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Fresh cracks rock Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
A STORM is brewing in Zanu-PF over the ruling party's newly-launched war veterans' wing - pitting many former freedom fighters against their national spokesperson Douglas Mahiya.This comes as ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:16hrs | 4307 | by Staff reporter
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2734 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda
Early career timing and ideological wiringTHE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-Preside...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 165 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Open letter to the Minister of Local Govt and Rural and Urban Development Hon. July Moyo
As concerned citizens, it is our belief that Local Government refers to the establishment of participatory and democratically elected structures that can identify with the needs of people at grassroot...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1815 | by Concerned citizens of Bubi Rural District
Mawarire's $65 000 damages claim dismisseed by court
#THISFLAG social movement campaign leader and clergyman, Evan Mawarire, has lost a $65 000 damages claim he filed against police after the matter was dismissed by the High Court on June 8.Mawa...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Nleya
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to national hero, Stanley Nleya as one of the foremost contributors to the liberation struggle. Nleya, who died on Tuesday last week was declared a national hero and w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Stanley Nleya declared a national hero
Stanley Nleya who died on Tuesday has been declared a national hero.Nleya was one of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army's (ZIPRA) commanders during the war of independence. His pseudo na...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's paranoia is growing again, and this is a threat to us all
IT was a finger-pointing week. at Zanu-PF headquarters on Wednesday, President ` emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the detractors."On the economic front, we...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 536 | by newzwire
Axis of tribalism and African nationalism in conflict
IN the days when I was young and my political philosophy had reached its formation stage, my hero was Mhunhuwepasi Mangwende. His name has an agreeable affinity for unhu/ubuntu and its rhyme is just p...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 265 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Killer Zivhu expulsion from ZANU PF...new details emerge
Information in possession of this reporter indicate that former Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu was expelled from ZANU PF by a rival faction in Masvingo led by Minister of State fo...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:25hrs | 10388 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF cracks whip on members
The ruling Zanu-PF will descend on members that have failed to conform to set standards as it moves to stem wayward behaviour.Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said the party wo...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu backs under fire Mahiya
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has backed ruling party secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for launching the war veterans' league.This comes after Zanu-PF political com...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:28hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF plunged into corruption storm
ZANU-PF has once again been plunged into a corruption storm after expelled Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu accused a senior party leader (name supplied) of demanding a US$1,5 million cash induceme...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tells Zanu-PF that he's no magician
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday told glum-faced Zanu-PF heavyweights in a closed-door politburo meeting that the economy is in terrible shape and he has no magic wand to rescue it overnight...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 7469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames poor roads for failure to feed villagers
GOVERNMENT has blamed poor road network for failure to feed hungry villagers in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, amid reports that the majority of people in the district were starving.Human...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to folk out $600,000 for defamation
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent), who was last year slapped with a $10 million defamation suit by BDO Chartered Accountants boss, Ngoni Kudenga, has been ordered by the High Court to pay $600 000 ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2894 | by Staff reporter
Elders bid to reunite MDC flops
A renewed effort by senior founding members of the country's opposition party to bring Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe to the negotiating table has flopped amid mistrust among the actors, it has be...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:59hrs | 5822 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere remembers Absalom Sikhosana
Former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukewere has shared his fond memories with the late ZANU PF Politiburo member Absalom Sikhosana who was buried on Wednesday after being declared a national hero. ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:31hrs | 3668 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhosana hero status divides Zanu-PF
FISSURES have reportedly emerged in the Zanu-PF hierarchy over the impromptu declaration of the late politburo member Absolom Sikhosana as a national hero.A group of senior party bigwigs and w...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 7969 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF neglected Sikhosana'
THE late Zanu-PF politburo member and acting Bulawayo provincial chairperson Absolom Sikhosana died a pauper with well-wishers only chipping in two days before his death to pay for his prescribed medi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 8016 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, MLF clash over Joshua Nkomo legacy
OPPOSITION Zapu has blasted the secessionist Mthakwazi Liberation Front (MLF) for casting aspersions over the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's rich legacy. This was after former MLF lead-er...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Zapu scorns 'useless' ex-secretary general Absolom Sikhosana
OPPOSITION Zapu has slammed late Zanu-PF politburo member Absolom Sikhosana for being a "useless and harmless" man who did not deserve to be conferred with the highest honour of the land.Sikho...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1272 | by newzimbabwe
Late Sikhosana hailed as humble
FORMER Zanu-PF secretary for youth affairs and politburo member, Absolom Sikhosana has been described as a humble politician.Sikhosana (71) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospit...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana declared national hero
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared Absolom Sikhosana, a Zanu-PF Politburo member who died yesterday a national hero.Sikhosana (70), who was also acting Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo Pro...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Masuku declared national hero, buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been declared a national hero. He was buried at Lady Sta...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
UK has become Zimbabwe's tribal tower
The MDC sings from Zanu PF's hymn books without shame when it comes to tribalism. How do you replicate a party you are opposing in all aspects of its operations? MDC is comfortable with tribal allocat...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:22hrs | 3116 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tanda Tavaruva declared liberation war hero
President Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status to the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Cde Tanda Tavaruva in recognition of his contribution to the country before and after independence....Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:57hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Escalated onslaught on ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo legacies
ZAPU notes the escalated attack on the legacy of both its founding president and liberation struggle with totally new and nonsensical narratives coming out forty years after the war and twenty one yea...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 943 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Chamisa withdraws his MPs from Parliament
BATTLELINES have been drawn in the opposition camp after MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday expelled three top party executives for dining with his rival Thokozani Khupe and withdrew his rem...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:39hrs | 5044 | by Staff reporter
Is Obert Mpofu's take on the presence of rule of Law in Zimbabwe on point?
I am a member of a What's App group under the title: "Towards Media Excellence" that was established to identify and celebrate the best in the profession. It is not in dispute that the SC judg...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:03hrs | 894 | by Mutumwa Mawere
Zanu-PF says, 'We're not involved in MDC drama'
ZANU PF has no hand in the vicious infighting within MDC-T that culminated in the opposition party recalling four of its legislators from Parliament on Tuesday, a senior Politburo member has sai...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:13hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda assisted Mwonzora and Khupe to recall MPs
Former Minister of Education David Coltart claims that Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe breached the Constitution and recalled four MDC Members...Published: 07 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2139 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zanu-PF Politburo meets today, not via Zoom
Zanu PF will today convene a Politburo meeting at its headquarters in Harare at a time when the Government is grappling with Covid-19 which has rattled the global economy. The ruling party's S...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must introduce wealth tax and improve our health sector as Nguwaya donates drugs
Mr D Nguwaya a Zimbabwean business man has challenged other Zimbabwean businesses to come together and help the government to fight COVID 19. Mr D Nguwaya is a decorated dedicated Zimbabwean business ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 17:45hrs | 2276 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe@ 40: Re-Centering African nationalism to Posterity
Yesterday Zimbabweans from all walks of life celebrated the country's 40th anniversary of self-rule against centuries of colonial domination.In his address, President Emmerson Mnangagwa emphasised...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 98 | by Obert Mpofu
Mthwakazi mourns 40 years of Shona rule
Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland to be precise, is today the 18th of April 2020 celebrating its so-called 40 years of Independence.As they celebrate their forgeries of independence, it is not yet Uhuru f...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1801 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Of Obert Mpofu and the Lancaster House debate
Bulawayo 24 has demonstrated that it is a platform for the people of Bulawayo on which they can discuss and debate their issues freely. Bulawayo 24 has served as a platform on which the issue of the L...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 13:28hrs | 2112 | by Peter Moyo
Nicholas Ncube you are offside! Dream beating your wife in Canada, you apologize first thing in the morning
Nicholas Ncube lives in Canada, a place he can never even afford to dream bashing his wife. If, for some unknown reason Nicholas dreamt beating his wife the previous day, the first thing he has to do ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2421 | by Nomazulu Thata
We know our heroes and Obert Mpofu is not One of them - Zapu Youth Front
Recently we have read so much about the history of our Party, Zapu and its leadership. Some of the writings and postings have been from people known to be extremely hostile to our party and more so in...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 10:49hrs | 1828 | by WistonMazhandu (Umfoka Sikhwili Ndlovu) - Zapu Youth Front
Obert Mpofu, Zapu tiff escalates
ZAPU has claimed that Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu did not voluntarily join the ruling party but was forced to do so to avoid prosecution over alleged stolen funds.The op...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2264 | by Staff reporter
Why Obert Mpofu ditched Joshua Nkomo and joined Mugabe's Zanu-PF in 1980
From Zapu and becoming Zanu-PFCDE Robert Mugabe's electoral popularity 1980 at independence only proved that the future of Zimbabwean politics resided in Zanu-PF. The coalition government whic...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 782 | by Obert Mpofu
ZAPU you are offside! Obert Mpofu has a right to speak
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence. This year's celebrations were meant to be special as they were set to be held in Bulawayo for the first time in the history of Zimbabwe.This was s...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 14:57hrs | 2228 | by Nicholas Ncube
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: 08 Apr 2020 at 18:01hrs | 3379 | 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 | 1518 | 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 | 4377 | 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 | 263 | 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 | 1045 | 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 | 331 | 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 | 8605 | by Staff reporter
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