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Mnangagwa's coup-proofing strategy

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political strategy is increasingly defined by one overriding imperative: survival. Having orchestrated the 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, survived covert threats in 2019, and now facing renewed unease w…

Published: 30 Sep 2025 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

OK Zimbabwe unveils turnaround plan

OK Zimbabwe has launched a sweeping turnaround strategy aimed at rescuing the country's largest supermarket chain from financial distress. Returning chief executive Willard Zireva described the company's recent state as "painful," citing d…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zifa unveils merit-based selection strategy

The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has announced a new merit-based selection strategy to assemble a competitive squad for the upcoming Cosafa Under-17 Boys Championship, which Zimbabwe will host from September 11 to 20. The tournamen…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

RBZ reveals strategy towards shift to mono-currency

Zimbabwe's central bank is stepping up efforts to build up foreign currency reserves in preparation for a planned transition to a mono-currency regime by 2030, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu has said.In an exclus…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 18:01hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter

Lack of strategy in Zimbabwe opposition politics

ONE of the biggest issues that one must contend with in politics is that it is a contested space. Allegiances and goals are ever changing and there is, therefore, a need to be able to maneuver these changes and ensure survival.Politics by …

Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 7 | by Munyaradzi Mapfumo

Chamisa should change strategy

Dear Mr [Nelson] Chamisa,I AM writing to you as a concerned citizen and a former supporter of yours. I voted for you in the presidential elections of 2018 and 2023, where the rigging of Zanu-PF was obvious and rampant.However, I feel that …

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:31hrs | | by Barnabas Musisinyani

Chamisa strategising on how to stop the looming by-elections

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader by Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was making fresh deliberations on how to stop the looming by-elections from being held owing to escalating political violence.He was addressing mourners …

Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe opposition must rethink its strategy to win 2023 polls

In most southern African countries political parties become entrenched once they win state power and they pull all stops to maintain the status quo.  Such parties appear to be a "restoration" of the one-party state system and military…

Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:54hrs | 9 | by Evans Mathanda

Constitutionalism, rule of law is key

WE can have good advisers from Mars - with expertise - but failure to adhere to constitutionalism may scare away the few potential investors.The "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra has been cast into doubt, further derailing the optimis…

Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 14 | by TM

ZBC needs a turnaround strategy

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board should come up with a turnaround strategy to resuscitate the institution.Before digitisation, ZBC has to improve the quality of its programming.ZBC television should rethink and redesign th…

Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 11 | by Muzokomba Villager

Teacher drags Chiwenga to court

A KWEKWE-based primary school teacher, Mercy Mjikwa, has dragged the Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga to court over new Covid-19 rules targeting unvaccinated citizens.In an urgent chamber application, Mjikwa and Tolerance Nyamukapa are…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'

THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at his rural home in Kutama, Zvimba, following week…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters

WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba from extending his controversial tenure b…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa targets 6 million votes as 2023 campaign gathers momentum

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC Alliance says it has set its sights on mobilising six million votes ahead 2023, with the party refocusing to attract the elusive rural vote.This comes at a time Zanu-PF has gone for broke to woo voters, recru…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt curtails internet freedom

THE Zimbabwean government has maintained a tight grip on internet control, curtailing the basic rights to freedom of expression and information, a report has revealed.According to the Freedom on the NET 2021 report, an annual survey on int…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Malaba case: The key actors

ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week following a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Authorities unleash sweeping crackdown on forex market

IN a renewed bid to contain the runaway foreign exchange rate - now trading at double the official rate around US$1: ZW$170 - the government has launched a fierce crackdown on currency traders in a multi-pronged approach deploying law and …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa considers reopening borders

THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the Covid-19 third wave and continues to see a decline in new cases and deaths.The land bo…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Currency crisis alarms Zimbabwe business

BUSINESS has expressed alarm over the free- falling Zimbabwe dollar, warning that the foreign currency crisis could plunge the economy into a deeper crisis.The gap has been widening between the official exchange rate, which is at pegged at…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe burial saga in bizarre twist

Former president Robert Mugabe's family says his spirit is fighting back after "mysterious" deaths and illnesses hit families of some traditional leaders that were pushing for the exhumation of the late strongman's remains.The battle to ex…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts

January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Front regime.My ordeal started on my birth…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota

Why elections matter in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we achieve through elections?There are more than 180 …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 5 | by Fay Chung

Spare a thought for Chiwenga's estranged wife

My Dear People,Pictures of the former second lady Marry Mubaiwa struggling to walk while being led to court to face charges of allegedly plotting to kill her powerful ex-husband got everyone talking last week.Some of you were asking whethe…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Proposed BCC budget for 2022: $12 000 a month for rates in Bulawayo

THE proposed 2022 budget by the City of Bulawayo will see residents in some places paying as much as $12 000 for rates only, before factoring in water charges as the local authority targets to introduce various fees increases ranging betwe…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Livestock rustler caught with 11 beasts, 2 donkeys

POLICE have recovered 16 cattle and seven donkeys after a weeklong operation against cattle rustlers in Gwanda District that have terrorised farmers and villagers over the last few months.A suspect, Prince Dube alias Vusa Mutopini, was arr…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

When the police officer is actually a thug

CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised than Bishop Lazi and his kinsmen in this part of …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Bishop Lazi

Illegal forex dealers move $1,5 billion in six months

EIGHT companies allegedly handled transactions valued over $1,5 billion in illegal foreign currency deals that involved transferring huge amounts of money from corporate bank accounts into mobile money agent and bulk payment lines, it has …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe won't sacrifice our economic gains

THE Second Republic is paying tribute to heroes of the liberation struggle by growing the economy and progress made on economic development should not be sacrificed on account of narrow interests, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.Speakin…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:09hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Experts call for Kazungula-style strategy as Beitbridge expands

COMPANIES must utilise inland clearing facilities to reduce congestion as Beitbridge Border Post enters a US$70 million expansion programme this year to avoid congestion, trade experts said yesterday.Gridlocks in the flow of cargo through …

Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:30hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Strategy to revive Bulawayo in the works

BULAWAYO'S provincial strategic development plan will be driven by employment creation, industry revival and expansion as the city is geared to ensure it plays its part towards attainment of Vision 2030 of an upper-middle class economy. Th…

Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Fame without strategy, Mark Ngwazi loses out

Sungura man of the moment Mark Ngwazi says he is familiarising himself with various online streaming platforms so he can salvage significant profits from his new-found fame. The Njanja Express frontman's catchy lyrics on the single titled …

Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive national dialogue moves a gear up.The D…

Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to launch Development Strategy 1 today

The National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which charts policies, institutional reforms and national priorities needed from 2021-2025 to achieve an upper middle income economy under Vision 2030, is expected to be launched today by Preside…

Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Irregularities in VID testing protocol during lockdown

In March 2020, Statutory Instrument (SI) 77/20 was promulgated by the Health ministry directing the VID in the Transport ministry to cease offering and conducting driving test services in order to contain and prevent the spread of the Covi…

Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:10hrs | 17 | by Thembinkosi Siziba

Strategy changes needed to push Zimbabwe media forward

IN this instalment, I will try to discuss, albeit briefly, strategic issues of the media in Zimbabwe, going forward. I am not sure how far forward we should look, but I would assume that so long we look forward, it helps.And perhaps that h…

Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:55hrs | 60 | by Takura Zhangazha

Chamisa should now rethink his strategy

WHILE opposition political parties, with the MDC Alliance leading the pack, have genuine questions concerning the voters' roll, ballots, postal votes and polling booths, they must now focus on other critical aspects of the electoral proces…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:46hrs | 21 | by Faith Zaba

UK's Boris Johnson quits over Brexit strategy

Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy.He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit.His departure came sh…

Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 15:47hrs | 18 | by BBC

Edgar Lungu's victory in relation with African politics

Election is not only about voting but it evolves a lot. You need to be well prepared and have a clear strategy before you embark or convey the message to the people. What is it that people want? How do you lure people? There is a lot of el…

Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 18:56hrs | 15 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Winning elections and yielding power needs political strategy

Politics has different dynamics and people should know that winning elections and yielding power is something different altogether. History has repeated itself that Morgan Tsvangirai commands a huge following and what Morgan needs now is t…

Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 09:29hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

What strategy can the grand 'coalition' utilise to win elections in 2018

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing political and economic crisis and has been marred with protests in the past year calling for President Mugabe to step down. The opposition having spent years fighting the ruling party, have finally seen t…

Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 19:20hrs | 18 | by Tendai Mazenge

NERA adopted a two pronged strategy

Since 2015, the MDCT through NERA has wedged a dedicated fight for electoral reform in Zimbabwe. These reforms are aimed at leveling the playing field in our country ahead of the crucial 2018 elections. To this end NERA adopted a two prong…

Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 07:08hrs | 463 | by Douglas Mwonzora

ZDP strategy on ending corruption in Zimbabwe

Beginning of this week Professor Jonathan Moyo issued a statement in which he stated intention to take legal action against several government officials and institutions including the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), its chairpe…

Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 06:59hrs | 11 | by Tsungi Zambuko

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