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MDC's future hangs in balance
MDC founding member, Morgen Komichi, says the late party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, may have contributed to the collapse of the opposition party by failing to have a clear succession plan."We ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:20hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's battle to topple Mnangagwa
ON 23 August 2023, Zimbabweans return to the polls to elect members of local councils, the national assembly, and a president. As a country with a hyper-presidentialist system, voting will largely be ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:28hrs | 10 | by Simukai Tinhu
Mnangagwa impeachment bid brewing
JUSTICE Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has appeared to give credence to speculation that an impeachment bid may be mounted against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after general e...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's grand plan remains intact
AT Zanu PF's elective congress this October, delegates unanimously endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain the ruling party's leader for the next five years.This means the 80-year-old president ...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Smuggling syndicate in bribery storm
A SMUGGLING syndicate allegedly tried to bribe police at Nyazura Police Station around 2am on Sunday so that they could get back 16 bales of mobile phone handsets that had been confiscated by the law ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambican faces deportation for overstaying
A SUSPECTED Mozambican diamond dealer was nabbed in Mutare for overstaying in the country and is now facing deportation.Lebbe Ninema (29), who was represented by Mutare lawyer Farai Matinhure,...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West
WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Cop in pangolin case takes bail bid to High Court
THE bail application hearing of a police officer and two of his accomplices who were found in possession of a pangolin worth $5 000 is set to be heard in the High Court in Harare today.Judah N...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Detectives arrested over $220 bribe
TWO detectives based at Mutare Central Police Station were this week hauled before the courts on allegations of collecting bribes amounting to $220 from second hand clothes dealers.Collen Taru...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops in soup over protection fees
Two Mutare Central Police Station detectives have been arrested on charges of collecting bribes from illegal second-hand clothes dealers as protection fees.Collen Taruvinga and Adwell Muvangwa...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to 2008 - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
After two months of record heat in the UK, exiled Zimbabweans gathered outside Zimbabwe House in London on the final day of campaigning before Monday's elections. Rain at Chamisa's last r...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 18:08hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Boycott presidential poll, Chamisa!
Recently, the main opposition MDC Alliance leader's 40-year-old presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is challenging the ruling Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa for the presidency, has been threaten...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:21hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Actors, ZBC clash over royalties
LOCAL drama Sibahle Nje actors have accused Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation of reneging on its obligation to pay them royalties for the drama series produced by Praise Matinhure and aired on the nat...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
The West suspicious of Mnangagwa
In recent years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to have discovered that Britain and the West are good.For example, when newly-appointed as vice-president in 2013, Mnangagwa was not ashamed ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Tinhu
Diamonds flushed out of dealer's mouth
A CHIKANGA man was forced to spit three diamonds he had hidden in his mouth by Minerals and Border Control detectives at 22 Miles Business Centre last week.Francis Mukandatsama (32) has since ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Zimbabwe's rising young hope
As the day ended on February 18, MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa, who had arrived from the late Morgan Tsvangirai's home, jumped out of his car. He was eased, by a group of youths, through a sea...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri 'anointed' G40 party leader
Former Mashonaland East Minister of State Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri (Retired) has been reportedly "anointed" by former President Robert Mugabe and former First Lady Grace Mugabe as the leade...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman rapes lover's daughter
A RUSAPE businessman who allegedly raped his lover's daughter disappeared on the day he was supposed to be sentenced. A warrant of arrest has been issued against Simba Mushonga (39) whose whereabouts ...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery spree lands 4 in custody
Four men allegedly stole a pistol from a security guard who was on duty and used it to commit robberies in Harare, getting away with jewellery and valuables worth over $100 000 and $3 000 cash....Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
FLASHBACK: Tsvangirai to continue as MDC-T president until 2028 - report
Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai is to continue ruling his MDC-T party all the way until the year 2028 or even to 2033, it as emerged."President Tsvangirai will rema...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women's soccer boss goes to High Court
Suspended Zimbabwe Women's Soccer League chairperson Miriam Sibanda and her two accomplices, Benny Mamoche and Fungai Magoswongwe, have challenged a court's decision to place them on their defence and...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Pair in court for smuggling 208 bales of second-hand clothes
TWO Harare men were arraigned before the courts for allegedly smuggling 208 bales of secondhand clothes worth $103 000 into the country.Manica Post reported that Taruvinga Kazozo (20) and Wils...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers nabbed with 333 diamonds
A SOLDIER with a whopping 333 diamonds handed himself into the hands of police detectives unawares after he flagged the cops’ vehicle for a lift to a house where he wanted to trade the precious gems...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman hides 83 diamonds in private parts
AS law enforcement agents tighten screws on the Chiadzwa diamonds fields, a Marange woman was found in possession of 83 uncut gems hidden in her private parts, while 168 illegal panners were nabbed on...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 06:13hrs | | by Abel Zhakata and Letwin Mubonesi
Mujuru under fire for 'Mugabe is a living spirit' comment
leader of newly-formed Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) Dr Joice Mujuru came under fire yesterday for denigrating President Mugabe, with political analysts saying her utterances were tantamount to attackin...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Felex Share
Is this the end of Mnangagwa?
In the capital, Harare, there are clamorous whispers of an impending demise of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Indeed, this week, a local daily in one of its headlines even had the audacity to sugg...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Controversy haunts dead dealer
EVEN in his death, the late controversial dealer, Josiah ‘Jarzin’ Mutopera has continued courting controversy.His legal marriages to two wives have opened a can of worms, with some people ...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:40hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Understanding Mugabe and Mnangagwa's relationship
With unrelenting infighting in Zanu-PF, and lately, the deepening economic crisis, many thought that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa would make good of his newly acquired strategic position as vice ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 05:57hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
The Mugabes and Power in Zimbabwe play
First Lady Grace Mugabe's manoeuvres since last year's grand entry onto the nation's political stage seem to resemble a play from New York's Broadway theatre.Scripted and directed by her husba...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 15:58hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu Political analyst
Death threats for Washington Arubi's ex-wife
WARRIORS and ABSA Premiership's side University of Pretoria shot-stopper Washington Arubi's mother allegedly told his estranged wife that she will receive the money she is claiming for maintenance whe...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe flaunts borrowed robes
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe was feted like a queen during her high profile visit to Manicaland last Thursday.She arrived in Chimanimani aboard a presidential helicopter which was escorted by anoth...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can Mujuru cause an upset in Zimbabwe politics?
IN the harmonised 2008 general elections, a powerful faction within President Robert Mugabe's party urged Zanu-PF supporters to vote for the party's candidates in parliamentary elections and the oppos...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 13:03hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu Political Analyst
Man hammers granny,88, to death
A 21-YEAR-OLD Fort Rixon man struck an 88-year-old woman to death with a hammer, accusing her of witchcraft and using him to scoop soil from a grave.The accused person, Thulani Ndlovu who resi...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T rigging its own vote and processes!
One read with absolute disgust shallow media reports on the ongoing saga and leadership tussle within MDC-T, eternally wondering when the better deserving reader would finally get justly served by our...Published: 09 May 2014 at 14:54hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
MDC-T squabbles give Mugabe, Zanu PF time to regroup
AN implosion of the MDC-T will give President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF time to regroup and cement its dominance in power, analysts said yesterday.Political analyst, Ibbo Mandaza, said Zanu P...Published: 02 May 2014 at 04:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man kidnaps ex-wife, attacks boyfriend
A WELL-known Mutare diamond dealer last Friday ran amok and hacked a rival suitor with a machete before kidnapping his ex-wife.Herbert Satiya (25) is alleged to have kidnapped his ex-wife from...Published: 22 Mar 2014 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Abel Zhakata
Is Tsvangirai going to be deposed?
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's star has faded considerably since the height of his popularity in 2008/09.Following defeat in the July 2013 general elections, Roy Bennett, the treasurer-gener...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:05hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Mnangagwa down but not yet out
IN Zimbabwe, the end of President Robert Mugabe's leadership of both his political party and the country is fast approaching.Ahead of the party's congress in December this year, where a new l...Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Simukai Tinhu
Rowdy MDC-T activists fined
THE eight Chitungwiza-based MDC-T supporters who were arrested for disorderly conduct in Mutare on Saturday were released yesterday after they each paid $20 admission of guilty fines.The activ...Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to continue as MDC-T president until 2028 - report
Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai is to continue ruling his MDC-T party all the way until the year 2028 or even to 2033, it as emerged."President Tsvangirai will remain ...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai must go,' says Bennett
Exiled senior Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) official Roy Bennett has called for a new leadership of the troubled opposition party, suggesting that Morgan Tsvangirai's continued stay in power...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
What is the way forward for Tsvangirai?
Unless Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change adopts a nationalistic and pan-Africanist outlook, it will struggle to gain the sympathy and support of key regional players among political ...Published: 19 Aug 2013 at 14:27hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Why has support for the MDC plummeted so much?
Fourteen years ago, Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) launched itself onto Zimbabwe's political scene with great local and international fanfare. The MDC was s...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 20:42hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Will Morgan Tsvangirai be Africa's next fallen hero?
The 'heroic' leaders who follow notorious African dictators to power frequently fall from grace themselves. If Morgan Tsvangirai replaces Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe, will he be next? ...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 08:47hrs | | by John Campbell I Africa Monitor
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