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'Mnangagwa to be guided by Sadc decisions'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has affirmed that President Mnangagwa, in his role as Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will be guided by the resolutions of the 44th SADC S...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:28hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
The day Sadc failed
THREE weeks ago, the regional bloc,Southern African Development Community (Sadc), hosted the 44th summit in Harare.The summit saw Zimbabwe becoming the chair of the region for the next...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:12hrs | 220 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Charumbira to rebrand PAP
NEWLY re-elected Pan African Parliament president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has pledged to unite and rebrand the continental legislative assembly and help end conflict in Africa as he returns to the ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
War Victims endorse Mavhunga; praise ED's choice
The Zimbabwe Liberation War Victims Association (ZLWVA) welcomes the recent appointment of Senator Monica Mavhunga as the Minister of the Veterans of Liberation Struggle Affairs while describing the c...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 22:10hrs | 13 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
'Don't resign in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa,' CCC MPs told
The National Standing Committee of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has directed its party representatives in parliament and councils to continue carrying out their responsibilities, rejecting ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs press Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries
Zanu-PF MPs pressed finance minister Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries and commit to give them houses and Toyota Land Cruisers before passing his budget on Thursday.Comparing themselves to ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa quits active politics, unveils tourism project
FORMER Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa (Independent) has turned his focus to tourism and hospitality business after failing to retain his parliamentary seat during the August 23 and 24 harmon...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC ratchets up pressure
THE BESIEGED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has escalated its diplomatic offensive by engaging regional, continental and international parliaments to intervene over the illegal recall of it...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC PF reappoints Secretary General
The 54th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum has endorsed the reappointment of the Forum's Secretary General, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma, for a second five-year term.Delegates to t...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe education system fast deteriorating
GERMAN Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission in Zimbabwe Michael Ott has said the quality of Zimbabwe's education system is fast deteriorating."I have been here for a year in the country, unfo...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Innocent Gonese quits CCC politics
Veteran opposition activist and former long-serving legislator for Mutare Central, Innocent Gonese, has officially retired from active politics. Gonese made the announcement of his retirement in a pri...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC gives Mudenda two weeks to reverse recalls
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will be dispatching a letter to the National Assembly Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, demanding the reversal of the recalls of 15 of its members. This letter grants a t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira not fired from PAP, it's fake news
The Pan African Parliament speaks on the fake story of the firing of Chief Charumbira.Team Pachedu on Friday said in a statement:"Chief Fortune Charumbira (ZANU-PF) has been fired from...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA, Namibian presidents roasted over Zimbabwe Mnangagwa inauguration
CONTROVERSY over Zimbabwe's disputed elections continues to hog the global limelight as foreign Parliaments debate the polls which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa being declared winner last month....Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Sadc over election report
Remarks by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Honourable Prof Amon Murwira during a meeting with Sadc ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe: August 27, 2023 Introduct...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora called Mnangagwa after ZEC's decision to bar 87 of his MPs
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora called President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air his grievances over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) decision to bar 87 of the party's aspiring Parliamentari...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say
In a large hall at the headquarters of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party, women responded with roaring cheers when President Emmerson Mnangagwa described them as the party's "backbone" whose votes are v...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Adv Mudenda in Moscow for summit
THE parliaments of Zimbabwe and Russia are set to heighten bilateral co-operation during the Africa-Russia Parliamentary conference currently underway in Moscow, Speaker of the National Assembly Advoc...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean parliamentary delegation calls on India
NEW DELHI, India - A Parliamentary Delegation from Zimbabwe led by Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda, cal...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 18:56hrs | 4 | by APO
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Gorden Moyo
Commonwealth set to visit Zimbabwe
The Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa is doing a lot to be readmitted into the Commonwealth, and the Club's Secretariat is expected to travel to Zimbabwe sometime this month to assess the sit...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scotland pushes to be independent from colonial Britain
Scotland's leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence on Oct. 19, 2023 - even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Associated Press
Mudenda criticises Bretton Woods institutions
The Bretton Woods institutions have been slammed for punishing African countries that seek to control and exploit their natural resources for the benefit of their nationals.Speaker of the Nati...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigubhu laid to rest
Anne Frank once said, "Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude ".In similar fashion and sentiment artists yesterday (Sunday) raised conc...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Top govt officials in messy Petrotrade fight
STATE-OWNED petroleum firm, Petrotrade, has been rocked by fresh controversy amid reports that Energy and Power Development permanent secretary Gloria Magombo ordered the firing of two executives via ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda berates Sadc public accounts committees
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday said Public Accounts Committees in the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) region were under-performing and failing to effectively hol...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host African Parliament summit
Zimbabwe's offer to host the next sessions of the African Parliamentary Union has been enthusiastically accepted with the 78th executive committee and 44th conference scheduled for November in the cou...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni petitions UK over Zimbabwe diaspora voting rights
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has petitioned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prod him to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to grant Zimbabwean citizens in the di...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
LSZ dismisses lawyer's court application
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday dismissed as absurd, unconstitutional and unlawful a High Court application by Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe that seeks to strip the association of its pow...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
International hunting makes Botswana communities improve wildlife conservation
Botswana hunting communities in the wildlife-rich Chobe District have decided to further improve wildlife and habitat conservation as well as community development, using the millions that they earned...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 13:43hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
ZACC roped in Mashonaland Central dirty politics
RUSHINGA legislator Tendai Nyabani (ZANU) has been summoned by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission today to answer to allegations of a private timber company (Vira Vika) which was reportedly allocated...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 14:52hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Nkayi Community Parliament: The model for peace in Matabeleland
The recently established, Nkayi Community Parliament, which fosters community involvement, participation and the development of Nkayi District, is a haven of ideas, peace, mutual respect and political...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:24hrs | 46 | by Nhlanhla Moses
China is irreplaceable to Zim, Parly told
CHINA has proven to be an irreplaceable partner to Zimbabwe amid difficult challenges, including the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and poverty, Sadc parliamentarians heard yesterday.Speaking at a...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
2nd Amendment now part of Constitution?
The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Zimbabwe came into force yesterday following the required assent by more than two thirds of the National Assembly, two thirds of the Senate and the consent ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should now embrace racial minorities
It is now forty one years since Zimbabwe secured its independence from the white minority oppressive regime. Forty one years is a life time and the only minorities left in Zimbabwe are true Zimbabwean...Published: 05 May 2021 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
'Parliament must closely monitor security sector'
PARLIAMENTS have been urged to strictly monitor the security sector in their countries especially in times of conflict to avoid human rights violations.This came up during debate last Thursday...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unravelling Douglas Mwonzora's web of Zanu-PF capture
Procrastination is the thief of time. To Mr Douglas Mwonzora the wait was just too much and he made sure that the tables were turned to his favour. The only way was to hide under constitutionalism whe...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:06hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Young female politicians face sexual harassment
Aspiring young Zimbabwean female politicians continue to face sexual harassment among several impediments in their quest to enter the political arena.Zanu-PF Seke-Chikomba women's quota Member...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away from foreign Aid and instead, seeking solutions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
State capture: Time to declare party financiers
SINCE time immemorial, the political class has been defined across the world by class, capital and raw power.In many instances, these groups of people have formed elite pacts to foster their h...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
ZNA General join Chiwenga in defying decree to end "patient export" - have wherewithal to pay, they're loaded
"Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo is in India for medical treatment, The NewsHawks reported," reported Pindula/Bulawayo24."Lt. Gen. Chi...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 19:11hrs | 6 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Uploading evidence of Mnangagwa looting. Don't miss it!' twittered Moyo - 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi'
"Today (8 December 2020) I will upload unimpeachable evidence that Mnangagwa, and his wife Auxillia, are the real barons of money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe. Don't miss it!" twittered P...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:32hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa's MPs shred Cyber Security Bill
OPPOSITION Members of Parliaments on Tuesday poked holes into the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, saying that it takes away some freedoms enshrined in the national Constitution.The Bi...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe's wings must be clipped
The Iron lady of recalls is at the headlines again and the people are living no stone unturned and have vowed to give her an agitated finger. The storm is raging more than ever. The ship is wrecking a...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Association of Secretaries-General of African Parliaments elects new leadership
The Association of Secretaries-General of African Parliaments (ASGAP) recently elected the new leadership during the current underway Ordinary Session of the Permanent Committee Sittings of the Pan Af...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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