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South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 7 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe war vets bay for minister's blood
WAR veterans are demanding the axing of Matebeleland North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo over a basket of charges that include disrespecting the Zanu-PF leadership.Moyo, who is also...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:35hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's lobbying for SADC Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe crisis angers Mnangagwa allies
ONGOING lobbying for the convention of a SADC Extraordinary meeting on Zimbabwe has triggered tremors in Harare with such efforts being described as a treacherous attempt to interfere with internal pr...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga congratulates Mnangagwa
Vice President and Second Secretary of the ruling Party Zanu-PF Dr Constantino Chiwenga has congratulated President Mnangagwa on his re-election and for leading the party to a resounding victory in la...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers scoff at reviewed tax threshold
WORKERS have scoffed at government's latest review of the tax-free threshold to $500 000 effective this month, saying there is nothing to celebrate when the majority are earning below that figure....Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must bolt the doors to biased observers
Recently, an African teenage boy living in the French ghettos known as banlieues was shot dead in a botched traffic stop that was captured on video, spotlighting systematic violence and racism in Fran...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Chamisa and Kasukuwere lead push to oust Mnangagwa in August
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa will face a former ruling party stalwart who was exiled after a coup six years ago in the country's general election set for August 23.Saviour Kasukuwere,...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED lines up national convention
Scores of Apostolic sects under the Vapostori4ED and Zion4ED banners have lined up an historic national convention this month to offer their final pledge to ensure a landslide victory for President Mn...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The many political lives of Mohadi
WHEN the "Ides of March" devoured Kembo Mohadi as he stepped down as country Vice-President (VP) late February last year, many thought the epitaph on his political grave had been inscribed for eternit...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to boycott 2023 elections?
Sources within the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC have revealed that a fierce debate on whether or not to participate in next year's elections is raging. According to the sources, the debate has...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa mourns former MDC-T vice chairperson Mutseyekwa
President Mnangagwa says he was "greatly saddened" by the death of former MDC-T vice chairperson and former co-Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Giles Mutseyekwa.Mu...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Britain dumps MDC Alliance?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the UK Ambassador to Zimbabwe advised Tendai Biti, the Deputy President of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa that Britain is s...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Ndou Paul
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
Mnangawa told to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s government has been asked to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents. In a statement issued by Heal Zimbabwe Trust to mark the Internatio...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 09:52hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa has changed face of Zimbabwean politics'
Former MDC Kwekwe legislator Mr Blessing Chebundo (BC) is among many opposition members who have jumped ship to join the ruling party this year. Below he shares his experiences with our Political Edit...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beyond elections: When the chickens come home to roost
This article could not have come at a better time than this interesting political time when Bulawayo is battling with the local governance conundrum, probably a historical first when the opposit...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Michael Mhlanga
Tensions rising over Zimbabwe meltdown
Tensions continue to rise in Zimbabwe, with the government seemingly at sea about how to deal with the worsening economic situation in the country which has seen the prices of basic goods shooting thr...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM condemns Human Rights violations in Zimbabwe
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), after receiving an avalanche of credible information and hard evidence of mass and indiscriminate human rights violations by the army...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 5 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Only a firm hand benevolent autocratic leader can save Zimbabwe
Eddie Cross's opinion piece of December 29, 2018 titled "How long oh Lord, how Long?", in which he lambasts lousy government, corruption, nonsensical monetary and macroeconomic policies, concludes tha...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:58hrs | 12 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
'Peace and healing can only move us forward'
Zimbabwe's Unity Day, which is celebrated on 22 December every year, lays background to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC).After the political conflict which took place in...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Retired Justice Selo Nare
Kgalema Motlanthe Commission hijacked
After the violent demonstrations and the death of six people in Zimbabwe on the 1st August 2018 the president sought to go deeper in the problem. On the 14th September 2018 ED published a proclamation...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 20:31hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jim Kunaka spills the bins...implicates Manyeruke
Former leader of the dreaded ZANU PF Chipangano terror group Jim Kunaka has alleged that ZANU PF is a terror party that uses security apparatus to unleash terror on the opposition. Giving his ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 13:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Second Republic saw expansion of democratic space' boasted ED - didn't last, tyranny returned with a deadly bang!
"Mupakati anokubirwa nomutsitsi; akakupa chisvanda, anopendedza nenyika!" (A tyrant robs you by the bushel full; if he gives away a bowl, he will make a big song and dance of his generosity!) So goes ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe killer soldiers 'were driven by cruelty'
SOLDIERS allegedly shot and killed Silvia Maphosa (56) in cold blood at close range on August 1 during post elections violence that rocked Harare, the commission of inquiry into the violence led by fo...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family-led enterprises can ease the burden on government
IT must be difficult being in the shoes of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube. Being appointed to such a powerful post is an honour, but that power comes with huge responsibilities. His presence on the sce...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Churches push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
CHURCHES under the banner of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches are leading efforts to bring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to the negotiating table to br...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens probe into army killings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday swore in the team which will investigate the post elections violence which resulted in the death of at least six people, after the army used live ammunition to b...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporterq
Confidence in Zec at all-time low
POLITICAL players and the general public have lost confidence in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (Zec) capacity to deliver free, fair and credible elections even after the Constitutional Court (Co...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Post-election Violence: MDC Alliance supporters abandon homes
POST-ELECTION violence has reportedly displaced several opposition MDC Alliance supporters countrywide despite calls for tolerance, with reports that many families have abandoned their homes for fear ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Put Zimbabwe on agenda, Sadc urged
CIVIL society groups under the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition are piling pressure on Sadc to put the country on the agenda of its upcoming meeting following the disputed July 30 elections and post elect...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's legitimacy bid crumbles
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's extensive public relations campaign to position himself as a reformer and leader of a new dispensation in Zimbabwe has crumbled like a deck of cards. This is after the d...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP president's speech at the occasion of the launch of the union of Mthwakazi Parliament
It has been a torrid, bumpy and painful journey from 2013 to this momentous occasion today. As I speak before you now, I'm holding back floods of tears of both joy and pain. 2013, the birth of Mth...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:50hrs | 15 | by Mqondisi Moyo
MDC Alliance activists defacing campaign posters?
THE Zanu-PF youth league has accused MDC Alliance activists of defacing the ruling party candidates' campaign posters across the country as incidents of defacing of campaign posters are on the increas...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to respect election results
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has committed to upholding a democratic process post elections with a promise to respect the outcome of the harmonised elections slated for the 30th of next month....Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 22:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government commits to leveling election ground
Electoral reforms have been one trump card which the opposition has been running with seeking to justify and ultimately nullify the end result come July elections.But in the spirit of fairness...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:38hrs | | by Rufaro Gijima
Mnangagwa to host 'leaders' meeting on violence' - just restore Police's powers and stop wasting time
It is a great pity that President Mnangagwa continues to behave like a thug contrary to his own repeated assertions that the country has moved on from lawless and unstable Zimbabwe of Mugabe's 37 year...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 22:26hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MRP Is the best political coalition for Mthwakazi
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has claimed that his party is the best coalition for Matabeleland people."We have had a lot of questions regarding the so called opposition ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
The revolution still lives: Youth League perspective
As I write this piece, I stop mid-sentence to ponder if our icons and martyrs namely Mzilikazi, Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi, Lobengula and Chaminuka were still alive, what their take would be about t...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:57hrs | 4 | by Fundisani Dewa
To avoid the wanton election violence of 2008, we must have the NTA now.
I have just read Obert Chaurura Gutu's paper, "Is the transition authority the solution", presented at the Mass Public Opinion Institute (New Zimbabwe). The failure by the MDC-T spokesman to grasp the...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 02:54hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
I will personally mobilize people to occupy and confiscate Mugabe's Blue Roof Mansion
Exiled human rights defender and democracy activist Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo (29) has made sensitive assertions that he is planning to mobilize people in the post Mugabe era to occupy and confiscate P...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 14:58hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
#ThisFlag protest rattles Jonathan Moyo
On the eve of Zimbabwe's independence celebrations last month, Evan Mawarire was a little-known Harare-based pastor, but as of last week his messages were reaching a staggering 133 000 people on Faceb...Published: 23 May 2016 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's winter of discontent approaches
ZANU (PF) has totally failed us and only a national democratic revolution driven by the collective can be able extricate us from the current socio economic disaster.According to Ibbo Mandaza, ...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:21hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
Reforms overdue in the MDC-T
A stolen election and all hell went loose!!! But what exactly should have been done and what should be done to salvage the opposition formation and by extension, the change agenda? Firstly the MDC...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 06:50hrs | | by Khumbulani Thusani Dube
Post elections Zimbabwe: Getting the tyres to hit the tar
The elections have come and gone, albeit contentiously so. Yet what still unites us as a nation is our common desire to see this nation advance for the good of all Zimbabweans. As the natio...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 10:41hrs | | by Perry Munzwembiri
ZAPU To Conduct Election Post Mortem In Birmingham
On the 31st August 2013, ZAPU will be holding post elections general meeting in Birmingham, whose purpose and focus is to diagnose the proceedings of the ended plebiscite and to come up with the progn...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 22:42hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Tsvangirai, Idi Amin and security sector reform
A LOT has been written and said about the role of security sector in Zimbabwe before, during and post elections. Although the new constitution that came into effect on May 22, 2013, demands neutrality...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou
Freedom is coming!
It was a delight attending the MDC star rally in Highfield Zimbabwe grounds recently. Remember this was the same place that Robert Mugabe was introduced to the masses in January 1980, times are a chan...Published: 30 May 2013 at 08:31hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Tsvangirai's diplomatic offensive pays off
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's recent regional diplomatic offensive has paid-off following a resolution by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to convene an extraordinary summit on Z...Published: 29 May 2013 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
2013: The year Mugabe oversees his last political drama
I often clash with some of my Facebook friends about the state of our country where they sometimes argue that Zimbabwe is normal country. Some of them say we are on the right path towards economic a...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 06:29hrs | 5 | by Mathula Lusinga
Zimbabwe's Civic Society Expect Full Implementation Of SADC Resolution
Zimbabwe's civic society said on Saturday they expect nothing but implementation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) resolution on Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe is expected to be discusse...Published: 11 Jun 2011 at 12:03hrs | | by Voice of the people
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