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Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4588 | by Pathisa Nyathi
When Zanu-PF used Cowdray Park to show intent
THE recent ward by- election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo all but showed that people can take charge of their destiny if they choose to open their eyes.It is not a secret that service delivery in...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:08hrs | 588 | by Sunday News
'Over 20 000 Zipra cadres left in the cold'
OVER 20 000 former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) cadres were deliberately left out of the vetting process by government.This was revealed by Zipra secretary-general Petros Siban...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Zapu cranks up pressure on Mnangagwa
Scores of veterans of the liberation struggle who fought on the side of the Zipra - the military wing of-PF Zapu- yesterday converged in Bulawayo to explore ways of recovering their party's property w...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ends 19-year winless streak in Bulawayo council elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has ended its 19-year winless streak in Bulawayo council elections after winning the ward 28 (Cowdray Park) by-election held at the weekend.Zanu-PF candidate Kidwell M...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in historic Bulawayo poll win
The win by Zanu-PF candidate Kidwell Mujuru in Bulawayo's Ward 28 by-election over the weekend by 670 votes demonstrates that the MDC's dominance of urban areas is coming to an end, an official has sa...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:46hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in vote buying ahead of by-election
Zanu-PF is being accused of vote buying ahead of the Cowdray park local government by-election slated for tomorrow. This was after Vice President Kembo Mohadi donated 60 tonnes of maize and 30 ton...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Fierce battle for Bulawayo council seat
THE battle for the Cowdray Park ward 28 council seat has reached fever pitch with parties contesting in the by-election leaving nothing to chance.The by-election has been set for this coming S...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:26hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Zapu's seized properties now officially belong to Zanu-PF
THE Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has reacted angrily to claims that its properties which were seized by the government during the early 1980s now officially belong to the ruling Zanu-PF.This comes...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:20hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Zapu fights for seized properties
The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has reacted angrily to claims that its properties which were seized by government during the early 1980s now officially belong to the ruling Zanu-PF. This comes as...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1796 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pulls all stops to win Bulawayo ward
ZANU-PF has pulled all the stops in a bid to win Bulawayo's ward 28 by-election set for Saturday, deploying top party officials from its commissariat department, led by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi to ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:13hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's absence felt in Zanu-PF
NEARLY two decades after his death, Zanu-PF says it misses Joshua Nkomo's extraordinary skill in uniting the nation and mobilising votes for the ruling party.The late revered vice president pa...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:18hrs | 3238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to show loyalty to party
ZANU-PF members in Bulawayo's Ward 28 have been urged to show their commitment and loyalty to the party by voting for the party's candidate, Kidwell Mujuru, in the council by-election set for March 30...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Fare thee well dear Comrade Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu
He was never a mainstream thinker because he thought outside the box all the time, appearing as if he was a rebel in the Zapu leadership setup. In many ways he was controversial because he was...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:29hrs | 372 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Shootings pushed Zimbabwe backwards'
Former War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has revealed that the much-publicised August 1 shootings drove the country's economy years backwards.The shooting - which claimed six lives - was, acc...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe now pariah State, says Tshinga Dube
FORMER Defence and War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube said the shooting of civilians in August last year and during the violent protests of last week has dragged the country "many years back" and turn...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:26hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa must dialogue 'without pride and prejudice'
ZANU-PF politburo member Tshinga Dube has urged the country's political leaders to take a cue from Kenya and engage in the aftermath of last week's deadly protests so as to find a lasting solution to ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube in forex payment shock
FORMER War Veterans minister and ex-Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube recently came face to face with the desperation many Zimbabweans face after a pharmacy demanded that he pays for his medication in ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | 5249 | by Staff reporter
Clueless 'ED' needs exigent help…
It is so sad that at a time when the economy is burning Mnangagwa's, 'second in command' is fighting for his dear life in South Africa. The neighboring country which has a sound economy and well advan...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1858 | by Knowledge Hakata
Bosso bus attached by Deputy Sherriff
TRANSPORT blues are heavily looming for Bulawayo football giants, Highlanders, amid revelations the club's Iveco team bus - registration number ACZ 1094, was attached by the office of the Deputy Sherr...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube has not quit politics
Zanu-PF Politburo member Tshinga Dube on Monday vowed to continue working for his Makokoba Constituency even though he lost during the July 30 harmonised elections. Dube said he will not conte...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube quits politics
FORMER Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube, who on Saturday held a farewell rally for this constituency, has thrown in the towel, saying he has had enough of active party politics after being let down in...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 3701 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hailed for dumping 'wealthy ministers'
WAR veterans secretary-general and newly-appointed War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dumping some of the long-serving ministers whom he descri...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa failed to make the cut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a 20-member cabinet with some surprise new inclusions while some Zanu PF heavyweights who had almost become permanent features in successive governments since in...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 11:25hrs | 7965 | by Staff reporter
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube won't let go
Former Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube will not abandon Makokoba constituency despite his emphatic defeat to MDC Alliance's James Sithole.Dube had in 2008 and 2015 tried his luck to wrest the...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:00hrs | 2869 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa loses Parly seat to MDC Alliance
Zanu PF politburo member and Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa has suffered humiliation after losing his Makoni Central parliamentary seat to MDC Alliance's David Tekeshe.Figures released by...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 12:06hrs | 7253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF bigwigs suffer shocking defeats
Many political bigwigs in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF suffered shocking defeats in the July 30 National Assembly elections even as votes were still being counted.Ministers Chris Mut...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 08:18hrs | 4079 | by Staff reporter
Landmine used to bomb Mnangagwa, says Tshinga Dube
Former War Veterans minister and ex-army colonel Tshinga Dube said those behind the June 24 attack at White City Stadium in Bulawayo may have used a landmine to carry out their heinous act, instead of...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:35hrs | 3550 | by Staff rpeorter
Presidium target of Bulawayo blast: Police
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday said investigations had proved that the explosion that rocked a Zanu-PF campaign rally in Bulawayo nearly two weeks ago was targeted at President E...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:19hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo member narrowly escaped death
ZANU-PF Politburo member Absalom Sikhosana (69) narrowly escaped death after a vehicle sped over a kerb dividing a road and collided head-on with his along Khami Road in Bulawayo.The driver of...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube says he is wearing the right political jacket
While the people of Makokoba constituency agree that the incumbent Zanu-PF legislator Tshinga Dube has done well, there are others who think he is wearing the wrong political jacket.Bulawayo h...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:08hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
'Tshinga Dube - a generous, supportive legislator'
THE constituency consists of some of the oldest suburbs in Bulawayo such as Makokoba, Thorngrove, Westgate, Steelgate, Westondale, Barbourfields, Mzilikazi, Nguboyenja and Burombo. Most property owner...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Smear campaign agains Tshinga Dube
ZANU-PF candidate for Makokoba Constituency Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube yesterday said unscrupulous people were out to smear his name by printing flyers alleging that he was contesting as a Zapu cand...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:26hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF releases candidates list
ZANU-PF yesterday announced the final list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming harmonised elections on the ruling party's ticket.The list includes 210 National Assembly candidates, ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:54hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube wades into Ndebele king saga
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has waded into the Ndebele king issue, saying it is a constitutional matter, even though it is not currently provided for in the Constitution.Speaking...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for improved welfare for war veterans
Legislators from across the political divide have blasted government for failing to improve the welfare of those who took part in the bush war of the 1970s which brought about independence in 1980....Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:29hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube dares MDC Alliance
Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube has dared opposition parties vowing to contest in the constituency saying he was taking no prisoners as he was almost hundred percent confident of retaining the seat....Published: 23 May 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
National Youth Service graduates defect to NPF
ABOUT 200 former Zanu-PF members and graduates of the National Youth Service (NYS) in Bulawayo on Saturday defected to the National Patriotic Front (NPF), citing frustration with the ruling party....Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
'Electorate misunderstood me,' says Tshinga Dube
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has blamed his previous election defeats in Makokoba constituency to being misunderstood by the electorate.The Makokoba legislator, however, expressed...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube engages the elderly
National Assembly member for Makokoba constituency, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has rolled out his campaign trail and is engaging the elderly men to understand their needs and concerns they want the ...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
2023!! Marginalized Ndebeles should unite and rally behind Hon Tshinga Dube for Presidency
By It is not a secret that the Matabeleland people have been marginalized big time since Zimbabwe got its independence from Britain in 1980.These guys have played second fiddle in Zimb...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:40hrs | 2224 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zanu-PF rerun results expected today
ZANU-PF primary election reruns continued yesterday and voting went smoothly in some constituencies while chaos characterised areas like Harare South. In Harare South, voting ended on Monday evening, ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:43hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube, Dlodlo tiff turns nasty
The tiff between Zanu-PF's sitting Makokoba MP Tshinga Dube and his former personal assistant Nothiwani Dlodlo escalated last week, after the latter warned the politburo that the party risked losing t...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Parliament aspirants preach unity
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday held constituency meetings to introduce candidates for the forthcoming general elections to the electorate.The message at all the meetings was that the part...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:44hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
The untold story of ZAPU and the late VP Nkomo
LAST week, Comrade Bulukani Masola (born 13/05/1959) ,whose Chimurenga name was Peter Scotch narrated how Rhodesian forces machine-gunned 226 ZIPRA comrades at Freedom Camp in Zambia during the libera...Published: 13 May 2018 at 08:36hrs | 2022 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T infighting results in candidates deadlock
INFIGHTING in the Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T has resulted in the party failing to finalise its list of candidates who will represent it in Matabeleland in the forthcoming general elections.Th...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:40hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube threatens to sue 'lying' rival
MAKOKOBA legislator, Tshinga Dube has threatened to sue his party rival and former aide, Nothiwani Dlodlo for allegedly going on a smear campaigning against him during and after the just-ended Zanu PF...Published: 10 May 2018 at 08:46hrs | 2868 | by Staff reporter
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