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Zanu PF appoints new Director General

Zanu PF has named Thadius Pesanai Chadenga as its new Director General, taking over from Brigadier General (Retired) Ezekiel Zabanyana, who has been reassigned to other duties.The announcement was made in Harare this afternoon by Zanu PF S…

Published: 3 hrs ago | 218 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF UK women donate sewing machines to Mnangagwa's wife

First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa's philanthropic efforts through the Angel of Hope Foundation continue to earn widespread admiration both locally and abroad, with the Zanu-PF Women's League UK District becoming the latest group to extend s…

Published: 12 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's 2030 resolution dampens spirits of Zimbabweans in SA

Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, recently passed a resolution at its national people's conference in Mutare to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure to 2030, sparking concern among Zimbabweans living in South Africa, who fear it de…

Published: 12 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter

There is no constitutional loophole

The opinion that a constitutional loophole exists to extend the presidential term for an incumbent is not the discovery of a clever legal pathway; it is a constitutional fantasy. The proposition dangerously conflates creative wordplay with…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:46hrs | 1054 | by Tinashe Madondo

Extending Zimbabwe's Presidential term of office

Extending Zimbabwe's Presidential and Parliamentary Terms of Office: A Contingent Term Length Provision, Not a Rigid Term Limit CapThis insightful post by Tawanda Nyambirai adds critically valuable perspective to the ongoing debate on pres…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:28hrs | 991 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

ED2030: Nothing stops Zanu-PF

Sections 91, 95, and 328 of the Zimbabwe Constitution do not require a referendum to introduce a 7 year Presidential term and do not prohibit a sitting President from benefiting from the 7 year term!!!  Law is still my passion. But I …

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:28hrs | | by Tawanda Nyambirai

Vicious crackdown on Chiwenga backers

State security agents have intensified surveillance of political activists suspected of helping organise the October 17 protests aimed at forcing President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power - amid shocking details that one of the country's m…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:29hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's camp left in disarray

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists have been thrown into confusion after Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga publicly exposed alleged plans to suspend elections for a decade - a move believed to be part of efforts to extend the 83-ye…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:28hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF is in panic mode

Zanu-PF is reportedly worried about its declining popularity, as well as that of other former liberation movements across Southern Africa, attributing the trend to alleged Western interference.According to a central committee report tabled…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:17hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF wins Mangwe councillor seat after 20 years

The ruling Zanu-PF party has maintained its dominance in rural politics after clinching victory in the Ward 12 by-election of the Mangwe Rural District Council (RDC) held on Saturday.The by-election was necessitated by the death of an oppo…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:11hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF loving chief's woes mount

A local villager has taken legal action against acting Chief Tendai Saurombe, accusing him of breaching the Constitution by urging that President Emmerson Mnangagwa be granted life presidency.The lawsuit, filed at the High Court by Pritcha…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF activists invade school land, block road

A group of about 20 people claiming to be Zanu-PF activists and war veterans have reportedly invaded land belonging to Rainham Primary School, which is administered by the Zvimba Rural District Council (RDC), blocking an access road and oc…

Published: 25 Oct 2025 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Term limits for municipal executives a masterstroke?

The 22nd Zanu-PF National People's Conference in Mutare has made a landmark decision to impose term limits for town and local authority executives, a move seen as a decisive effort to tackle entrenched corruption and administrative decay i…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

George Charamba's political dilemma

If there is one man who perfectly embodies the tightrope of Zimbabwean politics, it is George Charamba, the long-serving presidential spokesperson who has now found himself once again at the centre of a bitter and growing succession tug-of…

Published: 22 Oct 2025 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga has lost a battle not the war

The recently concluded Zanu-PF annual conference in Mutare has exposed the inner workings of power in Zimbabwe, and the outcome leaves little doubt: President Emmerson Mnangagwa has firmly outmaneuvered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.…

Published: 21 Oct 2025 at 11:32hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter

Zanu PF edges closer to a Constitutional coup

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has resolved to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office beyond his constitutional limit, effectively launching what critics are calling a "constitutional coup." The resolution, made at the party…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Moles, putschist fence sitters and Mnangagwa's need to go bold

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst   Are full of passionate intensity. (W Yea…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 09:33hrs | | by Temba Mliswa

Zanu-PF emerges stronger, united from conference?

The just-ended Zanu-PF 22nd National People's Conference lived up to its billing, with the ruling party adopting major economic resolutions aimed at improving the lives of ordinary citizens and strengthening national development.President …

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

It is no longer a Zanu-PF factional fight

It is no longer a ZANU-PF factional fight, as many still believe. This is now a national crisis that demands sober reasoning and a shift away from the “internal fights” narrative.ZANU-PF, through its Secretary for Legal Affairs Cde Ziyambi…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 19:26hrs | | by Tatenda Changambika

Ibbo Mandaza permitted a panelist to peddle fabricated rhetoric

Two days ago, on Thursday, 16 October 2025, the SAPES Trust, led by Ibbo Mandaza, hosted a SAPES Policy Dialogue titled "Another Imploding Succession Battle in ZANU-PF in the Midst of Unprecedented Corruption Scandals in and Around the Sta…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 18:49hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Locating Chiwenga's conference speech in Zanu-PF's moment of reflection

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's address at the Zanu-PF conference in Mutare was no ordinary speech. It was a carefully crafted rebuke cloaked in the language of revolutionary reflection - a challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 16:37hrs | | by Jealousy Mawarire

Mnangagwa's strategy against Chiwenga borrowed from Ramaphosa

Mnangagwa's strategy against his vanquished deputy, VP Chiwenga, appears to follow a well-rehearsed script, one borrowed from the Cyril Ramaphosa vs Jacob Zuma political playbook. In the end, money talks.Despite Jacob Zuma's immense popula…

Published: 17 Oct 2025 at 16:35hrs | | by Bla B

Zanu-PF's political power rifts escalate

In Mutare, the annual Zanu-PF conference is presently in progress. As usual, the only item of national interest is the competition for power and the gratification of individual egos.Other than the standard rhetoric, empowerment slogans, ph…

Published: 17 Oct 2025 at 11:09hrs | | by Leonard Koni

Neville's arrest deepened the rift between Mutsvangwa and Chiwenga

The dramatic arrest of Neville Mutsvangwa in 2024 on allegations of money laundering and illegal currency dealings did more than just shake Harare's political elite - it marked the beginning of a deep and bitter rupture between Zanu-PF spo…

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 15:12hrs | | by Icho Chigananda

The trouble with Zanu-PF's Resolution Number 1

A YEAR ago, at its annual Conference, Zanu-PF passed the notorious Resolution No. 1. The resolution, a vulgar piece of unmitigated buffoonery, attempts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the term fixed by congress in 20…

Published: 12 Oct 2025 at 15:11hrs | | by Thabani Mpofu

The power struggle that could break Zanu-PF

WHEN ZANU PF's National People's Conference convenes in Mutare this October, the usual rhetoric of unity, loyalty, and economic recovery will fill the air. Delegates will arrive from all ten provinces draped in party regalia, singing …

Published: 11 Oct 2025 at 20:41hrs | | by Gabriel Manyati

Chiwenga's only option is to rolling the tanks as he did in 2017

If there is one thing Emmerson Mnangagwa is not afraid of, it is making bold decisions and executing them with precision. He has been confidently and systematically moving his chess pieces against his vice president, General Constantino Ch…

Published: 09 Oct 2025 at 20:35hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Temba Mliswa's deceptive dance with danger

Mliswa's relentless assaults on Chiwenga have become glaringly evident, akin to a gun aimed directly at him.Temba Mliswa never ceases to astonish me.For the past week, I have been captivated by his unrestrained and emotionally charged tira…

Published: 30 Sep 2025 at 22:26hrs | | by Tinashe Madondo

Mr. Mliswa, we want Zvigananda arrested - and we don't care who pushes it

In life, there is never a shortage of individuals determined to obstruct every effort aimed at easing the people's suffering.In recent days, I have been deeply disturbed by the conduct of former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa. To dir…

Published: 29 Sep 2025 at 13:18hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zanu-PF's 2024 Resolution Number 1 would not require a referendum

EXPLAINER: Objectively Zanu-PF's 2024 Resolution Number 1 Would not Require a Repeal of the Presidential Term Limit Provision or a ReferendumINCREASINGLY across Zimbabwe's political spectrum, there's a proliferation of unsubstantiated clai…

Published: 28 Sep 2025 at 23:32hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Zanu-PF youths target Chiwenga

The ruling Zanu-PF party's succession battle has burst into the open after youths in Harare chanted "Pasi ne Wedza!" - Shona for "Down with Wedza," a nickname for Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - at a weekend rally. The chants, repeat…

Published: 24 Sep 2025 at 11:24hrs | | by Brighton Matebuka

Chiwenga missed with his first shot?

Chiwenga dramatically took direct aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the firing range for the first time in their epic and high-stakes succession battle.His "arsenal" was in the form of an explosive "dossier" which allegedly incriminat…

Published: 24 Sep 2025 at 11:23hrs | 439 | by Brighton Matebuka

Ugly succession battles in ZANU-PF

Zimbabwe is at risk of a leadership crisis as a result of the growing political tension and rift between President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his vice president, Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga. It has been the standard for a very long t…

Published: 23 Sep 2025 at 23:28hrs | 265 | by Leonard Koni

Mnangagwa - Chiwenga rivalry will shape Zimbabwe's next chapter

ZIMBABWE'S politics has once again been dragged into the shadows of intrigue, poison, coup whispers and factional bloodletting.At the centre are President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, General Constantino Chiwenga, whose rivalry has b…

Published: 19 Sep 2025 at 17:57hrs | | by Karabo Ngoepe

Zimbabwe's democracy crisis persists as we remain stuck at the bottom of global rankings

No one has tarnished the image of Zimbabwe on the global stage more than our own government.The Global State of Democracy 2025 report has once again delivered an uncomfortable truth for Zimbabwe: our country remains firmly among the lowest…

Published: 18 Sep 2025 at 06:03hrs | 81 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

President Mnangagwa must respect the constitution

Despite opposition from other political factions, the 2030 is finally beginning to gain traction.A unanimous decision was made by ZANU-PF Mashonaland West Province to advocate for a constitutional revision that would enable President Emmer…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 21:20hrs | 285 | by Leonard Koni

Free Mzembi from the dungeon

In my years at the Sunday Mail, editor Willie Musarurwa would call us into his office and ask a simple question. What is the story line?In this letter, I suggest that we settle on the idea that cruel and unusual treatment of former Zanu-PF…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 07:59hrs | | by Kenneth Mafuka

Sanctions were never Zimbabwe's real problem: Their removal will finally expose the regime's failures

My father always taught me that lies have very short legs - they can only run so far before being exposed.The decision by the United States Congress to repeal the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (ZIDERA) and to remove …

Published: 16 Sep 2025 at 17:44hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Hichilema to make State Visit to Zimbabwe

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is set to undertake a State Visit to Zimbabwe later this year, a move aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two nations.The announcement was conveyed by Minister Maimbo, Co-Chair of the…

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Maimane calls on SA to hold Zanu-PF accountable

Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane has urged the South African government to take a tougher stance against Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU PF, acc

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF Bulawayo backs Mnangagwa beyond 2028

Zanu PF's Bulawayo Province has unanimously resolved to back President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership beyond 2028, with all five District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) making the endorsement their top priority ahead of the party's 22nd N…

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nyokayemabhunu fears SA is colluding with Zanu-PF

Since his arrest on 13 April, Wellington Masiwa has been in prison for illegally entering South Africa and for alleged fraud in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwean opposition activists believe the South African authorities are colluding with Zimbabwe's ru…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zanu-PF youth leader denied bail

A Harare magistrate has denied bail to former Zanu-PF youth leader Jimu Kunaka (46) and his accomplice Cuthbert Molisen Finiyasi (71) following allegations of unlawfully seizing land in Harare, which reportedly caused losses of US$1.5 mill…

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga highlights purpose over power

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has emphasised that true leadership is defined by purpose, not power, as he addressed members of the ruling ZANU PF at the launch of the Women's Empowerment Fund at the Harare International Conference Ce…

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa bemoans divisions in Zanu-PF

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on members of the Zanu-PF Women's League to reject division within the ruling party, which continues to grapple with factionalism over succession.Speaking in Harare during the launch of the Zan…

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 08:47hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter

ZANU-PF's main sponsor, Mayor demolish school to erect Spazas

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's quest to fight drugs and substances abuse through vocational skills training centres revival is short-lived in Mbare (Njere area) as one of his Zanu-Pf party's top sponsors, JB Family connived with Zimbabwe R…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 23:32hrs | | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Harare

Dudula hits back at Zanu PF

Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula has come out swinging against Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, after it condemned the movement's stance on foreign nationals accessing healthcare in South Africa.In an interview with IOL News, Dabula…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 20:47hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter

Munowenyu declines Zanu-PF Central Committee bid

David Munowenyu, Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Ambulance Services, has declined suggestions that he seek a position in ZANU-PF's Central Committee, affirming that his priorities remain on strengthening Zimbabwe's emergency medical r…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:21hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Ambassador Comberbach dies at 72

Zimbabwe is mourning the passing of Ambassador Stuart Comberbach, who succumbed to cancer-related complications in the United Kingdom on Thursday. He was 72.Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga expressed profound sorrow over the loss o…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 13:00hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter

Tagwirei dangles US$3m for Zanu-PF conference

ZANU-PF benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei has reportedly pledged to fund US$3 million of the ruling party's US$4 million national people's conference, scheduled to take place in Mutare next month, according to sources familiar with the matter…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 12:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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