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Mnangagwa govt's hand in King Munhumutapa fiasco exposed
The government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly exploring controversial plans to amend the constitution, potentially empowering self-proclaimed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, since 2...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:19hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1844 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Fresh fruits can be dried and get served at much time later
The last farming season was a fiasco, poor rainfall pattern translating to little or no harvest to write home about. The Elnino weather phenomenon wrecked havoc with crops especially grains, leaving f...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 20:44hrs | 463 | by Thomas Murisa Chinehasha
Phillip Chiyangwa at it again
Phillip Chiyangwa, known as Captain Fiasco, and his long-time fiancée Sarah Frankis, held a lavish wedding planned in just nine days. The event, orchestrated by Sarah’s sister Elaine Frankis, was a...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:40hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart distances himself from CCC fiasco
BULAWAYO Mayor David Coltart has announced his decision not to resign from his position amidst the ongoing power struggles within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).The opposition party f...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What Of The Logo?
Five months ago, I wrote an article criticizing the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for using ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Umjolo gone bad
WHAT do women want, really?There are times when men ask themselves if they will ever satisfy their wives. They never find the answer.Simply put, it seems some women never get enough....Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Fertilizer Fiasco: Binga Teacher Behind Bars for Presidential Inputs Scandal
In a recent legal development, a 39-year-old teacher from Chinego Primary School under Chief Pashu in Binga finds himself in custody following accusations of unlawfully possessing Presidential Command...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:35hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
CCC confusion brings back Zanu-PF in Bulawayo
THE controversial weekend by-elections were significant for two main things: They gave the ruling Zanu-PF a two-thirds parliamentary and a return to Bulawayo from rural exile.The polls brought...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC recalls are of Chamisa's own making
One does not need to be a lawyer, just common sense, to realise that the chaos resulting from the recalls was of Chamisa's own making. Yes Zanu PF has taken full advantage of the situation but it woul...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 09:16hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
The real risk of Chamisa's temporary solutions to permanent problems
THE political arena has had rich pickings for pundits in the past few days. On the one hand, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) circus of recalls of its elected members continues.It start...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 12 | by Ntando Dumani
CCC recalls: Hope is a finite resource
HOW is one Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament a dress-rehearsal for politics of manipulation and inconsistence in Zimbabwe?For students of...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | | by Sharon Hofisi
ZRP demands more from fiscus
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has pleaded with Parliament to push for an upward review of its budget allocation, arguing the inadequate funding of the police force is crippling operations....Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
CCC cadres not happy with Chamisa's leadership
WHEN Sengezo Tshabangu, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist claiming to be its interim secretary-general, made the shock move to recall 15 of the party's legislators this week, it created a...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 21:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS: Chamisa's accountability problem and the erosion of trust in Zimbabwean politics
The political tapestry of Zimbabwe is once again in the spotlight, but this time, for reasons that shake the very core of public trust. A now-debunked press statement announced the expulsion of ...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Sandra Mverera
CCC Parliamentary presence will be in disarray
Zimbabwean former deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara has joined the fray over main opposition CCC's crisis triggered by recalls of its 15 MPs.He says this is not surprising and i...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 09:42hrs | | by AGO Mutambara."
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Mutapa fiasco raises eyebrows
Observers have raised concerns over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to transfer the shareholding of 20 state-owned companies to the renamed Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) without parliamentary i...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inauguration under a dark cloud
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today be inaugurated in Harare for a second term after his hotly-disputed re-election under a dark cloud of illegitimacy as the main opposition abandoned i...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pins hope on Hakainde Hichilema after stalemate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a delegation to neighbouring countries to elicit the support of Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in his pu...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not give away their electoral victory'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF will not give away their unassailable electoral victory in the just ended harmonised elections as Zimbabwe's Constitution does not provide for a re-run of elections at ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election re...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chamisa stopped the Polling Station Point Person initiative, fearing that Biti would use it to topple him
Those in the know within CCC ranks are aware that the plan was to have what in CCC lingo was called "PSPP" [Polling Station Point Person].This would have ensured that every polling station has...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa does not have all the 12,374 V11s: The case of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe
Factually it is not true that, unlike in 2018, Chamisa this time round has all the V11s from the 12,374 polling stations that were created for the 2023 harmonised general election, because he and his ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa'sd CCC rescued by ZEC after 'strategic ambiguity' fiasco
CCC has Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to thank after its constituency and proportional representation candidates in Bulawayo and Harare - whose nomination papers were either fatally defective or...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 19:18hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
History of election mischief: From mlolongo system to vote buying
Once upon a time, each candidate at the General Election was assigned his own ballot box. It is the ballot papers inside your box that determined the poll outcome.The ballot box was only ident...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by John Kamau
Zanu PF's to power will is burn Zimbabwe than let anyone else rule. CCC's will is do absolutely nothing, let everything burn
It is a historic fact that the MDC opposition sold out big time during the 2008 to 2013 GNU when the party failed to implement even one meaningful democratic reform designed to stop Zanu PF rigging th...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 14:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
General Notice 635 of 2023 fiasco
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait, it's the government of Zimbabwe doing its usual shenanigans.In a recent move that has left many scratching their heads and wondering about the state of aff...Published: 14 May 2023 at 13:33hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Zimbabwe suffering from leadership crisis
THE recent fiasco surrounding General Notice 635 of 2023 has exposed a far-reaching crisis of competence, transparency, and accountability within our public information management system. As concerned...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Vinthoughts
'Zanu PF primaries were utter fiasco for ED thx Mafia' said Mliswa. ED's turn to sleep with one eye open
If one, Right Honourable Temba P Mliswa, MP for Norton, is to be believed, then the Gold Mafia is certainly bigger then Zanu PF and they are the ones behind President Mnangagwa's humiliating defeats i...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 11:12hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa swore a solemn oath to serve the good of Rome and not - by rigging elections - the glory of Caesar
If we in Zimbabwe are serious about digging ourselves out of the economic and political hell-on-earth we are in, then we must start by paying attention to detail on why we got into this mess. If we kn...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 21:23hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mupfumira angers Mnangagwa's wife?
FORMER Tourism Minister, Prisca Mupfumira, reportedly infuriated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa after bulldozing her way onto the top table during a recent function held at Mhondoro-Mubaira.Mup...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Zanu-PF Midlands leadership
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has reacted angrily after being snubbed for central committee (CC) position in the Midlands province.Sources ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sha Sha 'divorces' DJ Maphorisa
WHEN songbird Sha Sha emerged as a force in what was then a bubbling amapiano scene in 2019, few would have imagined that she would ever leave the protective wing of Maphorisa, the man who discovered ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Mwonzora aborts Chinhoyi rally over poor turnout
MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora was Wednesday forced to cancel his rally in Chinhoyi after it turned out to be a monumental flop with just a handful of people turned in attendance.The Chinhoyi ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa speaks on Khupe fiasco
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party supporters must not panic over reports that the MDC-T faction leader Thokozani Khupe was on the verge of j...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC blames political parties for voters roll mess
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has vehemently denied responsibility for the messy voters roll and accused political parties of causing the fiasco by issuing their supporters affidavits with s...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC cracks
CRACKS are emerging in the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) amid allegations of imposition of candidates in Bulawayo and Masvingo provinces which are threatening to rip apart the recently rebrande...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'It's settled, Chamisa, not Mwonzora, is nation's hope' - just another Mnangagwa vs Mugabe false choice
In 2017 outsiders not familiar with the Zimbabwean people's warped thinking were rightly surprised that Zimbabweans came out in their hundreds of thousands to support the November 2017 military coup. ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Larry Mavhima crucified Mudha
FORMER State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube was fired from his lucrative job after he was crucified by newly installed Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairman Larry Mavhima during a stormy three-hour...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ plays Chamisa's song in Chiwenga's presence, CIOs in trouble
STATE security details, on duty at a government function in Chikomba, are reported to be in trouble after a disc jockey mistakenly played an MDC Alliance song in the presence of Constantino Chiwenga....Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The legality of the MDC-T
MUCH has been said about Nelson Chamisa still using the name MDC in rallying his supporters. Just on Monday there was a letter penned by one O Gutu. Gutu was saying Chamisa and Zimbabwe Electoral comm...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:36hrs | 9 | by Allan Mbire
Zanu-PF fights delay wheat payments
PAYMENTS to wheat farmers for the 2021 season are likely to be delayed after millers, who had pledged $5,5 billion to complement government funds, were scandalised by a parliamentary report which left...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare incidents engulf Mugabe's village as boy hangs self at father's funeral
BIZARRE incident are playing out in the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural Zvimba area after an 18-year-old high school pupil committed suicide by hanging near his newly buried father's grave...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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