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US taunts Zimbabwe for celebrating American demos
ZIMBABWE is one of the three American adversaries gloating over the riotous situation sparked by last week's police killing of a black American, a top American politician has said.Violence has...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 1336 | by newzimbabwe
'MDC squabbles benefitting Zanu-PF'
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later threw in the towel and decided to form his own politi...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:57hrs | 2939 | 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 | 10609 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a governme...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 11137 | 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
New twist to MDC's wars
Nelson Chamisa allies in the MDC convened a meeting that was attended by many of the party's 2014 members in a new twist in the battle to control the party. This comes as the High Court is exp...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 5633 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC-T plunged in huge disarray
THE MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has been plunged into chaos amid deepening divisions within the interim leadership.The development comes at a time the party is awaiting a High Court decision ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 5933 | by Staff reporter
'Over-reliance on China to derail Zimbabwe recovery'
ZIMBABWE is highly exposed to any sharp economic slowdown in China due to what will likely be an overreliance on the Asian economic powerhouse for financial support.There are fears the escalating ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa you are now pissing us off
Sir you have become a Twitter President of which most of the people who are following you are in the diaspora the ones who did not vote for you.We now need you to call for a Massive Civil Diso...Published: 20 May 2020 at 21:45hrs | 4544 | by Knowledge Hakata
Sikhosana hero status divides Zanu-PF
FISSURES have reportedly emerged in the Zanu-PF hierarchy over the impromptu declaration of the late politburo member Absolom Sikhosana as a national hero.A group of senior party bigwigs and w...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 7950 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri calls Mwonzora to order
TOP MDC politician Elias Mudzuri has called Douglas Mwonzora to order, telling the reinstated MDC-T secretary general to stop recalling more opposition MPs from parliament, adding this defeated the ov...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 6738 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa loyalists arrested
Two MDC Alliance councillors in Marondera have been arrested for allegedly breaking into their provincial party headquarters to remove property before hiding it at an unknown location.Charles ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 2560 | by Staff reporter
Fighting for nothing, living for anything
Blessed are those who will intently read Bishop Lazi's sermon today and take it to heart for they will be able to see the future.You see, politics is not a beauty pageant: You cannot just catw...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:17hrs | 141 | by Bishop Lazarus
Squabbles to weaken opposition movement
WIDENING fractures within the ranks of the opposition, which have culminated in four of its representatives being recalled from Parliament, will weaken the MDC in its various formations and retard the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 908 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Chamisa should take some life and death lessons from Sudan ...Zimbabweans should brace for sleepless and massive demostrations
A year ago, protests triggered by a deepening economic crisis broke out in the Sudanese town of Atbara and quickly swept across the country. Four months later, the persistent demonstrations would lead...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 2567 | by Knowledge Hakata
MDC condemns police beating of Ndebele women
The MDC Alliance would like to express its utter disgust on the conduct Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers Tichaona Zariro, Christabel Munyondo, Elizabeth Denhere, Patson Gumoreyi, Zibusiso Masuk...Published: 10 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2843 | by Rittah Ndlovu
Call for mass resignations of MDC-Alliance MPs: Will it work?
This article uses the "big picture" or political analytical approach to show that both the MDC-A and MDC-T under Thokozani Khupe ought to examine the political, social and constitutional contexts they...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2109 | by Sharon Hofisi
'$18 billion stimulus to stoke inflation'
The government's $18 billion stimulus package to breathe life into the local economy battered by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak will worsen inflation because of lack of external funding, a fi...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala threatens 'pandemonium' against Mnangagwa
FIREBRAND top MDC Alliance politician Job Sikhala has threatened to cause pandemonium while daring those doubting the MDC's capacity to wage a strong resistance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:59hrs | 3046 | by Staff reporter
Is Obert Mpofu's take on the presence of rule of Law in Zimbabwe on point?
I am a member of a What's App group under the title: "Towards Media Excellence" that was established to identify and celebrate the best in the profession. It is not in dispute that the SC judg...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:03hrs | 884 | by Mutumwa Mawere
Coronavirus & govt of Zimbabwe: two enemies that Matabele must fight aggressively
As we fight the invisible enemy, covid- 19, let us not forget the more visible and more truculent enemy which is the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe.The terrorist government of Zimbab...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1110 | by Israel Dube
Ndiweni claims Mnangagwa govt abusing public funds to fuel MDC feud
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has lashed out at the Zanu-PF led government for allegedly abusing public funds to fuel divisions within MDC through financing an opposition facti...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1575 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa camp's bravado is palpable, the law must be upheld
THE court has delivered its judgment and lawyers, journalists and analysts have weighed in with their takes.One thing though is as absolute as the sun will rise from the east tomorrow: the ram...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:27hrs | 8729 | by Charles Dube
WHO warns against easing virus measures too early
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not to lift them too earl...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4361 | by Staff reporter
What does the supreme court ruling against MDC tell us
The opposition MDC with all its divisions and branches has been put on the limelight again. The task before the MDC is a very easy one. It is for the MDC to show that they are capable and able to prac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:13hrs | 3767 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
The Lancaster Conference and the Build-up to Nkomo's temporary setbackIn 1979, Nkomo's Zapu and Mugabe's Zanu delegations under the PF banner took part in the final push for diplomatic transit...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 260 | by Obert Mpofu
Zanu-PF 'infiltrates' MDC structures in South Africa
ANOTHER breakup is projected for the troubled Zimbabwean official opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).This follows a Supreme Court ruling ousting Nelson Chamisa as party presi...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:36hrs | 4020 | by Agency staff
Challenging the attempt to remove Nelson Chamisa as MDC president in Zimbabwe
On 30 March, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has issued a judgement that would effectively remove Nelson Chamisa as the leader of the MDC-A. Although the name of the party is not essential as a new moniker c...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 14:20hrs | 4172 | by David Coltart
Zimbabwe lockdown more of entrenchment than fighting #Covid-19
Zimbabwe tonight will go on a countrywide lockdown following a worldwide outbreak of Covid -19 pandemic, an illness caused by the novel human corona virus. The pandemic first emerged in China befo...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 1166 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 328 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
'Mnangagwa, Chamisa must swallow pride'
THE move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to block the proposed mediation by former South African president Thabo Mbeki reflects the lack of seriousness and lethargy by government to engagement in mean...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ramps up response to Covid-19
STATE OF THE NATION UPDATE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Fellow Zimbabweans, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 173 | by ED Mnangagwa
Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper. Once again, I should reiterate the late Father Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo's profound role to my political path and wh...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:32hrs | 330 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
MDC factions threaten to tear Masvingo apart
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has hit turbulent waters in Masvingo after members of rival camps fought each other during district elections conducted last weekend.The clashes pitted members of th...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
PSL to re-align soccer calendar?
THE domestic football season may conform to Caf's decision to align their calendar with other modern African leagues in line with other Fifa competitions after the coronavirus pandemic forced the dela...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:16hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2749 | by Israel Dube
US warns Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
The United States government has said failure to address the Gukurahundi issue continues to fan divisions in the country and feeds into animosity between the Shona and the Ndebele ethnic groups....Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF infiltrates Chamisa's MDC structures
THE mainstream opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says Zanu-PF has infiltrated its structures by planting intelligence agents and sponsoring some top-ranking officials to destabilise the ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:12hrs | 3689 | by Staff reporter
Komichi to die in MDC
MDC secretary for presidential affairs Morgen Komichi has denied rumours that he has quit the opposition party, vowing to "die and be buried" by the party. Last week, an unsigned letter allege...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala is not an American project'
MDC national deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has cleared the air on rumours purporting that he wants to take over power from his party's president Nelson Chamisa under the backing of the Americans sayi...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:54hrs | 2958 | by Staff reporter
MDC heavies bay for Chamisa's blood over missing S2 million
SOME senior MDC officials are pushing for the arrest of party leader Nelson Chamisa and secretary-general Chalton Hwende over allegations of misappropriating ZW$2 million from party coffers as interna...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:16hrs | 5514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's G40 aligned faction goes after Mwonzora
THE mindless and factional bloodletting within the MDC was further exposed yesterday when the party's secretary-general Chalton Hwende issued a "final warning" to his predecessor Douglas Mwonzora for ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 17:18hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora against Chamisa embracing G40, warned
FORMER Zanu-PF kingpins - who for years determinedly worked to obliterate the MDC, but now claim undying love and loyalty to the party and its leader Nelson Chamisa - are causing great discord in the ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
G40 tearing up Chamisa's MDC
Former Zanu-PF kingpins, who for years determinedly worked to obliterate the MDC, but now claim undying love and loyalty to the party and its leader Nelson Chamisa are causing great discord in the cou...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 08:02hrs | 3865 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must stop inciting his supporters, says govt
THE government yesterday said the Nelson Chamisa- led MDC must stop inciting its supporters to engage in violent demonstrations, adding the police will descend heavily on hooligans.The warning...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Legendary former GE CEO, Jack Welch, dies at 84
Jack Welch, the champion of corporate efficiency who built General Electric into one of the world's largest companies and influenced generations of business leaders, has died. He was 84.His de...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 15:38hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo accused of dividing Chamisa's MDC
A NEWLY formed pressure group, Citizens Under Bondage, Friday accused former Zanu-PF Politburo member, Jonathan Moyo of interfering with the operations of MDC and causing serious fissures within the m...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1881 | by newzimbabwe
Lottery culture in the UK and South Africa compared
If the rise of websites such as SuperLenny are anything to go by, lotteries are as popular as ever! All across the world, news of massive ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:14hrs | 255 | by Staff writer
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