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The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2187 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
From Ramaphoria to Ramageddon
Many political observers have reacted with both "shock and awe" to the astounding performance of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party in one of South Africa's most contested elections.Indeed, to borrow...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 15:01hrs | 5 | by Sipho Seepe
The elusive promise of a democratic breakthrough
SINCE 2000, there have been several attempts to dislodge the ruling party, Zanu –PF, from government. The ruling party's mismanagement of the economy has led to an economic crisis that has rendered ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:19hrs | 16 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Why is Welshman Ncube being ethnically targeted and bullied?
I repeat and for good reasons, no matter what it takes, Shona ethnic majoritarianism, Gukurahundism and imperialism has to be fought in the following spheres: culture and language , education, healthc...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Bekithemba Sibhalwa Jnr
Zanu-PF tension grips Midlands
SIMMERING tension has absorbed the ruling Zanu-PF in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard, stoked by the party's provincial leadership's decision to block scheduled disciplinary hearings f...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC should reconsider its position on structures
THE ongoing drama within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is unfortunate and a huge blow to the country's fight for democracy, but this should serve as a wake-up call for the opposition outfit ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Canisio Mudzimu
Zimbabwe's main opposition implodes, handing Zanu-PF full control
Just over a month after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe, the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), appears to be imploding as a renegade outfit starts recalling parliament...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa using David Coltart to play dangerous tribal political games in Bulawayo
Where is Welshman Ncube, where is Thokozani Khupe, where is Mqondisi Moyo of MRP, where is Sibangilizwe Nkomo of ZAPU? As for Cde Paul Siwela, I know he is pained and ashamed of what is happening in M...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
'Bhora musango' candidate in trouble over protest vote
Robert Nyemudzo, the disqualified Zanu-PF candidate for Chipinge South constituency, is scheduled to undergo a disciplinary hearing in Mutare today. He is facing allegations of orchestrating a protest...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Moses Moyo
Obert Mpofu drumming up support for Mnangagwa
THE Zanu-PF campaign train rolls into Jambezi in Hwange district today where the party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu is expected to address multitudes of supporters.Jambezi fal...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is under siege
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my heart subscribes to the notion that Zimbabwe is completely under siege. As I see it, the country is overwhelmed with all manner of naked aggr...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
CCC candidate faces protest vote
Mutare Central MP Innocent Gonese did not take part in the party's candidate nomination process after serving for years.According to insiders, Gonese handpicked former Mutare mayor, Brian Jame...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 19:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates 'snub' Mnangagwa
ASPIRING Zanu-PF legislators in Harare are snubbing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign events ahead of the August 23 elections despite the ruling party's presidential candidate investing heavily ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens its poll candidates
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube has warned aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) against garnering more votes than President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next month's polls.Ncube, who is the...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Makoni voters urged to reward Mnangagwa
Voters in Makoni District have been urged to vote for Zanu-PF in the forthcoming harmonised elections as the party has performed wonders in the last five years through various infrastructure developme...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Expect more defections to Zanu-PF'
After being ‘rigged' in the recently held murky CCC candidate selection process, outspoken activist Mr Paddington Japajapa (PJ) decided to pack his bags and rejoin Zanu-PF. Below are excerpts of his...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crisis meeting betrays vote uncertainty
Zanu-PF held a stormy crisis meeting at the party's headquarters in Harare on Tuesday this week, the day before the nomination court sat, to plead with disgruntled members who lost in the primary elec...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF storm troopers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday rallied the Zanu-PF election machinery, including liberation war veterans and youths, to take charge of the ruling party's campaign ahead of the August 23 polls....Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$400 000 windfall to judges is electoral gambit
THE recent gifting of US$400 000 housing loans to judges has underlined the executive's keenness to extend favours to the judiciary, particularly during elections, as they play a key role in mediating...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Shumba goes independent
Former Zanu-PF Central Committee Member Tafadzwa Masvayamwando-Shumba who is the party's current National Consultative Assembly member who said he felt extremely cheated in the controversial party int...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Election buzz has not gripped Zimbabwe
ELECTION 2023, A FIRST IN 43 YEARS: As Zimbabwe holds a General Election in the Heroes & Defence Forces MonthWhen it comes to the meaning of things whose spiritual force can move mou...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:46hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials non-existent
ON his return from brief exile in South Africa on November 22, 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe had been deposed by his military chiefs in a coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu-PF sup...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo takes a dig at Chamisa
EXILED former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed any chance of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa unseating Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa and declared Zimbabwe's wan...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vote buying destroying Zanu PF'
The Zanu PF leadership in Mashonaland East province has admitted that some of its candidates splashed cash to win the party primary elections held in March this year.Addressing delegates...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meetings as turmoil grips Zanu-PF province
ZANU-PF early this week dispatched two senior party officials to the Midlands to hold crisis meetings following political turmoil that has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province ahead of...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF Youth League boss preaches unity
Zanu PF Youth league secretary, Tino Machakaire, on Saturday pleaded with feuding party factions to unite saying divisions will cost the ruling party dearly in the upcoming elections.The rulin...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Trouble brewing in Mnangagwa backyard
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is being ravaged by infighting, especially in his home province of Midlands following controversial primary elections that were marred by vote riggi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidates warned on jumping ship
Zanu-PF Murewa district co-ordinating committee chairperson Wellington Kademeteme has warned party members who lost in the party's primaries against standing as independents in the upcoming general el...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF candidate cries foul
Zanu-PF Makoni West constituency aspiring candidate, Moses Ruwona, on Friday said his arrest over fraud charges was politically motivated to bar him from running in the forthcoming elections.R...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa allies' defeat inconsequential'
THE recent humiliating defeats suffered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies in Zanu-PF primary elections would not have a bearing on his re-election bid, analysts have noted.A number of M...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unsettled Chamisa spies on all Matabeles in the CCC top leadership
Many people in Zimbabwe were shocked when news filtered that Nelson Chamisa recently acquired intelligence gathering equipment and busy spying on top CCC leaders more than his purpoted ZANUPF rivals. ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 14:41hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Mutsvangwa urges Zanu-PF members to remain united in Mutare
Zanu-PF Women's League's Secretary for Administration Monica Mutsvangwa has urged party members to remain united, while defending the country's sovereignty and winning the forthcoming elections in Mut...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police dragged to Zanu-PF ideology classes
MORALE has reportedly hit rock bottom in the police force after all officers were commandeered to attend civic education meetings co-ordinated by the ruling Zanu-PF party as part of its indoctrination...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's police training raises eyebrows
Zanu-PF has launched a massive voter mobilisation campaign within the police force through what is termed-ideology training targeting the rank and file of the law enforcement agency.Police off...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fuelling Zanu-PF tension
POLITICAL analysts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's increasing use of parallel campaign groups for himself which are outside Zanu-PF structures is stoking tension in the ruling party....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Things not looking good for Chamisa's CCC
The events that are taking place within CCC coupled with the party's defeat by Zanu-PF in the by-elections held in Binga, Gweru and Mberengwa over the weekend show that things are falling apart in the...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Hwende stops campaigning over negative comments from CCC citizens on Twitter
THERE is internecine strife in the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party to the extent that top official, Charlton Hwende, has decided to stop campaigning for the party in Mhondoro.This c...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'CCC MPs defiance over US$40k Govt loans a sign that Chamisa doesn't lead anyone'
EXILED former Cabinet minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, who has been on a tirade poking holes at opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) for operating without party structures, has once again...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampered MPs, ministers for political survival
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa pampered legislators and his cabinet ministers with loans ranging between US$40 000 and US$500 000 in order to avoid protest votes, commonly known as bhora musango, from w...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Protest vote is anti-development, says Mutsvangwa
Voters must now be politically mature and shun the culture of the protest vote during elections, as this is self-defeating and counter developmental, a senior Zanu-PF official has said.Address...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Angry caller attacks Zanu-PF's Mugwadi and Masarira on national radio
AN angry listener told off Zanu-PF Information Director, Tafadzwa Mugwadi and Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party president, Linda Masarira, who were blaming sanctions for the country...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hwende in alleged plot to impose his clique as CCC's 2023 election candidates
THERE is internecine strife in the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party amid claims top official, Charlton Hwende, is planning to impose his preferred candidates to contest the 2023 harmonised e...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers junior cops
GOVERNMENT has resuscitated long-abandoned allowances for police officers, resulting in junior cops now earning more than their superiors, a development which has caused disgruntlement in the law enfo...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote
GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the oppo...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should should always play a track from Simon 'Chopper' Chimbetu's song Survival which is very informative and educative.This is a well choreographed track...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
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