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Zanu-PF tells Mnangagwa to fix the economy
Zanu-PF bigwigs who gathered in Esigodini for their party's annual conference last week pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to act quickly and decisively to stem the country's worsening economic...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 20:58hrs | 5079 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF plot to split MDC exposed
The proposal by ZANU PF members to review the minimum presidential candidate age is a spirited effort to cause alarm and despondency within the rank and file of the opposition MDC, a top member of the...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 11:27hrs | 10922 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa feels heat over economy
With Zimbabwe's economy continuing to tank - and long-suffering citizens now desperate for some respite - President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu-PF delegates gathered in Esigodi...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:04hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will publicise shootings report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will make public the report by a commission of inquiry into the post-election violence that gripped Harare on August 1, in which members of the military allege...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:31hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku blasts Matemadanda
Human Rights lawyer and member of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of inquiry Professor Lovemore Madhuku has come out guns blazing against War veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda for p...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 16:17hrs | 12277 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo blasts Mnangagwa over 1 August killings report
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the revelations by Presidential Spokesman George Charamba that the August 1 killings report is meant for...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | 4483 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Motlanthe; Charamba clash on 1 August killings report
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has issued a contradictory statement to that of August 1 killings Commission chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe regarding the publicity of the commission report....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:06hrs | 5156 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shooting report for Mnangagwa's eyes only
President Mnangagwa in his capacity as the Head of State and Government is the sole recipient of the report by the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence that left six people d...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
How the Motlanthe commission of inquiry shot itself in the foot
The seven-member commission of inquiry into the August 1 disturbances wound up its work last week and presented the executive summary of its report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday, three m...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:39hrs | 3030 | by Tawanda Majoni
Motlanthe commission yet to finalise report
THE Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August 2018 Post-Election Violence is compiling its final report containing its findings, which will be handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa within the stip...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Killings inquiry in shock move
Zimbabweans reacted with surprise yesterday, to Thursday's announcement by the inquiry looking into the August 1 shootings in Harare, that it had already handed over the executive summary of its repor...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:28hrs | 5214 | by Staff reporter
High Court reprieve for Mliswa
Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa, got a reprieve after the High Court stopped the attachment of his three vehicles over failure to settle $136 000 legal costs stemming from a case he lost to ...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:31hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti push for talks to end economic turmoil
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his key lieutenants, MDC national vice chairperson Tendai Biti, have called for political dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the country's ec...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:48hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
MDC pushes for a national dialogue
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his key lieutenants, MDC national vice chairperson Tendai Biti, have called for political dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the country's ec...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:29hrs | 2918 | by Staff Reporter
Kidnapping claim hits killing probe
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a retired army colonel who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon by masked men - amid claims that he was due to testify before the official prob...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
August 1 violence probe in home stretch
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 Post-Election Violence in Harare is likely to conclude its fact finding this week before drawing conclusions.The seven-member com...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's sister remanded to January
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's sister, Shuvai Gumbochuma, who is facing allegations of fraudulently selling State land before paying for it, was yesterday remanded to January 8.Gumbochuma, w...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Politicians react to Jim Kunaka's testimony
Politicians and political activists have registered their reactions to the statements by the former Chipangano terror leader Jim Kunaka that he was working with the military to unleash violence ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 07:41hrs | 7622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance activists disrupt inquiry
Rowdy MDC Alliance activists who included some Members of Parliament yesterday caused chaos and constantly disrupted the smooth flow of the Commission of Inquiry hearing into the August 1 violence tha...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Majongwe responds to Jim Kunaka's confession
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Boss Raymond Majongwe has told the nation that his heart bled when he listened to Jim Kunaka's confession because as teachers they went through a traumati...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 21:31hrs | 14404 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jim Kunaka spills the bins...implicates Manyeruke
Former leader of the dreaded ZANU PF Chipangano terror group Jim Kunaka has alleged that ZANU PF is a terror party that uses security apparatus to unleash terror on the opposition. Giving his ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 13:12hrs | 18393 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Plot to arrest Nelson Chamisa via Kgalema Motlanhe Commission
Under normal circumstances, commissions of inquiry should appear to the public to be independent. The Kgalema Motlanhe Commission appointed by President ED Mnangagwa has failed to get widespread accep...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 13:43hrs | 10003 | by Don Chigumba
Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:47hrs | 8618 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns defiant Chamisa
An unmoved President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday insisted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must appear before the commission of inquiry investigating the deadly August 1 shootings, which left at leas...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:50hrs | 16400 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invades Zanu-PF stronghold for campaign rally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will Saturday descend on Zanu-PF's stronghold Mutoko to drum up support for a party candidate who is set to contest the Mutoko by-election on the 24th of this month.M...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:17hrs | 2571 | by newzimbabwe
Angry Chamisa throw the gauntlet at Mnangagwa and Chiwenga
An angry opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threw the gauntlet at both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga — challenging them to also testify at the official p...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:28hrs | 6578 | by Staff reporter
MDC blasts Prof. Madhuku
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has come out guns blazing against Profesor Lovemore Madhuku calling him a discredited commissioner who is not fit to be part of the Kgalema Motlanthe led ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:55hrs | 5111 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 773 | by Brian Maregedze
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7535 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrest imminent?
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces arrest
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2757 | by zimlive
Madhuku gets vote of confidence
Zimbabweans from all walks of life have marvelled at the astute way that Commissioner Professor Lovemore Madhuku has been acquitting himself during the August 1 Inquiries. Veteran journa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:28hrs | 7715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration Movement takes stand on Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor issue
Over the past few months and several weeks the residents of Bulawayo have been dealt a heavy blow in the form of political party politics and electorate disrespect channelled to the city's residents t...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:24hrs | 574 | by 1893MRM
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 3059 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Kambarami faces fresh legal headache
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is headed for a legal battle after revelations that a rival MDC faction opposed to his election has hatched a plan to sponsor a voter from his w...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 20:54hrs | 3503 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judgement reserved on Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry challenge
High Court judge David Mangota has reserved ruling in a matter in which a Zimbabwean woman is challenging the legality and composition of a commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:22hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe sister seeks treatment abroad
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's sister Shuvai Gumbochuma on Thursday successfully applied for provisional release of her passport indicating she planned to travel abroad for treatment.Gumboch...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4014 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa fires Bulawayo's Shona mayor
THE Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has ordered Bulawayo Deputy Mayor councillor Tinashe Kambarami to step down from his post or risk being expelled from the party and recalled from council. Ward 3 ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:22hrs | 2843 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars Zimbabwe army killings probe
The Gweru leg of the hearings into the August 1 army killings in Harare was rocked by chaos yesterday after suggestions soldiers must be given immunity for them to testify.Tariro Maturure, who...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:12hrs | 3798 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa commission
Pressure is mounting on the commission of inquiry into the August 1 shootings that left at least six people dead to do more to probe the role of the army in the whole incident.South Africa-bas...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:41hrs | 3862 | by Staff reporter
The Commission of Inquiry
In the late 90s when I became one of ZimRights' top officials - Matebeleland region chairperson and national council member, Felix Mafa then field officer, Nicolas Ndebele founder of ZimRi...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:32hrs | 409 | by Clement Moyo
Madhuku's involvement in Mnangagwa's commission suspicious
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has said the involvement of Lovemore Madhuku in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's set commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings was suspicious considering that ...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 09:29hrs | 5129 | by Stephen Jakes
Kudzi Chipanga seeks permanent stay of prosecution
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has petitioned the High Court, seeking permanent stay of prosecution on charges of communicating falsehoods, causing dissatisfaction in the army and under...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's sister in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore who is accused of unlawfully detaining a former Zimbabwe Airways employee Bertha Zakeyo during a dispute, appeared in court yesterday. ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
'Soldiers fired randomly on August 1'
A victim of the August 1 post-poll violence which claimed six lives said soldiers fired randomly at people in the streets and he was hit by a stray bullet.Giving his evidence on the second day...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 15:17hrs | 4122 | by Staff reporter
Chombo corruption trial further delayed
FORMER Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo's trial on corruption charges was Monday again pushed to end of next month, pending a High Court's determination on his application for stay of prosecution on r...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 659 | by newzimbabwe
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