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Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance defy Chiwenga's election ban
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC Alliance yesterday said they were going ahead with preparations for by-elections despite the recent poll ban imposed by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 3973 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring DCC candidates await Politiburo nod
VETTING of aspiring District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members has been completed and is now awaiting endorsement from the Politburo, Zanu-PF Secretary for the Commissariat Victor Matemadanda has s...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Kwekwe violence ring leaders go into hiding
ZANU-PF youth leaders, who spearheaded the violent clashes at the party district offices last week leading to the abandonment of primary elections to choose a candidate for the vacant Kwekwe Central p...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Shootout at army chief home
A HEAVY exchange of gunfire erupted in the usually serene Mt Pleasant suburb in Harare yesterday as security details at the home of former Zanu-PF national political commissar, retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 10607 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF investigates Kwekwe chaos
ZANU-PF is investigating cadres who caused chaos in the Kwekwe Central primary elections on October 3, where prospective party candidates, Kandros Mugabe was battling it out with a 26-year-old Energy ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:02hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chooses candidates for council by-elections
ZANU-PF has selected nine candidates that will represent the ruling party in council by-elections to replace a councillor that passed away and eight others that were recalled by MDC-T leader Dr Thokoz...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:31hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavyweights fight over DCC elections
Zanu-PF bigwigs are imposing candidates ahead of the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections amid revelations of infighting in the governing party.The DCCs are making a comeback, eight...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:23hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to rewrite liberation war history
THE Defence ministry has partnered with the Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK) on a project to rewrite the country's liberation war history and correct biased narratives peddled by former colonia...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Douglas Mwonzora has lost his political campus
Zanu PF political elite's Frankenstein monster was hatched after years of incubation.All what is happening today started manifesting long back, during the time when former late Army General Vi...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 13:22hrs | 6281 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF in massive voter registration drive
ZANU-PF has implored its Bulawayo provincial leadership to rally residents to register en masse to vote following reports that the city risks losing some constituencies in the next delimitation exerci...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:13hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not to blame for MDC internal strife
ZANU-PF cannot be blamed for the divisions rocking the MDC, a senior ruling party official has said. The MDC is mired in a vicious internal strife with party leader, Dr Thokozani Khupe recalli...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
DCCs tear Zanu-PF apart
ZANU-PF leaders are reportedly toying with the idea of suspending district coordinating committee (DCC) elections following reports that the exercise had caused sharp divisions in the party.Th...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3971 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches witch-hunt for G40 infiltrators
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is vetting curriculum vitaes for district co-ordinating committee aspirants in a process believed to be a witch-hunt against perceived G40 members. Zanu-PF said its in...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conducts Chivi South primaries
Zanu-PF will tomorrow conduct primary elections to choose its parliamentary candidate in Chivi South to fill a vacancy left following the expulsion of Mr Killer Zivhu, who was legislator for the area....Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:27hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe defies ZANU PF Politburo directive?
Reports coming from Mashonaland Central's Mazowe District indicate that ZANU PF Provincial Chairman Kazembe Kazembe has defied the Politburo directive which ordered Provincial Executive Committees not...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 21:33hrs | 5587 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF's DCC elections to be held at once'
ZANU-PF will hold all outstanding District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections at once as it moves to consolidate its structures, the party's national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has sai...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4806 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda warns Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE ruling Zanu-PF has threatened to crack the whip on party bigwigs interfering with processes of the impending party district coordinating committees (DCC) elections. This comes amid re...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:27hrs | 6803 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 12535 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF warns members
ZANU-PF yesterday issued a stern warning to party members who are allegedly fomenting factionalism ahead of District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu-PF started re-co...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:37hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under tyranny 40 years on, says Khama
OUTSPOKEN former Botswana President Ian Khama has made a scathing evaluation of the Zanu-PFled regime's performance saying nothing, except for name and leaders, had changed in Zimbabwe since independe...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to observe Covid-19 rules
AHEAD of its annual conference to be held in Bindura, Mashonaland Central, the ruling Zanu-PF party has hinted that it is likely to reduce the number of delegates in line with the Covid-19 regulations...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
'Incorporate youths in ZANU-PF structures'
ZANU-PF must incorporate youths in party structures during the impending District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections in eight provinces since they are competent, knowledgeable and educated to ini...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Battle over ZANU PF Mash Central heats up
The battle for the soul of ZANU PF Mazowe DCC chairmanship has kicked off with John Mudzonga launching his campaign without clearance from the office of the National Political Commissar. In a ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 10:45hrs | 4073 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight turns nasty
A POWER struggle that has been simmering for months between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ambitious deputy, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, has intensified over the past two weeks, with f...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 25004 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to avoid shambolic DCCs
Zanu-PF yesterday deployed politburo members to Marondera and Mutoko districts to cool down tempers and avoid chaos in the looming district co-ordinating committee (DDC) elections.The deployme...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:54hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF district elections escalate Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight
THE impending Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections have presented a new battlefield for party bigwigs, who are scheming to consolidate their political power in various provinces ahe...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere shakes ZANU PF to the core
Since September 2019, there has been no session of Mnangagwa's politburo where they have not discussed Saviour Kasukuwere betraying their dread for the people's choice, Kasukuwere. In a dramatic press...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:38hrs | 13017 | by Peter Moyo
Mnangagwa warns brawling Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to party members who are brawling ahead of the ruling party's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu-PF has...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:04hrs | 4419 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda refutes claims of violence
ZANU-PF political commissar and Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said the ruling party does not use violence to win elections, claiming in papers submitted to the High Court that they ar...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda recants violence threat
ZANU-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed that the statement he made at the party's annual conference last December where he was quoted as saying "if elections fail, we will use any o...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in flames over DCC polls
DIVISIONS have rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party over its impending district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections amid reports of plots by party bigwigs to impose candidates as internal succession wa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda in major climbdown, calls for dialogue
IN an unprecedented development, the Defence deputy minister and Zanu-PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has been forced to make a major climbdown from a threat that Zanu-PF would use any means ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 5832 | by Election Resource Centre
Zanu-PF focuses on 2023 polls
ZANU-PF party cadres should campaign for the party and President Mnangagwa ahead of 2023 harmonised elections and not prioritise their individual campaigns. With the delimitation programme com...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo to deal with rogue bigwigs who manipulate DCCs polls
The Zanu-PF Politburo will deal with rogue senior party members who are manipulating the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) election process for their personal glory, Zanu-PF secretary for Commissa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to prioritise Presidential campaigns
ZANU-PF party cadres should campaign for the party and President Mnangagwa ahead of 2023 harmonised elections and not prioritise their individual campaigns.With the delimitation programme comi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:03hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'No one can dethrone me'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed that there is a plot from within the ruling Zanu-PF party to unseat him, but dared his detractors to dream on. Addressing a Midlands provincial co-or...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12368 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF has dismally failed
This is the second time now that Zanu PF has admitted that it has failed the nation and now appealing for patience and more time from the electorate to fix the mess.The Zanu PF acting Spokespe...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 2734 | by Leonard Koni
MDC Alliance calls out ZANU-PF officials
MDC Alliance's National spokesperson, Stephen Chuma, has fingered some of the ZANU-PF officials as the ones behind the continued brutal attacks that some of their members are encountering.Acco...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2112 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
War vets' congress on the cards
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is set to hold an elective congress this year in Matabeleland North. Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda confirm...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:09hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns MPs from bunking Parly
THE Zanu-PF caucus meeting held at the party headquarters yesterday warned Members of Parliament from bunking sessions. In an interview soon after the caucus meeting, Zanu-PF chief whip Pupura...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns poll cheats
ZANU-PF members who will seek nominations for the ongoing District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections outside the set guidelines will be disqualified from contesting for any position, the ruling p...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Matemadanda visits the Injured Soldiers in Hospital
The deputy minister of defence who is the ZANU PF Political Commisair cde Victor Matemadanda last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harar...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 1724 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Open letter to Mnangagwa and all politburo members
Mashonaland Central is burning and if left unchecked the situation will result in catastrophic political losses for ZANU PF. Several concerned party members have written letters, some have sought audi...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 8073 | by S. Utete
Sell-outs will disappear, says Mnangagwa ally
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has unwittingly exposed government's hand in the alleged abduction and forced disappearances of opposition and human rights activists after he bragged that "...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 6898 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dares SA, Botswana
THE ruling Zanu-PF has pooh-poohed on the ongoing mediation efforts by fellow liberation movements in the region to resolve Zimbabwe's political logjam, with the party's national political commissar V...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 8245 | by Staff reporter
War vets reassure farmers over land
WAR veterans, who played a leading role in the Land Reform Programme at the turn of the millennium, have reassured farmers to prepare their land and disregard acts of mischief from the opposition whic...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda attacks Ian Khama for failing to get married
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has made personal attacks on outspoken former Botswana President Ian Khama who has urged Zimbabweans to press harder in their quest to free them...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 00:10hrs | 10900 | by Staff reporter
Malema is a political delinquent, says Zanu-PF commissar
The Zanu-PF politburo member and national political commissar Victor Matemadanda yesterday attacked South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, labelling him a polit...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 00:00hrs | 2131 | by Staff reporter
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