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Zanu-PF commissar's post a poisoned chalice
POLITICAL analyst Rashweat Mukundu says the short lifespan in office of political commissars in Zanu-PF reflects how the position has become increasingly unsafe, amid growing infighting fuelled by suc...Published: 28 May 2024 at 13:43hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 7 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
CCC undoing is a strategy of innovating around the familiar
To put it bluntly, Zimbabwe's main political opposition party, the CCC, in its present construct, is wasting the people's time, resources and mostly emotions as they continue to prove through unbeliev...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 18:56hrs | 12 | by Brian Sedze
South Africa, Zimbabwe in behind the scenes talks
The South African government and the governing ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa are engaged in new secret talks with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's freshly-minted administration to resol...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa is just not serious
Slightly into the second week of last month, CCC's Nelson Chamisa said something that, by the end of the same month, he was already contradicting, practically.In the first instance, he was in ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
So the Zimbabwe govt can murder innocent Matabeles, bury, exhume & rebury just like that?
So the government of Zimbabwe can deploy Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade in Matabeleland to murder more than 40 000 Matabele civilians, bury them in shallow graves, rape more than 100 000 Matabele ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 09:39hrs | | by Israel Dube
Team Pachedu condemns failure to produce verified voters' roll but not CCC for participating in the flawed elections
A few weeks ago, Team Pachedu, a group of IT savvy Zimbabweans, revealed some pretty shocking irregularities and illegalities in the voters' roll such as the transfer of some voters from one Polling S...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Ex-Mines perm sec convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Mines Permanent Secretary convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zec credibility questioned
THE recent announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) that only 2000 new voters were registered in 2021 has once again raised credibility issues against the electoral body.Zimbabw...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy company behind shady passports deal
LITHUANIAN company Garsu Pasaulis which was controversially awarded a contract to produce e-passports by the Zimbabwean government under a murky deal is a dodgy entity previously implicated in bribery...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:55hrs | 71 | by Staff Reporter
How MDC-T lost a safe constituency
One of the most sensational stories of the 2013 harmonised elections the MDC-T primary election fraud at Mutungagore never saw the light of day in Zimbabwe's media.Zanu-PF secured victory as a...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Plant broom stick and get fruit tree, in Zimbabwe' - yet we are starving, damning testimonial to failed leaders
"Crisis management is not solved in one day. There is no magic formula in State recovery… it is a process that HE Mnangagwa is leading in promoting important reforms in Zimbabwe that will undoubtedl...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 19:32hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
When the US media is captured!
When my mentor, Eddison Zvobgo, returned to his hotel room in London after the Lancaster House Conference, he was met with delirious laughter from his English friend. The cause of laughter was Zvobgo'...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 6 | by Ken Mufuka
'The full Robert Mugabe' - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The drama over the US presidential election, with long delays in releasing the results and angry disputes between the Republicans and Democrats, prompted a Vigil supporter to comment: 'They could lear...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:08hrs | 7 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwe Ambassador to Israel denies having links with NIKUV
The recently appointed Honorary Consul of Zimbabwe in Israel Ronny Levy Musan has denied allegations that he is linked to Nikuv International Projects a company that was contracted to rig the 2013&nbs...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gudyanga trial commences
THE trial of former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) board chairperson, Francis Gudyanga on charges of causing the parastatal to lose over $1,6 million to an Israeli-linked agricultur...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe passport not printed by Nikuv'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa and fellow opposition legislators Wednesday took Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema to task on why government was making citizens' lives unbearable through failure to pr...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Bribes for passports as crisis worsens
Desperate Zimbabweans are parting with huge sums of money to pay bribes in order to obtain passports amid reports that applicants are being told to wait until 2022.The Registrar General's offi...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga threatens to expose State
Former Mines ministry secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is accused of defrauding the State of more than US$1,6 million together with an Israeli company Nikuv, yesterday threatened to expose the State if...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt persecuting me: Gudyanga
FORMER Mines and Mining Development secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is on remand on fraud allegations involving payment of US$1,6 million from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) cof...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware of ZanuPF's Tricks
One reads "ZanuPF Youths Expel Obert Mpofu" and quickly it rings to the reader that corrupt leaders are being chucked out. But wait and look back. Let us remember the ZanuPF Baba Jukwa phantom. After ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 12:38hrs | | by Lovejean Ndlovu: Zapu Youth Front Deputy Information Secretary.
Nikuv docket vanishes on eve of trial
THE docket of former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is accused of defrauding the State of more than $1,6 million in deals with an Israeli company, Nikuv, was yesterday reportedly missing, forci...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Secret payments to Nikuv exposed
Former president Robert Mugabe's government made a series of secret payments to a company linked to controversial Israeli firm Nikuv, which was accused of manipulating the country's elections in the p...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I am taking Zimbabwe to Canaan,' said ED - rigged elections and dragged us into hell-on-earth
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and h...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UK want 'serious dialogue' with ED on debt but not vote rigging - history repeating itself
The British are not helping Zimbabwe get out of the economic and political mess the country is in. Not at all!"Ambassador Catriona Laing said an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme wou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Court of public opinion is real
Tomorrow Zimbabwe is going to experience a reality show as the Constitutional Court presides over the election petition against President Mnangagwa's electoral victory. Lawyers are going to turn into ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
MRP has nothing to do with Mnangagwa, Chamisa tiff
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it has nothing to do with the dispute between Emmerson Mnanbgagwa and Nelson Chamisa over election results.The party said the headline of the Newsday of the 6...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:30hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Broke MDC begging just to feed election agents vs big-spender Zanu PF - KO before the voting started
BY: SOURCE: "Zimbabweans we need your help to finish the struggle. We still need your hand in feeding our polling agents. Donate $5 and adopt one election agent. We have a tota...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 16:07hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sadc, help avoid sham Zimbabwe poll
At a recent rally held in Bulawayo Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, announced that on July 24, exactly six days before the 2018 harmonised elections, they will meet with the Zi...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Chamisa legitimising neo-colonialism
Because Mother Africa's children residing at home and abroad are paying extremely close attention to Zimbabwe's upcoming harmonised elections, the individual profiles of the candidates will automatica...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
'Zimbabwe is going through a democratic process,' says Zanu PF apologist - via yet another rigged election
"Shiri imwe neimwe inemaririro ayo!" Every bird species has its own characteristic song! This is certainly true of Zanu PF propagandists and apologists! Some of the notable characteristic notes in the...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
3 million ghosts on the voters' roll?
ZIMBABWE once again finds herself being railroaded into an election, despite tangible proof that conditions on the ground are not yet conducive for a free and fair poll. All this flies against postula...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Zec angry over 'frivolous' opposition court cases
ZIMBABWE Electoral commissioner, Qhubani Moyo, has accused the opposition and other civic organisations of bringing the name of the electoral management body into disrepute by raising "frivolous" cour...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Only ED deserve your vote,' argue Dr Mavaza - how so, fool; he is one wielding the veto
People like Dr Masimba Mavaza have such poor memory, they forget yesterday's troubles with sleep. "Kukangamwa chezuro nehope!" as one would say in Shona."The world believes that only ZANU PF h...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 17:06hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever
Although Democracy is discredited as "the last refuge to cheap misgovernment," by some writers and other scholars- the people of Zimbabwe seem to have seen it as a sanctuary for more forward-thinking ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Print ballots on bond paper, Zanu tells Zec
LITTLE-KNOWN opposition Zanu leader Chawaona Wilbroad Kanoti has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court seeking an order compelling the electoral management body to print ballot pape...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 28 | by WikiLeaks
Zimbabwe's July 30 elections: Will the will of the people slay Goliath?
A few weeks ago, a colleague, who was not registered to vote, told me he thought voting was a pointless exercise. He strongly believed that the new administrators would not relinquish power if they lo...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
MDC-T now blaming China for rigging 2013 elections
The opposition MDC-T has made a sensational claim that an unnamed Chinese company was involved in the alleged rigging of the 2013 harmonised elections, a U-turn from previous claims that an Israeli fi...Published: 29 May 2018 at 17:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army won't allow Nelson Chamisa to lead Zimbabwe (Shape-Up or Pull Out)
Galileo is said to be the man who first observed that the earth was round (though controversial) and his claim landed him in great trouble. He suffered abuse from the society and was almost hanged. Th...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:31hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Zec sued over printing ballot papers
Zec sued over printing of ballot papersThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been dragged to the High Court over the "illegal" manner in which it intends to secure the printing of ballot pap...Published: 25 May 2018 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
What if defeated junta backed Mnangagwa refuses to go?
TOP academic and publisher Ibbo Mandaza has called for a post-election national and international contingency plan on Zimbabwe if the military-backed Emmerson Mnangagwa government refuses to hand over...Published: 21 May 2018 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama in Parliament over 'coup government' comment
There was drama in the National Assembly yesterday after fuming opposition legislators labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a "coup government" after Zanu-PF legislators rejected a d...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
The speech Chamisa must have delivered in UK
AFTER the long Chamisa 14 hour trip to the UK, the much anticipated hype that turned to be a zero, Chamisa lost an opportunity to bring all Zimbabweans together as one, especially the majority Ndebele...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Simangaliso Fifinyana
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