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Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight turns nasty
A POWER struggle that has been simmering for months between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ambitious deputy, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, has intensified over the past two weeks, with f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 11593 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trashes ANC in explosive meeting
FRESH details have emerged from last week's stormy meeting between Zanu-PF and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), revealing that the two former liberation movements main...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3418 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF district elections escalate Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight
THE impending Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections have presented a new battlefield for party bigwigs, who are scheming to consolidate their political power in various provinces ahe...Published: 8 hrs ago | 557 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere seeks Zanu-PF readmission?
Fugitive former Zanu-PF members, Saviour Kasukuwere and his brothers Dickson Mafios and Tongai Kasukuwere are desperately seeking readmission into the ruling party, which will review their application...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe should undergo mental exam'
THE State yesterday indicated that it wants MDC-Alliance member, Joana Mamombe, to be examined by two Government doctors to ascertain her mental condition after her doctor indicated that she was suffe...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Police storm hospital, arrest MP
POLICE yesterday stormed a private medical facility in Harare where MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe was admitted for mental disorder, arrested her using a disputed warrant of arrest issued on Tuesday a...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1506 | 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 | 4872 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC admits abuse of govt resources in jet trip to Zimbabwe
The ANC has undertaken to reimburse the government for the costs incurred during its controversial use of an air force jet on a party-political mission to Zimbabwe last week after a public backlash....Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa's role in the controversial trip to Zimbabwe should be probed'
The African Transformation Movement wants President Cyril Ramaphosa's role in the controversial trip to Zimbabwe probed.The party has asked the Public Protector to investigate.A SANDF ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 18:21hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda refutes claims of violence
ZANU-PF political commissar and Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said the ruling party does not use violence to win elections, claiming in papers submitted to the High Court that they ar...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
ANC to reimburse govt for party delegation's Zimbabwe trip on airforce jet
The ANC will reimburse the government for costs incurred by a party delegation for a trip to Zimbabwe to meet Zanu-PF leaders, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule said. In a statement on Tuesd...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:39hrs | 453 | 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 | 3532 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to be impeached over ANC's Zimbabwe trip?
Even when President Cyril Ramaphosa was satisfied with Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's explanation of the ANC's use of the state aircraft for party purposes in Zimbabwe, the president and m...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2402 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda recants violence threat
ZANU-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed that the statement he made at the party's annual conference last December where he was quoted as saying "if elections fail, we will use any o...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda in major climbdown, calls for dialogue
IN an unprecedented development, the Defence deputy minister and Zanu-PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has been forced to make a major climbdown from a threat that Zanu-PF would use any means ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 5772 | by Election Resource Centre
Sikhala bail judgment reserved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, is applying for bail on charges of inciting public violence. Sikhala, who is re...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Nurses, doctors warn Mnangagwa's govt
HEALTH experts have warned the government against fully relaxing coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions as positive cases continue to rise. As at September ii Zimbabwe had registered 7 479 confirmed case...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 5883 | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 14461 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo to be deported back to Zimbabwe? - 'How CIO works'
The Zimbabwean and international space has been congested by Jonathan Moyo posting photos of certain individuals accusing them for being members in the president's office who are persecuting and tortu...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 15730 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
G40 kingpins scoff at extradition threat
SELF-EXILED Zanu-PF G40 kingpins Saviour Kasukuwere and Walter Mzembi yesterday scoffed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threat to have them extradited from South Africa for prosecution.They ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 4926 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC delegation to Zimbabwe, violated Covid-19 rules
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) says it now wants President Cyril Ramaphosa not just to request a report from Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula but to act against her and oth...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
'SA has no role to play, it is controlled by white men,' says Chinamasa - fighting dirty, as usual
Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies know the pressure on them to end the Zimbabwe crisis is mounting and will not go away until there is change. They know their iron grip on power is under serious threa...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:27hrs | 2647 | by Wilbert Mukori
Outrage over ANC's Zimbabwe trip
A blatant and arrogant abuse of South Africa's military by the ANC.That's how the governing party's trip to meet Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe has been described by opposition parties.The party ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:27hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa needs more diplomatic muscle to crack Zimbabwe's defiant government
Amid a spiralling economic and political crisis, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the people of his country on August 4. His speech, though sudden - four days after his government's v...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:03hrs | 1929 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
South Africa Air Force jet to Zimbabwe saga explained
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) National executive council member and chair of the ANC's subcommittee on International Relations Lindiwe Zulu says the ANC delegation that travelled to H...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 11:01hrs | 3303 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance calls out ZANU-PF officials
MDC Alliance's National spokesperson, Stephen Chuma, has fingered some of the ZANU-PF officials as the ones behind the continued brutal attacks that some of their members are encountering.Acco...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2109 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Ramaphosa, Mapisa-Nqakula cross swords over ANC trip to Zimbabwe?
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants a detailed report, within 48 hours, from Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after an ANC delegation accompanied her to Zimbabwe on a SA N...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2336 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe crisis impacts SA,' says Mugabe's 'street woman'
African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member and Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said the Zimbabwean crisis was a case of national importance - which warranted party me...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 19:32hrs | 4109 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa in Jerusalema Dance Challenge Video
It turns out President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a hilarious side to him.Zimbabwe's Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces who is assumed by many to be a no nonsense individual, on Saturday sur...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 12096 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa wants a report on military plane which flew to Harare
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, is the commander-in-chief of that country's army, has directed Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to furnish the him - within 4...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 18:43hrs | 4164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former aide appeals for bail
JAILED former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top aide Douglas Tapfuma yesterday applied for bail pending appeal against conviction and a six-year prison term for criminal abuse of office.Tapfu...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police victims sue
Two human rights activists are suing the government demanding the enactment of an Act of Parliament to comply with a provision of the constitution which says there must be an independent body to recei...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in a mess, says ANC
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa's special six-member delegation, which left Harare on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with top Zanu-PF officials, has painted a gloomy picture of the situ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 11202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's family friend in extortion storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the President's family friend, Delish Nguwaya have been accused of visiting a Harare businessman in remand prison to try to extor...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | 9856 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader acquitted
MDC Alliance national youth organiser Godfrey Kurauone has been acquitted after spending 42 days behind bars over his alleged involvement in the July 31 protests.He was accused of blocking smo...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grudgingly accepted Ramaphosa mediation in Zimbabwe crisis
A delegation from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday held talks with top Zanu-PF officials, aiming to break a political paralysis that has spawned a deep economic and h...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | 9339 | by Staff reporter
DA 'disgusted' by ANC using SANDF jet to fly to Zimbabwe
The DA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to clarify why an ANC-led delegation was able to fly to Zimbabwe, to meet with ZANU-PF party officials, using a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) air for...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:10hrs | 2639 | by Staff reporter
AfriForum wants Public Protector to probe ANC's use of military jet for Zimbabwe trip
Lobby group AfriForum has written to Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, asking her to investigate the ANC's use of a military jet in its trip to Harare, Zimbabwe. In a letter to Mkhwebane, A...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA defence ministries share notes
6 new television stations by year-endTHE Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, says the government will by end of this year issue out six televis...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:07hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA defence ministries share notes
Zimbabwe and South Africa's defence ministries held bilateral-talks in Harare this Wednesday where they shared notes on a wide range of issues affecting the two countries.South Africa's Minist...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:03hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
SANDF defends use of air force jet by an ANC delegation that travelled to Harare
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Thursday that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula travelled to Zimbabwe for official work and gave her ANC colleagues a lift.This,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50hrs | 2222 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in major climbdown
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa's emissaries yesterday held a closed-door meeting with Zanu-PF officials and later indicated that they would be back in the country "in a month"to engag...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 7133 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3040 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army loses $2,7m in botched travel service deal
A 30-YEAR-OLD Harare woman appeared in court yesterday charged with swindling the Defence ministry out of $2 700 546 after she allegedly misrepresented that she bought 79 air tickets for members of th...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation to defy Zanu-PF and meet Chamisa's MDC?
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation to raise complaints over influx of Zimbabweans in SA
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC in crucial crisis talks
A DELEGATION of the South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, which arrived in Harare last night, will today hold a crucial indaba with the Zanu PF Central Committee to discuss chall...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1303 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Matemadanda visits the Injured Soldiers in Hospital
The deputy minister of defence who is the ZANU PF Political Commisair cde Victor Matemadanda last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harar...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 1715 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 987 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sell-outs will disappear, says Mnangagwa ally
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has unwittingly exposed government's hand in the alleged abduction and forced disappearances of opposition and human rights activists after he bragged that "...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 6888 | by Staff reporter
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