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Corruption scandals engulf Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, which promised to fight corruption after assuming power through a military coup in November 2017, is under scrutiny over murky deals involving his associ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:23hrs | 4244 | by Staff reporter
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial owner has close ties with President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, diplomats stage-managed abductions for United States 10-month scholarship'
GOVERNMENT yesterday claimed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Western diplomats, human rights doctors and lawyers had connived to stage manage the recent alleged abduction and torture of...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 3295 | by Staff reporter
Gandawa admits taking part in Zanu-PF's rights violations
SELF-EXILED former Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Godfrey Gandawa has sensationally admitted he took part in atrocities on behalf of Zanu-PF although he now lived to regret his dark past....Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa worse than Mugabe, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's style of leadership is worse than that of the late former president Robert Mugabe, adding his time is up.Speaking at the Ha...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:55hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: 'I am sorry for working with ZANU PF' Minister Gandawa apologises
I have felt, for some time, compelled to issue a statement to settle longstanding accusations that I was a central cog in Zanu PF and participated in its violation of human rights.While I read...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 12:08hrs | 10252 | by Godfrey Gandawa
Opposition forces in Africa lacks strategic intelligence to wrestle power from the incumbents. Case study - Zimbabwe and Zambia
Getting into State House is not about numbers of figures, but it is about strategic intelligence. Winning elections is another factor and going to State House is another issue. If you see ruling Gover...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 19:21hrs | 1204 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo PhD
Bulawayo's Davis Muhambi throws ZANU PF into turmoil?
Some members of ZANU PF Bulawayo province are said to be disgruntled and unamused by the seemingly promotion and tolerance of individuals whom they deem as hostile to the leadership of Pre...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 12:57hrs | 7593 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans cries for US$ return
THERE is growing pressure on the government to ditch the collapsing Zim dollar and reinstate the multi-currency system, anchored by either the United States dollar or the South African rand, to stem t...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
'We can't breathe' Zimbabwe is not 'America's adversary'
Zimbabwe summoned its US ambassador on Monday over remarks by a senior American official accusing the southern African country of stirring anti-racism protests over the death of George Floyd, the gove...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:20hrs | 2193 | by AFP
Mnangagwa aides in nasty public spat
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba and a member of his advisory council Shingi Munyeza exchanged barbs at the weekend, accusing each other of treachery and backstabbing....Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 10557 | by Staff reporter
Starving Zimbabwean doctor begs for aid
A MEDICAL doctor employed by the Health and Child Care ministry at Beitbridge District Hospital has publicly declared her poverty and begged for help via Twitter.The NewsDay confirmed Sandra K...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Time to demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles
FOUR decades of independence did not mature Zimbabweans to the probity of unity and prosperity in diversity.They did not embrace the winsome culture of political tolerance.Consequently...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 364 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa administration failing to deliver on promises
Nurture rather than nature is more influential in moulding an individual's behaviour and character.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime have consistently displayed a DNA, which ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:44hrs | 222 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
MDC Allaince laments doggy govt behaviour in dealing with human rights violators
MDC Secretary for International Relations Gladys Hlatshwayo has lamented the doggy behaviour of the ruling Zanu PF government in dealing with the human rights violators making them to go scort free af...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1487 | by Stephen Jakes
Corruption not sanctions killing Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been grappling with corruption for years now, dating back from the Willovale Motor Scandal, GMB saga where the late former Minister Kumbirayi Kangai was involved.In 1994 War...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 817 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa et al primeval instinct stopping them admit he broke rules - to break free, we must
Once upon a time, a few moons ago although I remember it as if it was yesterday, I visited a number of High Schools and Colleges up and down Zimbabwe to talking about the UN Universal Declaration of H...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 4079 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
Army, police flee Islamic terrorists in Mozambique
Mozambican military and police fled Macomia district after extremist Islamist militants launched a violent attack on Thursday, an online publication AFP reported on Friday morning.According to...Published: 29 May 2020 at 09:49hrs | 7910 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mutodi fired after Moyo confronted Mnangagwa'
FORMER Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi was axed after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (pictured) confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatened to resign from the governm...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 5847 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2373 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana drags G40 into MDC activist abduction storm
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana says the nation must not be blind to the possible involvement of late former President Robert Mugabe's remnants in the alleged abduction and tort...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 979 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10632 | by Staff reporter
Ammara Brown in Twitter fight
SONGSTRESS Ammara Brown has sparked a social media storm after a Twitter user using the name Mukunda claimed that she was hurt when the songbird turned down her request for a selfie during the militar...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Matanga sacking
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for the expulsion of Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for failing to catch criminals linked to continued abductions on government c...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1665 | by newzimbabwe
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2281 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a governme...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 11167 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, people of good conscience will not remain silent
DEAR Mr President,It is my sincere hope that this letter finds you well. I am under no illusion that you are occupying a critical position, that of President of our nation.As such, you...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 996 | by Mutsa Murenje
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must discard politics of no hope
AFTER a report on citizens' perceptions and expectations - Dancing on the Same Spot - by SIVIO Institute showed that citizens were increasingly losing faith and confidence in both the ruling Zanu...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2291 | by Staff reporter
Malema told to celebrate Joshua Nkomo and Tongogara
South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has urged EFF leader Julius Sello Malema to cease from celebrating the late Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe because he was a ruthless dictator. ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4351 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe was a murderer says Chiwenga
Outspoken preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga said former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was murderer but he died so people should not fear death....Published: 26 May 2020 at 10:54hrs | 10107 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4140 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Robert Mugabe divides opinion on Africa Day
THE South African Presidency yesterday used the Africa Day commemorations to remember the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's much-quoted "Africa is for Africans" statement, but immediate...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Hero-worshipping in Zimbabwe politics need to stop now
Zimbabwe's political systems need total transformationZIMBABWE'S political systems need total transformation from the culture of religious cults to organisations that embrace cultures for all Zimb...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 761 | by Anonymous
Will the MDC Alliance recover from 'this sickness'?
THE MDC Alliance is probably on its deathbed, suffering from a ‘sickness' which threatens to take away its life, temporarily or permanently. The question is whether it will recover from "this sickne...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3293 | by Moses Tofa
Mnangagwa's govt needs to respect media rights
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from his long-time mentor, the late Robert Mugabe in November 2017, one of the noticeable things was his approach to the media, he was more accessible, will...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Thief steals car from fuel queue
A DARING thief allegedly stole a car from a petrol queue at a filling station in Harare after tricking the owner that he could refuel easily. Prosper Makono of Chitungwiza has since appeared a...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2903 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deepening economic crisis.This comes as life f...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 11080 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks inevitable
DIALOGUE between opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains key in resolving the country's multi-layered political and economic crises and churches will pus...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3374 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10709 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 5844 | by Staff reporter
Zipra cadres celebrate Dabengwa's life
EX-Zipra cadres have paid tribute to former Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa (pictured) as the country marked the first anniversary of his death.Dabengwa died on May 23 in Kenya on his way back hom...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:01hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm standoff threatens crop
The tussle over former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's farm, involving a top war veteran, has taken a new twist following revelations that disruptions at the Mazowe property could resul...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1708 | by Sandra Kudenga
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 15723 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3844 | by Staff reporter
Political Cult Culture need to change
Zimbabwe's political systems need total transformation from the culture of religious cults to organisations that all embrace cultures for all Zimbabwe. From 1980-2017, Robert Mugabe was a "mini-god" w...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:36hrs | 514 | by Anonymous
Dumiso Dabengwa - Tribute from a civic and personal perspective
The first time I had a close engagement with the late iconic hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was when he was Minister of Home Affairs and I was President of the Junior Association of Christian Communica...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:34hrs | 619 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (II)
IT is important to analyse why Zimbabwe was successful in the first two decades of Independence, and became a failure in the second two decades. One fundamental reason is that the whole nation was uni...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 916 | by Fay Chung
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