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Sell-outs: are they going to be exonerated if they contributed to the Mthwakazi-begging kitty?
There are three appeals in Mthwakazi region taking rounds: one was done by Comrade Ezra Tshisa Sibanda: he is appealing to the public to contribute to his crowdfunding, the money he is going to use to...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2702 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's New Dispensation lacks communication strategy
The ordinary person at the grass-roots level is constantly asking the question: what has President Emmerson Mnangagwa achieved since he became President.President ED Mnangagwa in his opening r...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:27hrs | 1480 | by Nicholas Ncube
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
The Lancaster Conference and the Build-up to Nkomo's temporary setbackIn 1979, Nkomo's Zapu and Mugabe's Zanu delegations under the PF banner took part in the final push for diplomatic transit...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 246 | by Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:17hrs | 1006 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 305 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa sends workers home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered a partial lockdown for government and Zanu-PF workers, saying only a third should report for duty while others stay at home as part of efforts to combat ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:15hrs | 8526 | by Staff reporter
Politburo wants illegal settlements regularised
THE Zanu PF Politburo wants Government to regularise illegal settlements around major cities and compensate the original owners of the land that was occupied illegally. The Politburo, which is...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine 'sick' Oppa Muchinguri and Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe Minister of Defence, Oppa Muchinguri Kashiri and Zanupf Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu must be stopped from addressing the public and isolated until the covid19 pandemic is curbed....Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 14:29hrs | 13218 | by Israel Dube
Obert Mpofu under fire over Nkomo
THE opposition Zapu has said the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo could be turning in his grave because of the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it accused of persecuting the veteran na...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper. Once again, I should reiterate the late Father Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo's profound role to my political path and wh...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:32hrs | 328 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2720 | by Israel Dube
'Dr Joshua Nkomo happy with Mnangagwa'
There is no better joy to loyalists of nationalism than having Zimbabwe's 40th Independence anniversary being celebrated in Bulawayo. The City of Kings and Queens is the birthplace of the late Dr Josh...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:54hrs | 443 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Chamisa awaits Mbeki signal
The leader of the opposition MDC, Nelson Chamisa is waiting for the signal from former South African president Thabo Mbeki on when talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa will begin despite an intensi...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:02hrs | 4033 | by Staff reporter
MDC 'sell outs' haunt Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly under pressure from his loyalists to ditch some top party executives accused of hobnobbing with ruling Zanu-PF officials and State security agents to destabilis...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4171 | by Staff reporter
Matutu currently attending Zanu-PF's Hebert Chitepo School of Ideology
FORMER Zanu-PF youth deputy president, Lewis Matutu is currently attending Zanu-PF's Hebert Chitepo School of Ideology after being suspended from the party for failing to respect Politburo decisions a...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 06:06hrs | 5192 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu expelled from Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF Youth League secretary for the Commissariat Godfrey Tsenengamu has been expelled from the party with immediate effect.Briefing journalists soon after the 337th session of the Po...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 17:19hrs | 4324 | by Staff reporter
'Bogus' CIO to reappear in court
A troublesome Bulawayo man who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close aide will reappear in court Wednesday.The...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 17:16hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Mukupe as ungrateful spoiled child
Some youths have become the prisoners of erratic selfish morons known for demanding loyalty and recognition but not famous for repaying it. ZANU PF through comrade Emerson Mnangagwa has empowe...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4979 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fireworks as ZANU PF Politburo meets tomorrow
The Zanu PF Politburo heads into the first ordinary session of March 2020 faced with critical issues that are likely to determine the short term course of events. The Politburo is faced with critical ...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 15:27hrs | 5051 | by Peter Moyo
Terrence Mukupe shreds ZANU PF Politburo
In a shock audio message currently circulating on social media, Former Deputy Finance Minister and Harare East legislator Terrence Mukupe has condemned the ZANU PF politburo, labeling it as composed o...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:29hrs | 6762 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-PF-Zapu activist's remains reburied after over 4 decades
THE remains of former-PF-Zapu political activist, John Ndebele, who died more than four decades ago, were reburied yesterday at Denver Farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo. Ndebele died in Malawi...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:04hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Lewis Matutu in tribal war with Obert Mpofu?
Embattled ZANU-PF Youth leader Lewis Matutu has been accused of practicing tribalism by questioning ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu's academic credentials.Media reports recent...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 3429 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matutu questions Obert Mpofu degree, wealth
FORMER Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has questioned the party's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PHD) qualifications and his source of wealt...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:54hrs | 6624 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri's faction behind Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu?
Chris Mutsvangwa began his solo anti Kuda Tagwirei crusade in 2018 during an interview with the Standard he said, "One of the optimal conditions to attract investment is free competition. The RB...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 13:05hrs | 3652 | by Nicholas Ncube
Matutu, Tsenengamu censure a master-stroke for Zanu-PF
It is Monday February 3, 2020 and I see two esteemed comrades getting into the Media Centre in Harare. They arrive in five-minute intervals, much to the excitement of the who-is-who in the media indus...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 527 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
Mujuru snubs Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Former vice president Joice Mujuru turned down calls to return to the ruling party arguing she is comfortable watching from the terraces. This comes as the ruling party is keen to mend broken ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 4475 | by Staff reporter
Axed Zanu-PF youth leaders in extortion storm
TWO of the three former Zanu-PF youth leaders, who were axed from their positions last week, allegedly extorted goods and services from businessman and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) cha...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 4234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF national youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risks being swept away by an impending revolution if he does not urgently dialogue w...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2734 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rocked by fresh power struggles
A FRESH power struggle has erupted in Zanu-PF, with senior officials clashing over the suspension of Youth League leaders during Wednesday's stormy politburo meeting in what insiders have described as...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 2658 | by Staff reporter
The regime is alien to transparency, accountability
THE ruling Zanu-PF party members have been giving Zimbabweans comic relief in the past few months, making the right noises about transparency and accountability in government and the economy, but ques...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 300 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Fireworks expected at Zanu-PF politburo
THE Zanu-PF politburo will today sit in a potentially explosive meeting, two days after members of the party's youth league accused some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies of corruption and for ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Politburo to meet
The Zanu-PF Politburo is set to meet on Wednesday at the party's headquarters.In a statement, Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo said:"The Secretary for A...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:27hrs | 2522 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths finger Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF youth leaders yesterday labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Kuda Tagwirei "the most corrupt person in the country" at an extraordinary Press conference that also exposed growing facti...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Gloves off in Zanu-PF fights
THE Zanu-PF youth league says it will today release a list of corrupt captains of industry and Zanu-PF leaders it says are in bed with cartels involved in economic sabotage.The youths claim to...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 4098 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa attacks Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Chris Mutsvangwa ranted against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a chance encounter with the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, ZimLive reported.The shock de...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:37hrs | 12617 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's graft commission yet to meet
A ZANU-PF commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year to investigate bigwigs accused of corruption by the party's youth league has not met since then to deal with ...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 14:42hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Army looks for bombs at Zanu-PF HQ
A CANINE unit from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was Tuesday spotted sweeping through Zanu-PF headquarters in an unexpected security operation that took both senior party officials and employees by...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:27hrs | 7296 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF bigwigs' investigation grows old
A Zanu-PF commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year to investigate bigwigs accused of corruption by the party's youth league has not met since then to deal with ...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:25hrs | 4372 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF searching for Ndebele interpreter?
The ZANU PF National Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has been hailed for supervising and presiding over preparations of a successful National People's Conference.Delegates who atte...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 08:39hrs | 4236 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa speaks on National Dialogue agenda
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has clarified that his called for a Natioanl Dialogue with President Emmerson Mnabngagwa is not an attempt to smuggle himself into a government position but to discuss the Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:12hrs | 2484 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF under fire over Ndebele language
The ZANU PF National People's Conference has condemned for failing to have a Ndebele interpreter at its 18th ZANU PF National Peoples Conference. Political analyst kelvin Mazhandu said, "Durin...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 10:26hrs | 9505 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni speaks out
Dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has vowed to continue using his office to do all the activities that he planned for December despite a letter informing him that President Emmerso...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 14:03hrs | 7104 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni faction blames Obert Mpofu
The side of the Ndiweni family that supports 'Chief' Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni yesterday issued a statement accusing Zanu-PF secretary for administration Dr Obert Mpofu, with the assistance of Douglas Nd...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu speaks on Muchinguri replacing General Chiwenga
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has dismissed rumours that Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri is set to replace General Constantino Chiwenga as Vice President during the ZANU PF ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:03hrs | 18236 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Politburo meets today
The Zanu-PF Politburo is set to meet today at the party's headquarters to mark the opening of the party's 18th Annual People's Conference to be held in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province. In...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF provinces stampeding to endorse Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's provincial structures across the country have been stampeding to endorse President Mnangagwa a reminiscent of the old days during the Mugabe era.Provincial structures have been condu...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa can't go beyond two terms'
ZANU-PF's attempts to tinker with the Constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eligibility to run for office beyond two terms faces a legal hurdle because any changes would not benefit hi...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 4213 | by Staff reporter
All set for Zanu-PF conference
ALL is set for the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference, which roars into life tomorrow with about 10 000 people expected to attend, a senior party official said yesterday. Speakin...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:57hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube rescues liberation hero's family
ZANU-PF Politburo member Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has chipped in with assistance for the burial of the late liberation war fighter and Cool Crooners music band member Timothy Sekane. Sekan...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:56hrs | 2219 | by Staff reporter
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