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Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 8 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Thousands celebrate Defence Forces Day
Tens of thousands of appreciative citizens yesterday thronged various centres countrywide to commemmorate defence forces day with the main celebrations being held at the National Sports Stadium yIn Ha...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa shares doubts about Zimbabwe elections
When tankers rolled into Harare, Zimbabwe, during the November 2017 coup that dislodged then president Robert Mugabe, one of the casualties was his deputy Phelekezela Mphoko, a former ambassador to So...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara salutes Chamisa, CCC
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has applauded Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party for standing up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa despite facing several...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has nullified polls,' says Chamisa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of effectively nullifying the August 23 elections by ordering courts to disqualify 1...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new HIV infections drop 8,4%
NEW HIV infections in the country dropped from 25 000 in 2020 to 22 800, which translates to 8,4%, in 2021, National Aids Council chief executive officer Bernard Madzima said yesterday.Madzima...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori sing praises for Mnangagwa
APOSTOLIC sect leaders and Zanu-PF top officials on Saturday took turns to praise President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming that he has already been "endorsed by God".Thousands of apostolic sect m...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori stampede for IDs, join Mnangagwa campaign trail
A GROUP of apostolic sect leaders has embarked on a vigorous campaign for the ruling Zanu-PF party by encouraging their members to secure national identity cards (IDs) ahead of the 2023 elections....Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stop CCC meetings, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF deputy secretary for youth affairs John Paradza says the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) should not be given an opportunity to hold meetings in Mashonaland East province....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF convoy overruns Goromonzi tollgate
Rowdy Zanu-PF supporters overran a tollgate in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, after destroying a side gate and driving through in a convoy of nearly 15 vehicles, witnesses said.The Zanu-PF suppo...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Uhuru
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day today with festivities to mark the day being held across the country under the theme: "Leaving no one and no place behind."The main celebrations w...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motor Action Football Club set to bounce back
THERE was a time when the now-defunct Motor Action was a force to reckon with in the local Premiership football both on and off the field.They were difficult to beat and one of their most famo...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dark days back for Zimbabwe
DOZENS of armed police officers, two water cannons commandeered from Harare, three smaller trucks and two dogs - all belonging to the Zimbabwe Republic Police - lined up to barricade the entrance to R...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters
BY 10am on Sunday a handful of MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Bus...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Chamisa's rally utterances, lack of substance
Following the formation of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on January 24, 2022 after being forced by MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora to adopt a new party name, the interim leader, Nelson Chamis...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | 10 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa says Zanu-PF is panicking
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed Zanu-PF is in a panic mode, which explains why it is colluding with the police to stymie its hitherto trailblazing campaign ahead ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blame police for blocking Chamisa rallies, says Chiwenga
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday accused the police of blocking the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies around the country.Addressing a rally in Dangamvura, M...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa afraid of Chamisa
IT is now crystal clear that Citizens Coalition for Change has become a household name and a very big brand posing a serious threat to the ruling party in this short period since its birth.Wha...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Koni Leonard
Chiwenga absolves Zanu-PF for blocking Chamisa rallies
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says Zanu-PF has no influence on police's decisions to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies around the country.He said this while ad...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC under siege as police block campaign rally
The Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was yesterday denied yet another opportunity to hold a major campaign rally after police barricaded Marondera's Rudhaka Stadium and chased aw...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police thwart Chamisa rally
THOUSANDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters turned Marondera into a sea of yellow in anticipation of a rally that was eventually thwarted by armed anti-riot police officers at Rudhaka ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters vow to defy police ban on rally
A SPECTACULAR showdown is looming between police and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters who have vowed to defy the ban on its rally scheduled for Marondera Saturday.THE Zimbabwe Re...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
High Court clears Chamisa rally
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday said its campaign rally at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera will go ahead as scheduled today despite initial attempts by the...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC fights police moves to ban Marondera, Binga campaign rallies
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Friday went to court after police blocked the party from staging a campaign rally in Marondera on Saturday.Police have also "prohibited" the party fr...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police ban CCC rally
POLICE have blocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa from addressing a campaign rally scheduled for Saturday citing lack of compliance with the law in what observers said was ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa represents hope, future
ON Sunday I was following the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) star rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare.On the same day, the ruling Zanu-PF party held its second rally at Rud...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Citizen Coalition for Change the only hope
On Sunday afternoon I was closely following the three political parties which will be battling it out for by elections seat on the 26th of March 2022.It was so interesting to take note o...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by Leonard Koni
Senior CCC members praise Zanu-PF?
There is no need for anyone to call on the Zanu-PF Government to go when it is addressing all the issues that were not handled well by the old dispensation, a former top MDC official who has joined th...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rules out US dollar return
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has declared Zimbabwe will never revert to the dollarisation era despite evidence the Zimdollar is sharply weakening.Economists have even warned the local c...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga threatens
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday threatened black market money traders with long jail terms and declared that the country will not redollarise despite a sharp weakening of the Zimdollar....Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets to reclaim lost seats
Zanu-PF candidates are hopeful of winning the three National Assembly and 10 local authority seats being contested on March 26 in Mashonaland East.Yesterday, thousands of Zanu-PF supporters th...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa headlines Mugabe Day celebrations
Youths across the country were getting ready yesterday to travel to Harare for the National Youth Day commemorations today, where guest of honour President Mnangagwa is expected to launch the National...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate manipulators to face the law
Those involved in black market trading and damaging the economy are acting illegally and face arrest and imprisonment, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday, while stating that the Zimbab...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition should stop day-dreaming, says Mutinhiri
FORMER Cabinet minister Tracy Mutinhiri, who recently rejoined Zanu-PF, has said the opposition is day-dreaming about unseating the ruling party.Mutinhiri was addressing Zanu-PF supporte...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
20 ZUPCO buses for Mashonaland East Province
Mashonaland East Province today received 20 buses under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) as Government fulfills its promise to avail affordable and reliable public transport to commuters....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to take off Tsvangirai's jacket
MDC president Nelson Chamisa told party members that it is high time that he takes off the late founding president Morgan Tsvangirai's jacket and wear his own. Chamisa made the remarks during ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa causes stir at provincial elections
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday afternoon caused a stir at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera after he unexpectedly appeared at the venue where Mashonaland East Provincial elections were underway....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fears army backlash
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respon...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's private security details slammed
Many people - including MDC Alliance supporters - have regularly bemoaned the overzealousness and unnecessary heavy-handed approach of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's private security details to their wor...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
Chamisa label his internal rivals Zanu-PF agents
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned officials eyeing his position against working with Zanu-PF to grab power from him saying he is firmly in charge of the country's opposition party and would not tol...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC to hold mid-day press conference over Chamisa 'kidnap'
The MDC has called a press conference for 11.30AM to talk about an incident on Saturday in which the party says armed men believed to be state security agents attempted to abduct the party leader Nels...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces assault probe
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces arrest after an unnamed person made a counter police report of attempted kidnapping and assault at Marondera Police Station.This came shortly after Chamisa's se...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa sending CIOs to follow him , dramatise kidnapping
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made sensational claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sending state agents and some military intelligence operatives to tail him even when he goes to the toilet....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe
MDC bigwigs boycott Chamisa's rally
MDC Vice Presidents Elias Mudzuri, Welshman Ncube and Morgen Komichi and other bigwigs boycotted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's Marondera "Thank You" rally at Rudhaka Stadium on Saturday. Among p...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF MP erects Mnangagwa banners after polls
Zanu-PF Marondera Central losing parliamentary candidate Cleopas Kundiona yesterday stunned residents and motorists as he went around mounting fresh campaign banners for President-elect Emmerson Mnang...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Presidential input scheme politicised in Murewa South'
Murewa South independent candidate Noah Mangondo has bemoaned the abuse of the Presidential Agricultural Input Scheme by Zanu-PF officials, saying his followers were being denied access to the farming...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'White interface' rally triggers storm
Picture this: When President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses rallies in most parts of Zimbabwe, there are dozens of security personnel around him armed with guns.His supporters spend long hours, ...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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