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Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?
WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 427 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
No more grandstanding for Chamisa, Mwonzora and Mnangagwa
THIS time the politicians have been honest about our crises. Their recent speeches emphasised substituting discord for dialogue as a way of tackling our country's unstable political and economic envir...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | 3856 | by Black Edward
Bigwigs use sanctions excuse to loot, says Mzembi
FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi yesterday criticised the continued placement of Zanu-PF officials on the sanctions' list saying it was giving some bigwigs in government leeway to engage ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Has Mnangagwa dumped re-engagement efforts?
IT appears that in Zimbabwe, despite the change of guard which ushered in the so-called new dispensation, nothing has changed on the ground, we are still steeped in Mugabeism.It seems the ruli...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:41hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions hold key to ending Zimbabwe problems
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
It's time Sadc flexed its muscle and show Zanu-PF the way
THE die is cast! It now appears the day-long meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's mediation team and Zanu-PF officials on Wednesday was a waste given utterances by Zanu-PF hardlin...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:41hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
ANC mediation divides Zanu-PF
SHARP divisions have emerged in the ruling Zanu-PF party with hardliners rubbishing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's efforts to intervene in the Zimbabwean crisis while moderates have welcome...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 9065 | by Staff reporter
How many chances does Mnangagwa require?
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement on Monday that his special envoys will be coming back to Harare to meet all stakeholders to understand the country's multi-faceted crisis better ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Politically, Mnangagwa has failed to bring all stakeholders together
IT IS critical that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF urgently lead efforts to address the country's decades-long political crisis if the government is to have any chance of mitigating the econ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa be classified as a strategist?
I DON'T agree with those who say President Emmerson Mnangagwa is an intelligent person and here is why.Mnangagwa did not respond to insults from the G40 because he did not have any choice....Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | 928 | by Concerned
Chamisa afraid to lead from the front
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:02hrs | 5537 | by Staff reporter
MDC NEC member says party leadership is 'incompetent or compromised'
The Movement for Democratic Change leadership has been labelled incompetent or compromised by one of the party's NEC members. This follows his movie-style arrest on Friday in Tynwald where a truckload...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 19:58hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala viewed as a threat to Chamisa
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:50hrs | 2574 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies deny Sikhala support in his hour of need
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4661 | by Staff reporter
Social media alone won't bring change in Zimbabwe
EXACTLY four years ago, in an opinion piece run by The Guardian, I argued that social media activists in Zimbabwe faced an uphill struggle finding momentum to steer themselves towards the path of demo...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | 349 | by Bruce Mutsvairo
MDC bigwigs desert Sikhala
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | 18537 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's tone-deaf speech: A tutorial on 'how not to lead'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday morning had yet another chance to show leadership in a national address. But, as he has done countless times, he squandered it in a tone-deaf statement that onl...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:55hrs | 711 | by newZWire
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa failing Zimbabwe awfully'
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa are failing Zimbabweans badly by not ending their feud and putting the nation's...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:51hrs | 4085 | by Staff reporter
Komichi knows the rules he must apply them
A REPORT by one daily on May 17, 2020 stated that there were some hardliners on both sides of the MDC feud who were working hard to scuttle negotiations for the extraordinary congress suggested by the...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:36hrs | 2187 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Zanu PF blames 'illicit market' plus usual suspects minus MDC for growing instability - 'It is the economy, stupid'
"The politics are being shaped from the market, it is as if we are being told, if you won't have MDC-Alliance for an opposition then we will create an opposition for you through illicit market activit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 22:06hrs | 2276 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tshinga Dube issues a stinging response to hardliners in Zanu-PF
Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has issued a stinging response to some hardliners in the ruling Zanu-PF who have questioned his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership following his ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:10hrs | 8969 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube lays into Charamba
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has accused presidential spokesperson George Charamba of ‘'living in the past" and exhibiting a condescending attitude after the former suggested a governme...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 3832 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF plunged into corruption storm
ZANU-PF has once again been plunged into a corruption storm after expelled Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu accused a senior party leader (name supplied) of demanding a US$1,5 million cash induceme...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tells Zanu-PF that he's no magician
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday told glum-faced Zanu-PF heavyweights in a closed-door politburo meeting that the economy is in terrible shape and he has no magic wand to rescue it overnight...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 7491 | by Staff reporter
Importance of holding 'primary elections', 'elective ordinary congresses' & 'elective extra ordinary congresses' to choose deser
Ladies and gentlemen with all that is currently happening within opposition politics in our beloved country Zimbabwe, and now with Harvest House reportedly taken over by the so called "constitutionali...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:37hrs | 469 | by Tondo
Chamisa, Khupe camps in early talks to end brawl
IT HAS emerged that warring MDC factions are engaging in tentative talks, in a bid to end their damaging power feud, the Daily News on Sunday revealed.This comes as concerned insiders have als...Published: 17 May 2020 at 19:57hrs | 10202 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rivals in disarray
Thokozani Khupe yesterday convened the first national council meeting of a faction of the mainstream MDC where top officials clashed on a number of issues, including plans to recall more Nelson Chamis...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 11333 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trailed by security agents?
MDC vice chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to register his fears about suspected security agents he says are trailing him.This comes as Sikhala ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ policies are litany of promises to be broken' Sadly, povo who suffer consequences are powerless - change is overdue
"Unsurprisingly, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s 2020 monetary policy statement is more of the same — a tired litany of promises waiting to be broken and targets queuing up to be missed. Govern...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1663 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks collapse
THERE is an old African saying that "when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers" and it rings true for penury-weary Zimbabweans who have been counting on talks between President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:18hrs | 4285 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni has higher aspirations about Matabeleland
We should all know that Advocate Chamisa knows how corrupt, how weak the leadership of Matabeleland is. Chief Ndiweni is under thumb of Chamisa but I think their relationship is symbiotic somehow. Cha...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 14:14hrs | 1722 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa drops a bombshell
Opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, dropped a bombshell in today's press conference held at the party headquarters as he declared that only he matters and others in the party structures are insignifica...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 20:17hrs | 4311 | by Staff reporter
'Hardliners to take over from Mnangagwa'
One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's staunch supporters, with access to intricate details within the Zanu-PF internal politics, Kudzai Mutisi has warned that hardliners will take over from the ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:47hrs | 5772 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11818 | by Blessing Vava
Chamisa warned against 'hyenas'
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth league kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, warned opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, last week to beware of being used by hardliners in both the ruling party and his MDC as h...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 4873 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' promises a mirage
ORDINARY people, including civil servants and many in the informal sector, have become increasingly disillusioned with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's highly touted "new dispensation" anchored on econo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2566 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF national youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risks being swept away by an impending revolution if he does not urgently dialogue w...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2742 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu, Matutu to push for dialogue between Chamisa and Mnangagwa
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has revealed that he and Matutu will be using a new organisation, Zimbabwe First Agenda, to push for dialogue between Chamisa and Mnangagwa on 21 Febr...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 15:45hrs | 1039 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa a reformer,' says Misihairabwi-Mushonga
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (proportional representation) yesterday said the 2018 elections were handled better than previous elections and praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa as...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 4550 | by Staff reporter
'MDC, Zanu-PF hardliners block dialogue'
HARDLINERS in Zanu-PF and the opposition MDC are allegedly blocking dialogue efforts as they are the biggest beneficiaries of the crisis bedevilling the country, churches said yesterday.Zimbab...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'step-child' dilemma
Last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa penned an opinion reflecting on his two-year rule since taking over from his long-time ally and mentor turned foe, the late former President Robert Mugabe in a ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 4168 | by Everson Mushava
Zanu-PF, MDC hawks work to derail dialogue
AMID growing calls for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, it has emerged that hardliners within both Zanu-PF and the MDC are escalating their efforts t...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 20:35hrs | 3264 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa returns from SA
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa said yesterday that South Africa and the rest of Sadc now fully appreciated the scale of Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis - necessitating urgent intervention....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:39hrs | 5038 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sparks cabinet rift
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is at loggerheads with his cabinet colleagues over his decision to nudge the government into joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Eiti), an internat...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:14hrs | 4001 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flies to SA to confer with Mbeki, Ramaphosa
AMID rising political tensions and economic strife in the country, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is in South Africa to meet former president Thabo Mbeki - in a last ditch effort to foster dialogue ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2931 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands
MERCURIAL Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has threatened to dissolve the party's Midlands provincial leadership led by chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube on allegations of slee...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2920 | by Staff reporter
Reflection of Historical perspective: Mashurungwi & August 1 Narrative
There was a paradox of analogue on why Mnangagwa was given security roles ahead of any other roles as a cabinet Minister. Was it a sign of bravery or he resembled the hardline stance which made him to...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 16:14hrs | 692 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
What happened to voice of the people?
When Zimbabwe was on the verge of political and economic collapse in 2007, it took the late former President Robert Mugabe and his long-time nemesis Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC, to dialogue the count...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:05hrs | 326 | by NewsDay Comment
Mnangagwa to reform at his own pace
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he will implement political and economic reforms at his own pace, and insisted that the impetus for change and reform comes from within.In ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
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