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Elections expose Sadc ruling parties
Recent elections across Southern Africa have revealed a growing challenge for ruling parties, especially those that evolved from former liberation movements, as they struggle to maintain their grip on...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies say Mnangagwa jumped the gun on Mozambique elections
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for potentially undermining the credibility of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after he publicly endorsed the election results in Moz...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
US slams door on Mnangagwa
UNITED States Senate Foreign Relations member Jim Risch and analysts have said the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights violations is a damning indictment of his...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC's diplomatic offensive questioned
Political analysts have expressed doubt regarding the effectiveness of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s diplomatic efforts to advocate for a new election.Under the leadership of Nelso...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Watchers wait on Chamisa's next move
Zimbabweans and those around the world who have been watching the recently ended elections are wondering what Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa will do next after he rejected Emmers...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pins hope on Hakainde Hichilema after stalemate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a delegation to neighbouring countries to elicit the support of Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in his pu...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voters reject Zanu-PF's big spenders
Zanu-PF big spenders suffered electoral defeats in urban areas with analysts saying the urban electorate could never be swayed by temporary trinkets, which did not address the issue of poverty....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 20:00 CCC update
As evening falls, voters continue to queue up in droves to cast their ballots - some have been waiting hours to exercise their democratic right.By now, every single one of the 12,374 polling s...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 19:09hrs | 12 | by Charles Kwaramba
Mnangagwa comments on 'counter revolutionaries'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire after he described lawyers, in particular the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), as "counter revolutionaries", with critics saying the utterance...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
AU accomplice in Zimbabwe corruption
THE sincerity of African leaders and institutions in fighting corruption has come under scrutiny following the appointment of controversial Zimbabwean self-styled prophet Uebert Angel as its Pan-Afric...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bussing supporters a smokescreen for rigging'
INCUMBENT President and Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's obsession with bussed crowds to his rallies is part of a well-orchestrated plan to claim popularity and cover up possible rigging, it has be...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa poses major threat to Mnangagwa, but....
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shifts goal posts after public panic over generator licensing
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it will only license generators above 5kVA at a commercial level, following panic among members of the public who are using generators at home due to pow...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The Crocodile has not changed'
The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party has warned of violence and repression by the ruling Zanu-PF party to ensure victory in elections scheduled for later this year.In an interview wi...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pomona Project: All thunder, lightning flashes, no strike!
Pomona stink in newsroomsIlliterate newspapers are being pummelled back and forth by buffeted Mafume and his clueless Triple C councillors. It is all thunder, blinding flashes but no strike. A...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis: Hallmark of Mnangagwa's dismal failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made a desperate appeal to Zanu-PF youths as he asked his supporters to unmask those "sabotaging the economy", saying the debilitating economic malaise was artificial and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Taurai Mangudhla
Zec in fresh voters' roll storm
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday triggered a storm after announcing plans to remove 35 085 names of deceased persons from the voters' roll, two months after identifying only 22 000 de...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wins court battle, but not the war
Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.After the court ruling by High Co...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa told to stop posturing
POLITICAL analysts yesterday urged the country's leaders to stop posturing and to also embrace a common position on dialogue if the mooted national talks are to formally take off.This comes as...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC now a Twitter party'
THE infighting and strategic missteps wracking the MDC Alliance are once again coming to a head, with a worried insider telling the Daily News yesterday that the coalition was becoming "a Twitter part...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition wars comic and tragic'
The usual band of political analysts say the deepening rifts in the country's opposition will once again gift the ruling Zanu-PF an easy victory in the 2023 national elections. The analysts al...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by crisisgroup
'Khupe, Chamisa mindless quarrel must end'
MDC bigwig, Elias Mudzuri, says the mindless bloodletting consuming the party is making it difficult for the opposition to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF meaningfully, to help en...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt taking initiative to woo Joe Biden, Washington
THE ruling Zanu-PF has urged Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, to move with speed to engage with American president-elect Joe Biden - in a bid to mend Harare's strained relationship with Washington....Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare seeks better relations with Washington
THE government is hopeful that United States of America (USA) president-elect, Joe Biden, pictured, will be open to mending the strained relationship between Harare and Washington.This comes a...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Trump or Biden, Zimbabwe expects no favours
United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden inched closer last night to clinching the presidency following this week's historic poll that might bring a dramatic close to incumbent Donald...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggling raises Zimbabwe risk as loses US$2 billion this year
Zimbabwe risks being classified as vulnerable to illicit financial flow and money laundering if rampant gold smuggling continues to go unchecked. This comes as a recent Carnegie Endowment for ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC should take government threats seriously'
ANALYSTS and rights groups have advised MDC leaders to beware after authorities said the party was linked to a plot aimed at overthrowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government from power. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses out on goodwill over its stark denialist attitude
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) that neighbouring South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has no mandate to intervene in Zimbabwe's mul...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC divisions plumb new lows
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe out thinking Chamisa?
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware a woman sc Beware a woman scorned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
When is a crisis not a crisis? When it's a challenge. Despite the manifest economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe the ANC agreed to refer to it only as a challenge when it held a crucial meeting wi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:27hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Ramaphosa must promote honest critique of Zanu PF's democratic deficits' - too compromised even for that
"What can South Africa do to assist in resolving Zimbabwe‘s problems?" Piers Pigou of International Crisis Group was asked. "The shift to a more public critique is an important stepping ston...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 12:30hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa must play a more active Statesman like role
WITH Zimbabwe's political crisis deepening amid growing calls for an inclusive dialogue, senior consultant with the International Crisis Group Piers Pigou, told the Daily News on Sunday last week that...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politically, Mnangagwa has failed to bring all stakeholders together
IT IS critical that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF urgently lead efforts to address the country's decades-long political crisis if the government is to have any chance of mitigating the econ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement goes off the rails
LAST week's damning statement by the United States, European Union and other members of the international community on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe after opposition protests scheduled for Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane East by-election and the need for political reforms
ZIMBABWE staged three by-elections in Matabeleland North last weekend, an opposition stronghold since the formation of the MDC in 1999, but all three were won by Zanu-PF, bringing under the spotlight ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing US$3bn an indictment on Mnangagwa's government
REVELATIONS of possible abuse of funds under the controversial command agriculture scheme amid claims that there are no records and accountability of how close to US$3 billion was disbursed are an ind...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa has no divine duty to heed the West
IT'S quite refreshing that many Africans - both black and white - have refused to submit to Eurocentrism, where all things from the West are viewed in utopian terms in which everything is projected as...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Call to arrest August 1 killer soldiers
WHILE government has been commended for promising compensation to victims of the August 1 killings as recommended by the commission of inquiry which was chaired by former South African President Kgale...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption campaign insincere
THE failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to tackle high-level corruption-which has contributed immensely to economic decay-has raised serious questions about his sincerity to fight the...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Provincial nominations to settle Chamisa, Mwonzora rivalry
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crucial week for Chamisa's MDC
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's profligacy an antithesis of austerity mantra
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under the spotlight for his profligate spending on foreign trips whose value to the country is yet to be justified by a government that has been touting the "aust...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Questions over Mnangagwa's choice of advisors
ON three occasions, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has been forced to cut short his foreign trips to attend to pressing matters back home — raising questions about the quality of advice he ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to change course to escape sanctions
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, is using every platform to denounce targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and the European Union (EU), analysts contend he must do w...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare should not expect bailout from Ramaphosa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in the country today to co-chair the Bi-National Commission (BNC) with President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose administration is desperate for a cash injecti...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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