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Zimbabwe Prosecutor General faces possible jail time
Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General, Loice Matanda Moyo, is facing the prospect of jail time after a former prosecutor, Patrobs Dube, accused her office of defying a court order to reinstate him. Dube, who ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:13hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
SADC must crush the plague of opposition agitation
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) must abandon its feeble approach to dealing with the destructive chaos orchestrated by opposition political parties and take an uncompromising stand a...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 15:37hrs | 938 | by Dereck Goto
The cancel culture is misogynistic. Mokoena must be silenced by Zanu PF!
The political culture of South Africa is not interchangeable with that of Zimbabwean political landscape. These two countries are different even in the processes of gaining their political independenc...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:51hrs | 882 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sophie Mokoena's lack of subtlety in her bias is painfully obvious to anyone
If Sophie Mokoena is truly representative of the so-called "journalistic standards" at SABC, then it's no wonder people question the intellectual rigour of South African media as a whole. A wo...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1610 | by Dereck Goto
Vendors sjambok municipal police officers
Last week, two Harare municipal police officers were hospitalized at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after being assaulted with wooden sticks and sjamboks by vendors in the central business district....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sasha Madhuve dishes perfumes on stage
Popular Afro-fusion singer Sasha "Madhuve" Lishomwa on Sunday dished perfumes to women of the Soko (Monkey) totem who attended her show at Kudu bar garden in Hatfield.There was stamped on stag...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 14:40hrs | 24 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
The Embarrassment of Chamisa's 'Democratic Alternative of Zimbabwe'
The Embarrassment of Chamisa's 'Democratic Alternative of Zimbabwe': A Lesson in Failed RebrandingRecent events have once again highlighted the internal struggles and confusion within Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:22hrs | 13 | by Dereck Goto
Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube removed from vital CCC WhatsApp group
In a surprising turn of events, Nelson Chamisa, one of the leaders of the Citizens for Change Coalition (CCC), has raised eyebrows by instructing the removal of his long-time allies, Tendai Biti and W...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Dereck Goto
Chamisa faces severe backlash over SADC statement
In a recent turn of events, the beleaguered leader of the CCC (Citizens' Coalition for Change), Nelson Chamisa, found himself in hot water as his own supporters on the social media platform X criticis...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 12 | by Dereck Goto
Prospects of CCC attaining power in Zimbabwe are exceedingly grim
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), formerly known as the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has been a constant source of disputes, leaving political observers puzzled by the root causes and ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 21:05hrs | 12 | by Dereck Goto
Armed robbers pounce on gold mine
Five armed robbers pounced on AX mine, Simoona in Bindura around 1 am on Friday.The five allegedly tied up seven employees and got away with 8 x 50 sacks of pregnant carbon, 2 x 6.5 horsepower...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 16:23hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
FAZ member assaulted
GUTU Magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu last week sentenced Goodson Matanda (51) to one year jail term for assaulting a Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) member Shamiso Madondo in June this year.Ma...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC rages after disqualification of 12 Bulawayo aspiring MPs
MAIN opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has revealed the party will appeal against the Bulawayo High Court judgment disqualifying 12 of its aspiring MPs.The 12 are: Surrender Kapoi...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC's fortunes in Bulawayo depend on court ruling
THE main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) risks being blindsided in the 2023 general election campaign, should the High Court disqualify 15 of the party's parliamentary candidates who f...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo voters sue Zec over late candidates?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties in...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 8 | by Staff rporter
ZEC faces lawsuit for accepting CCC nominations out of time
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties, i...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mambo Dhuterere's EDPfee song
Mambo Dhuterere has released the sound track for Emmerson Mnangagwa's election campaign.Dhuterere's songs praising Mnangagwa will now feature widely during the campaign. They include a du...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 16:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF going to court to challenge nomination of 15 CCC National Assembly candidates
THE ruling Zanu-PF is going to court to challenge the nomination of 15 opposition CCC National Assembly candidates in Bulawayo that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) registered after the 4pm dea...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants 15 CCC candidates nullified
THE opposition CCC failed to meet the deadline to register 15 of its National Assembly Members in Bulawayo on June 21 and Zanu-PF is contesting the decision by the Zimbabwe Election Commission to exte...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaks 23-year diplomatic stand-off with UK?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's engagement and re-engagement drive has broken a 23-year-old diplomatic stand-off between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, a development that bodes well for bilateral relations an...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pounces on IDCZ bosses
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Friday last week arrested two officials from the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDDZ) on allegations of criminal abuse of office invo...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans on Twitter attack Temba Mliswa
Norton Independent legislator, Temba Mliswa was shredded into pieces by both ZANU PF and opposition supporters following his attempt to attack the recently held ZANU PF primary elections. Allegati...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 14:31hrs | 9 | by Tafara Muponda
Valentine's Day turned nasty for lovebirds
IT was a nasty end to a seemingly perfect Valentine's Day celebrations for Dereck Moyo (27) and his lover Tanya Maraire (23).Things turned horribly wrong while they were heading home when thre...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes victory celebrations to Masvingo
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, will be in Masvingo this weekend to lead his party's victory celebrations for urban wards which they clinched during March 26 by-elections....Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa intensifies efforts to charm rural electorate in Masvingo
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reportedly making efforts to sneak into Zanu-PF's strongholds in Masvingo where the opposition party is intensifying its voter mobilisation strategy known as...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accuses Zimbabwe opposition parties of attempts to rig 2023 polls
The ruling Zanu-PF has, a surprise turn of events, accused opposition political parties of fraudulent activities during voter registration processes in attempts to rig next year's elections.Th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Factionalism rocks CCC in Masvingo
Factionalism has rocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party with an alleged faction claiming that party president Nelson Chamisa recently dissolved the provincial executive during his last visit...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'teargassed'
RIOT police yesterday teargassed MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa at a private residence in Masvingo while suspected Zanu-PF youths attacked his convoy three times and injured several aides and his ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
10 Zapu provinces endorse Nkomo presidency
OPPOSITION Zapu's 10 provinces have nominated the late party founder and Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko's son, Sibangilizwe for the party presidency.The nominations began a fortnight ago and Nk...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo wins Bulawayo nomination
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Zapu founding leader Joshua Nkomo, on Saturday won the Bulawayo nomination to contest for the Zapu party presidency, making him the leading contender.This m...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's Mnangagwa bootlicking remarks spark outrage
BULAWAYO rights groups have reacted angrily over utterances on Wednesday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the best boss ever, saying Ncube was exhib...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Where are the white players in Zimbabwe football?
COULD it be a true representation of the country's demographics, could it have something to do with negative perception especially on the financial side, could it be deep rooted segregation or i...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 13 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Beitbridge residents 'fed up' with the recently-deployed commandos
BEITBRIDGE residents are "fed up" with the recently deployed commandos from a crack Zimbabwe National Army unit and the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit from Chikurubi who they accuse of committi...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 in court over Beitbridge robberies
FOUR Beitbridge men have appeared in court over a spate of robberies, including ambushing motorists and robbing them of over R40 000 and US$2 020.Blessing Itai Chiri (38), Brain Mukosi (30), D...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gunman death leads to five gangsters' arrest
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested five men suspected to have been part of a gang of armed robbers that was terrorising Beitbridge residents together with the notorious John Sithole alias Kedha who wa...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff Repoter
Guard steals dairy products at Mugabe's factory
A 29-YEAR-OLD security guard stationed at the late former President Robert Mugabe's Alpha and Omega dairy plant in Mazowe appeared before Concession magistrate yesterday charged with stealing lacto an...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora linked mayors face the boot from MDC Alliance?
Serious divisions and infighting has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance ahead of a violent demonstration scheduled for tomorrow, with a section of senior party officials and supporters saying ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha
Chamisa secures Mudzuri's backing
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri will not be contesting Nelson Chamisa for the top party office as had been widely expected, after the two politicians agreed to work together to reduce tensions in ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-prosecutor boss seeks Ziyambi intervention
FORMER prosecutor-in-charge of Bulawayo regional courts, Patrobs Dube has written to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi seeking his intervention in his seven-year-old labour dispute with the National Pr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Military factor influencing Zimbabwe polls
MILITARY influence, fractured political parties and a rigid legal approach in dealing with electoral issues have been singled out as some of the major reasons the July 30, 2018 general elections faile...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Derek Chisora knocked out by Dillian Whyte
Dillian Whyte delivered a brutal 11th-round knockout of Dereck Chisora on Saturday and immediately called for a rematch with unified world champion Anthony Joshua.Chisora made much of the runn...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:51hrs | | by SkySports
Dereck Chisora forewarned
Dillian Whyte has warned Zimbabwe-born heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora he will face a "different animal" tomorrow night and predicted a punishing defeat for his British rival in their rematch t...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by BBC Sport
Chaos at Seke Teachers College
THERE was chaos at Seke Teachers College yesterday after third year students were barred from sitting for their final year examinations due to non-payment of fees.Around 150 students missed th...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo donates to charity
INTRATREK Zimbabwe this week donated $100 000 to a charity organisation headed by First Lady Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa and environmental sustainability initiatives being spearheaded by Government through...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding makorokozas injure 8 people
EIGHT people were injured and four of them were hospitalised after they were attacked by machete-wielding artisanal miners in Esigodini during a three-day gold war that saw two alleged gold barons bei...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF, Econet dragged to court over SMS
A Masvingo lawyer has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Zanu PF and its Gutu West candidate John Paradza as well as mobile telecommunications services provider Econet Wireless to court af...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rugby team spurred on by hostile reception
SABLES team manager Dereck Chiwara believes the hostile reception they received from the Tunisia Rugby Federation has given them the extra motivation they needed for their crucial Rugby Africa Gold Cu...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Man in court for threatening Chinese national
A WARREN PARK man appeared in court yesterday charged with public violence after he threatened to assault a Chinese national and ordered him to go back to China together with President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Bulawayo Bomber's game plan
ELVIS "Bomber" Moyo has already started planning for life after boxing, and the plan is very simple. Help mould the next generation champion fighter and what better way to do this than one in his own ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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