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Gandawa blasts govt failure to service UN debt
FORMER Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has blasted the new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa for failing to pay US$81 000 membership fees to the United Nati...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda sculpture torches storm
WHILE sculpture is a celebrated art form in the country, it appears many have not been able to appreciate some of the artefacts, if the trending disapproval of the memorial statue for the country's la...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for defiance
A proposed new law criminalising the identification of rogue state agents committing rights abuses must be "defied with contempt", former minister Jonathan Moyo has said.Godfrey Gandawa, the f...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | 6064 | by Staff reportetr
Gukurahundi genocide must not be swept under the carpet, says Gandawa
EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, Godfrey Gandawa has called for truth telling and prosecution among perpetrators of the Gukurahundi atrocities before steps could be put in ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
'General Chiwenga caught offside'
Vice President in charge of the Ministry of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga's banning of elections has been interpreted as a politicical decision and not a COVID -19 related decision. ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 10:17hrs | 19207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Show us what was looted by G40,' says Kasukuwere
FORMER ZanuPF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has demanded answers from his erstwhile colleagues who accuse him and other ruling party's G40 faction members of looting state resources, to reveal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1767 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: 'MDC training insurgents in Eastern Europe' ZANU PF claims
ZANU PF Spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has accused the opposition MDC Alliance of sending young people to be trained in insurgent activities in Eastern Europe. Addressing journalists, Ch...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 11:22hrs | 10258 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Ramaphosa can't end Zimbabwe crisis with stakeholders at cross purpose' - worst of all, lack vision
It has been a hard slog just to reach a consensus that Zimbabwe is facing a serious economic and political crisis. There is a mountain of evidence to prove the crisis but even that has not helped sinc...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:41hrs | 1509 | by Wilbert Mukori
ANC determined to dump camaraderie approach and reprimand Zanu-PF
Analyst Phillan Zamchiya yesterday said while liberation parties operate secretively, the actors and nature of the delegation dispatched by Ramaphosa showed that South Africa was now more determined t...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3051 | by Staff reporter
Region turns heat on Mnangagwa
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has voiced his concern over the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe that has seen a spike in State-sponsored abductions, arrests and torture of opposition activ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 8128 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo faces extradition from Kenya?
Former minister Professor Jonathan Moyo may have to flee Kenya to avoid extradition to Zimbabwe on fraud and related charges involving the alleged diversion of US$244 575 from the Zimbabwe Manpower De...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 16:16hrs | 4384 | by Staff reporter
Gandawa admits taking part in Zanu-PF's rights violations
SELF-EXILED former Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Godfrey Gandawa has sensationally admitted he took part in atrocities on behalf of Zanu-PF although he now lived to regret his dark past....Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Exiled ex-minister rubbishes Govt third force claim on MDC abductors
Exiled former deputy higher education minister Godfrey Gandawa rubbished claims by the Government that there was a third force behind the abduction of three Movement for Democratic Change female membe...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:31hrs | 3883 | by Naume Muza
Kasukuwere divides Mzembi's party
EX-MINISTER Walter Mzembi's party has been rocked by further turmoil amid reports the new custodians of the fledgling opposition were at odds over a possible merger with Saviour Kasukuwere.The...Published: 12 May 2020 at 11:57hrs | 2431 | by newzimbabwe
Mzembi party crumbles
EVEN before it has been launched, a political party associated with former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi, has hit turbulent waters with resignations, expulsions and counter-expulsions ripping it apar...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi, Gandawa quit People's Party amid terrorism set-up fears
Exiled former tourism minister Walter Mzembi on Wednesday quit the fledgling People's Party which he founded citing what he called unresolvable "internal contradictions".Mzembi's deputy, Godfr...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2260 | by Staff reporter
Can Zimbabwe weather an extended lockdown?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week said he could not rule out the possibility that the current 21-day national lockdown effected on March 30 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COV-...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sends a message to Ndebeles in diaspora
Professor Jonathan Moyo has urged Matabeleland citizens in the diaspora to pull resources together and equip their health infrastructure to be able to respond to the threats from the deadly coronaviru...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 10:18hrs | 10841 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC MPs urged to resign en masse
Former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Godfrey Gandawa has urged opposition Members of parliament to resign from the August house and leave ZANU PF to fail on its own. Said Ga...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 13:25hrs | 7802 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Majority citizens' food stocks will not last them two days during lockdown - Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has said it is sad that most of the citizens who survive from hand to mouth have no food that can last them two days dur...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1441 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman who tested positive for Covid-19 in UK from Zim 'infected many along the way'?
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has expressed fears that the woman who had been cleared #COVID19 negative in Zimbabwe but later tested positive after sh...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 5550 | by Stephen Jakes
Enforcement of the rule of law can boast our economic - Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Schence and Technology deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has said the proper application of the rule of law in the country will boast the country's economy through establishment...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 08:35hrs | 644 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC should be wary of founder mentality syndrome
DEBATE has been raging over the past few weeks over the role former Zanu-PF members, particularly the so-called G40, are playing in the MDC.As usual, views are polarised, with some saying they...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1549 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Many Zimbabwean celebrities live in poverty due to exploitation: Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and technology deputy Minister Godfrey Gandawa has lamented that many of great performers in Zimbabwe are living in poverty despite having been household names. ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 691 | by Stephen Jakes
Gandawa apologises on behalf of Zimbabweans for Muchinguri's reckless statements on coronavirus
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology deputy Minister Godfrey Gandawa has apologized to all the countries which have suffered the effects of coronavirus over the statements made by Defence M...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 6604 | by Stephen Jakes
Command economics is not a new concept - Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology Minister Godfrey Gandawa has revealed that command economics is not a new concept as it has been tried before but it failed."Command economics i...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 11:48hrs | 634 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt should not pretend to be baffled by sanctions: Gandawa
Former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has said government must stop pretending to be baffled by the extension of targeted sanctions by the United States and allies...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 791 | by Stephen Jakes
Former Minister survived assasination from Zimbabwe army
Former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Dr Godfrey Gandawa survived a state-sponsored assassination attempt in 2018 after he fell out with the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led governme...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 14:46hrs | 6901 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zim with its vast tracks of lands is failing to feed its people - Gandawa
Former deputy minister of Higher, Tertiary Science and technology minister Godfrey Gandawa has lamented that Zimbabwe despite its vast tracks of land it is failing to feed its people."Zimbabwe...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 09:13hrs | 956 | by Steve Grays
Former deputy minister says Zimbabwe has collapsed
Former Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Godfrey Gandawa has said Zimbabwe has collapsed as most workers even professionals have been reduced to paupers."The first step in resolving...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2497 | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 16222 | by Staff reporter
'Struggle to defeat Zanu-PF is for as many are willing to fight in it' - Edmund Kudzayi
Journalist Edmund Kudzayi has said the struggle to defeat Zanu-PF is "for as many are willing to fight in it" and there are no "super citizens" suitable for that.On Sunday the fearless investigati...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 09:37hrs | 2169 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa goes for broke
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly targeting farms belonging to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, former Manicaland provincial minister Mandi Chimene and other top allies of the l...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 7890 | by Staff reporter
The name Mashurugwi irks the Shurugwi residents
The land of many heroes Shurugwi. The welcoming area and it does not deserve to be labelled as the mother land of these cold blooded criminals.Comrade Matemadanda the National Political Commis...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1411 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
G40 cabal wings clipped
Former Zanu PF members and Cabinet ministers, who fall under the G40 cabal, and went into self-imposed exile in neighbouring countries are living testimonies that all is not well outside their country...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 13:42hrs | 5106 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mzembi to lead the new People's Party
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has been appointed interim leader of a new opposition party, the People's Party.Mzembi, who left for South Africa in 2018 on the pretext of se...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:17hrs | 4632 | by Staff Reporter
Interpol frustrates hunt for Zimbabwean fugitives
THE International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) is frustrating efforts to extradite people facing criminal charges in the country, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga said yesterday. ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:04hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
CIO agents monitor Jonathan Moyo in Kenya
Members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation are reported to have solicited the services of a worker at a complex where exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo stays to grab...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 09:06hrs | 7237 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malema takes aim at Mnangagwa but says Mugabe overstayed in power
South African opposition leader Julius Malema on Thursday pleaded with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow Robert Mugabe's exiled loyalists to bury him, telling him: "You can't be worse t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:55hrs | 2211 | by ZimLive
Exiled G40 members turn to social media to mourn Mugabe
SOME members of the once-powerful Zanu-PF's G40 faction who are in exile have taken to social media to mourn former President Robert Mugabe, once viewed as the godfather of the group vanquished after ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3135 | by newzimbabwe
Interpol declines Zimbabwe requests to arrest former Mugabe ministers
Zimbabwean authorities' attempts to employ Interpol to secure the return to Zimbabwe of former top officials of ousted president Robert Mugabe have hit a brick wall.In one such case, the inter...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:24hrs | 9465 | by ZimLive
Mthuli Ncube in USD$ 500 million scam
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has been sucked into a U SD$ 500 million scam involving Treasury Bills Professor Jonathan Moyo, a fugitive from justice, has alleged.Post...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 8873 | by Mandla Ndlovu
China dumps Chiwenga over alcohol abuse and corruption
The Chinese military has dumped Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as their preferred successor after the VP was fingered in corruption cases and alcohol and drug abuse. An exclusive cable pa...Published: 07 May 2019 at 16:49hrs | 50868 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hordes apply for Zacc posts
Parliament has been inundated by applications from potential corruption busters willing to join the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), with 130 aspirants having thrown their hats into the rin...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo to be extradited
GOVERNMENT has activated plans to invoke the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act to forfeit properties and assets of individuals who skip the country to escape prosecution for corrupt...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:33hrs | 5926 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Jonathan Moyo's properties
The net is closing on fugitives who fled the country to escape justice as Government intends to invoke the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act to forfeit their properties and assets....Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:26hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lawsuit crumbles
Former Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's $9 million defamation lawsuit against Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) and its journalists crumble...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets Gandawa clinic
ZANU-PF officials in Hurungwe are putting pressure on the local rural district council to grab a private clinic owned by former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa. The formal local MP ha...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:41hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Gandawa in hiding
Former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has for the first time spoken out on why he is on the run, claiming he had received credible information to the effect that state security agent...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:47hrs | 2275 | by Staff reporter
Govt resumes apprenticeship training
About 1 000 young people will this year enrol for apprenticeship training at various State institutions as Government resumes the programme abandoned in 2015 to pave way for (Science, Technology, Engi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
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