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Mutsvangwa's presidential ambitions exposed
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa's growing feud with business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is not merely political - it is rooted in a long-standing de...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF succession politics plays out in SA
The intensifying succession war within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has taken a dramatic cross-border turn, with one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's fiercest critics, Wellington Masiiwa - better known ...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:20hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Power struggle hit Harare Zanu PF structures
FORMER Zanu PF Harare South lawmaker, Shadreck Mashayamombe is allegedly being persecuted for posing a huge threat to Goodwills Masimirembwa's Harare provincial chairmanship in the ruling party's ongo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 1463 | by Paul Ndou
Can money buy Mnangagwa a third term?
Zimbabwe's political arena has always been fraught with power struggles and factional battles, but the current succession war between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwen...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 11:37hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Kazukuwere says Mnangagwa's push to hang on to power would be resisted
Exiled former Zanu-PF commissar Savior Kasukuwere yesterday vowed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's push to hang on to power would be resisted."This attempt to hijack more years and leadersh...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Court sits Friday to hear Zanu-PF activist's challenge against Kasukuwere
The High Court will Friday sit to hear an urgent application filed by Zanu-PF activist, Lovedale Mangwana to have 2023 presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere disqualified from the race for allegedl...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa, Mujuru hugs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday hugged former Vice President Joice Mujuru.Zimbabwe's second post-independence leader was presiding over the 43rd Independence Day commemorations attended b...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taunts 'rogue' NGOs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday vowed resistance against "rogue" NGOs and "surrogate entities" he accused of attempts to fan instability at the expense of the country's hard-won independence....Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF desperately needs succession planning
AT least 3 500 delegates attended the just ended Zanu-PF congress in Harare, which overwhelmingly endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy ahead of next year's general elections.But w...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:56hrs | | by Evans Mathanda
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora was planning to 'fight' Chamisa 3 months before 2018 election
Former MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora was plotting to "fight" party leader Nelson Chamisa three months before the July 2018 elections, leaked chats by former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF off...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF could regret constitutional changes'
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu-PF, Rugare Gumbo, says the removal of the running mate clause from the country's Constitution could come back to haunt the ruling party whi...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle for Zimbabwe's rural votes kicks off
THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections - triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu-PF which has always dominated...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos G40, Gamatox
POLITICAL analysts have warned that the closing of ranks by Zanu-PF factions spells even greater danger for the country's brawling opposition ahead of the 2023 national elections.The fresh war...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'I've defeated my opponents in polls before,' says Mwonzora
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has described the fact that his opposition rivals continue to underestimate him politically as "the best position" for him to be in.Speaking to the Daily News On Su...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF creating dictator in Mnangagwa
The sailing through Parliament, of the Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill Number II, which among other things, gives President Emmerson Mnangagwa unfettered powers over the appointment and promoti...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda was not fired
OUTSPOKEN war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has lashed out at his Zanu-PF critics for prematurely "rushing to write his political obituary".Speaking to the Daily News yesterda...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zanu-PF big wheels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again read the riot act to Zanu-PF's district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), saying they must desist from fomenting divisions and advancing personal agendas in ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry Mnangagwa lashes Zanu-PF bigwigs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa blew his gasket during a Zanu-PF politburo meeting yesterday, warning his errant lieutenants that gossiping, rumour-mongering and petty jealousies would not be tolerated i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh disorder rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has been hit by fresh chaos, with the party's highly divisive and recently restored District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) at the centre of the latest commotion.The DCCs - which were...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues bleak warning to MDC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told the Zanu-PF politburo to expect more big shot defections from the opposition, in an ominous warning that could spell even more pain for the brawling MDC....Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feeling heat over VP choice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.This comes as it has...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former minister grilled over land
THE government is probing former Labour minister Petronella Kagonye on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm, Glorious Properties.On her ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga affirms Mnangagwa as 2023 nears
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he recently publicly endorsed his boss a...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF centralises printing of ballot papers
ZANU-PF has centralised the printing of ballot papers for its forthcoming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections, to avert cases of fraud and rigging which have previously blighted its inter...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to complete 2 terms in office
THE ruling Zanu-PF has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will complete two terms in office - further bolting the door against ambitious party bigwigs said to be interested in his job....Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga solidly behind Mnangagwa?
WAR veterans say talk of a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, ahead of Zanu-PF's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections and the national 2023 pol...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Bigwigs causing mayhem in Zanu-PF'
ZANU-PF stalwart and ex-secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, says very senior party officials are behind the dog-eat dog mayhem ravaging the former liberation movement ahead of its divisive d...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube says Mnangagwa can't fix country
ZANU-PF stalwart Tshinga Dube has warned that the ugly factionalism and succession wars plaguing the ruling party are derailing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to resolve the country's decades-...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New twist to MDC saga
HE MDC-T leadership was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled press briefing at the party headquarters after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance challenged a court order granting interim secretary-ge...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Mvutu succession war rages
THE wrangle within the Mlotshwa family in Monde outside Victoria Falls is far from over after the family failed to agree on who should succeed Chief Mvutu who died six years ago. Chief Mvutu, ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to unite Zanu-PF
ONE of the founders of Zanu-PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prev...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in flames over DCC polls
DIVISIONS have rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party over its impending district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections amid reports of plots by party bigwigs to impose candidates as internal succession wa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF VIPs sabotaging Mnangagwa'
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, fears that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is being sabotaged by his senior Zanu-PF colleagues as he toils to fix the country's myr...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF big shot appeals for sanity
WITH ZANU-PF continuing to reel from its long-standing demons of factionalism and tribalism, its national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's protest leaders call for dialogue
IN A significant change of tactic - amid the ongoing crackdown on dissenting voices in the country by authorities - two prominent personalities linked to the foiled July 31 mass protests are calling f...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs plot against Mnangagwa
Defence and War Veterans minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has confirmed that the ugly Zanu-PF factional and succession wars - which led to the stunning ouster from power of former president Robert M...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt withholds Jonathan Moyo’s benefits
Exiled former Minister and Zanu-PF spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led Government of deliberately withholding his terminal benefits from his service in the gover...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 10:51hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyathi
Rugare Gumbo snubs Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle icon, Rugare Gumbo, has flatly refused to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa's invitation to re-join Zanu-PF - insisting that it was beneath him to re-...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to sensational return to Zanu-PF?
FORMER president Robert Mugabe could make a sensational return to Zanu-PF - one-and-a-half years after the frail nonagenarian was swept from power by a military coup - if the party's overtures to him ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matematanda warned against dangers of spitting on Gukurahundi graves
What is now clear to all and sundry is that the noisy former Zanla member (Opasi) does not fully understand the scale of Matabeleland genocide and its sensitivity. Can the motor mouth be warned that M...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa tightens his security
In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force per...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fumes over R5 million bribe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, blew his gasket on Wednesday and put his ministers on notice, after he received damaging reports that some of them were demanding bribes from investors to facilitate meet...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIOs stressing over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sweats over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Self-centred Mutsvangwa disrespectful of Mnangagwa
In a surprising turn of events, some war veterans want to remove their national chairperson - Christopher Mutsvangwa - from office for allegedly undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The no...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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