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BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 20 hrs ago | 366 | by Staff reporter
84 year old Didymus Mutasa bounces back in Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF leaders in Makoni have officially welcomed back former national secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, 84 years old, into the party as it revisits a formula to re-strengthen the party....Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 19:12hrs | 11625 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa
Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa is now a public figure and celebrated name in Zimbabwean media. While Ruvheneko has scored high profile jobs with high profile responsibilities in the Zimbabwean media circles, ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:02hrs | 9169 | by Alexio Muzuva
Fresh cracks rock Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
A STORM is brewing in Zanu-PF over the ruling party's newly-launched war veterans' wing - pitting many former freedom fighters against their national spokesperson Douglas Mahiya.This comes as ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:16hrs | 4416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures laid bare in Mash East
TENSION is brewing within the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province women's league after the league reportedly refused to hand over a party vehicle to the recently reinstated chairperson Nyarai Tsvuura....Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-ministers seek Zanu-PF return
Two former ministers are seeking readmission into Zanu-PF, nearly three years after they were expelled following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe.The late Mugabe resigned 21 N...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 22:27hrs | 5467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security chefs fingered in mobile money suspension
Zimbabwe's security force leaders sidelined the nation's economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 22:44hrs | 5830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to engage rivals
RETURNING Zanu-PF liberation stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country's deepening po...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3476 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF united behind Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is united behind President Mnangagwa as the party's sole 2023 Presidential candidate and will not yield to external or internal pressures imagined by its detractors now and in the future, Poli...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives Zivhu green light
Zanu-PF First Secretary and President, Mnangagwa, has given expelled party legislator for Chivi South Mr Killer Zivhu the green light to continue with programmes and projects he was implementing in th...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Rugare 'Gamatox' Gumbo bounces back into Zanu-PF
THE only surviving member of the Dare Rechimurenga, Rugare Gumbo is on his way to bounce back into the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF.Announcing the comeback, Zanu-PF Acting National Spokesperso...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the edge again?
A Zimbabwean shopper in a Harare supermarket shook his head, grumbling as he returned a loaf of bread to a rack after finding the price had jumped by a third and he could no longer afford it.N...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:17hrs | 3253 | by AFP
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2745 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Mnangagwa courts unrest
Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands when the military ousted Robert Mugabe and installed Emmerson Mnangagwa as president. Two-and-a-half years later, the party is over.Mnanga...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 778 | by Bloomberg
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1461 | by Thandekile Moyo
Amending constitution unfair, undemocratic
To be frank, the late former president Robert Mugabe made so many errors of commission and omission during his 37-year rule.However, in my singular opinion he also omitted to groom a successor...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 253 | by Martin Stobart
Zanu-PF prepares to take away Zivhu party vehicle
Zanu-PF is preparing to cease a Mazda BT50 from Chivi South MP, Killer Zivhu following his dismissal from the party two weeks ago.The Minister of State for Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira who is als...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:18hrs | 2854 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo ejected from cabinet meeting
EMBATTLED Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo, who is on ZW$50 000 bail for alleged criminal abuse of office, was blocked from attending Tuesday's cabinet meeting by President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 6665 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants to highlight new dispensation successes
ZANU-PF is set to launch the hashtag #edfirst ahead of the 2023 elections aimed at highlighting the successes of the new dispensation. Addressing a Zanu-PF Midlands provincial meeting in Gokwe...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to launch #EDFirst
ZANU-PF is set to launch the hashtag #edfirst ahead of the 2023 elections aimed at highlighting the successes of the new dispensation.Addressing a Zanu-PF Midlands provincial meeting in Gokwe ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:24hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mash East women's league resist politburo decision
FRESH fissures have emerged within the Mashonaland East Zanu-PF women's league after a pocket of party members met recently and defied the politburo's decision to reinstate Nyarai Tsvuura as the provi...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2225 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu to seek readmission into Zanu-PF
FIRED Zanu-PF Chivi South MP Killer Zivhu said the ruling party politburo acted on false information to fire him, but welcomed its verdict and vowed to continue supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Nleya
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to national hero, Stanley Nleya as one of the foremost contributors to the liberation struggle. Nleya, who died on Tuesday last week was declared a national hero and w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu accepts expulsion from Zanu-PF
CHIVI South legislator Mr Killer Zivhu has accepted his expulsion from Zanu-PF, saying he will continue supporting the ruling party's developmental programmes as an ordinary citizen. The Zanu-...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 5059 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at war vet burial as Zanu-PF factionalism widens
TEMPERS flared at the burial of liberation war fighter Steben Chiweshe in Muzarabani on Saturday as the newly-installed Mashonaland Central interim provincial war veterans executive blocked former cha...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2285 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President your own people will soon surrender you to the public!!!
To me the loot, reflects racing against time. There is something fishy around this kind of looting. It looks like there is a deadline, or there are fixed targets which must be met, and the whole drama...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 12:23hrs | 8512 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa faces sterner test
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing his sternest economic test since assuming power in 2017 as the crash of the Zimbabwean dollar pushes up prices, amid growing disenchantment with his le...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 9745 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic collapse govt's own doing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that the deepening economic crisis is the work of his political detractors and greedy businesspeople reflect the government's failure to take responsibility for i...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's paranoia is growing again, and this is a threat to us all
IT was a finger-pointing week. at Zanu-PF headquarters on Wednesday, President ` emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the detractors."On the economic front, we...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 537 | by newzwire
Prices go haywire
IN A development which signals the effective and official re-dollarisation of the local economy, under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, yesterday awarded restive government workers and pe...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 7435 | by Staff reporter
Dollar peg prompts rift between govt, RBZ
ZIMBABWE'S fixed currency peg, adopted in March, has become the latest flashpoint between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, people familiar with ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1937 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to resolve his political differences with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 17:57hrs | 6485 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to talk with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 15664 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's dangerous paranoia will keep hurting economy
IT is not a secret that Zimbabwe's economy is under severe strain from various factors: effects of the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown, power cuts, currency crunch, high inflation, exchange rate...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya fight over dollar rates
ZIMBABWE'S fixed currency peg, adopted in March, has become the latest flashpoint between central bank Governor John Mangudya and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, people familiar with the situation said...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1784 | by Bloomberg
Zanu-PF axe falls on Gomwe
ZANU-PF has intensified its purge on party malcontents with Harare district co-ordinating committee chairperson Godwin Gomwe recently suspended for accusing some party provincial chairpersons of faili...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1676 | by Trevor Shiri
'Farcical and surreal'
'Farcical and surreal - like a poorly scripted Mr Bean film without the comedy' was how MDC Vice-President Tendai Biti described his arrest with other party leaders last week for trying to enter their...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:27hrs | 1077 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Chamisa is hindering talks with Mnangagwa'
NELSON Chamisa's alleged "big-headedness" and refusal to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has hampered much-needed national dialogue to help resolve Zimbabwe's myriad challenges, presidentia...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 10102 | by Staff reporter
Massive political implosion beckons
BACK in the day, there was nothing as maddeningly hectic and nerve-fraying as the monthly pilgrimage of shepherding cattle to the communal dip tank.It really tested your tolerance, patience, s...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:40hrs | 276 | by Bishop Lazarus
Killer Zivhu expulsion from ZANU PF...new details emerge
Information in possession of this reporter indicate that former Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu was expelled from ZANU PF by a rival faction in Masvingo led by Minister of State fo...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:25hrs | 10390 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF cracks whip on members
The ruling Zanu-PF will descend on members that have failed to conform to set standards as it moves to stem wayward behaviour.Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said the party wo...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: On a wing and a prayer
THIS has been a terrible week for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. It has been more than terrible – a week in which government was always on the backfoot. A week during which the regime's sterility has...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 343 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Obert Mpofu backs under fire Mahiya
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has backed ruling party secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for launching the war veterans' league.This comes after Zanu-PF political com...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:28hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF plunged into corruption storm
ZANU-PF has once again been plunged into a corruption storm after expelled Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu accused a senior party leader (name supplied) of demanding a US$1,5 million cash induceme...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tells Zanu-PF that he's no magician
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday told glum-faced Zanu-PF heavyweights in a closed-door politburo meeting that the economy is in terrible shape and he has no magic wand to rescue it overnight...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 7469 | by Staff reporter
Exposing corruption got Killer Zivhu fired
OUTSPOKEN Chivi South legislator, Killer Zivhu, who was expelled from the ruling Zanu-PF party on Wednesday, says his "crime" was trying to recover US$1,5 million owed to him by an unnamed politburo m...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Coup, what coup? Spreading to fear and dispondence?
ON Thursday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe was joined by fellow ministers in the security sector and army bosses just to dispel rumours of an "immi-nent coup d'état".Kazembe was f...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues chilling threat against demos
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government will resist attempts by the enemy to hire Zimbabwean political activists to render the country ungovernable.He was addressing a Zanu-PF politbu...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 6215 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accuses business of plotting to topple him
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed business and hostile foreign governments for the collapse of the local currency and destabilising his government to force him out of power.Addressing an...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 3549 | by Staff reporter
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