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Tagwirei emerges as political dark horse in Zanu-PF succession storm
Business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei, long known for his powerful behind-the-scenes role in Zimbabwe's political economy, has stepped firmly into the national spotlight with signs increasingly pointing ...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 11:27hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporyter
Bloodthirsty demon of war currently in Eastern DRC will visit Zimbabwe
The bloodthirsty demon of war and destruction currently operating in DRC will proceed to Zimbabwe on invitation by the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe. The unresolved issue of Matabel...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 21:12hrs | 1785 | by Israel Dube
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 | 17 | by Staff reporter
Ousted Mthwakazi executive digs in
The deposed national executive of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has rejected the legitimacy of the recently constituted interim committee in the ongoing power struggle to control the separatist p...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate digs in
A "BOGUS" Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Marondera Central parliamentary candidate, Misheck Manyere, has vowed that he will not betray his followers by withdrawing his candidacy.Speaking ...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CCC linked independent candidate digs in
Masvingo City Mayor who is vying for Masvingo Urban seat as independent candidate Collen Maboke told Masvingo Urban residents that he was the best option for MP since he will be answerable only to the...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Masarirevhu digs in, orders CCC to retract forgery claims
FREDDY Masarirevhu, Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) double candidate in St. Mary's Constituency, Chitungwiza has ordered the Nelson Chamisa-led party to retract statements that he forged signatu...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt digs in on steep nomination fees
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the high nomination fees for the elections this year will not be reduced and told opposition parties to "stop wasting their time"...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec digs in on voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will not avail the voters roll through a portable electronic mode to protect it from possible tampering.The decision has, however, riled elector...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi digs in on Gukurahundi genocide
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has maintained that Gukurahundi is a buried chapter in Zimbabwe and accused those clamouring for justice for victims of the 1980s killings by the army of parroti...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Gweru council digs in on workers’ demands
GWERU City Council has refused to give in to demands by its workers that their salaries be pegged above the poverty datum line.Recently, workers went on strike after giving their employer a 14...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt digs in on truant teachers
GOVERNMENT vowed yesterday that it would not back down on its no-work, no-pay principle for teachers that are absconding duty, saying it was finalising recording names of all truant educators....Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's firm digs in
LABORATORY reportedly linked to former Health minister Obadiah Moyo, Klosad Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory, yesterday hit back at orders by the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) to clos...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo digs in
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has rubbished suggestions by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) that the association's disbursement of the Fifa Covid-19 relief funds was not in the best interest of the dom...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa digs in
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says he will leave no stone unturned to make sure that Chinese nationals obey the laws of the country by desisting from abusing Zimbabwean employers. M...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 14:48hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa digs in
MDC President Nelson Chamisa says there is no law that can stop the MDC from holding its congress and pursuing a democratic change in Zimbabwe.Chamisa was commenting after a High Court judge o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa digs in on Mnangagwa talks
Pressure mounted on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa last week to engage in dialogue to solve the country's worsening economic and political crisis.Chamisa ignored ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa digs in despite violent protests
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended this week's steep fuel price increase amid violent protests which rocked Harare and Bulawayo on Monday.Mnangagwa announced a 150% fuel price increase ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 13 | by newZWire
Auxilia Mnangagwa saga: Fadzayi Mahere digs in
Prominent human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere had questioned about who mandated the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to meet the doctors and solve their grievances.Mahere said the act is against co...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US based author releases book on Gukurahundi
UNITED STATES-BASED Zimbabwean author Novuyo Rosa Tshuma last week said working on her new novel titled House of Stone, which was officially launched on Saturday last week, has deepened her relationsh...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unexpalined wealth: Mnangagwa digs in
Wealthy Zimbabweans are in for a fix after President Mnangagwa has pronounced they must explain their source of wealth otherwise it will be deemed as ill gotten wealth. "People should...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:31hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Time for West to back Zimbabwe
IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time fo...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Bruce Mutsvairo
Magaisa digs in on ZEC's ban of ZEC phones at polling stations
Political analyst Alex Magaisa has promised to dig in on the ban of mobile phones at polling stations on Monday.Zimbabwe Electoral Commission banned the use of mobile phones inside the polling...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa attracts mammoth crowd in Mutare
MDC Alliance yesterday pulled the biggest crowd in Mutare since its formation by packing Sakubva Stadium to the rafters, with close to 20 000 supporters turning up.Nelson Chamisa said in his s...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ digs in on cryptocurrency ban
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has defended the central bank's decision to ban cryptocurrency transactions and accused a local dealer of exposing the country, money-laundering, ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC boss digs in on ballot
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa raised the ante in the opposition's fight to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to be open about the selection of a printer for ballot papers for the f...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's father in law digs in, refuses to apologise
DYNAMOS president, Keni Mubaiwa has refused to bow to pressure and apologise to the club's supporters for the provocative comments he made after the fans had asked him to step down.Some sectio...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parliament digs in on POSA
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, led by Fortune Chasi, has defended the Public Order and Security Act (Posa), saying although the law was generally perceived as oppressive, it was nec...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
#ME-TOO movement in Zimbabwe will be supported by Zimbabwe men!
Fourth letter to the women of ZimbabweI wish you a happy women's day to you all my fellow Zimbabweans wherever you may be: kumativi mana enyika. There are several areas we need to celebrate ou...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa digs in
MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa says his appointment is above board and insists that reservations being raised by his political rivals are personal.The MDC-T national council, which is t...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
She turned him down free touristic, free boarding in Germany: NUST Professor insults her hard!
A woman of 64 years, I have been officially pensioned beginning of January 2018 at the same time can continue working for another 5 years if I so wished. My age will inform that under normal circumsta...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe digs in
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party called on Friday for President Robert Mugabe to resign, the main state newspaper The Herald reported, the latest sign that the aging leader's authority has collapsed af...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSL to defy Chiyangwa, digs in as fiasco rages
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has warned clubs to obey football rules and regulations, in the wake of the Dynamos-Highlanders match fiasco at the weekend that has left the PSL and Zifa on a collisio...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi digs in on roadblocks
Annual tourist arrivals from South Africa have declined from 1, 5 million to 600 000 partly due to heavy police presence on Zimbabwe's roads, a Cabinet minister has said. Tourism and Hospitality Indus...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai digs in over coalition suggestions
The MDC-T is digging in its heels over suggestions that the planned grand coalition should be led by a neutral person to end sharp differences over this emotive issue, saying only Morgan Tsvangirai ha...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T digs in
THE MDC-T will continue its door-to-door voter education exercise in Beitbridge despite a police crackdown on its members, Matabeleland South spokesperson, Ekem Moyo has said.Police arrest...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo turns heat on ZACC
HIGHER and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has written to Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri requesting him to investigate the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudede digs in
The University of Zimbabwe Creative Writing Press Club recently hosted Tobaiwa Mudede (Registrar-General of Zimbabwe) and Richard Hondo who delivered a 3-hour presentation on their recently polemical ...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere digs in
ZANU-PF national political commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere says elections to choose the party's provincial chairmen are not necessary as leaders can be co-opted following the removal of incumbents....Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zacc digs in heels on Jonathan Moyo and Co's corruption probes
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says there is no going back on probing corruption by bigwigs as the constitutional mandate they are executing has the backing of the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya digs in on bond notes
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday vowed to forge ahead with plans to introduce bond notes in October despite widespread resentment by citizens and opposition politica...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Residents Trust digs into disbursement of Chinese loan
Harare Residents Trust has indicated that it is probing the issue on how the City of Harare ended up entering into the Chinese loan deal.The trust said 50% of the Chinese Loan has been disbursed s...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 09:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Analyst digs into Mugabe's over stay in power
A political commentator Godknows Mashaire has questioned the belief that has many Zimbabweans that the departure of President Robert Mugabe from the helm would be the solution to Zimbabwe's problems i...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 05:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MP digs into Presidential input scheme
MP for Mutasa Central Trevor Saruwaka, has probed the transparency surrounding the distribution of presidential input scheme to the affected areas a move that implies that there must be some top offic...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 10:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF politburo digs in
Zanu-PF politburo is today set to meet amid increasing party infighting and votes of no confidence being passed against party members on factional grounds. Zanu-PF insiders yesterday said ...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Analyst digs into MDC-T Policy on no election before reforms policy
A Political Commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has confronted the MDC-T leadership to explain as to what they will do in case of the MPs and councillor from the party who have passed away when the by electi...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 11:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Residents digs in on prepaid water meters
Some Harare residents have demanded clarity on the major reasons why the Harare City Council wanted to introduce the pre-paid water meters which they think have adverse effects on their livelihoods....Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Analyst digs into MDC-T's current and future prospects
A Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has started a dig into MDC-T's prospects and current status out sources views from the public through the social media FaceBook over the party.In a series ...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF splits as Mutasa digs in
Two Zanu-PF formations are now effectively in existence after former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa revealed yesterday that he had formally written to Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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