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CSC in bid to recoup US$34m debt
COLD Storage Company (CSC) corporate rescue manager Vonani Majoko is planning to institute legal action against the parastatal's debtors to recoup an estimated US$34 million owed it by mostly Zanu-PF ...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube waiting for Bosso instruction
LONG-TIME Highlanders benefactor Tshinga Dube says he is waiting for the club to decide what to do with the beast he donated to them at their annual general meeting held in March. Dube pledged...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:27hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Bosso executive meets Tshinga Dube, Obert Mpofu
THE Highlanders executive led by chairman Johnfat Sibbanda has embarked on "a meet the stakeholders" initiative, with the first visit being made to long-time club benefactor Tshinga Dube and the rulin...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF could regret constitutional changes'
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu-PF, Rugare Gumbo, says the removal of the running mate clause from the country's Constitution could come back to haunt the ruling party whi...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:33hrs | 3383 | by Staff reporter
Battle for Zimbabwe's rural votes kicks off
THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections - triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu-PF which has always dominated...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1926 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says amendments meant to correct flaws in Zimbabwe's supreme law
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu says Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 is not about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession or sidelining his party and government lieutenants....Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
No free ride for MDC defectors, says Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION members who defect to Zanu-PF will have to undergo re-orientation training at Zanu-PF's Chitepo School of Ideology for them to toe the party line. This was disclosed yesterday by Zanu-PF se...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Strict conditions to rejoin Zanu-PF's gravy train
THOSE who want to rejoin Zanu-PF are expected to follow the cardinal rules, the party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has said. The statement comes after a number of MDC members ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos G40, Gamatox
POLITICAL analysts have warned that the closing of ranks by Zanu-PF factions spells even greater danger for the country's brawling opposition ahead of the 2023 national elections.The fresh war...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:39hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
G40 wary of Zanu-PF overtures
FORMER loyalists of the late Robert Mugabe have questioned Zanu-PF's overtures to members of their G40 faction inviting them to return to the ruling party, saying it could be part of desperate moves t...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:13hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists invade Anglican Church farm
Zanu-PF activists, who invaded the Anglican Church owned Cyrene Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South province, have been accused of invoking the ruling party's name to resist eviction.Anti-riot...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's liberation pilgrimage
In my previous instalment in this publication, I indicated that Zimbabwe's independence history is connected to that of all post-colonial African nations. Likewise, Africa's liberation is also grounde...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:58hrs | 157 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | 5269 | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns against criminal abuse of party regalia, symbols
Zanu-PF has called for police to arrest criminals who are abusing party stickers and regalia to hide their nefarious activities while masquerading as party members.Secretary for Administration...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:58hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Hands off councils, Zanu-PF told
HARARE residents yesterday protested against Zanu-PF's move to force council workers to undergo orientation at the ruling party's Chitepo School of Ideology in an attempt to railroad them into campaig...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets councils, chiefs in 2023 drive
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting chiefs, council bosses and their employees for indoctrination at the Hebert Chitepo School of Ideology to help drum up support ahead of the 2023 general elections...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
Real change is what the people want
NOVEMBER 17, 2017 marked the end of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe's reign, who had tormented the people of Zimbabwe since 1980.The Zimbabwe Defence Forces intervened and made Mugabe's...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 441 | by Fanuel
'Zanu-PF can't wait for 2023'
With the country's main opposition MDC party at war with itself amid leadership wrangles and mass defections to Zanu-PF, the ruling party says it cannot wait for 2023 elections to finish off its rival...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:59hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 10387 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda was not fired
OUTSPOKEN war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has lashed out at his Zanu-PF critics for prematurely "rushing to write his political obituary".Speaking to the Daily News yesterda...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 18:42hrs | 4289 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe buys vehicle for Matemadanda
Aspiring ZANU PF Kwekwe Central legislator Kandros Mugabe has been accused of buying the latest Toyota Landcruiser to the recently demoted party commissar Victor Matemadanda.Mugabe won the cha...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 09:31hrs | 11747 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Matemadanda deployed to Mozambique
President Mnangagwa has appointed former deputy minister to defense and ZANU PF secretary for Commissariat, Victor Matemadanda as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Mozambique.This was revealed by Zan...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:57hrs | 7127 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
SK Moyo too junior to be Vice president
In November 2017 Zapu Harare provincial secretary-general Elphacy Dube said the province was throwing its weight behind Khaya Moyo. Zapu Harare province jumped the gun and suggested SK Moyo without co...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2726 | by Colin Khumalo
Matemadanda dropped as political commissar
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF's political commissar Victor Matemadanda after he was accused of fanning divisions, reports said.Mnangagwa dropped Matemadanda from Zanu-PF's powerfu...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2179 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda Axing: Facts and Assumptions
By He answers to the name Matemadanda, which when translated to English entails chopping a log. The has been a lot of speculations surrounding the ironic axing of former ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 23:27hrs | 2556 | by Shelton Muchena
Matemadanda now a toothless bulldog
Former Zanu PF National Political Commissar, Victor Matemadanda has threatened Zanu PF provincial and DCC chairpersons accusing them of taking unconstitut...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 08:18hrs | 4813 | by Shelton Muchena
Matemadanda was becoming too ambitious
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda over accusations that he was fanning factionalism and was becoming too ambitious. Matemadanda was fired during...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4683 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF acts on errant DCCs
Zanu-PF has warned some District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members who are deviating from the party's constitution by de-campaigning sitting legislators and councillors. The warning comes a...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 08:35hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu and wife receive Covid-19 jab
Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe Mpofu have received their first dose of the Covid-19 jab in Harare today.The happy couple was in jovial spirits as they received their shots of the sinoph...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:15hrs | 1301 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Lack of capacity hampers Zimbabwe exports
Low production levels are one of Zimbabwe's biggest impediments as the economy seeks to expand its exports, Foreign Affairs and International Deputy Minister David Musabayana has said. Deputy ...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zapu leaders anxious over Mohadi successor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has not consulted former Zapu and Zipra cadres on the filling of the post of vice-president following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi over a series of sex scandals with va...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2746 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents
Dear Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to you after the untimely death of Simelebona Ndebele of Sivuwe Village at Menyezwa Ward, conveying o...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:35hrs | 1984 | by MLF
The race to succeed Kembo Mohadi is on
FOLLOWING the resignation in shame on 1 March of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi over a sex scandal, a political race to succeed him has already started among former Zapu senior officials and Zipra comman...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 3672 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavyweights bounce back
ZANU-PF senior party members who have been lying low in the second republic under President Emerson Mnangagwa have bounced back to reclaim their political clout within the party structures.Bus...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:46hrs | 5433 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feeling heat over VP choice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.This comes as it has...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 5510 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10547 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi successor, phone tapping, 2 VPs dominate talk in Matebeleland
THE resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi has triggered frenzied talk in Matebeleland with political activists and parties expressing different views about who and how the former VP could best be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5241 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi citied wrong resignation law
KEMBO Mohadi cited a wrong section of the constitution while announcing his resignation as the country's Vice President, constitutional law Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said.Mohadi was hound...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:05hrs | 3432 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 5481 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Soul Jah Love debacle exposes rot
A popular dancehall artiste, Soul Musaka, known to many as Soul Jah Love, passed on just under two weeks ago.What happened subsequently sparked the now fickle and feeble debate on the conferme...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 1899 | by Tawanda Majoni
Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love's dodgy hero status divides opinion
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's decision to declare the late Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love - born Soul Musaka - a liberation war hero has inadvertently raised political dust and left internet users di...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hero status conferment reaches all time low
After denying Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu national hero's status, Zimdancehall musician Soul Jah Love (Soul Muzavazi Musaka) has been declared a liberation hero.Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:03hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's push for Chamisa to join Polad a nullity
YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.In my self-opinionated response to a recent media report where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said MDC Alliance president Nelson Chami...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1497 | by Paddington Japajapa
Zanu-PF tears into Chamisa's MDC
ZANU-PF says the MDC is now operating from "the last chance saloon" to work with the former liberation movement and other political parties in the interests of the country and its long-suffering citiz...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1784 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 fears force politburo postponement
ZANU-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
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