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BREAKING: David Chapfika dies in tragic car accident
Former Deputy Minister of Finance and long-serving ZANU PF politician David Chapfika has died in a fatal road accident near Chabwino, along the bridge at Stondon, authorities confirmed on Thursday....Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 13:33hrs | 4635 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala to launch a book
Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and human rights defender Job Sikhala is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Footprints in the Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala on 27 June 2025,...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 21:35hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at a Crossroads: A Time for Inclusive Renewal
'The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free' Dr Joshua NkomoZimbabwe's post-independence story is one of betrayal. ...Published: 02 May 2025 at 14:34hrs | 481 | by Fikile Motsamai Malikongwa
Harare woman fined for attacking ex-husband
A Harare woman, Tyler Roxanne Rubenstein, has been fined US$150 after being convicted of assaulting her ex-husband, Ibbo Mandaza Junior, over a phone she claimed contained a picture of a nude person i...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:35hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's crisis will not be solved by another election
For over four decades since our hard-won independence, Zimbabwe has been trapped in cycles of political contestation, economic decline, and social fragmentation.As someone who has lived throug...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 15:04hrs | 1306 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Protests shut down Zimbabwe
THE March 31 demonstrations called by war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed Geza yesterday morphed into a nationwide shutdown, with businesses closed, streets emptied, and le...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ambitions spark outcry from opposition and allies alike
TENSIONS are rising in Zimbabwe over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's evident intention to remain in power after his second term ends in 2028.Zimbabwe's constitution explicitly prohibits serving...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 09:14hrs | 2136 | by Peter Fabricius l The Daily Maverick
Ibbo Mandaza Jnr acquitted
Ibbo Mandaza Jnr (33) was acquitted on Wednesday at the close of the State's case in a trial where he was facing charges of assaulting his former wife, Ms. Tyler Rubenstein (37), on Christmas Eve last...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:52hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Debagte on push to extend Mnangagwa term intensifies
The debate around Zanu-PF's controversial push to extend President Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028 has intensified this week, with political and legal experts offering varying views. Ibbo Mandaza of the ...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni's death rumors denied by close friend
Reports circulating on social media claiming that former Finance Minister Simba Makoni has passed away are false, according to his close friend Dr. Ibbo Mandaza. The rumors had suggested that the 74-y...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 07:48hrs | 5018 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at tipping point over ED2030
Hard-hitting statements by Zimbabwe's war veterans calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down have exposed deepening factional rifts within Zanu-PF over the controversial push to extend his ...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:50hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza's son faces assault charges
The son of prominent academic and political commentator Professor Ibbo Mandaza appeared in court facing allegations of assaulting his ex-wife on Christmas Eve.Ibbo Mandaza Jr (33) was charged ...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:17hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in rude awakening
A dramatic no-show by 12 out of 16 regional leaders at the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary summit convened by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sparked concerns a...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter
Sadc summit exposes bloc
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit, hosted by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has exposed growing concerns about the bloc's ineffectiveness in addressing t...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Chitepo School of Ideology director threatens voters
Controversy has erupted following alarming remarks made by Resten Magumise, a director at Zanu-PF's Chitepo School of Ideology, who threatened war against Zimbabweans advocating for the democratic rem...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza appointed acting SG of Global Pan-African Movement
Zimbabwean academic and publisher, Professor Ibbo Mandaza, has been appointed as the acting secretary-general of the Global Pan-African Movement (GPAM) following the passing of Professor Ikwaweba Bunt...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 11:50hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defended
Lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has defended opposition leader Nelson Chamisa against accusations of weak leadership amid a government crackdown on his supporters. Chamisa, who has faced criticism for n...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:54hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third term praise singers fear Chiwenga's 'wrath'
ZANU-PF members advocating for President Emerson Mnangagwa's term extension beyond 2028 are motivated by fears of the challenges a new regime might face, a political analyst has suggested.Desp...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Cowards must stop quacking, come out of the closet and fight like man! - VAAZ
While known state functionaries and regime enablers have been waging a protracted onslaught on the persona of Advocate Nelson Chamisa, we the advocates of change have unmasked the grand plot by regime...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1135 | by Mandava Blessing - Veterans Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ) National Spokespers on
Chamisa was bribed by Zanu-PF claim rubbished
Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of Zimbabwe's Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, has dismissed threats from his critics to expose his alleged underhand dealings, declaring that he has "noth...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 14:57hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa refuses to bow down to pressure
Former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resisted calls to step down from politics despite facing significant criticism. Amid a harsh government crackdown during the 44th Sadc Heads of Stat...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'ambiguous' future sparks outrage
A heated debate has erupted on X (formerly Twitter) over the political future of former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa and the implications for Zimbabwe's opposition movemen...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:45hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesman defends Chamisa
George Charamba, the Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications in the Office of the President of Zimbabwe, recently stirred controversy by defending former opposition leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 20:26hrs | 6726 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to 'declare your departure, or we expose you'
Veteran academic and political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on Saturday publicly issued a scathing critique of the embattled former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, urging him to step down and allow new lead...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 2383 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must come out clean, says Obbo Mandaza
Prominent academic and publisher Professor Ibbo Mandaza says Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa owes voters an explanation of what happened before, during and after last year's general e...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 12:48hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fall: Mnangagwa scared
SOUTH AFRICA held general elections on Wednesday and results trickling in are sending shivers down the spines of regional liberation movements.The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is set...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'US should release evidence of corruption and venality by Harare leaders'
Zimbabwean public intellectual Professor Ibbo Mandaza says the United States should release evidence of corruption and venality by Harare leaders so that people appreciate the sanctions explanation an...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition astray?
On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoi...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:20hrs | 17 | by Ish Mafundikwa
Geoff Nyarota to launch his fourth book
Award-winning veteran Zimbabwean journalist Geoff Nyarota, one of the best local scribes, will tomorrow launch his fourth book, The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimba...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!' said Chin'ono. An award winning journalist too, how nauseating!
It is one thing to hear my aunt or nephew in the rural back waters Wittering about "Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!" Their understanding of even some of the most basic issues such as r...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 12:45hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 27 | 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 | 18 | by Dereck Goto
Chamisa can still salvage CCC
ZIMBABWE opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa can still make a last-minute attempt to salvage the party from imminent collapse sparked by controversial recalls backed by a state-sponsored campaign to ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa coup-proofing himself
Political analysts have criticized the appointment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Philip Valerio Sibanda as an ex-officio Zanu-PF politburo member, describing it as a move by President Emmerson ...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 13 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mbalula denies axing David Masondo over Zanu-PF criticism, Ibbo Mandaza lecture
THE ANC last week announced that its head of political education David Makhura has been appointed as the new head of the party's governance school, meaning that ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza describes Zanu-PF's alleged election rigging machinery as smart
Political analyst Ibbo Mandaza has characterized Zanu-PF's alleged election rigging machinery as smart, after explaining how it concentrated less on its rural strongholds and more on Harare and Bulawa...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prof Ibbo Mandaza did not proffer any new data to support his unorthodox call
Herewith is a link to the OR Tambo School of Leadership Public Lecture given today by Prof Ibbo Mandaza on "The State of Democracy in the Sadc Region: a Reflection on the National Elections of Zimbabw...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa linked NGOs pray for transitional govt in Zimbabwe
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have submitted a petition to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), urging them to advocate for a transitional government to ad...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza lecture to be held at ANC political school
AFTER a face-off with Fikile Mbalula over a seminar on Zimbabwe's presidential elections, leaders of the ANC's political school are forging ahead with the event. The seminar will be held on September ...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Poll observers embarrassed by what they saw in Zimbabwe
Veteran academic and political analyst Ibbo Mandaza says election observers, including those from Africa, were embarrassed by what they witnessed during Zimbabwe's disputed elections.Mandaza (...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters demand extraordinary Sadc summit
A significant number of Zimbabweans affiliated with the opposition have submitted a petition to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging the organization to convene an extraordinary s...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's election are the worst ever witnessed says Ibbo Mandaza
Renowned political analyst Ibbo Mandaza has disclosed that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan were highly critical of Zimbabwe's recent e...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa never sought to postpone polls'
President Mnangagwa never entertained the idea of postponing this year's harmonized elections, firmly adhering to constitutional principles, according to Mr. George Charamba, Deputy Chief Secretary in...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC plans to reverse Mnangagwa poll victory?
Prominent Zimbabwean academic and SAPES Trust leader, Ibbo Mandaza, has revealed that he has knowledge of plans within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to overturn President Emmerson ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 20:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wanted to postpone 2023 polls
Prominent political analyst and Sapes Trust convener, Ibbo Mandaza, has asserted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa attempted to postpone this year's elections by two years to extend his rule and then ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa as Zambia tries to topple him
President Mnangagwa's government was particularly stung by findings of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (Seom) led by former Zambian vice-president Nevers Mumba.Pressure is mounting on Presi...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
OR Tambo School of Leadership cancels lecture by Ibbo Mandaza
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula has forced the OR Tambo School of Leadership to halt a mooted public lecture with Ibbo Mandaza, a Zimbabwean academic who is not afrai...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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