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Sydney Gata is no hero
When US president Abraham Lincoln said that one can fool some people sometime, but one cannot fool all the people all the time, he forgot to add that Zanu-PF, as a stalwart, disciplined and principled...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:38hrs | 393 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Garwe under fire for alleged land grab benefiting Mnangagwa ally
Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe is once again embroiled in a controversial land seizure scandal, this time accused of stripping residential stands from nearly 100 former Members of Parliament (...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in spotlight for abusing traditional courts
Traditional leaders' courts in Zimbabwe are facing increased scrutiny following allegations of harassment, rights violations, and extortion by some chiefs. These courts, historically seen as pillars o...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:21hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Chasi prepared to return to end ZESA woes
Former Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi, has expressed his readiness to serve Zimbabwe once again as the country grapples with a worsening electricity crisis. The growing calls for...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 18:13hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
China supports total sanctions removal on Zimbabwe
China stands ready to support Zimbabwe for the total removal of Western sanctions, the defence of its sovereignty and the pursuit of strategic security interests, visiting Chinese Communist Party (CCP...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Bhora musango cost us Mnangagwa's hometown'
Zanu-PF's Midlands Provincial Chairperson, Edson Chiherenge, has attributed the party's loss in the Kwekwe Central seat, situated in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stronghold, to the "bhora musango" c...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments irk military
Insiders within the military and those in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's inner circle have disclosed his dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which s...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwi slams CCC over ballot printing demand
Zanu-PF Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs and Mazowe South legislator, Fortune Chasi has slammed the opposition CCC for making bizarre and unreasonable demands such as wanting to witness the printing...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig says hands off Winky D
Zanu-PF outgoing member of Parliament for Mazowe South and former Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has come out in defence of outspoken dancehall chanter-Winky D at a time he is hav...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds Gata as power crisis eases
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised ZESA's Executive Chairman Sydney Gata for managing and easing Zimbabwe's power crisis.Gata was brought back to the power utility in 2019, after his sus...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa fingered in senior CIO's death
Outspoken Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa has been accused of contributing in the death of senior Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) Andrew Chitungo's death.Mliswa who was present at the bur...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 14:25hrs | 13 | by Paul Ndou
Senior CIO dies
A senior Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Close Security Unit officer Andrew Chitungo - who served under the late president Robert Mugabe for years, Vice-President Constantino Chiwen...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Enqameni power lines vandalised
Electricity lines, which were installed at Enqameni in Gwanda, Matebeleland South sometime in 2005 have been vandalised.Zesa Holdings has been accused of abandoning the rural electrification p...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP 'begs' to meet Winky D
AT a time dancehall sensation Winky D is having a run-in with authorities after the release of his political and socially conscious album Eureka Eureka, Zanu-PF MP for Mazowe South and former energy a...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivhayo spends US$1.9 million on cars in a week
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivhayo has given credit to God in a post announcing receipt of a third high-end vehicle within a week.Chivhayo, whose Intratek was awarded the failed Gwand...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU-PF MP celebrates new car
Newly elected ZANU PF Mazowe South Member of Parliament Nobert Mazungunye was recorded celebrating the new vehicle he got from the party.While dancing to Zimdancehall singer Enzo Ishal s...Published: 04 May 2023 at 14:26hrs | 72 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe National Lawyers Forum sets free legal clinic
The recently launched Zimbabwe National Lawyers Forum is set to give free legal clinic in Mashonaland Central province on Saturday Bulawayo24.com has lear...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 15:45hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa should remember what happened to Mugabe, he must be careful
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been warned of a likely coup if he does not reign in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and Zanu-PF affiliate Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) fingered in th...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, more Zanu-PF heavyweights fall in party primaries
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has suffered defeat in weekend Zanu-PF primary elections, becoming one of the high profile casualties in the just ended ruling party internal polls.A fervent l...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
12 Zanu-PF MPs bite the dust in Mashonaland Central
PRELIMINARY results for the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections in Mashonaland Central indicate that 12 National House of Assembly candidates fell by the wayside in the primary elections held over th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Senior Zanu-PF members fall in Primaries
So far 22 Senior Zanu-PF members have fallen in party primary elections held over the weekend... Dexter NdunaMary MliswaPhilip ChiyangwaJoseph Chinotimba&nbs...Published: 27 Mar 2023 at 09:26hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora claims high level engagements with CCC and Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora has claimed his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling Zanu-PF have been engaged in "high level" discussions since early last year....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife lands top post in Zanu-PF Politburo
THE Politburo that was appointed by President Mnangagwa on Friday blends the old guard and youth and also catapults women to influential positions in the party.This new team that will steer th...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
How high-level corruption at ZESA plunged Zimbabwe into darkness!
The reason Zimbabwe is suffering by daily 20-hour electricity cuts is not necessarily due to antiquated equipment, neither can it ever be a so-called 'growing economy' - but, had everything to do with...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 09:39hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF desperately needs succession planning
AT least 3 500 delegates attended the just ended Zanu-PF congress in Harare, which overwhelmingly endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy ahead of next year's general elections.But w...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:56hrs | | by Evans Mathanda
ZESA says NO to Chiwenga's 2023 budget address
VICE President and health minister Constantino Chiwenga's 2023 budget presentation was Monday afternoon interrupted by a ZESA power in a poignant moment for the country's top leadership.Ordina...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers troop back
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers in the current administration and late former President Robert Mugabe's government are plotting a political comeback after they were cleared by the politburo to cont...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Kariba, Hwange power plants obsolete'
GOVERNMENT says obsolete equipment at power stations has caused the country's crippling power outages.This follows an announcement last Saturday by Zesa Holdings that there will be increased l...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have sought the services of vocal critics to sanitise the November 2017 military coup and while he could have succeeded in luring some, several including the la...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chasi throws Kazembe's faction under the bus
Mazowe South Member of Parliament Fortune Chasi (ZANU PF) has castigated corrupt council officials at Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) who are alleged...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 28 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Glendale
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE risks sinking into a deeper power crisis amid reports that the country's power utility Zesa is on the brink of collapse due to an unsustainable tariff regime, NewsDay has learnt.The p...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chasi returns to private law practice
Former Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has gone into private practice as a lawyer almost two years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired him from his ministerial post.Mn...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 14 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires his enforcer as State Security Minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sacked Owen Mudha Ncube as state security minister on Monday as Zanu-PF continues to feel the tremors from its divisive provincial elections concluded two weeks ago....Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 19:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ready for elections under Covid-19
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come up with a policy that will ensure the country resumes electoral processes even under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, which previously affected the...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF dreams of reclaiming all seats in Bulawayo
ZANU-PF national deputy political commissar Omega Hungwe has said the party is poised to reclaim all seats in Bulawayo in the 2023 harmonised elections following a successful restructuring exercise in...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mine gas explosion kills 5 Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe
AN OXYGEN tank explosion Thursday claimed the lives of six Chinese nationals and two Zimbabweans at SAS Mine, Lowdale, in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central.The unfortunate development was confirmed ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fortune Chasi shines
The Mazowe community hailed the former Energy Minister and Mazowe South legislator Fortune Chasi for fostering infrastructural development. Among others, Chasi assisted the community in ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:20hrs | 14 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Mazowe, Mt Darwin top Zanu-PF voter mobilisation
Zanu-PF'S Mazowe and Mt Darwin districts have taken a leading role in the party's voter mobilisation campaign in Mashonaland Central province.Mazowe district co-odinating committee (DCC) spoke...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe young businessman launches Africa Billionaires Association
Zimbabwean young businessman and Founder of ZUETH Petroleum Ethan Moyo recently launched an African Billionaires Association (ABA) an African entrepreneurs network whose ultimate vision is to ease acc...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 47 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Musarara, Kazembe called to order
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Politiburo Members (PB) Kenneth Musanhi, Fortune Chasi, Walter Kananga and Munyaradzi Machacha pounced on Mazowe District yest...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 00:51hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Politiburo members descend on Mazowe chaos
ZANU PF politburo members today descend on Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central province to try and douse flames following last week's skirmishes that f...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Mnangagwa to blame for Zimbabwe's energy crisis'
LEADER of opposition political party, New Innovative Mordernisation Front (NIMF), Peter Munyanduri has predicted shortages of electricity in the country will persist as long as the Energy Ministry is ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Villagers approach High Court over hospital master plan
DISGRUNTLED Chiweshe villagers have approached High Court after Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) allegedly refused to furnish them with master plan an...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe to set up nuclear power station with Russia's help
THE governments of Zimbabwe and Russia this week signed an agreement that will see the Russians assisting the southern African nation setting up a nuclear power station to provide alternative sources ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Village heads up in arms with MRDC over Rosa hospital boundary
VILLAGE heads in Chiweshe ward nine and 10 are up in arms with Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) over Rosa hospital's boundary.The village heads last year petitioned Mazowe Central legislat...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:31hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF councillor sets thugs on colleague
Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) chairperson John Mudzonga has been accused of setting thugs on his vice chairperson Chakabvepi Chinhema over Rosa hospital boundary.Mudzonga is ward 9 coun...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 17:26hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
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