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Mnangagwa's regime is demonic, says Mzembi
Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has condemned the imprisonment of Ordinary Level student Nicole Chabata as "demonic" following her release from a 90-day remand prison. Chabata was arrested on Ju...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop flirting with extending rule
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn into office three times in six years, and in his inauguration speeches in November 2017, August 2018, and September 2023, he promised radical reforms aimed ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Nyasha Macbride Mpani
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election offers regime a last chance to end financial isolation
JEFFRIES Ncube looks around Zimbabwe's second city and fallen industrial heartland and observes that, for all President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to resurrect a ruined economy, many of Bulawayo's ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's path to power
6 November 2017 - President Robert Mugabe dismisses his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from government;8 November 2017 - Zanu-PF expels Mnangagwa from the party. Mnangagwa goes into self-imposed ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afrikaner nationalists to patrol Musina border in with sniffer dogs
The ultra-right-wing Afrikaner organisation, AfriForum, has announced it has launched a new initiative to patrol with sniffer dogs at the porous South Africa-Zimbabwe border in Limpopo's Musina area....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 16:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Scent of polls as new parties emerge
WITH the general elections on the horizon, Zimbabwe is once again witnessing the formation of fringe political parties attempting the plunge in the political landscape largely dominated by Zanu-PF and...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Munyeza ousted from Zimpapers board
Shingi Munyeza, a prominent pastor who fell out of favour with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his searing criticism of his regime from the pulpit has been kicked off the board of the state-run Zimb...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment to give Mnangagwa Mugabe-era powers
Three years after sweeping into power through a military coup and promising a new and unfolding democracy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being compared to his authoritarian predecesso...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans celebrated a wrong move
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in 2017, he promised to change the political landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, listening to the people and respecting human righ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Questions over Amnesty fraud unanswered
What is going on at Amnesty International? First, two staff members killed themselves last year. Then an internal review ordered by Amnesty secretary-general Kumi Naidoo revealed a "toxic" wor...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by International Policy Digest.
Economic isolation is hindering Zimbabwe's transformation
Since the election of a new government for Zimbabwe one year ago, the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which I serve, has begun reforming our land policies, changing laws, and commen...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Foreign Policy
Time to appreciate Zimbabwe progress
It is a few days after the first anniversary of the history-making 30 July 2018 harmonised election when Zimbabweans participated in the first harmonised elections in the new dispensation. And what a ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
General Sibusiso Moyo speaks out
A year has passed since Zimbabwe elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa in late July 2018. This is an important milestone for our new administration, one that has made reform a key priority, as we sweep...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by Sibusis Moyo
MDC stupidity hands Bulawayo to Mnangagwa
AFFAIRS of the City of Bulawayo might soon be run by an administrative commission if a government probe rolled out last week finds councillors and officials guilty and complicit in corruption activiti...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 10:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC stupidity hands Bulawayo to Mnangagwa's govt, as Commission steps in
AFFAIRS of the City of Bulawayo might soon be run by an administrative commission if a government probe rolled out last week finds councillors and officials guilty and complicit in corruption activiti...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Did Britain back Mnangagwa?
Nyathi said that in the meeting, Laing "sounded to be really forcing a line that Mnangagwa is the person to work with, and she wanted our opinions around that".Zanu-PF's opponents have alleged...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:08hrs | | by Rahul Nagvekar
Gukurahundi play gets Nama nomination
GWANDA-based Jahunda Community arts group is on cloud nine after its production, 1983: The Dark Years was nominated for the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), whose ceremony is set for the...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wonders never cease
AFTER watching the-PFeesident's sidekick Victor Matemadanda's soporific homily on one online television, one gets an abiding feeling that indeed Zimbabwe is a God-forsaken country. Things are ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:10hrs | | by Hon Criss
Chamisa's MDC slams 'worsening' abduction of supporters
Zimbabwe's main opposition has said security forces were abducting its members in night raids in a massive crackdown in the wake of the unrest sparked by a national strike.At least 12 people h...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Brian T Kagoro
Long wait for Mnangagwa's mega deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have taken a leaf from his mentor Robert Mugabe by signing investment deals worth billions of dollars - some opaque or dubious - that never see the light of day....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
One year after Mugabe's historic ouster, Zim looks much the same
Euphoric tears are what many Zimbabweans remember shedding a year ago, on November 21, 2017. It was the most momentous day in the country's post-independence history, the day Zimbabwe shed something e...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Max Bearak
Ian Khama warns Mnangagwa
Former Botswana president Ian Khama has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against entertaining fly by night foreign investors who do not add value to the country's tottering economy, the Daily News ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for West to back Zimbabwe
IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time fo...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Bruce Mutsvairo
Security companies stealing from employees!
It is with grave concern that the Zimbabwe Network for Social Justice (ZimJustice) notes the ever-increasing heartless, callous and downright wicked behaviour by some security firms, as they fail to p...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana (ZimJustice)
Mnangagwa and Chiwenga turning Zimbabwe into a terrorist state!
As the Zimbabwe political situation becomes more and more precarious by the day, one can not help but be gripped by a fear that our leaders are busy scrupulously turning this nation into a terrorist s...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Let's also remember our heroes and heroines killed by ZANU PF regime
As Zimbabwe heads towards the Heroes Day commemorations on Monday 13 August 2018, let us never forget that over the course of our long history in battling repression, subjugation, and injustice, we ha...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Tartira Zwinoira
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shockingly screaming newspaper headline ED creates 60 000 jobs, I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge.Being one not to quickly believe o...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shocking Sunday Mail headline screaming ED creates 60,000 jobs. I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge. Being one not to quickly believe or write...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera: MDC Alliance Candidate for Mudzi South Constituency
Mugabe's tactics persist in first election without him
Most Zimbabweans have only ever known one president: Robert Mugabe.But on July 30, a new man will represent the ruling party on the ballot for the first time in 38 years. Emmerson Mnangagwa, w...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:10hrs | | by WashingtonPost.com
Mugabe/Chamisa alliance, rehabilitative & desperation politics
Simmering information that the Mugabe-backed National Patriotic Front opposition party was in negotiations with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-Alliance were all but confirmed by the Zimbabwe Independent n...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Bevan Musoko
Military continues to cast a dark shadow over Zim election
THE US and the UN should demand public assurances from the military and other security agencies that they will not interfere in the election, a leading Zimbabwean international lawyer has said....Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo donkey abattoir saga rages on
When Zimbabwean businessman Gareth Lumsden announced in October 2017 that he had set up a $150,000 donkey abattoir in Bulawayo, local animal welfare organisations protested that his proposed slaughter...Published: 26 May 2018 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
Mnangagwa lauded for not forcing people to rally
In A development that marked a clear departure from former president Robert Mugabe-era tactics, Zanu-PF turned a corner by hosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally at Sakubva Stadium on Saturday w...Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dispensation rejuvenates Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF's preparedness to part ways with some candidates that served under the ousted regime of Mr Robert Mugabe and take on board new dynamic and progressive players that communities look to for a fr...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why this same Minister all the time?
Shall the President demonstrate to all and sundry that the war against corruption has no sacred cows, in earnest. Why should a single individual be allowed to denigrate and disrespect the whole ...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 18:11hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mhaka
Davos missed one crucial aspect on Zimbabwe - Who really is in charge?
It was very somewhat inspiring and encouraging witnessing the amazing interest that both the international business and political establishment placed on the 'new dispensation' in Zimbabwe, and the va...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe recidivated to the 'Mugabe normal' or worse
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe's so-called military-assisted takeover of the 37-year-old fatiguing era of the regime of former President Robert Mugabe, the country has quickly recidivated to the "Mugabe...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Paul Simon
Zim has opportunity to break the stranglehold of kleptocracy
Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's longest-serving, and worst, presidents is gone after 37 years of misruling the southern African country of Zimbabwe.That is cause for rejoicing. It was not...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew fears for life
The nephew of deposed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe says that he fled the country because he feared for his life during the military coup. He added that his employees were beaten and robbed and h...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Things Zimbabwe can do to recover from the Mugabe era
Long in coming but swift and relatively painless when it happened, the downfall of Robert Mugabe offers Zimbabwe a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recalibrate its hitherto dire trajectory. The tra...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Admos Chimhowu
'Youths will end Mugabe rule'
RECENT suggestions by Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo that youths will decide the outcome of the much-anticipated 2018 elections is an inadvertent admission that President Robert Mugabe an...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and the Crocodile
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marked his birthday this year with an extravagant party, but how many more such celebrations can there be? In recent months there have been signs of major upheaval i...Published: 24 May 2015 at 14:26hrs | | by Stephen Sackur BBC
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