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Fresh bid to block Mwonzora from joining Polad
MDC-T founding member Amos Kaliati has written to Justice secretary Virginia Mabhiza, who is the head of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), seeking to block MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora from join...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2726 | by Staff reporter
Cultivate succession culture in Zanu-PF
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, your gift of longevity is a demonstration of the generosity God has for you. Given that the average lifespan stands well below half your age,...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 573 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Remove Zimbabwe from money-laundering blacklist'
Zimbabwe strongly disputes the European Union's (EU) listing of the country among nations with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism, saying the citing by ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
UN reviews Zimbabwe sanctions
THE impending visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur to review the impact of the illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Western world signals a new dawn in the relentless ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Chiwenga's estranged wife
My Dear People,Pictures of the former second lady Marry Mubaiwa struggling to walk while being led to court to face charges of allegedly plotting to kill her powerful ex-husband got everyone t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF open to dialogue'
The ruling Zanu-PF is willing to discuss electoral issues by opposition parties through the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad). This was said yesterday by Zanu-PF's legal affairs secretary Paul...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Does Chamisa have a plan? Gambakwe conversation with Phugheni
These two personalities are painfully uneven. Whereas Phugheni is eloquently brilliant, a very intelligent man, I should be excused if I said Gambakwe is challenged, borderline. It defeats my mind to ...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 11:39hrs | 3049 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 102 | by Charles Mutasa
Mushrooming parties a diversionary tactic
ZIMBABWE'S political scene is fast changing, several parties have been launched in the past couple of weeks. However, the political discourse has not moved an inch.The Constitution has a secti...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 615 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Polad takes publicity stunt to ZITF
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has taken its publicity stunt to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which began yesterday in Bulawayo, with principal actors saying they could not miss...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:31hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to attend Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of ideology
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province has recommended that all civil servants should compulsorily attend the ruling party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.According to the province's resolutions which...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
From David party to Forus: new political outfits raise eyebrows
The sprouting of political parties on the eve of a major election in Zimbabwe has become a tradition, but the period leading to 2023 might see even a bigger number of new formations if the current tre...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
'Polad is here to stay'
GOVERNMENT will not succumb to pressure to disband the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and it will continue in operation even after the 2023 general election, a senior official with the controversia...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Fresh push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa coalition govt
ZIMBABWE'S two main political parties have expressed interest in the formation of a unity government to unlock the country's long-standing political logjam, but seem to differ on implementation matrix...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:40hrs | 9740 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti tiff downplayed by MDC Alliance chairperson
MDC Alliance national Chairperson Thabhita Khumalo has said there is no pandemonium in the party's cockpit between MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and his deputy Tendai Biti as the purported fig...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 4436 | by Staff reporter
'Polad financing is illegal'
UNITED Kingdom (UK) based Law Lecturer Alex Magaisa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to seek amendment of the Political Parties Financing Act (PPF Act) if he wants to use public funds to pamper ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:01hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Another political party launched in Zimbabwe
WITH 2023 elections drawing closer, a new political party, that has promised to revive the country's struggling economy, has been launched.Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) party was l...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 3655 | by Staff reporter
Prices continue to skyrocket beyond reach of citizens ...as basic commodities now beyond reach of many
MDC Alliance MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has said the basic commodities like bread, meat, sugar and cook...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2435 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF not bother by Chamisa's absence from Polad, says Mugwadi
Zanu-PF says it is not bothered by the refusal by main opposition MDC Alliance to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform.Speaking during a virtual meeting convened by the Heal Zim...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pressured to reveal source of funding for POLAD vehicles
The Youth Alliance of Democracy (YAD) has demanded that the government discloses the source of funding for 19 brand new vehicles bought for the leaders of small political parties who backed President ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube cornered over Polad vehicles
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa's Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) has petitioned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, demanding that he discloses the source of funding for the 19 all-terrain v...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2972 | by Staff reporter
No: 1 challenge is stopping 'facilius fallere' Chamisa participating in 2023 and give Zanu PF modicum of legitimacy again
There have been many golden opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship in the last 41 years; the only reason the regime is still in office and lording over us is because the nation has had the grea...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1690 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Everyone must vote to effect Zambia type regime change' - how will 3 m in diaspora denied vote, vote
"Umorasiswa chirimuruoko, chirimuropa unofa nacho!" (Poison in your hand can be thrown away, if it is in your blood, it will kill you.) So goes a Shona adage! Some Zimbabweans have it in the h...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:56hrs | 604 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's 2030 masterplan coming out nicely
IN May 2019 President Emmerson Mnangagwa made his infamous statement: "2030 ndeenge ndichipo," meaning: I will still be President in 2030.To many that ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was convinced: Only a united opposition will defeat ZANU PF at the polls
Since its inception in 2013, ZUNDE has been unfailingly committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe characterised by good governance and the rule of law. Fundamental to ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:13hrs | 1392 | by Denis Moyo Hunt
'Mnangagwa to blame for Zimbabwe's energy crisis'
LEADER of opposition political party, New Innovative Mordernisation Front (NIMF), Peter Munyanduri has predicted shortages of electricity in the country will persist as long as the Energy Ministry is ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Black capitalists and new colonisers
The promises of liberation have not been met and polls show persistent discontent with the Mnangagwa government.The Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1553 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Fresh anti-Zimbabwe govt protests coming
PROMINENT leaders of Zimbabwe's pro-democracy movement vowed to return to the streets on Monday next week to protest for political and electoral reforms.This was announced by Transform Zimbabw...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:52hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of 'bribery'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe use of ‘'soft'' power to courting of the opposition has been termed abuse of power, after he gifted them vehicles.Mnangagwa is pulling all stops ahea...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 09:12hrs | 2738 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under fire and faces a potential lawsuit for alleged abuse of public funds after buying vehicles for the controversial Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform members...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:56hrs | 3526 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims faction is the real MDC Alliance
THE MDC-T party led by Douglas Mwonzora says it has opened doors for other political parties that are willing to join it to form a coalition ahead of the 2023 elections.The party is claiming o...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Polad divided over election postponement
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2018 yesterday exposed a serious rift in the group over whether the country should postpone the 2023 elections....Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Polad overwhelmed by influx of applicants
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) secretariat has revealed it is overwhelmed by an influx of applications from unknown parties requesting to join the platform following the issuing of vehicles to ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Politics behind Mnangagwa's 'buying spree'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is such a political fox. His charm is without comparison. Or, is that so?Well, there are different ways of looking at this "charm".If you like him so much,...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1275 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa has the mass' back
LAST week, former Zanu-PF national youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was quoted by the media telling MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to join Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) or else suffer isolat...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2964 | by Pardon Makunike
'POLAD are cheer-leading autocracy' said MDC A - and who keeps giving the autocrats legitimacy
"The MDC Alliance will never join POLAD. It's not the function of a legitimate opposition party to take trinkets in exchange for cheerleading autocracy. We continue to hold the regime accountable, dem...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 21:32hrs | 549 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mwonzora's MDC ready to join Polad
The MDC-T is warming up to join the progressive Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), which was put in place to discuss issues of national interest.MDC-T spokesperson Mr Lloyd Damba said they are...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa did not reward POLAD but empowered the spirit of development
POLAD has been the power to peace in Zimbabwe after the 2018 elections. By giving them cars to enhance their work MNANGAGWA did not seek to bribe but to empower those who love their country at any cos...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 16:50hrs | 741 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa told to join Polad or suffer isolation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has advised MDC Alliance boss Nelson Chamisa that he risks being left politically isolated if he does not join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) ...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 12:26hrs | 3911 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku grateful to Mnangagwa
AN apologetically grateful National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has asked for more vehicles from government saying the one he received last Friday was not enough to promote h...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 10:06hrs | 1756 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC will never join POLAD
THE MDC Alliance says it has no intentions of joining the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), describing it as a an outfit for illegitimate parties who are there to promote autocracy in the country....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 4174 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt has a constitutional obligation to fund political parties
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members still want to be pampered more by government after they said they would campaign for more vehicles and accessories to enable them to move across the count...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's government is demonic possessed
How on earth can a God fearing government prioritize on minor things while citizens are dying.My heart bleeds when I see and hear a fellow citizen crying aloud, dying in a dilapidated so calle...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:31hrs | 1075 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zanu-PF dismisses bribery allegations
ZANU-PF today said the ruling party has never attempted to bribe opposition leaders as alleged by MDC-Alliance secretary general Mr Charlton Hwende.Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo slamme...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:00hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
ED's Government is demonic possessed
How on earth can a God-fearing government prioritize on minor things while citizens are dying.My heart bleeds when I see and hear a fellow citizen crying aloud, dying in a dilapidated so-calle...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:58hrs | 486 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Of the Madhuku strategy
Zimbabwe needs politicians who think beyond receiving twin cabs in order to achieve its economic goals not of the Madhuku strategy.The international community cannot be hoodwinked by such kind...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 21:47hrs | 2398 | by Leonard Koni
Polad principals optimistic
Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) principals are optimistic that President Mnangagwa will restore the dignity of the country through his sound policies which have already transformed the country as it...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Polad car beneficiary lashes Chamisa
LEADER of a fringe political party, New Innovative Modernisation Front (NIMF), Tendai Peter Munyanduri has defended his decision to accept an Isuzu D-Max vehicle from the government, arguing it was hi...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2715 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Polad's new flashy cars
OPPOSITION parties accuse President Emmerson Mnangagwa of dolling out state-of-the-art vehicles to Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) principals as part of the ruling party, Zanu-PF's grand plan to cre...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 16:07hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Former Minister denounces POLAD
EXILED Former cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has denounced the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue's (POLAD) members who recently received luxury veh...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 14:27hrs | 2813 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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