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Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi sheds light on Chris' explosive outbursts in cabinet
FORMER Foreign Affairs and Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has shed some light and insight on how fired War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa behaved in cabinet meetings during the late former preside...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's shock sacking details emerge
Former Foreign Affairs and Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has shed some light and insight on how fired War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa behaved in cabinet meetings during the late former preside...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC chair on tenterhooks
THE fate of suspended Zanu-PF Murewa district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson Israel Maliki hangs in the balance as he awaits the party's verdict expected by end of this month.Maliki...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'3 million eligible Zimbabwean voters unregistered'
ELECTORAL watchdog, the Election Resource Centre says Zimbabwe's total eligible voters should hover around eight million, meaning that nearly three million people are not interested to vote.A ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer's fall from grace
FAMED for his role as Zanu-PF's political enforcer for the Midlands province, former State Security minister Owen Ncube popularly known as "Mudha" had a nasty fall from the echelons of power to the st...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-British actor among frontrunners to be next James Bond
British-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page finds himself among Hollywood's best British actors who are favourites to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.The up-and-coming star, who was n...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | | by Charles Mutasa
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heroes Acre without Mugabe: incomplete history of Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years from 1980-2017 and despite being shunned by many, the nonagenarian had managed to protect the country's legacy. The late President fast tracked ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 14:05hrs | | by Tatenda Murenjekwa
Son of a Zimbabwean nurse is bookies' new favourite for James Bond
He is the dashing Netflix duke who could be about to swap regency era London for the secretive world of MI6. Regé-Jean Page left women swooning as the suave star of smash-hit British series Bridgerto...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows more protests despite Harare ban
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has vowed his party shall organise more protests despite a police ban - later endorsed by the courts - on a demonstration the main opposition had planned for Harare on Fri...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 13:14hrs | | by newzimbabwe
God doesn't carry a red political party card
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, which simply means He is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere in that order.His sheer preponderance as a Supreme Being means He cannot be app...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
UK hit by serious power failure
Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the UK, affecting homes and transport networks.National Grid said it was caused by issues with two power generators but the proble...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 18:55hrs | 8 | by BBC
Chombo named in another land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo allegedly parcelled out undesignated housing stands in Banket's Kuwadzana Phase 2 and converted the money to personal use, NewsDay has learnt.T...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's declaration of war condemned
In a display of pure arrogance of incumbency the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration yesterday continued on its deleterious path by banning the citizens' right to register their discontentment through p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 15:37hrs | | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Mnangagwa to tender resignation as Zimbabwe leader to avoid humiliating exit
COLOGNE/HARARE– President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly due to tender his resignation as the country’s leader in less than twelve months, to avoid a humiliating exit, after failing to resolve Z...Published: 14 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-kate Kahari
Rituals and spiritualism, the curse of the MDC
In everyday life when the going gets tough or unbearable and when everything seems to have ground to a halt, people tend to turn to social scientists in the form of witchdoctors, spirit mediums, proph...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Yes, I bought a €4m Bugatti - Buyanga
Gift Phiri of the Daily News sits down for a wide-ranging interview with 39-year-old businessman Frank Buyanga. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: I understand you commenced your entrepre...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 19:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losers adamant ZEC cheated the nation
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa last week appeared to extend an olive branch and to offer his electoral rival, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, a place in his government. He spoke of Chamisa hav...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Everson Mushava
Very little separates MDC Alliance from Zanu-PF
Last year sometime around September, I realised that Robert Mugabe's grip was not about to be released anytime soon, unless if his own people summoned the courage to turn against him.He seemed...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
MDC movement has proved that very little separates them from Zanu PF
I turned to Professor Brian Raftopolous and a senior respected civil society leader for ideas and discussions about our country.I proposed to them that the best way out of this political night...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Bhasikiti fights Zanu-PF in Mwenezi
Having been thrown into the political dustbins for some time, former Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial political commissar, Jeppy Jaboon and senior party member Kudakwashe Bhasikiti have bounced back as MDC...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insults, nastiness do not win votes
The election date has been proclaimed and campaigning has shifted gears upwards for all serious political parties.We are seeing all sorts of attention- seeking gimmickry being deployed. The pr...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa
Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Mujuru, Khupe heading towards Zimbabwe's political cemetery
The recent developments in which former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her PHD colleague Thokozani Khupe has formally decided to join hands under an electoral pact which is yet to be unveiled have no...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
2018 polls could be Zanu-PF's waterloo
In the past few weeks, the chorus has been how good Zanu-PF is at organising and how they have got the rural areas on lockdown.There is a defeatism about it, as activists and some in the media...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
'Mnangagwa delivers impassioned 90-minute address to visiting US senators'
I had a chat with an amiable insider who was in the delegations that met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week on Saturday.In what has been described as a spirited but calm performance t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Whither Mnangagwa, how tactful thou art
The plight that we read time and again of some former government senior officials after leaving their posts leaves a lot to be desired. It leaves ample space for validating views that government funct...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Analyst, Johannesburg
The battle for the Zimbabwe state house keys (part one)
With the coming in of Rtd Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri, Nelson Chamisa might ambuscade EDM Ambrose Mutinhiri, a ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 10:12hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa not as feared as Mugabe
With a few months to go before the crunch harmonised elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has increasingly been under pressure to clear his name on the internationally-condemned Gukurahundi atrocit...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of MDC-T crisis and the man Strive Masiwa
It is very unfortunate that Dr Morgan Tsvangirai is not feeling well and his condition has affected opposition politics in Zimbabwe .With the courage that Tsvangirai has bestowed in fighting an ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa can be derailed by economic woes
In the wake of Operation Restore Legacy, the ranks of the young, educated and angry is swelling.The economic boom they anticipated when they marched on that historic November 18 Saturday has r...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 09:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Heath Streak for Ndebele chief!
Social Media users have urged people from Matabaleland to make Heath Streak a Chief after a video of him speaking fluent Ndebele went viral on social media.The video is dated 25 December 2016....Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the 'criminal elements' that caused #Zimbabwe coup
President Robert Mugabe's 52-year-old wife rose from political obscurity to the top ranks of the ruling Zanu-PF party women's league secretary in the Zanu PF politburo. She led the charge, leading to ...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the 'criminal elements' that caused Zimbabwe coup
President Robert Mugabe's 52-year-old wife rose from political obscurity to the top ranks of the ruling Zanu-PF party women's league secretary in the Zanu PF politburo. She led the charge, leading to ...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's faction was to suffer another setback
THE military takeover of President Robert Mugabe's government by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) in the early hours of Wednesday morning is the culmination of prolonged intense factional battles tri...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's road to Waterloo
OUSTED former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political career could be over as he appears to have little chance of bouncing back after his spectacular fallout with long-standing ally President Ro...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Mnangagwa affair: Romanticisation of the underdog
There is something romantic about an underdog, something that attracts one to it and makes people build affinity for no hoppers.From biblical times, the story of David slaying the giant Goliat...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:21hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
It's sink or swim for Mnangagwa
Political analysts say the recent suspensions of key Zanu-PF officials aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave the Midlands godfather with the option of either fighting back or si...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers should dance according to Mugabe's tune, says Chimene
FORMER Cabinet ministers who fell by the wayside during Monday's reshuffle were the architects of their own demise because they were acting contrary to the expectations of the appointing officer, who ...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defining moment for Mnangagwa
In an intriguing turn to the factional wars ravaging Zanu-PF, President Robert Mugabe now faces re-election at a special congress to be convened by the party in December at which new faces could emerg...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mugabe refuses to shake Mnangagwa's hand
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday openly snubbed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he refused to shake his hand at Harare International Airport.The snub occurred as Mugabe was coming f...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Voter registration is a big sham - MDC-T
MDC-T Harare East Youth Assembly has described the voter registration currently on going as a sham due to slow pace in which it is conducted especially in urban areas.The party youth sai...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Teachers' union seeks Mugabe intervention over fees
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has urged President Robert Mugabe to direct schools in the countryside to stop chasing away pupils over failure to pay tuition fees.Th...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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