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Mangoma slams ZETDC over US$25 inspection fee
Former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma has criticised the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over its new policy requiring consumers to pay a US$25 fee for mandatory insp...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:24hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu and his handlers have lost the plot big time
ZIMBABWE'S political history has been littered with opposition malcontents for a very long time, which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in the country....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:31hrs | 20 | by Leonard Koni
Dzino thinks Mnangagwa was a minor and peripheral player in the liberation struggle
Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraI later lose my autographed copy of Wilfred Mhanda's b...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 49 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
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 | 16 | by Dereck Goto
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Kasukuwere: Popular delusions or realpolitik?
THE nomination court has sat and registered aspiring candidates for the upcoming polls. The process was marred with drama generally, but it was the presumptive presidential candidates that provided th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | 4 | by Ntando Dumani
Biti, Chamisa fall out over US dollars?
OPPOSITION CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa threw his former vice president and ally Mr Tendai Biti under the proverbial bus and rigged the Harare East candidate selection process against him because he b...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume bail appeal bid rejected
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume will prosecute his appeal against public violence conviction and a three-year jail term while behind bars after the High Court overruled his application for ...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara wants Zimbabwe to dump, rework delimitation
FORMER Deputy Prime minister in the 2009-2013 Government of National Unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must redo the delimitation exercise as he dismissed the ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
New headache for Zec
NEW headaches emerged yesterday for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after former Cabinet minister Elton Mangoma added his voice to mounting criticism of the electoral body's preliminary delimi...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MDC fissures started under Tsvangirai
ON September 1999, a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched at a mass rally in Harare, the first time in years that the then President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF's dom...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The magic innovation CCC needs to kick out Zanu
Innovation is a preserve for the young as the old do not know anything different from what they grew up doing. Chamisa's CCC should understand that the other word for Innovation is "Brainchild"....Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:44hrs | 10 | by Ryton Dzimiri
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's allies continue minting it
FEASIBILITY studies of the shady US$1.3 billion petroleum pipeline project, whose cost has quickened from US$850 million to US$1.3 billion and will ultimately surge to US$4 billion, are nearing comple...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 17:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
MDC fractures into oblivion
LAST week the opposition was thrown into further but usual turmoil when MDC-T vice-president Dr Thokozani Khupe told journalists in Bulawayo that the party had split into two formations, one led by he...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
A political accident waiting to happen
Communities are glued and bound together by more than blood.They share a common past, history, heritage, values, norms and aspirations.The commonality bred by sharing similar languages...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 11 | by Bishop Laz
Controversial pipeline deal to balloon to US$4 billion
FRESH details on the controversial US$1.3 billion new pipeline project, whose implementation is being spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and business cronies, have emerged showing...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:07hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was convinced: Only a united opposition will defeat ZANU PF at the polls
Since its inception in 2013, ZUNDE has been unfailingly committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe characterised by good governance and the rule of law. Fundamental to ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Denis Moyo Hunt
Mnangagwa associates behind the US$1.3 billion mega deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and business cronies, including his new associate Eddie Cross, are behind the new US$1.3 billion megabucks petroleum products pipeline project – whose cost h...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans new US$1.3bn oil pipeline, finally ending Feruka monopoly
Zimbabwe plans to build a second US$1.3 billion oil pipeline to supply fuel into the country and the region, a deal that would end years of lobbying and rivalry between powerful oil interests....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 21:29hrs | 2 | by newzwire
Constitution changes: Understanding the history and motivation
There are extensive deliberations back and forth in May, June and July 2012, resulting in Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) formally adopting a draft national constitution on July 21....Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara
Haruzivishe represents everything wrong about opposition politics
A young member of the MDC formation led by Nelson Chamisa, Makomborero Haruzivishe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Harare Magistrates Court this week for inciting public violence. ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
How to wreck a political party
One of the issues that MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa raised during his Agenda 2021 address last week were claims that Government was gunning for a one party State in Zimbabwe using some oppositi...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Tendai Dumbutshena
MDC Alliance remains a cry baby
Whenever die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was hell manifesting, except that this time it is a braai not hell. It is common cause that the victims of Tho...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Robert Sigauke
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abduction skeletons tumble
A FORMER MDC official, Nqobizitha Khumalo, who is now with the People Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how the opposition party has been faking abductions and causing terror in the country through ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Khupe a leader sent from hell
Zimbabwe's politics can be easily compared to Nigerian Movies in the sense that, it is quite predictable to the extent that even those that did not study politics (101) can even tell you that Zanu Pf ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:27hrs | 3 | by Knowledge Hakata
Fresh scandal rocks ZESA
AN external audit has unearthed a massive scandal implicating a senior Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) executive who allegedly prejudiced the struggling power utility of millions of dolla...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume granted $50,000 bail
Organiser of the planned July 31 mass protests, Jacob Ngarivhume, has been granted $50 000 bail coupled with stiff conditions on charges of scheming against Government by the High Court.Justic...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma nailed over Zesa tender scam
PROCUREMENT and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) chief executive Nyasha Chizu yesterday said former Energy minister Elton Mangoma violated the Procurement Act by giving a South Korean company a...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Witness cornered in Mangoma case
THE second witness in the trial of former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma was yesterday taken to task by the accused's lawyers on why he was in court after previously claiming to be a stranger to the ca...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Zesa bigwigs' case
THE lawyer representing former Zesa chief executive officer Joshua Chifamba last week cornered the investigation officer Energy Mundandishe into making concessions which are likely to affect the State...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fare thee well Ruth Lemani
The only certainty in a hero's life is that it could end at any moment. As a hero, RUTH LEMANI could not banish dangers, but could banish fears.We mustn't demean life by standing in awe of dea...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe - EU dialogue charms opposition parties
OPPOSITION parties and analysts have commended the launch of formal dialogue between Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) saying if successful, the talks could contribute towards the country's economi...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mangoma, co-accused flouted tender procedures'
The investigating officer in the trial of former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma and two ZESA bigwigs yesterday insisted that the trio violated tender procedures. Mangoma was appearing before Ha...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Benny Gudo
Mnangagwa to officially launch Polad today
ALL is set for the launch of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) today, with at least 5 000 delegates expected to attend. An official within the secr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch POLAD tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to officially launch the Political Actors Dialogue (polad) at the Harare International Conference Centre, which seeks to bring unity among political players an...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Reason Wafawarova
MDC district congress re-run in false start
The MDC district congress re-run for Gokwe-Kabuyuni failed to take off in the political hotbed district on Thursday.A re-run was ordered after complaints were raised that Costin Muguti, who wo...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Sytaff reporter
G40, MDC Alliance plot to form GNU exposed
THE notorious G40 cabal and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance made futile attempts to form a coalition under the "Grand Union" in the run up to last year's elections in the vain hope of forcing a Go...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma, Zesa bosses deny fraud charges
Former Energy minister Elton Mangoma on Thursday said charges that he unprocedurally awarded a $3 million contract to a South Korean firm have been fabricated, based on falsehoods and designed to hara...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma, Zesa bosses seek removal from remand
Former Energy minister Elton Mangoma and two Zesa Holdings' bosses, who are facing $3 million criminal abuse of office charges, yesterday filed a notice to apply for removal from remand if their trial...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
POPULISM is ahead of COMPETENCY in the African Context
In Africa one is prepared to die for a politician, and people can go to the extent of kneeling down before political mastitis for favors and bootlicking. One may fail to construct a proper English sen...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Intra-party violence fomenting split'
THE intra-party violence rocking the main MDC party ahead of its May congress might cause the party to split if history is anything to go by, analysts contend.Reports coming from the provinces...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Intra-party hostilities sink Chamisa's MDC at polls
THE defeat of the MDC Alliance in last weekend's Ward 28 council by-election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, to Zanu-PF is symptomatic of the problems bedeviling the country's biggest opposition party, whi...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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