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MDC raps govt for asking workers to subsidize the military
The MDC Secretary for Labour and Social Security Gideon Shoko has rapped the government for asking other civil servants to subsidise the military as if they are the only government employees affected ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 547 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa told to account for January killings
EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said the bloc is still concerned about the January 2019 killings of protesters by the military and warned that the suspended restrictive measure...Published: 6 hrs ago | 665 | by Staff reporter
Special tuckshops for Zimbabwean soldiers, cops
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government says it will set up subsidised grocery shops in army barracks to cushion restive members of the uniformed forces from the rising cost of living, but made no i...Published: 6 hrs ago | 692 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must know that Zanu-PF is not God'
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must know that his party Zanu PF is not God and Zimbabwe is cursed because of his hands that are dri...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1217 | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 10535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says committed to reforms
Zimbabwe is committed to implementing political, economic and legislative reforms as part of efforts to escalate sustainable socio-economic development initiatives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sa...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:52hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Zanu hatches a counter plan for the secessionists and the opposition in Matabeleland
A new party is set to be born during the course of the year in Matabeleland in the same way that Zapu was born, some years back. Many people have until this day questioned but without any good answer,...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1264 | by Tongai Zwayisa
UK presses Mnangagwa for reforms
THE United Kingdom (UK) says it will maintain its tough stance against the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a position it says will only change if the regime implements meaningful polit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2915 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi fast-track programme draws fire
THE recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he would soon convene a "consensus-building meeting" with Matabeleland traditional leaders to co-ordinate and fast-track exhumations and re...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala can lead us to the promised land
One of the few things that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has got right for Zanu-PF, is to normalise a sad state of social, economic and political affairs and receive widespread local and international ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:58hrs | 2109 | by Tafi Mhaka
Chief Ndiweni forgives Enos Nkala over Gukurahundi
Nhlamabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamnagwe Ndiweni says he has forgiven his relative Enos Nkala who was an active participant in the Gukurahundi genocide that killed more than 20 000 citizens of Matabeleland...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1985 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mujuru biography traces hero's life, suspicious death
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE - A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero's key role in shaping the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu says we cannot pretend all is well
Following the suspension of Zanu-PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke strongly against corruption outside the party par...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
The liberation war was not a stroll in the park
A shot rang breaking the tense silence, followed by a high pitched cry associated with death and severe anguish. A crack shot enemy sniper had taken out comrade Bvuma, number two in command of a group...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 91 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Brave Zipra Commander Rodger Matshimini remembered
The late brave Zipra Commander Rodger Mzila Ncube popularly known as Matshimini was remembered through song and dance by scores of his natives at Mzila Community under Chief Malaba amid calls for the ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 224 | by Ncube T
Zanu-PF fears an uprising against Mnangagwa govt
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu-PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.The country is going through one of the worst economic crises si...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 14:00hrs | 9230 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Scary training by Zimbabwe soldiers
Scary training by Zimbabwe soldiershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxGkYJuj8M...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 17:44hrs | 5602 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to demilitarise State institutions
OPPOSITION United Democratic Alliance (UDA) president Daniel Shumba has said Zimbabwe's biggest elephant in the room was the militarisation of State institutions and that any political reforms that wi...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri to confront Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri is reportedly mobilizing members of the Central Committee to back her in a bid to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the party's decision to suspend...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 21:48hrs | 6868 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri mobilises Central Committee to confront Mnangagwa?
ZANU PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri is reportedly mobilizing members of the Central Committee to back her in a bid to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the party's decision to suspend...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 12:34hrs | 8603 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11605 | by Blessing Vava
Zambian President deploys soldiers
Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has deployed Zambia's military to deal with the ritual killings that have rampantly increased in the neighboring country. Suspected ritual killers are rep...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 12:55hrs | 3727 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4481 | by George Mkhwanazi
Muchinguri, Chimonyo deny shooting victims compensation
DEFENCE Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo have refused to pay two shooting victims over ZW$800 000 in damages for injuries ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a tainted legacy
IT is admittedly too early to judge what sort of legacy President Emmerson Mnangagwa will leave when his reign ends.The early signs are, however, worrying and pointing to a disastrous legacy.H...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:48hrs | 518 | by Owen Gagare
Mnangagwa lashed over limited reforms
AN INFLUENTIAL American think-tank has laid into Harare over the economic hardships that Zimbabweans continue to experience — which it says have worsened under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3057 | by Staff reporter
Post-Mugabe confusion unfathomable
The reality of it is inescapable; whether one is a child, youth or an adult, we all feel it. The intensity of the impact may differ from person to person depending on circumstances but generally Zimba...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1321 | by Learnmore Zuze
Zanu-PF SA on mobilisation drive
ZANU-PF South Africa has embarked on a mobilisation drive to ensure the attainment of 5 million registered members by 2023, in line with a resolution adopted at last year's Annual National People's Co...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 22:18hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
'MDC is bigger that Zanu-PF,' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to fire party legislators and councillors who he says have abandoned their constituencies.Speaking at Sakubva Beit Hall, in Mutare on Saturday, where h...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens MPs, councillors who 'abandon' voters
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to fire party legislators and councillors who he says have abandoned their constituencies.Speaking at Sakubva Beit Hall, in Mutare on Saturday, where h...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
'Army Commanders afraid of mass uprising'
Zimbabwe National Army Commanders are reportedly concerned that a mass uprising may erupt in the country due to the deteriorating economic situation. The Zimbabwe Independent reported last wee...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 06:45hrs | 4473 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa warned against 'hyenas'
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth league kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, warned opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, last week to beware of being used by hardliners in both the ruling party and his MDC as h...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 4822 | by Staff reporter
Discord within Zanu-PF is further destabilizing Zimbabwe
Reports from Zimbabwe suggest that security chiefs are becoming increasingly anxious that discontent may lead to unrest. They are said to have deployed large numbers of intelligence officers in civili...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2683 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Mnangagwa must stop imitating Mugabe's style
Award winning author Petina Gappah, who is also a former advisor in the Office of the President and Cabinet, believes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must step out of late president Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fears an uprising against Mnangagwa govt
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu-PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.The country is going through one of the worst economic crises si...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:54hrs | 5900 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda, Hungwe must be charged with treason'
MDC national vice chairperson and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has described his ongoing trial at the High Court on subversion charges as a persecution of democracy, saying the S...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4364 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans returning to their roots in South Africa
ZANU PF SA on Saturday 8th February 2020 took the 2019 National People's Conference challenge of the 5 million membership by 2023 to one of Johannesburg's...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:04hrs | 5680 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa tells police to deal with machete gangs decisively
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the country's security sector to decisively deal with illegal gold miners and robbers who are terrorising Zimbabweans with machetes.Mnangagwa's direct...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges reforms, fair food aid distribution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to depoliticise food aid and speed up political and economic reforms to help Zimbabwe rejoin before year end the family of nations as an equal partner....Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:21hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt redeploys army personnel
In a policy U-turn, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will transfer non-commissioned officers who are married to commissioned officers to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Co...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 4851 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army chiefs panic, deploy special forces
MILITARY commanders have deployed large numbers of officers from the Zimbabwe Intelligence Corps (ZIC), commonly known as military intelligence (MI), the elite Special Air Service (SAS) and the Specia...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 9912 | by Staff reporter
Polad to gobble US$4,5m on foreign trips
GOVERNMENT is set to splurge ZW$80 million (US$4,5 million) on the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad)'s foreign trips which will see members of the controversial grouping visiting various global capita...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to engage soldiers to deal with lawlessness
Bulawayo City Council has threatened to engage the members of the Zimbabwe National Army to deal with lawless residents if the level of lawlessness keeps ...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 4406 | by Stephen Jakes
3 soldiers up for armed robbery
THREE soldiers were on Tuesday arraigned before Guruve Magistrates' Court facing an armed robbery charge.Joseph Hlongwane (24), Twice Kamuriwo (28) and Wellington Ngwarati (31) were not asked ...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers storm wildlife conservancy
A SAFARI and mining firm running the Mujingwe Conservancy in Mwenezi has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence Forces Commander, Philip Velario Sibanda, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and 12 ...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's signal is just an illusion
In 2018, South Africa's firebrand opposition leader, Julius Malema made headlines at the funeral of Winnie Mandela when he asked her to give him a "signal".The signal would allow him to "deal"...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 20:19hrs | 3126 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zanu-PF headed for another split?
ZANU-PF Youth League deputy secretary Lewis Matutu allegedly walked out of a Politburo meeting held at the party's headquarters in Harare on Wednesday afternoon.According to journalist Hopewel...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 15:25hrs | 5113 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF disintegrating'
ZANU-PF Youth leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu have been accused of being the foot soldiers in a new plot to oust Vice President Constantino Chiwenga by a faction linked to Defense Minister...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:16hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as ZANU PF youths divide party
ZANU PF Youth leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu have been accused of being the foot soldiers in a new plot to oust Vice President Constantino Chiwenga by a faction linked to Defense Minister...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 13:19hrs | 3731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldiers up for armed robbery
THREE soldiers were arraigned before Guruve magistrates' court yesterday facing an armed robbery charge in Kanyemba.The trio Joseph Hlongwane (24), Twice Kamuriwo (28) and Wellington Ngw...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 12:37hrs | 1774 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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