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'Mnangagwa in constitutional violation over security minister'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing criticism for allegedly violating the Constitution by failing to appoint a Minister of Intelligence, a key position mandated by Zimbabwe's supreme law. The accus...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:05hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Calls mount for Zanu-PF Insiza MP Farai Taruvinga's expulsion
Villagers in the Insiza North constituency are growing increasingly frustrated with their Member of Parliament, Farai Taruvinga, as concerns mount over his prolonged absence from Parliament since his ...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
CCC nominates Senator Chabuka's replacement
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has nominated Mrs. Midiah Kupfuma to replace the late Senator Keresencia Chabuka, who passed away in July this year. This announcement was made by Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:56hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Serial fraudster ordered to pay US$215,000 debt
HIGH Court judge Siyabona Musithu has ordered suspected con-artist Tawanda Denford Bondamakara to pay back US$215,000 in debt he incurred after he allegedly sold a non-existent piece of land to one Ru...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 10:25hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council stops Egodini Terminus construction
The Bulawayo City Council has taken decisive action to address the growing lawlessness caused by kombi operators and vendors, temporarily halting the construction of Phases 1B and 2 at the Egodini Ter...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Pandemonium at Chief Chivero's village court
There was mayhem at Chief Chivero's village court in Chingwere (Mhondoro) yesterday where self-imposed Chief Chivero, Cornelious Chengera was humiliated by his family members who claim he is not an el...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:35hrs | 1642 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze in Mhondoro
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2627 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Gurira in US$77,000 scam
Simbarashe Oswald Gurira, a 38-year-old official from the Ministry of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle, appeared in the Harare magistrate's court last Friday, facing serious allegations of abus...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:05hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: South Africa general work Visa step by step application
Prominent civil society activist Nicholas Ngqabutho Mabhena, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa, has provided insights into obtaining a general work visa, a crucial pathway for fore...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Ghost wards attributed to Hwange poor performance
Hwange Local Board (HLB) has been facing significant challenges in service delivery, a situation exacerbated by the existence of 10 "ghost" wards. These wards, whose councillors do not fall under HLB'...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo malls deserted
Nokulunga Mlalazi, an airtime vendor at Nkulumane Complex in Bulawayo for over two decades, has witnessed the decline of this once-bustling shopping center. Built in the late 1990s by Old Mut...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors coach appointment divides ZIFA
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Normalisation Committee is experiencing internal discord over the appointment of the new Mighty Warriors head coach. The tec...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:48hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Zambia has its Tshabangu moment as 9 PF MP seats declared vacant
The Speaker of the National Assembly in Zambia has declared the nine seats of Members of Parliament from the Patriotic Front that recently lost their case in the Constitutional Court challenging their...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 17:36hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Pope's representative tours Victoria Falls
Archbishop Janusz Stanislaw Urbańczyk, the newly appointed Roman Catholic Church's Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, visited Victoria Falls on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of the Hwange Diocese....Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens water rationing
THE Bulawayo City Council has further tightened its water rationing regime and introduced punitive fines for those exceeding daily expected limits.The stringent measures contained in the lates...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig embroiled in chieftainship row
Environment and Tourism Minister Barbara Rwodzi who is also a Zanu-PF senior member is embroiled in a controversy over the Chirumhanzu chieftainship. She is accused of promoting her relative, ...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 14:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt engages Ndiweni family over Ntabazinduna chieftainship
The government has reached out to the Ndiweni family to propose a meeting concerning the vacant Ntabazinduna chieftainship following the dismissal of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni by President Emmers...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader suspended over ED 2030
AS political manoeuvres to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028 through the backdoor gathers momentum, a Zanu-PF youth leader, opposed to the move, has been suspended for resistance ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:51hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Independent candidates ride on Chamisa's coattails
INDEPENDENT candidates for Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies in the capital are rallying voters to support former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa by voting them i...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Redcliff council by-election
The ruling Zanu-PF's candidate Christine Sigauke is the new councilor for Redcliff Municipality's Ward 3 after being victorious in the by-election held on Saturday.Sigauke shrugged off competi...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 19:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
66 aspiring judges to write aptitude test
Sixty-six lawyers are next week expected to undergo an aptitude test, in addition to the existing nomination procedure, ahead of interviews for appointment as judges of the High Court.Another ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health minister bemoans skills flight
HEALTH and Child Care minister, Douglas Mombeshora, has admitted that the brain drain has left the health sector on its knees, denying patients access to primary medical attention.Mombeshora r...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF recalls Umzingwane councillor
ZANU-PF has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) notifying the electoral body of a vacancy that has risen at the Umzingwane Rural District Council after recalling its councillor Similo N...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council employs nurses past retirement
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) may soon start employing nurses past the retirement age of 65 as it grapples with the effects of brain drain after it emerged that the local authority is losing younger...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK tightens home care workers' visa regime
Some Zimbabwean home care workers based in the United Kingdom are facing tough times as it has become increasingly difficult to renew their immigration permits. Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK's ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC pulls out of by-elections
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will not participate in the upcoming by-elections, a it is focusing its efforts on stabilising the party and the institution of key electoral reforms in the cou...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked faction recalls Tshabangu linked senators from Parliament
Chaos continues in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change following the recall of four senators who were sworn in Tuesday after they were chosen by a faction led by Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti a...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proclaims by-elections in Mt Pleasant, Harare East constituencies
President Mnangagwa has declared vacant seats for Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies following the resignation of Ms Fadzai Mahere and Mr Rusty Markham respectively with by-elections set for n...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu says he will not pursue partisan politics
CCC secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu said yesterday he would not pursue partisan politics, but will push the national agenda interrogating issues that will help improve people's lives.In...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senator Tshabangu in the house
CCC interim secretary general, Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 other members were today sworn in as legislators in both the National Assembly and Senate replacing those that were recalled by the party....Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes new legislators
CCC interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 others are expected to be sworn in as Senators and members of the National Assembly next week after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission confirme...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies declared vacabt
The Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, announced in the National Assembly that vacancies exist in the membership of Parliament in respect of Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, ...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
CCC appoints lawmakers to key Parliamentary positions
The National Assembly published late yesterday in the Hansard that Zimbabwe's opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), had filled its vacant parliamentary committee positions following the reca...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Recall law aiding death of democracy'
The constitutional provisions which allow legislators and councillors to be recalled should be revisited as they are aiding the death of democracy in Zimbabwe, The Carter Center has said.The U...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'CCC MPs cannot switch parties and run again,' argues Jonathan Moyo
Political scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo has stated that Members of Parliament are not constitutionally allowed to resign from their elected positions with one political party and re-contest under ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu facing the axe
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is now facing the axe from the same opposition party that he snatched from its former leader Nelson Chamisa for allegedl...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CCC voters feel betrayed
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, who voted for their representative in August 2023 harmonised elections, say they feel abandoned following the abrupt resignation of their representative...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections a farce
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has voiced concerns over the detrimental effects of the illegal recalls of elected members of parliament and council, which have led to widespread voter apathy w...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's resigned MPs can contest again not as CCC members
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) members of Parliament who resign in solidarity with former leader Nelson Chamisa who quit the party last week are free to contest again in by-elections called to f...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF man becomes Pelandaba-Mpopoma MP with only 1 845 votes
Zanu-PF candidate Joseph Tshuma has won the Pelandaba-Tshabalala by-election following the polls held on Saturday.The seat fell vacant after Citizens Coalition for Change interim secretary gen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 18:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's henchman trying to place an operative at Econet?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's henchman, Owen 'Mudha' Ncube, recently wrote a letter to Econet Zimbabwe's Gweru branch trying to impose a candidate to a none existing vacancy.This came to light af...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa receiving death threats after quitting CCC
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says threats have been made on his life following his resignation from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).Chamisa revealed this in an X post on Sunday but...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ends weeks of speculation
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday finally abandoned the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) saying the party had been hijacked by Zanu-PF. Chamisa formed the CCC in 2022 after...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC contests High Court ruling on elections
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Tuesday said it would appeal a High Court decision which barred its candidates from contesting in the February 3 by-elections. Last week, the High Court rule...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already secured five wards ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections after the High Court nullified the nomination of 23 recalled National Assembly and local authority CCC candidates....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins five council wards after CCC fails to field candidates
Zanu-PF has automatically won five council seats in Harare, Chiredzi and Manyame RDC following the disqualification of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of winning Gift Siziva's Pelandaba-Tshabalala seat
The ruling Zanu-PF party is confident of winning the Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency in the by-election slated for February 3 as it has proved to be gaining popularity in urban areas in previous pol...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Axed CCC MPs lose court battle
The High Court has once again dismissed an application by the second group of recalled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs axed by Sengezo Tshabangu who claims to be the party's secretary general....Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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