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Top 6 Members of Parliament who shook Bulawayo in 2024
Bulawayo's political landscape was alight in 2024, with six Members of Parliament shining brightly for their transformative and relentless efforts to uplift their constituencies. Using a sophisticated...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 22:31hrs | 886 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa penultimate rally set for Bulawayo
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, returns to Bulawayo today to seek votes from the city's residents ahead of the Wednesday harmonised election.Bulawayo has rema...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blamed for disqualification of candidates
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been fingered as the main culprit in the chaos bedevilling the party in Bulawayo following a High Court judgement which disqualified th...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zapu candidates vow to transform Bulawayo
ZAPU candidates vying for National Assembly seats in Bulawayo have vowed to transform the city if voted into parliament on 23 August.The race for control in Bulawayo's National Assembly consti...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZEC lawyer sought to mislead the court on submission of documents?
In a surprising and misleading submission in the Bulawayo High Court hearing today in the case of registered voters who are seeking the nullification of CCC and other National Assembly candidates on g...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 17:53hrs | 12 | by Jonathan Moyo
20 aspiring MPs fail to file nomination papers
At least 20 aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) in Bulawayo failed to submit their nomination papers last week, as they could not raise the required US$ 1000 fees.Zimbabwe is holding harmonis...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: Full list of CCC Bulawayo MPs and Councillors unveiled
Following the successful completion of the candidate selection process in Bulawayo, the leaked recommendations from the Citizens movement provided to us by a Harare senior leader based on the candidat...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 09:35hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 24 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'We are now Zimbabwe's third largest party,' says Zapu
ZAPU says it is now the third largest opposition party in the country after garnering more votes than the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC Alliance in constituencies and council wards which the party conteste...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC claims to have unearthed voters roll and ballot papers anomalies
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) claims it has unearthed serious anomalies on the Pumula voters roll and irregularities on the Nkulumane ballot papers which are going to be used in the Saturday by-...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo confident of victory
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province has said it is confident of winning seats in the upcoming March 26 by-elections as it seeks to use the opportunity, once elected to improve the lives of citizens and continue...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec invites election observers
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited observers ahead of the March by-elections which will see 117 local authority and 28 National Assembly seats up for grabs.Most of the seats b...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo politicians 'weak'
A BULAWAYO-faith-based organisation, Habbakuk Trust has accused local politicians of being "politically weak" and unable to advance the devolution agenda in the region.The new Constitution ado...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland politicians not pushing enough on devolution'
CIVIC society organisations operating in Matebeleland have accused politicians from the region of lacking stamina to push for implementation of devolution of power as enshrined in the Constitution....Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's newspaper reported
Zimbabwe Election Commission Spokesperson Dr Qhubani Moyo has reported Trevor Ncube's The Standard newspaper to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that appeared on Sunday alleging th...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC Boss blasts Trevor Ncube's newspaper
Zimbabwe Election Commission Spokesperson Dr Qhubani Moyo has refuted statements by The Trevor Ncube owned Standard newspaper that he said the Commission was rushed by politicians and was forced to re...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC was overwhelmed
A Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner has claimed that the body was overwhelmed by the high number of candidates in last year's elections so much that it ended up mixing up some results....Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four MRP officials and a Pick n Pay employee arrested
Zimbabwe Republic Police's support unit has arrested Mthwakazi Republic Party officials over Pick n Pay protest, which was staged on Thursday. The arrested are national Youth Chairperson...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 16:09hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF youths urged to campaign in full force
ZANU-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Pupurai Togarepi yesterday challenged the party's Youth League members to go out in full force and campaign for the party to win the coming elections.Togare...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF polls usher in new faces
THE Zanu-PF primary elections, which reportedly saw some of the party's bigwigs biting the dust, have ushered in a number of new faces that will battle it out with opposition parties in the harmonised...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu calls for unity ahead of primaries
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has called for unity among party members ahead of the party's primary elections.Mpofu made the calls while addressing a Provincial Coordinat...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai reportedly under surge
A source in the MDC-T has claimed that the party's President Morgan Tsvangirai is under surge from the party's Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora who is said to be one of those plotting a rebellion ag...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF's gifted victory spells tough times ahead for MDC-T
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF has shrugged off lame challenges from a fractured opposition to claim all the 16 contested parliamentary seats in Wednesday's by-elections, in what analysts say now p...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 08:09hrs | | by Sij Ncube
Tshinga Dube romps to victory in Makokoba
In Makokoba Zanu-PF's Tshinga Dube has romped to victory polling 3182 votes. Toan Dhlodhlo (Independent) 76, Sibangilizwe Msipa (Independent) 473, Jonathan Ndlovu (Independent) 352, Ma...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 10:42hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Parliamentary By-election results - live updates
The Pumula Constituency went to Zanu-PF's Godfrey Malaba who got 2 477. The candidate with the second highest number of votes was Bathandi Mpofu of Zapu who go...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 11:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zapu express disgust over Zanu-PF tricks to try and grab seats
ZAPU has expressed displeasure and disgust over attempts by Zanu-PF regime to desperately grab seats in Bulawayo during tomorrow's by-election."It is a matter of public knowledge t...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 16:13hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu-PF will not crumble like MDC,' says Mnangagwa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF will keep growing from strength to strength and the revolutionary party will not crumble like the MDC which has split into several parties.With a...Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko donates 2 sewing machines to revamp Byo
VICE PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday donated two sewing machines (embroidery and overlocking) worth $1 400 saying its part of re-industrialisation of Bulawayo.Mphoko also donated a grin...Published: 24 May 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ZAPU attacking from all fronts
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa the President of ZAPU approached the Electoral Court, seeking an order that will force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to stop all electoral processes until the realignment ...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
'Tsvangirai massive support base, a myth,' says Nkomo
The belief that Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has more numbers than any other opposition political party is a myth says national chairperson of the MDC Renewal Samuel Sipepa Nkomo amid more defections of MD...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by Makhosi Sibanda
Thokozani Khupe faces revolt in Bulawayo
MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe risks a revolt from subordinates in Bulawayo after she tried to block the provincial executive from suspending chairperson, Gorden Moyo.Moyo, a Member of P...Published: 07 May 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former MDC spokesperson joins Tsvangirai
FORMER Professor Welshman Ncube led MDC Bulawayo spokesperson Edwin Ndlovu has bounced back to politics and joined MDC-T barely a week after announcing his retirement from active politics....Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elected MDC-T MPs vow to defy Tsvangirai
A number of MDC-T members who won in the National Assembly elections in Matabeleland have vowed to defy party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's directive for them to boycott Parliament.The party w...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MP beats up worker in salary dispute
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb is nursing injuries after he was attacked by MDC-T's National Assembly candidate for Pumula constituency Mr Albert Mhlanga and his children over a...Published: 31 Jul 2013 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba, Supa Mandiwanzira sails through Zanu-PF nomination process
Joseph Chinotimba, ZiFm radio proprietor Supa Mandiwanzira and Jonathan Moyo sailed through the Zanu-PF nomination process unchallenged in Buhera South, Nyanga South and Tsholotsho North costituencies...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 16:22hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Women dominate MDC primaries
MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube yesterday held its primary elections in Bulawayo. The elections were dominated by women who won in five constituencies out of the eight co...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 03:07hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy
Zanu-PF heavyweights to stand in Matabeleland
ZANU-PF politburo member Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu set the tone yesterday for what is expected to be a bitter fight against MDC-T for the council and parliamentary seats in Matabeleland region when he said...Published: 16 Jun 2013 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matson Hlalo faction takes a lead over the Gorden Moyo led faction
Political temperatures in the MDC-T continued to rise during the party's primary elections this weekend, the Chronicle reported.In Bulawayo, the primary elections have turned out to be a conte...Published: 28 May 2013 at 02:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T Matabeleland rifts are minor issues,' says Chamisa
MDC-T national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa has downplayed the reported squabbles that rocked the party's Matabeleland structures over the past few months, describing the fissures as "minor"....Published: 04 Feb 2013 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP bashed by party members
THERE was pandemonium during a recent MDC-T Makokoba district ward election and gap filling exercise which saw Pumula constituency Member of the House of Assembly, Mr Albert Mhlanga, who is also the p...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 21:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T in another Copac boob, undermines people from Matabeleland
HARARE - THE Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Prime Minister Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has done it again at Copac.This time around the party has only four representatives fro...Published: 28 Sep 2011 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Bekithemba Nhlanhla Ncube
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