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Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's judgement in communicating falsehoods case postponed
The judgement in Job Sikhala's case, where he is accused of publishing falsehoods, has been postponed to February 7 by the Harare Magistrates Court. Prosecutors submitted closing submissions on the mo...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's assault trial in false start
THE trial of recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara Constituency Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi on malicious damage to property and assault failed to kick off yesterday because the witness was una...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC legislators ejected, suspended
Rowdy CCC legislators were ejected yesterday from the National Assembly for disturbing the swearing-in ceremony of the nine new constituency legislators elected during the by-elections held on Saturda...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ejected CCC MPs from Parliament
The Police ejected CCC MPs from Parliament after they erupted into song during Zanu-PF’s Scott Sakupwanya’s swearing-in.The Parliament of Zimbabwe convened again today, and newly-elected l...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Kufahakutizwi out on free bail
Former Mabvuku-Tafara MP Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, associated with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been granted bail without charge by Harare magistrate Esther Chichera.Kufahakuti...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC legislator in court for assault
Recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara constituency, Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi, appeared in court yesterday facing separate charges of malicious damage to property and assault after he allege...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC's Kufahakutizwi arrest...new details emerge
As the veil of uncertainty surrounding the arrest of Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi begins to lift, new details have surfaced, shedding light on the alleged incident that led to his detention. The ca...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 12:34hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Recalled CCC Mabvuku-Tafara MP Kufahakutizwi arrested
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara constituency, Febion Kufahakutizwi has been arrested on charges of assault and malicious damage to property.C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CCC factions lost 3 council seats to Zanu-PF in Bulawayo
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lost three of the eight council seats it had won in August to Zanu-PF after five of its recalled councillors retained their seats from the eight contested wards...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa showers Scott Sakupwanya with rare praises
In the aftermath of a contentious by-election in Mabvuku-Tafara, Temba Mliswa, former Member of Parliament for Norton, has publicly congratulated Pedzai Sakupwanya, popularly known as Scott, for secur...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 07:55hrs | 8 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
UK-based Zimbabweans to petition British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
A group of Zimbabweans based in the United Kingdom (UK) will this Sunday hand over a petition to Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak to put pressure on the Zimbabwean government to end the murder, abduction a...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZANU PF's Scott Sakupwanya wins uncontested in Mabvuku-Tafara by-election
ZANU PF candidate for the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency by-election, Scott Sakupwanya, has emerged victorious without facing any opposition. This unprecedented outcome follows a series of legal maneuver...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:14hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa urges voters to take advantage of CCC crisis
Zanu-PF Treasurer Patrick Chinamasa has urged residents of Mabvuku-Tafara constituency to take advantage of an ongoing crisis within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to vote party candidate Ped...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sakupwanya buys votes with bag of maize meal, flour and loaf of bread
Supporters of Zanu-PF who attended a rally for party candidate Pedzai Sakupwanya in the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency received a 10kg bag of maize meal, a 2kg packet of flour, and a loaf of bread, two d...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fear and intimidation cloud Mabvuku-Tafara by-election campaign
Political tension has intensified in the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency ahead of Saturday's by-election, prompting opposition candidate Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi to go into hiding.Kufahakutizwi, v...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zim police dismiss claims Masaya's killing was politically motivated
Police Spokesperson Paul Nyathi has rejected the allegations of abduction, torture, and murder made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in connection with the disappearance and subsequent death...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controv...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Sakupwanya begs Mabvuku residents
Scott Sakupwanya, the Zanu-PF candidate for Mabvuku Constituency, known for his association with gold-rich endeavors, is earnestly appealing to residents in the high-density suburb to reconsider their...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Settle voters roll dispute outside court, says Judge
ELECTORAL Court judge Justice Esther Muremba on Wednesday directed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to find common ground on a dispute ove...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ropes in war vets for Sakupwanya's campaign
Zanu-PF has gone for broke in its bid to win the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency in the December 9 by-elections, roping in war veterans and collaborators to campaign for the party's candidate, Pedzisai "S...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt plotting to lock me up'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change candidate for Mabvuku in the forthcoming by-elections, Fabion Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, says he has exposed a plot by Zanu-PF candidate Pedzai Sakupwanya and the state m...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu and his handlers have lost the plot big time
ZIMBABWE'S political history has been littered with opposition malcontents for a very long time, which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in the country....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:31hrs | 10 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's MPs appeal High Court dismissal of bid to reverse recalls
Fourteen CCC MPs and nine senators have appealed - through the Supreme Court - a recent High Court rejection of their challenge against a highly emotive recall order by self-imposed interim party secr...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters say Zanu-PF's Sakupwanya responsible for murder of CCC activist
Scott Sakupwanya, the Zanu-PF candidate for Mabvuku Constituency, has been implicated in the abduction and subsequent murder of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Tapfumaneyi Masaya, accordi...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa strategising on how to stop the looming by-elections
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader by Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was making fresh deliberations on how to stop the looming by-elections from being held owing to escalating politic...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out
SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi quizzed over abductions
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have taken government to task over police's seemingly lackadaisical approach towards investigating politically-motivated abductions, enf...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pleads with Mnangagwa
The leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, has urgently appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the scheduled December 9 by-elections, citing the recent trag...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 12:46hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's decision to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on
POLITICAL analysts say the decision by the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on as it sends a message of defiance and wil...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC accuses Zanu-PF of turning voting into life-or-death issue
Gift Ostallos Siziba, the deputy spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe of transforming the act of voting into a life-or-death situa...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC's by-election candidate considers boycotting
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) candidate for the Mabvuku Constituency by-election, Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, is contemplating withdrawing from the December 9 race following the abduction and mu...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Charamba accuses CCC of stealing corpses from morgues
George Charamba, spokesperson for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has accused the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) of engaging in the theft of corpses from mortuaries for political purpos...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 20:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist abducted, killed
A Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist BishopTapfumaneyi Masaya who was allegedly abducted last week has been found dead.CCC deputy spokesperson Gift "Ostallos" Siziba announced Masaya...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF by-elections campaign starts
Zanu-PF Secretary-General Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday implored voters to rectify their slip-ups when they voted for CCC during the August harmonised elections by voting the ruling party in the coming by-...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party splits
CCC could be headed for a split judging by the continued confusion and leadership crises that saw the party fielding double candidates at yesterday's Nomination Court where rival factions tussled for ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa ally resumes fight for Mabvuku-Tafara
The Nomination Court is scheduled to convene in Harare and Bulawayo tomorrow to receive candidate submissions for the by-elections scheduled for December 9. Among the candidates participating in the b...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally resumes fight for Mabvuku-Tafara
The Nomination Court is scheduled to convene in Harare and Bulawayo tomorrow to receive candidate submissions for the by-elections scheduled for December 9. Among the candidates participating in the b...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
By-elections move betrays Zanu-PF
The main opposition party, Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of revealing his involvement in the recalls of its parliamentarians and councillors by self-pr...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's two-thirds backdoor plot intensifies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is persistently pursuing a Zanu-PF two-thirds majority in Parliament by announcing elections in constituencies left vacant after the recall of several CCC legislators by S...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 10:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide on by-election candidates
This week, the ruling Zanu-PF party is set to reveal the names of candidates who will participate in the upcoming by-elections scheduled for December 9. The party's commissariat department has express...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'More CCC recalls on the cards'
The orchestrator of the recall of 15 Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) National Assembly representatives, Mr. Sengezo Tshabangu, has indicated the possibility of further recalls as he aims to elimi...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed police invade Parliament to handle 'recalled' CCC MPs
The proceedings in the National Assembly yesterday were disrupted for nearly two hours as a group of unruly CCC legislators obstructed the removal of 15 of their colleagues who had been recalled from ...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament declares 15 CCC seats vacant
Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly, has announced the vacancy of 15 parliamentary seats in Matebeleland held by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). This decision comes...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targeting Zimdollar return in 5 years
Zimbabwe will continue to put in place measures to entrench the use of the domestic currency because having its own currency forms the basis for sustainable economic growth and development, President ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voters reject Zanu-PF's big spenders
Zanu-PF big spenders suffered electoral defeats in urban areas with analysts saying the urban electorate could never be swayed by temporary trinkets, which did not address the issue of poverty....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF returns to speak to the voters who rejected him
Losing Zanu-PF Parliamentary candidate for Mabvuku and Tafara constituency Scott Sakupwanya has humbly returned to speak to the voters who rejected him in the 2023 Zimbabwe Elections.Millionai...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Several candidates concede defeat in Zimbabwe polls
SEVERAL candidates yesterday conceded defeat after it became apparent that they had lost in elections held on Wednesday.Among the first to concede defeat was Norton candidate Temba Mliswa (Ind...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF candidate's supporters promise 'Night of Terror' in Mabvuku-Tafara
RESIDENTS of Mabvuku have been warned to brace for a night of terror from defeated Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate Scott Sakupwanya's supporters.Sakupwanya a well-known gold dealer who had eye...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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