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Zimbabwe's IT Minister denies claims that WhatsApp Group Admins will need licenses
Information Technology Minister Tatenda Mavetera has issued a statement rejecting claims circulating on social media that WhatsApp group administrators will soon be required to obtain government licen...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:26hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faction warned against Parliament withdrawal
POLITICAL analysts have warned that it is highly risky for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to withdraw from Parliament and local authorities at this stage des...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa can still salvage CCC
ZIMBABWE opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa can still make a last-minute attempt to salvage the party from imminent collapse sparked by controversial recalls backed by a state-sponsored campaign to ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's decision to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on
POLITICAL analysts say the decision by the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on as it sends a message of defiance and wil...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 06:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
How to fix Zimbabwe's broken politics
Resolving this stalemate is key to moving the nation forward constructively. What can be done to change this? What stands in the way? What are the opportunities?Broken politicsZimbabwe's p...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 22:08hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Chamisa letdown by lack of organised structures in CCC
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) decision to proceed without a constitution and with no congress to elect substantive leaders is the reason why it has been trapped in a predicament ...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Life-changing international hunting benefits the world can't ignore
There is a generation in which wildlife brought clean-drinking water to thirsty humans, built them a school, a clinic, a road that linked them to the rest of the world and created employment.M...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:59hrs | 12 | by Emmanuel Koro
Goodluck Jonathan leads AU poll observer mission
FORMER Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will lead a joint observer mission of the Africa Union (AU) and Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to observe the country's harmonised elec...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mutare invests US$200k to meet ZIFA standards
MUTARE - City of Mutare, the industrial and administrative capital of the province of Manicaland in Zimbabwe has from its internal coffers invested 200 thousand United States Dollars into the massive ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 08:30hrs | 30 | by Maxwell Teedzai for Table Salt News
Chamisa's CCC to repeal the 'Patriot Act'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will repeal new clauses in the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act that criminalises criticism of government once the party is elected into power....Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 11:06hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
'Mnangagwa complicates Zimbabwe situation over US sanctions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has done little to persuade the United States to remove damaging sanctions slapped on Zimbabwe 20 years ago, political scientists said yesterday, as Washi...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai remembered five years on
February 14, 2023 marked five years since late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer.He was 65.Tsvangirai left the main opposition MDC...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Foreign-funded NGOs give conditional backing for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum), a union of 22 rights organisations whose relationship with government have been shaky for over a decade, has expressed its support for re-admission ...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe youths denied right to speak'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba has been chosen to attend Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum in the United States.The Obama Leaders programme was l...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth readmission uncertain
ZIMBABWE'S bid to rejoin the Commonwealth will not be a stroll in the park, NewsDay has heard.The visiting Commonwealth team will assess the country's eligibility using a template which includ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter§
UK's deportations deal with Zimbabwe putting lives at risk
In the four years since she arrived in the UK, 56-year-old Josephine Sipiwe Jenje-Mudimbu's life has shifted from one of hope to one of daily, grinding fear.Josy, as she's better known, is an ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 14 | by Raoul Walawalker for Open Democracy
Zimbabwe can be a financial hub
MAURITIUS Finance chief operating officer Vinod K. Bussawah, who is also chairperson of Harare-based financial advisory firm Bard Santner Markets Inc, says Zimbabwe can become a regional financial hub...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chance to redeem legacy
ZIMBABWE and Kenya have striking political dynamics. Even the political history in post2000 era has same characteristics of violence, disputed electoral outcomes, power sharing agreements and voter ap...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai deserves national hero status, says Mafume
HARARE Mayor, Jacob Mafume Monday called for the recognition of the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as a national hero for his unequivocal role in opening up democratic space in the count...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EFF to meet new PAP president Charumbira
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe is next week expected to meet and deliver its solidarity message to newly elected Pan-African Parliament, President Fortune Charumbira.The EEF delegati...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Democratisation of mine workers representation platform critical to build an inclusive NEC
HARARE: Zimbabwe has a monopolistic mine workers' representation system which constitutes National Chamber of Mines and AMWUZ - Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe.This uneven terrain in...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:54hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai
MDC Alliance's Giles Mutseyekwa dies
FORMER co-Home Affairs minister in the Government of National unity Giles Mutseyekwa has died.In a statement yesterday, his party the MDC Alliance announced that Mutsekwa passed on yesterday....Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC to impose leaders
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is embarking on new processes to elect its national leaders, thereby possibly ditching the traditional congresses.This follows recent reports that the p...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nust students coming up with innovative technological solutions
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students and academics are coming up with innovative technological solutions to national problems, a testimony that they have adapted to the de...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to engage Mnangagwa in dialogue
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa in dialogue for the 2023 election roadmap.Addressing jou...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
The ugly face of Zanu-PF, CCC intolerance
POLITICAL consciousness is nourished by a healthy discussion of competing ideas. Ultimately, political tolerance, be it among fierce opponents or fellow comrades, promotes a culture of political plura...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:03hrs | | by Brian Chitemba
Bulawayo lawyer exposes fake CCC party
PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Tavengwa Hara has again distanced himself from the shadowy Citizens Convergence for Change after he was listed as the party's lawyer in a fight for the CCC abbreviation....Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
A golden future: Unpacking the new direction
LAST week, Advocate Nelson Chamisa unveiled the Citizens Coalition for Change as the new name of the people's movement. Our old name had been pilfered and Zanunised by the political pirates of our tim...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa has no chance in 2023?
ALL odds are stacked against opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and the divided opposition as the country marches towards the 2023 elections, with analysts predicting that Zanu-PF leader, P...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF imploding now?
IN 2016, the late President Robert Mugabe reacted angrily to details contained in a document titled, Blue Ocean — Taking Back Zanu-PF, and labelled war veterans backing his successor Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Marc Holtzman: His axis with Mnangagwa and CBZ Bank
ON Monday last week - 15 November - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa travelled with a delegation of senior government officials and top business executives to the Intra-African Trade Fair in Du...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 14 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Eswatini closes schools indefinitely as pro-democracy protests flare up
Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, said Saturday it had shut its schools "indefinitely with immediate effect" as the country faces a wave of pro-democracy protests.Protests have flared...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 21:36hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Why fret over elections?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, the vigour and evident arrogance by which your administration is resisting by-elections and key electoral reforms ahead of the 2023 harmonise...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Moses Matenga
'Zimbabweans, military talks will end disputed elections, looting'
A REPORT, recently released by the Democracy in Africa, has called for urgent civilian and military negotiations in Zimbabwe to avoid future disputed elections and the ongoing unrestrained plunder of ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by William Jethro Mpofu
The era of strongman politics over in Africa
THE era of damaging personality-driven politics in Africa, including Zimbabwe, may soon be coming to an end due to democratic reforms by the African Union and changing political dynamics fuelled by a ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe begs US for talks on sanctions
THE Zimbabwean government has pleaded for a meeting with United States Senate officials, in a bid to push for sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his administration to be lif...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer opinion is it is flawed and manipulated
Zimbabwe woke up to a report by Afro Barometer which was so negative to the efforts being made in the democratisation of Zimbabwe and positive on the fight against COVID-19. The mixed bag from Afrobar...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Third EU-Zimbabwe Political Dialogue held in Harare
The meeting allowed for the continuation of discussions on topics that are of common interest and are priorities in EU-Zimbabwe relations: human rights, democratisation, rule of law and good governanc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU refuses to fully engage with Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration that the bloc cannot fully engage with Harare unless it institutes far reaching political and economic reforms. T...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Introducing the First Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! As I extend my cordial greetings to all our people, the people of Mthwakazi in their diversity comprising eight different linguistic communities, located in the 14 Districts ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:43hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Bulawayo epicentre of culture, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Bulawayo remains the country's epicentre of creative arts and a hot pot of diverse cultures and convergence of histories which confirms that Zimbabwe is a Unitary St...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's heritage corridor opens
Local authorities need to consider renaming local buildings, roads and special monuments to reflect the country's independence and sovereignty to market brand Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa said. ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
No constitutional crisis, Samkange
PARLIAMENTARY Legal Committee (PLC) chairperson Mr Jonathan Samkange says there is no constitutional crisis in the country and recent developments reflect the proper functioning of the judiciary....Published: 26 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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