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Mnangagwa grooming Kasukuwere as Zanu PF And Presidential Successor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly grooming former Mugabe cabinet minister and ousted Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, to be his preferred ruling party successor and possible ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 13539 | by Itai Mushekwe
Time to remove military's presidential straitjacket
"The lack of imagination in South Africa's leadership is even more disturbing than its ignorance. The country has become a one dimensional universe held together by little more than the anxiety it gen...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:51hrs | 782 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Zimbabweans trust their army: Survey
CITIZENS trust the Zimbabwe Defence Forces more than other State institutions and have more confidence in President Mnangagwa than his predecessor, Mr Robert Mugabe, who resigned last November, a surv...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe targeted for elimination?
VANCOUVER - Former first lady, Grace Mugabe's life is reportedly in serious danger, amid disclosures from high level ruling Zanu PF officials in confidentiality that President Robert Mugabe's wife is ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 12036 | by Nancy Mabaya
Chiwenga tells army to remain vigilant, patriotic
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday urged security forces to be vigilant and patriotic as some elements were bent on reversing the gains of independence as the country prep...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:41hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Mutinhiri was against coalition talks with Chamisa
The National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire, told journalists in Harare that fired retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri had become toxic to the party and was against the ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 14:01hrs | 2552 | by Staff reporter
Army's deployment in ousting Mugabe challenged
A SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean activist has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging the constitutionality of the involvement of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) in last November's...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's from guns to politics story
Dressed in camouflage, a black beret and with his epaulettes all over his attire, the then commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Constantino Chiwenga was stern, stiff and looked stressed on a...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:47hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers to stay in Equatorial Guinea
ZIMBABWE will maintain its soldiers deployed in Equatorial Guinea to provide security to the country's leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as well as train the West African nation's military, it has ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:01hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
Time to push out military rule, says Welshman Ncube
MDC leader Welshman Ncube has urged the electorate to vote out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "military-captured" government in the upcoming general elections or risk entrenching military rule for the...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:38hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Military links in movie raises eyebrows
The premiere of the much-anticipated war biopic Chinhoyi 7 has been scheduled for next Friday amid revelations that the movie debut could have been held back by re-editing of certain scenes that featu...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:22hrs | 1523 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe army will not block him from taking over
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa says the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is a professional and patriotic national body, which is unlikely to block him from assuming the Presidency in the implausib...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:10hrs | 517 | by Staff rpeorter
Mbasogo pays tribute to Africa’s founding fathers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Equatorial Guinea counterpart yesterday paid tribute to Africa's founding fathers who toiled to lay the foundation of a united, free and economically integrated co...Published: 26 May 2018 at 06:39hrs | 425 | by Staff Reporter
'Military might decree Mnangagwa's victory in upcoming presidential election'
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER - Hardline military securocrats aligned to the ruling Zanu PF party, may reportedly ignore any presidential election outcome that disfavours incumbent caretaker, President Emmerson M...Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2740 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya
Zipra operations in Mashonaland
This week we continue our interview with former Zipra regional commander for the Northern Front 3 (NF3), Joseph Mbedzi pseudo name Joseph Sibuko. NF3 was a Zipra military zone that covered mainly part...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:40hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignores Zanu PF violence to talk of 'democratic ethos' - essence one caught in 'legitimacy trap'
"Zanu PF's hotly-contested primary elections took place countrywide yesterday amid violent and chaotic scenes, as well as damaging allegations of bribery, favouritism and the imposition of candidates ...Published: 01 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 746 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Since 1980 Mugabe and MPs were illegitimate,' admit Professor Moyo - cathartic effect of life in exile!
"I am back from College!" said one renowned Zimbabwean after serving time behind bars (name and committed crime withheld because there are not important). He may have said as a middle finger salute to...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:10hrs | 3659 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe trapped in Machiavellian Moment
LAST week as Zimbabwe turned 38 amid the Junta's self-indulgent claims of a "transition" and a "new dispensation" on the back of the illegal military ouster of President Robert Mugabe last November, t...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | 1791 | by Prof Jonathan N Moyo
Mengistu now Chiwenga's special VP advisor
COLOGNE- Exiled and fallen Ethiopian autarch, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who is thought to have had an invisible hand in last November's Operation Restore Legacy, which was launched by the military to ous...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 05:50hrs | 16148 | by Itai Mushekwe
2 bulls in the new dispensation kraal
A potential conflict and possibly a constitutional crisis might emerge if President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not deal with overlapping responsibilities between him and his equally powerful deputy, Vice...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:32hrs | 3592 | by Staff reporter
Meet the soldier who read Mugabe the riot act
November 15, 2017 is not an ordinary day in Zimbabwe's political history. The day was characterised by action-packed events that culminated in the resignation of former president Mr Robert Mugabe....Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:54hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga passed on Zimbabwe presidency to Mnangagwa
COLOGNE - First Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, all but practised political comradeship by refusing to backstab President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for the country's presidency, after bein...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 6826 | by Itai Mushekwe, Spotlight Zimbabwe
Global Witness rule out free elections - not as long as ZDF looting in Marange continues
Global Witness add their name to those ruling out any hope of Zimbabwe holding free, fair and credible elections without first implementing the democratic reforms given the military involved in the pr...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 528 | by Nomusa Garikai
Gukurahundi brigade commander praises Chiwenga
Former Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander and Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) could have easily taken over had he been a selfish and unprincipled leader, Air Chief Marshal P...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:35hrs | 3434 | by Staff reporter
DRC trouble brews for Mugabe, Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's costly military adventure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two decades ago continues to haunt the country, with a group of retired soldiers now accusing ousted former president Rob...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube backs Mnangagwa, claims it was not a coup
Alpha Media Holdings chairperson Mr Trevor Ncube has thrown his weight behind President Mnangagwa and the new political administration, saying Zimbabweans need to support his efforts to revive the eco...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:00hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions Nikita Mangena Barracks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned the Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena Barracks in Mazowe this Friday morning.The ceremony was witnessed by the Mangena family which included the widow ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 10:51hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe type 'coup' can't be repeated elsewhere in the world'
OPERATION Restore Legacy which saw the resignation of former president Mugabe is an unprecedented miracle which cannot be repeated elsewhere in the world, Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:38hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is like the Biblical Moses, says Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday poked holes in former President Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign, saying the Zanu-PF leader was like the Biblical Moses, who successfully rescued his kinsmen...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:38hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Mnangagwa from proclaiming poll dates
A Harare man has approached the High Court seeking an order stopping President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming election dates arguing that he lacks the mandate or authority to do so.The ap...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 3032 | by Staff reporter
Presidential candidate seeks ZDF disbandment, delayed polls
Little-known Complete Knock Down of Establishment (CKD) party leader, Gastaff Kativu has approached the High Court, seeking several court orders among them, an extension of the election date, the disb...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Die hard with a Zimbo
Fresh from saving America from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara, communist North Vietnam and the Middle-East machinations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Soviet Union, ex-Green Beret ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 215 | by Tafi Mhaka
We demand to know why Chiwenga deployed Ndebele soldiers in the forefront of battles to be killed in DRC & Mozambique?
Damning information on our hands reveals that Matabele soldiers were deployed in the forefront to be killed in the battlefields in Mozambique and DRC while their Shona counterparts were posted i...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 07:00hrs | 15443 | by Israel Dube
Framework for US - Zimbabwe relations outilined
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a bill to lay the framework for U.S. relations with the ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 12:50hrs | 1275 | by Agencies
Fake PhD: Chiwenga, Jonathan Moyo $5m suit on hold
THE High Court has reserved its ruling on whether or not the $5 million defamation lawsuit pitting Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and fugitive former Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo shou...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:29hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes another General into government
President Mnangagwa has promoted Zimbabwe Defence Forces Brigadier-General Grey Mashava to the rank of Major-General. The President also appointed Major-General Mashava as Senior Principal Dir...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:16hrs | 1310 | by Mashava promoted to Major-General Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda adorns Major-General Grey Mas
'Mugabe scenes delay Chinhoyi 7 premiere'
THE indefinite postponement of the epic movie, Chinhoyi 7, could have been necessitated by the need to re-work scenes that showered praises on former President Robert Mugabe, who has become a persona ...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:25hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
'Stop deriding ED regime by calling it a Junta,' complain Chinono - no as long as it is dictionary definition
Hopewell Chinono, you are a shallow minded person with a very large ego, you think you are an intellectual of merit. Your articles are nonsense dressed in a flowerily language designed to fool the pol...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 19:37hrs | 1533 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZDF promotes 21 army field officers
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has promoted 21 army field officers from the ranks of majors to the substantive ranks of lieutenant colonels.In an interview with the ZBC News on the sideline...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 17:03hrs | 3212 | by Staff reporter
'Mutinhiri's letter sent people into panic mode, says Tshinga Dube
At a time Zanu-PF propagandists are falling over each other to attack National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Ambrose Mutinhiri, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has validated the retired briga...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 12:29hrs | 12387 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes Obert Mpofu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has paid tribute to Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired), Home Affairs Minister Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda for playing leading...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3210 | by Staff reporter
Damning report on Zimbabwe coup
Zimbabwe's military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe after they became a political threa...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 15:38hrs | 13274 | by Staff reporter
Damning report details soft coup
Damning report on Zimbabwe coupZimbabwe's military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:15hrs | 3631 | by Staff reporter
Go to court, Charamba tells Mugabe
Former president Robert Mugabe must approach the courts of law if he believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Administration lacks constitutional legitimacy, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba h...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1260 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fooled Mugabe
In his desperation to get his story out, former president Robert Mugabe unwittingly revealed on Thursday how he had long lost control of the army, thus presenting a perfect opportunity for those disen...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 19:30hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Grace caused Mugabe downfall, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF had to recall former President Mr Robert Mugabe from power as he was now failing to discharge his duties because of negative influence from his young wife, Grace, the party secretary for admin...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:56hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Block chain can solve social media's biggest problems
AS a follow up to my recent article about fake news on social media, this piece sheds light on the block chain technology and how it could be just what the doctor ordered.To those who do not k...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 14:19hrs | 287 | by Robert Ndlovu
PV hands over reins to new ZNA commander
The Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, yesterday officially handed over command of the Zimbabwe National Army to the new Commander Lieutenant-General Edzayi Chak...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | 830 | by Staf reporter
ZBC rot exposed
The board of directors of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) exerted undue pressure on a recruitment agency to interview executive managers who failed the first set of job interviews and late...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:21hrs | 3478 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra members sue Chiwenga over dismissals from ZNA
MORE than 200 ex-Zipra cadres discharged from the Zimbabwe National Army in 1982 at the height of Gukurahundi over alleged tribal victimisation have sued Defence, Security and War Veterans minister Co...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
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