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ZANU PF, A reminder that roles can change, and the law applies to all
One reality continues to echo loud and clear, positions of power are not permanent and the law does not discriminate. The incarceration of former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi is a typical ex...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:43hrs | 903 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Ex-magistrate in court for using Dr Makamba's name to commit fraud
Former Bindura magistrate Edith Kakuruwo and her co-accused, Elvis Muzavazi, appeared at the Bindura Magistrates' Court facing charges of defrauding a businessman of over US$3,000 by allegedly misusin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
Clueless minister wins award in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's clueless Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Tatenda Mavetera received the Outstanding Young Business Leader accolade at the 2024 Eminence Business Aw...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:58hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
Debunking mischief about Tagwirei, Sakunda
There has been a sustained casting of aspersions over the success of businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whom I will simply call Kuda, from anti-Zimbabwe media and activists both locally and outside t...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:49hrs | 20 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa awards Chemist Siziba liberation war hero status
The funeral service of the late Zimbabwean businessman Chemist Siziba, who died last Saturday, was held this morning at his Borrowdale (Hogerty Hill) home in Harare.Siziba died of kidney failu...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Members of Parliament sworn-in
Members of Parliament for the 10th Parliament took their oaths of office yesterday and committed themselves to work towards the fulfilment of Vision 2030 enunciated by President Mnangagwa to make Zimb...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings
EMBATTLED telco, Telecel Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Telecel) has dismissed its placement under "corporate rescue proceedings" first announced in a notice in the Government Gazette dated May 12, 2023....Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 22 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
12 Zanu-PF MPs bite the dust in Mashonaland Central
PRELIMINARY results for the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections in Mashonaland Central indicate that 12 National House of Assembly candidates fell by the wayside in the primary elections held over th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife lands top post in Zanu-PF Politburo
THE Politburo that was appointed by President Mnangagwa on Friday blends the old guard and youth and also catapults women to influential positions in the party.This new team that will steer th...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube makes Zanu-PF politburo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced a 55-member politburo for his Zanu-PF party, with his wife, Auxillia being reappointed as party secretary for environment and tourism.Auxillia ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recycles deadwood
Some forgotten Zanu-PF stalwarts had their political careers resurrected at the ruling party's just ended congress after spending years in the cold following the creation of a council of elders and ap...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff rporter
Resurrection of G40 rocks Zanu-PF
Around 2016, serious ructions opened up in the ruling Zanu-PF then led by veteran Machiavellian politician Robert Mugabe with two factions wrestling to control the party in the event that Mugabe disen...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa heaps praise on govt for awarding Mnangagwa's ally a gold refining licence
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has heaped praise on government for awarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Pedzisai 'Scott' Sakupwanya a gold refining licence.The mining mag...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Telecel set for corporate rescue
Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country, is set to be placed under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection, due to serious financial distress....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers troop back
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers in the current administration and late former President Robert Mugabe's government are plotting a political comeback after they were cleared by the politburo to cont...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strike paralyses major hospitals
WORKERS from other sectors have started joining a tools down job action by health personnel and teachers who are demanding United States dollar salaries.The strike entered its third day yester...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF internal challenges a blessing for Chamisa in Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is home to Madzibaba veShanduko real name Godfrey Karembera who hails from Guruve. Madzibaba veShanduko and several Citizens for Change have descended upon Mashonaland Central as C...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 10:36hrs | 13 | by Hector Muringani
Makamba chucked out of ZANU-PF meeting
Former Mashonaland Central province ZANU-PF chairperson James Makamba was on Sunday chucked out of the party's Provincial Co-ordinating Committee (PCC) meeting by politburo member Kenneth Musanhi....Published: 17 May 2022 at 08:43hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Debunking mischief about Tagwirei, Sakunda
There has been a sustained casting of aspersions over the success of businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whom I will simply call Kuda, from anti-Zimbabwe media and activists both locally and outside t...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Telecel's monumental collapse
TELECEL Zimbabwe's troubles have continued to mount with indications that the telecoms firm is now recruiting graduate trainees to plug the staff exodus necessitated by the company's unsustainable deb...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blood and thunder as Zanu-PF polls kick-off
FIREWORKS are expected as Zanu-PF provincial elections kick- off Tuesday, with officials and big wigs involved in heavy campaigning often spilling overnight MondayAhead of the internal polls, ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Rigging fears grip Mash Central
ZANU PF supporters in Mashonaland Central province have expressed concern over rigging attempts on the Provincial elections being orchestrated by incumben...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 00:18hrs | 10 | by Roy Moyo
Kazembe leaks Politiburo secrets
Minister of Home Affairs who is also ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe reportedly leaked Politiburo deliberations to vill...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 07:16hrs | 18 | by Roy Moyo
Fireworks expected as Zanu-PF slides into provincial elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is preparing for provincial party elections with candidates backed by politburo members seeking to solidify their control of grassroots structures clashing in the internal pol...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Angry Makamba exits ZANU PF group
Former ZANU PF Chairperson James Makamba has reportedly exited the party provincial group after the party Politburo disqualified him from contesting...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Makamba disqualified from Zanu-PF Chairmanship race
THE Zanu-PF Politburo has disqualified tycoon James Makamba from contesting the party's Mashonaland Central provincial chairman post after security chiefs gave a damning verdict on his candidature, de...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Makamba candidature worries security chiefs
THE country's security chiefs are sweating over the possibility of tycoon James Makamba becoming Mashonaland Central provincial chairman for Zanu-PF after he reportedly submitted his CV for the positi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mash Central members fight over Mnangagwa regalia
THERE was drama in Nzvimbo at a Zanu-PF-organised sports gala at the weekend when two senior party officials fought over regalia, as factionalism came to a head in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe ignores PCC meetings
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe is reportedly not conducting Provincial Coordinating Committee meetings as mandated by the party for fear of losing more support ahea...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 04:11hrs | 3 | by Paul Ndou
Dynamos coach drags team in ZANU PF fights
Dynamos gaffer Tonderai Ndiraya was on Saturday dragged to Rushinga by ZANU PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe for a campaign ahead of the...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 18:58hrs | 28 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zanu-PF burns ahead of conference
BATTLES to control Zanu-PF structures raged across Zimbabwe this week, with the party's leadership struggling to complete the setting up of district structures ahead of the national conference slated ...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe mischievous - Mnangagwa
EMBATTLED ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conduct a rally soon after he finished commissioning of Eureka mine in Guruve yesterday....Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 14:01hrs | 14 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF yet to complete Mazowe district polls
Zanu-PF Mazowe district is yet to complete internal elections amid a number of challenges which include improper party cell structures, lack of resources as well as alleged manipulation of the process...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora steps down in Chairmanship race
FORMER cabinet Minister Lazarus Dokora who was eying ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman post to ouster the incumbent Kazembe has stepped down...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Paul Ndou
Kazembe Kazembe's rigging plot exposed
FIREWORKS are expected at a potentially explosive Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial executive meeting Monday as the provinces top guns lock horns in a do-or-die pre-election encounter.The...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister in 'vote-buying' storm
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda allegedly dished out grocery hampers to Zanu-PF women structures in Muzarabani at the weekend in what some party members from the province allege was vote buying for his all...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional fights reach boiling point
Zanu-PF ructions in Mashonaland Central province have reached the boiling point, with two distinct camps brawling for key positions amid reports that two cabinet ministers belonging to one camp are mo...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official refuses to surrender party vehicle
Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial member Shephard Kararira has allegedly refused to surrender the party's Ford Ranger truck given to him by party chairperson Kazembe Kazembe following his illegal...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe grilled over roadblocks, wings clipped
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) yesterday grilled Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also the party's cha...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF in flames
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is battling a raging factional war that threatens to rip it apart.As the fire rages out of control, Patrick Chinamasa, the Zanu-PF acting co...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe suffers major defeat
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairman Kazembe Kazembe suffered humiliation after the party's commissariat department reversed his decision to co-opt new members into the Provincial executive...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Factional kingpin unmasked
UNDER siege Zanu PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, whose influential position in the party is hanging by a thread has extensively extend...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | 47 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West factions face off
THE fight for the Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central chairmanship has turned nasty, amid reports that the incumbent Kazembe Kazembe's supporters have embarked on a smear campaign against James Makamba who is...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Minister sends police to arrest political rival
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe is reported to have sent police officers to aspiring Mashonaland Central province chairperson James Makamba last wee...Published: 24 May 2021 at 21:31hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh disorder rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has been hit by fresh chaos, with the party's highly divisive and recently restored District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) at the centre of the latest commotion.The DCCs - which were...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Telecel seeks fresh capital for expansion
Telecel Zimbabwe, the country's smallest mobile telecoms firm, intends to raise fresh capital as it looks to finance expansion of its network, chairman Selby Hwacha said. For many years, shareholding ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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