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Zimbabwe ministries fight over key institutions
A SIMMERING dispute between the Higher and Tertiary Education and the newly-established Skills Audit and Development ministries has escalated into a full-blown turf war, raising concerns about the pot...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim schools, Polytechnics face imminent closure: Govt
Several schools, Vocational Training Centers (VTCs), Polytechnic colleges and some universities will forcibly shut down as a result of stunted skill devel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 23:23hrs | 128 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa rescues Wadyajena
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has survived another Zanu PF chop after party spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, lifted suspensi...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:24hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa appoints son Deputy Finance minister in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new cabinet, retaining a bulk of his ministers in key posts and adding a few new faces.Finance and Investment PromotionProf Mthuli NcubeDep...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dragged to court
CIVIL servants through their respective trade unions have dragged to High Court President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Public Service Commission and other officials over the manner in which their salaries ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants beg Mnangagwa
LEADERS of civil servants' unions under the banner of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) on Tuesday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare where they ...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU PF electorate protest
ZANU PF electorate in Maramba constituency, Mashonaland East recently protested against their provincial leadership which endorsed Tichaona Karimazondo who won in the ended chaotic primary elections....Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:02hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Crisis meetings as turmoil grips Zanu-PF province
ZANU-PF early this week dispatched two senior party officials to the Midlands to hold crisis meetings following political turmoil that has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province ahead of...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally flees angry Zanu-PF mob
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima was on Saturday forced to flee an angry Zanu-PF mob that was protesting against alleged rigging of the ruling party's primary elections in the Gokwe-C...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chivhayo spends US$1.9 million on cars in a week
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivhayo has given credit to God in a post announcing receipt of a third high-end vehicle within a week.Chivhayo, whose Intratek was awarded the failed Gwand...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:36hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A move to curb freedom of association as election nears
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe should reregister hundreds of civil society groups whose registration it has withdrawn, and amend its Private Voluntary Organization Act to bring it in line with its obligation...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:13hrs | 1 | by APO
'Liberation museum sitting on goldfield'
SATELLITE images dating back to 1985 show that the famed US$40 million Museum of African Liberation project is being constructed on a goldfield, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.According to ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Zanu-PF Midlands leadership
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has reacted angrily after being snubbed for central committee (CC) position in the Midlands province.Sources ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jolts Zimbabwe ministers into compromise agreement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was recently forced to compel 13 ministers who sit in the Tripartite Negotiating (TNF) Forum to urgently attend meetings to discuss solutions to worsening economic hardshi...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5-year-olds in forced sex, labour
CHILDREN as young as five years old have been identified as victims of child labour and sexual exploitation due to Zimbabwe's deteriorating economic situation.A report by the United States (US...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chief declares Zhombe no-go area for Zimbabwe opposition
ZHOMBE traditional leader, Chief Samuel Samambwa, has declared the district a no-go area for opposition political parties, but complained that successive Zanu-PF governments have failed to electrify h...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa angry over by-election defeats in Kwekwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly angry with Zanu-PF's dismal performance in his own backyard of Kwekwe, where the party failed to win in two recent by-elections.The ruling party lost...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bickering Midlands allies bury the hatched
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide in the Midlands province Daniel Mackenzie Ncube has urged Zanu-PF members to avoid factionalism and focus on fighting the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Cha...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF knives out for Wadyajena
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials in the Midlands province are reportedly baying for Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena's blood and are seeking his expulsion from the ruling party for his alle...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters to lie low
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to lie low to protect themselves from violent attacks from Zanu-PF loyalists as tempers between the two ma...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Larry Mavhima and July Moyo of organising Gokwe violence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change(CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has accused Zanu-PF ministers Larry Mavhima and July Moyo of disrupting his party's planned rally in Gokwe-Kabuyuni on Thursday.This ...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote Zanu-PF, Mohadi tells chiefs
Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi, who is on a countrywide tour to meet chiefs, headmen and village heads, has pleaded with them to support the ruling party.On Sunday, Mohadi visited Gokwe...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of Ndebele teachers hits Zhombe, Silobela
ZHOMBE and Silobela districts in the Midlands province have been hit hard by a shortage of Ndebele teachers, which has been blamed on speakers of the language that are hesitant on taking the language....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths secretly plot for 2023
HUNDREDS of ruling Zanu-PF youths and their leaders are gathered at the Midlands State University in Gweru reportedly to plot the party's 2023 election campaign strategies, NewsDay has established....Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt gets fortnight ultimatum
Government has been given a fortnight ultimatum by the workers' unions over a cost of living adjustment. In a notice of industrial action addressed to the Minister of Labour, Public Service and Social...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 09:57hrs | | by George Swarei
Civil servants fret over stagnant salaries
CIVIL servants have expressed dismay over government's failure to increase their salaries to cushion them against inflation and the country's weekly price rampage.Since Monday this week, gover...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches unity
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed his preaching skills calling on the nation to value the word of God in fostering unity towards the development of the country.The President emphasised the ...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths in gold claim wrangle
Zanu-PF youths and Sabi Vlei Mine officials have clashed over gold claims with the latter accusing the ruling party activists of encroaching onto their land.Sabi Vlei, owned by Aldrine Wiggle,...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Politicians should emulate Madzibaba,' says Minister Paul Mavhima
Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare Paul Mavhima has urged politicians to emulate Sungura giant Madzibaba Nicholas Zacharia for a better ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 10:08hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Chamisa rally murder takes new twist
The grisly murder of Mboneni Ncube, the Citizens for Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe activist who was killed at a rally in the Midlands town in February has taken a new twist with the suspected kill...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bimha sucked into deadly Zanu-PF wrangle
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha, has been caught up in the deadly factional firestorm raging in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard amid reports he received a US$4 000 ca...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's allies continue minting it
FEASIBILITY studies of the shady US$1.3 billion petroleum pipeline project, whose cost has quickened from US$850 million to US$1.3 billion and will ultimately surge to US$4 billion, are nearing comple...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 17:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mavhima's mammoth task in uniting Zanu-PF Midlands factions
THE Zanu-PF Midlands provincial elections have come and gone, with the new executive in place, but incoming Midlands chairperson Larry Mavhima (pictured) faces a herculean task in uniting the divided ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's enforcer bites the dust again
FORMER State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube's political woes worsened at the weekend after he lost the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial vice chairmanship, on which he had imposed himself, and was shunt...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Firing of 'Mudha' Ncube attracts mixed reactions in Midlands
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired his long-time ally and confidant, former State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube (pictured) on Monday for misconduct, some of the Midlands hardliner's staunc...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Larry Mavhima crucified Mudha
FORMER State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube was fired from his lucrative job after he was crucified by newly installed Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairman Larry Mavhima during a stormy three-hour...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panners prey on sex workers
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in the Midlands province are reportedly terrorising commercial sex workers, beating them up and refusing to pay for services rendered.Women rights groups say some...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa endorses 'rigged' Zanu-PF elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday endorsed the disputed results of his Zanu-PF party's provincial elections and urged members to accept the outcome.He also rallied all party members to wo...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF withholds election results
Zanu-PF has failed to release official results for the provincial elections held on Tuesday amid fears the announcement would further destabilise the already fractured party ahead of the 2023 harmonis...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Larry Mavhima wins Zanu-PF Midlands Chair uncontested
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima becomes the first victor of the ongoing Zanu-PF catfights after he won the Midlands provincial party chairmanship following his imposition by Preside...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Women capacity building programme launched at Whawha prison
FEMALE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers have been challenged to take advantage of the government's empowerment initiatives to eradicate poverty.The Young Women for Ec...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 16:22hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's 2017 coup coalition collapses
THE fact that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zanu-PF presidency at the party's elective congress next year, while factions loyal ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to tackle Mnangagwa
IN a move that could have far-reaching political consequences for the ruling Zanu-PF and the nation, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in th...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC; ZANU PF battle to control Zhombe
The opposition MDC Alliance and the ruling party ZANU PF are reportedly embroiled in a vicious territorial battle to control the rural outskirts of Zhombe district. Information reaching this r...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 14:31hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa visits Gokwe South
First lady Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa visited Gokwe South district at Chief Njelele's homestead for Gota-Nhanga programme today.Speaking during the programme she said she is very much concerned by...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's govt ropes in traditional chiefs to promote Chinese project
GOVERNMENT has roped in traditional leaders to convince reluctant villagers to agree to be evicted when a carbon steel project undertaken by a Chinese investor in the Chirumanzu area of the Midlands p...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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