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Minister calls for end to police chases of pirate taxis
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka has urged police officers to stop pursuing unregistered "mushikashika" taxis, attributing these chases to an increas...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:14hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP ordered to vacate farm
KAROI magistrate Moreblessing Makati on Friday fined Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and ordered him to vacate Chitonga Farm he had occupied using forged documents. ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farm dispute opens can of worms
THE land dispute between Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and a communal farmer Vincent Tendayi has opened a can of worms.Kangausaru, who has been tussling with Tendayi ov...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Convicted Zanu-PF MP's sentence deferred
Karoi magistrate Moreblessing Makati has postponed the sentencing of Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru, who was accused of forgery.Makati convicted Kangausaru last month and senten...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights
SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.T...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa bounces back as councillor
OUTGOING Mashonaland West Provincial resident minister, Mary-Chikoka Mliswa has bounced back as a Hurungwe rural district councillor under the proportional representation quota system.On Sunda...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF appoints village headmen as polling agents
Zanu-PF is wantonly trashing the country's supreme law, the Constitution, that prohibits traditional leaders from engaging in partisan politics after it enlisted five village headmen as its polling ag...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cheered by 53 uncontested council seats
Zanu-PF on Thursday said it won 53 local authority seats unchallenged at the close of the nomination court sittings, but the party was challenged in all 210 National Assembly races by the Citizens Coa...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets over primary election results
Zanu-PF will hold an Ordinary Session of the Politburo in Harare today to take stock of the just ended primary elections held last weekend.Confirming the development last night, party spokespe...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF polls descend into chaos
Zanu-PF yesterday held chaotic primary elections marred by violence and vote rigging claims with some candidates' names missing from cell registers while ballots were not delivered in some areas....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Veterinary Services ropes in traditional leaders over dipping
THE Department of Veterinary Services has implored traditional leaders to assist in driving cattle dipping awareness campaigns in Hurungwe district to counter the growing threat of diseases....Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes villagers to traditional court for bunking party meetings
SCORES of Hurungwe villagers were Monday summoned to appear before a traditional court to explain their continued absenteeism at Zanu-PF meetings and events.About 50 people, mostly Citizens Co...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF betrays Mahoka denying hero status, says Mliswa
OUTSPOKEN former Mashonaland West Zanu-PF chairman, Temba Mliswa says the late Hurungwe East legislator, Sarah Mahoka, deserved interment at the Mashonaland West Provincial Heroes Acre for her sterlin...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe ally Sarah Mahoka dies in car crash
Former Hurungwe East MP Sarah Mahoka has been killed in a car crash, friends said on Thursday.Mahoka, who was in her 50s, died on admission at Karoi Hospital after a vehicle she was travelling...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Retired colonel found dead
Retired Colonel Patrick Tawona Maponga was found dead at his home in Magunje on Tuesday morning.He was 60. The late Maponga lost his wife early this year.A former freedom fighter, join...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
2 children killed as fire guts school
TWO children were burnt beyond recognition when a veld fire swept through Mitchel Primary School in Hurungwe East on Thursday with the Civil Protection Unit on the ground to assess the damage and help...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mahoka, Chidhakwa to lose Karoi stands
Out of sorts G40 functionaries, Sarah Mahoke and Walter Chidhakwa are among hundreds set to lose residential stands in Karoi`s Kubatana suburb.Mahoka, was until 2017, the Hurungwe East Member ...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader accused of violence against MDC in Hurungwe
Zanu-PF Youth League provincial member, Tapiwa Masenda has reportedly threatened to unleash an orgy of violence in Hurungwe district to force opposition MDC Alliance members to defect and join the rul...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'O' levels alone can't improve MPs' pedigree, says Mudenda
LOCAL MPs and the quality of their debate and contributions in the August House cannot be improved by stipulating that eligible candidates should possess a minimum of Ordinary Level qualifications....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Chamisa's selection of by-election candidates raises temperatures
FRESH trouble is brewing in the MDC Alliance, with its leaders now standing accused of overlooking an agreement which allows the group that came with one of the coalition's deputies, Welshman Ncube, t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:37hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa: a hero or villain?
The firebrand Norton legislator Temba Peter Mliswa is a refreshing and entertaining contributor to every Parliamentary session he attends. He has won the admiration of many hearts in Norton over his d...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
SA-based Zimbabwean pastor contributes to Cyclone Idai
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean pastor, Chenjerai Kangausaru, who is in the country to donate goods to Cyclone Idai victims, has urged Zimbabweans and Africa as a whole to unite in love for the continen...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts process to oust Mliswa's sister
ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial coordinating committee has commenced a process that will lead to the suspension of provincial minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka from her position in the party, the Daily...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reconciliation a must for economic, political progress
AS the push for national dialogue between political parties and different stakeholders to turn Zimbabwe's economic fortunes intensifies, a recent meeting involving the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZC...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The untold horror stories of the July 30 Zimbabwe elections
Forty-three-year-old Givemore Madziva Kanyurira looked dejected when he recalled his "worst experiences" ahead of the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections that exposed Zanu-PF's coercion and intimidatio...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MPs roast Mthuli Ncube over cars
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday cornered by legislators who demanded that government immediately buys them vehicles which they are entitled to.Hurungwe East MP Ngoni Masenda (Zanu ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor humbled by Zanu-PF readmission
A Hurungwe-based pastor, Chenjerai Kangausaru, has returned to full-time politics following the Zanu-PF politburo's decision to readmit him back into the ruling party.The Family of God Church ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rural opposition supporters claim intimidation
OPPOSITION supporters in rural areas have claimed widespread intimidation by suspected State security agents and Zanu-PF activists, forcing many of them to go into hiding as the post-election environm...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF still in the lead, wins 110 seats out of 153 announced
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced a further 50 National Assembly results, bringing the total so far to 153.Of the 153 Zanu PF has won 110 seats while the MDC Alliance got 4...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe decides
Zimbabwe goes to the polls tomorrow morning, with polling stations opening at 7am and scheduled to close 12 hours later, at 7pm.For all accounts and purposes, this will be a record-breaking el...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles carrot to rural voters
TOP Zanu-PF and Lands ministry officials are reportedly promising to roll out irrigation projects and other agricultural inputs in several parts of the country, particularly drought-prone rural areas,...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected Zanu-PF supporters torch NPF official's home
Suspected Zanu-PF supporters in Hurungwe allegedly burnt a hut and a gazebo belonging to a National Patriotic Front (NPF) official.Sapren Kadamukombe's three children escaped unhurt after the ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to represent MDC Alliance in Mbare
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has rectified the list of candidate names it gazetted recently.The initial list presented a situation where the MDC Alliance failed to field candidates in thr...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Mahoka blasts Zanu PF extravagance
HURUNGWE East National Patriotic Front (NPF) National Assembly candidate, Sarah Mahoka yesterday blasted Zanu PF's extravagance, saying they were purchasing expensive campaign material at a time the c...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff repoorter
Is Chamisa working with or for Zanu-PF?
No wonder why some had suggested that little Chamisa instead of being big-headed and seeking glory should have gone for a National Assembly seat instead of vying for the presidency. Of course, this is...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Bishop
MDC Alliance failed to field MP candidate in Mbare
The MDC Alliance has failed to field candidates in three National Assembly seats and has double candidates in 14 other constituencies, a list of names gazetted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe party blames Zanu-PF for violence
Violence reportedly reared its ugly head in Mashonaland West and the National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealous Mawarire has scoffed at President Emmesorn Mnangagwa labeling him a perpe...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF activists threatening Mahoka
OUTSPOKEN former Zanu-PF MP for Hurungwe East, Sarah Mahoka, has accused State security agents and ruling party activists of calling her at odd hours and threatening to harm her after she defected to ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF supporters clash
UGLY scenes were the order of the day at Zanu-PF's headquarters in Harare yesterday, as riot police officers crushed demonstrations by hordes of ruling party supporters, over the alleged imposition of...Published: 24 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF's National Elections Commission (NEC) was last night still receiving results of the revolutionary party's primary elections amid reports that some bigwigs had fallen by the wayside .Th...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru makes significant inroads in Mash West
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West have called on the Zanu-PF provincial leadership to "ring-fence" the ruling party's parliamentary seats amid reports that former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's National...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF starts vetting of CVs
Zanu-PF provinces are today expected to submit to the party headquarters in Harare curriculum vitaes (CVs) of aspiring candidates for the party's May 5 primary elections with the list of successful ca...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vultures encircle Hurungwe East
SEVERAL Zanu-PF vultures have reportedly encircled former Hurungwe East MP Sarah Mahoka's parliamentary seat, following her recall from the august House recently on charges of being sympathetic to the...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi 'to remain loyal to Zanu-PF despite expulsion'
FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Walter Mzembi has accepted his expulsion from Zanu-PF and subsequent ejection from Parliament.However, he pledged to remain loyal to the revolutionary party ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 Zanu-PF MPs expelled
Parliament yesterday expelled eleven Zanu-PF legislators after the ruling party notified the august House that they no longer represented the interests of the revolutionary party.This brings t...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I've never been G40'
FORMER Higher Education deputy minister and Magunje MP, Godfrey Gandawa, has distanced himself from speculative reports linking him to former First Lady Grace Mugabe's G40 faction.Gandawa made...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahoka, Gandawa snub Mnangagwa's wife
HURUNGWE's suspected two G40 heavyweights, Sarah Mahoka (Hurungwe East MP) and former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa (Magunje MP), were conspicuous by their absence at a function off...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
G40 MPs set to be ejected from Parliament
At least eight more Zanu-PF Members of Parliament are set to be ejected from Parliament after the ruling party's Extraordinary Congress held last Friday adopted a Central Committee report recommending...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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