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Chiwenga faction blocks Mnangagwa's bid to extend presidency
A fierce power struggle within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has escalated, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction retreating after a failed attempt to extend his presidency beyond 2028. The co...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:10hrs | 2731 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa in constitutional violation over security minister'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing criticism for allegedly violating the Constitution by failing to appoint a Minister of Intelligence, a key position mandated by Zimbabwe's supreme law. The accus...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:05hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction attacks Mnangagwa allies?
Tensions within Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party are reaching a boiling point as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's military-backed faction takes a hard stance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 15:02hrs | 4748 | by Staff reporter
Drunk wife kills hubby
People of Muzarabani were saddened by a suspected mentally ill wife who fatally struck her sick husband in a beer dispute.Martha Mushawemhuka (44) of Madoka village in Muzarabani allegedly mur...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 1478 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa urges Machakaire to 'calm down'
Former independent legislator Temba Mliswa has expressed concern over the escalating infighting within the ruling Zanu-PF party, warning that the current dynamics are reminiscent of past conflicts tha...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 13:35hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
Latest ZiG song unites musicians
Kulcha Houz Studios, a prominent creative space in Harare, has become a key hub for Zimbabwean musical talent. It hosts studios in the central business district and Belvedere, where artists like Freem...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP tears into colleagues
A member of Zanu-PF's central committee, Blessed Geza, asserted that veterans of Zimbabwe's independence struggle wield significant influence in determining the country's leadership, suggesting they h...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:27hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's camp unmoved by arrest threats
Former legislator Job Sikhala's National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) remains undeterred by threats against its leader following his critical speech at the Geneva Human Rights and Democracy Summit....Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in destructive gold mining
THE once-pristine and picturesque Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi, Midlands province, now stands as a haunting monument to the ravages of human exploitation and destructive gold mining activities by ...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:51hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
RBZ is the problem not ZiG!
Before going to press on the Zimbabwe currency crisis, I had seven questions I wanted authoritatively answered. Professor Gift Mugano was the answer."Isn't he the one who is supposed to disapp...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mteki approaches Mukanya over Chivayo lavish offer
African roots musician and sculptor-cum-businessman Bryn Taurai Mteki has approached Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo to reconsider businessman Wicknell Chivayo's pledge.Last month...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sulu ready to support Macheso
Orchestra Dendera Kings front man Suluman "Ascom" Chimbetu is ready to support the king of Sungura Alick Macheso on his Bindura show dubbed Chesology Sungura festival next Saturday.Speaking on...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:44hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Constitutional changes on cards in Zimbabwe
Government has set in motion plans to transfer the responsibility to register voters from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Civil Registry Department in sweeping changes to the electoral ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's US$5 million spending binge
FOR Wicknell Chivayo, money seems to grow on trees.Never the one to be shy to ostentatiously display his wealth, Chivayo, who likes to call himself Sir Wicknell, has of late been on an unrelen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's henchman trying to place an operative at Econet?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's henchman, Owen 'Mudha' Ncube, recently wrote a letter to Econet Zimbabwe's Gweru branch trying to impose a candidate to a none existing vacancy.This came to light af...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tension grips Midlands
SIMMERING tension has absorbed the ruling Zanu-PF in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard, stoked by the party's provincial leadership's decision to block scheduled disciplinary hearings f...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa fired Roy Bhila
ZIMBABWE'S deputy Industry and Commerce minister Roy Bhila was fired last week over corrupt issues involving cement import licences - money-spinning permits - and the secret charging of "facilitation ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 19:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments irk military
Insiders within the military and those in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's inner circle have disclosed his dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which s...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa gives his henchman another lease of life
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reinstated Owen 'Mudha' Ncube, a key associate, to a prominent government role, assigning him the position of Midlands Provincial Affairs minister. This marks Ncube's ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps nation guessing on Cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has kept Zimbabwe guessing on his next Cabinet amid reports of spirited lobbying among some of the Zanu-PF members who won parliamentary seats in last month's polls....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails Jah Prayzah's loyalty
IF the master of ceremony's sentiments at last week's inauguration of President Emerson Mnangagwa are anything to go by, then the ruling Zanu-PF confirmed that musician Jah Prayzah is one of the party...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF must win at any cost!
Let me start with that intellectual prostitute, Professor Jonathan Moyo, who, from his hide-out somewhere in Kenya is breathing fire and brimstone on a poor white man, David Coltart.David wrot...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jah Lemmy eyes Mozambique
TRADITIONAL musician Ginatsia "Jah Lemmy" Nyanhete is set to go to Mozambique in a fortnight for shows and shooting of his Mudzimu video.The Guruve arts marimba ensemble boss said he is going ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
A vote to remain masters of our own destiny
Here we reproduce excerpts of President Mnangagwa's speech to Zanu-PF supporters at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima, Matebeleland South province, yesterday.SalutationsWhen Jesus was b...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 14 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Vote ED, Zanu-PF chef orders civil servants
FORMER State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube has ordered civil servants to vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa as payback for his "outstanding leadership and unparalleled commitment" to address...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa right-hand man sends stern warning to Zanu-PF primaries' losers
FORMER State Security Minister Owen Ncube has bluntly warned MPs who suffered defeat in the Zanu-PF primaries against contesting as independent candidates in the upcoming general elections.Zan...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Members contesting as independents are sellouts'
FORMER State security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has described Zanu-PF members who stand as independent candidates as sellouts.A number of members who lost in the ruling party's May internal po...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly mulls returning voter registration to RG's Office
The position taken during the inclusive Government to migrate voter registration from the Registrar-General to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has created a lot of red tape through duplication of du...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man survived being buried alive for 6 hours
BURIED Alive, a 2020 song released by Jamaican superstar Buju Banton resonates very well with popular Marondera well digger, Collin Kaseke.With apologies to the license holder, it goes: I was ...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop insults Mnangagwa, threatens to arrest Zanu-PF members
A police officer stationed at Tongwe base in rural Beitbridge is in trouble with the law for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatening to arrest Zanu-PF members who were drinkin...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meetings as turmoil grips Zanu-PF province
ZANU-PF early this week dispatched two senior party officials to the Midlands to hold crisis meetings following political turmoil that has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province ahead of...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally flees angry Zanu-PF mob
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima was on Saturday forced to flee an angry Zanu-PF mob that was protesting against alleged rigging of the ruling party's primary elections in the Gokwe-C...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expands empire in Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, members of the First Family and his close allies, who include former State Security minister Owen Ncube, have amassed significant wealth in the form of immovable property...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Proud Matabele' Ian McIntosh, a man who never forgot his roots
FORMER Springbok coach Ian McIntosh, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84 near Durban, became a legendary figure in South African rugby but should also be remembered for his undying love and ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:32hrs | | by Godwin Jaws' Murambiwa
Mnangagwa exposed
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been left exposed and politically vulnerable following ground-breaking revelations by Qatar-based international television network Al Jazeera's of gold...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU diplomat presses Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe polls
EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst Von Kirchmann Thursday briefly met President Emmerson Mnangagwa where he got assurances Harare shall deliver free and fair elections this year.Zimbabwe heads f...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC urged to employ 'guerilla' tactics
Prominent civic leader and trade unionist Peter Mutasa has urged Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to adopt underground campaign methods in the wake of a state crackdown coupled with a systematic ba...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Wadyajena extorts US$2 million from Kuda Tagwirei'
Controversial Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena has been fingered in a US$ 2 million extortion scam committed against business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei. The information...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 16:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe violence signals bloody 2023 poll
THE storming of an opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change Press conference at the Media Centre in Harare by suspected Zanu-PF youths is yet ominous sign that the 2023 general elections could be vio...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda labels Owen Ncube a 'Grade 7 dropout'
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar, Victor Matemadanda has advised fired State Security Minister Owen 'Mudha' Ncube to sit for Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)'s Grade Seven examinations...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police flagged over Zanu-PF bias
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the Zimbabwe Republic Police of indirectly inflaming political tensions in the country through turning a blind eye towards crimes committed against opponen...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF minister says Owen Ncube needs psychiatric examination
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima says former state security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube needs psychiatric examination over chilling threats government will deny food hand-o...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally vows 'worse than 2008' violence against opposition
Former state security minister and Zanu-PF top official, Owen Mudha Ncube has threatened opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his party with violence he vowed shall be worse than the bloodbath experie...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'sneaks' into rural areas
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is being forced to "sneak" into some parts of rural areas for safety reasons following previous attempts on his life by suspected Zanu-PF activists and state agents....Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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