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Chiwenga represents the 'New Disorder' not New Dispensation
While the nation awaits eagerly in anticipation of a typical Chief Justice Maraga (Kenya's Chief Justice) style and caliber of overturning presidential election results from our apex court on Tuesday,...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1968 | by Knowledge Hakata
Deportation of Tendai Biti low, low point for Zambian regime
From 1953 to 1963, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were one country. Except for someone who has a real problem in their heads, even now that they are separate sovereigns, in fact their people are one. Pre...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1250 | by Prof. Michelo Hansungule
Mnangagwa looks beyond Chamisa challenge
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appeared unfazed by opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's Constitutional Court (ConCourt) petition challenging the results of last month's presid...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1891 | by Staff reporter
No one ordered fatal shootings, claims Mnangagwa
PPRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that none of his lieutenants gave orders for the fatal shooting of seven civilians, where soldiers opened fired into groups of protesters ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2273 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gave a signal
ON the eve of the July 30 harmonised elections, former President Robert Mugabe did something peculiar. He called an international Press conference and spoke for over 90 minutes in which he denounced P...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2983 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Democracy, elections bad for collective cause
SOMETHING is going wrong with democracy. Something has gone wrong with democracy. It was the most successful political idea of the 21st century, but increasingly democracy is running into trouble, not...Published: 4 hrs ago | 50 | by Reason Wafawarova
'We'll not mourn,' says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE will not mourn over the imposition of sanctions by the US, but will instead maximise exploitation of its vast natural resources and ensure a better life for its citizens, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 372 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa cannot be trusted in the GNU much less to govern,' says ED apologist - true but neither can ED
Those who defend the indefensible are fools and Zanu PF apologists are some of the biggest fools there is. Give a fool a long rope and he will hang himself, so goes the adage. Bishop Lazarus, a season...Published: 15 hrs ago | 8689 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
WATCH: Grace Mugabe takes the mic at 'Blue Roof'
Grace Mugabe is still enjoying the high life and appears undiminished by her husband's unceremonious fall from power last year, a new video appears to show.In a video recording said to have be...Published: 18 hrs ago | 9559 | by Staff reporter
Why Chamisa beat Mnangagwa in his own backyard
After President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared winner of the July 30 elections, many expected Kwekwe to erupt into wild celebrations.The city had just produced Zimbabwe's only second leader i...Published: 18 hrs ago | 4660 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits back at Mugabe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described his predecessor Robert Mugabe's claims that he was a Rhodesian spy as "rubbish and nonsense".On the eve of the July 30 elections, Mugabe told journal...Published: 18 hrs ago | 15601 | by Staff reporter
ZEC has proven that 10 + 4 = 40
By the time Comrade Mnangagwa joined politics in the early sixties, most Black Zimbabweans were uneducated and would accept 10 + 4 = 40.During those years, a person wearing a neck tie would ta...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1417 | by Ryton Dzimiri
PHOTOS: Six die in head on collision
Six people reportedly died in a head on collision involving a Mercedes Benz and a South Africa registered vehicle in Mvuma on Saturday....Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 10:02hrs | 3489 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi must not tolerate being led by Mnangagwa or Mugabe anymore
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has urged people in Matabeleland not to tolerate bein g led by President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa or any one linked to former President Robert Mugabe due to their p...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | 877 | by Stephen Jakes
National Railways on the mend
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recorded a surge in business since it started a $400 recapitalisation programme in April this year.The latest statistics show that the parastatal mo...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa elected deputy chair on politics, defence and security of SADC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from the 38th SADC Summit held in Windhoek Namibia where he was elected the deputy chair on politics, defence and security of the regional grouping....Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 17:37hrs | 8079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa splashes over $1 million on new limo
After escaping an assassination attempt in June this year, President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his security, including splashing over US$1 million in acquiring an armoured Mercedes Benz S...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:05hrs | 6716 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe enjoying life
Former first lady Grace Mugabe seems to be enjoying her life at the ‘‘Blue Roof'' mansion, as she was captured on video entertaining guests with various performances.No one can ever doubt ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | 12518 | by Staff reporter
US cranks up pressure on Mnangagwa
United States President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on embattled President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa by demanding that he institutes a transparent and credible investigation...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | 2946 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections post-mortem
AS predicted in our column last week, the presidential inauguration has been halted, giving way to MDC Alliance's July 30 presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa to challenge the presidential election r...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:09hrs | 328 | by Paul Kaseke
Lessons from Kenya (Part 2)
WE carry on looking at the similarities between Kenyan and Zimbabwean electoral politics. As noted, there are striking similarities in the politics and election systems between the two countries....Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:07hrs | 238 | by Miriam Majome
The tale of Zimbabwe's 'political families'
ON August 31, news of MDC Alliance candidate for Marondera Central, Caston Matewu's victory swept across the country, sending opposition party supporters into delirium.Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java a...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:01hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe 'fake' degree gets UZ vice-chancellor suspended
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has suspended University of Zimbabwe vice-chancellor, Levi Nyagura for awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) under controversia...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:34hrs | 901 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga's trip to Russia suspicious
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said the trip to Russia by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is suspicious considering the just ended disputed polls which are suspected to have been rigged i...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:09hrs | 8722 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe is a military oligarchy, not a democracy
Ask this. Why did Robert Mugabe rule Zimbabwe for 37 years? How did Morgan Tsvangirai end up a powerless Prime Minister after defeating Robert Mugabe in the presidential elections of 2008 with at leas...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 17:16hrs | 3766 | by Kuda Bhejana
Mnangagwa's new cabinet will either kill or awaken Zimbabwe's economic prospects
The real threat to Zanu-PF's survival does not come from Nelson Chamisa's election petition court challenge. It comes from within Zanu-PF itself and how its leader will decide to confront the politica...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 17:09hrs | 3241 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa, Mnangagwa battleground shifts to ConCourt
AS Zimbabweans anxiously await the outcome of the presidential election petition by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), which is set for next Wednesday, the two ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:35hrs | 3307 | by Staff reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 7278 | by Staff reporter
EU to cut funding to Zesn over positive report on Zimbabwe election?
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), an independent electoral watchdog, has been under tremendous pressure from European Union (EU) donors, particularly Britain, to doctor and alter its repor...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:51hrs | 4678 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks purged by Mnangagwa
THREE senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors were yesterday fired, while two others were re-assigned in the latest round of fresh purges, as President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's rest...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 2960 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba issues a controversial directive
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday issued a controversial directive which shocked a meeting of lawyers for the applicant and respondents, as well as one candidate in the recent disputed presidential ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 6385 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must serve only 5 years, pass baton'
NORTON MP-elect Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday said if President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa is confirmed as winner of the just-ended elections by the Constiutional Court, the Zanu-PF leader must p...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 3818 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF candidates blame SI64 for poll defeat
LOSING Zanu-PF council candidates in Beitbridge have blamed the enactment of Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016, which banned the importation of certain basic goods, for their defeat in the July 30 harmo...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not white man's burden
We are on the edge of an epoch in Zimbabwe.The nation could experience a new normal, so to speak, as the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has only a matter of days to validate President-elect E...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 765 | by Conway Tutani
Mliswa says past polls were free and fair
NORTON independent legislator Mr Temba Mliswa has said the recent harmonised polls won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa were credible, free and fair.In an interview with The Chronicle, Mr Mlisw...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:16hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's petition weak on law, heavy on politics
THE MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa on Friday August 10, 2018 filed Constitutional Challenge Case No CCZ 42/ 2018, disputing the presidential election results announced by the Zimba...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1224 | by Dr Itayi Garande
Stop the blame Mr Mnangagwa
It is alleged that 6 people were killed by the soldiers on 31st of July, 2018, the day after voting. One woman who worked for the Zimbabwe National Water Authority was one of the victims. She was buri...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 21:24hrs | 1904 | by Amen Mpofu
Mnangagwa leaves for 38th SADC Summit in Namibia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare to attend the 38th SADC Summit in Windhoek, Namibia beginning on Friday (tomorrow) the 17th of August 2018.SADC is one of Africa's regional groupin...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 18:17hrs | 2400 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's no-show at Heroes and Defence Forces Day
For the first time since independence, former president Robert Mugabe was a no-show at events marking the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays.The 94-year-old teetotaller used to preside over al...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:24hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
'MDC frothing over rigged elections,' says Newsday - theatrical farce, Biti et al are gloriously happy!
I have read some good article and some bad articles, this is one of the best I have read in many moons!"The MDC Alliance has been frothing at the mouth before, during and after the polls, stating ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 13:27hrs | 4321 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mliswa urges Mnangagawa to do away with losers
Norton MP elect Temba Mliswa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagawa not to include losing candidates in this cabinet or Government positions drawing an example from former president Robert Mugabe....Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 12:38hrs | 6364 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF supporter hangs self using 'Mnangagwa scarf'
ZANU-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's trademark scarf became an instrument of death after a 29-year-old Chinhoyi man used it to hang himself following a domestic dispute.Mathingson Gandawa, who ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 09:37hrs | 7915 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe ally fights for pension payment
Former deputy president Phelekezela Mphoko is still not receiving his pension, four months after government promised to settle it, a report says.Mphoko - a Grace Mugabe ally - lost his job aft...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | 2688 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should face justice for crimes against humanity
There is an Shona adage: 'mhosva hairovi', which loosely translated means, 'no one can evade the tentacles of justice'.We have witnessed around the world, numerous people being charged, tried ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2755 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Zimbabwe crisis needs political solutions not ConCourt
Focus has now shifted to the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) where the full bench of learned judges shall preside over an MDC Alliance petition, challenging the outcome of the July 30 presidential el...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:00hrs | 2072 | by Staff reporter
2018 elections failed test
Zimbabwe's just-concluded harmonised elections have failed the real test of fairness, being free and transparent.On July 30, Zimbabweans went to vote in high numbers hoping that their voice wo...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need a break from crises
One of our main stories in yesterday's edition spoke about price hikes and shortages that have returned to haunt crisis-weary Zimbabweans.The latest shortages as well as price increases come a...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:58hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe factor destabilised Zanu-PF Mashonaland West
Former president Robert Mugabe's factor has destabilised Zanu-PF Mashonaland West province after MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa recorded a significant number of votes from the July 30 harmonise...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 3488 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Alliance was strategic but poorly designed'
After successive defeats at the hands of the ruling Zanu-PF party, the MDC as the biggest opposition party in the country was urged to form a grand coalition that would fight from one corner.T...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Zapu slams Mnangagwa
The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu says Zimbabwe has experienced the worst under the leadership of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa said since Mnangagwa took ov...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
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