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Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF to amend constitution
ZANU-PF is moving to amend its constitution ostensibly to modernise it in a move believed to give more power to the party's president and his presidium.Recently, the ruling party indicated tha...Published: 18 hrs ago | 6550 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, war vets in fresh row
TENSION between Zanu PF and war veterans continue to simmer after former freedom fighters stormed out of the Independence Day celebrations in Bindura last Thursday after their leader was blocked from ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2174 | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwean celebrities who became politicians
Sports and Showbiz fraternities has become a springboard for most celebrities who later became politicians either due to their own desires or by being asked by different audiences to participate in po...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:33hrs | 4617 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa in major climbdown, drops hardline stance on Mnangagwa dialogue
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has made a major climb-down on his hardline stance against inter-party dialogue and called for an engagement between him and President Mnangagwa to tackle nati...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF begins constitutional amendments
Zanu-PF has started the process of amending its constitution in line with new vision of the second republic to match regional political set-ups.The Zanu-PF Politburo has already given the gree...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:52hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru denies Mnangagwa's visit
Former Vice President Joice Teurairopa Mujuru has dismissed reports by ZANU PF apologist Weldon Matambo that she got a visit from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. "President ED Mnangagwa visited ...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | 7988 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Opposition will not observe ballot paper printing: Mangwana
Zanu-PF legal affairs secretary and party representative in the political party dialogue, Paul Mangwana (PM), has justified the presence of ex-military generals in the ruling party politburo. ...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3151 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4738 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Lupane East MP's burial unites Zanu-PF, MDC
THE Lupane East Member of Parliament and liberation war heroine Sithembile Gumbo was yesterday buried at the Matabeleland North Provincial Heroes' Acre at Lupane Centre.Gumbo (56), died on Mon...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5669 | by Staff reporter
5 000 settlers face eviction in Insiza, Shangani
OVER 5 000 villagers who illegally settled themselves at Ensangu and Lochard farms in Shangani, Insiza district, are facing eviction as the government seeks to address the issue of chaotic settlements...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man found dead
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo was stoned and stabbed to death allegedly by a group of unknown assailants. Edward Hlanganani from Old Magwegwe suburb was found by a passerby lying in blood on...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 89 | by Takura Zhangazha
MDC led council wants 100% rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday proposed to increase rates by more than 100 percent, which residents rejected saying they are already struggling to pay their bills. The residents als...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers dump #ShutdownZimbabwe protestors
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have reportedly dumped accused persons who were arresting over the violent protests that rocked the country on January14.Opposition activist Jospha...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 09:24hrs | 5440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF woos Mugabe
Former president Robert Mugabe could make a sensational return to Zanu-PF one and a half years after the frail nonagenarian was swept from power by a military coup- if the party's overtures to him yie...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | 30039 | by Staff reporter
Govt revokes order on vacation lessons
GOVERNMENT has rescinded its order for mandatory vacation lessons during the April and August holidays for schools in Matebeleland North province.The order had been made by acting provincial e...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Game rangers beat poacher to death and dump body in a dam
TWO Gwanda-based game rangers have been arrested while their accomplice is at large after they reportedly beat a poacher to death and dumped his body in a dam in West Nicholson.Matabeleland So...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:45hrs | 2763 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa says he never left Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF Politburo member Didymus Mutasa and Retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri have been formally welcomed back to the ruling party, with the former declaring that he never left Zanu-P...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:44hrs | 4831 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa running away with it
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has received an early boost ahead of what could turn out to be a bruising contest when the MDC congress gets underway next month after bagging two nominations from two...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:43hrs | 3757 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs savaged
ERRANT Zanu-PF bigwigs aspiring to lead the party's fractious Bulawayo province have received a severe tongue-lashing from the former liberation movement's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu - w...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:41hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru not rejoining Zanu-PF
Former vice president and National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has said she is not re-joining Zanu-PF, following claims that she was on her way back to the ruling party. Speaking ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
Unruly Bulawayo bigwigs savaged
ERRANT Zanu-PF bigwigs aspiring to lead the party's fractious Bulawayo province have received a severe tongue-lashing from the former liberation movement's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu - w...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:47hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
'Selmor 'anointed' by Mtukudzi'
SELMOR Mtukudzi's mother, Melody Murape, last week said she was confident that her daughter will be able to keep her late father's music legacy alive following a superb performance alongside her siste...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru reacts to rejoining Zanu-PF reports
FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru has responded to State media reports that she and other expelled members of the ruling party are heading back to ZANU-PF.This follows a statement by ZANU-PF ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 6475 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor General in bid to regain control of graft cases
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has beefed up his staff complement and embarked on a drive to take over all high-profile corruption cases assigned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special anti-corr...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS under probe
MR Tabani Mpofu - a renowned lawyer who leads the crack unit - confirmed the probe. He said: "We have received complaints of corruption allegations against PSMAS. We have referred the matter t...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2141 | by Michael Mhlanga
Mujuru rejoining Zanu-PF - report
STATE media early Sunday, reported that former Vice President Joice Mujuru, stampeded out of the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of the 2014 congress is returning to the ex-liberation movement.The ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2819 | by newzimbabwe
Cyclone Idai washes away Zimbabwe diamonds target
AS the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) sifts through the wreckage of the devastating Cyclone Idai, preliminary indications are that the firm will miss its first quarter production target ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
'Expelled' Zanu-PF bigwigs troop back
Former Zanu-PF senior members are trooping back to the ruling party following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for a unified party.This follows the re-joining of National Patriotic Front (N...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate blasts prosecutor for unprofessional behaviour
A HARARE magistrate yesterday blasted as unprofessional the conduct of the State anti-corruption special prosecutor in the case of Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director-g...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Woman, mum, jump from fire-gutted first floor flat
A woman from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo threw her six-month-old baby and jumped together with her mother from their first floor room when it caught fire at Sizinda Flats yesterday morning. The...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:55hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Movie-style diamond mine robbery in Zimbabwe
AN armed gang of robbers, suspected to comprise members of Zimbabwe security forces and some artisanal miners, raided the Chiadzwa diamond fields on Sunday night and got away with tonnes of precious o...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North schools ordered to hold vacation lessons
MATEBELELAND North education director Jabulani Mpofu has ordered all schools in remote areas that did not surpass the 30% pass rate at Grade 7 last year to conduct mandatory lessons during the April a...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
State seeks to rescind Supa Mandiwanzira's acquittal
The State is seeking to petition the High Court for a rescission of the judgment acquitting former minister Supa Mandiwanzira of criminal abuse of office charges that was delivered on Wednesday. ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:29hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa invites Linda Masarira
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has invited under fire former MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira to join him in the opposition ranks as an Independent politician without any attachment to a po...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 20:59hrs | 3816 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa admits Bulawayo defeat
In a rare concession of defeat at the hands of the revolutionary Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday blamed the disconnect between his party's leadership and its grassroots suppor...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo restructuring bearing fruit
THE decision by Zanu-PF to dissolve the two provinces of Bulawayo and Harare is beginning to bear fruit following the revolutionary party's victory in the Ward 28 by election in Bulawayo, a senior off...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:05hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Stabbings leave 2 dead, one battles for life in hospital
TWO people from Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo died within a 300 metre radius in two separate incidents of knife crime yesterday while a teenager is battling for life in hospital after being stabbed. ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigger than govt, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in an effort to pacify the Zanu-PF old guard stripped of their ministerial posts and deployed to less influential posts as full-time party employees, assured them the...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter silences 'step mother'
The late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have left a big void in the music industry, but through her daughters, Selmor and Sandra, Tuku's fans might have something to smile a...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:00hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Teenager burns child in ritual healing
AN 18-year-old woman from Insuza in Matabeleland North Province has appeared in court facing a charge of culpable homicide, after she allegedly burnt to death her baby in a suspected traditional heali...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa luxury jets torch storm
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday grilled in the Senate by opposition legislators over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant to travel in hired luxurious private jets when the country is s...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:41hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
State appeals Chivayo ruling
State prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal against businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo's acquittal by the High Court in a $5,6 million fraud involving the Gwanda solar project.Mr Chivayo and ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:38hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
MDC Deputy Spokesman guns for National Chairperson post
MDC Deputy Spokesperson Dr Bekithemba Mpofu has thrown his name in the ring for the post of National Chairperson in the impending Congress pencilled for May.The former United Kingdom-based Uni...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 13:13hrs | 2944 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF in vote buying ahead of by-election
Zanu-PF is being accused of vote buying ahead of the Cowdray park local government by-election slated for tomorrow. This was after Vice President Kembo Mohadi donated 60 tonnes of maize and 30 ton...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Bukhosi to miss Bosso's curtain raiser
HIGHLANDERS' new signing, Bukhosi Sibanda, is unlikely to feature in Highlanders' first game of the season against Black Rhinos at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow as he is still recovering after ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:15hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds Zanu-PF's cyclone rescue efforts
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has commended efforts by the ruling party in assisting communities affected by Cyclone Idai. The cyclone left a trail of destruction ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:43hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
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