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Zimbabweans stampede for passports ahead of new shock fees kicking in from January
Hundreds of people have besieged passport offices at Makombe Building in Harare to try and secure the travel documents ahead of hiked fees announced in the 2024 national budget, which take effect begi...Published: 17 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces severe backlash over SADC statement
In a recent turn of events, the beleaguered leader of the CCC (Citizens' Coalition for Change), Nelson Chamisa, found himself in hot water as his own supporters on the social media platform X criticis...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 2252 | by Dereck Goto
Harare councillors blow US$24,000 in Nyanga despite cholera surge
At a time when cholera is ravaging the capital city, Harare City Council officials have chosen to attend a workshop in Nyanga where they are said to be blowing an astonishing US$24 000 in hefty allowa...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:49hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Brighton Mutebuka blocked by Hopewell Chin'ono throws bricks at Petina Gappah
1. As many of you are aware, today I was blocked on Twitter by Hopewell.2. He cited several reasons for blocking me, such as allegations that I had "gossiped" and in that "gossip", I had said ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1388 | by Brighton Mutebuka
'Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED' - cold comfort and have paid dearly for it
"Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED, ruling requires supporters to support their favourite leader even when he is being undemocratic," observed Hopewell Chin'ono."Leading requires suppor...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:22hrs | 511 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chin'ono calls CCC to expose members behind Sengezo Tshabangu
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has called on the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to reveal members suspected of collaborating with Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 14:18hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political parties have been taken over by modern day thugs, God have messy on us
Zimbabwe's political parties have been taken over by modern day thugs, God have messy on us. I have been saying it and now it's so obvious. After seeing a tweet from Hopewell Chin'ono @daddyhope...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 11:21hrs | 467 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Senior CCC guys aiding Sengezo Tshabangu'
The spokesman of the Citizens Coalition for Change Nelson Chamisa, Gift Ostallos Siziba has indicated that there are senior guys in CCC that are aiding Sengezo Tshabangu.Prominent journalist, ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 21:23hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urged to accept Sengezo Tshabangu's deal
Renowned senior journalist of Alpha Media Holdings, Blessed Mhlanga, has issued a compelling call to CCC Leader and Presidential Candidate Nelson Chamisa, encouraging him to embrace the proposal set f...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 14:29hrs | 4009 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Shona people do not exist in Zimbabwe' Hopewell Chin'ono says
In his thought-provoking opinion piece, journalist Hopewell Rugoho-Chin'ono challenges the conventional notion of a unified "Shona" tribe in Zimbabwe. He argues that this commonly accepted label is a ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 12:04hrs | 2617 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Charamba exposes Chamisa?
FROM as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed a...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally describes Hopewell Chin'ono's posts as 'a threat to national security'
Zimbabwe's Chief Director of Strategic and Presidential Communications Dr Anyway Mutambudzi has described veteran journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's social media posts as "a threat to national security" i...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 22:49hrs | 2149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has no political and, with no competent cabinet, no performance legitimacy either. He must go!
"As I said last week, stealing elections through all manner of rigging before and after the polling day itself would have been ignored by the business and investor communities if Mnangagwa had appoint...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:15hrs | 229 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ostallos Siziva taken to court for abusing a CCC 'sellout'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and Pelandaba-Tshabalala MP Gift Ostallos Siziva, along with other party members, appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate and were also released o...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin’ono says Chamisa's CCC left with a few options
Zimbabwean journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono has said that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been left with a few option on the table to overturn the recently h...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter
How hope dies with every election in Zimbabwe
"People died. The fear of being asked whether you wanted a short or long sleeve cut (cutting your hand or your arm) by soldiers made people vote in fear, not with their heads. We were voting with our ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 604 | by Beauty Dhlamini
'Reform or Perish' Hopewell Chin'ono warns CCC
Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated yesterday for his second term. But as we can see from the arrest of Doug Colart and Tapiwa Muchineripi last night, nothing will change!What now, many have be...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 12:18hrs | 2798 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
South African media has failed to bring regime change in Zimbabwe
Over the past 22 years since sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe, western governments have invested billions of dollars into South African white owned media, with the aim of discrediting Zanu-PF. ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 12:34hrs | 1330 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Hopewell Chin'ono scolds Chamisa for untruthful pledges
Hopewell Chin'ono, a former ally of CCC leader Nelson Chamisa, argues that Zimbabwe's democratic status is a sham, making any hope for fair elections delusional. Mocking his rhetorical flair, ...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 07:50hrs | 7962 | by Staff reporter
Zim-born Chris Maroleng deported from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean authorities have reportedly deported former SABC broadcaster, and Global Advisor and the SADC Executive Director of Good Governance Africa Chris Maroleng who flew into the country Tuesday t...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:48hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows to run Zimbabwe on Christian values
Some Zimbabweans have lambasted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for declaring in its election manifesto that it intends to run the country on the basis of Christian values.Party leader...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sophisticated election rigging currently underway in Zimbabwe'
The climate of intimidation and violence threatens to render the upcoming election unfree and unfair, a leading civic organisation has said.In its electoral updates, Kubatana has cited a numbe...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 20:20hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Holy Ten endorses Mnangagwa 'huchi', gets lashed
NETIZENS have fired salvos at hip hop chanter Holy Ten calling him a selfish opportunist while unanimously stripping him of the title ‘leader of the youth' after he endorsed President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC has already lost 25 seats in Bulawayo
Hopewell Chin'ono has stated that the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lost 25 seats, and not just 12, when High Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu barred its 12 MP candidates from contesting the 2...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 12:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to hold elections under alarming human violations, claims Amnesty International
ZIMBABWE's July 2023 general election will be held under a five-year systematic, brutal crackdown on human rights, restrictions on political opposition gatherings, violent suppression of protests and ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mpilo Hospital in sorry state'
THERE is public outrage over the state of affairs at Mpilo Central Hospital after journalist Hopewell Chin'ono posted a picture of broken wheelchairs at the institution.Chin'ono posted a pictu...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora should plan for post-Zanu-PF era
LAST week Wednesday was yet another heart-breaking day for me as I made my way through Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to catch my flight.Many people, who came to greet me at the a...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
'Kasukuwere court ruling threatens diaspora voters'
THE High Court ruling barring former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August 23 polls is likely to have far-reaching implications on Zimbabweans in the diaspora who wish to p...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa partly to blame for 'weak' Zimbabwe opposition'
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has criticised CCC leader Nelson Chamisa saying his decision to “get rid” of senior opposition figures such as Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube has weakened the oppositi...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Human rights lawyer attacked by thugs, left for dead
TOP human rights lawyer Obey Shava was attacked and left for the dead by unknown assailants Wednesday evening.Shava sustained broken legs and other serious injuries.He is currently hos...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'Patriot Bill' threat to Zimbabwean journalists two months before elections
TWO months before presidential and parliamentary elections on 23 August, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Zimbabwe to abandon a proposed "sovereignty and national interest" law that poses a major...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bubble bursts at wrong moment
The peak of the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wasn't the seats it won in the 2022 by-elections.By the time the seats were won it was obvious they would be won.The ac...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Foreign organisations petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
A RECORD 18 civil society organisations from different parts of the world have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and key figures in his government over the growing trend of judicial persecution ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Voters' roll must be audited before elections' CCC's folly is no excuse for granting Zanu PF legitimacy again
A year or so ago, Team Pachedu warned that the voters' roll was in shambles. ZEC denied the accusation by denying ownership of the voters' roll Team Pachedu have used for their analysis. Team Pachedu ...Published: 31 May 2023 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Confidence in August poll hits rock bottom
A NEW report reveals that confidence in the August general election has struck rock bottom, with the country failing the litmus test on tenets of electoral international best practice, less than three...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confidence in August poll hits rock bottom
A NEW report reveals that confidence in the August general election has struck rock bottom, with the country failing the litmus test on tenets of electoral international best practice, less than three...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahere's Geneva presentation rattles Zanu-PF
MAIN opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere's presentation at the high-profile Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland, which laid bare the cou...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Why Ngarivhume matters: PART 1
This is the third week since Magistrate Faresi Chakanyuka sentenced Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume to an effective 3 years in prison for inciting public violence. Not only was t...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | 9 | by F Muridzo
Ngarivhume jailing sends shock waves
Six years ago President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to transform Zimbabwe's politics, which he said "had become poisoned, rancorous and polarising".After being sworn in to replace long time ru...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate vetting continues
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change which had promised to roll out names of nominees on 11 April says it is still vetting the nominated candidates and is urging people who are querying the s...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume convicted over 2020 'shutdown' tweet
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has been convicted of public violence incitement charges stemming from a July 2020 tweet in which the opposition politician called for a national shutdown in...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Foreign lawyers throw weight behind Mahere
LAWYERS based in neighbouring South Africa have condemned the recent conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, saying it stifles freedoms of expression and media in Zimb...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Sikhala got US$40,000 Parly money against Chamisa's advise?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have risen to the defence of the party and its leader, Nelson Chamisa, in the row over the welfare of jailed legislator Job Sikhala.Sik...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's army savages Hopewell Chin'ono
Guns are out against journalist and activist Hopewell Chin'ono following a social media tirade between him and the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) foot-soldiers.Chin'ono posted on his Twitt...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nasty fight threatens to tear CCC apart
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's hounds have ferociously turned on one of their party's biggest apologists, Hopewell Chin'ono, in a nasty fight that is threatening to rip apart the political outfit....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF okays Mupfumira poll candidacy despite her claims of insanity
Axed Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who once evaded trial over US$95 million pension fund embezzlement citing insanity, has been certified fit to run for a seat in Zimbabwe's parliament by ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mahere conviction on 'dead crime' draws anger
The conviction Wednesday of opposition politician Fadzayi Mahere following a two-year long trial on a crime lawyers argue was long parked away from national statutes has drawn anger from her party and...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court stays Chin'ono's trial
The High Court has stayed the trial in which top journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is accused of defeating the course of justiceTHE High Court has stayed the trial in which top journalist Hopewell ...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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