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Warrant of arrest for former Zanu-PF youth league leader
A Harare court has issued a warrant of arrest for former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu after he failed to appear in court for the continuation of his fraud trial, where he faces allegations of ste...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:24hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Matutu in suspected US$150,000 fraud
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu appeared before Harare Magistrate Isheanesu Matova on Tuesday, accused of stealing shares from a local mining company, Shusib Investments. Matutu was remanded ...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 14:10hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ropes in Kudzanai Chipanga and Lewis Matutu
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly oiling his machine for a third term bid by roping in former vocal youth leaders Kudzanai Chipanga and Lewis Matutu to mobilise support.Chipanga, from...Published: 01 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa let us down'
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader and founder of the Front for Economic Emancipation of Zimbabwe (FEEZ), Godfrey Tsenengamu has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of letting down Zimbabweans and other ind...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Zanu-PF old guard retain CC posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party retained its old guard in the recently held central committee (CC) elections with a few young guns making it into the party's highest decision-making body.The party's ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube elected as a Zanu-PF Central Committee member
Zanu-PF has released names of Central Committee elect members who sailed through in the just ended elections.Some party heavyweights who retained are Cdes Obert Mpofu, Mike Bimha, Christopher ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Matutu elbowed out of mine
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu has been elbowed out of the late business tycoon John Bredenkamp's gold-rich Thetford Estate in Mazowe, the Zimbabwe Independent has established.This c...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Showdown looms at Zanu-PF youth conference
DAGGERS have been drawn ahead of the Zanu-PF national youth congress slated for tomorrow in Harare amid allegations of vote-buying and jostling for leadership positions.Over 2 000 delegates fr...Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF bigwigs jostle to control Youth League ahead of Conference
ZANU PF bigwigs are reportedly engaged in efforts to control the outcomes of the Provincial youth and women wings conference elections. A Midlands ZANU PF Youth League source that spoke ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 15:12hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Internal polls expose Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF faithful have unwittingly disclosed that they were given fake national identity (ID) cards to cheat in the party's internal elections, a revelation that renders credence to opposition claims o...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu confesses to violent crimes he committed in Zanu-PF
NEWLY formed Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) party national coordinator Godfrey Tsenengamu broke down Saturday, as he confessed violent crimes he committed during the time he led ru...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Name, shame exercise divides Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT's name and shame operation targeting companies and individuals accused of fuelling the galloping foreign currency parallel exchange rate has triggered fierce fights within Zanu-PF, with som...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF captured by a minority cartel and foreigners'
Former Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu says the ruling party ‘is no longer revolutionary', adding that it has been captured by a minority cartel and foreigners.The seemingly disgrun...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu: Mnangagwa's most reliable lieutenant
President Emmerson Mnangagwa deployed Dr. Obert Mpofu to serve at party Headquarters on a full-time basis. This deployment was similar to the Robert Mugabe deployment of Didymus Mutasa one of ZANU PF'...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 14:32hrs | 5 | by Nicholas Ncube
Matutu, Bredenkamp's son in turf war over mining grant
AN investment vehicle fronted by former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu is locked in a turf war with Gavin Bredenkamp after it was allocated a 450 hectares mining grant on the latter's Thetford Esta...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF internal battles escalate
The November 2017 Operation Restore Legacy changed the top echelon of political power in the country. Many business persons, politicians and politically exposed persons sponsored and supported the pro...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by Anonymous Writer
Mnangagwa frets over social media
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered disgruntled party members to stop taking out their anger over the just ended district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to the media.Zanu-PF held...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda fingered in controversial appointment of ZINARA board member
Reeds Dube, the losing ZANU PF candidate for Hwange Central has been appointed to the ZINARA board. Dube is a business man and politician who has contested 3 times under the ZANU PF banner and i...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 14:56hrs | 46 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Misred denies being in love with ZANU PF leader Lewis Matutu
Radio personality Misred (real name Samantha Musa) has denied that he is having an affair with disgraced ZANU PF Youth leader Lewis Matutu. The denial comes after pictures of a woman looking l...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Liberation movements to meet in Victoria Falls
SOUTHERN Africa's liberation movements will meet in Victoria Falls next week to deliberate on challenges facing the region. Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu, said preparations for the...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Glen View new battlefield for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
THE two main political parties, Zanu-PF and the MDC, have turned their rivalry to the Glen View South constituency by-election amid allegations of vote-buying, intimidation and financial warfare....Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youth leader attacks Jonathan Moyo
ZANU PF deputy youth league boss Lewis Matutu has said former party spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has not only lost relevance but has become a useless and permanent fugitive.In a Twitter...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Buyanga refutes accusations of land graft in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption drive has sucked in a businessman from that country who is based in South Africa, but the well-established entrepreneur denies any wrongdoing.Reports from that count...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 17:36hrs | | by ANA
Commissioners to investigate Obert Mpofu named
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has constituted a Commission of Inquiry to investigate Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu and other individuals fingered in corrupt dealings by the ZANU-PF Y...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unfazed by Mugabe's heroes acre threats
On Friday 9 August, The Zimbabwe Independent reported that former President Robert Mugabe has told his family members that he does not want to be buried at Heroes Acre. He also apparently said he does...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Proximity to Mnangagwa won't shield corrupt figures'
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has warned some elements who abuse their proximity to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage in corrupt activities that their days are numbered. The league's dep...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league in Gwanda mining claim controversy
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday stepped in to resolve a violent turf war between two rival youth groups in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South, after claims that one of them was using names of senio...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Animal Farm era over: Zanu-PF Youth League
THE Zanu-PF Youth League will not allow people in positions of authority to loot State resources at the expense of ordinary citizens as the era of "Animal Farm" is over. This was said by Zanu-...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Togarepi lays into corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
Top Zanu-PF officials are using the party's name to indulge in corrupt activist, Zanu-PF youth league secretary Pupurai Togarepi told a local daily paper as he threatened to name and shame those who a...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son divides Zanu-PF youths
Tension is rising in the Zanu-PF youth league with some members of the national executive accusing deputy secretary Lewis Matutu of using his close links to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's new list of corrupt officials out
THE Zanu-PF Youth League will in the next few days release a long list of alleged corrupt Government and party officials to give the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zaac) leads to follow and arre...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League to name more corrupt officials
Zanu-PF's Youth League has commended the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zaac) for swooping on alleged corrupt senior Government and party officials who were reportedly amassing wealth and enrich...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sits on Zanu-PF bigwigs corruption inquiry
A MONTH after the Zanu-PF youth league named alleged corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs, ministers, government officials and business people, the matter seems to be slowly dying a natural death.President...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths plot farm invasions
THE Zanu-PF youth league yesterday announced plans to invade and take over farms from multiple owners for redistribution to young people in yet another move seen as targeted at senior party and govern...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths dare old guard
The Zanu-PF youth league, which triggered a storm early this month when it listed several people as being corrupt, will soon release a list of multiple farm owners mostly bigwigs in the ruling party. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'shame list' brews huge storm
An international money laundering watchdog has put Zanu-PF bigwigs and prominent people on its radar after ruling party youths named them in a list of people that are allegedly driving the foreign cur...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Jacob Mudenda emerge as Mnangagwa's new targets for purging
AFTER weeding out his new rivals - who brought him to power - in the security sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has now shifted the purges to Zanu-PF, targeting the ruling party's heavyweights seen...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'MDC will overthrow Zanu-PF before 2023' - irony of irony, ones foolishly keeping illegitimate regime in power
The country is in serious trouble with unemployment a nauseating 90%; basic services such sheath and education all but collapse; facing fuel, cash and medicine shortages; 19-hour power cuts; 5.7 milli...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC to overthrow Mnangagwa govt before 2023
THE opposition MDC says it is going to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before his term of office expires in 2023.At a rally in Bikita, Masvingo province on Saturday as the main oppositi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya in a Catch-22
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya would be improperly before the courts if he does not sue Zanu-PF after being named by the party's youth league as dabbling in corruption and front...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League told to bring evidence
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has summoned the Zanu PF Youth League to bring evidence of corruption against the ruling party and Government bigwigs named recently for possible prosecution...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC speaks on ZANU PF corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission has invited the Zanu-PF youth league to bring evidence to prove their corruption allegations against senior party and government officials including secre...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Women's League supports anti - Obert Mpofu stance
THE Zanu-PF Women's League will support the party's Youth League in denouncing corruption by naming and shaming individuals alleged to be involved in corrupt and underhand dealings in a ploy to sabota...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet review
News doing the rounds says the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has passed on , it seems Chiwenga and Robert Mugabe have one thing in common - they both die in the media and resurrect miracu...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matutu dares Mangudya, Rushwaya
THE Zanu-PF youth league has vowed to further expose Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and the Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya's alleged corrupt deals, and expose more...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deafening silence from ZANU PF Youth League over Auditor General’s report
The Auditor General has done a very good job exposing the rot , corruption and pure theft that exists in some state owned enterprises. The Auditor General and her team have done a very good job and we...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
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