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Police caution politicians over hate speech ahead of 2023 polls
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has cautioned politicians against using inflammatory language or hate speech that incite violence and polarize the country ahead of the 2023 elections, The Standard ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:29hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
NGOs claims to be targets of Zanu-PF
HUMAN rights defenders have lamented heightened criminalisation of human rights defenders in the country which they say was a strategy to silence dissent ahead of next year's polls.This came o...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central needs Mnangagwa's intervention
On the 26th of April 2018 Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said, "A titanic battle in Mazowe West on Sunday. Tafadzwa Musarara vs Kazembe Kazembe. But Anastencia Mazikana, Chrispen Mataire, Richa...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 3514 | by Taurai Zhou
Zanu-PF appeals to industry
Zanu-PF has introduced a programme dubbed Listening Tuesdays, in which it will invite captains of industry and company executives to deliberate on issues bedevilling the country's economy.Thro...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira salutes SADC for PAP victory
President of the Chiefs Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has thanked the SADC region for trusting him to lead the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) following his election on Wednesday.In the proc...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo unleashes another jibe aimed at Nelson Chamisa
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has unleashed another jibe aimed at the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, in what could signify a waning relationship between t...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:15hrs | 6932 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans dreading 2023 elections'
THE 2023 polls have emerged as the leading cause of distress among Zimbabweans as political tensions heighten, a survey by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has showed.ZimRight...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3358 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is no longer free
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official open...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 16697 | by Staff reporter
Scotland pushes to be independent from colonial Britain
Scotland's leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence on Oct. 19, 2023 - even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:55hrs | 943 | by Associated Press
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to prepare for his retirement
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared that he will rule the country after elections expected next year.Addressing scores of mourners at the burial of the...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 5204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans in witch-hunt
WAR veterans are re-structuring in an exercise expected to claim some scalps to weed out "rogue" elements that "could disrupt" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of being re-elected next year....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new political party launches, promises economic revival
A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) was launched last Friday at the Bulawayo Media Centre.Addressing journalists, the party's 38-year-old leader Fanuel Lisenga said Zimb...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 355 | by Rashweat Mukundu
G7 face battle for unity as cost of Ukraine war mounts
The Russian war against Ukraine will inevitably dominate the summit of G7 nations in Bavaria.And the leaders of the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan face a difficult challenge....Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:50hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says political violence will not be tolerated
The State will deal decisively with instigators and perpetrators of political violence and will move with speed to institute a strong legislative response to thwart incidences of violence ahead of nex...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:12hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youths attack, deface Chamisa's offices
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) officials have blamed alleged Zanu-PF youths for an attack at its Mutare offices, that left the building defaced while all doors and windows were destroyed....Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 09:53hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lightning rod
God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yo...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 193 | by Jamwanda
Zambia-bound truck spills 35 tonnes of sulphur
A Zambia-bound truck laden with 35 tonnes of sulphur overturned and caught fire at the 311km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway, near Tsetse checkpoint in Hurungwe District with preliminary investi...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi defends Zec on voters roll
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying the electoral body does not remove voters from their polling stations.This followed reports that t...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says there iso excuse for not registering to vote
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored all Zimbabweans to register to vote ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections saying those without identity particulars should take advantage of the ongoing free registry...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe does not have foreign constituencies'
ZIMBABWE has 210 electoral constituencies and none of them is located outside the country's physical boarders, justice legal and parliamentary affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.He was ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 18:20hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
US$37 million project stabilises Bulawayo water supply
MASSIVE waterworks initiated by Government and its partners have resulted in the installation of new pumping equipment, rehabilitation of water and sewer treatment plants in Bulawayo, with the Lake Gw...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to the Midlands
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today tour and commission new equipment at three companies in Gweru as part of the country's modernisation and industrialisation process.This comes as the country is w...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can never hold credible elections without leadership being publicly questioned for accountability
This morning I was watching a lively Sky News interview with Dominic Raab, the British Deputy Prime Minister, whereby he was being grilled over many topical issues affecting his country.As I w...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:28hrs | 1664 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF members flee to rural areas
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership says many ruling party members were seeking transfers from urban to rural areas.Addressing members at a provincial co-ordinating committee me...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3738 | by Staff reporter
'It's too late for Zimbabwe diaspora voters'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have decried the discrimination of diasporans who will not vote in the 2023 general elections because the country has not reformed its electoral laws.There h...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's CCC should be barred from competing in election,' says Professor Moyo
EXILED former Cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, has said Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) should be barred from competing in the 2023 elections as it lacks the status of a genuine political party f...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:58hrs | 10163 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa still green, says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has described Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa as politically green and needed to work harder to guarantee a comprehensive victory...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 8693 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blocked
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was blocked from holding victory celebrations in Chegutu yesterday at the 11th hour, with the party's officials saying Zanu-PF was behind the disruption ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:11hrs | 9307 | by Staff reporter
Biti survives stone attack
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president Tendai Biti escaped death after he was attacked by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Mashonaland Central on Friday as political temperature...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF audit
Zanu-PF's attempts to audit its structures ahead of the 2023 elections was marred by a poor turnout and confusion in most parts of the country with the ruling party's deputy secretary Kembo Mohadi can...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | 230 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission at crossroads
A REPORT produced by the Commonwealth after observing Zimbabwe's 2018 elections will potentially scupper the country's desperate bid to rejoin the group, four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa reneges on inaugural pledges'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of fondly embracing rights abusers, contrary to pledges made when it assumed power via a coup in 2017....Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians inciting violence'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe accused political party leaders of inciting violence to destabilise the country ahead of the 2023 polls.Responding to questions in the Senate, Kazembe sai...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to beat Mnangagwa predicts Afrobarometer
A MASS Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) survey has predicted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa stands no chance against opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa if elections...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 4664 | by Staff reporter
torm over Zanu-PF Mashonaland West reshuffles as factional fights escalate
FACTIONAL fights rocking Zanu-PF's Mashonaland West province have escalated, with chairperson Mary Mliswa-Chikoka being accused of illegally dissolving district structures to disempower rival Kindness...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
War vets attempt to block CCC meeting
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has claimed that war veterans in Mangubo village, Plumtree in Matabeleland South province, vainly tried to block its meeting last week.CCC ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF support waning, says Zimbabwe police
A LEAKED internal police memorandum has exposed that the ruling Zanu-PF party's popularity is waning at the grassroots, especially in its rural strongholds.Over the weekend, Zanu-PF conducted ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2275 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Sithembiso Nyoni distances herself from Believe Gaule
Losing ZANU PF Matabeleland North Provincial chairman aspirant Believe Gaule has been exposed by Zanu-PF politburo member Sithembiso Nyoni who called for unity among party members in Matabeleland Nort...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 10:37hrs | 3755 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pressure piles over diaspora vote
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni recently said the 2023 elections outcome would be ruled illegitimate by the international community if the more than five million Zimbabweans in t...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Why the diaspora cannot vote
THE Constitution of Zimbabwe states that citizens who have reached the age of 18 years may vote.However, section (23) of the Electoral Act suggests that for citizens to register to vote, they ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 590 | by Election Resource Centre
Zanu-PF cell audit reveals plummeting popularity
Zanu-PF's emergency structures audit which took place Saturday left party leaders deeply worried after very few people turned up for the cell verification process while in some places it failed to tak...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:27hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF audit
Zanu-PF's attempts to audit its structures ahead of the 2023 elections was marred by a poor turnout and confusion in most parts of the country with the ruling party's deputy secretary Kembo Mohadi can...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig dismisses rifts claim
Zanu-PF politburo member Sithembiso Nyoni has called for unity among party members in Matabeleland North as she distanced herself from factions that are allegedly vying for the control of the ruling p...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for unity of purpose
Zanu-PF party members should uphold unity and peace ahead of next year's harmonised elections, the ruling party's Second Secretary and Vice President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has said.He made...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands frets over opposition dominance
Zanu-PF activists in the Midlands province are fretting over the party's perennial election losses to the opposition in Gweru Urban constituency since 2000, saying the party must re-look its candidate...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
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