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6 recalled MPs bounce back
THE High Court yesterday threw a lifeline at former Harare East MP Tendai Biti and five other legislators after ruling that their recent recall was illegal since the man who initiated it, Benjamin Ruk...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | 3130 | by Staff reporter
Biti recall from Parliament reversed by the court
MDC Alliance MP for Harare East Tendai Biti is heading back to parliament after a High Court judge Wednesday dismissed the top legislator's purported recall and those of five other party legislators w...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 14:57hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda statue court battle rages on
THE court battle between the government and a Harare man over the construction of the statue of First Chimurenga heroine Mbuya Nehanda has escalated after the latter launched a new application. ...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:50hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Zapu plots SK Moyo, Mathema, Nyoni parly recalls
OPPOSITION Zapu is contemplating its own round of recalls from Parliament on all its former members, including Zanu-PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, who went in the august House through the ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 10512 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala confronts Parly over blocked CDF project
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda asking him to rein in ruling Zanu-PF party supporters he alleged were stalling a Constitue...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops new party hint
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted that his party could change its name as vultures circle on the country's main opposition party ahead of crucial by-elections that might change Zimbabwe's ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | 5108 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mnangagwa onslaught against MDC Alliance leaves democracy in peril
THE onslaught against MDC Alliance legislators by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T, with help from the ruling Zanu-PF, has weakened Parliament and is now a major threat to Zimbabwe's nascent democracy, ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:01hrs | 796 | by Mirriam Mangwaya
Recalling MPs an assault on democracy
Nhimbe Trust expresses its shock and condemnation of the recent illegal recall of six Members of Parliament from the majority opposition (MDC Alliance) purportedly in terms of section 129(k) of the co...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | 189 | by Nhimbe Trust
Executive failing corruption fight
ROSA Parks is not just a name in the United States. She is a torchbearer when it comes to civil rights movements. Parks one day decided not to give her seat to a white person in a public bus. ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:27hrs | 226 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF has nothing to do with recalls
Zanu-PF has dismissed allegations by the United States that it is involved in the recall of opposition members from Parliament. Speaking at a press briefing at the sidelines of the 350th Polit...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:43hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC criticises Mudenda 'bias' in Parliament
MDC Alliance has criticised the alleged bias of the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, by allowing the expulsion of its legislators from parliament before ascertaining the motive and legality of re...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 17:02hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's' MDC implodes, Thanks to Zanu-PF
WHAT is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - looks set to blow Zimbabwe's opposition out of the political water.Acti...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:18hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Biti and his colleagues are no longer MPs, says Madhuku
There is no legal ambiguity whatsoever on the expulsion status of six MDC Alliance legislators, including party vice president Tendai Biti, following their recall last week, constitutional lawyer Prof...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 6586 | by Staff reporter
118 MDC MPs face Parly sanctions
The 118 sitting and former MDC Members of Parliament and senators who sang, remained seated or walked out when President Mnangagwa came to Parliament on five formal occasions should be found in contem...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa laments Phulu's exit from Parliament
Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, has decried former Nkulumane legislator, Kucaca Phulu's exit from parliament, following his recent recall by the People's Democratic Party (PDP).Phulu belonged...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 12:53hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Biti cries fraud over parliament recall
MDC Alliance co-vice-president Tendai Biti says his purported recall, together with several other MPs, at the behest of a "political nonentity" Benjamin Rukanda, who once belonged to his breakaway Peo...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 08:13hrs | 2200 | by Staff reporter
Biti vows to continue exposing graft
TENDAI Biti has effectively been using his position as the chair of Zimbabwe's parliamentary public accounts committee and his legal and financial skills to expose billions of US dollars of taxpayers'...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zapu leaders anxious over Mohadi successor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has not consulted former Zapu and Zipra cadres on the filling of the post of vice-president following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi over a series of sex scandals with va...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
2023 increasingly looks like a lost cause for Zimbabwe opposition
POLITICAL analysts have warned that the country's opposition, and especially the MDC Alliance, risks being decimated completely ahead of the 2023 elections - unless it changes its modus operandi....Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda to drop inept Parly chairpersons
INCOMPETENT parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons face the sack, with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda saying they were doing a disservice to the House and the electorate. Mude...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Biti says recalls meant to stymie his probe into 'Sakunda corruption'
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) asked Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda Wednesday to expel MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators who are former members of the opposi...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
2 women sue over extrajudicial shooting
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North province yesterday filed notice of intention to sue the police after they were allegedly shot during raids on suspected illegal coke vendors.Zulani ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes former MDC bigwigs
TOUGH-TALKING MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators have been recalled from Parliament by their People's Democratic Party (PDP).At the same time, two former senior...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Chamisa camp
PARLIAMENT yesterday sounded the death knell of the MDC Alliance after it announced the recall of six key legislators at the behest of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), effectively decimating the l...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | 10303 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP fingered in mine wars
NYANGA North MP Chido Sanyatwe (Zanu-PF) has been fingered in a fierce fight over gold mining claims.The legislator is the wife of Zimbabwe's ambassador to Tanzania Anselem Sanyatwe, former bo...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti expelled from Parliament
MDC Alliance MPs Tendai Biti, Willias Madzimure and Settlement Chikwinya and three other party legislators have all been recalled from parliament by their former party, the People's Democratic Party (...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 16:35hrs | 4733 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights wants parliament to punish MP who 'politicised' Covid-19 aid
Parliament must investigate and punish Zanu-PF legislator for Chiredzi West Farai Musikavanhu for allegedly grabbing a consignment of subsidised mealie-meal meant for the vulnerable during the Covid-1...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 10:51hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents
Dear Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to you after the untimely death of Simelebona Ndebele of Sivuwe Village at Menyezwa Ward, conveying o...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:35hrs | 1972 | by MLF
MP rekindles push for closure of police training depot
MAGWEGWE legislator Anele Ndebele has renewed calls for the closure of Ntabazinduna Police Training Depot in Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, saying it should be turned into a youth vocat...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand control over devolution funds
MEMbERS of Parliament have demanded that they be allowed control over use of devolution funds in accordance with the Constitution in order to enhance accountability and transparency by local authoriti...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
The race to succeed Kembo Mohadi is on
FOLLOWING the resignation in shame on 1 March of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi over a sex scandal, a political race to succeed him has already started among former Zapu senior officials and Zipra comman...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Contract workers petition Chiwenga
CONTRACT workers employed by the Health and Child Care ministry are complaining of unfair labour practice, saying they are being subjected to abuse, discrimination and non-payment of salaries....Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:05hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Defections expose Chamisa's frailties
DEFECTIONS by MDC-Alliance official and former legislators Lillian Timveos and that of Blessing Chebundo first to MDC-T then to Zanu-PF have exposed Nelson Chamisa's deficiencies in leading a once uni...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5433 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feeling heat over VP choice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.This comes as it has...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 5504 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10537 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love sparks debate in Parliament
IT'S two weeks after his demise and subsequent burial, but Zimdancehall chanter and liberation hero Soul Jah Love born Soul Muzavazi Musaka continues to make waves from the grave.Today, Member...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 5454 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt told resolve teachers' grievances before schools open
THERE is an urgent need for government to improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Education has said.This is one of its reco...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Ministers snub Parly
MINISTERS this week snubbed Parliament's crucial question-and-answer session over COVID-19 fears. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda confirmed receiving apologies from eight ministers, includ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda roasts Mutsvangwa
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda Wednesday took information minister Monica Mutsvangwa to task over the absence of both state and private media during sitting.Mudenda, during the questi...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 6182 | by Staff reporter
Parly summons minister over grade 7 results
Parliament has summoned Primary and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema to explain the Grade 7 pass rate decline. The national pass rate is 37,11 percent, a drop of 9,79 percent from 2019's 46,9...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
US linked Biti queries acquisition of Chinese vaccine
HARARE East MP and MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has raised concerns about the safety and effectiveness of the Sinopharm vaccine donated to the country by the Chinese government on Monday....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 1308 | by Geoff Nyarota
Mwonzora's MDC replaces Innocent Gonese
The new MDC-T leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora has assumed the opposition leader's seat on Parliament's top Committee on Standing Rules and Orders, replacing long serving member and Mutare Central legi...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3259 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora consolidates power
NEWLY-elected MDC president Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday accepted into the Parliament's Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) to replace Innocent Gonese - an ally of his erstwhile colleague, Ne...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:58hrs | 3499 | by Staff reporter
Binga residents beg Zinwa over water
Residents of Binga have accused the local rural district council (RdC) of failing to provide water to the ratepayers and appealed to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to take over the serv...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:55hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Robber breaks into bedroom, forces couple to be intimate, records video
A DARING robber, who broke into a couple's bedroom at night and forced them to be intimate while recording a video, has been dragged before the courts and charged with robbery and possession of danger...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 3333 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora takes over from Khupe as leader of opposition
MDC-T's newly elected president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, is set to assume the role of Leader of Opposition in Parliament and is expected to make changes to the structures controlled by the opposition in ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:43hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
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