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Chamisa urges Chiwenga to repent
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called Vice President to order, telling the country's number two that God restored him to good health so he could dump his bad deeds for good ones.Chamisa was spe...Published: 21 hrs ago | 8107 | by newzimbabwe
Jonathan Moyo blasts Malema, EFF
Exile Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has lashed at South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters for their decision to ban certain media house from covering their National People's Assembly which...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 18:12hrs | 4140 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Expelled Chief Ndiweni gets rare support
Dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has attracted solidarity messages from politician, diplomats and the rank and file of Zimbabweans after President Emmerson Mnangagwa impleme...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:58hrs | 7395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe, hobbled by a clash of egos
At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic paralysis is a personality clash.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya don't get on, are pursuing different agen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:25hrs | 609 | by Ray Ndlovu, Godfrey Marawanyika and Antony Sguazzin
Police brutality frighten women off politics, says Mafume
Police brutality against women witnessed during the recent Hope of the Nation address by Nelson Chamisa in Harare represents the many threats that discourage female participation in political activiti...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:16hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reads riot act to Chamisa's MDC
The Second Republic will not tolerate lawlessness from MDC-Alliance malcontents who lost in the 2018 harmonised elections, but are plotting to destabilise the country through unlawful demonstrations, ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa East MP torches storm
MBERENGWA East legislator Marko Raidza (Zanu-PF) reportedly teamed up with party activists and disrupted a prize-giving ceremony at a local primary school on December 4, where businessman Comings Hove...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must re-imagine the future
RECENTLY, I met one of the big shots in the government and he said to me: "You journalists are always negative about the government. Can't you see the good things we are doing?"I told him, poi...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 212 | by Brezh Malaba
Strengthening the code of conduct for political parties
Medical doctors have a council and a board that regulate the practice of their profession. Lawyers, dentists and judges also provide for the regulation of the manner in which they practise their chose...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:57hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to remain Zanu-PF leader after the conference
While Social Media IS Abuzz with the excitement of the conference everyone's still talking about it. And for good reason. In fact, several good reasons. The 18th National Conference of ZANU PF a...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 22:55hrs | 3069 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Kasukuwere confirms Presidential ambitions
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere says the #Tysonwabantu movement unveiled last week was far from being a political party the ex-Zanu-PF top official was forming.Speaking in a...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2568 | by newzimbabwe
Kasukuwere speaks on plot to challenge Mnangagwa
Former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere says the #Tysonwabantu movement unveiled last week was far from being a political party the ex-Zanu PF top official was forming.Speaking in an inter...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:54hrs | 7509 | by New Zimbabwe
Kasukuwere; a threat to ZANU PF and Zimbabwe?
Saviour Kasukuwere aka Tyson is a figure who needs no introduction to the Zimbabwean political landscape.Kasukuwere is a man who has served the nation of Zimbabwe in various portfolios since t...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 11:11hrs | 7452 | by Ndinashe Mudavanhu
Factions continue to hound Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
As Zanu-PF continues to battle its factionalism demons, the party's annual conference which got under way in Goromonzi yesterday is set to endorse President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its leader until 2028...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:42hrs | 2275 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi forms new political party?
Professor Jonathan Moyo has suggested that former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi is linked to a newly formed political entity called the People Party. Responding to reports that he was over th...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 10353 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF fat cats squeezing the poor: Clerics
ZIMBABWE'S political leaders have become too selfish by enriching themselves while burdening the country's suffering masses through suffocating taxes and beatings for protesting the oppression, the Ca...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
No easy walk to Commonwealth, UK envoy tells Mnangagwa
BRITAIN has told Harare that it is concerned over the reluctance shown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to implement genuine reforms.United Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF provinces endorse Mnangagwa as 2023 presidential candidate
Provincial leaderships of Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU-PF have begun endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party's sole candidate for the next presidential elections in 2023.On Monday,...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1294 | by Xinhua
A Christmas book gift from a Villager
In my village, villagers don't write books. They queue for food aid from the State and NGOs to stay alive so that they can go and vote for Zanu PF in the next election. Writing books in my country is ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi's political journey defines a third force narrative
"Rebranding Zimbabwe political arena is critical at this juncture" Former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Dr Walter Mzembi's name continues to dominate on the political raising fears with...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 16:12hrs | 1840 | by Elvis Dzvene
Chamisa trims talks demand
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is toning down on one of his key demands for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - to have an external mediator and is now open to either local cleric or r...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 8953 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was not toppled through a coup, says Sadc
THE executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community has claimed that the regional body did not believe that former President Robert Mugabe was toppled through a coup when his own arm...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 3231 | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF unfazed by Kasukuwere movement
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC yesterday said they were unfazed by the launch of a political movement by self-exiled former ruling party stalwart, Saviour Kasukuwere.Kasukuwere's moveme...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2603 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must reform or allow the country to move forward
Other than the lack of political will combined with the hiatus of ideas to develop the country, part of the challenges we face as a nation is the lack of transformation by Zanu-PF. For that reason, th...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 167 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Jonathan Moyo announces new political party
Professor Jonathan Moyo is over the moon with the formation of yet another new political party.It is not clear who the leaders of the movement are.Said Prof Moyo, "So there's a new pol...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:24hrs | 20451 | by Staff reporter
'MRP not a tribal outfit'
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has insisted that it is not a tribal outfit following accusations that the Matabeleland based opposition party is not only pushing a tribal agenda but cultivating tr...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in Mat South targets civil servants
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South province has resolved to push the government to adopt a policy of vetting civil servants to establish their political affiliation to allegedly guard against sabotage....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:09hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube rues Mnangagwa lost opportunity to unite with Tsvangirai
ZIMBABWE could be better off economically if President Emmerson Mnangagwa had roped opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai into an inclusive transitional arrangement soon after the November 2017 coup....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2435 | by newzimbabwe
Subsidies for more basic goods
NEW subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:45hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba must bring solutions to economic woes
It will not be business as usual at the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference which begins this week in Goromonzi, if sentiments expressed by President Mnangagwa at the Women's League's Sec...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:40hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Subsidies to cover 7 more basic goods
New subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:40hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube welcomes Kasukuwere to oppossition politics
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube has welcomed former ZANU PF Political Commissariat Saviour Kasukuwere to opposition politics. Writing on Twitter Ncube said, "Welcome to the opposit...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 08:42hrs | 4808 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa should apologise for Gukurahundi massacres, says Tshinga Dube
FORMER War Veterans Minister Tshinga Dube says the grudge between government and survivors of the early 1980s military massacres on 20 000 civilians in Matabeleleand and Midlands provinces, will not g...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 19:19hrs | 2837 | by newzimbabwe
Tshinga Dube scorns Mnangagwa talks with political nobodies
FORMER War Veterans Minister, Tshinga Dube Wednesday dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political dialogue with a group of less influential political leaders coalescing under the so-called Polit...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:30hrs | 5893 | by newzimbabwe
Former G40 Kingpin calls for unity
Former Minister of Arts, Sports and Culture Makhosini Hlongwane has called for the political leadership of the country to unite for the sake of the nation building. In a tweet on Saturday Hlon...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 10:00hrs | 4198 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2371 | by Leonard Koni
REVEALED: China plotting to elevate Grace Mugabe to vice Presidency
Former first lady, Grace Mugabe, is reportedly set to make an astonishing return to politics as the country's first vice president, under a 2023 Zimbabwe presidential election plot, which China is all...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:51hrs | 7290 | by Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
Walter Mzembi distances self from #TysonWabantu
Former Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has distanced himself from the G40 "Tyson Wabantu" campaign saying he will make his political pronouncements in due course. The faction on Thursday launch...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 12:08hrs | 3034 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's political stalemate: Who are the victims?
It is a pity that we have become a polarised nation with the ordinary citizen bearing the brunt of elitist politics.Zanu PF, the ruling party since 1980, claims it won the 30 July election. MDC, t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 988 | by Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri
Kasukwere launches 'Tyson Wabantu' political movement
A group of disgruntled former Zanu-PF members, known as G40 yesterday launched a political movement 'Tyson Wabantu' in Bulawayo, setting a stage for a bruising political battle between Saviour Kasukuw...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs disrupt Parliamentary committee
MDC-Alliance legislators yesterday disrupted a Parliamentary committee sitting, protesting that committee chairperson Mr Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (Binga South) from the opposition party should be allowed t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's current environment not ideal for social dialogue
SINCE the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe's government has been confronted by restive workers and their leadership from different labour unions, either threatening industrial action or alleging incapa...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 193 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Shut up: True churches are neutral
CLAIMS by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that his nemesis and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has failed God by refusing to accept the disputed outcome of the 2018 presidential elections and Constitutional Co...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa being fooled by events in Latin America
There are very interesting parallels between political developments in Zimbabwe and in four South American countries, namely Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In all these countries, ther...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1914 | by Bevan Musoko
Political power is key to Matebeleland's existence
Ever since Zimbabwe attained it's independence in 1980, the Southern region popularly known as Mthwakazi has never known peace. There has been an attempt by Shona supremacists to destroy the diverse p...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:04hrs | 1336 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Matabeleland North is open for business
Matebeleland North is open for businessZimbabwe is endowed with several majestic wonders and investment opportunities which require an open mind that sees beyond the negative media onslaught a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1292 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Chamisa has failed God'
MAIN opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has failed God by not accepting the 2018 presidential election results and the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:47hrs | 4222 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots final push
THE opposition MDC is ganging up with citizens, civic society, churches and labour to launch a spirited campaign to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power through an initiative they say will b...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3457 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to challenge Mnangagwa, Chamisa in 2023
Saviour Kasukuwere has declared his intention to run for president in 2023, despite being exiled.The former Zanu-PF political commissar and a key member of the late president Robert Mugabe's C...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 5539 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe soldiers are trained to kill, says Matemadanda
ZANU-PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that if people fail to comply with the law they will be dealt with by soldiers who are trained to kill unlike the police.Speaking durin...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
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