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Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2639 | by PUMA
Zimra throws lifeline to civil servants
Government has thrown a lifeline to its restive workers by operationalising a law that will ensure that those with a minimum 10 years in service can import vehicles duty-free, a week after the workers...Published: 13 hrs ago | 8467 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda keeps rivals guessing
Former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda, recently re-admitted into Zanu-PF following his expulsion in 2014, is keeping his cards close to his chest after dropping out of the Zanu-PF Bulawayo prov...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4322 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demos flop
A planned illegal demonstration by MDC-Alliance and some shadowy anti-Government organisations flopped dismally yesterday after Zimbabwe Republic Police maintained a vigil in central Harare and cities...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4041 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bans election winning candidates
The ruling Zanu-PF has banned youthful candidates who won provincial restructuring elections in Bulawayo over the weekend from contesting in fresh polls slated for next weekend on 25 and 26 May....Published: 22 hrs ago | 3032 | by Methusi Ncube
Jabulani Sibanda barred from running for Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairman
Former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda, recently re-admitted into Zanu-PF following his expulsion in 2014, was barred from running for the position of Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo province last...Published: 20 May 2019 at 08:14hrs | 4571 | by ZimLive
Soldiers assault police informant
A POLICE informant from Bulawayo was allegedly assaulted by soldiers manning the Plumtree border post for exposing smuggling syndicates involving politicians, security agents and Zimbabwe Revenue Auth...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF nullifies Bulawayo poll results
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial leadership and restructuring team yesterday declared the provincial elections null and void, with former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda, who was eyeing the chair...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:29hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Embarrassing Zanu-PF Bulawayo election results nullified
Cephas Ncube has been named Zanu-PF chairperson in a restructuring election where all other results were nullified because "the result threatened elders in the party."The province held electio...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:50hrs | 3181 | by Methusi Ncube
Joshua Nkomo Scholarship 2019 successful candidates - full list
Higherlife Foundation has released a list of 100 'Joshualites' who were offered the Joshua Nkomo Scholarships for 2019, Zim...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:29hrs | 5447 | by Staff reporter
Fake Canadian immigration scams targeting Zimbabweans
Beaver Immigration Consulting is warning Zimbabwean national to be aware of an online hoax that claims Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "begging" African leaders, from Nigeria, Kenya and Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF welcomes back prodigal son, Didymus Mutasa
Long-serving Zanu-PF member Didymus Mutasa, who was expelled from the party at the height of factionalism and readmitted in October last year after spending two years in the wilderness is retracing hi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
The birth of tribal domination in Zimbabwean politics
On 8 November 1978, at the age of 61 years Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, formed the United National Federal Party (UNFP), as a break away from the Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization (ZUPO), a political par...Published: 17 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | 4332 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Chamisa fails to douse Bulawayo factional flames
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC national leadership on Monday failed to douse factional flames in Bulawayo, where a section of disgruntled party members is demanding a re-run of the provincial congress, ci...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
More pressure for Chamisa in Bulawayo
Embattled MDC Nelson Chamisa is facing more and more headwinds as disgruntled party members here have vowed to put pressure on him to dissolve the current provincial executive or face a revolt in the ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4726 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets hostile reception in Bulawayo
DISGRUNTLED MDC Alliance officials in Bulawayo yesterday gave their leader Mr Nelson Chamisa a hostile reception to the city by painting graffiti at the party's provincial offices denigrating him for ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3280 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Tsvangirai's daughter in horror crash
Former Prime Minister and late MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java was last night involved in a head-on accident in kwekwe.A family member yesterday told Bulawa...Published: 14 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 10508 | by Methusi Ncube
Mnangagwa is not God, says Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hopes of destabilising the opposition through underhand dealings and his hopes of turning around the worsening economy alone will fail because he is not God, MDC leader ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Import substitution: best remedy to high import bill
Zimbabwe imported goods worth $6.85 Billion in 2018, a 38% increase from 2017. That import figure can go up by 30% if smuggled merchandise and under declared imports at the country's border posts are ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:15hrs | 411 | by Victor Bhoroma
Peter Nkomo Academy yet to take-off
THE Peter Nkomo Goalkeeper's Academy that was launched in December last year at Highlanders Sports Club is yet to take off.According to its founder member, legendary Highlanders goalkeeper Pet...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Student kills lecturer over thesis
An argument over a thesis turned fatal as a student allegedly killed his professor by slashing her throat.The incident happened Monday afternoon, May 2, at the North Sumatra Muhammadiyah Unive...Published: 09 May 2019 at 21:25hrs | 6002 | by Staff Reporter
War veterans warn Zanu PF
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has come out guns blazing, accusing Zanu PF of patronising its membership during elections and then dumping them soon after.L...Published: 09 May 2019 at 18:59hrs | 6797 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa declares ZanuPF superior to Zimbabweans
President Mnangagwa in a 30 second rant that has gone viral and has been widely interpreted to mean only his ZanuPF party is Independent while the rest of Zimbabweans are not, has sparked outrage amon...Published: 08 May 2019 at 00:07hrs | 8300 | by Methusi Ncube
MDC Alliance battle lines drawn
THE battle for political survival in the opposition MDC went a notch up on Sunday when party heavyweights nominated for positions in the executive council unveiled their manifestos before the Harare p...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:45hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri says MDC should reject both Biti and Welshman Ncube
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri says party structures should reject both Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube as they once left the party to form their own political parties, as the fighting for the three ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:43hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Mpariwa chickens out from MDC VP race
MDC veteran politician Paurina Mpariwa has chickened out of the race as Nelson Chamisa's deputy opting to contest for the position of women assembly chairperson.MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume c...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Riot police called in to restore order during Zanu-PF's elections
RIOT police were called in to restore order during Zanu-PF's chaotic internal elections on Sunday after drunk and angry supporters accused the party's chefs of holding sham elections ahead of next wee...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:39hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Biti, Ncube
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri says party structures should reject both Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube as they once left the party to form their own political parties, as the fighting for the three ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:18hrs | 6777 | by Staff reporter
Ministers urged to update nation on economic progress
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has urged all ministers to periodically update the nation on the progress they have made on economic and transformation issues. Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Pup...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths rise against Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF youths have demanded that old people who make up most of president Emerson Mnangagwa's government should pave way for younger people with fresh ideas.Firebrand Zanu-PF political commis...Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 34750 | by Methusi Ncube
MDC bigwigs fight for survival
THE stage has been set for a bruising fight in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC as almost all candidates nominated for top positions in the party's standing committee have accepted and are now reaching into...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:20hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs defy Chamisa's National Council
IT is the battle of the titans in the MDC as party bigwigs vying for the three vice presidency posts defied the National Council to withdraw from the race ahead of the party's congress later this mont...Published: 04 May 2019 at 19:42hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths yet to receive Tsenengamu's resignation notice
THE Zanu-PF Youth League is yet to receive a formal resignation notice from its political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu following his social media statements highlighting his departure from the youth w...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's time to walk the talk
In his message to workers on the eve of the Workers' Day President Emmerson Mnangagwa said, and I quote "we must no longer merely survive, now is the time for us to blossom, thrive and prosper as a na...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 252 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Chamisa will be at the helm of MDC for the next 5 years
MDC bigwigs vying for top positions at the party's looming congress will next week come under scrutiny when they meet ordinary members to pitch their plans ahead of the big gathering set for Gweru lat...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira's message to workers
The struggle for emancipation by the Zimbabwean workers has its roots in the happening of the late 19th Century. After obtaining the Rudd concession the whites did not stop but rushed to obtain the ro...Published: 01 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1272 | by Linda Masarira
MDC Midlands to re-run district congress
MDC Midlands province has been ordered by the party's national organising committee to re-run district congresses where the electoral process was marred by irregularities.Takavafira Zhou, the ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:00hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to appoint half of the MDC's leadership
MDC president Nelson Chamisa will appoint almost half of the party's leadership after he was given a blank cheque to do so by the party's national council.Chamisa, who has no challengers for t...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:49hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC allocates posts to ex-G40 cadres
FORMER members of the deposed Generation 40 (G40) faction have secured positions in the opposition MDC party's Harare provincial executive. G40 is a Zanu-PF faction that worked tirelessly to secure fo...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:45hrs | 2176 | by Staff reporter
'Private sector frustrates interbank system'
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has blamed the private sector for frustrating the success of the interbank foreign currency market by shifting goal posts and blaming Government for the...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
The ZCTU should choose between labour and politics
A few days before the violent and ruinous protests of 14 to 16 January this year in the main cities of Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 1114 | by Nobleman Runyanga
No Ndebele VP for Chamisa
MATEBELELAND could lose out of one of the MDC's vice president slot as one of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's three deputies will be a woman after the party resolved to set aside the position for female c...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:42hrs | 14478 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Chamisa's MDC
Out of the eight MDC bigwigs vying for the position of vice president (VP) in the party, five of them will be condemned to ordinary card-carrying members if they lose their bids. The MDC const...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 5826 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa makes major climbdown
One of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's three deputies will be a woman after the party resolved to set aside the position for female candidates yesterday.Chamisa has been nominated unopposed by 11 ...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:33hrs | 3153 | by Staff reporter
Nust student in mystery suicide
A National University of Science and Technology (Nust) second year Actuarial Science student was found hanging at home in Nketa suburb on Friday in a suspected case of suicide. Misheck Siwela ...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1372 | by Staff reporter
Inside the MDC VPs race
The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa will hold its elective congress in May, and four of the candidates for the vice presidency are females, Tracy Mutinhiri, Paurina Mpariwa, Lynette Karenyi Kore, and Lillia...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa opens door for MDC campaigns
CANDIDATES nominated to fight for different national executive and nationals standing committee posts when the Movement for Democratic Change holds its elective congress in May will next week start ca...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:49hrs | 6522 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces VPs headache
THE opposition MDC party goes into a crucial national council meeting this weekend to map out how the opposition party will handle its May 24 congress amid disagreements over the viability of maintain...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 4736 | by Staff reporter
Major shake-up in govt hospitals
A MAJOR shake-up is underway in the country's biggest referral hospitals as Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo begins to flex his muscles following his appointment in September last year....Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 3986 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube laments indisciplined speculation
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the wave of price increases being experienced on the market and the wild parallel market exchange rates have no economic justifi...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
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