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Can Zanu-PF spring an Esigodini surprise?
Zanu-PF meets in Esigodini in Matabeleland South Province this week for its annual people's conference amid a worsening economic crisis which has in recent weeks been highlighted by shortages of fuel,...Published: 24 mins ago | 51 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna seeks Amnesty protection after confronting Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
OUTSPOKEN traditional chief Vezi Maduna Mafu has sought protection from Amnesty International's South African office while claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assigned state agents to trail him ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 5440 | by newzimbabwe
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1807 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference venue in lockdown
ESIGODINI, the venue of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference, has been placed under security lockdown ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit later this week, six months after he survive...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku blasts Matemadanda
Human Rights lawyer and member of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of inquiry Professor Lovemore Madhuku has come out guns blazing against War veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda for p...Published: 24 hrs ago | 11207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Austerity must start with Mnangagwa
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reigns in both Zanu PF and government following a soft coup in November 2017, he started preaching the gospel of economic revival whose foundation he sa...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:25hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi chides 'childish' MDC MPs
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has scolded MDC MPs for alleged "tomfoolery" and "childish" behaviour inside the house as he went on to suggest parliament's Standing Rules and Orders could soon be re...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1651 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to recall errant MPs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas....Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | 7701 | by Staff reporter
Which fundamentals require attention?
There is a real sense of despair in the country. Perhaps it is a left over from the heady days when we celebrated the final departure of former President Robert Mugabe from office and welcomed a 'new'...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | 896 | by Eddie Cross
Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show turns political
CAUGHT by the revolutionary frenzy, Chimurenga music fans turned Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show on Saturday show into a political demonstration as Mukanya belted out his politically charged tracks, wh...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 6671 | by Staff reporter
Undenge jailed 4 years over $12,000 PR firm payout
FORMER Energy Minister Samuel Undenge has been jailed for four years after he was convicted of abuse of public office.Undenge, 62, who lost his job after a military coup that ousted former Pre...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 16:52hrs | 8499 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spoils his Cabinet with top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery vehicles
With the majority of the citizenry getting poorer by the day owing to the biting economic crisis, the cash-strapped government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has splurged over $2 million on top-of-th...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 10272 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches crackdown on academic fraud
The country's education system is battling to preserve its integrity in the wake of an upsurge in academic fraudsters who are forging qualifications to secure jobs and gain admission into institutions...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:18hrs | 6061 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's world crumbling?
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's world is crumbling down following his fall from grace in November last year.The diplomat could just be on the verge of losing what many consider to b...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:11hrs | 3357 | by Staff reporter
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | 272 | by Staf reporter
Cont Mhlanga enjoys village life
After achieving so much in the arts and having founded Amakhosi Cultural Centre, multi-award winner Cont Mhlanga has retired to his rural home of Lupane in Shabulani Village, Matabeleland.Over...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:07hrs | 2196 | by Staff reporter
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sidelines Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has effectively ended Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ambitions for the top post after Zanu-PF structures took the unusual step of endorsing him as the ruling party'...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:23hrs | 9299 | by Staff reporter
I'm no land baron, says Msindo
DESTINY of Africa Network (DAnet) founder and Zanu-PF-aligned cleric, Obadiah Msindo, has claimed his land deals were above board and that he is not a land baron.Msindo, known for parcelling o...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi haunting chiefs'
Chiefs last week resolved to set up a mechanism to resolve the long-standing grievances by people in Matabeleland and the Midlands provinces emanating from the atrocities blamed on the North Korean-tr...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:20hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Which devolution Mthuli Ncube?
On the back of another, rather surprising, albeit welcome political somersault that has seen President Emmerson Mnangagwa embrace devolution, a hitherto Zanu-PF taboo, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube an...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1728 | by Zifiso Masiye
Prof Makhurane hero declaration 'another first'
THE awarding of a national hero status to Professor Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane by the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) on 5 November, 2018 was a very apt and...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:03hrs | 677 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mega deals remain elusive for Zimbabwe
Locally, thousands have called him a hero for toppling the only leader Zimbabwe has known for almost four decades.Abroad, investors are, for the first time in decades, considering Zimbabwe as ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:50hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders should learn to share power
There is no other time than now that Zimbabweans, especially politicians, have to sit down and talk because the country is burning.The only hindrance among us as a people though is that we hat...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | 285 | by Harry Peter Wilson
35 MPs denied Constituency Development Funds
Thirty-five MPs from the eighth Parliament who failed the House's audit of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will be denied access to the same in this session's CDF allocation, Parliament announ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:47hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Trump's govt piles more pressure on Mnangagwa
THE United States administration has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with his government's economic mismanagement rather than blame the current economic mess on sanctions the global po...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:40hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe
Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation"...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 77 | by Joram Nyathi
Tribalism is when E.D funds Mugabe and persecutes Mphoko and Moyo
Being a Karanga myself, I can see that President Mnangagwa has a problem with shaking off the demons of tribalism in the manner that he is destroying Mphoko and Jonathan Moyo, while sponsoring Mugabe ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 4154 | by Ryton Dzimiri
EFF commends Mnangagwa
We as EFF in Zimbabwe we would like to commend the President of the second Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa for taking a positive direction of taking land from those who stole i...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 07:49hrs | 4432 | by EFF Zimbabwe
US interferes with Zimbabwe judiciary, wants Biti charges dropped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government should drop charges against former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti to prove that the Harare administration is "serious about taking the cou...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3956 | by newzimbabwe
Courts free woman who insulted Mugabe
Karoi Magistrates Court has freed a 46 year old woman who was arrested for insulting Former President Robert Mugabe.In a statement on Thursday, her lawyers the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Right...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 11:46hrs | 2782 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe reforms may cause suffering'
BUSINESS has urged government to take a cautious approach to the reform process, warning that a big-bang approach may result in unintended consequences and plunge the country into further crises....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
US demands release of commission of inquiry findings
THE United States embassy has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to publish findings of the commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings for the sake of transparency, the Zimbabwe Independent can ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2797 | by Staff reporter
US accuses Mnangagwa of imitating Mugabe's autocratic rule
THE United States government says it is willing to engage Zimbabwe only after genuine political and economic reforms and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of aping former President Rob...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:07hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must release August 1 killings inquiry report'
RECENT disclosures by presidential spokesperson George Charamba that the report by the commission of inquiry into the August 1 shootings by the millitary is for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eyes "on...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:00hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
What are the realistic chances for political dialogue in Zimbabwe?
All political transitions (without exception) whether occasioned by revolution, externally driven or resulting from an election, are perfected through dialogue between the contending forces in society...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 406 | by Brian T Kagoro
BREAKING: Mphoko sent to jail
Former VP Mphelekezele Mphoko's son Siqokoqela Mphoko has been sent to jail for violating bail conditions. Siqokoqela was out on bail on allegations of defrauding Choppies stores $80 000....Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 20:43hrs | 10981 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa ready to seize idle land owned by Zanu-PF bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly said that his government is "ready to seize any idle land owned by some of the ruling Zanu-PF party heavyweights".According to New Zimbabwe.com, Mna...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:43hrs | 2485 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa engaging Mnangagwa behind the scenes
There could finally be light at the end of the tunnel for long-suffering Zimbabweans, after it emerged yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are indirectly e...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 16:00hrs | 4279 | by Staff reporter
ZEC hunts for chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is hunting for a substantive office.This comes after Zec cut ties with its chief elections officer, Constance Chigwamba, after she fell out of favour wi...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 14:46hrs | 3183 | by Ndou Paul
WATCH: Mugabe to die in December
A Harare Pastor Bright Mugayi has prophesied that Former President Robert Mugabe may pass on this December. Issuing a prophecy in his church he asked Zimbabwe to pray for the family of the former Pres...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:38hrs | 10882 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Sigauke remembers Robert Mugabe ouster: A year on
The streets of Harare reminisced the scenes of independence celebrations close to four decades ago. While the incidence of tribal, character and colour differentiation cannot be undone, it is the real...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:07hrs | 893 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks kick off
There could finally be light at the end of the tunnel for long-suffering Zimbabweans, after it emerged yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are indirectly e...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:32hrs | 40560 | by Staff reporter
Dollars vs Zollars
Government's insistence on a fixed 1:1 exchange rate has continued to create headaches for companies who have to report within prescribed accounting standards. This comes as the US dollar, ado...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 4244 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa's big paycheck revealed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two Vice-Presidents earn an average monthly salary of $17 500 each.According to the Blue Book, the government document which details its expenditure and de...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:05hrs | 8102 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe's white farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await govt compensation
WHITE farmers in Zimbabwe, who were evicted from their properties years ago, have been experiencing a drop in food production, and their hope to get government financial help to compensate any losses ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1500 | by newsweek
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' in Zimbabwe stuck in the old ways
Veteran Zimbabwe opposition legislator Joel Gabbuza thought he was stating the obvious when he told mourners that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party was struggling to revive the econo...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 20:30hrs | 2055 | by Kitsepile Nyathi I The East African
CAAZ speaks on Robert Mugabe airport deaths
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) is saddened by Tuesday's incident during a recruitment exercise that led to the death of two people, the Public Relations Manager A. J. Hungwe has...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 17:34hrs | 6708 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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