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Panic in Mnangagwa camp as impeachment talk intensifies
Growing fears of a potential impeachment plot are reportedly unsettling President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner circle, as deepening cracks within the ruling Zanu-PF party threaten to erupt into a full-b...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 10:25hrs | 10598 | by Staff reporter
Impeachment attempts against Mnangagwa will fail, Zanu-PF says
Zanu-PF Politburo member, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has dismissed any efforts to impeach President Emmerson Mnangagwa as futile, emphasizing that Zimbabwe operates under a party-based Parliamentary system wher...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:12hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Council of Elders
President Mnangagwa, who is also the Zanu PF First Secretary, yesterday held an inaugural meeting with the ruling party's Council of Elders where he emphasised that the recently constituted organ, has...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs thrown under the bus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly blocked attempts by party bigwigs to ring-fence their current posts ahead of the ruling party's central committee elections tomorrow.The bigwigs, Za...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Mashonaland West Politburo members
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Committee, which was yesterday turned into an election directorate, resolved to honour four Politburo members from the province to be uncontested i...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs denounce shameful election
THE extended delay in announcing results from Tuesday's provincial Zanu-PF elections has led to fears the outcome was deliberately manipulated in favour of candidates preferred by the party's leadersh...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to receive DCC reports
Zanu-PF has deployed Politburo and Central Committee members to hold inter-district meetings at District Coordinating Committee (DCC) levels to receive progress reports on the restructuring exercise....Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF district elections kick-off
FIREWORKS are expected during the impending Zanu-PF district or ward elections across Mashonaland West province scheduled to kick off Tuesday.This follows a resolution Saturday by the provinci...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to avoid shambolic DCCs
Zanu-PF yesterday deployed politburo members to Marondera and Mutoko districts to cool down tempers and avoid chaos in the looming district co-ordinating committee (DDC) elections.The deployme...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why elections cannot help liberate uMthwakazi- MIOR
It is not mind boggling that Elections cannot liberate UMthwakazi. What is mind boggling is that at this day and time, there are some people in UMthwakazi in particular who still believe that partakin...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
Mnangagwa son, Job Sikhala in US$15 million CBZ loan default scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son and former First Lady Grace Mugabe's names have featured prominently in a list of 26 high profile individuals who received millions of US dollars in CBZ loans which ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa now mirror of Mugabe's patronage system
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent appointments of High Court Judge Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to lead the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Gerald Mlotshwa to the Sports and Recreatio...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF delegation for ANC star rally
ZANU-PF will send a delegation to South Africa to attend the African National Congress (ANC) "Siyanqoba" star rally at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday ahead of the country's national ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa says he never left Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF Politburo member Didymus Mutasa and Retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri have been formally welcomed back to the ruling party, with the former declaring that he never left Zanu-P...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate his rivals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed more politburo members to oversee the restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces in what serves to indicate the high stakes involved in the whole exercis...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga smoke peace pipe
Factionalism within ZANU PF took a surprising turn over the weekend with reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga have found each other ahead of the December Z...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Revealed: Full List of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet
A former officer in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation has revealed to us the full list of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet who were supposed to take over power after the 2018 elect...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 19:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF costs balloon
Zanu-PF's salary bill has increased substantially after a decision was made to accommodate bigwigs left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lean Cabinet as full time party employees.Mnangagw...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs ordered to don party regalia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs who are employed at the party headquarters to wear party regalia when on official duty.He told the Zanu-PF central committee meeting on...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's preferred Zanu-PF president left in the cold
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has left former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi in the "cold" after snubbing him when he named a list of Zanu PF stalwarts assigned to fulltime positions at the party's...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bangs door in Chamisa's face
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken for the first time on opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's push for a transitional government, saying any form of a power-sharing arrangement was not on his agend...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda, Didymus Mutasa re-admitted into Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has readmitted its former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and former chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association Jabulani Sibanda following the duo's ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers get new jobs
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has deployed a number of former ministers who were dropped fromPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet to the party headquarters where they will take up full-time jobs....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politburo unanimously agreed to retain Mudenda as the Speaker
PARLIAMENT today elects the Speaker of the National Assembly, Senate President and their deputies. Zanu-PF yesterday caucused on the matter at the ruling party headquarters in Harare. The appo...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide on Speaker of Parliament
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a snap meeting Monday of his Zanu-PF party's politburo reportedly to make a decision on who will be Speaker of the National Assembly as well as Senate Presi...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's inauguration speech
The First Lady, Amai A. Mnangagwa, Chairperson of the African Union, His Excellency President, Paul Kagame, Heads of State and Former Heads of State here present,Chairp...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 17:48hrs | 44 | by President Mnangagwa
Mathuthu burial set for Sunday
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, who died on Monday at her home in Harare and was declared a national heroine, is expected to be buried at the...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa overwhelmed by calls to open projects
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his office is failing to cope with the huge number of invitations from the corporate world inviting him to come and open or commission business projects and entities ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 14:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't tolerate anarchy
The law will be applied firmly on elements bent on inciting anarchy in this year's harmonised elections as authorities are committed to delivering a peaceful and credible poll, President Mnangagwa has...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF not worried by small parties'
Zanu-PF is not worried by small, fly-by-night political parties as it has undergone a self-cleansing exercise that has birthed a renewed party which champions servant leadership, President Mnangagwa h...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets independents
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has deployed its politburo members and top officials to various parts of the country to decampaign disgruntled party members who chose to stand as independent candidates in th...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth poll assessment team in Zimbabwe
A seven-member Commonwealth membership assessment team is on a five-day visit to observe the pre-election environment as part of a broader informal assessment of the situation in the country after Zim...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on economic saboteurs
President Mnangagwa has declared war on economic saboteurs, lethargic public officers and arms of State, warning individuals and entities that continue to impede Government efforts to grow the economy...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 21 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa faces 'Bhora musango' scenario
In a stunning development, many long-serving Zanu-PF stalwarts have fallen by the wayside in the party's selection of candidates who will participate in this year's watershed elections, the Daily News...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts vetting of CVs
Zanu-PF provinces are today expected to submit to the party headquarters in Harare curriculum vitaes (CVs) of aspiring candidates for the party's May 5 primary elections with the list of successful ca...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU poll mission arrives
A NINE-member European Union (EU) election exploratory team led by the bloc's Head of Democracy and Support Unit, Mr Patrick Costello, arrived in the country yesterday for pre-election assessment ahea...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa should emulate Zimbabwe's smooth transition
Pan African Parliament (PAP) president Honourable Roger Nkodo Dang, who is touring the country made three courtesy calls to the Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda, Senate presiden...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 16:38hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa craft Zanu-PF's post-Mugabe survival strategy
All eyes will be on this week's congress, which will decide the party's future.Robert Mugabe Square, an open area near the Magistrates' Court in Harare, has been chosen as the venue for Zanu-P...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga for Vice President
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, is seen standing a good chance of being elevated straight from the barracks to become one of the two vice presidents at Zanu-PF's...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The dramatic rise and fall of Grace Mugabe
On July 25, 2014, two days after her 49th birthday, then First Lady Grace Mugabe was unanimously recommended by the Zanu-PF Women's League to take up the post of its secretary.Some 3 000 women...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | 2 | by Christopher Farai Charamba
'Mnangagwa dismissal: End of Zanu-PF era'
Following President Robert Mugabe's decision to fire his long-time aide and deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, political analysts yesterday had their say on the unexpected development."This has taken...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Stephen Chan Professor of World Politics
WATCH: Mliswa congratulates 'vice president' Edna Madzongwe
Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa has congratulated 'vice president' Edna Madzongwe, who apparently took over the VP post after Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired from Zanu-PF yesterday.Mli...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa wakes up after 37 years to find that Zimbabwe is a Zezuru dynasty
When Emmerson Mnangagwa was elevated to the post of Vice President, Karangas and a few others who do not have full knowledge of their own party, including Mnangagwa, himself, exploded into wild celebr...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 15:30hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Unknown Don Muvuti declared national hero
Veteran nationalist and former Zimbabwe Newspapers Group board member Don Kwaedza Muvuti who died on Wednesday last week at a Harare hospital has been declared a national hero.Muvuti (84) who ...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs sell fuel coupons to survive
Members of Parliament (MPs) have turned to selling their fuel coupons allocation and livestock in a desperate bid to "maintain the lifestyle of a legislator."The lawmakers across the political...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 13:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe leads race for VP
First Lady Grace Mugabe stands a good chance of becoming one of the country's vice presidents in the event that Zanu-PF succeeds in introducing a quota system in its presidium by amending the party's ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired minister attacks Grace Mugabe in front of Bob
FIRED former Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira took advantage of the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday to launch a blistering attack on Grace, accusing President Robert Mugabe's wife of being ungr...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandela vs Mugabe: A legacy of ashes
Ever get that feeling that all the lifelong plans you have ever had will burn into red-hot disappointment one day? If you live in Johannesburg for long enough, you will hear stories about men and wome...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:10hrs | 3 | by Tafi Mhaka
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