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Knives out in Mnangagwa succession dog fight
The race to succeed President Emmerson Mnangagwa has escalated into a fierce and increasingly public struggle among Zanu-PF's top players, marked by legal wrangling, political scheming, and efforts to...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:30hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa speaks the ugly truth
He can be a pain at times, a thorn in the flesh and a source of discomfort. But this time, on a balance of improbabilities, he chose his words with a bit of tact. I mean this non-conformist maverick c...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 09:54hrs | 1049 | by Vukani Madoda
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'état dividend
Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 36 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Zanu-PF accuse the US of 'barbarism and cowardice'
Zanu-PF has accused the United States (US) of "barbarism and cowardice" after Washington added President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Junior, three individuals and two business entities on its sanctions ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Mnangagwa 2023 re-election bid causes jitters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is pulling all stops to win a second full term in next year's elections amid fears that some of his initiatives will leave the economy in ruin.Mnangagwa's governme...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tiri pama one: Now it's the people of Mashonaland demanding a cake for all
You can't help but wish Joshua Nkomo was alive. This is exactly what he prophesized. Josh said in his own words: "This tribalism will not take you anywhere Robert. This pasi newe, pasi naye cannot be ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:27hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Heroes choices outrage Gumbo, Mliswa
The only surviving member of Zanu-PF's Dare re Chimurenga, Rugare Gumbo has lashed out at the ruling party for continuing to play down the key roles of some late freedom fighters. Gumbo said t...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mukudzei Mudzi and a 'distorted history’
We have learned with sorrow and sadness of the death of Cde Mukudzei Mudzi (94) the former Executive Secretary (General Secretary) of Dare reChimurenga of ZANU.Cde Mudzi's death followed that ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 16:17hrs | 16 | by Rugare Gumbo
State-assisted funeral for nationalist Mudzi
Nationalist Mukudzei Mudzi (94) who died on Saturday, will be accorded a State-assisted funeral in recognition of his commitment to freeing the country from settler control, even during disagreements ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dare ReChimurenga member Mudzi dies
One of the two surviving members of Dare ReChimurenga, Mukudzei Mudzi, died yesterday morning at the age of 94.A family member confirmed the death that was broken by Jealousy Mawarire, spokesp...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister Chitando dragged to court for 'grabbing' 8 gold claims
MINES Minister Winston Chitando is caught up in a controversial saga with a local businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed who is accusing the senior government official of seizing eight "juicy" gold rich mi...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet Zanu-PF security dept as he bids to fix bickering party
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu-PF's chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 19:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves in to end DCC chaos
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu-PF's chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to unite Zanu-PF
ONE of the founders of Zanu-PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prev...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's future looks bleak, says Rugare Gumbo
Liberation stalwart Rugare Gumbo says that Zanu-PF's future is bleak without national harmony as he renewed his calls for dialogue both within and outside Zanu-PF. Gumbo said President Mnangag...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 07:43hrs | | by Sports reporter
Joshua Nkomo's dislike and disdain for Emmerson Mnangagwa
"Nikita ngicela limkhiphe lumfana akalunganga" these are the words uttered by the legendary Zapu and Zipra commander in chief in 1962.He was referring ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:24hrs | 6 | by Posiwe Ncube
Zanu-PF's future on the line
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line if its bigwigs do not stop their destructive politicking. Addressing Zanu-P...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet review
News doing the rounds says the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has passed on , it seems Chiwenga and Robert Mugabe have one thing in common - they both die in the media and resurrect miracu...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 21 | by PUMA
If Zanu is not for Mugabe, Sithole, Nkala, Mujuru or Gumbo, then how can it be yours?
Anyone who thinks is a Zanu Member, is a proper fool who will never Learn. Foolishness is the Quality to be Unable to Learn, and unfortunately, in Zimbabwe, we have a surplus of that Quality.D...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Multiverse Dungani
Rugare Gumbo snubs Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle icon, Rugare Gumbo, has flatly refused to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa's invitation to re-join Zanu-PF - insisting that it was beneath him to re-...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to sensational return to Zanu-PF?
FORMER president Robert Mugabe could make a sensational return to Zanu-PF - one-and-a-half years after the frail nonagenarian was swept from power by a military coup - if the party's overtures to him ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru rejoining Zanu-PF - report
STATE media early Sunday, reported that former Vice President Joice Mujuru, stampeded out of the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of the 2014 congress is returning to the ex-liberation movement.The ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
'Joshua Nkomo made Mugabe the leader of ZANU in 1975'
Former President Robert Mugabe was catapulted to the leadership of ZANU in 1975 after the death of ZANU Chairman Herbert Chitepo by former ZAPU leader Dr Joshua Nkomo.This is revealed in Joshu...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Elias Mudzuri to be uprooted from MDC Alliance
Only people's voice is bigger than a political party and not Elias Mudzuri. Nelson Chamisa should tighten his political belt by accepting the party followers' wish to terminate Mudzuri. Mudzuri confes...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 23:02hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Rugare Gumbo will not apply for re-admission into Zanu PF
FORMER Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, a stalwart of the liberation struggle, is ready to walk away from politics and will not apply for re-admission into the party, but would consider a return if ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru party collapses
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) has all but collapsed after almost all its senior members deserted the party before it has even celebrated its third birthday....Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Talks between Zanu-PF, expelled trio drag
The ruling party is still engaged in talks to bring back Didymus Mutasa, Rugare Gumbo and Jabulani Sibanda who were dismissed from the ruling party in 2014 for undermining then president, Robert Mugab...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru a failed political messiah
Women's breakthrough in politics will certainly remain a dream if the machinations by National People's Party (NPP) leader, Dr Joice Mujuru, to join the MDC-T are anything to go by. For a moment the b...Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:39hrs | 3 | by Caitlyn Kamba
Is this the end of Joice Mujuru?
It was in March 2016 when Joice Mujuru emerged in public for the first time since her dismissal from Zanu-PF and government in December 2014 to announce that her party - the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF...Published: 23 May 2018 at 14:53hrs | 3 | by Fungi Kwaramba
NPF: Much Ado about nothing
The emergence of the New Patriotic Front (NPF) led by Ex-Zanu PF Provincial Minister, Rtd Brigadier General, Ambrose Mutinhiri seems to cast a spell of de ja vu in the Zimbabwean political landscape....Published: 18 May 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Claver Nyuki
Mujuru faces grim poll prospects
As Zimbabwe hurtles towards the crunch July/August harmonised elections, former vice president Joice Mujuru, who now leads the National People Party (NPP), finds herself in no woman's land, with her p...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa appeals against auctioning of property
Zimbabwe People First (ZPF)top official Mr Didymus Mutasa has approached the Supreme Court to save his property from being auctioned over $26 900 he owes a Harare law firm. Mr Mutasa had his p...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa's household property to be actioned
PEOPLE First top official Mr Didymus Mutasa's household property is being auctioned off over a debt to lawyers.Mutasa's bid to save his property from auctioning over debt, has hit a snag after...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 11:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Brace for Zimbabwe presidential run-off'
This year's presidential elections could be decided by a re-run because none of the aspiring contestants has capacity to garner enough votes in the first round of voting, analysts have predicted....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa using military's 'spider-web' campaign strategy
RM: Your appointment as ZANU-PF national political commissar was hailed by war veterans and other party membership as a positive development. What are your priority areas of concern?ER: I was ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Didymus Mutasa loses debt case
PEOPLE First top official Mr Didymus Mutasa's bid to save his property from auctioning over debt, has hit a snag after the High Court threw out his application for rescission of judgment. Mr Mutasa ha...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa endorses Mnangagwa
FORMER Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Mr Didymus Mutasa has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a good leader, capable of taking Zimbabwe forward if he wins the forthcoming harmonised elect...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo, Mutasa to rejoin Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF bigwigs, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo, who were sacked from the ruling party in 2014, have expressed their willingness to rejoin the ruling party.This comes after the Zimbabw...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporteR
War vets want 'gamatox' king pins back in Zanu-PF
War veterans have recommended the readmission of Rugare Gumbo, Didymus Mutasa, Jabulani Sibanda and other veterans of the armed struggle who were either suspended or expelled before the new political ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti joins the Chamisa 'basket'
Former Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti last Sunday showed up at the MDC Alliance rally in Mkoba where he denounced the ruling Zanu PF party and pledged to suppo...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets push for JB Sibanda's readmission
THE Zimbabwe National Liberations War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) has recommended the readmission of former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda, former Cabinet Ministers Rugare Gumbo and Didymus ...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa, Gumbo withdraw Mujuru defamation claim
Former Zanu-PF stalwarts Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo have withdrawn a $5 million defamation suit against their former boss and ally Joice Mujuru, who is now leading the National People's Party (NP...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'ZimPF' members join Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Province yesterday welcomed to the party 28 new members who defected from the Agrippa Mutambara-led Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF).The members were presented before the party's...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by staff reporter
'1,000' ZimPF members join Zanu-PF
UP to 1 000 members of the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) have defected to Zanu-PF as they feel it is cold outside the ruling party, the party's Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu, has said....Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe warned: Shut up!
An Ex Zipra veteran Max Mkandla has warned former President Robert Mugabe to shut about about claiming that this year's elections will not be free and fair because he during his tenure retained power ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 15:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa very concerned about Jonathan Moyo, Zhuwao
The chances of Zanu-PF's alleged Generation 40 kingpins - Jonathan Moyo, Patrick Zhuwao and Saviour Kasukuwere - returning home any time soon, and making peace with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gove...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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