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Zanu-PF and the Politics of Gatekeeping
As Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu PF, navigates the complex landscape of succession politics, internal power struggles are coming to the fore. The party's ...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 17:54hrs | 312 | by Etiwel Mutero
Zanu-PF wins three uncontested seats ahead of by-elections
Zanu PF has claimed an early victory ahead of the July 26 local authority by-elections after securing three wards unopposed, according to an announcement made today by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissio...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:27hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei, Mnangagwa golf video sparks outrage
A video showing controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei casually interacting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a golf outing has ignited public outcry and intensified speculation over the...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 18:37hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei supporters hit back at Mutsvangwa
Allies of local business magnate Dr. Kudakwashe Tagwirei have launched a spirited defence of the controversial tycoon, following sharp criticism from Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa. The g...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:56hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sweating over Captain Mbeba's fitness
Highlanders Football Club are anxiously awaiting a medical report on captain Andrew Mbeba, who faces a race against time to be fit for Thursday's crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter a...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:08hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
'Mutsvangwa of abusing Tagwirei for selfish political agenda
Former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman and ex-Norton independent legislator Themba Mliswa has accused party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa of pursuing a personal political agenda by ...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 12:32hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's political ambitions up in smoke barred from Zanu-PF CC
Zanu-PF has formally barred controversial business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei from joining its influential Central Committee, insisting he must return to the grassroots and start from the bottom if he...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:41hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Conference to address Mnangagwa's future
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa says the ruling party's upcoming annual conference, set for 13-20 October at Mutare Polytechnic, will provide clarity and direction on the party's contentio...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 16:49hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties demand Gukurahundi genocide transparency
Political parties, mainly from Matabeleland, have formed a united alliance to intensify calls for transparency and accountability in the ongoing Gukurahundi hearings, expressing deep concerns over wha...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Plan to rebury war heroes in unmarked graves underway
The Government is drafting a landmark law to facilitate the exhumation, repatriation, and reburial of thousands of liberation war heroes who remain buried in unmarked mass graves across Zimbabwe and b...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T says Mudzuri is wayward
Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has described its vice president, Elias Mudzuri, as "wayward" following violent clashes at the party's Harare headquarters on Thursday.Riot ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:29hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's AMH charged for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
A week after the arrest of Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba, the Zimbabwean government has escalated its legal crackdown on independent media by charging the newspaper's parent company, Alpha Me...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 19:15hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Dembare relegation: Zifa plans to expand PSL to 20 teams
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has announced bold plans to expand the country's Premier Soccer League (PSL) from 18 to 20 teams, alongside the creation of a new Nationa...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:41hrs | 9769 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa critic set free
The assault case against former Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi has been withdrawn by a Harare magistrate due to the absence of the key state witness.Musengezi faced charges of assaultin...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors at risk of re-traumatisation
Mounting criticism is trailing the government's proposed structure for the upcoming Gukurahundi hearings, set to begin on June 26, amid fears the process will intimidate and re-traumatise victims - pa...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:33hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei emerging from the shadows to succeed Mnangagwa?
On Wednesday evening, wearing full military gear and speaking from an unknown location, Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Geza announced via live video that ‘they' were planning to impeach President Em...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:57hrs | 3075 | by Christopher Mutambirwa
Hichilema forcing himself into Lungu burial programme
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has officially ended the national mourning period for the country's sixth Republican President, the late Edgar Chagwa Lungu, citing a breakdown in funeral arrangem...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:50hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to compensate genocide victims
The Zimbabwean government will compensate victims of the Gukurahundi massacres, with community hearings into the 1980s atrocities set to commence on June 26, 2025, Deputy President of the National Cou...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:21hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Democracy under siege
Zimbabwe's democratic space faces significant challenges, rooted in decades of authoritarian rule by the ZANU-PF party, which has governed since 1980.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in power...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 605 | by Leonard Koni
Mutsvangwa's Mugabe coup remark opens can of worms
Observers have criticized Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa for speaking with a "forked tongue" following his recent remarks alleging that the late former President Robert Mugabe was removed...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:19hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not losing sleep over ouster attempts
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly having "sleepless nights" over growing calls from within ZANU PF for his term of office to be extended beyond the constitutional limit of 2028, according to ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 14:09hrs | 2716 | by Staff reportetr
Mnangagwa losing sleep over term extension
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly having sleepless nights over mounting calls from within his own Zanu-PF party to extend his term beyond the constitutionally mandated limit of two terms, the...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:52hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga, HStv cases merged
The trial of journalist Blessed Mhlanga and Heart & Soul TV (HStv) will now proceed as a joint matter after the Harare Magistrates Court ruled in favor of the State's application to merge the two ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:34hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
The war in Sudan is still happening and the world has moved on
Somewhere between the latest tech layoffs, celebrity gossip, and viral TikToks about how to season your trauma with lavender oil and affirmations, a war is still raging in Sudan. Yes, still. Not metap...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:00hrs | 360 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Zimbabwe, EU celebrate growing trade
Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) have marked a significant milestone in their growing economic partnership, with trade between the two entities increasing by 30% and foreign direct investment (FDI...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:23hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reverses Mashayamombe suspension
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to take disciplinary action against individuals within Zanu-PF who orchestrated a wave of what he termed "random and illegal" suspensions of party members, warni...Published: 12 May 2025 at 14:01hrs | 3365 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga's Fury Exposes Zimbabwe's Broken Justice
The fenced gate of Harare Central Remand Prison swung open on Wednesday night, releasing Alpha Media journalist Blessed Mhlanga after 73 days of pre-trial detention. But the man who emerged was not th...Published: 09 May 2025 at 12:03hrs | 1379 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Bosso seek redemption
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu is treading a fine line between caution and confidence as his side prepares to face FC Platinum in a potentially explosive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League showdown a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Bakala takes over at CAPS United after Chiragwi declined offer
Former CAPS United midfielder Ian Bakala has been appointed as the club's new head coach, stepping in to replace long-serving gaffer and club legend Lloyd Chitembwe. The appointment marks a new chapte...Published: 08 May 2025 at 16:23hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga robbed 73 days of his life
Alpha Media journalist Blessed Mhlanga was finally granted freedom on Wednesday night after spending 73 days in pre-trial detention at Harare Central Remand Prison. Mhlanga was arrested in early Janua...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:54hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets launch impeachment drive
A major political storm is sweeping through Zimbabwe's corridors of power as a group of war veterans led by outspoken activist Blessed Geza has initiated an impeachment campaign targeting senior gover...Published: 06 May 2025 at 12:15hrs | 4550 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Gugu (7) crowned first Princess in Egypt
Nothando Gugulethu Sibanda, a 7-year-old pupil from Victoria Junior Primary School in Masvingo, has made her country proud by being crowned first princess at the Toto Miss Little Africa pageant held i...Published: 05 May 2025 at 16:14hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Makepekepe shake-up as Jere hits panic button
In a dramatic reshuffle, CAPS United has announced a significant overhaul of its technical team, with club legend Lloyd Chitembwe moved out of the dugout and former midfield maestro Ian Bakala returni...Published: 05 May 2025 at 16:04hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blasted over attack on Coltart
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has ignited a storm of criticism after accusing Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart of advancing tribal interests and allegedly supporting a separatist agenda,...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
State to charge Heart and Soul TV alongside Blessed Mhlanga
In a dramatic twist, the State has announced plans to charge Heart and Soul TV (HSTV), a subsidiary of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), alongside jailed journalist Blessed Mhlanga for allegedly publishing ...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 18:39hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala barred from seeing incarcerated Blessed Mhlanga
Opposition politician Job Sikhala was yesterday barred from visiting incarcerated HStv senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga at Harare Remand Prison, with prison guards citing instructions from "above" as...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:45hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Police warn against disruptions during ZITF amid Geza shutdown calls
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a strong warning to individuals contemplating disruption of public order or business operations, particularly during the ongoing 65th edition of the Zimba...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:34hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Police crush UZ lecturers' demonstration
Police once again displayed heavy-handed tactics on Wednesday morning, arresting leaders of a demonstration by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers who were demanding a salary review. The arrested le...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:27hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Bosso edge woeful CAPS United as Green Machine crisis deepens
Highlanders 1 - 0 CAPS UnitedCAPS United's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign took another grim turn at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday, where they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hand...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:02hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga sues Justice and Information ministers
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has taken legal action against the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Information, and the Attorney General (AG), challenging the constitutional...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:49hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Peace be unto our motherland, Zimbabwe!
Sometime in 2018 - it must have been on December 19 - protests broke out in a small town in Sudan, Atbara, which was relatively unknown to the world, after bread prices more than tripled.It wa...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:43hrs | 84 | by Bishop
Zec ducks Chivayo millions saga
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has pleaded with journalists to stop asking questions regarding the controversial US$40 million elections tender allegedly awarded to Zanu PF-linked businessman...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:29hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa nemesis granted bail
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who gained national attention for his legal challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy in 2021, was granted US$100 bail on Thursday following his ar...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:14hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger 'assaults' airtime vendor
Former Zanu-PF member and political activist Sybeth Musengezi appeared in court on Wednesday facing charges of allegedly assaulting an airtime vendor who disrupted his press conference earlier this we...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:13hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail for the third time
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has been denied bail for the third time, with a Harare magistrate ruling that there were no new circumstances to justify his release from custody....Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:40hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF laughs off Geza's bid to remove Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF has dismissed war veteran Blessed Geza's bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa, presenting a united front despite growing signs of factionalism within the ruling party. Geza, a former Centr...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:30hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Zifa launches competition for new Warriors kit and logo
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has launched a design competition inviting local designers to create the next Warriors kit and logo. The contest, titled "Warrior Pride Brand Design Battle," w...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 17:54hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei co-option will enrich ruling party, says Mutsvangwa
The proposed co-option of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the Zanu-PF Central Committee is set to strengthen the party's business interests, ensuring closer alignment with the economic sector, a ...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:46hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa, wake up - Zimbabweans are not fooled!
The delusions never end! Christopher Mutsvangwa, the spokesperson for ZANU-PF, held a press conference today basking in the supposed triumph of Zimbabweans not participating in the planned 31s...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 22:57hrs | 1355 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Geza's voice echoes across a political void
ON March 26, a friend alerted me to a Press conference held by Blessed Geza, a Zimbabwean war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member.I also understand he recently gained significa...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 1149 | by Tapiwa Gomo
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