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Tsvangirai quits active politics
GLEN VIEW South MDC legislator Vincent Tsvangirai, who is the son of the founding Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan, says he is stepping away from politics because of its toxicity....Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allays Biti fall-out concerns
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa has played down concerns over Biti's looming absence from the next parliament.Biti failed to make the cut for the next parliament c...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa welcomes Morgan Tsvangirai's brother to Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, Saturday said Zanu-PF structures should prepare themselves for an influx of former opposition supporters after receiving hundreds in Harare.In the hundreds was fo...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers abused by police officers beg ZRP boss to intervene
LEGISLATORS have tasked the Economic Justice Women's Project (EJWP) to urgently facilitate an engagement meeting with the Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)Godwin Matanga to ir...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Late former MDC legislator Mdlongwa remembered
MATABELELAND-based pressure group, Ibhetshu likazulu on Friday held a memorial lecture for the late former Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislator and veteran trade unionist, Esaph Mdlongwa in...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC founding Gibson Sibanda remembered
THE late founding MDC vice-president Gibson Sibanda has been described as having been politically mature and a unifier during his lifetime.This was said by former MDC legislator Paul Themba Ny...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross says Zimbabwe should not dollarise
TOP economist Eddie Cross Monday gave a gloomy image of Zimbabwe's battered economy but maintained dollarising it will destroy the country's re-industrialisation drive. Speaking to NewZimbabwe...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes after unpatriotic Zimbabweans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party purportedly plans to fast-track a controversial law that would punish citizens deemed "unpatriotic".The National Assembly last week adopted ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says it's time up for opposition
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Zanu-PF has no role in the mindless infighting within the strife-torn MDC and its variations, a party which has demonstrated to voters its incapacity and ineptitude to run...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi suffers double stroke, mental health collapse
FORMER Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was hounded by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and senior officials from the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs following the submissi...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate manipulators to face the law
Those involved in black market trading and damaging the economy are acting illegally and face arrest and imprisonment, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday, while stating that the Zimbab...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC has nothing to offer, claims Chebundo
FORMER MDC legislator Blessing Chebundo has launched a scathing attack on the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), saying the opposition political party was a loud-sounding nothing.Having been ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Local authorities are struggling because of enmity in govt
MDC legislator for Magwegwe Anele Ndebele has revealed that local authorities headed by the opposition MDC are struggling with service delivery because of bad blood between the opposition and the gove...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa in trouble
A FACTION of the MDC led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora says it will take legal action against Mr Nelson Chamisa if he clings on to the name MDC-Alliance. It is understood that Mr Mwonzora, who is the country...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mr Cross's zeal with limited knowledge, a danger to macro-economic stability
Mr Eddie Cross's article titled "Challenges facing the foreign exchange auction" made a lot of casual reading amusement, especially for those amongst us uninitiated in the domain of macro-economic ana...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:32hrs | 8 | by Jameson Dapi
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF restructures to quantify support base
Zanu-PF is embarking on restructuring exercises across the provinces to quantify the party's support base ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu s...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator slaps Mliswa in Parly
There was drama in Parliament yesterday after MDC-T legislator, Ms Memory Mbondiya slapped outspoken Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa forcing the Public Accounts Committee meeting to disband. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF restructures
The Zanu PF Harare Province is expected to hold a cell restructuring exercise this weekend to accommodate new members joining the party. This comes as the party's progressive policies that res...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora apologises to Parliament, begs for diplomatic passports
MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora on Tuesday apologised to Parliament for the breaches of parliamentary rules and custom by members of his party, citing pressure from the then MDC-Alliance leadership. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's officials stampede to join Zanu-PF?
THE Zanu-PF national secretary for finance, Patrick Chinamasa claims the ruling party is overwhelmed by applications from MDC Alliance members itching to join the former liberation movement.He...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zacc goes after Grace Mugabe
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe and a group of her associates are coming under investigation from anti-corruption authorities following complaints that they grabbed residential stands worth US$10 milli...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Obscenities shouting' Mamombe to spend another night in custody
DEFIANT MDC legislator Joanna Mamombe and activist Cecilia Chimbiri will remain behind bars for another night after their bail hearing was deferred to this Wednesday.Court sat late on Tuesday ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths in flash demo demanding Sikhala release
DOZENS of suspected MDC Alliance youths on Monday staged a flash demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice offices at New Government Complex in Harare demanding the release of party chairman Job S...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Consortium secretly inspects CSC assets
FRESH details have emerged revealing how a consortium of local industrialists and companies - CSC (2016) - is angling to take over the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) through a US$225 million bid....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe needs exorcism
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs to be exorcised by the church as it is too polarised and cannot move forward as a nation.Chamisa said this while addr...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends spike-throwing cops
HOME Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro on Wednesday defended the use of metal spikes by traffic police despite reports that they were causing unnecessary accidents and sometimes deaths.Madir...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lazy' MPs abandon $7 million CDF
NATIONAL Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has called on voters to dump MPs who have abandoned in excess of $7 million in Constituency Development Funds (CDF) through failure to submit applications to ge...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diplomat appointed AU envoy to US
ZIMBABWE'S ambassador to Malawi, Hilda Suka-Mafudze, has been appointed the African Union (AU) envoy to Washington, replacing Arikana Chihombori-Quao who was fired last November over alleged abuse of ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blocks debate on Mamombe incarceration
OPPOSITION MDC legislators this week unsuccessfully tried to bring the case of incarcerated Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe up for discussion in bid to get the youngest MP in the National Assembl...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No more singing in Zimbabwe Parliament
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports.Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictu...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's recalled MPs refusing to return 'Parliament' vehicles
THE GOVERNMENT has issued a stern warning to recalled MDC legislators who are refusing to return vehicles they got under parliament's car loan scheme.Thokozani Khupe, who was declared the legi...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Khupe pushes to drown Mwonzora
THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined, the Daily News repo...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe pushing to have Mwonzora disciplined
THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined.This comes a...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe wrangle escalates
THE MDC's mindless infighting continues to escalate - with the tension between interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora now said to be approaching breaking point...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF drills 15 boreholes in Glen View ahead of the by-election
Zanu-PF has moved in to drill 15 boreholes in Glen View south constituency which has been hit by critical water shortages as result of negligence by the MDC led local authority.Located in Glen...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament okays contentious MOPA Bill
THE Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa), which attracted heated debate in Parliament in the past weeks, was passed on Thursday in the National Assembly with only one amendment from the Senate....Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister storms out of Parly over abductions
THE main opposition MDC yesterday demanded that Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema should issue a ministerial statement in Parliament explaining all the cases of abductions and torture of persons that...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally to spend weekend in remand prison
MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who was arrested on Thursday for failing to call off the opposition party's demonstration in Harare last week, will spend the weekend in remand prison after magi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC secretary to spend weekend in remand prison
MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who was arrested on Thursday for failing to call off the opposition party's demonstration in Harare last week, will spend the weekend in remand prison after magi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Are Zimbabwe MPs doing us any good?
CITIZENS who take the time and pain to go the extra mile and fight for other people to have the freedom to exercise their many God-given rights must be applauded, especially in a country like Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court remands MDC Secretary General to October
Harare Magistrates Court has remanded MDC Secretary General, Chalton Hwende to 16 October.Hwende appeared at the courts on Monday for a routine remand. Hwende is facing charges of plot...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe is not a banana republic
Blessed Sunday good people.How was Friday?Has the Government changed yet?Is Nelson Chamisa now president of our teapot-shaped republic? Kikikiki.Yes, exactly as Bishop ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi
Govt official doubts the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit reports
ACTING Finance secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday angered legislators from the Public Accounts Committee when he suggested that he doubted the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit rep...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Monkeys and Baboons': What did Shiri actually say
FACTS AND FICTIONRemarks made by Agriculture minister Perence Shiri, during a Parliamentary debate on July 31, have been widely shared and have raised controversy. Under the headline...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to go into UAE exile bolthole
VANCOUVER/HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is allegedly plotting to disappear from the country into exile once toppled from power by the military or his own ruling Zanu PF party by June 2020, Sp...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Perrance Shiri's 'monkey' statements a shame, regrettable
OUTSIDE the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare, a very large billboard proclaims that, under its current leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the age-old ruling party is in the process of rediscovering it...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
MDC MPs monkeys, baboons says Perrence Shiri
CHAOS reigned supreme in Parliament yesterday after Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri described MDC MPs as "baboons and monkeys" for seeking answers on the missing $3 b...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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