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Zimbabwe govt warned over Starlink dithering
EXPERTS have cautioned the Zimbabwean government against impeding technological advancement as that will be akin to trying to stop the wind or hold something with greased hands.The warning com...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:58hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Cannot blame CCC for rigged elections.' But they're, if answer real life questions and not wanted to be asked
"Answer the question you were asked and not one you wanted to be asked!"Is the one lesson I learned from my secondary school Bible Knowledge teacher, I remember to this day. "You will not get any mark...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 21:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'I'll follow Chamisa no matter what!' Only one devoid of common sense would especially given his track record
Zimbabwe is a failed state and this has been a 43 year growling descend into this hell-on-earth of our own making. The ruling party, Zanu PF, the numerous opposition parties and the ordinary Zimbabwea...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 19:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 14 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Mnangagwa bishop dodges US$800,000 payments
Zion Christian Church (ZCC) bishop Nehemiah Mutendi is dithering in paying a company that designed his massive multi-purpose Mbungo church building in Bikita, which can accommodate up to 40 000 people...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over Gwai-Shangani Dam relocations
A MATABELELAND based human rights group has accused government of dithering on plans to relocate hundreds of villagers in Lubimbi, Binga in Matabeleland North to pave way for the Gwayi-Shangani Dam....Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, police clash in Goromonzi
RUNNING battles erupted in Goromonzi yesterday between police and an estimated over 1 000 Zanu-PF youths who had invaded a farm before pegging and allocating themselves pieces of land.Several ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora set to tighten grip on MDC-T
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is set to consolidate his power in the opposition party at today's elective congress in the capital where 2 500 delegates are expected to attend.Mwonzora is...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt lacks spine
THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mwonzora, Komichi differ on way forward
OPPOSITION MDC-Alliance chairperson Morgen Komichi has disagreed with party leader Douglas Mwonzora's proposition to engage Zanu-PF party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa through dialogue, sa...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T bigwigs troubled as party congress is delayed
OPPOSITION MDC-T national chairperson Morgan Komichi says delays by the party's president Douglas Mwonzora in proclaiming dates for the party's elective congress has caused anxiety in the party....Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to announce congress dates
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has said he will announce the party's elective congress dates in the next few days as pressure mounts on him to hold the meeting.Mwonzora has been accused of dith...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC suspends corruption whistleblower
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) workers committee secretary general was promptly suspended last Friday, a day after circulating to all staff members an explosive memorandum to the Board al...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance congress hangs in balance
UNCERTAINTY has clouded the MDC Alliance congress scheduled for next month, with party president Douglas Mwonzora reportedly dithering on the dates.Mwonzora told journalists at a Press confere...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business sector plagued by uncertainty
THE country's business sector says the year is difficult to plan for given the uncertainty that looms on the horizon, particularly with the country girding for potentially disruptive by- elections....Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC is afraid of elections
RECENT reports that the MDC Alliance is mulling pulling out of next year's by-elections and the 2023 polls did not come as a surprise, but only served to confirm what this publication has stated in th...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 8 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Looming polls turn heat on Mnangagwa
Impending by-elections are piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa as they are already widening divisions in his Zanu-PF party and complicating his plans to extend his rule beyond 2023....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Looming polls heaps pressure on Mnangagwa
Impending by-elections are piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa as they are already widening divisions in his Zanu PF party and complicating his plans to extend his rule beyond 2023....Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Angry ex-Zipra fighters warn govt
Disgruntled Zipra war veterans say they will now take matters into their own hands because President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is dithering about returning their properties seized during the Guk...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ramaphosa discuss Hichilema's shock election victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday held a private meeting in which the election of Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema as the country's...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt delays bungle US$150m solar deal
A US$150 million solar power plant deal is facing collapse after prolonged bureaucratic delays frustrated the investor, who top government officials say is now considering pulling out and suing for lo...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 13 | by Jonathan N Moyo
'It is sink or swim time for the MDC'
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics.In addition, the MDC bo...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fear paralyses Zimbabwe opposition
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country's laws. ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs to ditch 'student politics'
POLITICAL analysts have once again warned that the opposition risks being annihilated by Zanu-PF ahead of the 2023 polls, unless they change strategy and pursue national dialogue.In addition, ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's 'defining moment'
WITH pressure mounting on its leaders all round, insiders say the MDC Alliance has reached a critical point where tough decisions now have to be made about its future.This comes as both Zanu-P...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 17:01hrs | 7 | by Anesu Mirisawu
Top Zimbabwean auditors face probe
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) has given in to pressure to investigate owners of audit firm BdO Zimbabwe over allegations of unprofessionalism.The investigation will...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Pride always comes before a fall, so do egos
The country is sinking into an economic abssy because of unsettled political differences.Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa was voted into power in August 2018, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alli...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses face transfer, pricing risks
BUSINESSES are facing transfer and pricing risks due to shortages of foreign currency and high inflation as the currency crisis strains the economy.This has come as a result of a waning invest...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Professors' consistent Covid-19 message
His profile reads, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK). Founder &CEO Royal Women's Clinic.He is the acting chief...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's fix Zimbabwe economy before thinking of elections
THERE is a morbid fixation with the 2023 elections to the extent that we are neglecting bread and butter issues as if we are not aware that elections do not bring any tangible change towards tackling ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Nigel
95% white farmers happy with US$3,5 billion govt compensation deal
COMMERCIAL Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) president, Nick Swanepoel has dismissed reports that the US$3.5 billion Global Compensation Agreement between farmers' representative groups and government w...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MDC at crossroads: Damned if they do, damned if they don't
FOR the best part of the last 12 months, the MDC has been threatening to roll out demonstrations and mass protests to either force President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power or at least to the negotiat...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the party Job Sikhala (JS) on a wide range of issues....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe marks 39th Independence Day amid economic crises
Thousands of people will gather today to watch a military-civilian parade in the capital, Harare, as Zimbabwe marks the 39th anniversary of its independence from Britain.Thousands of people ar...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors give government two-week ultimatum on supplies - decisive action at last, after 38 years of dithering
"DOCTORS at government hospitals have denied claims by the Health ministry that they had received supplies of medicines, bandages and critical accessories to alleviate their plight, following last wee...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Gweru council, workers in salary deadlock
AN ad-hoc committee has been appointed to look into the impasse between Gweru City Council workers and their employer.The development comes hardly a week after the restive workers issued a not...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must come for real talks
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has invited his Zanu-PF counterpart President Emmerson Mnangagwa for urgent ‘real talks' to rescue the country's sinking economy, saying the opposition had capacity to init...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa pressures Mnangagwa for talks
DITHERING President Emmerson Mnangagwa could miss the chance of presiding over proper political dialogue that may bring solutions to Zimbabwe's decades long crisis, opposition MDC Nelson Chamisa said,...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by newzimbabwe
War vet goes beserk, beats schoolchildren
A War veteran based in Mashonaland Central is in soup with the authorities after he went berserk late last year and savagely assaulted 116 pupils at a local primary school for alleged indiscipline....Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Clerics caution Chamisa, CSOs
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa advised to abandon toxic politics
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition demand Mnangagwa withdraw soldiers - to what end, demand he steps down
If you do not know what you are looking for you are NOT going to find it! This is a maxim that rings true in Zimbabwe today. "Opposition leaders who met President Mnangagwa at State House on W...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 21:01hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa took exception to Mnangagwa 'lumping' him together with 'small' parties
Frustrated church leaders yesterday rebuked President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for dithering around the country's much-talked about national dialogue aimed at resolving ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 14:24hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Churches rebuke Mnangagwa, Chamisa
Frustrated church leaders yesterday rebuked President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for dithering around the country's much talked about national dialogue aimed at resolving ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu frets govt will cheat in devolution
Opposition party Zapu led by Dumiso Dabengwa fears that Zanu PF government will keep power rooted in central governance against the spirit of decentralization wanted by citizens.Zapu secretary...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
The provincial and metropolitan councils bill
Devolution of power has been the flagship policy of ZAPU for a long time. ZAPU recognises and acknowledges the vast contribution of all who came on board the principle of devolved governance. The resu...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 16:45hrs | | by Iphithule T. Maphosa, ZAPU Information and Publicity Secretary
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