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Charumbira calls for truce in boundary row
Zimbabwe Chiefs' Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has called for an end to a long-standing boundary dispute between himself and newly-installed Chief Bere of Mashava. This follows th...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Who is profiting from negative reporting?
Not so long ago, Aljazeera correspondent Haru Mutasa was denied a visa by one Western embassy ostensibly because of lack of a guarantee that she would return home.While it is the prerogative o...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 347 | by Ranga Mataire
Nigerian military ruler says it was a military coup in Zimbabwe
FORMER Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who served as a millitary leader between 1976 and 1979, says Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power through a millitary coup that toppled his...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:12hrs | 5135 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plans to stop using army in demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government's plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:10hrs | 7026 | by Staff reporter
The only commandment with a promise
The plight of the aged is a national tragedy with most of them now just existing and not 'living'. In some rural communities old widows and widowers are shunned by their own who hardly check on them, ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:31hrs | 926 | by Tondo Murisa.
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift' Zanu-PF speaks out
Zanu-PF has dismissed reports of a purpoted rift between President Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga peddled in yesterday's issue of The Standard newspaper saying "such fic...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 8654 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga feud escalates
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to disband Zanu-PF structures in Harare and Bulawayo after growing concerns that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's growing influence was creating two centres of ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:16hrs | 12942 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Mugabe stripped of honours
ZANU-PF youth league has escalated its attacks on former leader Robert Mugabe whom it now wants stripped of all honours bestowed on him during his disastrous 37 years at the helm of the country....Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:48hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
MDC hawks target Tsvangirai memorial
Feuding members of the opposition MDC Alliance are using the memorial service of their former leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, as their latest factional frontier to settle scores and secure the endorsement ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi family feud escalates as Daisy moves to block Selmor
ON Monday February 18 at 6.23pm, a statement appeared on the Tuku Music Official Facebook page, part of it read; "We would like to distance ourselves from any events or gatherings that are being held ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2588 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans disillusioned with the 'new dispensation'
MORE than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 204 | by Ray Matikinye
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 3152 | by Staff reporter
Former minister's children fight over estate
Former Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister Nelson Samkange's children are entangled in a battle over the control of their late father's farm, which has affected Rukoba Secondary School operat...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1324 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba disgusted by Mliswa, Nduna 'idiotic' behaviour
ZANU-PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba says he was ashamed of the riotous behaviour of fellow legislators Dexter Nduna and Temba Mliswa who came close to trading blows beginning of this week....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2093 | by newzimbabwe
National dialogue deadlock: Hope keeps eluding Zimbabwe
NATIONAL dialogue meant to unite Zimbabweans around a common vision has failed to gain traction as the leading political parties have taken deeply entrenched hardline positions, plunging the country d...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-Nduna feud moves to another level
Independent legislator, Themba Mliswa, has said he would write an official complaint to President Emmerson Mnangagwa after being ejected from the National Assembly yesterday.The former fitness...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:53hrs | 4507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dialogue prayer snub was a Chamisa payback
DEPUTY Information Minister Energy Mutodi has hinted President Emmerson Mnangagwa could have deliberately ignored Thursday's invitation to a churches dialogue prayer meeting in retaliation to MDC lead...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:57hrs | 2692 | by newzimbabwe
Ian Khama, Masisi feud hits alarming levels - Coup possible in Botswana?
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi sanctioned an impromptu meeting yesterday - dubbed a "special conference" - at the height of disunity within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.He begg...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 23253 | by City Press
Cleric snubs Mnangagwa's presidential advisory panel
THE secretary general of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has declined an invitation to join a newly established panel of advisors for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The 26-member Presiden...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1671 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mnangagwa's rule may not last very long
Ten days ago, Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, hiked the price of petrol by 250 per cent, making it the most expensive in the world. There had been an acute fuel shortage for months and this ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 6044 | by Peter Godwin
'No dialogue without workers unions'
"Let us embark on a process of national dialogue. I invite the heads of all our nation's political parties, as well as religious and civil leaders, to set aside our differences and come together to sh...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 17:57hrs | 3030 | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
Linda Masarira attacks Jonathan Moyo
MDC-T National Spokesperson Linda Masarira has attacked exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo calling him a thief who failed to use his brains to improve the livelihoods of Zimbabweans."It's obnoxiou...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:48hrs | 4786 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa divides Bulawayo council
A fire tender hired out to the ruling Zanu-PF party during its annual National People's Conference held in Esigodini last month has caused ructions here after it was rented out at a massive discount a...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2569 | by Staff reporter
Homes burnt in church row
OVER 30 huts were gutted by fire on Christmas Day in suspected arson at the height to control a temple and shrine at the Guta RaJehovah Church in Zvimba District, Mashonaland West province. Th...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
31 huts burnt in fight over Church shrine
Some 31 huts were burnt at Guta RaJehovah Church in Zvimba in a feud over control of a temple and shrine.Congregants woke up to clashes on Christmas day as rival members reportedly attacked ea...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 21:54hrs | 5301 | by Staff Reporter
Mass stay away protests hit AFM
The intriguing factional fights in the Apostolic Faith Mission threaten to decimate the church in Masvingo, with many congregants now staying away from services to protest what they consider to be dis...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:31hrs | 4686 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Makomo, Zambezi Gas coal field feud
The coal claims feud pitting Zambezi Gas and Makomo Resources has taken a new twist, amid reports that there may have been an "error" in the former's special grant.Zambezi Gas says its special...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:16hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Confronting ED dictatorship head-on: demand enlightened Gvt based on free elections – not next time, NOW
"England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based on a true representation of a free people. Such an institution is known as a democracy!" These were the memorable words of Oli...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1466 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga hugs each other to dispel feud reports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is welcomed from the AU summit by Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga at Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday. ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 16:40hrs | 8686 | by John Manzongo
One year after 'Asante Sana', coup sounds still rumbling
One Tuesday, November 14 2017, military elites took control of all security arms of government and moved tanks into Harare's central business district to take control of government. Four hundred and f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 2023 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga feud in new twist
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former advisor Chris Mutsvangwa has accused Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga of being behind plots to oust him as war veterans leader, claiming it was a fight-back ag...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 11806 | by Staff reporter
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 2102 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
Zanu PF and MDC Alliance at par
A joint forum of the church and the civic society have said both Zanu PF and MDC Alliance have equal power despite their legitimacy feuds.Abigail Mupambi the nation cordinator said Zimbabwe ha...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 15:01hrs | 3481 | by Stephen Jakes
Justice Malaba wants to silence Khupe?
The feud between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC T president Thokozani Khupe resumed yesterday, after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) heard the matter in which the ex-Bulawayo Metropolitan Prov...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 14:38hrs | 5936 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe feud resumes
The feud between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC T president Thokozani Khupe resumed yesterday, after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) heard the matter in which the ex-Bulawayo Metropolitan Prov...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:47hrs | 4923 | by Staff reporter
Clashes mar distribution of presidential inputs
THERE was chaos and near clashes on Thursday in Hwange's Mabale ward after former councillor Spiwe Mapfuwa diverted a truck ferrying inputs for the Presidential Inputs Scheme to a Zanu-PF base, result...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality snaring the public
In the colonial era the mases faced a lot of police brutality primarily due to the racial factor. One would have thought in this new democratic era the narrative would have changed rather the si...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:05hrs | 795 | by Daniel Itai
Biti lying about GNU economic fortunes
For some time now there is a narrative that the economic fortunes scored during the tenure of the Inclusive Government was a result of of the "brilliance" or "prudence" of the then Finance Minister Te...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 2205 | by Views Matopo
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4915 | by Paul Siwela
Zanu-PF structures making Mnangagwa unpopular in Manicaland
WAR veterans in Manicaland are up in arms against the Zanu-PF provincial leadership, accusing the executive of making party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa unpopular in the province.Alread...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 3174 | by Igomombe
Villagers deprived of government food aid
Zimbabwe Peace Project has revealed that villagers were deprived of government sponsored food aid in the run up top elections.ZPP said these reprisals manifested through deprivation of governm...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 16:28hrs | 1271 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's endorsement of Mnangagwa did not come cheap
Former president Robert Mugabe's endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa after an ugly fallout did not come cheap.Mugabe and Mnangagwa's relationship broke down in November last year after the 94-ye...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 18:11hrs | 14355 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Mnangagwa relations improve
As the frosty relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his sulking predecessor Robert Mugabe get better, the government splashed hundreds of thousands of dollars last week hiring a charter p...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:50hrs | 5690 | by Staff reporter
'Cheated' Bulawayo councillor bares soul
…As Saga Around The Election of Cllr Batsirai Deepens BULAWAYO - Losing Council candidate who is also a former city father, Gideon Mangena, says he is...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | 5003 | by Divine Dube
Police, CIO sabotaged 'Zanu-PF and backed Biti' during elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party believes it lost Harare East constituency in the July 30 elections due to sabotage by the police and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) spy agency, NewZimbabwe.com report...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 4333 | by Staff reporter
Man 'axes' wife, hangs self
A MAN from Kamativi allegedly fatally axed his wife while their nine-year-old daughter watched, before hanging himself following a domestic feud.Gift Mupande (37) of Lwanzi village, under Chie...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:45hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abusing legal process
The MDC Alliance in a bid to please their sponsors elsewhere have plunged the nation into the pool of confusion. The country now suffers from anxiety which is having the investors throat pressed....Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 23:21hrs | 3902 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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