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Mavhaire's return divides Zanu-PF
Members of Zanu-PF's Masvingo District are expressing dissatisfaction over the readmission of former politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire into the party. The District Coordinating Committee (DCC) has ra...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 09:17hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
Homegrown Heroes: Why the Opposition must prioritize local talent over ZANU-PF defectors
In the tumultuous landscape of Zimbabwean politics, the recent defection of Dzikamai Mavhaire back to ZANU-PF has served as a wake-up call for the opposition. This unsettling trend highlights the stru...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:32hrs | 454 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa welcomes Dzikamai Mavhaire back to Zanu-PF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has welcomed former opposition party members who have rejoined Zanu-PF, with the latest returnees led by former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) National Executive Comm...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:29hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zacc taken to court over impounded truck
A LOCAL haulage transport operator, Onpat Rams Private Limited, has approached the High Court seeking the release of its truck impounded in 2021 by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian demands US$74K after accident
A PEDESTRIAN, who was hit by a security company's vehicle sustained serious injuries while walking on the edge of the road has approached the court seeking US$74 000 from the reckless driver, his empl...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sweet news for CCC: Bad news for residents, Zanu-PF
There is sweet news for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Masvingo after the party successfully negotiated for withdrawal of two of its members who had contested, one as independent and the other...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides CCC MPs for getting US$40 000 loans
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the US$40 000 loans given to legislators were in fact bribes to stop the MPs from speaking out against ongoing looting.He says a...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake lawyers making a killing
Is your lawyer really qualified or licensed?Well, you might need to check again.The number of people falling victim to bogus lawyers continues to rise by the day.There are even...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 5 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
72-year-old goes missing during fishing expedition
A 72-year-old man from Charandura Village under Chief Hama in Chirumhanzu District has gone missing after going out to fish at a nearby river.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
'Mnangagwa taking Zimbabwe to graveyard'
Former Zanu-PF politburo member and strong man Dzikamai Mavhaire has urged the young generation to make a critical decision in the 2023 harmonized polls and avoid entrusting national leadership with t...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa a moving grave'
LOOSE tongued former Zanu-PF stalwart and cabinet minister, Dzikamai Mavhaire has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he was inching too close to his grave to deserve being voted for.Th...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vote for Zanu-PF at your peril, says Mavhaire
FORMER Zanu-PF stalwart Dzikamai Mavhaire, who has joined Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has warned that voting for Zanu-PF in the weekend by-elections and next year's harm...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is better than Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa said he would defend the ideals and gains of the liberation struggle better than the current administration.Addressing thousands of...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga in fierce battle to control Masvingo provinces
"Ladies and gentlemen the situation in our country has reached another level…," said the late army General Sibusiso Moyo while addressing the nation during the November 2017 sanitized coup whi...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mvuma granted town status
THE Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has granted Mvuma town status, making the gold mining centre the fourth town in the Midlands Province. The other towns in the province are Gokwe, Zvis...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heroes Acre without Mugabe: incomplete history of Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years from 1980-2017 and despite being shunned by many, the nonagenarian had managed to protect the country's legacy. The late President fast tracked ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 14:05hrs | | by Tatenda Murenjekwa
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
13 MDC Allaince supporters in court
THIRTEEN suspected MDC-Alliance activists, who allegedly ran amok, destroying windows and cutting padlocks with bolt cutters at Harvest House last week appeared in court yesterday charged with public ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazhanje jailed 3 years over Chivayo bribe
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje to three years imprisonment for concealing a US$10 000 bribe he received from businessman Wickn...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferred
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferredA HARARE magistrate yesterday deferred the sentencing of former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje, who was convicted of conceal...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Former ZPC board chair convicted over Chivayo
Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje was yesterday convicted of concealing a US$10 000 transaction he received from controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Mugabe allies make it into Chamisa's national executive
THREE former Zanu-PF top politicians have made it into opposition MDC's national executive list recently released by party leader Nelson Chamisa.Former Ministers of State for Masvingo Province...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mupfumira arrest: Good visuals, poor on sound
The biggest problem with the post-Mugabe administration is that it has this weird fantasy of itself as an award-winning film producer. But that's a no-no because the ruling band is only good with the ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Ex-ZPC board chair reveals other Chivayo beneficiaries
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, who is accused of concealing his business interests in Intratrek Zimbabwe, yesterday revealed in court that he was not the only engineer pai...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe, the end of a Dictator's Reign
The title for this book is an attempt at a clever link between Robert Mugabe's dramatic and rapid fall from power in November 2017 and the political activities of his second wife, Grace, whose actions...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Paul Hubbard
Mavhaire distances self from ZPC bribery storm
FORMER Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday distanced himself from the case in which the former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje is being accused of concealing hi...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mavhaire fined $20 for refusing to be subpoenaed
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has been fined $20 by Harare Magistrate Hosea Mujaya for refusing to be subpoenaed in court. He is expected to appear as a state ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dzikamai Mavhaire faces arrest
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire, who had been summoned by the State to testify against former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson in a bribery case, was yesterday i...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai Legacy pressure group says Chamisa's term is over
The Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy (MTL) pressure group has called on MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora to urgently invoke the constitution and call for the extra-ordinary congress to elect a substanti...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru urged to join Chamisa
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's ex-ally Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has called on the National People's Party (NPP) president to dissolve her party and join the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC.Bhasikiti ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: MDC Youths elect new leaders
The Secretary General of the MDC Youth Assembly Lovemore Chinoputsa on Tuesday announced that the Youth Assembly has expanded its National Executive Committee in a bid to integrate other A...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa mobilises supporters for mass protests
The MDC Alliance has rallied its supporters in Matabeleland South Province to participate in planned mass protests meant force a constitutionally elected government to hand over power to the oppositio...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa guns for Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday started mobilising his supporters for a proposed march to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for allegedly rigging the July 30 elections....Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF on its last legs, says Mavhaire
Former Zanu-PF official Dzikamai Mavhaire, who has joined the MDC, has just given a speech at the party's 19th anniversary celebrations at Gwanzura Stadium.Mavhaire says like other revolutiona...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politburo rejects G40 bigwigs
The ruling party has all but shut its door on the majority of members of the Generation 40 (G40) faction who were seeking to re-join Zanu-PF, nearly a year after they were given their marching orders....Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mavhaire was a herdboy during liberation struggle'
ZANU-PF Secretary for War Veterans Victor Matemadanda has rubbished MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa for calling former Zanu-PF Politburo member Mr Dzikamai Mavhaire, a war veteran saying the no...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa won't be contested at congress' - no vacancy in MDC presidium
With the much anticipated MDC Alliance congress slated for next year around the corner, with every position in the presidium hitherto believed to have been up for grabs, national organising secretary ...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru vows to soldier on
Former vice-president Joice Mujuru insists her National People's Party (NPP) is not crumbling even after she was deserted by her top lieutenants following a dismal performance during the July 30 harmo...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance setting up war vets wing
THE MDC Alliance is mulling setting up a war veterans' wing to represent ex-combatants in the opposition camp following a fallout with their counterparts in the Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe National Liber...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda reacts angrily to Chamisa attack
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa drew fierce reaction from an angry Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda after the youthful politician accused him of enjoying State feather...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mavhaire, a political spent-force
The crossing of floors by a political turncoat and former National People's Party member Dzikamai Mavhaire into the opposition, MDC Alliance party is a non-event, as the man has nothing to offer....Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 18:33hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
'Chamisa is a son of a Rhodesian African Rifles soldier'
Zanu-PF secretary for War Veterans and Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda has rubbished claims by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa that he is "enjoying alone" while f...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets backing from war vets
War veterans in Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) yesterday took part in the time-honoured Zimbabwean political tradition of switching team jerseys to Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance....Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
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