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180 graduate at Khumalo Barracks in Bulawayo
A total of 180 military personnel graduated yesterday from the Zimbabwe National Army's (ZNA) Ordnance and Transport Training School (OTTS), located at Headquarters One Infantry Brigade (Khumalo Barra...Published: 10 May 2025 at 16:03hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Chirumhanzu elders petition govt over chieftainship row
Traditional leaders in Chirumanhzu, Midlands province, have raised concerns with Local Government minister Daniel Garwe, accusing the Midlands Provincial Chiefs' Council (PCC) of unfair practices in s...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:28hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Redcliff council by-election
The ruling Zanu-PF's candidate Christine Sigauke is the new councilor for Redcliff Municipality's Ward 3 after being victorious in the by-election held on Saturday.Sigauke shrugged off competi...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 19:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tribal 'wars' among NUST students
There are reports of underground tribal "wars" among learners at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) with its Student Representative Council (SRC) accused of fuelling ethnic divis...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 15:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mahere set to challenge Chamisa for the Citizens Coalition for Change Presidency
The political arena in Zimbabwe is currently ablaze with anticipation and speculation as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) approaches its highly awaited elective conference scheduled for the end...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:41hrs | 12 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chamisa's CCC wins plaudits for picking female mayors
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has garnered praise for its efforts to place women in influential positions following last month's elections. This initiative has led to the election...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Social Media and Activism in Zimbabwe: Harnessing the Power of Digital Networks
As the political climate in Zimbabwe intensifies with the approaching elections, it becomes increasingly crucial to reflect on the role of social media in shaping activism within the country. In a nat...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:02hrs | 17 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
'Zimbabwe's female politicians having it rough'
SMALL and Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni says female politicians are struggling to get into top positions compared to their male counterparts, which is why female legislators occupy less...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for fair representation of women in politics
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga says while government policy stipulates fair representation of women in politics, equal representation in political seats is not possible.Addressing the Nat...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa parties smoke peace pipe
ZIMBABWE'S three political parties in Parliament, Zanu-PF, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and MDC Alliance (MDC-A) have called for a truce ahead of the 2023 general elections.In a rar...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Women's League endorses Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF Women's League has thrown its weight behind President Mnangagwa as the party's sole candidate for next year's general elections.This came out during the Women's League provincial c...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for POLAD reconstitution
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) must be re-structured to include parliament and local councils' representatives, MDC Alliance leader Mwonzora said the current POLAD structure lacks people's mand...Published: 10 May 2022 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parties fail gender parity test
WOMEN activists have decried the low number of female representation in the March 26 by-elections, saying this hinders progress in achieving the 50/50 gender representation quota as stipulated in the ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has let me down'
THE estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa says her battles with her husband were no longer a private and family issue but for Zimbabwean women to also intervene and assi...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Blitz to get new voters ahead of 2023
Opposition political parties are rallying supporters to register to vote for the upcoming delimitation exercise for the 2023 general elections.The parties have also upped voter registration aw...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Padare advocates for female vice-president
Female participation in politics has remained a contentious issue with various women organisations and pressure groups pushing for adherence to the Zimbabwean constitution that stipulates equal repres...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Challenged world is alert and from challenge comes change
As we celebrate the 2021 International Women's Day (IWD) under the theme #ChooseToChallenge, and focus on inclusion and diversity, we reflect on the representation of women in the banking industry....Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Sibongile Moyo
Motherhood used as political weapon against women in politics
TABITHA Khumalo's political journey is a perfect example of the trials and tribulations of women in politics.Khumalo, an MDC founding member and former legislator for Bulawayo east, confesses ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court decision leaves MDC-T in disarray
THE MDC held a bruising conference to choose a new leader in December and it has resulted in a legal battle. The MDC's Thokozani Khupe ran to be the party's leader against Douglas Mwonzora. She lost t...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe activist heads for global climate summit
CLIMATE activist Cuthbert Mukora will join 500 young people from around the world selected to attend the first ever United Nations Youth Climate Summit in New York City on September 21.Over 7 ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The birth of tribal domination in Zimbabwean politics
On 8 November 1978, at the age of 61 years Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, formed the United National Federal Party (UNFP), as a break away from the Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization (ZUPO), a political par...Published: 17 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | 20 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Matebeleland women decry exclusion from traditional justice system
WOMEN in Matebeleland provinces have decried their poor representation in the traditional justice system, claiming it showed that they were still looked down upon by their male counterparts.Th...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Benny Gudo
ZCTU's incest with MDC Alliance not best for the worker
The proposals by the leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions to become formally aligned with a political party, in this case the MDC-Alliance, and to have a quota of seats on the national ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
Zanu-PF urges government urged to align Electoral Act with constitution
ZANU-PF has said Government should amend the Electoral Act to align it with constitutional provisions on gender parity to increase the overall representation and participation of women in politics. ...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa failed to uphold the country's gender policy, says activists
WOMEN activists have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failing to uphold the country's gender policy after failing to appoint a female Vice-President last week.The Women's Coalition of Z...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
I would start by congratulating you on becoming our new President. As you assume your five-year mandate, have a few suggestions.A female vice presidentIt goes without question that Sec...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Nyari Mashayamombe
Full Text: Zimbabwe Gender Commission Preliminary Election Monitoring Report on the 2018 Harmonised Elections
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is one of the five Independent Commissions established in terms of Section 232 and 245 of the Constitu...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Govt should fund training of polling agents, says Khupe
MDC-T breakaway faction leader, Thokozani Khupe, has challenged government to fund the training and deployment of polling agents for all political parties to ensure equal representation at all polling...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
The birth of tribal domination in Zimbabwean politics
On 8 November 1978, at the age of 61 years Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, formed the United National Federal Party (UNFP), as a break away from the Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization (ZUPO), a political par...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | 4 | by Taurai Njabulo Chirandu Njekete
MP in campaign against hate speech
MDC proportional representative MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga says she is lobbying Parliament to amend the Electoral Act so that it penalises political parties and candidates that promote hate sp...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Christian Epoupa saga rages on
AS the Christian Epoupa saga rages on, the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe have leapt to the defence of the Dynamos striker and have stepped in to try and break the impasse between the two parties....Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grand coalition fails to take off
Chances of opposition political parties forming a grand coalition to battle with Zanu-PF at the forthcoming polls are narrowing to zero with more and more disjointed alliances emerging each day, the D...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
End is nigh for MDC-T
At a time when MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa is in panic mode trying to convince party supporters that he is the legitimate leader, senior party members have been distancing themselves from party activi...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:26hrs | | by Anesu Pedzisayi
War vets, Mthawakazi on kamikaze run
WAR veterans in Matabeleland North province have called on political leaders and Cabinet ministers from the province to rein "rogue" Mthwakazi activists who continue to disrupt National Peace and Reco...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FUZ warns players
Footballers Union of Zimbabwe president Desmond Maringwa has warned Premier Soccer League clubs to follow the dictates of corporate governance and resolve contractual issues with players to avoid some...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe and its numerous 'boy-scouts associations'!
It stank to high heavens just by looking at the pics of the JOC, a meeting held today and chaired by President Mnangagwa: pictures were in Bulawayo24: it was a group of only men, not one single woman ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 20:08hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Stop ECD statement betrays Mrs Mnangagwa - MLF
What sounded as a genuine and motherly call to remove teachers foreign to communities they serve by Mrs Mnangagwa is proven otherwise by her call to stop ECD learning. Her ' Stop ECD' call is ...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by MLF
Mnangagwa's Cabinet negates women participation
WOMEN in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) executive director, Sakhile Sifelani-Ngoma says, women's voices in Zimbabwe have been suppressed for a long time, and this should end.She said the curren...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Cabinet remains an old people's home'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet announced late on Thursday night remains a chauvinistic and "old people's home'' where there is no space for youth, women and progressive technocrats, socia...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance name won't change
Opposition MDC spokesperson, Obert Gutu, has insisted that the opposition parties' coalition name - MDC Alliance - will not be changed.This comes as other opposition parties, including Joice M...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's NPP hits campaign trail
Opposition National People's Party (NPP) has put up fliers around the country calling for the electorate to vote Joice Mujuru as president in next year's elections in the clearest sign that the former...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's coalition hits turbulence
The mooted grand coalition of opposition political parties has been hit by severe turbulence, with observers saying it could suffer a stillbirth owing to disagreements on the implementation of the com...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe agrees on 3 vice presidents
PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the Zanu-PF Women's League to consider amendments to the party's constitution to create a slot for a third Vice President post that will be reserved for women.Presid...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Under the weather, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, due to circumstances beyond my own control, I am unable to address you this week.As most of you who care would be aware of, I had to travel ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 19:18hrs | 1 | by CZ
Equal representation and the myth of meritocracy
At the inaugural Women Electoral Convergence meeting in Bulawayo, participants under the shevote banner demanded equal representation for women in the 2018 elections. Showing their seriousness, female...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 13:15hrs | 2 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Rebellion against Tsvangirai quelled
The MDC has ordered its structures to only campaign for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of next year's elections, amid fears that top officials were working feverishly to block him from leading a...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe female MPs demand more Parly seats
Women legislators across the political divide are demanding that the male-dominated Parliament approve a bill giving women a stronger political voice in this patriarchal country.The women are ...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Khupe plotting to oust Tsvangirai?
With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls next year, the MDC has been plunged into another hair-raising conspiracy linking some of its top officials to a plot to block Morgan Tsvan...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Germans take control of Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou
GOVERNMENT has surrendered management of the Gonarezhou National Park to a German based-firm, Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), after failing to contain rampant poaching which was threatening to wip...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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