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Tagwirei emerging from the shadows to succeed Mnangagwa?
On Wednesday evening, wearing full military gear and speaking from an unknown location, Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Geza announced via live video that ‘they' were planning to impeach President Em...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:57hrs | 3075 | by Christopher Mutambirwa
Chiwenga's opposition to Mnangagwa term extension sparks hopes
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's public opposition to the proposed extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term has injected a glimmer of hope among those opposing the move. However, analysts...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:00hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
More trouble for Zimbabwe as Trump makes return
The incoming administration of Donald Trump in the United States has sparked significant interest across Africa, as analysts speculate on how his second presidency will affect the continent's security...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Zelensky plans trip to South Africa
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to pay SA an official state visit in the next few months as part of his African charm offensive amid a debilitating war with Russia. International re...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:27hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
How to fix Zimbabwe's broken politics
Resolving this stalemate is key to moving the nation forward constructively. What can be done to change this? What stands in the way? What are the opportunities?Broken politicsZimbabwe's p...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 22:08hrs | 5 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
British buyers seek Zimbabwean coal to plug energy supply gaps
British energy users are seeking off-take agreements to purchase coal from a project in Zimbabwe as the Russia-Ukraine war prompts a search for alternative supplies.The coal mining company Con...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Does Chiwenga's messy divorce reveal a captured Judiciary?
MARRY Mubaiwa, who's facing several criminal charges, has been denied bail several times and the courts have refused to release her passport for her to seek treatment outside the country despite a ser...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's growing love for rule-by-decree
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been increasingly making use of Statutory Instruments (SI units) during his tenure as head of State. Analysts are describing it as a form of command politics steering ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's' MDC implodes, Thanks to Zanu-PF
WHAT is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - looks set to blow Zimbabwe's opposition out of the political water.Acti...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Who gains from the public shaming of Kembo Mohadi?
ZIMBABWE'S second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a State...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by N Nyoni
Mugabe's business empire, The death of a dynasty
BARELY five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years of his reign is disappearing.A great dynasty appea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 12 | by Africa Report
Healthcare crisis in Zimbabwe as broke govt sends out begging bowl to raise Covid 19 funds
It is shocking that while countries like South Africa have already received their first batch of Covid-19 vaccine from India, the broke and out of sorts government of Zimbabwe is sending a begging bow...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
Will a divided MDC keep Zimbabwe safe from a one-party state?
While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe's politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 20:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court decision leaves MDC-T in disarray
THE MDC held a bruising conference to choose a new leader in December and it has resulted in a legal battle. The MDC's Thokozani Khupe ran to be the party's leader against Douglas Mwonzora. She lost t...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by crisisgroup
Zimbabwe ready to clear $1,2bn World Bank arrears
Zimbabwe has secured $1,2 billion needed to clear World Bank arrears with Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa saying the transaction will be completed once the Washington-headquar...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells US government to make informed decisions
The United States should make decisions on Zimbabwe from an informed position and stop reading only the text of opposition political parties that are afraid of elections, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out AGAIN!!
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will for the next two days market the country's image and lure global investors at the 6th edition of the Africa CEOs Forum slated for this Monday and Tuesday in Abidjan, ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend Africa CEOs forum
AT least 1,200 business leaders, international investors and policy makers will give an ear to President Emmerson Mnangagwa as he presents his ideas for revitalizing the distressed Zimbabwean economy ...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:20hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Tsvangirai disagree over positions
A PROPOSED opposition coalition between Mr Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC-T party and Zimbabwe People First's Dr Joice Mujuru appears doomed amid bickering over who should lead the united camp....Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't win an election, says Mujuru
Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has lashed out at her successor, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing him as a male chauvinist and unelectable because of his alleged role in the Gukura...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, the hot favourite
It's election season in Zimbabwe, and no one seems ready except Comrade Bob - who, despite his advanced years, is always ready for everything, at least in politics. S...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by SIMON ALLISON
TB Joshua in Ghana - Let Our Words and Deeds Be the Same
Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations has called on Ghanaians to unite their words and deeds after arriving in Ghana yesterday for the funeral of the late President John...Published: 08 Aug 2012 at 15:14hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian journalist currently in Accra, Ghana
The end of Mugabe Tsvangirai's marriage is nigh
It is clear on both sides of the divide that the political marriage is over in all but name. Everyone is manoeuvring for the best position ahead of elections.There are no demonstrators waving ...Published: 19 Jul 2012 at 04:11hrs | | by Patrick Smith and Gemma Ware
Mugabe tells Tsvangirai he is scared to go
President Robert Mugabe told Tsvangirai that due to acute divisions and a serious battle to succeed him in Zanu PF, he was scared to quit now because the fights to succeed him would tear the party apa...Published: 07 Aug 2011 at 12:36hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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