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Tongai Matutu shocked MDC leaders by joining Zanu-PF
Former MDC-T Masvingo Urban MP Tongai Matutu shocked opposition leaders by joining Zanu-PF on Monday.Matutu was welcomed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies Constantino Chiwenga a...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 12:53hrs | 2903 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF wields the axe, blocks G40 members comeback
Zanu PF's politburo yesterday upheld the suspension of Mashonaland West deputy chairman Dexter Nduna and former Matabeleland North youth chairman Tamuka Nyoni while also blocking former Youth League s...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:47hrs | 3704 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses party grip, close allies sink
BELEAGUERED Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga made spirited but futile efforts to save his allies from the Zanu-PF political guillotine during Wednesday's tense politburo meeting in which a titanic ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:44hrs | 17971 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dialogue door wide open
THE door for dialogue among Zimbabweans under the leadership of President Mnangagwa remains wide open but political parties, churches and civic society organisations should not entertain any idea of f...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:06hrs | 506 | 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 | 2742 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala in police custody
MDC Alliance national vice chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested in Tynwald, Harare, after several days of evading law enforcement agencies who were keen to interview him on allegations of in...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Politburo suspends Youth leader over Tajamuka bribe
ZANU PF Politburo has endorsed the expulsion of ZANU PF Youth League Matabeleland North chairman Tamuka Nyoni on allegations of misconduct after the two reportedly received money from firebrand ...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 15:29hrs | 6425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SABC, eNCA journalists accused of being in bed with G40
SOUTH African media houses brazenly misled viewers on the situation obtaining in Zimbabwe by using file photos and videos to back their biased reportage, something that even contravenes that country's...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime buckles under the tide of #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
THE growing momentum of the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign on microblogging site Twitter and other social media applications against President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s government is indicative...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader fired over anti-Mnangagwa slur
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth province has fired its district co-ordinating committee (DCC) secretary for youth affairs Munashe Mtutsa for allegedly criticising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3088 | by Staff reporter
ANC called upon to rely on credible sources
Zanu-PF director for information and publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadi called upon the ANC to rely on credible sources of information and not third parties to come to conclusions. "Zanu-PF takes exce...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF shows ANC the middle finger
ZANU PF takes exception to the utterances that have been attributed to Cde Ace Magashule, the Secretary-General of the ANC where he appears hoodwinked by those seeking to destabilize Zimbabwe through ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 19:50hrs | 10889 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF launches internal witch hunt
ZANU-PF has reportedly launched a massive witch hunt for party leaders who joined forces with civil society groups to stage the July 31 anti-corruption protests, and is systematically axing them, Sout...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:18hrs | 7846 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka/Sesjikile leader explains no-show at #31July protests
#TAJAMUKA/SESJIKILE leader Promise Mkwananzi has claimed most organisers of last Friday's anti-corruption protests decided to go into hiding as a plan of action, and not derail their growing fight aga...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
LIVE Update of #31July protest
AS ORGANISERS of the anti-corruption march remained defiant and insisted that today's planned protests will proceed despite a military clampdown, Bulawayo24News will be giving live updates of the situ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 11143 | by Staff reporter
Protests will go on, organisers insist
ORGANISERS of the anti-corruption march remained defiant and insisted that today's planned protests will proceed despite a military clampdown.#Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi, who is on the ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
'Take Zanu-PF's threats seriously'
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to rise ahead of Friday's planned protests, analysts have warned the organisers of the demonstrations to take Zanu-PF's warnings about the mass actions se...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says July 31 will proceed as planned
MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who is currently in hiding, says that the anti-government demonstrations would go ahead despite the crackdown by authorities on some of the organisations. ...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 16:53hrs | 3094 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance shows police the middle finger...vows to defy ZRP directives
MDC Alliance has written a letter to Zimbabwe Republic Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi informing him that its members will not be reporting to the police after an advert was cir...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 12:12hrs | 5151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsenengamu, Sikhala, Tajamuka leader on the run?
Police are hunting more than a dozen opposition politicians and activists, seeking to foil planned anti-government protests on July 31.Police on Monday said they were appealing for information...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:37hrs | 4348 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's curfew has little to do with coronavirus pandemic
THE government's critics accused authorities yesterday of allegedly hiding behind the soaring coronavirus infections in the country to trample on people's freedoms, after President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:16hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe curfew fuels tension
TENSION has gripped Zimbabwe after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew amid fears the Zanu-PF leader, who is failing to proffer solutions to deepening socioeconomic problems, ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:23hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka urges locals to throng court in support of Chin'ono, Ngarivhume
FIREBRAND pressure group, Tajamuka/Sesijikile has urged Zimbabweans to throng the Harare Magistrates' Court this Wednesday to demand the unconditional freeing of whistle blowing journalist Hopewell Ch...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:44hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Immediate release of Chin'ono and Ngarivhume - Tajamuka
Pressure group Tajamuka /Sesijikile leader Promise Mkwananzi has urged thousands of people to go to court when arrested journalist Hopewell Chinon'ono and...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 13:14hrs | 4158 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa goes after critics
POLICE yesterday arrested opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, accusing them of inciting violence in what observers said was a crackdown on critics o...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 6103 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka ready for 31 July mass protests
Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi has urged Zimbabweans to come out in full force on the 31st of July to support the nationwide protests against corruption. Addressing his supporters Mkwananzi...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 12:52hrs | 9226 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe distances her party from 31 July protests
ACTING MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has distanced her party from the July 31 anti-corruption protests being mooted by other opposition parties which she has described as untimely given the ongoing Cov...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs linked to July 31 mass demos
IN A surprising development, expelled former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, has sensationally claimed that some ruling party bigwigs are involved in the organisation of the planned...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:30hrs | 9888 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo instigating mass uprising in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party on Monday accused exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo of agitating for "mass uprising" in the country and called for his extradition from Kenya.Zanu-PF secreta...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3744 | by Staff reporter
The Unfollow Mnangagwa charade and plots of violence
THE past weeks have witnessed efforts by known opposition elements and their sponsored phantom characters taking part in the "Unfollow ED" campaign on microblogging site Twitter to create a false impr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 2120 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zanu-PF sweating over the planned July 31 mass protests
JITTERY Zanu-PF officials are sweating over the planned July 31 mass protests, which they claim are meant to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power.Addressing a party meeting in Harare...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Panicking Zanu PF hunting 'detractors' to stop protests - then hunt all 34% living in abject poverty
"Our party detractors continue with their anti-establishment agendas. The party is aware of the plan for mass protests (on July 31) being organised by the MDC Alliance renegades: Tajamuka, the Front f...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:23hrs | 2298 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zanu-PF hijacks Wold Bank funds'
OPPOSITION MDC mayors have come out guns blazing accusing the ruling Zanu-PF party of working to hijack a social welfare programme funded by the World Bank running into millions of United States dolla...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to appoint Mkwananzi as Deputy S.G
Factionalism in the MDC has reached critical levels, with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa planning to remove MDC Deputy Secretary General Jameson Timba and have Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi, replacing ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:43hrs | 9197 | by Rudo Saungweme
Chitungwiza mayor arrested
CHITUNGWIZA Mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC-Alliance) was yesterday arrested on allegations of torching a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) vehicle during violent demonstrations that occurred in Harar...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the third force, what's the next move?
The MDC leadership is in a quandary after all of its lined-up protests were quashed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police last week. The demonstrations that were earmarked to take place in major towns of th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:11hrs | 7059 | by Thomas Mukandi
ZBC vehicle arson case sucks in mayor
POLICE are analysing video footage in which a man, strongly believed to be Chitungwiza Mayor Councillor Lovemore Maiko of MDC-Alliance, torching a ZBC vehicle opposite Town House in Harare on August 2...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
MDC 16 August Demonstrations: Why there shall be a huge turnout!
In 1918, Eller Wheeler Wilcox the great American author once said "to sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of many" . Subsequently, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has call...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 6391 | by Erasmus Pongo
Tajamuka leader denied bail, to miss MDC Alliance demo
Tajamuka leader Promise Mkhwananzi has appeared in court on Friday on allegations of attempting to unseat the Government after he allegedly called for a national shutdown in July this year. Mk...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Acquittals prove political abuse of the courts
While we welcome the good news of the acquittal of Honourable Settlement Chikwinya and Lloyd Mukapiko on spurious charges of incitement to commit public violence; we have to place it on record that th...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:15hrs | 893 | by Innocent Gonese
Mnangagwa in panic mode as MDC protest looms
The Local Solutions Council deduced that President Mnangagwa evidently panicked last night due to the impending MDC Protest when he impulsively arranged an incoherent televised State of the Nation Add...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:27hrs | 12368 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Tajamuka leader taken to Chikurubi maximum prison
Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi has been remanded to the 23rd of August after being advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He was taken to Chikurubi maximum prison.He is being charged ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 11:50hrs | 4871 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tajamuka/Sesijikile leader arrested
PRESSURE group Tajamuka/Sesijikile leader Promise Mkhwananzi has been arrested and is being detained at Harare Central police station, NewZimbabwe.com reported.Mkhwananzi, a prominent governme...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 20:54hrs | 8491 | by newzimbabwe
Matemadanda incites people to kill Tajamuka leader
War veterans Secretary-General Victor Matemadanda reportedly incited people to kill Tajamuka Spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi. Mkwananzi sensationally made the claim on Twitter saying, "I hear M...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 10:56hrs | 4367 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC at crossroads: Damned if they do, damned if they don't
FOR the best part of the last 12 months, the MDC has been threatening to roll out demonstrations and mass protests to either force President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power or at least to the negotiat...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 793 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Tajamuka plotting a national shutdown protest
Pressure group Tajamuka has issued a statement saying they are consulting various stakeholders towards implementing a national protest that will liberate the people of Zimbabwe. In a statement...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:50hrs | 7791 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Don't expect a picnic when army is deployed,' says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned would-be protesters that the army will be readily deployed to quell any political unrest, saying if that happens; the use of maximum ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:52hrs | 6848 | by Staff reporter
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