Search / Polad
Mnangagwa updates Polad on measures taken to curb Covid-19 spread
President Mnangagwa and other political leaders in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) met in an extraordinary executive plenary session yesterday where the President gave details of the measures th...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-Alliance abduction claims inconsistent'
One of the three MDC-Alliance officials who was allegedly abducted recently comes from a village near where they claim to have been dumped by their abductors, undermining claims that they did not know...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
POLAD slams MDC Alliance
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) has criticised the MDC Alliance for causing mayhem at a time when the country needs unity of purpose in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges. ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:01hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
US, Zimbabwe diplomatic row escalates
ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda, describing the US as "e...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4592 | by Staff reporter
Polad wants abduction report made public
Members of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) have called on Government to investigate circumstances around the recent claims of abduction made by three MDC-Alliance officials and to make the findi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Polad calls for 'abduction' investigations
Members of the Political Actors Dialogue have called on Government to investigate circumstances around the recent alleged abductions of three female MDC Alliance officials and make the findings public...Published: 28 May 2020 at 17:06hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Polad meets Mnangagwa on alleged 'abductions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has met with the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) members this morning in the capital. Led by the POLAD Chairperson on Governance and Legislative Agenda, Professor Lovemo...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
Removing Chamisa won't end crisis
REPLACING MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will not solve the crippling economic and political crises facing the nation, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has said.ZCC general-secretary...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 5729 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9618 | by Robert Sigauke
Komichi, a ruling party project
DEAR Morgen Komichi,You were quoted in a local newspaper saying: "What we know is that we are not a member of Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and Thokozani Khupe has not been mandated to rep...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3215 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Zanu-PF missing the target
MDC-AlliAnCe leader nelson Chamisa is simply a face representing an ongoing struggle against a multifaceted catastrophe that has been ravaging the livelihoods of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe for fa...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1296 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mwonzora 2 - Chamisa 0
The day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpace and outdate fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now came to face the reality that t...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:53hrs | 6041 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Komichi sings Mnangagwa praises?
MORGEN Komichi, who was the MDC Alliance's chief elections agent and was arrested for publicly challenging the 2018 presidential elections, has made a U-turn and endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
'It's time for real dialogue,' says Mnangagwa's advisor
A MEMBER of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisory council, Shingi Munyeza says Zimbabwe needs a new political leadership and broad-based dialogue to tackle political and economic crises that have le...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 5638 | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows will not dump POLAD
REINSTATED MDC-T leader, Thokozani Khupe says her party will not disengage from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) despite calls by her new-found allies in the fractured ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1534 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe faces MDC-T ouster
THE fight for MDC-T presidency has taken a new turn amid reports of a plot to push out acting party leader Thokozani Khupe from the race because of her close association with President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:29hrs | 6610 | by Staff reporter
Polad member evicted over US$40 rental arrears
A MEMBER of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), Patrick Mugadza, was last week evicted from his lodgings in Glen Norah high-density suburb, Harare, over US$40 rental arrears.Mugadza, who is...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF is now a terrorist organisation' says Zhuwao
Former cabinet Minister Patrick Zhuwao says ZANU PF has now turned into a terrorist organization that feeds on the blood of Zimbabweans. Writing an emotive article on Sunday in his blog Zhuwao...Published: 10 May 2020 at 16:11hrs | 4127 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Reality check on Parliamentary recall
FOUR Movement for Democratic Change legislators were recalled from Parliament on May 5, 2020.Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo and Lillian Timveos' seats were declared vacan...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 420 | by Tinashe D. Hofisi
'Khupe to withdraw from Polad'
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has to withdraw her membership to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as she has not been given the mandate by the party, national chairperson...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:49hrs | 8802 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 'revenge tactics' irks MDC bigwigs
THE country was plunged into political turmoil yesterday after the MDC-Alliance suspended participation in parliament pending wider consultations on total withdrawal, as the opposition furiously accus...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa' MDC expels 3 rebels
Full transcript of a statement by MDC Alliance deputy national chairman Job Sikhala delivering the position of the party's National Standing Committee on the recalling of four of their legislators fro...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:49hrs | 6137 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa a stone in Zanu-PF's shoes
I am not a fundi or guru in constitutional law but I feel like unpacking some of the ruling done by our Supreme Court which has a little bearing on people's lives.Putting my political&nb...Published: 06 May 2020 at 12:07hrs | 6566 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's MDC Alliance under siege
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday came under siege with Parliament announcing the recall of four leaders from the Nelson Chamisa-led party, claiming that they were, in fact, members of the Thokoza...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 4895 | by Staff reporter
Rise and shine Zimbabwe
After attending a burial of my sister in February, in Plumtree, it was only normal that we would gather, lighten the moment a little bit and catch up as close family and extended family alike. It was ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 877 | by Mandlenkosi Siziba
ZCTU blasts Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa has condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly failing to unite a divided nation whose economic fortunes have deepened in the ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1065 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa, Chamisa to meet at Nkomo birthday party'
THE Joshua Nkomo National Foundation (JNNF) says it plans to celebrate the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's birthday with a rare political party leaders' get-together bringing among others Presiden...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 3957 | by Staff reporter
Khupe 'fired' from MDC-T
PROBLEMS continue to rock the opposition MDC-T ship after one of its top officials approached Parliament to announce he had fired party president Thokozani Khupe, claiming that the Supreme Court had n...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7183 | by Staff reporter
Lest the Alliance will bark outside the camp
To correctly capture where we are right now, it is either the MDC-T faction in the MDC-Alliance, influences the alliance and its partners to run before events, or events will run over them and all the...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:22hrs | 1531 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Polad a platform for failures, says Makamba Busha
ONE of the 2018 presidential election candidates, Joseph Makamba Busha (JMB) believes the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform convened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to bring together leaders ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
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
Zim @ 40, A New Dispensation that never was minus Mugabe's booming voice
It's dreary Saturday and somewhat overcast midmorning in Pretoria as I watch live news feeds from the North across the mighty Limpopo River. Life away from home has turned many into creatures ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 297 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Khupe isn't a Zanu-PF proxy, says Mwonzora
THE Thokozani Khupe-led opposition MDC-T has refused to be labelled a Zanu-PF project taking orders from President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scuttle MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's plans to unseat th...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 3220 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe says 'Supreme Court ruling a victory for democracy'
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld a previous High Court judgment that declared Mr Nelson Chamisa an illegitimate leader of the MDC. The court ruled that Dr Thokozani Khupe was the legitimate acting...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 12:04hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe on collision course
FORMER opposition MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has set himself on a collision course with party leader Thokozani Khupe after blasting the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform, where ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:56hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa, Chamisa must swallow pride'
THE move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to block the proposed mediation by former South African president Thabo Mbeki reflects the lack of seriousness and lethargy by government to engagement in mean...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
'Preparedness plan will minimise import of covid-19' - boastful dog putting out fire with his puny fart
"My Government, through the Ministry of Health and Child Care, has put in place measures to minimise the import of COVID-19 into the country and ensure health safety to all citizens,” said President...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 19:26hrs | 872 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa blocks Mbeki mediation
SADC leaders have been left frustrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration following his decision to block former South African president Thabo Mbeki (pictured) from mediating in the prop...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:43hrs | 3372 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa to share the platform on corona virus
Zimbabwe must take action together to prevent the spread of Corona virus. We must know that our government could not fight the natural calamities, but it is the nation through its unity and courage th...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 1192 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Prosecutor General U-tun on Corrupt Cartels State Capture claims
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has recant his statement made in Bulawayo that it was hard to prosecute cases of corrupt cartels as the prosecution is captured.Hodzi, speaking at a POLAD fun...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 16:57hrs | 1611 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe tells Chamisa to join Polad or get beaten
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe, who is a member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) says rival MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should join the group and stop demonstrations ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 6130 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Madhuku gang up against Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) are seeking to block him from amending the Constitution at a time the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC and other civic organisation...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 10362 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF MPs to vote against Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2'
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has predicted that the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 will not sail through Parliament as some Zanu-PF MPs were unhappy w...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:48hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told that he has no choice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been told by his allies that he has no choice but to implement reforms and end human rights violations in order to win over western countries that are increasingly tig...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:08hrs | 3928 | by Staff reporter
'Before re-engagement, first hold all-stake holders meeting' Mnangagwa told - it's beginning of the end of Zanu PF
"A report by the Khupe-led committee presented by Kwanele Hlabangana and gleaned by NewsDay Weekender revealed that the team met British ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson, US ambassador to Zimba...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1608 | by Wilbert Mukori
'POLAD is doing sterling work' Mnangagwa insists - as insist too on hamstrung MPs
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), composed of most of the 23 party leaders who contested the July 2018 presidential elections expect Nelson Chamisa and a few others, committees presented their re...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 346 | by Nomusa Garikai
No Chamisa, no deal, US tells Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with the United States and European countries has hit a brickwall with the diplomats engaged by his emissaries in the Political Actors' Dialogue (P...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:01hrs | 7955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa happy with Polad work
President Mnangagwa is happy with the work that the Political Actors Dialogue is doing to bring solutions to some of the challenges facing the country.This came out of a meeting of thematic co...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:49hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4035 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC plots 'big political action'
A key organ within the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change, the National Standing Committee (NSC) on Tuesday resolved to unleash 'a big political action' to return the country to what...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
