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Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in Hichilema showdown
THE victory by Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) has rekindled tension between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF and the Nelson Cham...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free the airwaves
There are no limits to the depths this inept and rag tag regime is willing to sink.On the 3rd of May 2021 the globe shall be commemorating the World Press Freedom Day and thus the time to refl...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 13:27hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's wife interfered with The Herald Editor's job
FORMER Herald Editor, Tichaona Zindoga has opened up on his tough experience when he was at the helm of the state controlled daily where he claims First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa constantly interfered w...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Failed Mnangagwa resorts to prayer, fasting
IN November 2017, the military replaced the late former President Robert Mugabe with his long-time confidante Emmerson Mnangagwa, who declared that Zimbabwe is "open for business", but up to now, the ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
The new dispensation now the new error
In November 2017, the military replaced the late Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time confidante Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and declared that Zimbabwe is “Open for Business” bu...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:18hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF spells out Mnangagwa succession plan
ZANU-PF yesterday said the party's succession matrix would al-ways be guided by its constitution and remained a straitjacket where the most senior party member would succeed an incumbent party leader....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rubbishes Khupe's overtures
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has rubbished opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's push for a government of national unity.Chinamasa told journalists during a party Press co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF cadres should adhere to Party constitution
The call by the ZANU-PF's First Secretary and President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, during his address at the recently held Youth National Assembly meeting, that party leadership should abide by the party's ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
'Mnangagwa likely to lose polls'
As the July 30 elections draw nearer, political parties and independent candidates have stepped up their campaigns to win the first post-Robert Mugabe polls.Reporter Everson Mushava (EM) yeste...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ERC sue Chief Charumbira for campaigning for Zanu-PF - sue the puppeteer and not the puppet!
"President of the National Council of Chiefs (NCC) Fortune Charumbira is facing jail after failing to comply with a court order that directed him to issue an apology for rallying other chiefs to suppo...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 16:49hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Time to remove military's presidential straitjacket
"The lack of imagination in South Africa's leadership is even more disturbing than its ignorance. The country has become a one dimensional universe held together by little more than the anxiety it gen...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Zimbabwe army's role in Zanu-PF campaign exposed
SERVING and retired soldiers were heavily involved in Zanu-PF's chaotic primary elections last month and some of the candidates that will represent the party in the July 30 harmonised elections were i...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was a more difficult opponent than Mnangagwa, says Chamisa
MDC-T vice-president Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the opposition backed the military-led "Operation Restore Legacy" to ensure the emergence of a "weaker and easy-to-defeat" leader in the form of Pr...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Junta to campaign for Zanu-PF
The ruling Zanu PF will count on the army and traditional leaders for its campaigns in the 2018 harmonised elections."We are going to campaign for Zanu PF along with our army, which is the bes...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's major on rebuilding the country
This hullabaloo song of illegal sanctions sound like cheap propaganda from the ruling party.Its high time we nip in the bud the signs and symptoms of the political polarisation which has reckl...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF should be about politics and economics
This is the Address by Zanu-PF First Secretary and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the 107th Ordinary Session of the Zanu-PF Central Committee December 14, 2017 yesterdayACTING Secretary,...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by President Emmerson Mnangagwa
The Militarization of the Motherland
November 2017 will forever be etched in the Zimbabwean citizens' mind as the month that President Robert Mugabe was finally forced out of his position as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe....Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 10:11hrs | | by Gwinyai Regis Taruvinga
The marker has been laid
"War is old men talking and young men dying."This is a statement movie buffs will be familiar with from the 2004 epic titled "Troy", which was based on Homer's "Iliad".The line itself ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe for Vice President'
THE Zanu-PF youth league has thrown its weight behind First Lady Grace Mugabe's bid to succeed fired Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was relieved of his government duties yesterday by President...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu-PF infighting fictional or real?
As the so-called tribal factions drag and rumble on, most people who are shocked by the twists and turns in the succession battles and war are starting to question whether these are real factions or i...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Overseer
Mujuru in catch-22 situation
National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru is caught between joining a conglomeration of parties under Coalition of Democrats (Code) or concentrate on covering ground under a pact signed with M...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru pulling a fast one on Tsvangirai
In spite of inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai last month, signalling their intention to forge a grand coalition ahead of next year's polls, National People's...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Paradox of a President Grace Mugabe
As Zimbabwe's Opposition continues to be in disarray and President Mugabe is gradually forced out of power by old age, it looks more likely that Mugabe's successor will emerge from the Zanu PF success...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 09:21hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya
Bond notes: When mere depositors debate
An interview Donald Trump is alleged to have had with People Magazine in 1998 quoted him as saying: "If I were to run [for US presidency], I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters ...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
We are on the right track, says Gen Chiwenga
This week we publish the final instalment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga's, interview with The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and Repo...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns street protest to 'desist' - he must desist propping a dictatorship
You cannot have your cake and eat it too! This is just plain common sense but tyrants like Mugabe think otherwise.When it comes to holding free, fair and credible elections, Mugabe has been de...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 19:57hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Succession: The Mugabe's word is final
IN his traditional annual television interview with ZBCtv to commemorate his birthday, President Robert Mugabe reiterated that he was determined to complete the mandate bestowed on him by the people o...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:36hrs | | by Staff write
The fight for reforms is the fight for free elections; this is the battle royal, losing it is not an option!
I would like to thank Vivid Gwede for summing up so precisely what our political leaders from all sides of the political divide are doing here; asking Zimbabweans to "democratise within a dictatorship...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 16:33hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabweans are being asked to democratise within the (dictatorship) straitjacket,' warns Vivid Gwede
In one of the best commentaries on Zimbabwean politics, Vivid Gwede, has exposed some of the weakness of the arguments we have been bombarded with on why Zimbabweans should support Mai Mujuru and her ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Wilbert mukori
Ian Khama toothless on Mugabe and his Zanu-PF
Botswana President Ian Khama's Sadc chairmanship will not have any effect on President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party because the position is ceremonial and works on consensus from member states...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
A filthy rich Zanu PF chef in ill-fitting party regalia is comical - still we must end the brainwashing culture!
There is nothing more pathetic than a filthy rich Minister wearing an ill-fitting cheap cotton print suit with portraits of President Mugabe. There is nothing fashionable about looking like a circus ...Published: 02 Jun 2015 at 17:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mangwiro to join DeMbare
TAURAI MANGWIRO is a firm favourite for the Dynamos coaching job.The gaffer, who quit Caps United on Friday, is understood to have already reached a verbal agreement with DeMbare, who are sear...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru could lose her position to a man, says Grace Mugabe
Vice-President Joice Mujuru could lose her position to a man since the national Constitution provides that President Mugabe can appoint any person of his choice regardless of gender, First Lady Grace...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 06:46hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Chamisa of the Gumbo totem
So Chamisa was knocked out? Nikuved, as some would say? Really? Chamisa of the Gumbo totem? Sorry Chitova! Which reminds me of my paternal grandmother's favourite song after a good day's drink....Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 23:17hrs | 52 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zanu-PF differences did not shake the house to its core
I think a qualification, if not retraction, is in order. Whoop, those "tweeters" do read I tell you. I was wrong, and am determined to be right about them, now and in future. The hooves generation I h...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 11:27hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Knives out for Joice Mujuru
The plot to elevate Grace Mugabe to lead the Women's League was hatched by the Mnangagwa faction in a desperate bid to frustrate vice president Joice Mujuru's chances of succession.Senior sour...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai, Biti are being childish,' says Mudzuri
MDC-T legislator for Warren Park Mr Elias Mudzuri has blasted party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and secretary-general Mr Tendai Biti for the "childish manner" they are handling the issue of succession...Published: 06 May 2014 at 06:25hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zimbabwe army generals are not a threat, says Dabengwa
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa says army generals who have threatened to veto the political transition if President Mugabe loses the forthcoming election cannot stand in the way of a popularly el...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe too busy to attend Sadc meetings
ZIMBABWE is not contemptuous of SADC and its facilitation team but President Robert Mugabe is too busy with pressing domestic commitments to attend meetings of the regional grouping, his spokesman sai...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC becoming a blunt instrument of history
Two weeks ago I penned a piece which used an esoteric term - zeitgeist - to make my point. I got a few calls from angry readers who wanted to know what kind of English that was, and why I thought it w...Published: 18 Feb 2012 at 09:15hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Nyikayaramba promotion to bolster Zanu-PF ahead of polls
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's unilateral promotion of Douglas Nyikayaramba to the rank of Major-General in the Zimbabwe National Army is a move aimed at strengthening Zanu PF's position ahead of crucial e...Published: 06 Jan 2012 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff Writer
Sexed Tsvangirai: The day WOZA could not arise!
What has the American ambassador to do with a Zimbabwean Prime Minister who gets deserved societal flak for promiscuous misbehavior? Which part of the Geneva Convention, or of our bilateral agre...Published: 10 Dec 2011 at 15:38hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Democracy in African has been used to cause anarchy, violence
Peace loving Zimbabweans must be worried about the visit to Morocco by MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai who is also prime minister in the inclusive Government. Tsvangirai met merchants of violence and ...Published: 22 Nov 2011 at 19:39hrs | | by Panganai Kahuni
Military men can also be political men!
Calls for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe by America and fronted here by the regime change functionaries betray unparalleled hypocrisy especially on the part of the US.While they are vocif...Published: 15 Jul 2011 at 03:37hrs | | by Tendai Moyo
It's MDC-T that needs reform
IT'S an art that has been perfected by Western rabble-rousers and, it is hardly surprising to see Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T try to employ it here. It is the art of deception that was used to s...Published: 29 Jun 2011 at 06:06hrs | | by Caesar Zvayi
Dollarizing the Zimbabwe Economy
It is hard to believe that it has been two years since hyperinflation ended in Zimbabwe. In fact, enough time has passed that now the 100 trillion dollar Zimbabwe note shown below is ...Published: 31 Mar 2011 at 04:34hrs | | by David Beckworth
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