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Bhasikiti quits 'wrong basket', says Chamisa must form own party
Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, a man whom history remembers for often being in the wrong political basket, has this time around jumped from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, saying he could no longer belong...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa scared of being eaten by protests: run Mnangagwa run!
Not too long ago, protests would not subdue a dictator. Not now! Second only to military coups in deposing dictactors, protests have developed huge teeth that can crush a dictator to nothing in a matt...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Israel Dube
University of Zimbabwe challenges govt to support post-harvest programmes
THE University of Zimbabwe's Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering has urged government to support its ongoing Nutritional Post-Harvest estimation (Nutri-P-Loss) programmes, which ar...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pays for Didymus Mutasa's debts?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly to have recently instructed treasury to assist former cabinet minister Didymus Noel Edwin Mutasa in clearing his personal debts that he owes to various busine...Published: 28 May 2019 at 22:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF welcomes back prodigal son, Didymus Mutasa
Long-serving Zanu-PF member Didymus Mutasa, who was expelled from the party at the height of factionalism and readmitted in October last year after spending two years in the wilderness is retracing hi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corruption damaging Zimbabwe recovery
TRANSPARENCY International's 2017 corruption perception index ranked Zimbabwe number 157 out of 180 countries. Using a scale of 0 to 100 (where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean), Zimbabwe has...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Paddington Masamha
One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised
On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
The new dispensation a replica of Mugabe era
The narrative of the November coup which ushered in President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot be white washed and will remain in the Zimbabwe's history.I now plead with the indulgence of...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
'Investors should not expect much from Mnangagwa'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's "dead bureaucracy" could stifle his vision and economic resuscitation programmes, opposition MDC-T national executive member Tapiwa Mashakada has said.Mashakada,...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
MDC Alliance goes door to door ahead of Chamisa rally
THE MDC Alliance has launched door-to-door campaigns in Bulawayo ahead of its presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's star rally at White City Stadium on Saturday.Bulawayo MDC Alliance provinc...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Our Emmerson!!!
There are rare moments in the middle of the pressures of daily life when we suddenly are struck by the feeling that everything before us is history, and that a new world is now being born. We experien...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Believe Chikomo
Zanu PF boss fired seven times bounces back
Zanu PF Manicaland chairman Mike Madiro says he was chosen as the provincial boss for a record seven times after having been expelled six times from the top position over false allegations.How...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 14:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo can pee all he wants - from outside
FORMER United States president Lyndon Johnson, who reportedly had a difficult relationship with the head of the Federal agency that preceded what is nowadays known as the Federal Bureau of Investigati...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff write
The end of a long Zimbabwe soap opera
Robert Gabriel Mugabe has resigned from the position of President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Not a single person can convincingly state that they saw this coming. The events of the past week enthral...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba
Mnangagwa raises Zanu-PF stakes
Two days after missing a high-profile state funeral, Vice-President Emmerson Mnanagwa yesterday attended a memorial service for the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa in Gutu acco...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wishing the first lady, Dr G Mugabe speedy recovery
Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association, the organisation that represents the interests of millions of economically disadvantaged Zimbabweans and primarily the unemployed, if true is wishing for a sp...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:21hrs | | by ZUPA The Presidium
West rigged us out of UNWTO post, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am really disappointed that one of our best ministers, Cde Walter, was rigged out of the secretary generals' position of the United Nations ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:52hrs | | by CZ
Mnangagwa's 'fumigation' rant draws fire
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that the ruling party is "fumigating" elements bent on weakening it ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections has angered some people who claim that the statemen...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fumigating weevils, says Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF should remain united as the party "fumigates" elements bent on weakening it ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. At the burial of...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe flies into factional storm
LOCAL artiste Jah Prayzah may have composed his popular ballad, Mudhara vachauya, to simply highlight challenges associated with long-distance relationships between many Zimbabweans and their love...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa was explicitly correct to say Zimbabwe is led by self-serving Weevils
On the 23rd of November 2016, Dr Dabengwa held a Public Dialogue at the University of Witwatersrand where he summarily pointed out that Zimbabwe is led by a "clique" who exhibit self-serving interest ...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Venus Mlalazi
Jonathan Moyo admits that Zanu PF factional fights destroying Zimbabwe
ZANU PF politburo member and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has blamed the current wave of civil unrest and Zanu PF's endless factional fights for stifling the smooth implementation of va...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to reshuffle cabinet by end of winter - Mutodi
Zanu PF controversial youth member Energy Mutodi has claimed that President Robert Mugabe is expected to reshuffle his cabinet by end of winter as the country faces serious economic crisis and civil u...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 04:34hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo: marking his death on the 1st of July
If I was at home I would be drinking utshwala bamabele, but I am here in Germany where our party Zapu sent us to acquire that education which was to fight economic independence, you said. However, I a...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 15:33hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
To label persons as cockroaches is hate speech VP Mnangagwa, criminally punished in civilized countries!
In decent and civilized countries, VP Mnangagwa would have left his office of the Presidency long back. This labelling of "other" as cockroaches is an act of verbal diarreah, unfortunately a wording t...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 17:02hrs | 12 | by Nomazulu Thata
Paul Siwela poses a serious national security threat
I was relieved at the news that one of the secessionist group leaders, Fidelis Ncube, better known by his pseudonym and bogus title "General Nandinandi" unceremoniously resigned after the Mthwakazi ca...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 13:45hrs | | by Tendai Chinembiri
Mugabe's Zanu-PF explodes
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has failed to contain worsening fissures within the 53-year-old movement, rocked by the deterioration in internal cohesion due to escalating bickering over President Rob...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 09:05hrs | | by Dumisani Ndlela
Mugabe to expel more Zanu PF weevils
President Robert Mugabe has warned that he would soon expel more weevils in Zanu PF who are destroying the party from within. Mugabe (92) said some members have been belittling him....Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 09:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Why I want Mugabe to go,' by Jabulani Sibanda
FORMER war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda (JS) was instrumental in President Robert Mugabe's re-election in 2013 but now says the 92-year-old has become a burden for Zimbabweans.Last week he...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Richard Chidza
'Power belongs to the people, not one very old Mugabe'
FIREBRAND former war veterans' leader, Jabulani Sibanda, has castigated Zanu-PF's strategy to make President Robert Mugabe the centre of power in both the party and government, saying the move ran ath...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda savages Mugabe, Zanu-PF
Firebrand former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda says the time has come for long-suffering Zimbabweans to dump President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu-PF - sensationally likening the ruling...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Jonathann Moyo - George Charamba tiff
KENT - The latest episode in Zanu-PF's intriguing drama in the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe involves two men blessed with the gift of the garb, Professor Jonathan Moyo and George Charamba...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Alex T. Magaisa
Mphoko vows to die with Mugabe
VICE PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko has told Zanu PF members at a rally in Masvingo today that he will die with President Mugabe adding that Grace does not lead a faction.He also said rapists sh...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 10:59hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu-PF war as Mnangagwa's allies fight back
Allies of embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who together with their Midlands godfather have been on the receiving end of unrelenting blows from their enemies in the warring post-congress Za...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo was never a sellout and will never be - Job Sikhala
MDC-T senior member Job Wiwa Sikhala has added his voice in condemning the claims by vice president Emmrson Mnangagwa who said former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith confided in him that Joshua Nko...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No one can stop my wife, says Mugabe
An angry President Robert Mugabe once again waded into Zanu PF's seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars yesterday, starkly telling hordes of his supporters at Harare International Airport...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'Gamatox, Weevils' rub shoulders
Members of rival Zanu-PF camps, Gamatox and Weevils, last Friday rubbed shoulders as they ostensibly sought divine intervention to end their feud during an all-night crusade organized by UFIC. ...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scheme to derail Mnangagwa's presidential aspirations exposed
Political opponents of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa within President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu-PF are said to be sharpening their knives against him and his allies - amid claims that "an elabo...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renewed tension over Mujuru's death
Emotions are boiling over again regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of liberation struggle icon General Solomon Mujuru in a mysterious fire at his Beatrice farm - just outside Harare - i...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Mnangagwa front runners - Analyists
Zanu-PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe's increasingly influential wife, Grace, is dreaming anew about succeeding her nonagenarian husband, with the ruling party's ambitious Young Turks, the Gen...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe vs Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe's increasingly influential wife, Grace, is dreaming anew about succeeding her nonagenarian husband, with the ruling party's ambitious Young Turks, the Gene...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa saluted for taking Mugabe head on
Former Secretary for administration in the Zanu PF Didymas Mutasa has been hailed for being brave to take President Robert Mugabe on despite the risk associated with his actions considering the fact ...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Tsvangirai should stop playing with the people,' says Zunde
The newly formed Zimbabweans United for Democracy (Zunde) party has blasted major political parties in the country accusing them of betrayal and failing to guarantee freedom among the people. ...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We need gamatox to kill weevils'
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) could be forced to write off huge quantities of maize if government continues to deprive the parastatal of resources to manage the strategic grain reserve, a top offici...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Mutasa: The legend of the Boy Who Cried WOLF!
IT is said that, many a time ago, a reverred village shepherd fell ill, and hence could not render his service, which was so critical as to be sacrosanct in ancient animal rearing society. As ill fate...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 15:26hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Mugabe manhandling of Moyo alarms ministers
There were strong suggestions yesterday that Tuesday's surprising freezing of voluble Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo from Cabinet could be a precursor to the long-mooted major executive reshuf...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 14:25hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Mugabe better off with Moyo inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in!
"Moyo's victory was seen as spiting President Mugabe who had appointed him a non-constituency Member of Parliament before he proceeded to appoint him a minister in his bloated government," commented B...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 02:50hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe chased Jonathan Moyo out of meeting
Information Minister Jonathan Moyo's job was hanging in the balance last night after President Robert Mugabe kicked him out of a Cabinet meeting yesterday saying that as he was no longer a non-constit...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Thelma Chikwanha
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