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Mnangagwa in colonial relics show
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official opening of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday turned into a public display of colonial regalia and trinkets in scenes that would fit well at Westminster A...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Hiding in the comforts of Sweden: Paul Siwela pens a letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Bhudi Paul, With dismay I read the letter you wrote President Mnangagwa today. I hasten to say that I was disappointed by this militant language you have now adopted as a party: MLO. What...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 20:25hrs | 3402 | by Nomazulu Thata
'What can deadwood cabinet advise dream team?' ask ZCTU - no ask; what will we do if it fails, yet again?
"The reshuffle of cabinet actually promoted all those deemed 'excess baggage' by certain sections of the media. The big boys whom the majority called dead wood were actually reassigned to full time jo...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:24hrs | 771 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Retired old cabinet to be in charge of directing government programmes
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Japhet Moyo has said it is now official that the retired old cabinet would actually be in charge of directing government programmes. "The re...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 09:08hrs | 2432 | by Stephen Jakes
Street vendors vow to resist evictions
STREET vendors and market stall holders in Harare's CBD have vowed to return to their vending spots even after the state unleashed regular and municipal police Saturday to drive them off the streets f...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exposed - Truth is out
How could the president that carries people's hopes misfires so early in his mandate as president of the republic of Zimbabwe. I never thought the day would come when the tax payer's money is wasted a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | 26211 | by Ntombizanele Ndlovu
Mnangagwa keeps Chiwenga in check
The new Cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday last week significantly dilutes Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's influence in the security sector, the Daily News reported....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | 19961 | by Staff reporter
Officials tarnishing ED's name in Midlands, it is never in ED's service
With the birth of the New dispensation conduct of public and government officials, in the mining sector has been corrupt pathetic and disgusting. the offence of Abuse of Public Office is seeing a rena...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1085 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bosso's historic victory over Dembare
HIGHLANDERS' demolition of archrivals, Dynamos, in Sunday's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium was the Harare giants' worst ever defeat to Bosso since their formation in...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa losing grip?
THE revolt by councillors against MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, over his alleged attempts to impose candidates in the coalition-controlled councils is significant in showing his loose grip o...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 800 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Belling Zimbabwe's electoral-ideological cat
IT will take a while yet for the national after-effect of the 2018 harmonised election to wear off. Praise singers of President Emmerson Mnangagwa will continue justifying his eventual victory, while ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 452 | by Takura Zhangazha
I have started aligning myself with the needs of the constituency- Mliswa
Norton MP elect Tema Mliswa has said he has started aligning himself with the demands of the constituency to deliver the promises he made during the election campaigns."Whilst we await the off...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 668 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa blamed for failure to address 'legitimacy' issues, prices soar
THE prices of basic commodities have risen sharply since elections held on July 30 to levels that are too high for a dollarised economy.The bout of inflation is blamed on excessive government ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare epic battle set for BF
ZIMBABWE'S much-awaited biggest Castle Lager Premier Soccer League fixture pitting Highlanders and Dynamos will finally take place at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. The rescheduled Match Day...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 7569 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor: No place for clowns
BULAWAYO councillors are expected to vote for the city's mayor and deputy mayor today, following chaotic scenes that rocked their swearing in last Friday and deep- seated intra-MDC Alliance divisions ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 595 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa 'out-stretch' his arms to Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has delayed announcing his Cabinet to give talks with youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa a chance, highly-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday.Zi...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 10721 | by Staff reporter
Protest vote yields mediocrity in Bulawayo
SAD chaotic scenes characterised the swearing in of Bulawayo city councillors last Friday with irate residents meting out instant justice on a councillor whose behaviour they deemed unacceptable. ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:16hrs | 953 | by Editorial - chronicle
Drunk Chamisa councillor cause a stir in Bulawayo
THE swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo City Councillors yesterday degenerated into chaos with activists aligned to the Mthwakazi Republic Party baying for the blood of one of the MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa banks on EU, UK pressure
Despite the denials in the officialdom, the European Union (EU) and the British government seem to be succeeding in mellowing protagonists in the Zimbabwe crisis and nudging them towards some form of ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:59hrs | 3649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans and other foreigners flee deadly attacks in Soweto, South Africa
Immigrants have fled South Africa's main township, Soweto, following xenophobic attacks which killed three people on Wednesday, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports from Johannesburg.Violence broke ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 11:53hrs | 3292 | by BBC
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | 3873 | by Nomazulu Thata
Harare Poly gets nod to offer media degree
Harare Polytechnic is expected to start offering a Mass Communication and Media Technologies degree soon, with college principal Dr Engineer Tafadzwa Mudondo confirming the development last week. ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:50hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda blames MDC Alliance
The commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Philip Valerio Sibanda, has blamed opposition political parties for the ugly scenes of violence witnessed in Harare just after the July 30 h...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 4299 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's challenge 'has no legal merit''
Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country's Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his disputed election.The Zimbabw...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 12:00hrs | 9750 | by AP
Chamisa says the military has done well, same army killed 6
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa Tuesday sang praises for the country armed forces but rebuked his Zanu-PF opponents for allegedly ordering recent army killings on defenceless civilians in Harare's ...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:33hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Second Republic trapped between a dream and a nightmare
The July 30 poll was supposed to signify the birth of the Second Republic, anchored on the new Constitution and driven by a legitimate government with an undisputed mandate from the people.The...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:59hrs | 402 | by Munyaradzi Ziburawa
Mnangagwa and Chiwenga turning Zimbabwe into a terrorist state!
As the Zimbabwe political situation becomes more and more precarious by the day, one can not help but be gripped by a fear that our leaders are busy scrupulously turning this nation into a terrorist s...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 09:34hrs | 11771 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Strangled by his own scarf
With the new Zanu PF regime pulling in different directions, there is a growing belief that it is the army that is now in charge in Zimbabwe – and that it is ready to pull the trigger at any provoca...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 22:15hrs | 5240 | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa caught offside again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stunning revelation that he ordered the release of MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti on Thursday has been condemned by the legal fraternity, which strongly feels tha...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 19:46hrs | 6325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scarf feature in MDC election results court challenge
Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging "gross mathematical errors" and calling ...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:42hrs | 13777 | by AFP
Lessons from Kenya (Part 1)
RARE is a country that seamlessly blends modern and vibrant cities with unspoilt white sandy beaches against the backdrop of the planet's biggest natural wildlife park, the Masai Mara (Serengeti). End...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:13hrs | 760 | by Miriam T Majome
BREAKING: Biti deported back to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition figure Tendai Biti has been deported back to Zimbabwe after being denied asylum in that country.Biti's plight follows scenes of the military openin...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1617 | by Ndou Paul
Zambia hands over Biti to Zimbabwe govt
There are reports that Zambian Security agents have handed MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti over to Zimbabwe CID at Kariba.Biti's plight follows scenes of the military...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:05hrs | 6411 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe soldiers under attack
FOLLOWING the ugly scenes that rocked Harare after alleged MDC Alliance hooligans violently demonstrated against their party's loss in the 2018 Harmonised Elections, some civilians have allegedly atta...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 16:20hrs | 5832 | by Staff reporter
What's the Way Forward?
Zimbabwe is for all Zimbabweans. It is not for a few individuals and similarly are state organs or state institutions, they should function for the state and not for a political party or those indidua...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 10:50hrs | 1528 | by Clement Moyo
Biti is believed to be armed with dangerous weapons?
POLICE in Harare have launched a manhunt for nine MDC Alliance leaders believed to have gone into hiding after the State threatened to charge them for allegedly plotting to destabilise the country. ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 6630 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance fears growing post-election crackdown
ZIMBABWE authorities are abducting opposition activists and launching court cases to suppress protests, the opposition MDC party said on Monday, despite the president's boast of introducing new freedo...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:47hrs | 615 | by AFP
Mugabe's son says, 'Zimbabwe was better under my dad's rule'
Former president Robert Mugabe's son, Robert Junior, has taken to social media to express sorrow at the scenes of violence that gripped the Zimbabwe capital last week.In a post to his Instagra...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:56hrs | 4354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's statesmanship under spotlight
LAST Monday's election was supposed to mark a new trajectory for the politically-fractured and divided Zimbabwean populace, but fresh rifts set in motion by a few trigger-happy State security agents, ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1081 | by Editorial
Mnangagwa's lame excuses show dearth of leadership
The death of at least six people who were shot and killed in cold blood by Zimbabwe's military forces on the streets of Harare last Wednesday was the biggest blight on the country's controversial elec...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:56hrs | 382 | by Editorial
Khaya Moyo speaks on army - police tension, mistrust
The atmosphere in Harare and other parts of the country remains heavy with tension and anxiety over the future of the country as, three days after the final announcement of the results of the election...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:50hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Let's give Nelson Chamisa the credit
"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless," says James 1 verse 26. James 3 verse 5 is even more explicit: "The tongue...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1411 | by Bishop
Chamisa: Whither the legacy of opposition politics?
The opposition's participation in this election is quite commendable. The 2018 harmonised elections afforded all political parties an opportunity to measure their relevance in the country's body-polit...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:39hrs | 269 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Police disrupt Chamisa briefing
POLICE yesterday made an embarrassing mistake when they pounced on a Harare hotel in an attempt to disrupt a media briefing by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, which was attended by hordes of local...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:27hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams police bid to block Chamisa Press conference
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday condemned attempts by the police to block a press conference addressed by losing presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance in Harare yesterday....Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:20hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
It was always going to be too good to be true
The violent scenes witnessed in Harare on Wednesday were predictable, except for the timing. There was always a sense of foreboding, that something evil was in the air. One of the biggest ironies of o...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:15hrs | 274 | by RADAR
Mnangagwa orders investigation into why riot police chased away media from Chamisa's Press Conference
The newly elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a statement condemning an incident where riot police chased away journalists from Nelson Chamisa's press conference at Bronte Hotel.Mn...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 15:37hrs | 3917 | by Mafu SIthabile
Mnangagwa maintains that he won the election
Newly elected Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa maintains that he won the election.At a press conference held at a local hotel, the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chami...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 15:35hrs | 1695 | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF salutes Mnangagwa for win
ZANU-PF yesterday hailed President Mnangagwa for leading the party to an emphatic victory after it garnered two-thirds majority in the National Assembly in the July 30 harmonised elections. Th...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:28hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
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