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THE current political tension between MDC Alliance and MDC-T has brought more legal commentaries on the merits of the matter where the one verdict ruled that MDC Alliance is a party and the other said...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1822 | by Leonard Koni
Stop attacking Mnangagwa's family, Zanu-PF warns
THE ruling party in Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, has warned the public and journalists against "attacking" members of the first family.Speaking during a press conference on Thursday, Patrick Chinamasa, ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 562 | by AFP
Latest on court case against Welshman Ncube over MDC dissolution
An activist of the now defunct MDC (Green) Ntokozo Tshikizamkhonto Tshili who had in the past threatened to sue Professor Welshman Ncube over what he termed the illegal dissolution of MDC says the par...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 11:14hrs | 10515 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa expelled from MDC?
Woes may be mounting for embattled opposition leader Nelson Chamisa after an unverified letter making round on social media said his membership to the MDC-T party was terminated for violating the MDC ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 13:30hrs | 10969 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora must listen to Komichi about quorum
REINSTATED MDC-T 2014 deputy chairman Morgen Komichi knows very well when meetings can make binding decisions, that is, when there is a quorum.Komichi is quoted by a local weekly publication s...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:28hrs | 2988 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 898 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
4 Covid-19 suspects flee from Vuti centre
Four Zimbabwean women who came from Zambia are believed to have fled from Vuti on Thursday.According to information released by some sources, the four who are residents of Kadoma mining town i...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:43hrs | 223 | by Naume Muza
Teachers against schools opening
TEACHER unions have threatened to sue the government if it decides to impose e-learning.The educators have also vowed not to report for duty at their stations arguing that schools are not read...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:45hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Carnage looms in Chamisa camp, as Khupe wins right to recall MPs
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to bar the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T from further recalling his legislators from Parliament hit a brickwall yesterday after High Court judge Justice Tawanda Ch...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 3120 | by Staff reporter
CTC blocks Innscor deal
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed Innscor Africa Limited's efforts to dispose of its 25% shareholding in refrigerator maker Capri suffered a major blow after the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) r...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Fire burns down Plumtree High School
Information coming from Plumtree indicates that the prestigious Matabeleland South School had some of its buildings burnt to ashes by a fire that erupted on Thursday afternoon. The cause of th...Published: 28 May 2020 at 14:31hrs | 7882 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctor misfires over gunman charge
Karoi district prosecutors rejected a docket where a Hurungwe traditional healer was shot by a gun totting businessman after a doctor ‘misfired' on medical report. The victim Webster Kadzuraimire (4...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1099 | by Naume Muza
ZR police teargas imbibers in Karoi bottle store
KAROI - Members of Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed to monitor Covid-19 regulations violations had throw tear gas to force out imbibers who sought sanctuary in a bottle store at the weekend.T...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1417 | by Naume Muza
Vusa Mkhaya to re-release 3rd album
AWARD-WINNING musician Vusa Mkhaya is set to re-release his celebrated third album, UManyanyatha - Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe, for the international market.The album features the hugely p...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic pay
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic payTHE Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers Union (ZUCWU) has written to all urban councils demanding a minimum basic salary of $2 549 in line with the statutor...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora barricade on ex-MDC-T chair Lovemore Moyo possible return
REINSTATED MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has placed legal barricades on a possible return to the MDC fold by former party chairman Lovemore Moyo.Mwonzora has emerged de facto protag...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 6685 | by newzimbabwe
Barbara Makhalisa Literary Trust promotes IsiNdebele literature
A LOCAL Trust has embarked on a programme to promote isiNdebele literature after observing that few writers were penning novels in the language threatening its future existence. The Barbara Cl...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Copper smuggling women caught in Beitbridge
Beitbridge - Two women from Karoi farming town we're arrested at Beitbridge border town on Thursday as they tried to smuggle copper using a donkey cart.According to Beitbridge police s...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:29hrs | 2214 | by Naume Muza
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 5842 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1797 | by Brezh Malaba
More trouble for Energy Mutodi
Woes continue to mount for dismissed Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi after Zanu-PF Mashonaland East issued him with a prohibition order.The decis...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
Tales of a Covid-19 ravaged Zimbabwean community in UK
"MANY loved ones will die!" screams a newspaper headline.As Covid-19 spreads, another headline ramps up emotions: "Daughters lose dad and big sister to coronavirus within days of each other â€...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 263 | by Charles Mtetwa
100 escape from quarantine centres
NEARLY 100 returning residents have escaped from various quarantine centres where they were confined as part of mandatory measures to control the spread of Covid-19.The law prescribes that all...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
MDC EOC discussions must start in earnest
IT is pleasing to note that the reinstated 2014 MDC-T structures seem to be finding common ground now regarding the Supreme Court judgment, which ruled suggested that an extraordinary congress be held...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1109 | by Kennedy Kaitano
ZCP Central Committee condemns ZANU PF sponsored abuse against women
Three recent incidents involving the beating of 6 women by police and army unmask not only the patriarchal nature of the Zimbabwean society but also, the reluctance of government to take disciplinary ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1488 | by ZCP
Chamisa bags 2014 MDC structures
HE fight for control of the country's main opposition party took a new twist yesterday, with 151 out of a possible 200 members who constituted the MDC-T 2014 national council structures rallying behin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 5919 | by Staff reporter
Teachers unions oppose June exams, schools reopening
While the Government continues working out how to reopen schools in phases, starting with public examination classes, as Zimsec finalises plans for the late June examinations, some teachers unions are...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell as MDC-T bans Mwonzora from recaling MDC Alliance MPs
MDC-T officials who constituted the National Council and the National Executive of the former MDC –T before the demise of President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai Communique of the 2014 National Co...Published: 21 May 2020 at 16:46hrs | 7769 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Latest on reports that Auxilia Mnangagwa was involved in an accident
Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana has dismissed reports that The First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa's convoy was involved in an accident after hitting a boy in Midlands on Thursday. ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 16:28hrs | 7655 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Latest on MDC Youth leader who was arrested by armed police
MDC Alliance Harare Provincial Chairperson Stanley Manyenga who was arrested by armed police on Wednesday was charged with contravening COVID-19 lockdown regulations including public violence followin...Published: 21 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4037 | by Mandla Ndlovu
$21 billion required to open schools
Primary and Secondary Education permanent secretary Thumisang Thabela says that Government requires $21 billion to re-open schools. Speaking before the Priscilla Misihairambwi-Mushonga-led com...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2340 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open in 4 weeks
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would take up to four weeks to open schools, firstly for examination-writing classes then gradually other classes in a phased approach. Speaking before the Priscil...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4065 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in gunning totting storm
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tarirai, has landed himself in trouble after he reportedly fired into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to record the meter reading a...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 7363 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7263 | by Staff reporter
Govt set to stagger reopening of schools
GOVERNMENT will in the next three weeks announce more than 820 examination centres for candidates sitting for the deferred June public examinations while it prepares for the staggered opening of schoo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
David Magagula declared National Hero
Following the passing on of Mr. David Magagula on 18May 2020, MLF, in consultation its advisory body, Mthwakazi council of Elder, which is drawn from the length and breadth of Mthwakazi, has resolved ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 19:26hrs | 4529 | by Andrea Sibanda
O and A Level June examinations ready
TIE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) yesterday told Parliament that examination papers and other logistics were ready with around 66 000 students expected to sit for 'O' and 'A' Level Jun...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2300 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC moves to block MPs' recall
UNDER SIEGE MDC Alliance Monday approached the High Court seeking an order stopping the Speaker of Parliament from expelling its legislators on the orders of its opposition rivals.The applicat...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:30hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ropes in UN envoy
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sought the intervention of the United Nations to facilitate investigations into the alleged abduction and torture of his three-party members by suspec...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 8163 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana what is hate speech according to you? Calling Mnangagwa a hyena; is that hate speech?
Dear Nick, One thing you have not mastered ever since you entered politics in 2017 is that African politics has short legs. Do not dream even in your maddest senses that Zimbabwe politics will...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 2358 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Key to stopping covid-19 is ITTIT and civic collaborative effort' - keep corrupt government and it come to naught
"Writing on his popular Facebook blog following his appointment by the African Union as a Special Envoy to Coordinate the Africa Private Sector Initiative for the Procurement of Personal Protective Eq...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:24hrs | 478 | by Nomusa Garikai
8 tips for keeping a healthy routing during Covid-19
For the most part, we can all say that our lives have been completely uprooted because of the Covid-19 pandemic. While most of us understand the implications of not cooperating, it is still hard to ov...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:00hrs | 358 | by Staff Writer
Covid-19: Masiyiwa tips govts
BUSINESSMAN Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the "ITTIT" formula for fighting the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic as governments across the continent gradually ease national l...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Leave us alone with our Mwonzora!
We have been accused of being sell outs. They claim that we we're bought by Zanu PF in order to support Mwonzora. Chamisa's 'cult' followers think everyon...Published: 17 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2448 | by Etiwel Mutero
Masiyiwa urges collaboration among private sector, NGOs and faith-based organizations in combating COVID-19 in Africa
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:05hrs | 863 | by Agencies
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1615 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Squabbles to weaken opposition movement
WIDENING fractures within the ranks of the opposition, which have culminated in four of its representatives being recalled from Parliament, will weaken the MDC in its various formations and retard the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 908 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Arrogance vs ignorance: How the MDC's lurching deeper into chaos
RECENTLY, I wrote two articles which were both published in the Zimbabwe Independent. The first was an opinion piece titled The MDC imbroglio is devastating for the opposition. In the opinion piece, I...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 736 | by Jonathan Chando
'Infrastructure investments would bolster the Zimbabwean economy'
LISTED financial institution, BancABC, has resolved to prioritise financing infrastructure development projects of national significance as this would boost economic growth. In its financial r...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga demands Matanga's suspension
African Medallion Group millionaire Frank Buyanga has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to protest claims by police chief Godwin Matanga that he is a "fugitive from justice."Buyanga wrot...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
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