they were uncomfortable with party leader Nelson Chamisa extending an olive bran...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Zapu Bulawayo Ward 18 candidates face the electorate
As the campaign for the next month's by-election gathers momentum ZANU-PF and ZAPU candidates for Bulawayo's Ward 18 had an interface with the electorate Thursday and presented their election manifest...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Puppets will never rule Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the door is open for former opposition officials who defected to the ruling Zanu-PF party to rise through the ranks just like all other members.Addressing thousand...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches massive campaign trail
Zanu-PF says it is will campaign vigorously to win the March 26 legislative and municipal by-elections while at the same time fight to consolidate its hold on the rural vote.In a press stateme...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vows to consolidate rural vote
THE ruling Zanu-PF party on Monday said it was determined to consolidate its hold on rural voters and was targeting win votes in the March 26 by-elections.In a Press statement yesterday, Zanu-...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Mash East remains our solid base'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has commended Mashonaland East province for remaining a Zanu-PF stronghold since independence.The province is home to some luminaries and heroes of the struggle such as the...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi worked in highly toxic operational environment
THE late Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) chief executive Douglas Munatsi - who was close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa- worked in a volatile and toxic political environment around the ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF war vets 'defect' to Zapu
Zanu-PF-linked war veterans in Matabeleland South province have reportedly defected to the opposition Zapu party in protest over measly stipends they get from government despite the sacrifices they ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Students paraded as MDC Alliance defectors'
Zanu-PF on Saturday allegedly bussed students from various tertiary institutions to Marymount Teachers College in Mutare for a party event and later paraded them as MDC Alliance defectors.The ...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF monitoring Chamisa's movements
Zanu-PF acting national political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has said the ruling party was monitoring all movements made by Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance to make sure it does not receive foreign fund...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa warns Chamisa
Zanu-PF national acting political commissar, Patrick Chinamasa Saturday made a chilling warning to MDC Alliance activists against intimidating its members who defect to the ruling party.Chinam...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zapu says Khaya Moyo's death Llaves Zimbabwe 'poorer'
THE opposition Zapu has described the death of Simon Khaya Moyo as a great loss to the nation.In a statement Zapu secretary-general, who doubles as the party's acting national spokesperson, Mt...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 18:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa wants Zanu-PF to win more seats in 2023
The Zanu-PF Harare provincial leadership has been challenged to intensify mobilisation strategies to win more seats in the 2023 harmonised elections, the party's Deputy Secretary for Information and P...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top MDC Alliance officials join Zanu-PF
SEVEN senior MDC Alliance officials joined the mass exodus of opposition figures who are opting to join Zanu-PF after defecting to the ruling party yesterday.Former Zengeza Member of Parliamen...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 11 councillors defect to Mwonzora's MDC-T
AT least 11 Gweru Urban and four Vungu Rural District MDC Alliance councillors have defected to the MDC-T party led by Douglas Mwonzora, Southern Eye reported.The councillors who left the Nels...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 2030 masterplan coming out nicely
IN May 2019 President Emmerson Mnangagwa made his infamous statement: "2030 ndeenge ndichipo," meaning: I will still be President in 2030.To many that ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF parades returning Mutinhiri
Zanu-PF in Mashonaland East yesterday paraded former MDC Alliance member Tracy Mutinhiri and 51 other people that defected to the ruling party from the opposition.Mutinhiri, also a former depu...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strict conditions to rejoin Zanu-PF's gravy train
THOSE who want to rejoin Zanu-PF are expected to follow the cardinal rules, the party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has said. The statement comes after a number of MDC members ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If I were President Mnangagwa, unfortunately I'm not !!!
Apparently, I woke up at 3 am, I'm just thinking of the November 27, 2017 event, and I can safely conclude the phrase " New dispensation, has just been eroded, by a flood of events ".Can you b...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 20:29hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Amend recall legislation, say lawyers
LEGAL experts have called for the amendment of section 129(1) (k) of the Constitution, saying recalls of legislators and councillors were an anathema to democracy.Under the section, legislator...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Join Zanu-PF or face eviction, ex-councillor tells villagers
A FORMER independent councillor from Insiza district in Matabeleland South province has been accused of forcing villagers to join the ruling Zanu-PF party or face eviction.Sikhanyisiwe Nkomo o...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu shortlisted for NPRC interviews
FORMER MDC vice-president Obert Gutu, who recently defected to the ruling Zanu-PF party, has been shortlisted as one of the 30 candidates to fill eight vacancies at the National Peace and Reconciliati...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF commandeered touts, makorokoza to pose as MDC Alliance defectors'
MDC ALLIANCE in Midlands has accused Zanu-PF of mobilising touts and artisanal miners commonly known as makorokoza to pose as genuine opposition party members who were defecting to the governing party...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF dangling money to MDC activists'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC Alliance) was allegedly approached by Zanu-PF officials who dangled money to entice him to join the ruling party. The claim was made by former Zanu-P...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
NCA condemns defections
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) makes this statement in light of the alleged "defections" by senior and ordinary members of various factions of the MDC who have been in recent days making h...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Madock Chivasa NCA spokesperson
Mnangagwa orders war vets to instil 'wartime vibrancy'
IN a script reminiscent of the violent 2002 presidential election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the militant war veterans to mobilise in preparation for the 2023 national elections....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF printing MDC cards, regalia'
THE MDC Alliance has sensationally accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of printing opposition party membership cards and regalia and parading defectors before "rented crowds" as part of a wider plot to a...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry Mnangagwa lashes Zanu-PF bigwigs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa blew his gasket during a Zanu-PF politburo meeting yesterday, warning his errant lieutenants that gossiping, rumour-mongering and petty jealousies would not be tolerated i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda demoted?
Zanu PF has relieved Victor Matemadanda from the political commissar post over incompetence and his verbal diarrhoea remarks on the decimation of the opposition MDC Alliance.Sources said Matem...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 09:38hrs | | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Don't put Zanu-PF into your pocket, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored the Zanu-PF leadership to lead from the front in mobilising the people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 under Phase Two and Three of the inoculation exercise which i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC defectors should enjoy last supper
PATRIOTIC Zimbabweans must counter Zanu-PF-sponsored defections from the MDCs by relaunching a competitive and vibrant opposition under a new name and uncompromising leadership that will carry the spi...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Zanu-PF urges members to welcome defectors
Zanu-PF structures have been exhorted to embrace senior opposition members who are seeing the light and defecting to join the ruling party which is angling to garner more than 5 million votes and reso...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Zanu-PF welcomes former MDC bigwigs
TOUGH-TALKING MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators have been recalled from Parliament by their People's Democratic Party (PDP).At the same time, two former senior...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti stare threat of being recalled from Parliament
THE tendency by Zimbabwe's ever brawling opposition parties to self-destruct continues unabated, with key MDC Alliance constituent, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), at the centre of the latest suc...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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