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British Lord lampoons Zimbabwe for congratulating Botswana's opposition
In a scathing response, Lord Jonathan Oates, a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords, has condemned Zimbabwean government spokesperson Ndabaningi Mangwana for congratulating Botswana's opposit...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:49hrs | 2621 | by Staff reporter
IMF, World Bank not serving African interests
Humanitarian organization ActionAid has issued a scathing call for the overhaul or abolition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, arguing that these institutions do not serve the i...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Bonyongwe, Mutsvangwa bitter feud escalates
The ongoing feud between former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe and Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has escalated, with Bonyongwe launching a scathing...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:23hrs | 3928 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa succession open for debate'
A fierce debate has surfaced within Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, over a proposal to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028, as revealed by party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:02hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
'Pravin Gordhan was the embodiment of greed, corruption, and elitism'
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a scathing statement in response to the death of former Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, making it clear they feel no sorrow over his pas...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 15:49hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Scathing indictment of Harare City Council's corruption and mismanagement
The Harare City Council (HCC) has been exposed as nothing short of a cesspool of corruption, gross mismanagement, and unchecked incompetence since 2017, according to a damning Commission of Inquiry le...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:34hrs | 355 | by Dereck Goto
Chamisa was bribed by Zanu-PF claim rubbished
Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of Zimbabwe's Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, has dismissed threats from his critics to expose his alleged underhand dealings, declaring that he has "noth...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 14:57hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to 'declare your departure, or we expose you'
Veteran academic and political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on Saturday publicly issued a scathing critique of the embattled former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, urging him to step down and allow new lead...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 2376 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare in big trouble
Zanu-PF activist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has been accused of perjury by his former lawyer after he told the Gauteng High Court in South Africa that he was unaware of a gag order issued against him ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 16:02hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF is a danger to aspirations of majority of Zimbabweans
The National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), spearheaded by former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala, has launched a scathing critique against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF government, acc...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as ZANU PF Activist Rutendo Matinyarare turns on Party, accuses it of selling out
Long-time ZANU PF activist Rutendo Matinyarare has turned on the revolutionary party, accusing it of selling out the people of Zimbabwe."ZANU PF sells out like the ANC, will ZANU PF like it?" ...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 14:04hrs | 10 | by George Tshuma
Wicknell Chivhayo accused of fraud
In a dramatic turn of events, Zanu PF activist Mike Chimombe and his business partner Moses Mpofu have accused businessman Wicknell Chivhayo of fraudulently altering a contract for a US$40 million ten...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:47hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF minister sucked into vehicle scandal
Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Christopher Magomo, is facing allegations of involvement in a scandal concerning executives at Mvurwi Town Council, according to reports...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Neville Mutsvangwa detention exposes Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift?
In a scathing attack, Zanu-PF spokesman Chris Mutsvangwa has implicated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in the arrest and detention of his son, Neville, on charges of illegal currency trading....Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public officials top corruption cases
Almost half of cases reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in 2023 involved public officials with the watchdog indicating that there was a significant increase in corruption repor...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA man found guilty of murdering 6 Zimbabwean sex workers
The judge who found Sifiso Mkhwanazi guilty of murdering six Johannesburg sex workers delivering a scathing account of the 21-year-old's actions."I rejected the version of the accused… as be...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa announces South Africa election date
In a press statement released today, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomed the announcement of the long-awaited date for the National and Provincial Elections in South Africa, scheduled for the...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 21:17hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's resignation created more factions in CCC
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Hunyani constituency in the August 2023 elections, Lovemore Chinoputsa has bemoaned the state of affairs in the two-year-old opposition movement, ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Recall law aiding death of democracy'
The constitutional provisions which allow legislators and councillors to be recalled should be revisited as they are aiding the death of democracy in Zimbabwe, The Carter Center has said.The U...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators glorify Zec
THE National Assembly degenerated into a comical spectacle this past week after Zanu-PF legislators heaped praises on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (Zec), for successfully conducting last year's ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament tears into court e-system
THE Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) has thrown a wrench into the US$3,8 million Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), issuing a scathing report that questions the fairness and acce...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
The USA's strategic blueprint for South African elections
The United States has played a leading role in global electoral interventions, acting as a master conductor. This intricate process includes precise allocation of substantial financial resources to sh...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by The Anchor
Businessman escalates Malaba fight
Harare businessman Tendai Mashamhanda has escalated his case against Chief Justice Luke Malaba after filing a formal complaint with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission accusing him of ignoring seriou...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Plawn Motors over a Bulawayo job advert that wants Shonas only
Plawn Motors, a renowned automotive company based in Harare, is under fire for an allegedly discriminatory job advertisement that explicitly favors Shona-speaking candidates over the predominantly Nde...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 10:15hrs | 3 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Only justice can guarantee peace!
It has become a common song in Zimbabwe.We need to maintain peace, unity, and desist from any acts that may cause discord and disharmony in the country.We have heard this call repeated...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Suffering Zimbabweans should free themselves
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson and former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa (PM) was awarded the International Trade Union Confederation Africa (ITUC-Afr...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo tears into David Coltart
The Mayor of Bulawayo and prominent member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), David Coltart, found himself at the center of a political storm after urging voters to support ZAPU candidates in...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 14:06hrs | 7 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
The rift between Zimbabwe and Zambia: …the making of Joseph Kalimbwe
In recent years, the relationship between Zimbabwe and Zambia has taken a turn for the worse, marked by growing tensions and diplomatic strain. While various factors have contributed to this rift, the...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 07:04hrs | 8 | by Grace Chekai
Sikhala's detention a 'gross miscarriage of justice'
Amnesty International has strongly criticized the prolonged pretrial detention of Job Sikhala, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), labeling it a significant miscarriage of justice and...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Arch-bishop Ndanga, Nevers Mumba hands in damning SADC report on Zim elections exposed
The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) and Arch-bishop Johannes Ndanga's flopped plot to cause anarchy and despondency during and after Zimbabwe's elections has been exposed following an audio where the...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa in another controversial move
In yet another controversial move, President Mnangagwa has published an Extraordinary Government Gazette exempting the newly renamed sovereign wealth fund from complying with the Procurement and Dispo...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 19:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International issues a scathing evaluation of Mnangagwa's first term,
Amnesty International has issued a scathing evaluation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's initial term, characterizing it as a period marked by a severe crackdown on human rights and a failure to escap...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia's Swartbooi describes Mnangagwa as a 'puppet of the Zimbabwean military'
Namibian opposition leader Bernadus Swartbooi has strongly criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing him as a "puppet of the Zimbabwean military." Swartbooi launched a scathing attac...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where are our own documentaries chronicling oppression in Zimbabwe?
At times, Zimbabweans can be irritating, at best - or downright infuriating, at worst. Here we are, having recently come out of an undeniably flawed sham of an election - where the ruling elit...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:11hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa in bid to block Mnangagwa at Sadc
THE deadlock over Zimbabwe's disputed poll took a dramatic twist this week, after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leaders said they are petitioning the Southern African Development Community (Sadc...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reiterates stance of rejecting Zimbabwe election
The leader of the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Zimbabwe, Nelson Chamisa, says his party maintains the position of rejecting the election results.Chamisa spoke ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ED will always know SADC knows ZANU PF cheated!
So, the much-anticipated results of the recently-held Zimbabwe presidential elections are officially out!ZANU PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was announced winner over his main rival, CCC's N...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 22:32hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa will always know Sadc troika knows Zanu-PF cheated
SO, the much-anticipated results of the recently-held Zimbabwe presidential elections are officially out.Zanu-PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was announced winner over his main rival, Citizen...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Witness Dube slams 'opposition demigods'
Politician Witness Dube, the former national information and publicity secretary of the MDC led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, has delivered a scathing critique of opposition parties in Zimbabwe. He ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobels Biscuits' COO acquitted of rape charges
IN a stunning turn of events, Andrew Dinhidza, the chief operations officer (COO) of Lobels Biscuits Company in Bulawayo, has emerged as a free man after facing a harrowing ordeal. Accused of 10 count...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Steenhuisen mobilising 'apartheid' parties to defeat ANC
As the debate over coalition formation heats up, the National Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) Gwede Mantashe has launched a scathing attack on Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John S...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nasty fight threatens to tear CCC apart
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's hounds have ferociously turned on one of their party's biggest apologists, Hopewell Chin'ono, in a nasty fight that is threatening to rip apart the political outfit....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says politicians behind police brutality
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said securocrats in the country were being used by politicians to clamp down on civilians ahead of polls expected later t...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of taking Zimbabwe back to medieval era
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Statutory Instrument (SI) 189 of 2022, announced on November 4 to legalise payment of miners' royalties partly in kind has been described as not just being illegal but a...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Widows4ED wants Mnangagwa to fire Harare provincial coordinator
WIDOWS for Economic Development (Widows4ED) has written a scathing letter advising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti, who they accused of ar...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mahere reacts to Jonathan Moyo's Zanu-PF apology
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is not focused on the political "theatrics" currently playing out in ruling party Zanu-PF which have seen the party welcoming back self-exile...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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