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Khupe snubbed by Chamisa's MPs
Nineteen MDC Alliance MPs defied a party directive to boycott Parliament on Tuesday, but the rebellion was far short of the numbers Thokozani Khupe needed to convince her backers that she can seize co...Published: 11 hrs ago | 5285 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa caves in to MPs' demands
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday caved in to his MPs' demands and made a U-turn on an earlier decree ordering them to withdraw from Parliament.The not sur...Published: 11 hrs ago | 439 | by Staff reporter
MDC reaches breaking point
THE MDC's latest ructions have now reached a point of no return, after the party's interim leadership expelled Nelson Chamisa from the movement - in a development that could have far-reaching implicat...Published: 11 hrs ago | 556 | by Staff reporter
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts Global Vaccine Summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today (Thursday 4 June) open the UK-hosted Global Vaccine Summit and urge nations to pledge funding for vaccinations to save millions of lives in the poorest ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1545 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa loses 15 MPs
MDC Alliance MPs who have been boycotting Parliament yesterday started trickling back to the House and were heckled by their Zanu-PF counterparts, who jeered and labelled them MDC-T instead of MDC All...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7396 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10788 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
Khupe expels Chamisa from MDC-T?
MDC-T interim leader Dr Thokozani Khupe has sacked Mr Nelson Chamisa from the opposition party for defying a court ruling that nullified his leadership of the party and ordered that the organisation r...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3870 | by Staff reporter
Zuze sinks Chamisa's lawyer?
ADVOCATE Thabani Mpofu, the lawyer who rep-resented the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa when he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the 2018 presidential election, was arrested yes...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 10138 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's Documented Processing Centres hit by teething problems at borders
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s Documented Processing Centres (DPC) have been hit by teething problems, which have resulted in cargo piling up mainly at Beitbridge, Chirundu and Forbes border...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to march to the US embassy on June 4 over slain black man
ZANU-PF and war veterans have called upon the international community to demand justice for the slain black man who met an agonising death at the hands of a white police man in the United States. ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:58hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
US National security advisor's remarks condemned
Zimbabweans across the political divide have condemned remarks made by American President Donald Trump's top national security advisor, Mr Robert O' Brien that Zimbabwe, together with China,Russia and...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 17:27hrs | 2580 | by Innocent Mujeri
Chamisa's lawyer Thabani Mpofu charged over 'fake' ConCourt affidavit
Top Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice on Monday, accused of filing a court application last year bolstered by an affidavit by someone...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:49hrs | 6506 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 898 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Fresh plot to remove Mnangagwa by China and Army General revealed
A certain faction led by an unnamed General is plotting to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa and establish a National Transitional Authority, former Zimabwe National Army Colonel Dr. Daniel Kuzozvir...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 12:54hrs | 16962 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Courts bringing confusion to people
IT'S amazing one High Court judge rules that the MDC Alliance is a party and can sue or be sued, while another says it is not a party and, therefore, cannot sue or be sued. We wonder how these judges ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1442 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Time to demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles
FOUR decades of independence did not mature Zimbabweans to the probity of unity and prosperity in diversity.They did not embrace the winsome culture of political tolerance.Consequently...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 360 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Congestion hits Beitbridge border post
THE Beitbridge border post is failing to cope with increased traffic made up of mainly haulage trucks shuttling between Zimbabwe and South Africa.This has resulted in intermittent traffic jams...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:43hrs | 3832 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa et al primeval instinct stopping them admit he broke rules - to break free, we must
Once upon a time, a few moons ago although I remember it as if it was yesterday, I visited a number of High Schools and Colleges up and down Zimbabwe to talking about the UN Universal Declaration of H...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 4072 | by Wilbert Mukori
The only option left is to take up arms or else we are buried for good
It's amazing one judge says MDC Alliance is a party & can sue & be sued, another says it is not a party & therefore can not sue or be sued, we wonder how these judges are interpreting the ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 16:57hrs | 5229 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Zimbabwe must get debt clearance from China'
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has urged government to ask for debt cancellation from China so that the southern African nation could be able to contain the COVID-19 cur...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Petition puts Parly Speaker Mudenda under international spotlight
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda (pictured)'s "questionable decisions and actions" have come under scrutiny on the international arena following a petition by a Zimbabwean man to have hi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's stern warning to Katsvairo
HIGHLANDERS have given a stern warning to their new forward Michelle Katsvairo for his May 11 breach of lockdown orders imposed by the Government and the club. The former Chicken Inn, Kaizer C...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10621 | by Staff reporter
Polad meets Mnangagwa on alleged 'abductions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has met with the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) members this morning in the capital. Led by the POLAD Chairperson on Governance and Legislative Agenda, Professor Lovemo...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2833 | by Staff reporter
MDC speaks on its strategy to remove ZANU PF
MDC Secretary-General Charlton Hwende says the party is committed to using democratic means to remove ZANU PF from power and they will not engage in violent activities. Speaking to Open Parly ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:36hrs | 5738 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe banks face US$ refund Bill: Veritas
LOCAL legal think-tank Veritas says if the Supreme Court upholds the High Court of Zimbabwe decision dismissing the central bank regulation that separated Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and nostro ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Matanga sacking
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for the expulsion of Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for failing to catch criminals linked to continued abductions on government c...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1665 | by newzimbabwe
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9607 | by Robert Sigauke
Teachers petition govt over schools re-opening
SEVEN teachers' unions yesterday petitioned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to stop the re-opening of schools until COVID-19 is effectively contained.In the event that th...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Exiled ex-minister rubbishes Govt third force claim on MDC abductors
Exiled former deputy higher education minister Godfrey Gandawa rubbished claims by the Government that there was a third force behind the abduction of three Movement for Democratic Change female membe...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:31hrs | 3857 | by Naume Muza
'Zanu PF has embraced reforms, will repeal POSA' - rigged elections to repeal POSA, how nauseating
"For too long our country has been held back by the old ways of doing things. In our society, politics, economy and culture; everything was old. New ideas have been resisted; new developments, rejecte...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2186 | by Wilbert Mukori
Do not amend but implement the constitution: ZLHR tells government
IN the seventh anniversary of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has expressed extreme saddness over government’s failure to fully stop the wilful violation and t...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 454 | by Stephen Jakes
Robert Mugabe divides opinion on Africa Day
THE South African Presidency yesterday used the Africa Day commemorations to remember the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's much-quoted "Africa is for Africans" statement, but immediate...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lashes African leaders
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on African leaders to stop silencing citizens and undermining human rights and democracy as the continent commemorated Africa Day....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Will the MDC Alliance recover from 'this sickness'?
THE MDC Alliance is probably on its deathbed, suffering from a ‘sickness' which threatens to take away its life, temporarily or permanently. The question is whether it will recover from "this sickne...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3293 | by Moses Tofa
World Parliamentarians meet to discuss Zimbabwe's Jacob Mudenda case
Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) convened a zoom meeting to discuss a matter regarding the conduct of Speaker Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda.Journalist Simba Chikanza who has ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 18:00hrs | 12642 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zipra cadres celebrate Dabengwa's life
EX-Zipra cadres have paid tribute to former Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa (pictured) as the country marked the first anniversary of his death.Dabengwa died on May 23 in Kenya on his way back hom...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:01hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Attacks evoke memories of Gukurahundi tactics
LAST week on Wednesday night (May 13, 2020), I woke up to find several missed calls and messages from fellow human rights defenders telling me that Zimbabwe's youngest MP, Joanna Mamombe (27), and her...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:40hrs | 329 | by Thandekile Moyo
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1797 | by Brezh Malaba
CJ Malaba separates ConCourt from Supreme Court
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday officially separated the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) from the Supreme Court.Addressing guests at the ConCourt premises in Harare, Malaba said the event ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls mayoral dispute spills into court
VICTORIA Falls councillor Richard Mguni, who was recently elected the town's mayor by councillors aligned to an MDC faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa, has gone to court challenging Government's decisio...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
South Africans to start drinking alcohol only at Level 1
South Africa media have reported that the country's Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma has told the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) that the sale of tobacco and...Published: 22 May 2020 at 14:35hrs | 2572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Operation restore legacy a failure
Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dismally failed the litmus test.The progressive Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the knock out p...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:37hrs | 1335 | by Leonard Koni
Whither MDC after Supreme Court judgment?
THE MDC is at the crossroads, probably of a never-seen-before nature since its formation in 1999. On May 5 2020, Parliament recalled four of the MDC Alliance's MPs. This was a major step by ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 675 | by Moses Tofa
Operation Restore Legacy a failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dis-mally failed the litmus test. Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the proverbial suck...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 438 | by Leonard Koni
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
'EU and US light fires under Mnangagwa' over abduction - nothing to fear, umpteenth empty threat
"EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines!There is increasing pressure on the regime to explain the country's worsening human rights violations including the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:24hrs | 1926 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4148 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7811 | by Staff reporter
Transit trucks slow down commercial cargo movement
The volume of haulage trucks transporting commercial cargo through Beitbridge Border Post has been increasing in the last three days as more lorry drivers now prefer to transit through Zimbabwe to avo...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
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