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Chamisa's 51 MPs drag Khupe to court
FIFTY-ONE die-hard MDC Alliance legislators have approached the High Court en masse seeking an interdict to stop their recall from Parliament by the rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe, saying they woul...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3997 | by Staff reporter
Don't trust Zanu-PF, says Madhuku
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has warned fellow opposition leaders against entrusting the ruling Zanu-PF with the role of promoting constitutionalism.Madhuku, ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 6104 | by Staff reporter
'Demolition of BF not an option'
MATABELELAND North Senator Alice Dube, says demolishing Barbourfields for the iconic structure to meet FIFA and CAF standards must never be an option. Instead, Dube, a member of the Parliament...Published: 7 hrs ago | 697 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC-T accuses MDC Alliance of plot to disrupt congress
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T has confirmed it shall not be part of the July 31 anti-corruption demonstrations while accusing the rival MDC Alliance of sponsoring the planned national resistance to disrupt ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1309 | by newzimbabwe
Idiocy that has a tragic price: Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said state security agents visited his home at high and he wonders what was their motive as they ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1853 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe, Chamisa peace deal on the cards?
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party's planned extra-ordinary congress.A...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 10513 | by Staff reporter
Khupe gets Chamisa's millions from govt purse
The government on Friday gave MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe $7,4 million, insisting that she is the legitimate leader of the main opposition in Parliament despite ongoing court disputes about her statu...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 5360 | by Staff reporter
North Korean 'forced labour' in Zimbabwe, claims US
THE United States says some North Koreans may have been forced to work in Zimbabwe by their government amid concerns of human trafficking in the country.According to the 2020 Trafficking in Pe...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Fighting at funerals unAfrican, stop it
MY Dear People,I would like to start by paying my deepest condolences to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following the death of his mother recently.The loss of a mother is a major blow ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:59hrs | 335 | by Dr Stop It
Demystifying Zimbabwe's Cyber Bill
This past week I was among those that were observing the Zimbabwean parliamentary publichearings on the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, gazetted on May 15 2020. These public hearings ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 164 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Zimbabwe's new cyber law to target online government and military critics
ZIMBABWE could sanction the search for government critics online, thanks to a planned cyber-security law earmarked to make it an offence to spread falsehoods and deal with leakage of official informat...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:53hrs | 250 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Zimbabwean minister stranded in Australia
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, who has been stuck in Australia due to the Covid-19-induced international travel restriction, is eager to return home to resume his duties as a ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:36hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
BF stadium set for partial demolition
Bulawayo's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium is set for partial demolition as part of the refurbishment works in line with CAF requirements.As part of efforts to ensure that E...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:54hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
BCC insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
THE city council here has remained defiant on its push to have Khami Dam as one of its suppliers of water.This comes as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for some time now been entangled in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
'Running mate clause must ensure VP is elected'
GWERU Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) says the running mate clause in the current Constitution must be amended to ensure the President is barred from selecting deputies. Speaking during the...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs in bid to block dreaded Khupe recalls
A TOTAL of 51 MDC Alliance legislators and councillors have approached the High Court seeking to interdict MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe from filling up vacancies created by ongoing recalls of party MP...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 5002 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Botswana
POLICE in Plumtree have raised concern over the ill-treatment of Zimbabweans in Botswana with two people having been killed in the neighbouring country recently. There have been complaints in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
The foreign hand in the 31st July demonstrations uncovered
Zimbabwe is braced for another act of provocation by America. Information and intelligence available shows that the opposition and particularly the organisers of the demonstrations have been given thr...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 17:14hrs | 14292 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mozambique becomes a hub of extremist islamic terrorists
The' “European” Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs says it fears that the nighbouring Mozambique is becoming a hub of extremist Islamist terrorism.According to reports, the EU Commi...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 4250 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 468 | by Jonathan Chando
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza (TK) this week spoke to National Oil Inf...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Govt to audit US$ service stations
Government says it will conduct audits on fuel companies accessing the precious commodity through the reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign currency facility to check if they were not double-dipping by sel...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Fresh push for diaspora vote
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, the Electoral Resource Centre (ERC) has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to use the postal voting system it administers to allow Zimbabweans in the di...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:02hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes MDC Alliance activists' conviction
BULAWAYO High Court on Tuesday granted the appeal made by three Plumtree-based MDC Alliance activists who were convicted in 2018 on political violence charges after clashing with Zanu-PF activists dur...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2227 | by Staff reportetr
Chamisa faces Bulawayo revolt
MDCAlliance is facing a revolt in Bulawayo with reports that some councillors and legislators want to join acting MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe. According to insiders, the councillors and MP...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3799 | by Staff reporter
PRAZ boss sent on leave
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe's (PRAZ) chief executive, Mr Nyasha Chizu, was on Tuesday sent on leave, the day after he told Parliament's committee on the Budget, Finance and Econom...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Border authorities highlight need to test truck drivers
Authorities at Forbes Border Post in Mutare have highlighted the need to test truck drivers passing through the port of entry for better management of any potential Covid-19 cases, as most of them wer...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should refuse to be abused, and used as sacrificial lambs for a self-serving ruling elite opportunist clique
Whenever any government resorts to habitually and incessantly using the 'national interests' tag, then a wise nation should immediately know that their leaders have reached record lows in their parasi...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:32hrs | 831 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parliament confronted over Chamisa MPs recall
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog Elections Resource Centre (ERC) has written to Speaker of the House of Assembly, Jacob Mudenda demanding an explanation on how he allowed the MDC-T, which contested and ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:23hrs | 9290 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in trouble
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and some officials in his ministry face contempt of Parliament charges after the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Finance accused them of treating the august H...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 14573 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC targets 'fence-sitting' councillors
MDC Alliance ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora has been ejected from the Bulawayo East constituency district chairmanship over his alleged questionable loyalty to the opposition party and its leadership...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:01hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu recalled from Parly
CHIVI South MP, Killer Zivhu, has been recalled from the National Assembly following his expulsion from the ruling Zanu-PF party last month.The announcement of his recall was made by Speaker o...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parly structure complete
Structural works on the imposing six-storey Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the scenic surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislative supremacy, are 10...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Mnagnagwa loyalists facing purges from Zanu-PF
FRESH fissures are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party with cadres seen as loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Team Lacoste banner facing purges amid reports of a plot to reform the party...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5193 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP hijacks community clinic project?
A group of Izimnyama villagers in Bulilima district who are now based in the United Kingdom are up in arms with Zanu-PF Bulilima West Member of Parliament Dingumuzi Phuti for allegedly hijacking their...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:19hrs | 4162 | by Staff reporter
Zec ready to replace Chamisa's senators
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is ready for filling of proportional representation seats in the Senate and National Assembly, since there is no extra voting in this regard, the results of the...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:59hrs | 6605 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC should rebrand, says Kay
Kay has suggested that the opposition party should rebrand and start afresh as it has since lost its glitter because of infighting which has led to several splits.In an interview with NewsDay ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:10hrs | 4341 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for recalled Chamisa's recalled senator
THE recalling of an MDC-Alliance Matabeleland North senator Phyllis Ndlovu has been halted following an appeal to the Supreme Court. High Court Judge Justice Joseph Martin Mafusire recently ba...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge roads in bad state
The poor state of major roads in Beitbridge East is adversely affecting the introduction of public transport resulting in communities relying on private motorists. This was said by Beitbridge ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to block 2023 elections
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance president, has promised to block the 2023 national elections if necessary political and electoral reforms are not implemented.He was speaking during an e-rally...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 20:47hrs | 6497 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1392 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Biti dismiss sanctions document
THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:50hrs | 3389 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC-T to take over Bulawayo offices
MDC-T led by acting president Dr Thokozani Khupe is expected to take over the Bulawayo offices that were now being used by the MDC-Alliance this week.The move comes after the party also succes...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
MDC sanctions treachery exposed
ALTHOUGH the MDC Alliance vainly attempts to create the impression of being a saviour of the people of Zimbabwe from its opponent, ZANU-PF, it is increasingly coming to the fore that it is against the...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 644 | by Nobleman Runyanga
I am not afraid of your threat Oppah Muchinguri - Job Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has told Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri that he is not afraid of her threats after she claimed that he Sikhala and Apostle Talent Chiwenga among...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:46hrs | 4183 | by Stephen Jakes
84 year old Didymus Mutasa bounces back in Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF leaders in Makoni have officially welcomed back former national secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, 84 years old, into the party as it revisits a formula to re-strengthen the party....Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 19:12hrs | 11788 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa rift widens
MDC-T leader interim leader Thokozani Khupe and embattled MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have increasingly demonstrated their lack of capacity to heal their warring party's rifts, and to give dire...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 17:26hrs | 6793 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa drags Mudenda to court
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has dragged Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to court challenging a decision to suspend him for six sittings on allegations of disorderly conduct. ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 17:25hrs | 4012 | by Staff reporter
UK gave MDC 2005 deadline to remove ZANU PF
The United States of America gave the opposition MDC 2005 as the deadline to remove ZANU PF or risk being irrelevant. In a decalssified letter that has gone viral on social media, one Geoffrey...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 21:48hrs | 7599 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe, Chamisa lock horns over chief whips
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and his MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their war for the control of the opposition party following their appointment of different set o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 5237 | by Staff reporter
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