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'Zimbabwe's feja-feja economics not working'
Major retail shops in Zimbabwe adjusted their exchange rates to ZiG30 per dollar yesterday as the local currency continued to falter, a day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa accused economic "saboteu...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:26hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
'Dissolve CCC and join ZANU PF' Chamisa advised
In a stark warning to Nelson Chamisa, the President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), renowned Human Rights Lawyer and political activist, Dr. Pedzisayi Ruhanya, has urged Chamisa to abandon...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 10:57hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mzembi says 'don't celebrate too soon we will be back'
FORMER cabinet minister and Saviour Kasukuwere's chief convenor Walter Mzembi has hinted at plans to fight High Court's ruling.Mzembi was responding to critics on social media after High Court...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa a dictactor' Ruhanya says
As cracks continue to widen in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), one of the party's key advisors, who is also University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya has warned that CCC leader, N...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 13:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'3 million eligible Zimbabwean voters unregistered'
ELECTORAL watchdog, the Election Resource Centre says Zimbabwe's total eligible voters should hover around eight million, meaning that nearly three million people are not interested to vote.A ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voter apathy is Zimbabwe's elephant in the room ahead of 2023 polls
Bongani Ndlovu, a Zanu-PF councillor in Matabeleland North's Bubi district holds the unenviable record of registering the least number of voters in the March 26 parliamentary and local government elec...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:15hrs | 4 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Chamisa ally takes aim at Old Guard...…as cracks emerge in CCC
AS CCC's G40-sponsored agenda to rid the party of its old guard gathers momentum, that party's leader Nelson Chamisa has reportedly unleashed his free range allies led by Human Rights Lawyer Pedzisayi...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC speaks on by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has opened up over long standing allegations that it is hiding behind the State of Disaster Act to renege from implementing by-elections in a number of constituencies...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 13:14hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Youths to kickout Zanu-PF
If Zambian youths did it so can Zimbabwean youths, they went in their numbers to vote for change and reshape the future of their beloved country in the recently ended Presidential elections. Opp...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Prince Njagu
Zanu-PF's dictatorship rule will end soon.
Zambian young people have shown Zimbabweans that going to vote in numbers will see to a change in corrupt political rule.The results from Zambia not only show that voting matters but also that...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | | by Prince Njagu
'There is a lot of hope than reality…': Richard Quest
ZANU PF's recklessness and corruption has dragged the Zimbabwean economy into the worst liquidity crunch. An economic catastrophe which can only be experienced in a war-torn country."There is ...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 12:21hrs | 11 | by Prince Njagu
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Divisions brew in MDC-Alliance over party name
The rebranding of the MDC-Alliance in response to the MDC-T's decision to use the same name (MDC-Alliance) in future polls, including the forthcoming by-elections, has triggered an in-house spat featu...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 12:31hrs | 2 | by John Sigauke
'We are not afraid of you' MDC told
Human Rights activist Dr Pedzisai Runhanya has told MDC activists that he is not afraid of them and he will not stop criticising them if they follow the same undemocratic actions done by the ruling ZA...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 13:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prophet Makandiwa mansion raises eyebrows
A multi-million dollar mansion in Harare's plush Glen Lorne suburb believed to belong to Prophet Emanuel Makandiwa has set tongues wagging reviving debate allegations that some church leaders are reap...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Restrain your wife - Mnangagwa told
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been told to restrain his wife Auxillia following the leak of an audio clip where the First Lady is insulting a senior army official. Auxillia is heard in an 8...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Methusi Ncube
Teachers paid US$35 in June
Zimbabwean teachers were paid salaries which are an equivalent of US$35 during the month of June. In a screen shot that was posted by Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Secretary General R...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
President Mnangagwa's government condemned
Human Rights lawyer Pedzisayi Ruhanya has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of turning Zimbabwe into a circus. Ruhanya was speaking after a Mutare man was arrested and de...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Chamisa shredded MDC rules to assume power
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African funeral parlour, Tsvangir...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa: The personification of a selfish leader
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from the heiress apparent, Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African fun...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa's MDC face threat of new split
AS THE MDC enters the final weeks of its preparations ahead of its make-or-break elective congress next month, there are real fears that the country's main opposition could suffer another damaging spl...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's legitimacy discussed
Human Rights Lawyer Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya has contradicted with Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku who said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the legitimate President because legitimacy is ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa is delusional' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is delusional after the ZANU PF leader met with some Presidential candidates at State House on Friday. Mnangagwa initiated a Nat...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's son source of wealth questioned
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has questioned the source of funds that Mnangagwa's son Emmerson Jnr used to hire helicopters for the victims Cyclone Idai. Said Mawarir...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 12:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Top MDC leader arrested at the airport
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has announced that its Treasurer General Charlton Hwende has been arrested upon landing at the Robert Mugabe International airport. "Deputy Treasu...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:07hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa condemns MDC Youths for supporting him
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has condemned the statements by MDC Youth from Harare Province that anyone who contests again Chamisa has declared themselves an enemy of the party."This is unacce...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 18:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Charamba's lies on Mnangagwa exposed
The Ministry of Information, publicity and Broadcasting Services has dismissed a statement by Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Twitter account must not be ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our journalists must up their game
Many have asked me why our media is as bad as it is today. It is not a question that can be answered with one magic sentence. It is true that we have a crisis in journalism; today's reporters ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Zinasu victory a reflection of the turning political landscape
One primary reason why young people are cynical or even repulsed at the thought of politics is because of its mental turn off.Watching your entire future being plundered by some old out-of-tou...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:27hrs | 2 | by Roy Muroyi
Chibaya hails Chamisa
When the opposition shared power with these maggots, life was betterPolitical commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said when the opposition MDC shared power with the ZAnu PF which he described as...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
P0rn stars not fit to be employed in govt offices - Ruhanya
Political Commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has rapped Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube for employing Acie Lumumba as a chairman in his ministry saying p()rn stars are not fit to be employed in government...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Biggest shortage in Zim is trust on the leaders
Political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said the biggest shortage that Zimbabwe has is trust and confidence in the rulers, systems and institutions and how (method) they come to govern us....Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe, Mnangagwa know when to quarrel & when not to, opposition must copy
Political Commentator Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said former President Robert Mugabe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa know when to quarrel and when not to following the recent funeral of Grace Mugabe's ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 08:21hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Mliswa calls for procurement of Presidential jet for Mnangagwa's trips
Norton MP elect Temba Mliswa has called for the procurement of a private jet that can be used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during his small delegation trips to avoid using large aircrafts when smal...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Military directly involved in Zim elections- Ruhanya
A political analyst Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said the military has directly and indirectly taken charge of the election processes and made it very hard that anyone not aligned to it would win the preside...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa right heir to Tsvangirai, he must remain as such
Political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has declared that the MDC T leader Nelson Chamisa is the right heir to late founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the opposition party must not make a mistake o...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 10:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Legitimacy is not bestowed on a regime - Ruhanya
As Zimbabweans await the Constitutional Court outcome on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's petition against Emmrson Mnangagwa's victory Political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has urged the peo...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Army deployed in G40 strongholds, Ruhanya claims
DEFENCE forces chiefs are worried that people in G40 strongholds will likely vote for the opposition to spite President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over through a military coup, a local think tank has...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fretting over G40 threats
Ahead of next month's decisive polls, Zanu-PF is fretting over threats by the Generation 40 (G40) faction, which has openly thrown its full weight behind the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa of the ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majome's withdrawal sparks anger from residents
The shock withdrawal by Jessie Majome from the MDC primary elections has triggered an outpouring of sympathy and anger from the residents of Harare West constituency who have vowed to derail the oppos...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure must be mounted to demilitaries and democratise politics in Zimbabwe
A political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has prompted that pressure must be piled to the international community to put more effort in forcing Zimbabwe to demilitarise and democratise politics in Zim...Published: 09 May 2018 at 11:09hrs | | by Stephen James
Mudzuri hailed for listening to wise counsel in MDC-T succession battle
A political analyst Pedzisayi Ruhanya has hailed MDC-T Vice President Elias Mudzuri for heeding advice to reverse challenging tghe elevation of party President Nelson Chamisa to the top position....Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe is right to claim party leadership
A political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has posted a probing question from a Zaka Villager who asked if MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe is wrong by claiming leadership of the party....Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Opposition need to shift gear and find ways of contesting for power
Political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has warned the opposition to shift gear and find ways of contesting for power.The remarks come at a time when MDC Alliance members visited the United St...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
What happens after Mugabe?
At the ripe old age of 93, Zimbabwe's long-serving President, Robert Mugabe, has offered himself as the candidate to lead his ruling Zanu-PF party in elections next year.In power since indepen...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai hires policy experts ahead of polls
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly hired five local academics to fine-tune his MDC-T policy document, dubbed SMART Project, which he intends to use as his campaign trump card ahead...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
War veterans throw their weight behind Mujuru
Former vice-president Joice Mujuru's bid to retain control of her Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party in the face of a spirited campaign to dislodge her by former Zanu-PF heavyweights received a m...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Break in at Media Center and Zimbabwe Democracy Institute offices
There has been a break in at the Media Center and Zimbabwe Democracy Institute offices.This was revealed by a political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya."Media Center and Zimbabwe Democra...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 04:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Economy Informalisation and de-industrialisation a challenge to Zanu PF
A political commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said Zanu PF since its purported victory in the 2013 elections has been affected by the informalisation of the economy and de-industrialisation....Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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