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Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 8 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zimbabwe police boss dragged into messy court case
HARARE businessman Chemist Siziba has reached out to Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over the alleged destruction of a docket in a criminal case involving business executives, Paul Rink Pea...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting PG Mutsonziwa in soup
POLICE on Wednesday last week opened a criminal docket against acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa for reportedly destroying a court docket in 2014.The docket was opened at the Harare ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing docket haunts acting PG
ACTING prosecutor general Nelson Mutsonziwa has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) by a Harare businessman on allegations of destroying a docket in a case involving ...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Former Financial Gazette Editor Sunsleey Chamunorwa dies
Former Financial Gazette Editor Sunsleey Chamunorwa has died, journalist Rashweat Mukundu has reported. Posting on Twitter Mukundu said, "Sad to hear about the death of Mukoma Sunsleey Chamuno...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 09:43hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
March 26 by-elections: Safe and swing national assembly seats
Battles between different political parties and independent candidates will play out in one of the most important by-elections in decades this March 26 as these by-elections will not only deliver a re...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF ahead of provincial elections
CONFUSION has rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East ahead of provincial elections as top contestants across all wings were from the same district, Wedza.The party has since halte...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi set to leave Mashonaland East?
Former Deputy Infomation Minister and Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi is reportedly planning to leave his Mashonaland East base in favour of another Constituency in Masvingo, a reliable source...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ray Kaukonde being probed by ZACC
The legal dispute over the status of a 1 000ha farm in Goromnzi has sucked in former Mashonaland East Governor Ray Kaukonde who is now under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Z...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Mujuru urged to join Chamisa
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's ex-ally Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has called on the National People's Party (NPP) president to dissolve her party and join the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC.Bhasikiti ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga once held Mugabe hostage in his office for 4 hours
LAWRENCE Kamwi, who held a top position as Mugabe's Principal Private Secretary said his former boss' sins are exaggerated as he was not responsible for everything that came out of his Government....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was t...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chigwedere plots to dethrone Chief Svosve
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has filed an affidavit in support of a High Court application filed on October 7 by one Aaron Maruta, who is seeking to dethrone Chief Svosve, real name Wes...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's party has not disbanded
The Eunice Sandi Moyo-led National Patriotic Front yesterday dispelled claims by a rival faction of NPF led by retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri that the party has been disbanded because it ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts fired Zanu-PF rebels
Zanu-PF has extended an olive branch to former party cadres who were sacked between 2014 and last year. Among those invited back into the party are Rugare Gumbo, Didymus Mutasa, Ray Kaukonde, ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The legacy of Zanu-PF
I have loved former President Robert Mugabe and I have and will always believe in him and in his wisdom as a leader and as a human being. Gushungo might have had his short comings but we need to ackno...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | | by Fidelis Fengu
Mugabe's bitterness the X-factor
FORMER president Robert Mugabe (pictured) has accused several of his former Zanu-PF lieutenants of betraying him in his hour of need and launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's a do-or-die for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on a precarious course, as he faces critical and possibly realigning elections - which could usher dramatic changes in the political landscape - and bring to a sudden h...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Mangondo pull a 'Samkange' in Macheke?
POLICE officers looked helpless as Zanu-PF party supporters seized ballot boxes and burnt down ballot papers at the middle of a football pitch at Craiglea Secondary School, Zawe district in Macheke a ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 28 | by WikiLeaks
MDC Alliance battle to succeed Ian Kay intensifies
THE battle to represent the MDC Alliance in Marondera Central has intensified with two aspiring candidates reportedly returned from the Diaspora ahead of the looming party primary elections.Th...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutodi, Nyamupinga draw swords
Controversial Zanu-PF parliamentary aspirant Energy Mutodi has stirred a hornet's nest in the ruling party's Mashonaland East Province as front-runners for the Goromonzi West National Assembly seat he...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to bring back 'Gammatox'
Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa said ZANU-PF should take back the sacked members of the "Gammatox" faction chief among them Jabulani Sibanda and Ray Kaukonde rather than focusing on a tru...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'I support Mnangagwa, but won't rejoin Zanu-PF'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has dismissed speculative reports that he was mulling rejoining the ruling Zanu-PF, although he doesn't hide his support for the party's first secretary an...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The dramatic rise and fall of Grace Mugabe
On July 25, 2014, two days after her 49th birthday, then First Lady Grace Mugabe was unanimously recommended by the Zanu-PF Women's League to take up the post of its secretary.Some 3 000 women...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba
'I'm broke,' says once a popular MDC-T MP
Former Marondera Central legislator, Ian Kay says he has quit politics because he is struggling to make ends meet after Zanu-PF supporters destroyed his properties.Kay, once a popular MDC-T MP...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPP member accuses Mujuru of pretending to be opposition yet she is still Zanu PF
A member of the National People's Party Joyinani Mlilo has written a letter to the party Leader Joice Mujuru accusing her of pretending to be a leader of the opposition party when infect she is pushin...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Grace Mugabe's South African assault case is DisGraceful
Recent allegations on Grace Mugabe in which she assaulted Gabriella Engles in South Africa leaves a lot to be desired from the qualities of a First Lady and also it puts a very bad picture on Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 15:28hrs | | by Pythias Makonese
Kaukonde files $100k lawsuit against Zimpapers
Former Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson, Ray Joseph Kaukonde, has filed a $100 000 lawsuit against Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers), after one of the stable's titles, The Sunday Mail, pu...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers apologise to Kaukonde for fabricated sex articles
In our issue of November 2, 2015, and also in the issue of our sister newspaper The Sunday News of the same day, we published articles titled "Ray Kaukonde in sex-for-power storm" and "Kaukonde in sex...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare rally examines Mujuru's credentials
Former Vice President and leader of the fledgling National People's Party (NPP) Joice Mujuru will have an idea of much work she has to do to convince her critics when she holds a rally in Harare's Kuw...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaukonde's $5 million litigation against Zimpapers commences
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Ray Kaukonde's $5 million defamation lawsuit against Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) is set to commence between July 5 and 7 this year after lawy...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's land grab threats 'racist, nonsensical'
Harare- Zimbabwe's main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party led by Morgan Tsvangirai, has castigated President Robert Mugabe over his recent threats to embark on fresh land grab...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe criticise Kasukuwere
President Mugabe yesterday criticised Kasukuwere for haphazardly distributing urban land for residential stands to Zanu-PF youths, saying the process was "highly flawed" as it could be easily abused b...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Mugabe 'is our life president', says Zanu-PF youth chair
Get the latest details as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe kicks off a nationwide series of rallies to drum up support from youths ahead of the 2018 elections....Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 13:24hrs | | by Online
ZimPF splits again?
The Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has once again been rocked by chaos, with the party's elders - Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa - announcing yesterday that they are still in charge, not former army gen...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru attacks power drunk Tsvangirai
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru's fledgling National People's Party (NPP) has once again cast doubt about its participation in the mooted grand opposition coalition - attacking MDC leader Morgan Ts...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru confirms plot to oust Mugabe
FORMER Vice President and National People's Party leader Dr Joice Mujuru has all but confessed that she - together with her cabal - wanted to topple President Mugabe at the zanu-pf Congress in 201...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaukonde snubs Mutasa, Gumbo
FORMER Mashonaland East provincial governor Ray Kaukonde has snubbed an offer to lead opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) to fill the void left by ex-State Vice-President Joice Mujuru....Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ray Joseph Kaukonde hangs political boosts
A former Zanu PF Mashonaland west provincial chairman Ray Kaukonde has announced through social media that he is hanging his political boosts to [pave way for young people to play their part as ...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai speaks on Mujuru, Mutasa
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the public spats between former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her erstwhile Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) colleagues, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo, will...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's Tsvangirai or no one else, says Mutasa
Former Presidential Affairs minister and one of the caretaker leaders of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party, Didymus Mutasa, says the popular former prime minister during the government of national...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Mujuru survive?
ON March 1 2016 hundreds of people thronged a five-star hotel in Harare to meet former vice-president Joice Mujuru as she announced the launch of the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party at a press...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF deployed 500 spies to infiltrate ZimPF'
Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) president Joice Mujuru claims Zanu-PF has deployed 500 spies to infiltrate her party's structures ahead of its inaugural elective convention.Mujuru accused th...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru has no capacity to run an organisation, says Gumbo
Former vice-president Joice Mujuru last week sparked debate after she claimed that some of the senior Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) members she fired recently wanted to sleep with her after descri...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbo appointed interim Zanu-PF chair
The appointment of Dr Joram Gumbo as the Masvingo interim chairperson is appropriate, as he will not be biased in respect of any outcome of fresh provincial elections since he does not hail from t...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mujuru working with CIO'
In a sensational claim that is set to rip the troubled Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) further apart, former State Security minister and one of the founders of the fledgling party, Didymus Mutasa, has...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 14:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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