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Muchinguri says she is not a figurehead, she has the power
Zanu PF's first woman chairperson, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, (OM) broke new ground when she was appointed Zimbabwe's first female Defence minister. She speaks to NewsDay (ND) reporter Blessed Mhlanga ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF structures making Mnangagwa unpopular in Manicaland
WAR veterans in Manicaland are up in arms against the Zanu-PF provincial leadership, accusing the executive of making party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa unpopular in the province.Alread...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga grounded
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week played the ball firmly into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's court after politically emasculating him and sidelining his key lieutenants in his cabinet appo...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 19748 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand 'friendly' bank loans
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general and newly-appointed War veterans deputy minister, Victor Matemadanda (pictured) has claimed that war veterans were bei...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:40hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hailed for dumping 'wealthy ministers'
WAR veterans secretary-general and newly-appointed War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dumping some of the long-serving ministers whom he descri...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints technocrats in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Cabinet shocker
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2783 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's New cabinet announced
The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, flanked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has announced the new cabinet at State Ho...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 14:31hrs | 17051 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to expel MDC members opposed to his leadership
MDC-T political bigwigs are on a renewed collision course over attempts to oust some senior party members critical of its president Nelson Chamisa's leadership style after a heated National Council me...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:53hrs | 4264 | by Staff reporter
Time to pick up the pieces and stop political grandstanding
Zimbabwe a land full of plenty but grappling in poverty where the majority are living under the poverty datum line. Now that the elections are over which have been disputed from the time ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 912 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe war veterans support SA on land
WAR veterans in Zimbabwe have come out in support of South Africa's decision to expropriate land without compensation from the minority whites and redistribute it among the majority black population....Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:03hrs | 930 | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to E.D. Mnangagwa the Incoming president of Zimbabwe
Mr. President, I congratulate you with 'heavyheart' for being sworn in as the next president of the republic of Zimbabwe for the next five years. I am sure that that you are aware that millions of Zim...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 23:10hrs | 2809 | by Don Chigumba
Matemadanda, Mutsvangwa dangerous cowards
Former MDC Bulilima East legislator Norman Mpofu has described war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda and Chris Mutsvangwa as dangerous cowards who betrayed Jabulani Sibanda when he pointed that Rober...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 3641 | by Stephen Jakes
If Oppah Muchinguri is not insane she should be foolish
Following the Bulawayo bombing that injured Oppah Muchinguri and others, her mental capacity may have been severely deteriorating. While addressing war veterans on 23 August 2018, Oppah claimed that t...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 09:14hrs | 4163 | by Don Chigumba
No one has title deeds to Zimbabwe - Hwende
MDC Alliance official Chalton Hwende has said no one has title deeds to Zimbabwe and refuses to be second class citizen in the country.THis was after the war veterans led by Victor Matemadanda...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 3903 | by Stephen Jakes
Beyond the ConCourt ruling 'Economic Disaster and Disorder' awaits Zimbabweans.
According to political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya's recent interview with Peter Ndoro of SABC soon after the ConCourt hearing on the 22 of August, the respected Human Rights expect articulated well to P...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 20:36hrs | 2484 | by Knowledge Hakata
More trouble for Mugabe
Zanu PF says it has received the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) petition to strip the naming of Harare's airport after former president Robert Mugabe.Party nati...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 20:07hrs | 29880 | by Staff Reporter
Outrage over war veterans' rant
Zimbabweans yesterday reacted angrily to war veterans' push for members of the opposition to remove Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti as leaders of the MDC Alliance.The former freedom fighters at...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 14:38hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
War vets feels heat from MDC Alliance
The ruling Zanu-PF party let loose the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (Znlwva) yesterday to denounce the MDC Alliance leadership for challenging President-elect Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda erroneously believes he removed Robert Mugabe from power
Former Bulilima East legislator Norman Mpofu has said war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda erroneously believes he removed Robert Mugabe from power."He mistakenly believes those numbers who ...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | 6811 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora must succeed Chamisa
ZANU PF has been accused of trying to fan divisions within the main opposition MDC-T camp led by Nelson Chamisa by pushing his secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to takeover party leadership.M...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 7296 | by Staff reporter
War veterans shelve anti-Mugabe demo
WAR veterans have put on hold plans to demonstrate against former President Robert Mugabe, demanding that the re-naming of the country's foremost international airport after him be reversed.Fo...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Cde Matemadanda emotional but way offside, leave international issues to foreign affairs
If the war vets are to be allowed to be the barometer of the political temperature in Zimbabwe then we are never so prosperous, so secure, nor so free. Zimbabwe begins the foreign policy strategy adop...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 11:42hrs | 2702 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
War veteran Matemadanda off side
War veterans are the vanguard of the liberation struggle and must be tolerate of divergent views in a democratic country.Secretary General of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Asso...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2146 | by Leonard Koni
Matemadanda is a fool - Norman Mpofu
Former MDC Bulilima East MP Norman Mpofu has described war veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda as a big fool following his vitriol attack on MDC Alliance leader and his lawyers over ...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 2728 | by Stephen Jakes
War vets are panicking - Norman Mpofu
Former MDC Bulilima East MP Norman Mpofu has said the war veterans are now panicking over MDC Alliance leader Petition against Emmerson Mnangagwa.He said war veterans are panicking and that is...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2227 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe now belongs to the dead, says Matemadanda
WAR veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe's advanced age now made him an "ancestor" whose only suitable place was among the dead.He was speaking...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 5466 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts 'charlatan' war vets'
THE MDC-T led by Nelson Chamisa has hit back at war veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda who said Tuesday they were ready to take up arms to defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule....Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 6639 | by Staff reporter
War vets slam Mugabe, Chamisa Alliance
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association yesterday slammed the United States government for extending its sanctions regime on the country, with the aim of causing suffering amon...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:04hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda is a national insult
Utterances by Matemadanda to the press leaves the whole nation, even his relatives appalled. This has also raises questions concerning the credibility of his status as a war veteran. The doctrine uphe...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 19:18hrs | 3019 | by Isaac Nkomah
War vets want Mugabe's name removed from Harare airport
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) says it will hand in a petition advocating for a name change at Zimbabwe's main airport named after former president Robert Mugabe....Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 17:28hrs | 2546 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Topple Chamisa and Biti from MDC, says war vets
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has called for members of the opposition to remove Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti as leaders of the MDC Alliance.The former f...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 17:26hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Tomorrow is D-day for Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans across the country are anxiously waiting for the Constitutional court hearing tomorrow as they ardently follow the fate of their vote. Even Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and the entire globa...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:49hrs | 2596 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mugabe factor destabilised Zanu-PF Mashonaland West
Former president Robert Mugabe's factor has destabilised Zanu-PF Mashonaland West province after MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa recorded a significant number of votes from the July 30 harmonise...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 3591 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hunts Zanu-PF rebels
An angry President Emmerson Mnangagwa has joined war veterans in accusing some senior Zanu-PF officials of trying to engineer his downfall during the July 30 polls by encouraging party followers to vo...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 15:26hrs | 12992 | by Staff reporter
Vendors stalls demolished at night
Vendors at the congested Copacabana termini in Harare arrived early in the morning on Saturday to find their market stalls destroyed with only heaps of rubble left.The demolishment was carried...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poll results anger war vets
In a fresh sign that all is still not well within Zanu-PF, war veterans are seething with anger over the "small margin" by which President Emmerson Mnangagwa defeated opposition leader Nelson Chamisa ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:58hrs | 9978 | by Staff reporter
War vets slam sell-out Mugabe
THE national war veterans leadership have compared former president Mr Robert Mugabe's level of betrayal to that of liberation struggle sell-out, Morrison Nyathi.At the height of the liberatio...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF extends lead
The ruling Zanu-PF has extended the lead in early returns. Zimbabweans went to the polls on July 30 in historic elections which take place nine months after the fall of Robert Mugabe. Below ar...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF still in the lead, wins 110 seats out of 153 announced
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced a further 50 National Assembly results, bringing the total so far to 153.Of the 153 Zanu PF has won 110 seats while the MDC Alliance got 4...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3226 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe now a voice in the wilderness
Zimbabwe has moved on from former president Mr Robert Mugabe's authoritarian rule and the nonagenarian must know that he does not hold sway over the majority of the people, war veterans and political ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
A Call for Peace as Zimbabwe decides
The election campaign curtain comes down in Zimbabwe as voters gear up for the ballot box on Monday 30th July 2018. It is pertinent under the present circumstances to call for continued peace througho...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:42hrs | 105 | by Frazer Muzondo
For thine is the country, the power and the glory
The truth of the matter is, the powers that be will have it on their own terms. Remembering the sequence leading up to the November 2017 grand event will tell anybody who cares that the resolve of the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 187 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa ally caught offside
A ZANU-PF politburo member who became a symbol of resistance against former president Robert Mugabe's regime stirred a hornet's nest over the weekend by insinuating that former liberation war fighters...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Shamu preaches 'bhora musango'
DISGRACED former Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister, Webster Shamu, told ruling Zanu PF supporters in Chegutu East constituency's ward 12 that they should not be restricted to party affiliat...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 4520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rally ends in chaos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally was yesterday marred by violence after ruling party youths and soldiers tried to stop people from streaming out of the venue before the Zanu-PF leader finished his...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:26hrs | 5446 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of using soldiers to gain electoral advantage
The clearest indication yet that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces [ZDF] could be stakeholders in elections due to be held in three weeks’ time was recorded on camera at a Zanu PF rally on Saturday....Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 15:57hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns Zanu-PF 'rebels'
President Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu-PF members to be wary of individuals contesting the July 30 harmonised elections as independent candidates, but masquerading as ruling party cadres. Th...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists cause havoc in Gokwe
Villagers in Gokwe South are complaining over alleged intimidation, harassment and threats of violence by Zanu-PF activists and traditional leaders in the area ahead of next month's general elections....Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
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