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Zimbabwe to decriminalise wilful HIV transmission
Government is set to repeal a legal provision that criminalises transmission of HIV/AIDS to a partner in order to keep abreast with international standards, Parliament heard yesterday. Justice...Published: 9 hrs ago | 331 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe in the dock
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC-Alliance), who is facing charges of subversion, yesterday appeared in court, with her lawyer indicating his intention to file an application for the temporary...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 1397 | by Staff rpeorter
Masvingo mayor defies Chamisa again
Tension continues to mount within the beleaguered MDC here, as Masvingo Mayor Councillor Collins Maboke yesterday vowed to continue with his duties at Town House despite being ordered to step down by ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2462 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to denounce sanctions
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa must openly denounce the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America if he cares about the welfare of the country's war veterans, Zimbab...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's national dialogue to continue
ZIMBABWE will continue on the path of national dialogue with progressive stakeholders and will not be swayed by negative forces working against the national spirit, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:30hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Can Zimbabwe's opposition party MDC hold a peaceful leadership contest?
Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:00hrs | 874 | by Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
'RTGS dollar to gain value'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the country's financial situation is improving with the newly introduced RTGS dollar set to gain more value on the back of on-go...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to seek advice from Mugabe - reports State media
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Nelson Chamisa has said he intends to meet former president Robert Mugabe and hopes to get guidance from him on governance issues. Mr Chamisa said he wants Mr Mugabe to giv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:57hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants advice from Mugabe
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Nelson Chamisa has said he intends to meet former president Robert Mugabe and hopes to get guidance from him on governance issues. Mr Chamisa said he wants Mr Mugabe to giv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:48hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths threaten mayhem
MDC-Alliance youths aligned to party president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Friday last week disrupted the party's Harare provincial meeting and threatened to harm members perceived to be seeking to dislodge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:46hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Coltart defends Mwonzora, dismisses MDC infiltration claims
A member of MDC-Alliance party Mr David Coltart has said the opposition party has a problem of labelling members that show ambition to contest for posts Zanu-PF agents. Mr Coltart last week to...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cranks up reform gears
A TEAM of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Biti, this world will humble you!
Even after having gone through the intellectual rigours of philosophy and theology at seminary, Bishop Lazi still doesn't fancy the nature versus nurture debate.But there is a particularly ine...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2845 | by Bishop Lazi
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for violence ringleader
Harare magistrate Mrs Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday issued a warrant of arrest on Obert Masaraure, who is suspected of being one of the ringleaders of the MDC-Alliance-instigated violence that rocked t...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants his challenger to be nominated by people
The MDC Alliance will hold its primary elections on May 24-26, Nelson Chamisa said yesterday - a vote he promises will be free and fair with a democratic and rigorous process where candidates will be ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:27hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's strategy is reaping diminishing returns
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is reported to have said that he will "doorstep" South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa when the latter comes to Zimbabwe in a fortnight.To doorstep someon...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2667 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chamisa threatens to take disciplinary action
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has gagged senior party leaders from commenting on the party's congress in the media, as he struggles to contain the simmering tension among members. He also s...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:27hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
'Jecha' MP granted bail
MDC-Alliance Chitungwiza North constituency legislator Godfrey Sithole who is facing charges of allegedly inciting public violence to protesters who went on rampage and destroyed properties around the...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 16:49hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe bankrolling Chamisa, again?
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa is being funded by former president Mr Robert Mugabe to outfox his internal rivals ahead of the party's congress scheduled for May, The Herald reported. T...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 17131 | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo ditches Mnangagwa talks
LOSING presidential candidate Nkosana Moyo and his party have pulled out of the ongoing dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa insisting the process was headed for nowhere without the participat...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1025 | by newzimbabwe
MDC Alliance youths threaten Chamisa rivals
MDC-Alliance's Harare provincial youth assembly have declared anyone challenging Mr Nelson Chamisa for the presidency at the congress in May as "the enemy". Addressing a Press conference in Ha...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's voodoo diplomatic trip
Mystery surrounds MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's so-called diplomatic offensive in the region amid a deafening silence by the party on his itinerary. Last week, the MDC-Alliance said their pr...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 3588 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya to appear before Parly committee
The Reserve Bank Governor of Zimbabwe, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya, is set to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to explain several monetary issues as the august House resumes sit...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not interested in MDC-Alliance implosion
Zanu-PF says it has no business in the MDC Alliance, which is facing an internal political inferno threatening to consume the opposition party.Speaking in Harare today, Zanu-PF Secretary for I...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:31hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | 1127 | by Bishop Lazarus
Chamisa's divisive tactics in vain
There is more that binds us as Zimbabweans than that which divides us and the earlier we realise this the better for all of us and for posterity.Zimbabwe is the only place we call home and any...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:28hrs | 585 | by Editorial - Sunday Mail
MDC Alliance row over contestable posts
A RIFT has emerged in the MDC-Alliance on which posts would be contested during the forthcoming congress with party president Nelson Chamisa's camp saying only four were up for grabs while secretary g...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:51hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
MDC leader fears another party split
MDC-Alliance deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri yesterday said the forthcoming opposition party's congress in May could split the party due to factional fights. MDC-Alliance, led by Nelson Chamis...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:35hrs | 5540 | by Staff Reporter
MDC leadership battles escalate
INTENSE jostling for senior positions, plotting and horse-trading have intensified in the MDC-Alliance following the announcement of dates for the opposition party's elective congress where a showdown...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporyter
'Sadc should mediate in Zimbabwe crisis'
GERMANY has urged Zimbabwe's neighbours to mediate in the country's political and economic crisis, warning the situation could further destabilise the southern African region.In an interview w...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:39hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Turmoil rocks MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance has been plunged into fresh turmoil here amid intense jockeying for posts in the party provincial executive, with members aligning themselves with different camps ahead of a make-or-break...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:05hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's nihilism, a futile role in Vision 2030
THE importance and necessity of ideology in modern politics is to enable an organised institution to speak with clarity, confidence and propose its values to the electorate in a fashion that is persua...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 340 | by Marshall Gore
Sanctions drawing Zimbabwe back: Sadc
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has reiterated its call for Western countries to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the embargo was limiting private sector investment and hin...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya 'the January looting mastermind' arrested
One of the alleged masterminds of violent protests that rocked the country last month, Rashid Mahiya who is the chairperson of Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe, yesterday handed himself over to police and...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is weaker than he wants the world to believe
MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is reported to have said that he will "doorstep" South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa when the latter comes to Zimbabwe in a fortnight. To doorstep someone is to...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:43hrs | 779 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Chamisa doesn't have a following, it's just the social media,' claims Matemadanda
Patriotic youths should desist from engaging in acts of violence and should emulate President Mnangagwa who is always preaching peace, a Politburo member has said. Addressing hundreds of mourn...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 3411 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti appeals against sentence
MDC Deputy National Chairperson Tendai Biti has appealed against his conviction by Harare magistrate where he was accused of violating the Electoral Act."Human rights lawyer and MDC-Alliance V...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chibaya trial set for Wednesday
The trial of MDC-Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who is being charged for inciting violence, has been set for Wednesday. Chibaya, who is being represented by Mr Reginald C...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
'Power hungry' Chamisa makes bizarre power-sharing demand
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threatened mass action and to "shutdown" Harare if President Mnangagwa does not agree to a power-sharing arrangement. Mr Chamisa is calling for ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance MPs trial dates set
THE trial of MDC-Alliance National organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, who is being charged for inciting violence, has been set for Wednesday.Chibaya, who is being represented by Mr Reginald C...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa power-sharing not on the agenda'
Four political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, MDC-T and the National Patriotic Front - that are represented in Parliament, met in Bulawayo last weekend to lay the groundwork and set the agenda for t...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:45hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe/South Africa officials to meet ahead of Ramaphosa visit
Zimbabwean and South African officials will meet next week, as preparations for the visit by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to his northern neighbours gather momentum. President Rama...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:29hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Willing recolonisation will forever be the hallmark of MDC-Alliance
The folly of Zimbabwe's destiny lies in a fetish plinth that Sadc and the African Union (AU) are insignificant to the African cause, while the European Union (EU) and International Criminal Court (ICC...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 1307 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Zanu-PF ups campaigns in Chitungwiza
Zanu-PF Harare Province has intensified campaigns for the Ward 24 by-elections slated for Chitungwiza tomorrow. The seat felt vacant after the death of Alice Chihambakwe of MDC-Alliance, who died in N...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira chairs team to probe Mliswa
PARLIAMENT's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders has appointed Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira to chair the Privileges Committee that was set up to investigate allegations against No...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:40hrs | 3432 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagnwa dismisses fake reports on tracking doctors and lawyers
Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who w...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 4268 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-led Parliament committee dissolved
Parliament's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders yesterday dissolved the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development and is set to unveil a Privileges Committee to investigate...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:06hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa trashes fake Twitter, talks diplomacy
Chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Chris Mutsvangwa has disowned a Twitter account posting messages under his name. Mutsvangwa told reporters in a w...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 2388 | by Staff reporter
Biti escapes jail
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday escaped jail by a whisker after he was slapped with a suspended six-month prison term for illegally announcing purported results for the 2018 Presidential ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
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