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Mnangagwa critic set free
The assault case against former Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi has been withdrawn by a Harare magistrate due to the absence of the key state witness.Musengezi faced charges of assaultin...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Lt-Gen Sanyatwe assesses progress at NSS
Newly appointed Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Anselem Sanyatwe, yesterday toured the National Sports Stadium in Harare, marking his first official engagement since assuming office. ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa nemesis granted bail
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who gained national attention for his legal challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy in 2021, was granted US$100 bail on Thursday following his ar...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:14hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe political party vows to resist Mnangagwa's 2030 agenda
A new political party, the Assemblies of Minorities (AM), has emerged in Zimbabwe, declaring its opposition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's alleged attempts to extend his rule beyond 2028.Th...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:59hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga battle intensifies
A press conference by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in Bulawayo, set to be addressed by chairman Andreas Ethan Mathibela, was disrupted by a group calling itself Y...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 14:58hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's actions disrupted the parliamentary balance of power
Former Bulawayo South MP Nicola Watson has accused Zanu-PF of orchestrating Sengezo Tshabangu's controversial recalls of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members to serve its political agenda, incl...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 21:58hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
'Rich Gang' hijacks Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to be waning among some of his long-time supporters, as tensions within Zanu-PF rise with allegations of factionalism, betrayal, and a shifting power bala...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:49hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans demand halt on land sales
A faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has strongly opposed the government's recent decision to allow beneficiaries of the land reform program to sell or trans...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:17hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Mathibela's war vets reject rival congress as invalid
A faction leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Andreas Ethan Mathibela, has denounced the recent congress held by Christopher Mutsvangwa's faction in Gweru on ...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:17hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Al Jazeera secret plot against ZANU PF unearthed
Al Jazeera News finds itself embroiled in controversy yet again as reports surface regarding its meddling in Zimbabwean political affairs.A source close to the matter revealed that the news networ...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 12:26hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Land war rages as bigwigs clash
A FIGHT for vast tracts of land pitting former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, a private developer and former minister Didymus Mutasa has spilled into the public domain with Mliswa accusing his partn...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member wants govt officials barred from seeking medical attention abroad
Zanu-PF's candidate for the Pelandaba -Tshabalala Constituency by-election, Joseph Tshuma, says if he is elected as the Member of Parliament, he will immediately propose a bill that would prohibit gov...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC politician fined for assaulting opposition activist
Yvonne Musarurwa, a politician from the MDC, has been issued a $100 fine for her involvement in the assault of Kudzanai Mashumba, who served as the party's chief of protocol. This altercation had garn...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers demand stands
Commercial sex workers, vendors, and churches in the Karoi farming town are advocating for residential stands as a fundamental human right. They claim they have been excluded from residential housing ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi unveils national interim committee
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has unveiled its new National Interim Committee which will assume control of the party until its congress in April next year.For now, MRP will operate withou...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party members fire Mqondisi Moyo as president
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) have taken action by removing their president, Mqondisi Moyo, and dissolving the entire National Executive Committee (NEC). This decision comes in respons...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 21:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo needs true MPs not political party mouthpieces'
Bulawayo needs Members of Parliament (MPs) who will truly represent residents rather than be mouthpieces for political parties or leaders headquartered outside the city, an independent candidate in th...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 21:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'fringe' presidential candidates still in hibernation
The 2023 presidential election is shaping out as a three-horse race between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and independent Saviour Kasukuwere while the other eight cand...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Critics slam Patriot Bill
LEGAL experts and political analysts in the Matebeleland region have said the Patriot Bill violates people's rights as it is prone to various interpretations.The Patriot Bill also known as the...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Uebert Angel to hold Press Conference on Gold Mafia documentary
Presidential Envoy and Ambassador at Large Uebert Angel has instructed his lawyer Prof. Lovemore Madhuku to address a news conference on Thursday as Al Jazeera broadcasts final episode of Gold Mafia d...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean mum and son 'proud' volunteers at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
A mother and son from Zimbabwe are part of the 20,000-strong volunteer team at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.Rufaro Makambira-Chindalo is supporting operations at the Main Media Centre, whi...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe violence signals bloody 2023 poll
THE storming of an opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change Press conference at the Media Centre in Harare by suspected Zanu-PF youths is yet ominous sign that the 2023 general elections could be vio...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must stop spreading violence
The political tension in the country has reached another level and this has been proved by the acts of alleged Zanu-PF members who recently disturbed a Citizens Coalition for Change election watch pre...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Leonard Koni
CCC presser anarchy a result of opposition infighting?
Zanu-PF information director Tafadzwa Magwadi has made startling claims Tuesday's invasion of a CCC press conference in Harare by yobs was a culmination of an internal feud by rival factions within th...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy mob disrupts CCC presser
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths yesterday cordoned off the Media Centre in the capital to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders from holding a Press conference.CCC spokes...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC officials escape through back exit as Zanu-PF youths besiege press conference
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) officials have been forced to escape through a back exit at the Media Centre in Harare, where they were addressing journalists, after Zanu-PF youths besieged and co...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition party ZRF threatens to boycott 2023 elections over sanctions
A new political party, Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) has claimed that the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries were affecting the country's electoral processes.The par...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Key reforms will only come through dialogue, not confrontation, says Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said key political reforms in the country will only come through dialogue not confrontation as these have to pass through Parliament, where the ruling Zanu-PF has ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, ZPCS given ultimatum to reverse prison transfers of jailed Mthwakazi activists
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) a four-day ultimatum to reverse the transfer of its party activists from...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says he will definitely win 2023 elections
GOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance-leader Douglas Mwonzora is optimistic of winning the 2023 presidential race despite his party having been embarrassed in the March by-elections where it l...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens water rationing
BULAWAYO residents will now go for two days a week without water supplies after the local authority from yesterday effected a 48-hour water shedding schedule. The local authority has further p...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new political party launches, promises economic revival
A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) was launched last Friday at the Bulawayo Media Centre.Addressing journalists, the party's 38-year-old leader Fanuel Lisenga said Zimb...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a predator of press freedom
When Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party which he christened the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), many people had expectations that there would be a paradigm shift from the MDC, where the ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Chamisa bans 'Zanu-PF' journalists from rallies
DESPITE claiming to be a democrat, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday dropped a bombshell when he banned journalists perceived to be working with the ruling Zanu-PF...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party blames 'a technical glitch'
THE newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday acknowledged that it blundered when it submitted more than one candidate in certain wards to contest in municipal e...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
D-day for Zimbabwe
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has until today to reinstate the suspended Zifa board or Zimbabwe faces a possible ban by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) from int...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soccer fans threaten protest against SRC
FORMER Caps United administrator Paddington Japajapa has threatened to mobilise football fans to protest against the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) if they do not reinstate the suspended Zifa ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T official up for assault
A MEMBER of the MDC-T led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, Yvonne Musarurwa, on Friday appeared in court on allegations of assaulting the chief of protocol in her party president's office while he was addressi...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora distances self from Khupe aide violence incident
MDC-T party leader Douglas Mwonzora has distanced himself and his party from former Thokozani Khupe aide Kudzanai Mashumba violence incident in which the latter attempted to hold a press conference pu...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally storms, ends press conference meant to expose theft of MDC funds
MDC-T senator Yvonne Musarurwa Thursday stormed and brought to an immature end a press conference by a party official Kudzanai Mashumba who wanted to expose how party leader Douglas Mwonzora was alleg...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF youth commissar Tsenengamu launches new political party
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu on Tuesday announced the launch of a new political party, with himself as interim leader.The Front for Economic Emancipation ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 21:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
New Parliament building takes shape
The new Parliament building under construction in Mt Hampden is fast taking shape as the contractors are now working on exterior designs as infrastructural development gathers pace under the Second Re...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF old guard skeptical of life after retirement'
Zanu-PF politburo member Tshinga Dube has described the situation in the country as abnormal as it could not sustain pensioners, hence the old guard's reluctance to go into retirement.The late...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New parly takes shape in Mt Hampden
CONSTRUCTION of Zimbabwe's massive new parliament in Mt Hampden is now 70% complete, the project manager of Shanghai Construction Group, Cai Li Bo, told The NewsHawks this week."We are decorat...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T revisits Zanu-PF sponsored bill
UNDER FIRE MDC-T says it will next week conduct a cost benefit analysis of the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 which party MPs have endorsed.The Douglas Mwonzora led oppos...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says he informed police prior to press conference
Norton legislator, Temba Peter Mliswa today told the court that he informed the police in writing about the press conference held at his Borrowdale residence in Harare prior to the day of the event....Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Who gains from the public shaming of Kembo Mohadi?
ZIMBABWE'S second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a State...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by N Nyoni
'Zanu-PF ministers only interested in fattening their pockets'
THE recent increase in government's brutality against dissenting voices is nothing other than attempts by senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in protecting their ill-gotten wealth accumulated over years o...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndibali bounces back as EFF Zimbabwe president
Zimbabwe's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has stripped its interim president Xolani Tshuma of the presidency, barely five months after his appointment and has opted to reinstate the party's fou...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 09:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa keeps tight grip on Mugabe's human rights abuses legacy'
OPPOSITION leader Lovemore Madhuku has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of preserving the tainted human rights abuses record of the now late former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe through systema...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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