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Zimbabwe at tipping point over ED2030
Hard-hitting statements by Zimbabwe's war veterans calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down have exposed deepening factional rifts within Zanu-PF over the controversial push to extend his ...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:50hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
G40 haunts Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is mulling a policy on social media to curb the influence of its exiled members in the looming battle over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession, it has emerged.The plan was disclo...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:29hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Commissar harassed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close security and protocol (advance) teams who are part of the intelligence details have this Friday during Online National Anti-Sanctions petition pre-launch proceedin...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1724 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
Kazukuwere says Mnangagwa's push to hang on to power would be resisted
Exiled former Zanu-PF commissar Savior Kasukuwere yesterday vowed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's push to hang on to power would be resisted."This attempt to hijack more years and leadersh...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar's post a poisoned chalice
POLITICAL analyst Rashweat Mukundu says the short lifespan in office of political commissars in Zanu-PF reflects how the position has become increasingly unsafe, amid growing infighting fuelled by suc...Published: 28 May 2024 at 13:43hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to 'embrace, defend the ZiG'
Sustainable economic development can only be achieved through the use of a local currency which will stimulate economic growth and guarantee stability, President Mnangagwa has said.This follow...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar seeks DCC polls postponement
THE Zanu-PF commissariat department led by former cabinet minister Mike Bimha has sought permission from the party to freeze impending district coordinating committee (DCC) elections amid fears that t...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures widen over Mnangagwa term
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is battling to prop up waning support in his ruling Zanu-PF party and disloyal party cadres are facing the axe as power battles take centre stage while the economy i...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 21 | 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 | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar applauds FAZ
Zanu-PF national political commissar Dr Mike Bimha has publicly acknowledged the controversial role played by Forever Associate Zimbabwe (FAZ) saying had it not been for this organisation's role in th...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to challenge Mnangagwa's 'looting scheme' in court
Saviour Kasukuwere, a former Zanu-PF commissar in exile, has signaled that his movement is contemplating legal action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent decision to shield the procurement p...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Defrauding vendors led to Zanu-PF loss in Bulawayo'
The Bulawayo Chapter of Vendors for ED has penned a letter to Jabulani Sibanda, Zanu-PF's Bulawayo Provincial Chairman, expressing their concerns about the conduct of a fellow member whom they suspect...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa was 'jittery' over Harare vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have been so worried about the Harare vote in the August 23 and 24 elections so much that he had to repeatedly check with officials during counting of votes, in...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours wife with govt award
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered his wife Auxillia by awarding her philanthropic work with a Jairos Jiri Humanitarian Gold Award.The honouring of Auxillia's Angel of Hope Foundation c...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mphoko bury the hatchet?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his erstwhile rival, ex-vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko have buried the hatchet after a major fallout following the November 2017 military coup which ousted the form...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 18:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fresh court battle to rescue Kasukuwere bid
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader, Jim Kunaka, has approached the Constitutional Court, challenging a High Court decision barring exiled former minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, from running in the August 23 pr...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe heading for disputed elections,' claims Anglo funded ISS
THINK tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa, says disputed polls are brewing in Zimbabwe as the current election regulatory framework falls short in conforming to the regional guidelines....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere wants Mnangagwa's govt to release all political prisoners
EXILED independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has demanded that the Zanu-PF government must release all political prisoners, and pledged to act on the issue if elected...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere remains a candidate in the election
Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana, who is battling to block independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere from running in the 23 August crucial poll, has had his High Court applicati...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere gets court reprieve
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been granted temporary reprieve after the High Court struck off the roll an application for execution of a judgment granted in favour of a Zan...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere's nomination was invalid'
ZIMBABWE's Supreme Court, which usually makes fair decisions except on major politically sensitive cases, faces a stern credibility test on 27 July when it decides the fate of independent presidential...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chases Kasukuwere's shadow
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Saturday took his campaign to Saviour Kasukuwere's Mashonaland Central home province urging supporters not to entertain the ex-Zanu-PF commissar's political ambitions....Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere court ruling threatens diaspora voters'
THE High Court ruling barring former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August 23 polls is likely to have far-reaching implications on Zimbabweans in the diaspora who wish to p...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's desperate bid to block Kasukuwere goes a gear up
A Zanu-PF activist, who successfully challenged former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's nomination as a presidential candidate, now wants the courts to stop Kasukuwere's name from being ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing chiefs'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has issued a veiled caution to the ruling Zanu-PF party for abusing traditional leaders in political campaigns."Political parties should desist from...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa neck and neck
A NEW survey says Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will win next month's elections by a margin of between 8% and 9% barely a week after another report by Afrobarometer predict...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere still stands
HIGH Court Justice David Mangota on Friday reserved judgment in a case in which Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to stop independent presidential candidate Savior Kasukuwere from contesti...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Defiant CCC resists rallies 'ban'
The Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the High Court to challenge attempts by police to block a rally meant to launch the party's August 23 election campaign amid c...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF uneasy about Kasukuwere's presidential bid
The Zanu-PF party has labeled its former commissar, Savior Kasukuwere, who is running for president, as a "criminal" who lacks the ability to win over the public, a development that some analysts said...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 12:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's Presidential candidature hearing postponed to July 7
HIGH Court judge, Justice David Mangota has moved to July 7 the hearing of a matter in which a Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to block former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from co...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa headline provisional list of 11 presidential candidates
A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's return into the ring will be vying f...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to contest as an independent
ZIMBABWE cannot afford another five years of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's misrule characterised by toxic political differences, a failed economy and social strife, former Zanu-PF stalwart Saviour Ka...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere threatens knockout punch, but doubts persist
POLITICAL analysts say former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's entry into the presidential election race set for 23 August will eat into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's votes...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, police cross swords
Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was among 25 CCC members arrested recently for holding a meeting at a private residence in Harare. Picture: Shepherd TozvirevaPolice officers attending training ahead of ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa reined in his rival Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this year emerged triumphant at the Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce five-year power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisonin...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fuelling Zanu-PF tension
POLITICAL analysts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's increasing use of parallel campaign groups for himself which are outside Zanu-PF structures is stoking tension in the ruling party....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's big warning to Chiwenga comes to pass
WITH the Zanu-PF congress set to confirm that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outsmarted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, the late former president Robert Mugabe's warning to the ex-military gene...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar defends phoney affiliates under ED banner
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha has said there is nothing misplaced about people organising themselves and pledging support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose astute leadership h...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chilling death threat bishop defiant
A top Zanu-PF official, who is also church leader in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands province, says he will never be arrested for threatening to kill opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are Ziimbabwe police now part of Zanu-PF structures?
THAT we are now deep into election season is more than evident and the ruling Zanu-PF party has, in earnest, hit the ground running to mobilise support for re-election, come 2023.And over the ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar dies
ZANU-PF Bulawayo provincial commissar Ruth Shelton (pictured) who died on Wednesday at Mpilo Central Hospital has been described as a grounded politician who was an inspiration to many.Shelton...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK envoy roasted over Mnangagwa links
FORMER British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has been roasted by the United Kingdom Parliament for giving London misleading reports that portrayed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a "reformist...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF organises youth indoctrination classes
Zanu-PF yesterday said its newly-elected youth leaders will be sent to the party's Chitepo School of Ideology to prepare them for a "vigorous" campaign ahead of the 2023 polls.The leaders were...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Robert Mugabe Jnr eyeing top Zanu-PF post'
THE Zanu-PF national youth leadership has extended the deadline for the submission of curriculum vitaes (CVs) to contest for its national youth executive to allegedly accommodate Robert Mugabe Jnr....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda fights $400,000 lawsuit
Zimbabwe's ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has argued that a war veterans group that sued him for $400 0000 for defamation has no standing to take him to court.War Veterans Pressur...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans speak on by-elections
INDEPENDENT election watchdogs, the clergy and ordinary Zimbabweans have called for peace in today's polls to fill 28 parliamentary and 105 local government seats.The run-up to the polls was m...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism splits Gutu ahead of polls
BATTLELINES have been drawn in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo province where councillor Mutonho Rwodzi is said to be eyeing the seat currently occupied by John Paradza in 2023 elections.Rw...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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