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Zanu-PF reaffirm its commitment to Mnangagwa leadersgip until 2030
The ruling Zanu-PF party's top leadership has reaffirmed its commitment to President Mnangagwa's leadership until 2030, emphasizing unity, shared purpose, and the continuation of transformative develo...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 08:59hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Corruption by a school head in Makoni
Dear Editor, As parents of children at Magura Secondary School in Makoni North, Manicaland province we are not happy with misuse of funds by our school head Thomas Murefu.We discov...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 19:02hrs | 33 | by Disgruntled Parents
Drivers' licence impasse in Electoral Bill debate
Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into ear...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi rival withdraws from poll re-run
JUSTICE and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is likely to represent Zanu-PF in Zvimba West after his rival pulled out from a scheduled primary election re-run.A re-run was schedu...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries show a 'generational shift'
SITTING Zanu-PF legislators paid the price for "ditching" their constituencies as they went on to lose primary elections held a fortnight ago.Zanu-PF this week announced successful candidates ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 23 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Changing political face in Manicaland
Zanu-PF Manicaland province has dumped its old guard and other party heavyweights after they were thumped in primary elections held last week, with 17 out 22 sitting legislators falling by the wayside...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets over primary election results
Zanu-PF will hold an Ordinary Session of the Politburo in Harare today to take stock of the just ended primary elections held last weekend.Confirming the development last night, party spokespe...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has unleashed a reign of terror, claims opposition leader
SOUTH Africa-based opposition leader Herbert Chamuka says Zanu-PF has unleashed 2008-styled violence against opposition parties around the country in a bid to deny them political space ahead of the 20...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets youths through sports galas
Zanu-PF has rolled out social responsibility programmes including holding sports galas targeting youths ahead of the 2023 elections.In Mutare North Constituency, Zanu-PF central committee memb...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to accelerate registration of births, issuance of identity cards
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage will accelerate the registration of births and issuance of identity cards in rural areas next month to make up for delays caused by the outbreak of t...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told 'don't blame sanctions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime must stop lamenting about sanctions and focus on eradicating corruption that has become rife in his government, Parliament heard yesterday.Zanu-PF h...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance stronghold records zero new voter registrants
BULAWAYO has recorded zero new voter registrants since the commencement of the voter registration exercise, a trend reported to be also prevalent in other parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs unite over civil servants pay
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation".Civil servants are currently working a ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 12:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Parliament supports ban of mercury use in mining
PARLIAMENT has moved to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, with legislators taking turns to condemn the use of the highly toxic element in gold extraction because of the serious environmental ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | | by Nigel
Mnangagwa's MPs says 'without unity Zimbabwe is doomed'
ZANU-PF legislators on Tuesday said there is need for unity in the country despite political differences to save the nation from doom.This comes as there is a fresh push by the church to persu...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF welcomes back prodigal son, Didymus Mutasa
Long-serving Zanu-PF member Didymus Mutasa, who was expelled from the party at the height of factionalism and readmitted in October last year after spending two years in the wilderness is retracing hi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP dupes 178 land seekers
THE court has issued a warrant of arrest for Zanu PF Makoni North legislator, James Munetsi, after he failed to appear in court for trial in a case where he is accused of duping several people in a la...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists intimidating, threatening opposition supporters
ZANU-PF activists in Manicaland have allegedly gone on a rampage, intimidating and threatening to repossess land belonging to suspected MDC Alliance supporters in Makoni North constituency as cases of...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urbanites bitter over election results
Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro has expressed pleasure at the election results as urbanites slid into depression as rural voters swayed the election against the MDC Alliance....Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zanu-PF retains two-thirds majority
Zanu-PF has retained its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly following the announcement of the latest batch of results from 55 constituencies announced today. The party now has 144 se...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists accused of defacing opposition campaign posters
POLITICAL tension continues to rise in Manicaland province with most independent and MDC Alliance candidates accusing Zanu-PF activists of defacing their campaign posters ahead of next week's harmonis...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mapfapfairi eyes Makoni North victory
ASPIRING independent candidate Brighton Mupfapfairi who is eyeing Makoni North Parliamentary seat yesterday said he will have resounding victory as the seven other candidates had nothing to offer....Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aims for clean sweep in Makoni
ZANU-PF politburo member and Makoni Central candidate, Patrick Chinamasa, has warned the opposition that it will receive a heavy shellacking in the forthcoming elections as Makoni was a one-party dist...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance partners fail to agree on candidates
Tensions are widening in the MDC Alliance with parties failing to agree on the candidates for parliamentary elections.MDC-T, People's Democratic Party and Multi-Racial Christian Democrats have...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 18:59hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
Confusion reigns in the MDC Alliance over candidates
Confusion continues to reign in the MDC Alliance with parties fielding their respective candidates for the same constituency.In Makoni North constituency, the People's Democratic Party led by ...Published: 17 May 2018 at 15:54hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Biti discloses Candidates For 2018 Elections
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by Tendai Biti has disclosed nine of its aspiring parliamentary candidates who subsequently qualified to represent the opposition party in the upcoming general ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Biti unveils Parly candidates
THE Tendai Biti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) has unveiled nine of its aspiring parliamentary candidates who automatically qualified to represent the opposition party in the upcoming general ele...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary reruns set for Monday
The Zanu-PF primary election re-runs will be conducted on Monday, the 14th of this month.In a statement, the Zanu-PF National Secretary for the Commissariat, Retired Lieutenant General Engelbe...Published: 10 May 2018 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance cracks?
AS the Mr Nelson Chamisa faction of MDC-T continues to jostle in the selection of candidates to represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections, party members from Magwegwe district in Bul...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs face uncertain future
Only two seating Members of Parliament in Manicaland Province are guaranteed of progressing to the do-or-die general elections to be held in July this year after their respective constituencies could ...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MP arrested for fraud
FORMER Makoni Rural District Council councillor James Munetsi has been arrested for allegedly stealing $22 500 he was given by a Bulawayo-based company to buy cattle on its behalf.Munetsi (52)...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rains come late, no hope for crops'
A SENIOR agronomist in Manicaland has expressed pessimism that the rains received starting on Wednesday will do much to rejuvenate crops and improve yields.Provincial agriculture extension off...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nasty Zanu-PF fights erupt
Zanu-PF infighting in Manicaland province is intensifying, with party stalwarts, among them provincial chairperson Mike Madiro, jostling to represent the party in various constituencies in the forthco...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma will whittle down presidential powers
Daily News editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an alliance of six opposition political parties about the ...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Party official booed at Zanu PF indaba
ZANU PF Manicaland provincial chair Mike Madiro was reportedly booed and detained by angry war veterans and party activists, after failing to explain circumstances leading to Joseph Mujati's demotion ...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZimFirst leader introduces parliamentary candidates ahead of 2018 elections officials
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has introduced aspiring legislators for his party ahead of the 2018 elections.He introduced Thokoza Terkay Ncube as a candidate for Emakhandeni-Entumbane, Joseph...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Palm markings used to solve paternity dispute
A TRADITIONAL way of identifying biological father of a child called palm reading in Nyanga solved a paternity dispute between a kraal head and his nephew in Nyatate Village, Nyanga, who were involved...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 12:36hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T ready to take on Mugabe's son in-law
MDC-T aspiring Makoni North legislator, David Tekeshe, yesterday said he was ready for a political contest with President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, who is reportedly eyeing the same c...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law joins political fray
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's political dynasty seems to be growing with each passing day, amid claims that his son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is eyeing a parliamentary seat in Makoni North constituency, Mani...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Makoni forces school kids to marry
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Makoni, Mr Colgen Simbayi Gwasira, is an eye of a storm again after forcing a 17-year-old teenager to pay bride price and marry a girl he had impregnated recently.The girl ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T, ZimPF in recruitment drive
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that in August MDC-T and ZimPF are trying hard to grow their membership base especially in rural areas as they prepare for the 2018 general elections. Ironicall...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Political intolerance hits Manicaland
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that intolerance of other political parties has begun to show in the Manicaland Province with an MDC-T supporter's homestead being razed to the ground in Makoni...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 08:19hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Chimene dismisses violence claims
Provincial Affairs Minister for Manicaland Province Mandi Chimene last week dismissed claims of political violence in Chiendambuya area that were made by Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe leader Mr Elton ...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF threatens bloody 2018 polls
TOP Zanu-PF officials and traditional leaders in Masvingo have reportedly threatened to track down and kill all suspected MDC-T supporters who attended opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's campaign r...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Riot police storm MDC-T HQ
A truck load of armed riot police descended at MDC-T Harvest House offices this afternoon allegedly hunting for people who assaulted a Zanu PF supporter on Saturday.About 15 members of their s...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 14:56hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu-PF supporter brutally attacked by MDC-T supporters near Harvest House
A man was severely injured after being attacked by MDC-T supporters for alleged trespassing.The victim is alleged to have passed through Harvest House, the MDC-T's headquarters in Harare w...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 19:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti reveals Zanu-PF 2008 poll secret
Ousted ex Zanu PF Masvingo Resident Minister , Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, has revealed that President Robert Mugabe personally deployed the Zimbabwe National Army to wage a violent campaign against MDC-T s...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers, police deployed in rural areas to instill fear among villagers
SOLDIERS and police were reportedly deployed in rural Chiendambuya in Makoni North where they were allegedly instilling fear among villagers following an application by the MDC-T to stage an anti-Pres...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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