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Mohadi's reappointment met with dismay
The reappointment of Kembo Mohadi as vice president of Zimbabwe has been met with dismay by many observers, who say it is a sign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is not serious about...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 12:29hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unleashes FAZ on NGO?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly deployed shadowy Zanu-PF affiliate Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to intimidate and spy on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), a latest report by a lo...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers voted against Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa lost at a polling station set up for soldiers from Pondoroza Barracks in Redcliff, Midlands province, during last week's elections, in a development that has laid ba...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors call Mvurwi Town Council to order
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elect for Mvurwi Ward Six Tonderai Samhu and Ward One Elisha Benjamin have called Mvurwi town council to order following the delay in refuse collection....Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 20:14hrs | 380 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF in massive witch-hunt
Zanu-PF has reportedly initiated a massive witch-hunt to punish party leaders accused of sabotaging President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa after they won more votes than him in the August 23 and 24 electi...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2724 | by Staff reporter
Makhadzi trades shots with Zimbabwean artist Winky D over botched UK gig
A spat has emerged between South African musician Makhadzi and Zimbabwean artist Winky D after Makhadzi publicly criticised the Africa Music Festival UK for perceived sabotage during her performance....Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Vladimir Putin - the global game changer
Over the past week, a lot has occurred in the world around us. The Zimbabwean elections, the Brics summit in South Africa, the passing on of Yevgeny Prigozhin head of Russia's private mercenary compan...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 392 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Makhadzi lashes Winky D
ORGANISERS of the "Africa Music Festival 2023 - The Legends Tour" which was held in Leicester in the United Kingdom on Saturday have come under fire for failing to manage the show well, leaving Makhad...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:04hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Faz, military tension is likely to rise
TENSION between Zanu-PF's restive group Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz) and the military is likely to rise after if Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa forms the next government after Wednesday'...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
Sadc observer report a run away 'gun'
THE choice of words by the Sadc observer mission bordered on incitement, propelling a legitimacy crisis with the potential to harm the country. The report was by any standard a threat to human and nat...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 708 | by Dr Matthew Mare
Nevers Mumba has embarrassed SADC
Having gotten wind that Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa were romping to victory through tallies from polling stations and the confirmation through the party's Treasurer Patrick Chinamasa's press confe...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 672 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bhora musango dent Mnangagwa's votes as Chamisa starts off well
With a bhora musango (internal sabotage) trend within Zanu-PF emerging, main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has started off well in the presidential election.Although it is still early d...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:16hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Top US senator calls for a review of relations with Zimbabwe government
Zimbabwe's elections held on Wednesday were a "sham" and the international community "must reevaluate all facets of its relationship" with the Zimbabwe government, a top United States senator said on ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:44hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Zimbabwe is on unstoppable march to prosperity
Zimbabwe is on an unstoppable march to prosperity under the leadership of President Mnangagwa and not even desperate shenanigans by some of the country's opposition political parties will slow down th...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa govt finally admits local currency wasn't sabotaged after all!
We have said it numerous times before.The Zimbabwe government is lying about saboteurs - who are usually faceless so-called 'regime change agents', supposedly operating in cahoots with 'our de...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 16:26hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Soldiers deface Mnangagwa posters
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismantled the Cleveland Shooting Range in Harare amid allegations that some soldiers stationed there were defacing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign posters in M...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Western duplicity over criminal law amendment
WHILE Zimbabwe's promulgation of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act has sparked criticism from Western forces, a similar law has been silently embraced in the United Kingdom, exposing the ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Zvamaida Murwira
CIO boss' wife dragged into carjacking attack storm
Independent candidate for Mwenezi West parliamentary election, Tafadzwa Shumba says men who hijacked and later torched his car Wednesday were driving a vehicle belonging to political nemesis and poll ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 20:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants smile all the way to the bank
Civil servants smiled all the way to the bank yesterday as they started receiving along with the normal salary and allowances, a newly increased forex component of US$50 plus an additional local curre...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck arson attacks spark sabotage fears in South Africa
South African police said on Wednesday 21 trucks have been torched in a series of mysterious attacks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as acts of "economic sabotage".Unknown assaila...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens its poll candidates
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube has warned aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) against garnering more votes than President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next month's polls.Ncube, who is the...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes the risk by sidelining army in polls
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken a huge political risk by sidelining the military - which has kept Zanu-PF in power directly since 2000 - from his dicey intelligency-driven presidential election...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CIO versus Zimbabwe military
TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
7-day ultimatum for businesses
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has given a seven-day ultimatum to businesses hoarding goods and engaging in malpractices to sabotage the economy, to shape up or risk stiff sanctions from Government.He se...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors accused of sabotaging refurbishment of Arikana Chihombori-Quao's hospital
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo has accused opposition councillors at Redcliff Town House of stalling progress on the refurbishment of former ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao's hospital....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sweet news for CCC: Bad news for residents, Zanu-PF
There is sweet news for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Masvingo after the party successfully negotiated for withdrawal of two of its members who had contested, one as independent and the other...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Paranoid Chamisa feels politically threatened by Job Sikhala
The political persecution of Job Sikhala by the Zimbabwe government should be condemned by all progressive and democratic forces in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe and the world. We have first hand exp...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube
Money-spinning in Zimbabwe shadow economy
WHILE local shoppers traditionally flocked to big groceries and supermarkets for bargains on consumer goods, of late, they have been trooping to "tuckshops" in downtown Harare, where basic commodities...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition party in shock Mnangagwa endorsement
Two weeks after criticising the government and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for setting excessive candidate nomination fees, the Zimbabwe Republicans Front (ZRF) endorsed President Emmerson...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 17:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges lawyers to preach gospel of peace
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged the legal fraternity to join the national crusade of preaching the gospel of peace and unity as the nation moves towards the August 23 harmonised elections....Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 3 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Chamisa, Biti clash will not end well
History shows that when a captain and his best player clash, it does not end well. The story of CCC captain Chamisa and his best player Biti is quite sad. One thought the captain would give hi...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 16 | by Max Lion
'Mucheche used his resources to sustain liberation struggle'
THE late national hero, Ben Mucheche, was a towering figure who defied segregatory colonial policies to establish a thriving business and went on to selflessly avail his resources to sustain the liber...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims economic sabotage by 'detractors'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned elements which he claimed are working to derail the country's economic stability piling pressure on ordinary citizens as the country heads to polls in the next ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cost-of-living nightmare terribly deepens
NINE weeks before Zimbabwe's general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a moment of truth as the imploding economy plunges the country into its third hyperinflation in 15 years amid rising ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube must ignore councillors' talk shows
SO an aspiring candidate rehabilitated roads in a constituency and the local council has its knickers in a twist saying the candidate should have obtained permission from them. Really? Talk of a sense...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims the resurgent skyrocketing inflation is a calculated political attack
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa claims the resurgent skyrocketing inflation - which has seen the country plunge into a third hyperinflation wave in 15 years - is a calculated political attack ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bubble bursts at wrong moment
The peak of the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wasn't the seats it won in the 2022 by-elections.By the time the seats were won it was obvious they would be won.The ac...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will the FAZ deliver or backfire for Mnangagwa
In a bid to avoid having the army being used to sabotage him in the upcoming elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, more of a securocrat than a politician, has resorted to CIO, but this has created ...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Faz election project fuels tension within security forces
TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
US$400 000 windfall to judges is electoral gambit
THE recent gifting of US$400 000 housing loans to judges has underlined the executive's keenness to extend favours to the judiciary, particularly during elections, as they play a key role in mediating...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Madinda sacking divides opinion
HIGHLANDERS Football Club coach Baltemar Jose De Oliveira Brito's alleged decision to freeze out assistant coach Madinda Ndlovu on suspicions of sabotage have divided opinion among followers who feel ...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Residents lambast councillors for sabotaging development
COWDRAY Park residents have described Bulawayo councillors as selfish after they took a swipe at Zanu-PF aspiring Cowdray Park constituency Parliamentary candidate, Professor Mthuli Ncube for fixing r...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of Zimbabwe's watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
The Government of Zimbabwe has officially become a tyranny - fraught with all the legislative tools to be justifiably labelled a pariah state.By the country's Parliament passing the much-loath...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
By the country's Parliament passing the much-loathed so-called ‘Patriotic Bill', Zimbabwe has effectively joined the unenviable international ‘Hall of Shame' - joining other nations, such as North...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Did war vets collapse Zimdollar?
I HEAR many Zimbabweans suggesting that Zimbabwe was driven to bankruptcy and the crash of the dollar by paying war veterans in 1997.However, this perception is wrong because Zimbabwe printed ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Zimbabwe govt to cushion workers' salaries
Civil servants salaries will soon be reviewed to cushion them from price hikes as the Government remains resolute in supporting and improving the welfare of its workers, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blew a marvellous chance to bring nation together
REVELATIONS that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa have never talked to each other for the past five years is more than worrying and tells of the...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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