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Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs sold out
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Thursday had a bloodrush to the head. They caused a mini commotion in the National Assembly and took with them down the people of Zimbabwe when they received...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:09hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Charamba exposes Chamisa?
FROM as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed a...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC activists decry Zimbabwe's 'tainted' Judiciary
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court ruling that disqualified its 12 aspiring parliamentary candidates in Bulawayo.H...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bongani Mafu praises Knox Mutizwa
HISTORY making former Bosso striker Knox Mutizwa has come up for praises by coach Bongani Mafu.Mafu worked with Mutizwa during the 2015 and 2016 seasons.The coach is credited with conv...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politicians abusing religion
RENOWNED cleric, Reverend Kenneth Mutata has bemoaned growing conflation and abuse of religion to legitimise political decisions, saying this has left Zimbabwe's Christian community vulnerable to poli...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politicians giving police nightmares
POLICE yesterday accused politicians from across the divide of stoking violence, thus making it extremely difficult for the law enforcement agents to professionally discharge their duties.Nati...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtata lands WCC post
ZIMBABWE Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary general Kenneth Mtata has landed a post in the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee.Mtata is the new WCC programme director for Publ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisory council falls apart
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) has virtually collapsed after the acrimonious quitting of its high-profile deputy chairperson, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) proprietor ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCC advocates for dialogue on natural resources
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches has started advocating for dialogue on natural resources that will help to develop the economy of the country...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 13:38hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Businessman Mwanza pledges to pay Grobbelaar salary
Businessman Conrad Mwanza has pledged to pay former Warriors skipper Bruce Grobbelaar's salary for a year if the veteran is appointed Zimbabwe senior men's national soccer team coach.Mwanza ma...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 12:51hrs | 13 | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo says 'Zimbabwe opposition, CSOs a big let down'
ZIMBABWE on Sunday marked three years after six civilians were fatally shot by State security agents in the August 2018 post-election violence, with exiled former Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moy...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'There is no crisis to mediate in Zimbabwe,' says Sadc
AS PRESSURE mounts on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to once again intervene in Zimbabwe's political disputes, the Botswana-headquartered regional bloc says there is no reason for i...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church sticks to its guns on talks
THE Zimbabwe Christian Council (ZCC) says it is not moved by allegations made by Zanu-PF that the grouping is working to dislodge President Emmerson Mnangagwa from government in the name of dialogue. ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-day schooling week gets green light
SCHOOLS will open for all classes tomorrow, with the Government giving the green light to the alternating approach to learning that will see some pupils attending school for only two days per week to ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe churches not honest brokers'
THE push for talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition has suffered a significant setback after Zanu-PF accused the church yesterday of acting in bad faith over the mooted national...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ramps up dialogue push
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow name the MDC team that will lead the party's planned national dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country....Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tears into Chamisa's MDC
ZANU-PF says the MDC is now operating from "the last chance saloon" to work with the former liberation movement and other political parties in the interests of the country and its long-suffering citiz...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Push for talks gather momentum
THE POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) members are meeting today as the push towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather momentum.This comes as pressure is mounting on President Emm...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
No more grandstanding for Chamisa, Mwonzora and Mnangagwa
THIS time the politicians have been honest about our crises. Their recent speeches emphasised substituting discord for dialogue as a way of tackling our country's unstable political and economic envir...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Black Edward
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Furore over govt claims of killer doctors
DOCTORS yesterday reacted with alarm and anger over allegations by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana that some medical practitioners were deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and hiding be...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Clergy tells teachers, govt to find common ground
THE clergy has implored government to find common ground with teachers to arrest the crisis in the education sector as schools continued to turn students back because the educators, who declared incap...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe churches paint gloomy picture
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday painted a gloomy picture of the country's economic situation, claiming several attempts by the churches to engage Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to prof...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church says 'it's time for Zimbabwe to come together'
WITH the country and its two major political parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches rubbish ANC meditation efforts in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has rubbished ANC meditation efforts saying the South African delegation only offered solidarity to the Zanu-PF party and the people of Zimbabwe need to liberate...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition, civil society groups embrace ANC's Zimbabwe mediation
THE continued push by Pretoria to help Zimbabwe overcome its decades-long political and economic crises has created an air of optimism among opposition parties, civil society groups and the Church....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in a mess, says ANC
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa's special six-member delegation, which left Harare on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with top Zanu-PF officials, has painted a gloomy picture of the situ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
World Council of Churches rallies behind vilified Catholic priests
THE World Council of Churches (WCC) has rallied behind local church leaders being vilified by government for pointing out its heavy handedness on civilians.The WCC urged the clerics to "unite ...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo and crew gets $200 bail each
MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Zivira and six other party activists have been granted RTGS$200 bail. They have been remanded to September 3.The MDC officials appeared ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa stole elections' jibe, MDC chair, 7 others in court
MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Zivira and six other party activists are set to appear in court today facing charges of accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of stealing the July 30, 2...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches meet Chamisa over protests
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) on Wednesday met MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to discuss, among others, the party's planned protests after voicing concern over potential outbreak of violence....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs, pastors meet on Gukurahundi
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches last week held a consultative meeting with chiefs and church leaders to support the Government's efforts in bringing national healing and reconciliation through the Na...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Dialogue happening in the coming week
On 24 April at Harvest House press conference Nelson Chamisa responding to State of The Nation (online) reporter Tafadzwa Nyikadzino on him seeming to be a choir master singing all of Zimbabwe's probl...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Mnangagwa govt fears unrest over meltdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime fears mass social unrest and has placed security forces on high alert, as economic deterioration inexorably accelerates, amid a wave of price increases. The meltd...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church in fresh push for inclusive national dialogue in zimbabwe
CHURCHES are reviving their bid for a comprehensive national dialogue to tackle the country's ever-pressing problems, insisting that all other initiatives must feed into the one they are championing....Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hate, mutual dislike among Zimbabweans condemned
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has deplored deep-seated self-hate and mutual dislike among Zimbabweans, which is causing polarisation.The ZCC also complained that Zimbabwe is now a cou...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches must pay tax
CHURCHES must comply with the laws of the land and must not be exempted from paying taxes for their commercial ventures.This was said by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches general secretary Reve...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parties to Mnangagwa's dialogue to choose neutral convener
SEVENTEEN losing presidential aspirants of the July 30, 2018 elections are set to meet on Friday to choose the convener for the talks being championed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Although ...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prophets under spotlight
The shocking video of a popular South African pastor, Alph Lukau, ostensibly bringing a "dead" Zimbabwean man back to life during a church service in Johannesburg, has reignited intense debate about t...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
US orders Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
INTERNATIONAL pressure on Zimbabwe's major political players, Zanu PF and MDC to urgently come to the negotiating table to unlock the political logjam continues to grow with the United States (US) add...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lost the plot again on dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his inimitable wisdom invited other presidential hopefuls who lost the 2018 Presidential race in a bid to map the way forward on the framework towards resolving the nat...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa's wife funded the breakfast 'Prayer Meeting'?
On the 6th of February 2019 the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, HE ED Mnangagwa, convened a meeting at State House for all Presidential contestants in the 2018 elections to discuss the framewor...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects conditional offer from Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has demanded a "credible, neutral, and recognisable" mediator to present a plan for negotiations with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the worsening political and economic...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs prayer breakfast attended by Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today snubbed The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Meeting organised by church leaders and attended by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Mnangagwa decided to send Mi...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue threatened by military
THE ongoing military crackdown on civilians following recent anti-governments protests has been cited as a major threat to efforts to bring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelso...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga grilled over crackdown
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was yesterday taken to task by Roman Catholic bishops, who demanded answers over the recent military crackdown, which claimed 12 lives following bloody clashes betw...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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