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Zanu-PF cracks the whip
ZANU PF's Mashonaland Central Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) has taken stern action against the Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC), citing gross failure to adhere to party procedures a...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:39hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Chenhamo Chimutengwende remembered for alleged election violence
ZANU-PF nationalist and former Cabinet minister Chenhamo Chimutengwende, who passed away last week at the age of 81, has been remembered for his controversial involvement in orchestrating violence dur...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:18hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Musarara rounds up ZANU-PF campaigns
Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday rounded up his party campaigns in style at his rural home Chiweshe.Selling Mazowe Central Member of Parliam...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 14:33hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police get new directive to allow CCC rallies
Provincial police commanders have been instructed not to interfere with opposition rallies except in special circumstances, according to a leaked internal memo.The new directions came after po...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Strengthen intra-party democracy'
A foreign funded election watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), has implored political parties to strengthen intra-party democratic processes to avoid incidents of double candidacy....Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF elbows Ex-Minister again
ZANU PF has blocked disgraced former deputy Agriculture Minister and Mbire legislator Douglas Karoro from submitting his nomination papers at the Bindura ...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
12 Zanu-PF MPs bite the dust in Mashonaland Central
PRELIMINARY results for the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections in Mashonaland Central indicate that 12 National House of Assembly candidates fell by the wayside in the primary elections held over th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries bring new vibe
Zanu-PF will print 23 million ballot papers for the revolutionary party's primary elections as a huge turnout is expected in the polls that have also attracted a record number of aspiring candidates w...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries
Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their ri...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Cottco boss 'fanning Zanu PF factionalism'
Former Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) boss Maxmore Njanji, who is currently facing graft allegations before the courts, is under fire after he was reported to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa that h...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
FULL LIST: Massive wealth looted by Cottco bosses revealed
The Prosecutor General has gone tough on corruption accused COTTCO marketing and business development manager Maxmore Njani and sought an order to go on a massive repossession of the grand loot held b...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 11:09hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court allows seizure of Cottco boss' property worth millions of USD
THE High Court has granted the Prosecutor General approval to seize property worth tens of millions of US dollars' worth allegedly owned by Cotton Company of Zimbabwe's (COTTCO) corruption-accused bos...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos at ZANU PF rally
There was chaos at a ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) rally at Gweshe in Chiweshe on Sunday where DCC was campaigning for Presid...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 07:45hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF vice chairman plots to expel party MPs
Politicians in ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province are now playing dirty politics in a bid to expel one another as factionalism within the party turns ug...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 22:27hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
BREAKING: Cottco bosses arrested
Cotton Company of Zimbabwe Limited bosses Pius Manamike and Maxiwell Njanji have been arrested on graft allegations. The two...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 15:38hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Thieving' deputy minister spends weekend behind bars
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro will spend the weekend behind bars after he was denied bail yesterday in a case where he is facing charges of stealing presidential agricultural ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Karoro arriving at Harare magistrates court
Deputy Minister for Agriculture Douglas Karoro who is Mbire MP (Zanu PF) has been dragged to Harare magistrates courts in cuffs today.He was implicated by alleged accomplices who have since ap...Published: 21 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High Court to hear Rosa Clinic land dispute
HIGH Court is set to hear a case between Chiweshe villagers and Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) after the latter allegedly parcelled out land reserved for the expansion of Rosa Hospital to busine...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 14:23hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Musarara takes early lead in crunch Zanu-PF poll
BUSINESSMAN Tafadzwa Musarara has taken a commanding early lead in the hotly contested race for the Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairmanship, preliminary election results show.He wa...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 19:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official bashed, hospitalized for dumping Chamisa
Former MDC-A official Shewu Meda has been hospitalized after being brutalized by MDC-A supporters for dumping their party and joining ZANU-PF where he was rewarded with the most senior post in Chiwesh...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Ndou Paul
Tribalism cripples MDC rural penetration strategy
Sources within the MDC Alliance national and provincial structures have declared that the party's rural penetration strategy is facing serious challenges as a result of tribalism and the perceived mar...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 10:34hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Politiburo members descend on Mazowe chaos
ZANU PF politburo members today descend on Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central province to try and douse flames following last week's skirmishes that f...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kazembe Kazembe suffers major defeat
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairman Kazembe Kazembe suffered humiliation after the party's commissariat department reversed his decision to co-opt new members into the Provincial executive...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Villagers approach High Court over hospital master plan
DISGRUNTLED Chiweshe villagers have approached High Court after Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) allegedly refused to furnish them with master plan an...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean woman dies in SA, family appealing for aid to repatriate body
The family of a Zimbabwean woman who died in Pretoria, South Africa last month is appealing for financial aid from well wishers after it has failed to raise 17 000 Rands required by the funeral ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Village heads up in arms with MRDC over Rosa hospital boundary
VILLAGE heads in Chiweshe ward nine and 10 are up in arms with Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) over Rosa hospital's boundary.The village heads last year petitioned Mazowe Central legislat...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:31hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF councillor sets thugs on colleague
Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) chairperson John Mudzonga has been accused of setting thugs on his vice chairperson Chakabvepi Chinhema over Rosa hospital boundary.Mudzonga is ward 9 coun...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 17:26hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
Village heads call for a boundary meeting
Village heads in Chiweshe have called for a boundary meeting at Rosa, Chiweshe tomorrow.The meeting will be held at Rosa clinic where the first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was born.Accordi...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP in power struggle
Mazowe Central Member of Parliament Sydney Chidamba is reportedly mobilising village heads in his constituency to fight his ward 10 councillor John Mudzonga (ZANU PF) over a boundary between ward 10 a...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:01hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Zanu-PF MP in trouble for 'disrespecting Mnangagwa'
MAZOWE Central MP Sydney Chidamba faces disciplinary action for disrespecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa by walking out of a meeting that was preparing the Zanu-PF leader's visit to the legislator's...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked?
With one-quarter of the Premier League season having been played, English football fans are starting to get a good idea of how things are shaping up for the rest of the campaign. While few people woul...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
What can we expect from Sun Met 2021?
While much of the sporting calendar in 2020 was decimated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been the gradual resumption of many top sporting events. As a result, Africa's horse racing...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 12:10hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF MP disciplined for undermining ED
Mazowe Central Legislator Sydney Chidamba has been placed under disciplinary action for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was scheduled to visit his constituency for National Tree pla...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 12:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP snubs President's preparatory meeting
Mazowe Central Member of Parliament Sydney Chidamba is under fire from provincial leadership after he snubbed a preparatory meeting of President Emerson Mnangagwa today.Chidamba who was once r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:24hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Politicisation of food on the increase: ZPP
POLITICISATION of food aid is on the increase countrywide, with Zanu-PF activists and war veterans being mentioned as the chief culprits, the Zimbabwe Peace Project has said in its latest report....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe on precipice of conflict'
HUMAN rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says Zimbabwe is on the brink of conflict brought on by escalating economic problems that came after the ban of the multi-currency system.In...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abductions, intimidation spike in Zimbabwe: ZPP
Zimbabwe has of late recorded an upsurge in incidents of abductions and intimidation of citizens by State security agents as government becomes increasingly intolerant of discontent, human rights watc...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daggers drawn against Zanu-PF chairman
Zanu-PF's Mashonaland Central structures have been rocked by factionalism amid pressure to dissolve the Kazembe Kazembe- led provincial executive for failing to unite the ruling party.Disgrunt...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's antics are divisive, cries Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF Youth League has urged Zimbabweans not to buy into the divisive antics of MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa who was defeated in the 2018 elections and will continue to seek relevance until 2023....Published: 30 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Stop rumour mongering in ZANU PF'
ZANU PF Politburo member Kenneth Musanhi has challenged his party members to desist from rumour mongering saying that will kill the revolutionary party.Musanhi who was the guest of honour at M...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Auxillia Mnangagwa throws out chief, MP from event
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa ordered a Member of Parliament and a traditional chief removed from an event she had organised, ZimLive can reveal.Mnangagwa recently spent two weeks in New York,...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF mash central chairmanship sparks controversy
Mazowe Central Member of Parliament Sydney Chidamba has refuted claims that he is at loggerheads with the incumbent chairman for Mashonaland Central province Kazembe Kazembe over the chairmanship....Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
Poll re-runs in select Zanu-PF constituencies
Zanu-PF yesterday released the official list of candidates who were successful in the primary polls to contest for the National Assembly seats in elections set for July with more of the old guard maki...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out
Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries 'fail to end'
ZANU PF primary elections have reportedly failed to end in Guruve with only three polling stations managing to bring their ballot boxes to the command centre at Shinje council offices.A presid...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 23:49hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipenda
Primary elections causing back bitting within Zanu-PF
ZANU PF primary campaigns are reportedly tearing the party apart in Mazowe with sitting Members Parliament (MP) being accused of sabotaging the system.In Mazowe North the incumbent MP is being...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Paul Ndou
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