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SB Moyo: Mugabe coup anchor turned face of diplomacy
"We wish to assure the nation that His excellency, the President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed," these were some of the words from the then M...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC tells ANC not to be distracted bu Zanu-PF antics
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance yesterday waded into the fight between ruling parties African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF, urging the ANC not to be di...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | 3342 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo fights 'false' rape allegations by modelling agency boss
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo on Monday pushed back against "false and outrageous" allegations that he raped a former model and beauty pageant organiser over a decade ago.State media r...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:53hrs | 3441 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Women's League to distribute masks to the public
The Bulawayo ZANU-PF women's league is set to distribute more than 7 000 masks to the general public as part of efforts to complement government efforts in curbing the spread of COVID-19.ZANU-...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:48hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Army-linked Anjin grabs richest diamond claim
AN army-linked miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, grabbed the most lucrative diamond claim in Marange from a firm owned by the government after being relicensed under unclear circumstances, it has em...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1109 | by Kenneth Matimaire
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 2379 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
'Mwonzora should promptly engage the ruling Zanu PF'
HOPE is high that Zimbabwe's much-talked about national dialogue could finally start in earnest this year, following recent political developments and hints to this effect by both President Emmerson M...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bringing a new brand of opposition politics
THE country's main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emm...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora still keen to talk to Chamisa
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:16hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora singles out Jonathan Moyo for causing disunity
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7052 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally says he did not join MDC for praise and worship
GWERU Central MP Brian Dube, who was last week appointed MDC-T secretary for legal affairs by newly elected MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora, says he is his own man who is not in opposition politics a...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Businessman 'divorces' wife over witchcraft
A Bulawayo businessman is embroiled in a bitter marital battle which has all elements of a soap opera after his wife sensationally claimed her marriage had been turbulent and fraught with fights, quar...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reiterates his readiness to work with political rivals
NEW opposition leader, Douglas Mwonzora says he will pursue a new type of politics that will see him seeking heightened interactions with both the ruling Zanu-PF and other opposition forces.Sp...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
MDC-led council show true colours
THE year2020 will go down in the history of the MDC-led Harare City Council as the worst under its leadership. The year exposed existing massive corruption, land scams, leadership crisis, arre...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 271 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Mutizwa appointed acting Harare mayor following Mafume's suspension
Ward 9 Councillor, Stewart Mutizwa, has been appointed acting mayor of the beleaguered MDC-Alliance led Harare City Council.His appointment follows the suspension of mayor Jacob Mafume and his...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:14hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Khupe 'runs' out of MDC-T congress
MDC-T interim president Dr Thokozani Khupe yesterday walked out of her party's extraordinary congress in Harare after being incensed by the chaos that marred the voting process. The cong...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Josiah Magama Tongogara 41 years on
A day after celebrating christmas swimming through the stiffed hard but good festive seasons on the 26th December 1979 duty called. In the call of duty the son of the soil breathed his last breath....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 17:42hrs | 1109 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa threatens Zanu-PF members
PARTY leaders who were recently elected in District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections should follow the Zanu-PF constitution or risk expulsion if they engage in counterproductive plots, President...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T presidency in my bag, says Mwonzora
MDC-T interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he is confident of winning the presidency of the party at the extraordinary congress to be held this Sunday. The MDC-T is set to hold its ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 4703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no official language, says Govt
A SECRETARY in the office of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Paul Damasane has made startling claims that Zimbabwe does not have an official language.The top government official said for over 40 ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
'Zapu 1963 split was the genesis of tribalism'
Opposition political party, ZAPU, says its 1963 split which led to the formation of Zanu, was the genesis of tribalism in the country. ZAPU celebrated its 59th anniversary in Bulaw...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem rocks Khupe's camp
FIERCE fights over money and a voters' roll that was found to be in shambles scuppered the second attempt by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T to hold its congress to elect a new leader, it has emerged....Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to set up 15 gold servicing centres
ARTISANAL and small-scale miners are optimistic that the proposed construction of more gold processing centres will ensure that the country generates the much-needed foreign capital and plug illicit m...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Fired Gweru Town Clerk fights back
FIRED Gweru Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has taken Gweru City Council (GCC) and Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo to court challenging her dismissal. Ms Gwatipedza was...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 361 | by Elliot Ziwira
What ZANU PF would do as an Opposition - PART 1
It was at the funeral gathering of the late MDC Alliance MP, Anna Muyambo (MHSRIP) where Job Sikhala noted that the MDC Alliance, despite its so called huge following and popularity, will still be elu...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:40hrs | 1324 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Mnangagwa frets over social media
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered disgruntled party members to stop taking out their anger over the just ended district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to the media.Zanu-PF held...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC controlled by G40,' says Mwonzora
MDC-T Secretary-General, Douglas Mwonzora, has alleged that the MDC Alliance is heavily influenced by elements of Zanu-PF's Generation 40 (G40) faction.G40 was said to be a group of Zanu-PF po...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:51hrs | 2025 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Minister Mavhunga
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central province Monica Mavhunga is under fire from stalwart of the liberation struggle after she allegedly removed their chairperson from the provincial lands commit...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2255 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Simbarashe Sithole
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1011 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Minister elbows war veterans Chairperson at a funeral
Fights in Zanu Pf camp Mashonaland Central province escalates as Minister of state for the province Monica Mavhunga allegedly elbowed war veterans chairpe...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 20:22hrs | 2857 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa battles G40, Gamatox remnants
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife fights for her passport
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, is battling to retrieve her passport to enable her to seek urgent medical treatment in South Africa — with the State saying yesterday tha...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:55hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
'G40, Gamatox teaming up against Mnangagwa'
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 7059 | by Staff reporter
Zimra fights to limit Covid-19 exposure
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) steps up effort at the country's ports of entry and its offices to limit exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic. Part of the initiatives include de-congesting the bor...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's penchant for chaos does not bode well for country
Zanu-PF held its long awaited District Coordinating Committee (DCC) polls over the weekend. They were as chaotic as could be expected of a party whose hegemony has driven the country to the br...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:08hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights to keep lights on
ZESA announced yesterday that it had acquired new transformers and vehicles worth US$18 million, as the power utility battles to keep the lights on in the country.This comes as the country is ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe may have been right after all
CHAOS that erupted in the Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) polls over the weekend could be an apt reflection of how factionalism is deep-rooted in the ruling party.From burning o...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of ballot boxes hits Zanu-PF DCC elections
ZANU-PF will this Saturday hold its crucial District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, but the governing party has failed to avail ballot boxes and has urged aspiring district chairpersons to so...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Was the court fair on mary Chiwenga
The world was shocked by a picture and video of Mary Chiwenga being wheeled to court in a very bad shape. The scenario showed the cruel and vindictive character of a system. The decision by the ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:21hrs | 3518 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa aims his guns at Zanu-PF land barons
IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa blew a gasket on Wednesday after he learnt that some Zanu-PF bigwigs were allegedly land barons who were using the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains t...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 16:00hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1054 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Has democracy deserted MDC?
FIGHTS in the opposition party, MDC-T, have exposed that all is rotten about the so-called intra-party democracy in the opposition party.The MDC-T was in March tasked to convene, within 90 day...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gold wars turn nasty
A NASTY fight for mining rights has erupted over gold mining claims in Umfurudzi Game Park where violence is said to be the order of the day between machetewielding Zanu-PF youths from rival camps....Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
We need to urgently fix Zimbabwe, says Makoni
Former Finance minister Simba makoni says Zimbabwe needs a culture shift to get the economy working again.Makoni (SM) told Alpha media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube (TN) on the show In Conver...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 5100 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe fights expulsion from MDC-T at High Court
MDC-T acting national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has approached the High Court seeking a review of his expulsion from his party position last week by the national council.MDC-T inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 2471 | by AFP
MP fights construction of Zuva service station
MuDZi south MP Jonathan Samukange has approached the High Court seeking an order barring the City of Harare from allowing the construction of a service station at the corner of Sam Nujoma street and J...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 3060 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bemoans corruption at NatPharm
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has bemoaned corruption at the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) which he said was hindering the availability of affordable medicines, especial...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
'No cheer under Mnangagwa administration 3 years on'
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation will this month mark three years in office, with analysts saying there was nothing to cheer about as the regime had failedto fulfil most of its promi...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:35hrs | 5675 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC polls widen fissures in party
FISSURES within Zanu-PF continue to widen as power struggles intensify ahead of the reintroduced district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections, with some provincial members seething with anger af...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Thugs in Zanu PF soiling the good name of the party
In this time of DCC elections, a lot of hero-worshipping and name dropping within the party is rife. Many people are abusing the name of the president in order to gain momentum. Some in provinces are ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 13:04hrs | 989 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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