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Chamisa wants to share ideas with Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, says he is not angling for a coalition government, but only wants to "share ideas" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The MDC leader insisted on t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 694 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa expels Victoria Falls Mayor from the MDC party
The opposition MDC expelled Victoria Falls Mayor Somvelo Dhlamini from the party as of the 24th of February 2020.Dhlamini was expelled by the National Council of MDC on the 23rd of February. ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3724 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 11 hrs ago | 7100 | by Staff reporter
'Heavy police presence shows Zimbabwe regime is panicking'
POLICE have increased their presence in and out of Harare in apparent readiness to quash attempts by restless opposition supporters and workers in the wake of threats of massive protests to pressure P...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3376 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi withdraws case against ex-wife
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has withdrawn an application for the dismissal of his ex-wife Tambudzani Muleya's application for review of a ruling by a magistrate who dealt with the VP's application for...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1142 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is more radical,' says Sikhala
MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala has described party president Nelson Chamisa as a more radical person than himself amid pressure from critics and activists agitating for a confrontational approach wi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2479 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC divided over strategy to confront Zanu-PF
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party, MDC, is in turmoil over a better strategy to implement in order to confront the ruling Zanu-PF party as the economy continues to tank.This comes as squ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 442 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 14 hrs ago | 253 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses MDC leaders' freedom bid
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception filed by two opposition MDC legislators Amos Chibaya and Sibusisiswe Budha, who are accused of failing to stop a party demonstratio...Published: 14 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to besiege Chamisa, Biti's homes over sanctions
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths have vowed to besiege MDC President Nelson Chamisa's rural Gutu home and the residences of his Vice President Tendai Biti and firebrand Vice Chairperson Job Sikhala.Th...Published: 14 hrs ago | 717 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to use Jonathan Moyo's book as V11 at ConCourt?
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says committed to reforms
Zimbabwe is committed to implementing political, economic and legislative reforms as part of efforts to escalate sustainable socio-economic development initiatives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sa...Published: 23 hrs ago | 896 | by Staff reporter
Africa continent has confidence in Zim
Of late, doomsayers have upped their ante claiming that it is all doom and gloom and the country is on the verge of a precipice. Notwithstanding the unfounded allegations, Zimbabwe has been given an o...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 14:07hrs | 838 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
US should not interfere with Zim's internal affairs
United States of America, Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols has been overstepping his ambassadorial mandate by involving himself in internal affairs of Zimbabwe.Ambassador Nichols is on re...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:57hrs | 921 | by Peacemaker Zano
Knives out for Chief Ndiweni
Nhlambaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has come under from Matabeleland activists who have accused him of being off side when he tweeted about Gukurahundi Genocide recently. Ndiweni had po...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:02hrs | 4342 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu hatches a counter plan for the secessionists and the opposition in Matabeleland
A new party is set to be born during the course of the year in Matabeleland in the same way that Zapu was born, some years back. Many people have until this day questioned but without any good answer,...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1254 | by Tongai Zwayisa
de Klerk's statement on Apartheid leaves South Africans divided
Many South Africans are still reeling and soaking up to former South African President, Frederik Willem de Klerk's statement on Apartheid.A couple of days ago in an interview with SABC News th...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:19hrs | 574 | by Daniel Itai Johannesburg, South Africa
Mbeki's return lifts Zimbabwe hopes
The imminent return to Harare of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, to continue with his mediation efforts in the local impasse has lifted the hopes of many Zimbabweans who see dialogue as th...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 7795 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in fresh ConCourt appeal
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:00hrs | 7921 | by Staff reporter
Security minister implicated in machetes violence
OPPOSITION MPs yesterday alleged in Parliament that State Security minister Owen Ncube was the co-ordinator of the machete gangs, popularly known as MaShurugwi.They said this as they grilled H...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs unite in protecting big shots behind machete gangs
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Zanu-PF MPs Monday seemed to be protecting their fellow allies during a heated parliamentary hearing on machete-wielding gangs.While giving oral evide...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1172 | by newzimbabwe
Thabitha Khumalo, Chamisa deputy in near fist fight
MDC Alliance vice president Ms Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and party national chairperson Ms Thabitha Khumalo reportedly almost came to blows at their leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's office in Harare last week i...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala can lead us to the promised land
One of the few things that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has got right for Zanu-PF, is to normalise a sad state of social, economic and political affairs and receive widespread local and international ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:58hrs | 2099 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Mnangagwa has failed,' says Tsenengamu
Suspended ZANU-PF secretary for the commissariat Godfrey Tsenengamu said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has failed to meet expectations following the fall of the Robert Mugabe in November 2...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:57hrs | 7434 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tackles Zanu-PF rural hegemony
THE MDC has taken its campaign machinery into rural areas to challenge Zanu-PF electoral dominance, with the opposition saying it is gearing to wrest power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:42hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba blocks Twitter followers after attacks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba says he is blocking some followers on Twitter whom he accuses of using social media not to engage in fruitful debate but to purvey obsceniti...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:57hrs | 3423 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF moves to solve circus
Top Zanu-PF leaders from Mashonaland East province on Saturday descended on Goromonzi South to solve disharmony among members, which had resulted in the party having shaky structures.The meeti...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among worst food-insecure countries
ZIMBABWE is facing its worst food crisis in years, after being ranked the fourth worst food insecure country in the world.The head of delegation of the European Union, which is helping to feed...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
MDC tackles Zanu-PF rural hegemony
THE MDC has taken its campaign machinery into rural areas to challenge Zanu-PF electoral dominance, with the opposition saying it is gearing to wrest power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family hopes to be granted US asylum after long wait
The Dzawo family has built their life in Burlington since fleeing government persecution in Zimbabwe in 2012. On March 4, a judge will decide whether to grant or deny them asylum status.It's b...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa regime cannot silence me,' says Sikhala
Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called for the overthrowing of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Sikhala
AS THE MDC cranks up the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to act on the country's worsening economic rot, its firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, says tha...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:15hrs | 5580 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks on brink of collapse
Talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have broken down, pitching Zimbabwe further into political disarray.MDC leader Nelson ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
'No one has monopoly of ideas' said Mnangagwa - he has monopoly to rig and rule!
My fellow Zimbabweans, we are well and truly stuck!
Nothing encapsulates Zimbabwe's economic decline and helplessness more than what happened to our agricultural sector. We live in the day a...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:11hrs | 357 | by Wilbert Mukori
What Zanu-PF should do to address the suffering of the masses
'No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.' Thomas Jefferson.A letter to Matemedanda.They say the squeaky wh...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:03hrs | 277 | by Tendai Manika
Tsenengamu says we cannot pretend all is well
Following the suspension of Zanu-PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke strongly against corruption outside the party par...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2657 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala guns for Mnangagwa
MDC vice-chairman Job Sikhala has threatened to initiate constitutional processes to push out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government from power.Speaking in an exclusive interview to be aire...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's tactics fail to work
RIDING the wave of popular anger has not worked out for Nelson Chamisa as it did for the late Morgan Tsvangirai. That is probably because Tsvangirai was popular first before surfing the great ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 396 | by Lawson Mabhena
NCA chastises rowdy MDC Alliance leadership
One of the parties that participated at a meeting in the capital to discuss the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), has censured MDC-Alliance leaders fo...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 16:27hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fears an uprising against Mnangagwa govt
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu-PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.The country is going through one of the worst economic crises si...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 14:00hrs | 9180 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala demands US$3 from Kazembe Kazembe
MDC vice-chairman Job Sikhala is demanding US$3 million from Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe following his arrest for treason last year, which he says was unlawful.Sikhala, who was recen...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:40hrs | 4900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cracks the whip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under fire from the opposition and human rights activists following a wave of arrests of people who allegedly took part in protests last week....Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:40hrs | 6002 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's constitutional amendments are raising dust
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to abandon plans to amend the constitution with civil society groups plotting campaigns to derail the process.The government last year gaze...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 573 | by Everson Mushava
Zimbabweans must ignore Chamisa's calls for violence
AS MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa continues his futile quest to power through the backdoor, just like before, he has announced plans to sponsor violence in the country, a grave route that has n...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:24hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
'Will not rest until Zanu PF is extinguished' - shadow boxing, failed to implement even one reform in 20 years
As much as Zanu PF thugs would want to believe they will rule Zimbabwe until "donkeys have horns" the reality is that change is coming. The best they have...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 07:58hrs | 326 | by Nomusa Garikai
Sikhala says he is ready to lead Zimbabwe
Tough-talking MDC vice-chairperson Job Sikhala said he is ready to call the people of Zimbabwe to action if there is procrastination in dealing with the current crises head-on.Sikhala asserted...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 19:06hrs | 8394 | by Staff reporter
2018 elections not rigged?
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday put to rest speculations that 2018 elections were rigged as he confirmed to journalists that his party doesn't have many suppor...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:54hrs | 3181 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa mortgaging MDC to Zanu-PF's G40'
AN MDC pressure group fighting for the restoration of the party's original values has slammed party leader Nelson Chamisa for alleged mortgaging of the main opposition to Zanu-PF's G40 faction....Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:54hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala wants to exteminate Zanu-PF
MDC vice-chairman Job Sikhala has threatened to initiate constitutional processes to push out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government from power.Speaking in an exclusive interview to be aire...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:50hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeals to Chamisa
AMID rising political temperatures and a worsening economic crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, as well as the business community, to join him ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:50hrs | 12809 | by Staff reporter
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