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Who is Chivhayo panyama yehuku?…as Youth League bays for his blood
Businessman, Wicknell Chivhayo, who was once convicted of fraud, is caught in a firestorm after showing that he has the physical stature of an elephant, but the mental acuity of an ant, having excited...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:14hrs | 11 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mahere set to challenge Chamisa for the Citizens Coalition for Change Presidency
The political arena in Zimbabwe is currently ablaze with anticipation and speculation as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) approaches its highly awaited elective conference scheduled for the end...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:41hrs | 6 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mudenda to decide on Chamisa's recalled MPs
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has written to the Speaker of Parliament urging him to ignore attempts to recall over a dozen lawmakers by a man claiming to represent the par...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bimha sucked into deadly Zanu-PF wrangle
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha, has been caught up in the deadly factional firestorm raging in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard amid reports he received a US$4 000 ca...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Police, soldiers join Gaika looting spree
GOVERNMENT is facing fresh headaches over Gaika Mine invasion after soldiers and police officers deployed to seal it off started to fraternise with the trespassers and joined the gold looting spree, i...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elite school Peterhouse in Twitter storm over 'racist' picture
An elite Zimbabwean school was forced to take down a tweet on Tuesday after it created an internet uproar amid racism allegations.A second tweet put up to calm the anger was criticised for per...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Basic freedoms diminish under Mnangagwa reign
IDI Amin Dada Oumee (1923-2003), the late Ugandan dictator whose seven-year iron-fist rule gained notoriety for its sheer buffonery, brutality and repression, is infamous for coining the saying: "Ther...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora trading blows in an unpredictable, bruising fight
WITH just five months to go to a crucial congress, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his main internal rival, secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, are trading blows in an unpredictable, bruising fight to w...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM condemns state and Zanu PF's terrorism in Matebeleland
As 1893 MHRRM, we take this opportunity to condemn the bombing and the continued importation of violent acts by the perpetrators of Gukurahundi and their allies into Matebeleland.As a peace-lo...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Nkosinathi Mbambo
ZimFirst express concern over Mnangagwa's arbitrary awarding of pension to Mugabe
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has expressed concerns over the manner in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to have unanimously awarded pension to the former President Robert Mugabe without the i...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Afrobarometer findings: A few points to consider
RECENT Afrobarometer survey findings in Zimbabwe created a firestorm of reaction in the news media and on social media – a fact for which we think Zimbabweans should congratulate themselves. A willi...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Brian Howard and Carolyn Logan.
Democrats thrown into turmoil on eve of convention
Philadelphia - Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chair, a stunning leadership shake-up as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton....Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwe life presidency in offing, as constitutional changes loom
THE country is hurtling towards establishing a life presidency amid plans by Zanu-PF to amend its constitution as a precursor to the amendment of the national charter so that it conforms to the party'...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muslim woman kicked out of Donald Trump presidential campaign
WASHINGTON: A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering ...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by AFP
Killing of Cecil sparks calls to ban trophy hunting
The maiming with a crossbow and later killing of Cecil, the famous Hwange lion, by American dentist Walter Palmer has led to an international firestorm of protest and calls for the...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 18:10hrs | | by Don Pinnock
Mzembi's proverbial nine lives
Call it fate or pure luck lurking by his side; and hate him or like him, but Tourism and Hospitality Minister Walter Mzembi has the proverbial nine lives of a cat - at least politically.Suspec...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa stokes Zanu-PF firestorm
Zanu-PF structures in the country's 10 provinces are divided on how to deal with Foreign Affairs deputy minister Chris Mutsvangwa who has of late been attacking senior party officials as factionalism ...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland refuses to mourn dead Shamuyarira
PRESSURE groups in the Matabeleland region yesterday said they would not mourn the death of former minister and retired Zanu PF information secretary Nathan Shamuyarira due to his provocative ...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
World Vision not hiring gays
New York - Facing a firestorm of protest, the prominent Christian relief agency World Vision on Wednesday dropped a two-day old policy that would have allowed the charity to hire Christians in same-se...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 10:11hrs | | by AP
'Obama, Beyonce dangerously in love', French media goes crazy over romour
A French media firestorm has been circulating claims that Barack Obama and Beyonce are dangerously in love.It came as Francois Hollande, France's head of state and a well-known love cheat, a...Published: 11 Feb 2014 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A Proven Solution to the Syrian Crisis
President Obama said, "...my administration has tried diplomacy and sanctions, warning, and negotiations - but chemical weapons were still used by the Assad regime." Even if Assad gives up his che...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 17:59hrs | 19 | by Teresa Studzinski and Dr. David Leffler
Mujuru business empire following apart
JUST over a year after the death of former army commander General Solomon Mujuru in a mysterious firestorm, his sprawling business empire - meticulously built over 30 years - has started crumbling wit...Published: 04 Sep 2012 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
US church votes 9-6 to ban mixed-race couples
Louisville - When Stella Harville brought her black boyfriend to her family's all-white church in rural Kentucky, she thought nothing of it. She and Ticha Chikuni worshipped there whenever they were i...Published: 03 Dec 2011 at 14:09hrs | | by AP
Is the gay myth a human rights issue or a question of Values and Morality
The recent utterances regarding the status of gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe by the Right Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe and President of the Movement for De...Published: 24 Nov 2011 at 17:57hrs | | by Trevor Manhanga
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