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Chamisa and the dangerous dance of religion and politics
As the Chaplaincy Department, aligned with Nelson Chamisa's CCC faction, descends into infighting and power struggles, it becomes clear that the foray of religious leaders into politics is a recipe fo...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:54hrs | 1 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mnangagwa's 2030 plot faces fierce Zanu-PF resistance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loud campaign for support to hang on to power beyond 2028 when his final term ends has drawn fierce resistance from a Zanu-PF faction loyal to his deputy Constantino Chi...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar's post a poisoned chalice
POLITICAL analyst Rashweat Mukundu says the short lifespan in office of political commissars in Zanu-PF reflects how the position has become increasingly unsafe, amid growing infighting fuelled by suc...Published: 28 May 2024 at 13:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Neville Mutsvangwa detention exposes Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift?
In a scathing attack, Zanu-PF spokesman Chris Mutsvangwa has implicated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in the arrest and detention of his son, Neville, on charges of illegal currency trading....Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics is dead in Zimbabwe.
Like many people who migrated from Zimbabwe, recently I’ve spent time discussing the challenges faced by the Zimbabwean government and role of the opposition in addressing the rot. Interestingly, I ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:35hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Chamisa allies stampede for Blue movement positions
Politicians aligned to former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are said to be jostling for positions in their yet-to-be unveiled movement as efforts are being made ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cancels Marange 'thank you rally'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his first thank you rally that was scheduled for St Noah College in Bocha, Manicaland province on Saturday.NewsDay is reliably informed that the rall...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Jameson Timba; Chibaya fight over Chamisa's Blue Movement
A fierce clash is on the horizon in Nelson Chamisa’s Blue Movement, pitting Jameson Timba and Amos Chibaya, as the fight for the control of the yet to be launched party erupts.This tim...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:44hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Harare Council bid to splash US$2m on 500 desktops exposed
Some Harare City Council officials have been caught in a procurement scam in which they are fighting for the purchase of 500 desktop computers at US$4 000 each, above the market price of about US$700....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$10,000 bill haunts ZBC executives
The troubled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) spent about US$ 10,000 in an attempt to recover US$900 from two employees in a case that has riled its employees who accuse the corporation's manag...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intraparty strife engulfs CCC
THE beleaguered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been plunged into further turmoil as internal divisions and bitter infighting have come to the fore, following the submission of the list of Sen...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to register political parties
Zimbabwean authorities are considering putting in place a new law that will compel all political parties operating in the country to be registered.The chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe E...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says it is ready to run BCC
The Zanu-PF provincial leadership in Bulawayo believes the electorate in the province has given them the mandate to run the city and show voters what they are capable of doing.In an interview ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money fuels CCC brutal infighting
MONEY has taken centre stage in the deteriorating and now chaotic opposition CCC infighting triggered by recalls of elected legislators, senators, councillors and mayors by the party's self-imposed se...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC factions fight over Chamisa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) rival factions are in fierce fights over engaging former leader Nelson Chamisa, who has spurned their overtures to return to the opposition party.The two fa...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
Sikhala ordered to stop press interviews
Sikhala blames CCC leaders for abandoning himZimbabwean politician Job Sikhala, who was freed after spending nearly 600 days of pre-trial detention, says he is not a happy man and has little to ce...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serious infighting erupts in CCC
SERIOUS infighting has erupted in the Sengezo Tshabangu-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as some of his backers are now baying for his blood accusing him of being captured following the stateme...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not forming new party
NELSON Chamisa, Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC leader who quit his party on Thursday in a huff after its descent into political turmoil due to recalls of MPs and other elected representatives by self-...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to use Presidential Powers to take over control of CCC run Harare Council?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Spokesperson George Charamba has suggested that he invokes Presidential Powers and take over control of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) run Harare City Council....Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume's mayoral victory exposes infighting in Chamisa's camp
WE close the year with a circus at Town House in Harare, where Jacob Mafume last week bounced back as Harare mayor.He was elected as the capital city's third mayor in just four months and this...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
The elusive promise of a democratic breakthrough
SINCE 2000, there have been several attempts to dislodge the ruling party, Zanu –PF, from government. The ruling party's mismanagement of the economy has led to an economic crisis that has rendered ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Chamisa's MPs clash on social media
Tensions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) reached a new peak as Southerton legislator, Bridget Nyandoro publicly clashed with that party's Movement Mobiliser Amos Chibaya on social media...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube says MDCA's NC resolved to reconstitute itself as CCC
OPPOSITION stalwart Welshman Ncube has exposed power hungry Citizens Coalition For Change leaders who have decided run away with the party and constituted their own party within the party. Wri...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hardliners shut the door on Chamisa
Zanu-PF says opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa must humble himself and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his re-election in the August disputed elections ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa fired Roy Bhila
ZIMBABWE'S deputy Industry and Commerce minister Roy Bhila was fired last week over corrupt issues involving cement import licences - money-spinning permits - and the secret charging of "facilitation ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC loses Chinhoyi Ward 2 by-election as infighting escalates
The Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) experienced the consequences of internal division as its candidate for Chinhoyi Ward 2 lost in a by-election held on Saturday. The relatively unknown Hamilton ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'By-elections manna from Heaven for Zanu-PF,' says Chiwenga
VICE-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said Zanu-PF will capitalise on the confusion within the opposition ranks to clinch a resounding victory in the by-elections slated for this weekend....Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Sharon Hofisi
Zanu-PF Mash West wins two local authority by-elections
Zanu-PF in Mashonaland West has successfully secured victories in two local authority by-elections held over the weekend in Hurungwe and Banket, underscoring the party's continued dominance in the pro...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prospects of CCC attaining power in Zimbabwe are exceedingly grim
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), formerly known as the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has been a constant source of disputes, leaving political observers puzzled by the root causes and ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Dereck Goto
Mnangagwa can't benefit from removal of presidential term limit!
It is common knowledge that Zimbabwe has become a lawless place.Some may even call it a jungle - where the ruling elite flagrantly flout the country's laws with arrogant impunity.In fa...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara
Mutambara blasts Mnangagwa
Prominent Zimbabwean academic Professor Arthur Mutambara, who is also former deputy prime minister, has lambasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointing a cabinet stuffed with ethnic cronies, fri...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:54hrs | | 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 | | by Beauty Dhlamini
What does another disputed election mean for Zimbabwe?
THE August 23 elections have come and gone, but the result is the same - another disputed poll that has left the country more polarised than ever - and facing a bleak outlook.Last week's poll ...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
The difference between Mugabe and Mnangagwa
Based on pure analysis it can be argued that the difference between the late and former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and the incumbent and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa can be cited in the fact ...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 22:22hrs | 1 | by Martin Stobart
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | | by Nevanji Madanhire
Zanu-PF going to court to challenge nomination of 15 CCC National Assembly candidates
THE ruling Zanu-PF is going to court to challenge the nomination of 15 opposition CCC National Assembly candidates in Bulawayo that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) registered after the 4pm dea...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament petitioned to change car scheme
When political parties recall and replace parliamentarians, the old and new legislators should not both be able to benefit from the Parliamentary vehicle loan scheme, Progressive and Patriotic Citizen...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guta RaMwari infighting continues
INFIGHTING within the Guta Ramwari Church which started after the death of its founder in 2003 resulting in the disintegration of the church into different factions continues with another split seemin...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally flees angry Zanu-PF mob
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima was on Saturday forced to flee an angry Zanu-PF mob that was protesting against alleged rigging of the ruling party's primary elections in the Gokwe-C...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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