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Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren't working
Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy of coercion and dialogue has hit a series of hurdles. These include the continued opposition by the MDC and on-going scepticism of ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 594 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Economic isolation is hindering Zimbabwe's transformation
Since the election of a new government for Zimbabwe one year ago, the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which I serve, has begun reforming our land policies, changing laws, and commen...Published: 7 hrs ago | 353 | by Foreign Policy
Zimbabwe stands strong after MDC-Alliance conspiracy to cause chaos
ZIMBABWE stands strong following days of calculated conspiracy by the MDC Alliance and its western funders to not only destabilise the nation but throw it into chaos through violent demonstrations mea...Published: 8 hrs ago | 111 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zanu-PF getting ready for 2023 elections
ZANU-PF is like a sleeping giant which is often teased by smaller political parties which have no political ideology, but those parties remain teaser bulls, nothing more. The party works in ve...Published: 8 hrs ago | 158 | by Elijah Chihota
Mapeza rejected Warriors job, why is it that ONLY Mashonaland coaches are given that chance?
NORMAN MAPEZA was offered the chance for another romance as the Warriors coach, ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with the coach ready for a return to the ultimate job in domestic football. Howe...Published: 8 hrs ago | 476 | by Staff reporter
'Regime change!' is a desirable consequence of free elections and not a dirty phrase
The level of ignorance and foolishness with which important issues are being presented by my fellow Zimbabweans makes one cringe with shame."Some of us were not surprised because there was rea...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:00hrs | 441 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Signs of economic resuscitation rattle MDC
Indications of economic stabilisation currently being witnessed in the country have distressed the MDC, which for a long time has been using the challenges as their trump card, a Namibian based econom...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:59hrs | 2129 | by John Sigauke in Namibia
Zanu-PF eyes Zaka by-election triumph
Zanu-PF's Zaka East by-election candidate, Clemence Chiduwa, has said he is optimistic that the party will romp to victory in the poll slated for September 21.Chiduwa who recently won the prim...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:48hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
SADC behind the new dispensation …as it adds its growing voice against illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe
Upon his ascendancy to the Presidency of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa quickly made known his ambition to project a different path to the one set by his predecessor, Robert Mugabe. Pr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:42hrs | 590 | by Claver Nyuki
'Regime change!' is a desirable consequence of free elections and not a dirty phrase
The level of ignorance and foolishness with which important issues are being presented by my fellow Zimbabweans makes one cringe with shame."Some of us were not surprised because there was rea...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:28hrs | 393 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC fails to pay salaries
THE MDC has been dragged to court by five former employees for failing to settle US$222 000 in salaries.The five, Tafadzwa Chakanyuka, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda, Wilson Box and Lawrence Pa...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 1448 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa will never dance to Mnangagwa's tune
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will not be part of the Political Actors Dialogue convened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the party describing the process as an out of tune choir. Mna...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:03hrs | 3734 | by Staff Reporter
Murowa Diamonds swindled in aircraft purchase deal
RIO Tinto-run Murowa Diamonds (Pvt) Ltd was allegedly swindled of $85 000 by Wilderness Safaris Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd after the latter failed to supply an aircraft despite having received the full paymen...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:53hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Bill ignorance irks MPs
PARLIAMENTARIANS, who were conducting public consultations on the Freedom of Information Bill in Marondera yesterday and Bindura on Monday, were irked after residents clearly exhibited lack of knowled...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:53hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party's ex-workers eye MDC's govt grant
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has been taken to the High Court by five former employees have approached the court seeking an order to garnish the political party's grant from the Finance ministry in a bi...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe democratic space has shrunk
IT is indisputable that the little democratic space that existed during ex-President Robert Mugabe's tyrannical era has now even shrunk further.I write this article with a bleeding heart, as s...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 102 | by Learnmore Zuze
US regime change in Zimbabwe getting brazenly silly
Some of us were not surprised because there was really nothing to be surprised about! When Job Sikhala announced his party would remove constitutionally elected President Mnangagwa before 2023, we kne...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 666 | by Isdore Guvamombe
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1906 | by Wilbert Mukori
Claim freedom granted by Constitution in peace
IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human r...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 228 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Churches call for cessation of hostilities between Mnangagwa and Chamisa's parties
AS an elderly woman, who was struck with a truncheon on the head by the police during the Harare demonstrations, battles for life, the MDC and Zanu-PF continue their running battles and power struggle...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:09hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails Sadc
ZANU-PF yesterday commended Sadc for standing in solidarity with Zimbabwe against the Western imposed illegal sanctions after the regional bloc set October 25 as an anti-sanctions solidarity day for Z...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1947 | by Thulani Nkala
Forex payments for forex contracts, says Zimbabwe Court
In a land mark ruling that could have far reaching consequences, a Mutare High Court judge, Justice Isaac Muzenda has ordered that a 2016 contract be settled in US dollars.The recent judgment ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:23hrs | 4534 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is brazenly and openly rigging elections' - that has failed to deter MDC, why
"These are the wages of rigging by the military, which now rigs elections in the rural areas brazenly and openly. For ZANU-PF to keep winning, it needs the military to keep rigging, and the rural area...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 17:23hrs | 1345 | by Nomusa Garikai
'I'm Christian, we're all fallen people' said Coltart - feeble excuse for 20 years of betrayal, Judas repented
"The one central tenet of the Christian faith is that we are all fallen people," said David Coltart, MDC treasurer general."We have our weaknesses, but it also helped me understand some of my ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:53hrs | 1320 | by Nomusa Garikai
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens NGOs, again
THE Zanu-PF government has again threatened to ban non-governmental organisations (NGOs) deemed as failing to adhere to set regulations and pursuing a regime-change agenda.In a statement yeste...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Ramaphosa again
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa paid a courtesy call on President Emmerson Mnangagwa here yesterday, during which the two leaders had a wide-ranging tete-a-tete to share "successes and challen...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2327 | by Staff reporter
Sadc takes anti-sanctions fight to another level
President Mnangagwa attended the 39th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government which ended in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday. This was the second time that he has attended the Sadc Sum...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 137 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Mnangagwa's govt stands firm on illegal demos
The illegal demonstration in Harare's city centre last Friday was a failed attempt at getting Zimbabwe on the agenda of the recently-ended SADC Summit in Tanzania which saw President Mnangagwa assume ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Sadc declares anti-sanctions day
Sadc countries have declared October 25 as solidarity day against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries on that day to resoundi...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
African push for lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
A group of 16 African countries has called on the US and EU to "immediately lift" economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.The policy was hurting the region, said Tanzania President John Maguful...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 196 | by BBC
Will the system change if Chiwenga collapsed and died today?
Good morning my dear friends, I have been reflecting like everyone else and I have realized that we are making the same terrible mistakes that we made with Robert Mugabe.I say so because we ta...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:56hrs | 11155 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
'Park rigged elections and focus on new GNU' - no, Zanu-PF must step down and rigged elections is the gist
"I think both leaders have to park that issue (whether last year's elections were free, fair and credible and therefore Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are legitimate). In other words, Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2845 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's MDC to appeal against demo ban
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is set to launch an appeal against a prohibition order issued by police in Bulawayo barring the opposition party from staging a demonstration in the city on Mo...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 19:16hrs | 2547 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula descendants want Dabengwa honoured
KING Lobengula's descendants have urged Bulawayo City Council to honour the late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa by naming a street after him.Dabengwa, who was Zipra's intelligence chief during ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa need to compromise, says Coltart
MDC treasurer general David Coltart has said there is need for both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa to drop their hardline positions if genuine dialogue a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties stoke fears of upsurge in HIV cases
The raging phenomenon of wild parties organised by teenagers, where sex orgies and alcohol binges are commonplace, is stocking fears of a surge in new HIV infections in Bulawayo.The National A...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader blasts Chamisa over protest
AN opposition politician has lashed out at Nelson Chamisa for the latter's spirited attempt to delegitimise President Emmerson Mnangagwa when the MDC leader in fact endorsed the State president uninte...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1019 | by newzimbabwe
Government, labour back to negotiating table
GOVERNMENT will this week bring its employees under the auspices of the Apex council to the negotiating table to discuss the August to December cost of living adjustments.This comes after Gove...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:38hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and the crisis of one-sided democracy narrative
THE co-existence of political dissent is healthy for any political set-up. However, it is risky to reduce the density of political dissent to the narrowest of extremes of allowing certain political ac...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 102 | by Richard R Mahomva
Zimbabwe ready to engage the world, says Magufule
NEW Sadc chairperson Tanzanian President Dr John Magufuli yesterday called on the international community to remove sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the country has "now opened a new chapter and ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's packed in-tray as Organ Troika chair
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumes the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation - also known as Organ Troika - from his counterpart from the sister republic of...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:34hrs | 2784 | by Staff reporter
By-elections show Zanu-PF's prowess?
ZANU-PF has polled a total of 25 597 votes to the MDC Alliance's 11 369 in all by-elections held since last year's harmonised elections, statistics from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) have re...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:33hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's protestors remanded in custody
Twenty-six suspects who were arrested on Friday for participating in an illegal demonstration organised by the MDC Alliance were yesterday remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail application....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 792 | by Staff Reporter
Why street protests don't work... How can so many demonstrations accomplish so little?
Street protests are in. From Cape to Cairo and Madrid to Moscow, in Hong kong it has taken ten weeks these days not a week goes by without news that a massive crowd has amassed in the streets of anoth...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:35hrs | 313 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Royal Crown Council condemns Chief Ndiweni judgement
The Royal Crown Council unreservedly condemns the conviction and subsequent sentencing of Chief Ndiweni to an effective 18 months in prison after 6 months of the 24 months were suspended on condition ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:24hrs | 3717 | by The Royal Crown Council
'Heavy is the head that wears the crown' said W Ncube - meant 'Empty is MDC head aspiring to wear the crown!'
"MDC Vice President Professor Welshman says the recent developments in the country have made him understand the being a leader of the opposition MDC is like a heavy crown," reported Bulawayo 24....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:00hrs | 2250 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Cheating wife dumps husband after busting her
FOR a Bulawayo woman, Molly Nkomo from Gwabalanda suburb, shame seems to be a big component of infidelity following revelations that she dumped her husband after he discovered that she had been cheati...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:05hrs | 3350 | by Staff reporter
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