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Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3559 | by Mmatigari
'Behold the new!' empty MDC A slogan - as it too failed to demand verified voters' roll
"Anyone who means well for this country would agree that only dialogue can serve our people from the unpalatable suffering, preserve peace and avoid yet another elite implosion," argued MDC Alliance s...Published: 15 hrs ago | 660 | by Nomusa Garikai
China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 16 hrs ago | 23313 | by Itai Mushekwe
'Zimbabwe politicians are notoriously corrupt' confessed Obert Gutu - for once, he said the whole truth
"A good number of politicians in Zimbabwe, across the political divide, are notoriously corrupt. The narrative that corruption is ONLY domiciled in the ruling Zanu PF party is false and puerile....Published: 16 hrs ago | 1520 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's diplomatic offensive off the rails
LAST week's damning testimonies in the United States senate on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe have thrown President Emmerson Mnangagwa's international re-engagement agenda off balance, as Wash...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top aide demands R5m bribe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that one of his top aides demanded R5 million from a prospective South African investor, reflecting the challenge he faces to rid his administration of graft ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue can save Zimbabwe, says Majongwe
Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop political grandstanding and prioritise addressing the...Published: 18 hrs ago | 431 | by Staff reporter
Police probe Nkulumane carjack and robbery
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case in which a woman lost her vehicle, cell phone and more than 6 000 rands in cash to robbers at her home in Nkulumane on Sunday.The robbers jumped int...Published: 18 hrs ago | 430 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga wants Zimbabwe in United Nations Security Council
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga has written to United Nations Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres asking him to consider Zimbabwe for a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanen...Published: 18 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally given up to Dec 31 to pay $110,000
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has been given until December 31 to pay over $110 000 in salary arrears to over 60 of his farm workers.Sekeramayi, who became a career Cabinet ministe...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:54hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere was a ZANU PF front?
A Zimbabwean activist Rutendo Matinyarare has accused business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere of being a beneficiary of ZANU PF's political patronage which saw him owning over 27 blue chip companies in Z...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 12:10hrs | 2407 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans must remain vigilant
The recent pronouncements by Zanu-PF war veterans to the effect of raising the minimum age of presidential candidates does not only raise every Zimbabwean's eyebrows but it is a real attack on our fle...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1297 | by Frazer Muzondo, MDC UK and ROHR ZIM.
Government riot act to errant NGOs welcomed
The reading of the riot act to some errant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) by the Acting Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Kazembe Kazembe on 11 December 2018 should be applauded...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 708 | by Brightface Mutema
SADC headache for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has a new regional headache after the South African Constitutional Court yesterday ordered President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his signature from the 2014 Protocol, whic...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:07hrs | 9057 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF will rule!' says illegitimate ED - UDI echo, stakes are much higher
"I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia - not in a thousand years!" This is the now infamous quote of the rebel Ian Douglas Smith after declaring the Unilateral Declaration of Indepen...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 709 | by Wilbert Mukori
War Veterans now Hated like Armed Robbers in Zimbabwe
Imagine living in a country run by Armed Robbers. The President, the Ministers, the Police, the Judiciary all being armed and ready to pull a trigger to defend their positions of power at any cost? Th...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1537 | by Multiverse Dungani
UK using Zimbabwe govt officials to interrogate failed asylum seekers
The Home Office has been inviting Zimbabwean government representatives to interview asylum seekers who have fled political persecution in the country, in what has been branded a "corrupt" exercise....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1379 | by The Independent
Mugabes off to Far East again for annual holidays
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his family are expected to leave the country shortly for their annual break in the Far East, it has emerged.The government would, as ever, pick up the tab, o...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2273 | by newzimbabwe
Kasukuwere trial postponed again
THE trial of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges after allocating land to former First Lady Grace Mugabe's sister Shuvai Gumbochuma, was...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:10hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana unmasked
The Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Communist Party has questioned the role of Former President of Zimbabwe Canaan Sodindo Banana during the Gukurahundi genocide that left an estimated 20 000 ...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 17:52hrs | 10561 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC-T disowns Chamisa
We the members of the Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai) (MDC-T) as left by our Founding, Icon President Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai note that;Upholding the founding values of MDC-T ...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 16:52hrs | 11672 | by MDC-T
EXCLUSIVE: Former VP Mphoko speaks on Choppies saga
Former Vice President Prelekezela Mphoko has set the record straight from his perspective on the boardroom struggles bedevilling one of the biggest retail companies in the country, Choppies Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 10:55hrs | 5219 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's Vanguard 'unleashes reign of terror'
THE MDC Alliance's Vanguard group yesterday allegedly assaulted over 50 party members demonstrating against the deterioration of democracy in the party after the death of founding leader Mr Morgan Tsv...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 5417 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa not desperate for GNU'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC came out guns blazing yesterday, saying it is not desperate to form a government of national unity (GNU) with Zanu-PF.This was after Vice President Kembo Mohadi pour...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:54hrs | 5170 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to de-register NGOs
GOVERNMENT has threatened to deregister civic society organisations which it claims are dabbling in politics and are seen as hostile to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party, in a ...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe daughter in gold mine wrangle
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona Chikore is battling Chinese investor TianBao Minerals Industries over ownership of a Mazowe-based gold claim.Bona, who owns Confidence Mining (Pv...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Government to shut down political NGOs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has threatened to shut down Non-Governmental Organisations that are involved in political activities. This was revealed by the acting Minister of Public S...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 21:07hrs | 2113 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's quiet transformation
When ED came to power just over a year ago, many of us were expecting big things. And fast. The situation was just so bad under Bob and Grace's misrule, that when, in those heady days of Novem...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 19:48hrs | 7388 | by Joice Tsitsi
Can Zanu-PF spring an Esigodini surprise?
Zanu-PF meets in Esigodini in Matabeleland South Province this week for its annual people's conference amid a worsening economic crisis which has in recent weeks been highlighted by shortages of fuel,...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 15:30hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Surviving under sanctions 101
Cuba was under US economic embargoes for 50 years but managed to erect firewalls around its sovereignty . Zimbabwe needs to do the same - we have the brains and the capacity to do so. The mini...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1452 | by Never Maswerasei
Mnangagwa is failing Zimbabwe
After a false start which was characterised by the catch phrase "The New Dispensation!" coming along with fresh cabinet faces, many Zimbabweans believed Mugabe's ghost had finally left us. However, it...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:14hrs | 9150 | by Frazer Muzondo, MDC UK and ROHR ZIM
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2984 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna seeks Amnesty protection after confronting Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
OUTSPOKEN traditional chief Vezi Maduna Mafu has sought protection from Amnesty International's South African office while claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assigned state agents to trail him ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:22hrs | 8517 | by newzimbabwe
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2360 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Mutambara trashes GNU talk
Former Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara has trashed opposition MDC-Alliance's talk of another "Government of National Unity" (GNU), saying President Mnangagwa is the legitimate leader ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | 3456 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference venue in lockdown
ESIGODINI, the venue of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference, has been placed under security lockdown ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit later this week, six months after he survive...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku blasts Matemadanda
Human Rights lawyer and member of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of inquiry Professor Lovemore Madhuku has come out guns blazing against War veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda for p...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 16:17hrs | 12219 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: ZANU PF pre-conference venue
Its all systems go at the explosive ZANU PF conference to be held at Esigodini from Wednesday. A wide range of resolutions ranging from endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the 2033 Presidential ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 5673 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Austerity must start with Mnangagwa
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reigns in both Zanu PF and government following a soft coup in November 2017, he started preaching the gospel of economic revival whose foundation he sa...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:25hrs | 2498 | by Staff reporter
The ED administration has made significant strides
Last week the opposition and other anti-Government detractors were excited by the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of States for Africa, Matthew Harrington's submission on Zimbabwe to the US S...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1477 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Ziyambi chides 'childish' MDC MPs
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has scolded MDC MPs for alleged "tomfoolery" and "childish" behaviour inside the house as he went on to suggest parliament's Standing Rules and Orders could soon be re...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1670 | by newzimbabwe
National Geographic Traveller lists Zimbabwe in Top 10 'must-see' destinations
National Geographic Traveller, one of the world's leading travel magazines, has listed Zimbabwe as one of the 19 must see destinations in the world in 2019.Zimbabwe was placed at number nine, ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1060 | by African News Agency
Mnangagwa to recall errant MPs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas....Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | 7916 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs awaken Esigodini
Government business will literally come to a halt as the who's who in Zanu-PF, including Cabinet ministers, abandon their stations this week to attend the party's annual peoples' conference in Esigodi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Which fundamentals require attention?
There is a real sense of despair in the country. Perhaps it is a left over from the heady days when we celebrated the final departure of former President Robert Mugabe from office and welcomed a 'new'...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | 906 | by Eddie Cross
Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show turns political
CAUGHT by the revolutionary frenzy, Chimurenga music fans turned Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show on Saturday show into a political demonstration as Mukanya belted out his politically charged tracks, wh...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 7426 | by Staff reporter
'Need transparency' to end diamond looting, urge Global Witness - ED's answer, Voto fraudulento continua!
"The discovery of huge deposits of diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, in the mid-2000s came at a time when Zimbabwe was facing crises on multiple fronts," said Global Witness in its recent report....Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:25hrs | 880 | by Nomusa Garikai
Undenge jailed 4 years over $12,000 PR firm payout
FORMER Energy Minister Samuel Undenge has been jailed for four years after he was convicted of abuse of public office.Undenge, 62, who lost his job after a military coup that ousted former Pre...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 16:52hrs | 8583 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spoils his Cabinet with top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery vehicles
With the majority of the citizenry getting poorer by the day owing to the biting economic crisis, the cash-strapped government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has splurged over $2 million on top-of-th...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 10760 | by Staff reporter
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