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Dzino thinks Mnangagwa was a minor and peripheral player in the liberation struggle
Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraI later lose my autographed copy of Wilfred Mhanda's b...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 53 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Demise of the status quo
AFTER the Roman senate declared Emperor Nero an enemy of the State and sentenced him to death for his abuse of power, the emperor did not wait to be humiliated in public, instead he committed suicide....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Sakala
Zimbabwe NGOs to defy Mnangagwa govt directives
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) operating in Harare yesterday hit back at Harare Metropolitan provincial development coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti saying he had no mandate to order them to r...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA to implement programmes under Trans-Limpopo initiative
Matabeleland region is poised for economic growth following a crucial meeting in Polokwane, South Africa to operationalise programmes under the auspices of the Trans-Limpopo Spatial Development Initia...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Minister Chidawu's appointment challenged
The Movement for Democratic Change says the appointment of Oliver Chidawu as Minister of State responsible for Harare is unconstitutional as it goes against the spirit and letter of the constitution....Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe needs Posap and not Esap
This article was extracted from Professor Jonathan Moyo's address to the Open Forum meeting in Bulawayo 27 years ago....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Dr Jonathan Moyo
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefs
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefsZesa Holdings (Zesa) is going after top government and Zanu-PF officials, including other influential figures, whose failure to pay for the electricity they use is chocki...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Sekeramayi hits hard times
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi appears to have hit hard times as the senator for Marondera is battling to settle some of his obligations, the Daily News can report.According to the ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs electrocuted by Zesa debts
Top Zanu-PF officials are being dragged to court by State power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) over unpaid electricity bills.The cases illustrate how government officials, previously shielded fr...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt not yet ready to devolve power
Government is not yet ready to set up provincial and metropolitan councils, the Local Government ministry has said.Chapter 14 of the national charter deals with devolution of governmental powe...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Zapu
'Devolution excites but ....'
Before government could roll out devolution, it is critical for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to first embrace the initiative wholeheartedly.The Constitution provides for eight...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Blessings Mashaya
Bulawayo-Nkayi road's ingwigwizi Bridge construction kicks off
The construction of the remaining part of Ingwigwizi Bridge has begun along the Bulawayo-Nkayi road, following the release of US$2million by the treasury to facilitate the completion of the project....Published: 22 May 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF women demand 50-50 share of power
Zanu-PF Women's League has made a "non-negotiable" demand of 50 percent share of the ruling party's political power.According to the ruling party's central committee report presented to the 20...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots constitutional amendments on devolution
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for more amendments to the country's Constitution after Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa last week announced the need to further amend the charter to remove issues of devolu...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Declaration of November 2004: the untold story
THIS is a continuation of an article we published last week in which the former Information minister reveals details of Zanu-PF's power struggle which culminated in the so-called Tsholotsho Declaratio...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 09:36hrs | 393 | by Jonathan Moyo
List of future interim government ministers and president suggested on social media
The zeal by Zimbabwean citizens to see things change for the better in the near future has seen a proliferation of suggestions for who should hold the interim government ahead of a democratic elected ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Celebrate Malaba appointment with caution
TO avoid possible disappointment of expecting too much from the recent surprise appointment of Justice Luke Malaba by President Robert Mugabe to substantive Chief Justice (CJ), legal analysts ...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe risks becoming a Somalia'
FORMER High Court of Zimbabwe judge, Justice Moses Chinhengo, says the absence of political will to enforce judicial rulings and the law in general is a threat to the rule of law in the country, which...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I exposed Mugabe for not paying electricity bills,' says Mangoma
Former Energy Minister and the interim leader of the opposition Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, says he must be commended for exposing a scandal at the state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity S...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 14:44hrs | 3 | by Blessing Zulu
Mujuru siege: History repeats itself
ABOUT a fortnight from now the ruling Zanu-PF will hold its elective congress with all eyes trained on President Robert Mugabe to see whether he will once again illegally amend the constitution, this ...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 09:22hrs | 3 | by Herbert Moyo
Tsholotsho Declaration and the bid to stop Mujuru ascendancy
THIS week Matyszak looks at the Tsholotsho Declaration and how it consequentially changed Zanu-PF politics as part of a series of articles from his report titled The Mortal Remains: Succession and the...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
15 months on, devolution still nowhere in sight
A YEAR since the new government took office and 15 months after the new Constitution came into being, devolution which is part of the provisions of the new supreme law is yet to be realised, and the i...Published: 02 Oct 2014 at 08:52hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Lack of political will stymies devolution
THE decision by former minister and member of the National Assembly for Lobengula in Bulawayo, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, to take Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo, Justice minister Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Owen Gagare
Mugabe points Zanu-PF Provincial Chairpersons as Provincial Council Chairpersons
President Robert Mugabe has made the first real pointer as to who is going to lead the country's Provincial Councils provided for in Chapter 14 of the new constitution most of which were won by h...Published: 23 Feb 2014 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Devolution still a pipe dream
Three months after Zanu-PF romped to power, the promised devolution which partially found expression in the new charter is yet to be seen.The hope by some Zimbabweans that at long last decisio...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 17:47hrs | 6 | by Mandla Tshuma
MDC-T sets conditions for engagement
MDC-T Bulawayo provincial chairperson Gorden Moyo says his party would only work with Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi Moyo if she facilitates the implementation of devolution of power accord...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 05:57hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
'Chombo is lost on mayors,' says MDC-T
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his "appointment" of mayors for major cities is above board and Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo must stop politicking. MDC-T has said Chombo's p...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T can nominate mayor outside the elected councillors, says legal experts
Legal experts said the party with the highest number of National Assembly seats in a particular province can nominate a non-executive mayoral candidate outside the elected councillors.Accordi...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Devolution will be reversed,' says Biti
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti says devolution of power, one of the main issues that slowed down the constitution-making process, will be among the first casualties of Zanu-PF's two-thirds parli...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 03:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Robert Mugabe scored landslide victory
THERE is a phenomenon in African politics called the preponderance of incumbency. Simply put, it maintains that it is difficult to defeat an incumbent president in an election because they control t...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 05:20hrs | | by Blessing-Miles Tendi I Guardian.co.uk
My views regarding the Constitutional Referendum - David Coltart
I have been asked by many people regarding my views on the proposed new draft Constitution and how I think people should vote.At the outset I need to acknowledge that I have had major ...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 07:26hrs | | by David Coltart
Australia starts to ease Zimbabwe sanctions
AUSTRALIA will begin easing long-standing sanctions against Zimbabwe after the country announced it would hold a constitutional referendum this Saturday.Sanctions against 55 individuals includ...Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 18:28hrs | | by AAP
Zanu-PF re-calls green bombers
Fresh clashes are set to emerge within the coalition government after revelations that provincial governors have been mandated to recruit thousands of youths into the prisons service ahead of this yea...Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Easing restrictions before reforms would mean EU has lost the plot
The European Union (EU) would have lost the plot completely, if it eases travel restrictions on Robert Mugabe and his allies with no credible reforms in place before polls....Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 16:05hrs | | by Cliffford Chitupa Mashiri
Grace Mugabe Junior School officially handed over to its founder
President Robert Mugabe has embraced the establishment of the Grace Mugabe Junior School as a welcome intervention which complements government's objective to let all children access education....Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bazinga! A fool's guide to devolution in the draft charter
* 'Bazinga' is a recreation of 'zing', meaning 'to fool' and comes from the fictional character of Sheldon Cooper in the US comedy series The Big Bang Theory. The se...Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 15:11hrs | | by Kingdom of Matebeleland
'Avail draft constitution to public,' says Mavambo
MAVAMBO-Kusile Dawn leader Dr Simba Makoni has called for the formation of a "grand coalition" for parties in and outside the inclusive Government to restore what he referred to as constitutionalism a...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Provincial governors are set to be scrapped
PROVINCIAL governors are set to be scrapped and replaced with elected chairpersons under a deal reached by President Robert Mugabe and his coalition partners this week.Devolution was one of th...Published: 20 Jan 2013 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution - What the GPA Principals agreed
ZIMBABWE will introduce the system of presidential running mates after 10 years if the draft Constitution agreed upon by political parties is adopted. The 10 provincial governors would be repl...Published: 18 Jan 2013 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff Replace
Devolution or Decentralisation - MDC-T walks out of a Cabinet Committee meeting
MDC-T yesterday walked out of a Cabinet Committee meeting on Constitution-making after parties disagreed on whether or not to adopt devolution. The committee would now appear before the princi...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 22:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SADC Troika to discuss Zimbabwe
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Constitution making process will come under spotlight at the next SADC Troika meeting set for next month, chairman and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said....Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Draft constitution deadlock a call for elections says Zanu-PF
ANY declaration of a deadlock over the draft Constitution is a call for immediate general elections under the current Constitution, Zanu-PF has said.This came as President Jacob Zuma's facilit...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 02:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Submitting Zanu-PF, Copac constitution drafts is an option says Matinenga
Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga yesterday said it is possible to submit both the Copac and Zanu-PF proposed constitutional drafts to a referendum to unlock the current...Published: 28 Aug 2012 at 05:52hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Referendum unlikely this year - Copac
THE referendum to usher in a new constitution is now doubtful this year as the Constitution Select Committee (Copac) is unlikely to resolve the draft constitution impasse in time for the plebiscite wh...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe challenges ruling that allow Tsvangirai to sue him
PRESIDENT Mugabe has filed a Supreme Court application seeking permission to appeal against the High Court ruling that allowed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to sue him. Judge President Geo...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 05:28hrs | | by Court Reporter
Zuma arrives in Zimbabwe for briefings on reforms
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Harare on Wednesday for briefings on reforms by the unity government, which is inching toward new elections.Zuma hasn't visited Zimbabwe since 2...Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 13:34hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabweans divided on the draft constitution
After three years in the making, Zimbabwe's proposed 150-page draft constitution was deemed unacceptable by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party and rejected by civil society. It was endorsed by Za...Published: 14 Aug 2012 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Draft constitution is not final says Chinamasa
Zanu-PF Copac management committee member, Patrick Chinamasa, says the draft constitution is not final and can be subjected to a raft of changes by parties in the inclusive Govern...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku and NCA in 'NO' vote campaign
The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has maintained that it will campaign for a "no" vote against the new constitution in the referendum claiming the draft has failed to include the views of the...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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