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Chamisa's MDC-A should give Zimbabwe a break
ON October 25, Zimbabwe will be walking tall, arm in arm with its regional partners in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations that seek to...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies distribution of inputs ahead of the November 15 dead...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 346 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
Top ZRP bosses witchhunt for moles at CID
SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have launched a massive witchhunt against perceived moles leaking information about underhand dealings involving bosses stationed at the Criminal Investi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 5899 | by Staff reporter
Mahere, Dangarembga case deferred to October 22
THE court ruling on MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, prominent author Tsitsi Dangarembga and 13 other activists who had challenged their placement on remand was yesterday deferred to October 2...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attempts to end enduring Zanu-PF ructions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is once again extending an olive branch to many of his disaffected erstwhile Zanu-PF comrades - including former vice president Joice Mujuru, as he seeks to unite t...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 19588 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Parents plot demo against proposed school fees hike
PAReNTS and guardians whose children are learning at Chogugudza Primary School in Domboshava, Goromonzi district, are plotting to demonstrate today against a decision by school authorities to raise fe...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Urban to rural migration the new scenario in Zimbabwe
IN a reversal of the normal trends with regards to rural-to-urban migration worldwide, the current pattern in Zimbabwe is pointing towards a shift in migration, this time, urban to rural migration bei...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1046 | by Peter Makwanya
Ex-merchandiser rises to become Deputy Mayor
BULAWAYO'S newly elected Deputy Mayor councillor Mlandu Ncube believes his passion for service delivery has seen him rising from being a merchandiser at a local supermarket to the top council post. ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to pamper Khupe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is set to improve the perks for the leader of the opposition after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe ascended to the position through the back door.Khupe w...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:16hrs | 5225 | by Staff reporter
All on course for agric season
MORE than 500 000 farmers registered under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme have already received inputs for the forthcoming summer cropping season as the Government ramps up preparation...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says Zanu-PF, MDC turmoil emanating from 2017 coup
FORMER Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo believes the turmoil that rocks Zanu-PF and MDC currently was a direct result of the November 2017 military coup that dislodged long time Zi...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:17hrs | 3661 | by Staff reporter
Security guard hits $1m lotto jackpot
From rags to riches. The adage perfectly sums up Itai Gombakomba (46)'s life.He has been a punter for four years with very little luck, but in a sudden turn of fate, he became an instant milli...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:53hrs | 5040 | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) hospitalised after rape
A 10-year-old girl from Gweru spent one week in hospital and was left limping after she was raped several times in nine hours by her assailant who had threatened to burn down her mother's kitc...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1625 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered security arms to decisively deal with ritual murderers and those who betray their country by engaging in criminal activities for money.Addressing mourners at th...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 3181 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh ouster fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday alleged a plot by Zanu-PF insiders to oust him from office after agreeing to pay white commercial farmers US$3,5 billion in compensation for land expropriated by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:15hrs | 17741 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's weak opposition falls prey to vultures
CELEBRATING Zimbabwe's main opposition party's 21st anniversary on September 26, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa tweeted: "MDCA 21st anniversary celebrations ... Thank you beloved and fellow citize...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 874 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Chaos in Mnangagwa's backyard
ZANU-PF was forced to abandon primary elections in Kwekwe yesterday after violence broke out at the party district offices, leading to several arrests.Machete-wielding youths stormed polling s...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7736 | by Staff reporter
Zacc prepares to arrest BCC officials
GOVERNMENT has unearthed a massive scam under which MDC-Alliance-led councils are allegedly fundraising for their party through illegal sale of State land to the detriment of service delivery. ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum plot raid on Bosso camp
FC PLATINUM look set to raid Highlanders for the signature of midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku. Masuku, whose contract with Bosso expires in December, is rumoured to be close to signing a pre-contract wit...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is imploding
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), is imploding as the country's ruling Zanu-PF conspires with a tiny MDC splinter group, the Movement for Democrati...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:21hrs | 4806 | by Peter Fabricius
'G40 money' stokes Zanu-PF bloodletting
FISSURES are widening in the ruling Zanu-PF, amid damaging allegations of "dirty money" exchanging hands to influence the outcome of the party's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:14hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
'Plot' against Chamisa
MDC-T insiders claim that an elaborate plan has been set to block MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from contesting the 2023 presidential elections, which will include stripping him of his party and ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:20hrs | 7134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no room for political violence
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning to opposition parties and individuals he accuses of plotting to topple his government through violence and delinquency, saying they have no p...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:28hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Banishing West election observers will not stop Zanu PF demise - must rig economic recovery too
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fellow coup plotters knew the world at large did not approve of the November 2017 military coup that toppled Mugabe. To earn himself some brownie points, Mnangagwa...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 09:47hrs | 1707 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa moving towards establishing a one-party State
After casting his vote two years ago for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC), now Benard Mhere has grown bitter, accusing the ruling party of trying to destroy the MDC.Mhe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 18:02hrs | 5912 | by Anadolu Agency
Chiwenga bans by-elections
Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has amended Covid-19 regulations to stop the holding of parliamentary and municipal by-elections due to be held on December 5.The Public Health (Covid-19 P...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 17:56hrs | 4562 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says foreign election observers not necessary
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday hinted that Zimbabwe might in future not invite foreign observers during local elections, saying the Malawi presidential elections had proved that they were n...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2786 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Moguls cross swords over land
Tussle over the Deelfontein farm has reached unprecedented levels with ZANU PF Chipinge District Vice Chairperson Dorothy Manila pulling all stops to avoid three ZANU PF Youth League members from occu...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 725 | by Taruberekera Masara
'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 | 3849 | by Staff reporter
'MDC factions not fit to govern'?
WARRING MDC factions should not be near the levers of power as they are disposed to turn the peaceful political landscape into a war zone, a former opposition top official and insider has said. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mnangagwa ally over 'reckless' coup claims, threats
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on State Security Minister Owen Ncube to retract his threats to deal with labour activists, civil society and the opposition he collectively acc...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs claim G40 infiltration
THE imminent return of Zanu-PF's exiled G40 elements seems to have unsettled party heavyweights who are now accusing the former party members of sponsoring candidates for the district coordinating com...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2187 | by Staff reporter
Plot against Zimbabwe exposed
ROGUE elements, that include MDCAlliance and G40 members, have been conniving with hostile Western nations to smuggle guns into the country and set up so-called Democratic Resistance Committees to des...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
'MDC smuggling guns and training violent militias under Operation Light House'
State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube says the opposition MDC is smuggling guns into the country and training violent militias to overthrow the government. Speaking at a press conference on...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 16:48hrs | 2741 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF bigwig loses bid to evict Mnangagwa aide
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Bernard Makokove's bid to evict President Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide Alfred Chagonda from his Rushfontain Farm in Chivhu was dis missed at the Civ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 3252 | by Irvine Sibhona
Mnangagwa is stoppable, says Chamisa
Disputed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today use his second e-rally to tell the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is stoppable despite its show of invi...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 7148 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4806 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6594 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa told that courts aren't the answer
EXILED former Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against perennially resorting to the courts to settle political problems rocking the oppositi...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 9471 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 12533 | by Israel Dube
Sikhala walks out of the tall walls of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chair Job Sikhala yesterday walked out of the tall walls of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after he was granted $50 000 bail by High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, ...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:07hrs | 3784 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 3162 | 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 | 6329 | by John Sigauke
Openness crucial for Zanu-PF bigwigs
IT APPEARS Zanu-PF officials have moved back into their default mode - burning the midnight oil, plotting and scheming on how to unseat the party's current leadership in a replay of the costly faction...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:13hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1471 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged corruption in the sale of stands as well as in pro...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
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