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My hero EDM has gambled-away my enthusiastic vote
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (EDM) once owned my heart as the world's most powerful man for a fortnight! I am on record as fighting his public battles for a fortnight! The only-one t...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 21:04hrs | 4210 | by Evangelist Reginald Thabani Gola
Gumbo defends Zimbabwe Airways deal
As Zimbabweans continue to ask questions on the murky Zimbabwe Airways deal, which for long was said to be a private project until last week when government announced that it was the owner of the airl...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 362 | by Staff rpeorter
Khupe is the Mphoko of MDC-T, says Lumumba
Acie Lumumba has labelled Thokozani Khupe the Phelekezela Mphoko of MDC-T saying that she is irrelevant.Lumumba also said Khupe should understand that politics does not have anything to do wit...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 12:19hrs | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Why Mashonaland parties must not be voted in Mthwakazi
During the so called 2018 water shed elections, the pro Mthwakazi people must exercise their wisdom in shutting out the Mashonaland parties chief among them being ZANU PF, MDC T and the Mujuru party a...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 272 | by Hloniphani Ncube
Mnangagwa, Mphoko fight over pension
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is at logger-heads with former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko over his pension, insisting that the fallen second-in-command must not enjoy full benefits be...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 12:13hrs | 5356 | by Staff reporter
The Day Chikerema rebuked Mphoko
Today we round up our interview with veteran guerilla and nationalist Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane. In the past two weeks Nkiwane spoke about the state of education in the then Southern Rhodesia, rise of...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:23hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
$40m Beitbridge water treatment plant lies idle
BEITBRIDGE Town Council's $40 million water treatment plant, which was commissioned by former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko in August last year, is still not being utilised, Southern Eye can revea...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Externalisers
"As we focus on recovering out economy, we must shed misbehaviours and acts of indiscipline which have characterised the past. Acts of corruption must stop forthwith." These are President Emmerson Mna...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 13:59hrs | 1110 | by Prosperity Mzila
'Mutinhiri's letter sent people into panic mode, says Tshinga Dube
At a time Zanu-PF propagandists are falling over each other to attack National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Ambrose Mutinhiri, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has validated the retired briga...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 12:29hrs | 11721 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko under spotlight again
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko allegedly abused his office, ordering senior Government officials to ignore procedure and grant his relatives and associates favours during his short-lived sti...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:57hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
Junta-boy's thugs out to character assassinate me, Cdes!
MY dear Comrades, as we put up firm structures in readiness for our New Patriotic Front cruising to a sure victory in the elections that the junta-boy is under pressure to announce shortly, you should...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:51hrs | 2497 | by CZ
Time we tell Mugabe some home truths
Having worked with ex-President Robert Mugabe as editor of the Zanu-PF's publication, The People's Voice, for close to three years, I must admit that there was a time when I sincerely believed the man...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | 704 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Zanu-PF must not fall into the criminal cabal's trap
THE holding of the harmonised elections sometime this year will be the highpoint for judging Operation Restore Legacy and the subsequent events that saw former President Robert Mugabe stepping down fr...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | 168 | by Hildegarde
EXCLUSIVE: Mugabe ceded power to Mnangagwa in 2008, but reneged on deal in 2013
COLOGNE– President Emmerson Mnangagwa could have been sworn into office, as early as December 2014, after former leader, Robert Mugabe, had reportedly struck an informal gentlemen’s agreement to h...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 07:32hrs | 9798 | by Itai Mushekwe
'Mutinhiri feels indebted to Mugabe'
Former president Mr Robert Mugabe and Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri (Retired) - understood to be his proxy in the former First Family's political project, New Patriotic Front (NPF) - are trying ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Mutinhiri scares Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
FORMER Zipra combatants yesterday dismissed Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri, who was thrust to the leadership of the former first family's political project dubbed the New Patriotic Front,...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2025 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi charity game: A gamble for political populism
The KEMBO MOHADI CHARITY GAME that is set for today between HIGHLANDERS and CAPS UNITED at BARBOURFIELDS STADIUM kwaBulawayo is a gamble that is done for nothing other than political populism. Such ga...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 15:37hrs | 909 | by Nyoni Chrispen & Fuyane Ndabezinhle
Minister appoints new Mpilo board
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has appointed a seven-member Mpilo Central Hospital board tasked with reviving the institution's health standards.Dr Parirenyatwa on Wednes...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:06hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele Nationalits Leaders a disgrace'
Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has said the so called Ndebele nationalists have disgraced to their fellow Ndebeles as some of them have connived with the outsiders to trample on thei...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 08:46hrs | 1590 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa is he an illegal president
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutional. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy can not be complete without order and a co...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 13:58hrs | 12570 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'How G40's power-grab plan collapsed'
ZANU-PF'S deposed generation 40 (G40) faction was "within touching distance" of snatching the party's presidency amid revelations that its vile plan included the capture of several strategic instituti...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko threatens hospital boss
FORMER Vice-President Mr Phelekezela Mphoko allegedly threatened the chief executive officer of the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), Mrs Nonhlanhla Ndlovu, with unspecified action accusing her of dire...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 08:05hrs | 7256 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to step down if he loses election
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reiterated that he will step down if he loses the elections to be held in a few months.He made the remarks while addressing hundreds of Zimbabweans living in Botswana w...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
War vets compiles list of members dispossessed of farms
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is compiling a list of war veterans who were dispossessed of farms by members by the G40 cabal during the reign of former Presi...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 05:26hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Lacoste FDI sensationalism retrogressive
During Robert Mugabe's last dance as a President, he appointed the worst Deputies in the History of the Country, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko.The two gentlemen took turns...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 12:12hrs | 1596 | by MDC Alliance Policy and Research Committee
Mnangagwa's wife emulates Mphoko, donates 3 000 chicks
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has donated 3 000 day-old chicks to women in Masvingo as part of an empowerment programme. All the 26 constituencies across Masvingo received about 128 chicks under the f...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | 767 | by Staff reporer
Grace Mugabe to bounce back as women's league boss
Unconfirmed reports states that the members of the G40 who were ousted by the Lacoste from Zanu PF are strategizing in South Africa where they want to allegedly form a new party whose name is likely t...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 07:37hrs | 35556 | by Stephen Jakes
How Munangagwa gambled-away opportunity for instant unlocking of international confidence on his leadership!
Zimbabwean president, Emmerson Dambudzo Munangagwa had made an extra-ordinary beginning into power with the people, for the people, by the people and through the people. This was evidenced in both the...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1507 | by Evangelist Reginald Thabani Gola
'Mnangagwa administration threatens devolution'
OPPOSITION parties have claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is a threat to devolution of power and are calling on citizens to fight for decentralisation.Speaking at a dialogu...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 05:07hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa warns politicians' spouses
SPOUSES of Government officials and politicians should not involve themselves in the country's decision making processes, Special Advisor to the President Christopher Mutsvangwa has said.Speak...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:22hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe 'coup' sets dangerous precedence for Sadc'
The SABC's Foreign Editor Sophie Mokoena speaks to Jonathan Moyo, the former Higher Education minister under former president Robert Mugabe. Moyo fled the country during the military-backed takeover b...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:51hrs | 4102 | by Staff reporter
G40s form New Patriotic Front party
Members of the G40 faction who were expelled from Zanu-PF are reportedly regrouping and expected to launch a political outfit, New Patriotic Front (NPF), which is expected to contest in this year gene...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:50hrs | 13758 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Mnangagwa must apologise or face ICC
Former President Robert Mugabe has to eat humble pie and lead the process of healing people in Midlands and Matabeleland who were victims of the infamous Gukurahundi.While Mugabe was forced to...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 10:59hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should not apologise for the Gukurahundi genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa should not apologise for the Gukurahundi massacres because that is not his "baby" but that of his former boss, Robert Mugabe, analysts contend although others feel he lost...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rushes to legalise Tsvangirai's pension
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has moved with speed to amend the 2018 budget statement presented late last year before Parliament to incorporate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's desire to pay former...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 10:30hrs | 12124 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law's business interests
There is a man right here in Zimbabwe who happens to be a seasoned lawyer, major shareholder in one of the telecommunications companies and son in law to a prominent politician in Zimbabwe. All this i...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | 4231 | by TechZim
Peter Munetsi murdered on coup day
This Zhuwao Brief Reloaded (ZBR) is dedicated to the memory of the late Peter "Comrade Kasina" Munetsi.On this day, Saturday 27th January 2018, the family, relatives, friends and colleagues of...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 15:07hrs | 6292 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Thokozani Khupe's Triple Jeopardy
Life is amazing. If you are lucky, you might just be in the right place at the right time and things turn out great for you. Sometimes you have it all planned, but bang! in a flash of an eye, you miss...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 11:31hrs | 2678 | by Rejoice Ngwenya,
Security concerns over Mnangagwa
SECURITY concerns have been raised over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's house in the Hellensvale section of Borrowdale suburb in Harare amid fears that the residence is not well-secured, Zimbabwe Indep...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 08:03hrs | 13000 | by Staff reporter
'Mphoko is a liar,' says Tycoon
Zimbabwean businessman Paul Evans, who fled the country two years ago for fear of political persecution over his business entity, has finally opened up, describing one of the alleged persecutors forme...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 09:15hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
'Jonathan Moyo was on CIA payroll,' says Hungwe
Zanu-PF deputy national commissar Omega Hungwe has claimed that exiled former higher education minister and G40 kingpin, Jonathan Moyo was on the American spy agency, CIA, payroll specifically to dest...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | 10630 | by Staff reporter
The unmaking of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first 100 days in office
This remains as a devastating betrayal of what had passed the mark as a most seasoned and immeasurably impressive start for Zimbabwe's God-given miraculous survivor president, Emmerson Mnangagwa! Back...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:10hrs | 3201 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
'No more G40 purges'
UNPROCEDURAL purges of G40 faction members in Zanu-PF must stop forthwith and energy should be shifted to rehabilitating them so that the party has a united front to win the harmonised elections later...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:10hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF G40 anti-corruption goes into overdrive - ours is political, anti-vote rigging overdrive
Zanu PF is a party of ruthless thugs; once one has been booted out of the party, the party will haunt to the end of the world! "The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is scrutinising a docke...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 07:07hrs | 970 | by Wilbert Mukori
Matebeles too alert to fall for the so called "New Era"
Mischievous elements in the political circles in Zimbabwe have worked around the clock to put lipstick on a pig. They have described a clear coup d'etat as the new era, new dispensation or bloodless c...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 15:21hrs | 837 | by Wilson Mahlafuna and Khohliso Maqhoba
Mphoko under corruption probe
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is scrutinising a docket alleging abuse of office and obstruction of the course of justice by former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko while he was still in go...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 13:59hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
'G40 cabal violated constitution,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the military intervention under "Operation Restore Legacy", which ushered in a new political dispensation, was in line with the constitutional mandate of the Zimb...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:00hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism is ideal for democracy and economic recovery
There are so many fundamental issues that Zimbabwe has to settle first before we talk of any democratic institutional or governance style of leadership. This is not confined to the ruling party only b...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 10:34hrs | 277 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mphoko, Mlala sucked into another scam
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been sucked into a scandal which saw a local businessman fleeing Zimbabwe for fear of persecution as the former and his front liners allegedly took over hi...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | 2942 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mum on Mphoko pension
GOVERNMENT has remained mum over former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's pension, weeks after he wrote a letter of demand for his benefits.Mphoko's lawyer Welshman Ncube said they were yet ...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
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