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Mnangagwa spooks' 'dirty' deals exposed

A recent report by The Sentry sheds light on the Central Intelligence Organisation's (CIO) secret revenue streams, which fund activities like Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), alleged to have influenced Zimbabwe's 2023 elections in favor …

Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 09:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

How shadowy group FAZ was formed

A new report has revealed that Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi, Deputy Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), and his close family members established the Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) trust to support the ruling Zan…

Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:16hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter

FAZ in mass deployments

The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its operatives to six constituencies where b…

Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF, FAZ abused school facilities during elections'

A LATEST report by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has exposed rampant abuse of school facilities by Zanu-PF activists ahead of the disputed August elections in violation of a standing High Court order.Latest data …

Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

FAZ hijacks Pfumvudza inputs programme

Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), an alleged shadowy affiliate of Zanu-PF, is reportedly withholding Pfumvudza agricultural inputs from suspected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters. A confrontation arose when Enika Gomo, a sus…

Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

FAZ leads Zanu-PF by-election campaign

Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, has once again enlisted the assistance of its controversial affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), to coordinate campaign activities for the upcoming by-elections on December 9.These by-elections we…

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections

THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF in power, has de…

Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter

Lightning strike strikes Faz leader's family members

Kudakwashe Munsaka, the leader of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), suffered a tragic loss when three members of his family were struck by lightning during torrential rains in Zimbabwe last Tuesday. The devastating incident occurred in Bi…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:22hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter

Harare tops in human rights violations

During the recent election period in Zimbabwe, a report from the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has documented 384 human rights violations, with Manicaland and Harare registering the highest number of cases.The report highlights that the mos…

Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa unleashes FAZ on NGO?

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly deployed shadowy Zanu-PF affiliate Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to intimidate and spy on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), a latest report by a local research unit reveals.FAZ is a regi…

Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Knives out for Faz after election disaster

The shadowy Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz), which is at the centre of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial re-election, says it is now being used as a scapegoat by its critics, including Zanu-PF factions following reports that it…

Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Faz, military tension is likely to rise

TENSION between Zanu-PF's restive group Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz) and the military is likely to rise after if Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa forms the next government after Wednesday's elections given the president's plan …

Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Faz backfires on Mnangagwa?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reliance on a shadowy organisation to spearhead his re-election campaign has come back to haunt him after foreign observer missions cited it as one of the plethora of things that marred the August 23 election…

Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

FAZ member assaulted

GUTU Magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu last week sentenced Goodson Matanda (51) to one year jail term for assaulting a Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) member Shamiso Madondo in June this year.Matanda will, however, do 315 hours after Magistr…

Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

'FAZ heavily involved in electoral manipulation'

A recent study by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) found that the deployment of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) into Zimbabwe's electoral processes was a key part of Zanu-PF's electoral manipulation strategy.The study found that FA…

Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 18:56hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Elections won't change anything as long as Zimbabweans donâ€™t hold leaders accountable

Some people have asked why I appeared as though I was not particularly enthusiastic about the forthcoming harmonized elections in Zimbabwe.This deduction seems to have emanated from my apparent shunning of writing much on the whole affair.…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:12hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

CIO linked FAZ abducts village head over cement

Three men from Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) on Wednesday allegedly abducted and threatened to kill Munamati Village head in Ward 8 Gutu Central, Wilfred Munamati, for receiving ten bags of cement donated by a local CCC candidate for u…

Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Forever Associates of Zimbabwe now Zanu-PF affiliate

FOREVER Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation outfit which has taken over electoral processes, has spoken out and says it is now an affiliate member of Zanu-PF, but says it has no connection to the Zimba…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

FULL LIST: CCC 'fake' candidates unveiled

FRAUDULENT DOUBLE CANDIDATES Pursuant to our press briefing on 22 June 2023, we filed objections against double candidates in terms of the procedure provided for under the Electoral Act. We have received no response from ZEC. Consequently,…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 16:32hrs | 10 | by CCC

Mnangagwa, Chamisa headline provisional list of 11 presidential candidates

A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's return into the ring will be vying for presidency in harmonised elections d…

Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Faz election project fuels tension within security forces

TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz) which has unconstitutionally…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter

Forever Associates Zimbabwe's campaign methods exposed

A MANUAL for the Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a Central Intelligence Organisation-controlled shadowy entity clandestinely and unlawfully using public resources to campaign for the re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Forever Associates Zimbabwe casts dark cloud over Zimbabwe polls

THE involvement of parallel structures in the running of elections has raised alarm, with main opposition official Tendai Biti demanding that Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri present a ministerial statement on the role of the shad…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:13hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's activists attack FAZ agent at voters' roll inspection centre

Five opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters from Chirumanzu have been arrested for allegedly manhandling a member of mysterious Zanu-PF appendage group Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) at a voters roll inspection centre…

Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

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