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Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slammed for scrapping gukurahundi ministry
THE silence around the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet, speaks a lot on the Zanu-PF led government`s insincerity in addressing the country`s p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2908 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies congratulates Mnangagwa
Choppies Enterprises Zimbabwe owned by deposed former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has congratulated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Vice President Mohadi and Chiwenga.Mphoko is currentl...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko slowly losing Choppies' battle
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is slowly but surely losing grip on the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe, run by Nanavac Investments.Choppies entered the Z...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 3397 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son arrested
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has been arrested for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" more than $50 000 worth of cash and goods from the outl...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's daughter-in-law arrested
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter-in-law has been arrested for allegedly ordering 15 Choppies Supermarket managers in Bulawayo to unlawfully dispense over $30 000 cash from their poi...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's daughter-in-law faces extortion charges
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter-in-law has been arrested for allegedly ordering 15 Choppies Supermarket managers in Bulawayo to unlawfully dispense more than $30 000 cash from thei...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela: Lion King that is about to roar
The Lion is not called "Lion King" for no reason. Paul Siwela is the Lion King that is about to roar and when he does (roar) all other animals in the political jungle will go to hiding.In the ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 3086 | by Israel Dube
Grace Mugabe ally fights for pension payment
Former deputy president Phelekezela Mphoko is still not receiving his pension, four months after government promised to settle it, a report says.Mphoko - a Grace Mugabe ally - lost his job aft...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | 2753 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko engages Welshman Ncube to fight his battles
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his pension, despite government undertaking to settle it four months ago.Mphoko's lawyer Welshman Ncube said his client, who still ha...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | 5098 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1193 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
Mphoko loses $50 million lawsuit
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has lost his staggering $50 million lawsuit against the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) - the publishers of the Daily News, Daily News on Sunday and th...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:11hrs | 2623 | by Staff reporter
Zinara finance manager nails CEO in graft trial
A Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance manager yesterday recounted in court how former chief executive officer Moses Juma made him sign a back-dated document that reportedly conceal...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:46hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 721 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Mnangagwa name-dropping saves Zvorwadza
National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) president Sten Zvorwadza was yesterday told to prioritise court business after he sought a postponement of his attempted arson trial to go and meet with Pres...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 13:39hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's ally in hot soup
A former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employee who was released from police custody by ex-vice president Phelekezela Mphoko in 2016 is now facing criminal prosecution over graft char...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:02hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of 'looting' Choppies cash
THE Mphoko family has come under fire for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" cash from the outlets countrywide without board approval.Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko, son to t...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1147 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko would not accept a hostile takeover bid
THE battle for the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - on paper owned 51% by Nanavac Investments run by former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's family and 49% by Botswana...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | 3228 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of funding Mthwakazi
Choppies chairperson, Festus Mogae has written a strongly worded letter to Choppies Zimbabwe's 51% shareholder, former vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, demanding that he relinquish his Choppies sha...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | 5535 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies fails to pay Zimra
THE government has distributed to Bulawayo hospitals foodstuff confiscated from former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's trucks at Beitbridge border post by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)....Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1266 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko, Festus Mogae fights over Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:24hrs | 2346 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko battles to keep Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:10hrs | 3828 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo is right about Kasukuwere after all!
Can someone tell me kuti zvinombofambiswa seiko munyika muno – how can two border jumpers be treated differently like that? I mean Saviour Kasukuwere and our President ED. We all know that the...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:54hrs | 15693 | by Mapombi
Chamisa was spot on when he sent Tamborinyoka packing
Little Chamisa was spot on when he sent Luke "Lukezha" Tamborinyoka packing. However, I am not sure he was spot on in taking on board Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. I see lots of turbulence in the coming weeks...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:42hrs | 831 | by Bishop
Mnangagwa grooming Kasukuwere as Zanu PF And Presidential Successor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly grooming former Mugabe cabinet minister and ousted Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, to be his preferred ruling party successor and possible ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 14913 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mphoko disowned
AS the adage does, when the times are dark, friends are few and former Vice-President Phelekezela is finding out this the hard way.Zanu-PF's aspiring parliamentary candidate for Bulawayo South...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 31552 | by WikiLeaks
Mphoko yet to get terminal benefits
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his government pensions and other benefits, more than six months after being forced out through a military intervention.His lawyer We...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zvorwadza anti-Mphoko protest trial date set
NATIONAL Vendors' Union leader, Sten Zvorwadza, has been summoned to appear in court on June 1 for trial in a case where he stands accused of threatening to burn Rainbow Towers Hotel in protest over f...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:34hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Disgruntled MDC-T protesters block offices
BUSINESS at the MDC-T provincial offices in Chinhoyi was briefly grounded last week, after more than 50 disgruntled members blocked the main gate in protest over alleged imposition of candidates to co...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
RGM to be removed from Zimbabwe Airways
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday said the political plates affixed to the planes - Mugabe (RGM), President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko (PM) were just t...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 6041 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Mugabe's son-in-law
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday insisted former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore had no shareholding in Zimbabwe Airways which he said was wholly government-owned.Gu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance battle to succeed Ian Kay intensifies
THE battle to represent the MDC Alliance in Marondera Central has intensified with two aspiring candidates reportedly returned from the Diaspora ahead of the looming party primary elections.Th...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi, Chiwenga now at Mnangagwa's mercy
Vice presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi could have done themselves a disservice by not participating in Zanu PF primary polls held last week as their political careers are now solely at ...Published: 07 May 2018 at 16:01hrs | 12333 | by Staff reporter
VPs now at Mnangagwa's mercy
Vice presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi could have done themselves a disservice by not participating in Zanu PF primary polls held last week as their political careers are now solely at ...Published: 07 May 2018 at 08:14hrs | 12542 | by Staff reporter
'Mphoko is a Mozambican'
FORMER Vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is a Mozambican who didn't understand Zanu PF's revolutionary ideology, says Midlands provincial affairs minister, Owen Ncube.According to New Zimbabwe...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 16:29hrs | 16624 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4319 | 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 | 400 | 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 | 3327 | 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 | 335 | 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 | 5398 | 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 | 1369 | 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 | 330 | 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 | 1114 | 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 | 12405 | 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 | 2184 | 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 | 2503 | 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 | 724 | 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 | 170 | 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 | 10540 | by Itai Mushekwe
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