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2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF moves to replace Chidhawu
Zanu-PF has nominated Godfrey Gijima to fill the Harare Metropolitan Senate seat left vacant by national hero Oliver Mandishona Chidawu who died in July last year.As with all party lists seats...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to spell out anti-price hike measures
Government will announce more measures to address the rises in prices of basic goods and services President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congress of the Zanu-PF Women's League in Harare yesterd...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New economic measures out today
More Government measures to address the price rises in basic goods and services since the beginning of the year are expected to be announced today, President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congre...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawere demands judge's recusal
Exiled businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking the recusal of Justice Rita Makarau in a case where the constitutionality of the Reconstruction of State-Indebted...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over companies
South African-based Zimbabwean businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing him of having used the seizure of his companies to ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sucked into the SMM saga
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been dragged into the on-going fight between government and the Friends of SMM Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (FOSMM) over the hostile takeover of the asbestos mine in ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SMM saga sucks in Cyril Ramaphosa
FRIENDS of Shabanie and Mashava Mines Holdings (FoSMM) have filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore an administrator ap...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga back in Zimbabwe after Beijing Covid-19 scare
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga flew back into the country on Thursday evening from China where some of his security details tested positive for Covid-19.Chiwenga had flown to the Asian co...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New COVID-19 variants more deadly'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned that the Delta and Beta variants of the COVID-19 virus were running riot in the country, and urged Zimbabweans to heed lockdown regulations imposed by his...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SMM battle deepens
THE Shabanie Mashaba Mine (SMM) wrangle deepened this week after Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) secretary general Justice Chinhema filed papers at the High Court challengi...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP accused over farm wrangle
HEADLANDS-BASED farmer Dakarai Mapuranga has accused Zanu-PF youths of being used by local MP Christopher Chingosho to fight him over his Mhandara Farm.The Zanu-PF youths in Headlands have wri...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SMM workers want administrator fired over US$43m salary arrears
SHABANIE and Mashava Mines Holdings (SMM) has accrued a debt of over US$43 million in salary arrears and unremitted pension contributions, it has emerged.This was revealed in an application re...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
SMM loses mining claims
SMM Holdings administrator Afaras Gwaradzimba allegedly sold land under the company's mining leases, with the land set to be converted into residential stands. SMM, formerly owned by businessm...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mawere reports SMM administrator to ZACC
Businessman Mutumwa Mawere has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate how Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), which is under state curatorship since 2004, has been collecting re...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt cuts off Covid-19 allowances
ABOUT 60 000 vulnerable urban families hard hit by the ravaging effects of Covid-19 last received cushion allowances from government in September 2020 as Treasury has no resources to finance the socia...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 08:11hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
ZEC confirms new Zanu-PF legislators
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirmed the appointment of Dorothy Mabika as Manicaland Senator replacing Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who passed away. Dr Gwaradzimba was also Minister o...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF replaces dead legislators
Zanu-PF has moved to replace legislators who died recently due to different ailments, including the COVID-19 pandemic, with newly-appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Fredrick Sh...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi came face to face with death
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi says he is fortunate to be alive after battling a Covid-19 related illness for several weeks and is using his near-death experience t...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accused of fomenting ZCTU wars
The MDC Alliance has been accused of making frantic efforts to sponsor a camp aligned to the president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Mr Peter Mutasa who is losing support following a...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa sons jumps Covid-19 vaccination queue
Two sons of Zimbabwe's information minister Monica Mutsvangwa appear to have jumped the Covid-19 vaccine queue as elites scramble for limited Sinopharm doses ahead of frontline workers, ZimLive can re...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars Zanu-PF Mutare DCC elections
THE Zanu-PF Mutare district co-ordinating committee co-option elections held at the weekend for the post of secretary-general were marred by chaos as supporters of party chairperson Oppah Muchinguri a...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zec clears way for fraud-accused Shava swearing-in
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the nomination of Dr Frederick Shava and Dorothy Mabika to replace the late Dr Sibusiso Moyo and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba respectively as Senator...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ministers snub Parly
MINISTERS this week snubbed Parliament's crucial question-and-answer session over COVID-19 fears. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda confirmed receiving apologies from eight ministers, includ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spin doctor warns land invaders
Land invasions in whatever form will no longer be tolerated, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba warned on Tuesday as Zimbabwe continues to seek better ties with the West....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF nominates Mabika nominated for Senate seat
Zanu-PF Manicaland Province has nominated Dorothy Mabika from Chipinge to fill in the Senate seat previously held by the late Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Dr Ellen Gwaradzim...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Newly appointed ministers take oath of office
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House.The four include a cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers.Honourable Felix...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Social media and the spread of fake news in Zimbabwe
IT is not often uncommon that a new phenomenon dramatically rises up with so much clout and influence that it breaks and reshapes established African norms and beliefs.Africans are traditionally a...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Four new ministers sworn in
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House.The four include a cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers.Honourable Felix...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 16:20hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF defy COVID-19, hold elections to replace Gwaradzimba
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that all COVID-19 protocols were followed by the party when it conducted its elections to fill in the senatorial seat which was left vacant after the death of Minister of Sta...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Minister of Defence Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri
Dear Mom,I know you are still in grief after losing Manicaland Resident Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and other close comrades like Nyikayaramba, Shiri, Zimhondi, Sibusiso Moyo among others to...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 17:19hrs | 4 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Covid-19 fears force politburo postponement
ZANU-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: A chip off the old block
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is following the footsteps of his mentor, the late former president Robert Mugabe in recycling deadwood in cabinet positions, as a key strategy to consolidate his powerbas...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Zapu accuses Mnangagwa of nepotism in Ministers' appointments
ZAPU has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of practicing nepotism in the appointment of Cabinet ministers.Commenting on Monday's controversial appointment of Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the Un...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers tasked to draw up 5-year plans
Cabinet ministers must before the end of March, draw up five-year action plans aligned to the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), for consideration by Government with the offices of the Vice Presi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostle for Matiza's posts
THE death of Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza two weeks ago has plunged Mashonaland East province into election mode, with Zanu-PF party members reportedly jostling to take over his parliamentary...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 to dominate Zanu-PF politburo agenda
ZANU-PF will tomorrow hold its politburo meeting, amid indications that the COVID-19 pandemic will take centre stage during deliberations.This comes at a time the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate scandal-accused takes on Zimbabwe's foreign affairs assignment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new Cabinet appointments on Monday, filling in positions at the transport and foreign affairs ministries following the Covid-19 deaths of Joel Biggie Matiza and ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes Ministerial appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe's ambassador to the UN Dr Frederick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade while Chikomba Central legislator Felix Mhona takes ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet hiatus highlights Zimbabwe leadership crisis
AT a time when the surge in Covid-19-related deaths is dramatic, amid new rampant cases of the pandemic, the Zimbabwean government's primary policy-making body – cabinet – has not been meeting, Th...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considering a cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, rattled by the recent loss of three ministers to Covid-19, is considering a cabinet reshuffle that has sparked fierce jostling in Zanu-PF and government.Foreign A...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Don't take life for granted under COVID-19, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged citizens to remain vigilant and follow prescribed health protocols until the COVID-19 pandemic is declared officially over.Mnangagwa made the remar...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 claims more influential Zimbabweans
COVID-19 continues to take its toll on influential Zimbabweans following the deaths of Justice Clement Phiri, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe(CCZ) boss Rosemary Siyachitema and politician Tendai Savanhu ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death celebration exposes MDC-Alliance's shallowness
The third week of this month was perhaps Zimbabwe's darkest as the nation lost four national heroes, who included three Government ministers and 70 Zimbabweans dying in one day due to the Covid-19 pan...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa in a fix
The recent spate of deaths of top government officials, including ministers who succumbed to Covid-19, have left President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a predicament.Well-placed sources yesterday sai...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, review your team & apply Strategy
Not much has been done, since the inception of the so-called new dispensation. Now that you have lost key pillars, the likes of Biggie Matiza, Ellen Gwaradzimba and the coup announcer, S.B Moyo, who w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF bigwigs come face-to-face with Zimbabwe's crippled healthcare system
ON January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to Covid-19.The 61-year-old, who rose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panicky Mnangagwa gives nod to controversial Covid-19 drug
JOLTED into action by the tragic loss of four ministers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has approved mass importation of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to battle Covid-19.Covid-...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
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