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Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 48 | by Staff Reporter
Why SADC is happy with the Mumba Report
Franz Kafka's worldFranz Kafka's art rests and runs on the bizarre and overawing grotesquery. Yet it is that de-familiarised, out-of-size world which he so ably colours which becomes the vehic...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
The year Mnangagwa reined in his rival Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this year emerged triumphant at the Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce five-year power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisonin...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga down but not out'
ALLIES of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was brought to his knees by President Emmerson Mnangagwa - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress last weekend, say the forme...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings rival Chiwenga to his knees
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought his bitter rival Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to his knees - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress which ended in Harare yester...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths trade blows during elections
THERE was pandemonium during Zanu PF Mashonaland West youth league elections in Chinhoyi as party youths traded blows and threatened to kill each on Sunday.The elections, which had to be aband...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Army Commanders are monitoring Mutsvangwa' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has claimed that ZANU PF Spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa is being monitored by the Zimbabwe National Army Commanders over his ambitions to illeg...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 16:51hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Politburo endorses poll results
THE Politburo yesterday endorsed provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following polls held last week.Those endorsed are now substantive provincial chairpersons in their respective pr...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda bounces back as Zanu-PF provincial leaders announced
Zanu-PF yesterday announced 10 provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following successful polls held this week with new office bearers being elected in seven provinces.Minister of Sta...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo has always been Zanu-PF says Matemadanda
While MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is down and bruised after two officials defected to Zanu-PF, the ruling party has come out rubbing more salt to Chamisa's wounds claiming that the top official...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe needs fresh, able leadership, says Bhebhe
FORMER MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has said the country should break from the past and commit to the future generations by ending Zanu-PF hold on power.Bhebhe told News...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe trounces Khupe, Mwonzora
MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has reportedly secured Bulawayo nomination for the party presidency after trouncing four other candidates, among them acting president Thokozani Khupe and in...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mkoba primary poll results out
EDUCATIONIST William Gondo will represent Zanu-PF in the Mkoba constituency by-elections after trouncing four other candidates who were contesting in the party primary elections.Last week, Gov...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is imploding
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), is imploding as the country's ruling Zanu-PF conspires with a tiny MDC splinter group, the Movement for Democrati...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:21hrs | | by Peter Fabricius
ZRP transformation buries ghost of Aug 1
The transformation over the past year of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which is part of President Mnangagwa's reform agenda, is burying the ghost of post-election violence that rocked the countr...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trounces MDC Alliance in by-elections
Zanu-PF snatched a ward from the MDC-Alliance in Nyanga and retained another in Bikita by considerable margins in by-elections held over the weekend, underlying the ruling party's dominance in local p...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The MDC congress: All froth, no beer
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people, but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god of the p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
The MDC Congress: So much hype, so much hot air
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god o...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zanu-PF bans election winning candidates
The ruling Zanu-PF has banned youthful candidates who won provincial restructuring elections in Bulawayo over the weekend from contesting in fresh polls slated for next weekend on 25 and 26 May....Published: 20 May 2019 at 22:26hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Mthwakazi Restoration guns for Bulawayo 'foreign' mayor
A POLITICAL pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, has approached the High Court seeking an order nullifying the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami as w...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers speak on Bulawayo Deputy Mayor conviction
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Councillor, Tinashe Kambarami, who was two months ago convicted of theft, can only be fired through a court order, legal experts have said. Mr Kambarami was...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo deputy Mayor a convicted thief
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is a convicted thief who was fined by a court for stealing an electrical extension cord, it has emerged. According to court records, Kamba...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newly elected MDC Alliance councillor faces civil imprisonment
NEWLY elected MDC Alliance councillor for Ward Three and aspiring Bulawayo deputy mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami has been issued with summons for civil imprisonment over a debt of nearly $40 000 in unpaid...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Are African elections only free, fair when opposition wins?
This is a question I found myself asking after Zimbabwe's opposition - MDC Alliance - vowed to challenge the results of the July 30 elections in court after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) dec...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by newsday
Chamisa should respect people's voice
Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections have come and gone. While this was a tightly-contested plebiscite, it was Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF who emerged victorious. Let me take this moment to humbly ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Zanu-PF/MDC-T primaries: A tale of two parties
THE two main political protagonists in the forthcoming general elections - the ruling Zanu-PF party and opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance have conducted their internal polls (primary ...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa in vote-buying storm
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special adviser and aspiring Norton candidate, Christopher Mutsvangwa has written to at least five embassies seeking donations, which he said were meant for community so...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bashed ex-CIO boss pledges to follow Mohadi path
FORMER director in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Albert Miles Nguluvhe, who was recently elected to be the Zanu-PF candidate for the Beitbridge East National Assembly seat has pledged t...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We will trounce Zanu PF,' says MDC - tell us how you trounce rigged election or shut up
"We Will Trounce Zanu PF- MDC!" screamed the Zimeye headline. Former government employee Lloyd Mupfudze who is likely to contest in the House of Assembly election in Gutu Central Constituency on an MD...Published: 01 May 2018 at 19:29hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Obert Mpofu must tell us how he got rich, says Mliswa
Norton house of assembly legislator Temba Mliswa has questioned Home Affairs Minister Obert Mpofu's riches and labelled him a role model of riches.Mpofu is being criticized for being in the Ca...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF's expected to canter to a landslide victory in Chiwundura
THE Chiwundura by-election is on tomorrow and Zanu-PF's candidate Brown Ndlovu is expected to canter to a landslide victory as he faces lightweight opponents after the main opposition parties chickene...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Even students are fatigued by MDC-T's empty rhetoric
If anyone ever doubted the waning fortunes of the opposition MDC-T, the recent University of Zimbabwe Student Representative Council elections have put to rest those doubts following the trouncing of ...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Lonias Rozvi Majoni
'Mugabe uses treason to cow opponents'
President Robert Mugabe has perfected the art of laying treason charges against anyone he feels is a threat to his throne, former politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire has said.This comes...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti chickens out of Mwenezi
OPPOSITION Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) candidate for the Mwenezi East by-election Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has withdrawn from the poll citing voter intimidation and vote-buying by Zanu-PF in collusi...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Impressive warriors gave us hope
On Monday 22 January Zimbabwe's senior men football team the warriors, crushed out of the Africa cup of nations, after a humiliating 4-2 defeat at the hands of Tunisia. While many critics (including m...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 18:42hrs | | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Mujuru rules out polls boycott
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, yesterday waved a defiant fist, declaring she was now geared to contest next year's presidential race against President Robert Mugabe, with or w...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bikita West by-election exposed Mujuru
THE emphatic victory by Zanu-PF in the Bikita West by-election at the weekend is significant in many ways in serving as an indicator of the outcome of the 2018 harmonised elections.Particu...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff writer
$6 million 'windfall' for Zanu-PF, MDC-T
Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share $6 million allocated to political parties by Treasury under the Political Parties Finance Act. Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa set ...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react to Trump's US polls victory
Republican candidate, Donald Trump romped to victory in the US elections, trouncing Democrat Hillary Clinton to become America's 45th president elect.Trump won both houses while also claim...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange on fire in Triangle trouncing
Hwange 5-3 Triangle UnitedA FIRED-UP Hwange treated their fans to some breathtaking football to prevail over stubborn Triangle United in an eight-goal Castle Lager Premier Soccer League thriller a...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Tobias Mandoreba
WATCH: Zimbabwe vs Swaziland AFCON Highlights
Zimbabwe matched their second biggest winning margin in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier as they surged to the top of Group L by trouncing Swaziland 4-0 on Monday.After an even first half in...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Sports reporter
Pastor touches teen daughter's privates for months
A 47 YEAR OLD Harare pastor repeatedly fondled and touched his 16-year-old daughter's privates whenever the two were alone.This happened from August to November until the girl started to resis...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Moyo wins Zanu-PF Mwenezi East contest
Desmond Duri, Masvingo - Joshua Moyo has emerged the candidate to represent Zanu-PF in the Mwenezi East by-election slated for September this year after trouncing nine other contestants in a primary e...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors flood the market, retailers baffled
As the unemployment continues to escalate to unmanageable levels vendors' numbers are continuing to escalate in Zimbabwe's urban areas and growth points amid concerns by registered retail shops th...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe fears losing by-elections
President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu-PF party are now desperately moving to block any further anarchy within the former liberation movement by clamping down on planned new suspensions of party...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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