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Chibaya denied bail in violence incitement case
Ex-legislator Amos Chibaya shall remain under prison detection, a Harare magistrate ruled on Monday, adding he was not convinced the prominent opposition politician would not break his bail conditions...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's 'tasteless behaviour' could worsen tensions in Zimbabwe
Political commentators have strongly condemned Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa after he laughed at the plight of incarcerated activists during a recent press briefing in Harare.The...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 13:17hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah stirs heated debate
JAH Prayzah has stirred heated debate in the arts sector after he banned the use of professional cameras at his shows citing infringement of his intellectual property rights.The stance by the ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails Jah Prayzah's loyalty
IF the master of ceremony's sentiments at last week's inauguration of President Emerson Mnangagwa are anything to go by, then the ruling Zanu-PF confirmed that musician Jah Prayzah is one of the party...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah provides another soundtrack
AWARD winning musician Jah Prayzah provided another soundtrack as President Mnangagwa was inaugurated at the National Sports Stadium Monday, nine days after winning a contentious election.Jah ...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Battles to watch in today's Zimbabwe election
AFTER five very short years, we are back to the polls.It feels it was just yesterday when President Mnangagwa gave us that signature dance to the Kutonga Kwaro soundtrack. It feels it was just...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells his followers to start their engines
THE Midlands Zanu-PF Convention Centre stood tall and majestic as President Mnangagwa arrived with an unmistakable spring in his step yesterday. Accompanied by the radiant First Lady, Auxillia Mnangag...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop insults Mnangagwa, threatens to arrest Zanu-PF members
A police officer stationed at Tongwe base in rural Beitbridge is in trouble with the law for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatening to arrest Zanu-PF members who were drinkin...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa compensates 258 ZIPRA cadres fired from ZNA during Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly ordered payment of compensation of 258 former ZIPRA combatants who were summarily dismissed from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) during the height of the G...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mapfumo sings 'Hona Satan arikutonga'
LEGENDARY Chimurenga Music singer Thomas Mapfumo has released a hard hitting single, Ndikutambire, a direct critique of the Zanu-PF regime as he prepares to drop his latest album which is similarly ti...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is not in power but only its leaders are!
It is not unsurprising encountering the rank and file of the ruling ZANU PF party bragging over how they are in power - going to the extent of threatening unbearable brutality upon any and all who may...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 16:38hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Former senior cop in murder storm
AN inquest is set to be held for a woman who was allegedly poisoned to death in a fight over inheritance in which a former Assistant Commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Mrs Marian Tige...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe agricultural land not for sale
AGRICULTURAL land is not for sale and anyone who will be found selling farms allocated to them under the Land Reform Programme will face the music, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing Zimb...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi questions Zanu-PF's interests in CCC Structures
SELF-EXILED former Zanu-PF cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has questioned the ruling party's interests in knowing the structures of opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).Writing ...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | | by jamwanda
Pomp and fanfare as Chief Negomo is installed
THOUSANDS of people yesterday attended the installation of Mr Paradzai Kutyauripo as the 13th substantive Chief Negomo of Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central Province at a glittering ceremony attende...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah show: minister spotted on the dance
Local Government minister July Moyo was last night spotted dancing his night out at a Jah Prayzah show at Gweru's Milan Restaurant with three young heavily built girls in exposing clothes rolling arou...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 9 | by Paul Ndou
Jah Prayzah, Killer T performs at 'G40' party, detained at Airport
Musicians Jah Prayzah and Killer T were detained for more than four hours at RGM International Airport on Monday after performing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political archenemies in Cape Town,...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charges against Chombo withdrawn
Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje today withdrew charges of criminal nuisance against former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo before plea, and the Stat...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Chombo
Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has issued a warrant of arrest against former Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo after he failed to show up at court yesterday.Pr...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Are Zimbabweans a lost cause irredeemably content with being oppressed?
When I was reading renowned and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's latest tweets where he clearly expressed open frustration and even infuriation at most Zimbabweans' apparent docility, subm...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chombo, Chipanga, Hamandishe case deferred
Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has deferred the matter of former Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leaders —Kudzanayi Chipanga, Innocent Hamandi...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers suspends editors over Soul-Jah Love tribute wishing presidium death
STATE-CONTROLLED publisher Zimpapers has summarily suspended sub-editors Washington Rungano Gwanzura and Tinashe Chuma for publishing a cheeky reader's comment wishing death on President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers decimate Mugabe's cattle herd
VILLAGERS have gone on a raiding rampage on a farm belonging to the late former president Robert Mugabe in Mazowe, hunting down and slaughtering over 1 400 cattle belonging to his family, in a which h...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo, former Zanu-PF youth leaders' case deferred
Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe yesterday deferred the matter involving former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leaders ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donald must phone Dambudzo
It never rains but pours for the little boy. Things haven't been going his way of late and I would never want to be in his shoes. Zvakaomera Chamisa hama dzangu and I feel sorry for him. Morgan Richar...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 18:47hrs | | by Mapombi
Jah Prayzah Savages Hopewell Chin'ono?
Prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono has of late been critical of award-winning musician Jah Prayzah's stance towards Zimbabwean politics.In his latest tweets, Chin'ono compares Jah Prayzah...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans on Twitter show Jah Prayzah the middle finger
Award winning superstar Jah prayzah had a rude awakening after Zimbabweans on Twitter snubbed his appeal to vote for him at the African Entertainment Awards USA Entertainer of the year category. ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jah Prayzah in quandary
This year might be the worst that musician Jah Prayzah has had to endure since the jolly good melodies of Tsviriyo that saw him break into outright stardom in 2013.Since the beginning of year,...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo case dents Zimbabwe courts' image
THAT it is now more than one-and-a-half years since former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was arrested in dramatic fashion at the height of a coup that toppled ex-President Robert Mugabe, speaks to ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:54hrs | | by Newsday Comment
Knives out for Jah Prayzah
Zimbabwean women on Friday came out guns blazing following the release of Jah Prayzah's track titled Fambai Nebhora, a dedication to the senior national soccer team, which they feel is "offensive and ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo case dents courts' image
THAT it is now more than one-and-a-half years since former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was arrested in dramatic fashion at the height of a coup that toppled ex-President Robert Mugabe, speaks to ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Newsday - Editorial
'I was desperate to change ZANU PF' Jonathan Moyo says
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he desperately worked to change the 'rotten' culture of ZANU PF but lost it when he was ambushed during the bloody November coup that ended 3...Published: 15 May 2019 at 09:02hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jah Prayzah ditches anything associated with Mnangagwa's army
The choice to ditch anything associated with the country's army of late appears to be paying off for musician Jah Prayzah, whose ship is steering back to the hearts of many in the music scene after a ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 5 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Jah Prayzah dares UK fans
JAH Prayzah has left for the United Kingdom (UK) where he will stage three concerts, courtesy of Y2K Entertainment Promotions in conjunction with Impala Car Rentals.This comes after fans in th...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo goes to Supreme Court
Former Finance and Economic Development Minister Ignatius Chombo has approached the Supreme Court seeking permanent stay of proceedings in the magistrates' court where he is facing several cases invol...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is a dog' trial stalls
THE trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joel Gabbuza, facing charges of undermining and insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is being stalled by Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, who is yet to issue ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Chamisa, Mnangagwa politics shatters society's mirror
The dawn of the new dispensation brought along a glimpse of hope to many, including artistes, with the leaders ensuring the upholding of fundamental human rights.This was reinforced by the ret...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Listening President, you are not hearing the people you lead
WE always suspected there would be some kind of pay-off in the larger scheme of things, when Zimbabweans in their thousands thronged the streets in major cities to show their displeasure with the Robe...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
'I failed to change ZANU PF from within' says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former ZANU PF Politiburo members has confessed that his agenda of reforming ZANU PF from within backfired and the party was about to change him instead.Professor Moyo is on the record ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jah Prayzah army links backfire
Fans in the United Kingdom have been reportedly pushing to block Jah Prayzah from performing in the European country in April owing to his close links with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) which stan...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa will not hatch chickens from fried eggs
President Emmerson Munangagwa managed to openly rig the forgone polls, in a daylight robbery. All his political life after independence crocodile has waited patiently, worked meticulously carving his ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Chamisa must be stopped, says Muchinguri
Zanu-PF bigwigs that are annoyed by pressure from the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are agitating for the ruling party to use its two-thirds parliamentary majority to amend the Constitution and l...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP arrested for calling Mnangagwa a dog
POLICE have arrested MDC Alliance national executive member Joel Gabhuza who is also Member of Parliament for Binga South.The legislator was arrested for calling President Emmerson Mnangagwa a...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitubu: Another political project from Jah Prayzah
There is no doubt that Jah Prayzah is one artist who is extremely talented as the evidence is there for all to see. The meteoric ascendancy to prominence of the Third Generation band frontman is one o...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 19:40hrs | 1 | by Wilson Chipangura
Zanu-PF chefs ordered to don party regalia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs who are employed at the party headquarters to wear party regalia when on official duty.He told the Zanu-PF central committee meeting on...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man charged for insulting Mnangagwa
A Harare man was dragged to court on Saturday after reportedly shouting unprintable words to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was incapable of running Zimbabwe.Norman Machipisa, 29...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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