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MDC fights for Japajapa's freedom
MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende says the MDC is working flat out to make sure that jailed activist Paddington Japajapa gets bail after he was slapped with two years in prison.Said Hwende...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 5242 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kambarami's fate has been sealed
THE MDC leadership has summoned its Bulawayo councillors who last week faced protests from ratepayers over poor service delivery and endless infighting among city fathers.The melee at City Hal...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 5966 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele fraudster's property auctioned
'GOD fights my battles' are the words that dancer-cum-singer Sandra 'Sandy' Ndebele-Sibindi said after the Sheriff of the High Court last week auctioned property belonging to a woman who defrauded her...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Gloves off on corrupt fatcats: Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will dig deep into senior Zanu PF and government officials' feeding troughs, among them Command Agriculture, the National Social Security Authori...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Zvinavashe estate in shambles
FIVE beneficiaries of the estate of the late national hero, Vitalis Musungwa Gava Zvinavashe's Trust have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to remove the current Trustees accusing them of fai...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
'Convicted thief' Kambarami fights for position at High Court
THE civil trial involving Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and a political pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, opened at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday. ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths dare old guard
The Zanu-PF youth league, which triggered a storm early this month when it listed several people as being corrupt, will soon release a list of multiple farm owners mostly bigwigs in the ruling party. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3953 | by Staff reporter
Violence never an option
Zimbabweans are generally renowned as hospitable and peace loving people but the tendency to cause violence that seems to rear its ugly head, particularly by the MDC Alliance and its handlers is a ser...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:22hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2939 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Jacob Mudenda emerge as Mnangagwa's new targets for purging
AFTER weeding out his new rivals - who brought him to power - in the security sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has now shifted the purges to Zanu-PF, targeting the ruling party's heavyweights seen...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 12678 | by Staff reporter
Crucifying 'Wiwa' for a mere political rhetoric: A countenance of the Devil
While we mutually admonish instigators of anarchy, despondency, divisiveness and secessionism we loudly criticize an all-out war on the deputy chairperson of MDC-Alliance over an address at a politica...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1322 | by Benny Gudo
Zim seeks America's support in fighting corruption
Zimbabwe has sought the support of the United States in its fight against corruption.The newly appointed Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo held a meeting with ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | 4815 | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Tajamuka leaders
Attention: Promise Mukwananzi and your entire mercenary leagueYour pseudo campaign for an indefinite stayaway has dismally failed. The failure has erase...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2112 | by Erasmus Pongo
Why Zanu-PF youths are targeting heavy weights
Zanu-PF youths threw the cat among the pigeons recently when they released a list of alleged corrupt people that included senior ruling party officials such as Obert Mpofu and Prisca Mupfumira....Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 6216 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa celebrating Zanu-PF factionalism
THE opposition MDC party says it will be grabbing "popcorn and chairs" for front row seats in what appears to be factional fights playing out in the ruling Zanu-PF, where officials are tearing each ot...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:49hrs | 6165 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF: The thief screaming robber
Zanu-PF youths have decided to name and shame corrupt individuals within the party made news in past days .Not to be left out was Simon K Moyo promising the nation that the President has decided to ha...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1982 | by AT Kadada
Intra-party fights rocks Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF politburo yesterday resolved that President Mnangagwa would constitute a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations raised by the Youth League. This comes after intra-party f...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2879 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Zvinavashe estate
The High Court has lamented the absence of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the estate of the late former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Vitalis Musungwa Zvinavashe, whose widow...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
New twist to ZANU PF Youth corruption list
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena has challenged the Youth League led by Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu to first clear corruption allegations levelled at t...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 10:14hrs | 12497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland Collective faces split
MATEBELELAND Collective (MC), a grouping of the clergy and civic society groups in the region, has been rocked by divisions amid counter accusations that some members were State security agents determ...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Zanu-PF over forex 'cartels'
Factional wars dogging Zanu-PF have escalated, with the youth league declaring a war against party bigwigs who are allegedly involved in the illegal foreign currency trade.Zanu-PF youth league...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:13hrs | 2736 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE Zanu PF commissariat and youth league have called for a clean sweep of corrupt party and government bigwigs, saying all those implicated in corrupt activities should immediately be relieved of the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:06hrs | 4735 | by Staff reporter
'Matabeleland should be renamed Guruuswa'
President of The African Democrats (TAD) Marco F Machona has called for the compensation of Shona people by the Ndebele for what he Ndebele invasion under the leadership of King Mzilikazi. Mac...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6462 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Violence at MDC Masvingo provincial council elections
MDC Masvingo provincial chairperson, James Gumbi and other senior members of his executive have last week locked themselves in the party's offices in fear of being attacked by rowdy youths that are vi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga seeks stay of prosecution
Former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has approached the High Court seeking stay of his criminal trial at the Harare Magistrates' Court.Chipanga is being charged together with Innocent...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:04hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the pretence to unity
AT the burial of liberation icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna recently, MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa postured as a unifying figure vowing to work towards uniting the people of Zimbabwe....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | 762 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa elbows out Rugeje
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (retired) as Zanu-PF political commissar, replacing him with loyalist and long-time ally Victor Matemadanda as the battl...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 6905 | by Staff reporter
Churches to expose people plotting to remove Mnangagwa
WE, the collective of over 100 likeminded peace loving Civic Society Organizations, Community Based Organizations and churches across denominations from across Zimbabwe that are representative o...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 14:00hrs | 5691 | by CSCJF (Pastors and Bishops)
No one has the right to cause anymore bloodshed in Zimbabwe
CHURCHES AND CIVIC SOCIETY FORUMPRESS STATEMENTON THECURRENT SOCIO, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWEReleased at BULAWAYO, this 6th day of J...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1606 | by Pastors and Bishops
God made no concubine for Adam
A story published by some local news media recently and now so hot on the lips of gossips that no fly dares alight on them, has triggered consternation in the realm of holy matrimony with some worried...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 463 | by Stephen Mpofu
'Stop rumour mongering in ZANU PF'
ZANU PF Politburo member Kenneth Musanhi has challenged his party members to desist from rumour mongering saying that will kill the revolutionary party.Musanhi who was the guest of honour at M...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:12hrs | 2101 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dabengwa family welcomes hero declaration, but....
THE family of leading nationalist and ex-Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has welcomed Government's decision to declare him a national hero. Dr Dabengwa died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 4653 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transitional authority long overdue: MDC
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni torched a storm when he graced and addressed the MDC congress in Gweru on Saturday. The chief criticised the Zanu-PF government and Judiciary for failing the nation whic...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
Africa Day: Locating the role of the Youth in Africa's transformation
As we celebrate Africa Day this year, what are the major challenges facing Africa's youth? What is the position and role of the African youth in the transformation of Africa? While it is intrinsic to ...Published: 23 May 2019 at 16:02hrs | 190 | by Richard Mugobo
Mnangagwa's govt recognises MDC's 2014 structures
ZANU-PF has been accused of meddling in the affairs of the main opposition MDC party.These accusations intensified following a High Court ruling that appeared to stall the MDC congress prepara...Published: 20 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5330 | by Staff reporter
Complications of the congress season
WELCOME to the MDC Congress season. The circus has just dropped right down at Harvest House. All the actors have already donned their stage costumes, save for Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, whose congress ap...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1526 | by Chenai Mutasa
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1430 | by Benny Gudo
Ex-Zanu-PF MP fights contempt of court charge
FORMER Mbizo legislator Vongaishe Mupereri (Zanu-PF) who was last year slapped with a contempt court charge after leading illegal gold panners into gold-rich Gaika Mine in Kwekwe in violation of a Hig...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:27hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3315 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP fights broken v'rginity summons
THE Member of Parliament for Mberengwa North, Tafanana Zhou, is challenging a $30 000 lawsuit by a local woman accusing him of breaching a promise to marry after allegedly breaking her v*rginity....Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Defence Minister Matemadanda warns Chief Ndiweni
Defence and War Veterans Welfare Deputy Minister and Secretary General of War Veterans Association Victor Matemadanda has fired warning shots against Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni over his sentiments...Published: 13 May 2019 at 21:26hrs | 4613 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 590 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Matebeleland South gold wars turn bloody as gangs rampage
Avigilant Masotsha considers himself lucky to be alive.Masotsha, who hails from Kwekwe, was one of the more than 20 illegal miners who were panning for gold underground when a tunnel suddenly ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:31hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator acquitted over fake address
A HARARE court yesterday acquitted Mt Pleasant legislator, Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance), who was accused of contravening a section of the Electoral Act by falsifying his home address for the purpose of...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to resolve legitimacy issue first
Dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa over the disputed 2018 presidential elections is the only way to rescue the country from the worsening economic gridlock, a ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bankrolls Tsvangirai memorial
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is bankrolling the memorial service of the late former Zimbabwe Prime Minister and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, which is being held at his Buhera ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:19hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
The ZCTU should choose between labour and politics
A few days before the violent and ruinous protests of 14 to 16 January this year in the main cities of Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 1133 | by Nobleman Runyanga
There goes Mnangagwa bluffing, yet again!
History has a rich record of dumb presidents, so you really don't worry too much when President Emmerson Mnangagwa forgets the name of the National Sports Stadium or messes up simple math during a pol...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 6955 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa faces VPs headache
THE opposition MDC party goes into a crucial national council meeting this weekend to map out how the opposition party will handle its May 24 congress amid disagreements over the viability of maintain...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 4747 | by Staff reporter
6 000 delegates for MDC congress
MDC will spend close to $2 million on 6 000 delegates who will attend a crunching May 24 electoral congress in Gweru as the party seeks to chart a new way forward following the death of its founding P...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
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