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Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 12 hrs ago | 488 | by Wilbert Mukori
Stay away: A manifestation of the MDC's violence DNA
The MDC Alliance and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s so called protest stay away ostensibly meant to register disquiet over the ongoing economic challenges paradoxically turned out to b...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 13:26hrs | 1378 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Stop using children to push political agenda
The hallmark of a functioning democracy like Zimbabwe is that in any election, citizens are allowed to make a free choice about who should govern them. The voters get as much information as they can. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:08hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba & Justice Chigumba to blame for the current state of affairs in Zimbabwe
In one of my pieces, I told president ED Mnangagwa that his days were numbered and that January 2019 was going to be the beginning of the end of his short dynasty. It is true that Justice Chigumba sto...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:56hrs | 1349 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa shelves 'thank you' rallies
Zanu-PF has shelved President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "thank you rallies" across the country as the economic situation continues to deteriorate.Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo told the Dail...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:32hrs | 2137 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC hardliners oppose Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
The much-talked about talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are being frustrated by hardliners within both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC, the Daily News can ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:31hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo ward 28 declared vacant
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has set March 2 as the date for a by-election to select a candidate to replace incumbent Bulawayo's ward 28 (Cowdray Park) councillor, Happy Ncube, who died las...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:26hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
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'Mnangagwa is ignoring me' cried Chamisa - at least, not stupid to believe you will resolve his illegitimacy
"MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa has revealed that he has tried in vain to reach out to President Emmerson Mnangawa so that they may sit down and dialogue towards finding a lasting solution to Zimbabwe's ec...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1598 | by Nomusa Garikai
Komichi acted illegally when he announced results
The State yesterday closed its case against MDC Alliance chief election agent, who is being tried for interfering with the announcement of election results.The State, led by prosecutor Micheal...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 15:41hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Political drama engulfs 2018
The curtain came down on 2018 and as 2019 is finally into full swing, the Daily News spoke to a number of social and political analysts who gave us what they think were the political highlights of the...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urges DRC to release results
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on the electoral authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to release results of the just-ended presidential election in that country.Kinshasa ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:09hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa gave voters' phone numbers to ZANU PF?
Human Rights lawyer Dr. Pedzisai Ruhanya has raised the clarion call for Econet Boss Strive Masiyiwa to come out in the open and explain his role in the ZANU PF 2018 election campaign where the ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 19:44hrs | 3924 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Komichi case crumbles?
THE chief witness in the case of MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi, who is being accused of disrupting the announcement of the presidential results last year, told the court yesterday that he report...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
ZEC boss exonerates Komichi
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) acting chief elections officer, Utoile Silaigwana Monday distanced himself from allegations MDC vice president, Morgen Komichi is facing saying he did not see him c...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
Who is a voter?
We have a problem with who the voter is in Zimbabwe. Only at election time do our politicians start thinking about who will vote for them. Who is expected to vote at election time anywhere? Ho...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 313 | by Clement Moyo
Mnangagwa reform agenda put to test
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (Zesn), and 50 other civic society groups have petitioned Parliament to take bold steps to end the country's history of disputed elec...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:15hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 678 | by Brian Maregedze
'Doctors are negotiating in bad faith' says Chiwenga - have you ever done anything otherwise
"Following a series of meetings involving striking Health Workers and their employer, the Health Services Board, Government is gravely concerned that the situation in our country continues to deterior...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1305 | by Nomusa Garikai
2019: The coming of a dry season
Throughout historical annals, January and December occupy a unique and famous status in the hearts of global citizens. Being first and last in a year, the months are well known for their joy, hope and...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:55hrs | 2872 | by Sympae Mutimbanyoka-Masikinye
Mnangagwa to tighten screws on protesters
Government has threatened to deal with opposition parties who are planning to protest this year saying they are abusing the "new found" freedom.In an interview with the Daily News yesterday Ju...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:15hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chiza says Chamisa will become President of Zimbabwe
Founder of Faith In God Eagle Life Assembly Prophet Blessing Chiza has issued a controversial prophesy that for Zimbabwe to be prosperous God is going to install Nelson Chamisa as President of the cou...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 32772 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC calls for its members to die for Chamisa
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has called upon its members to engage in mass action in 2019 and to be courageous enough to die in defense of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa.The call w...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 4166 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's messy takeover and other 2018 highlights
AFTER nearly 40 years of former guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe's rule, 2018 opened with the successor he did not want, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, consolidating his rule and embarking on a global ch...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:04hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Voting machines impress Zec delegation
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which recently deployed an observer mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ahead of the Southern African country's general election today - believes ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader targets Chamisa
With a few days to go into the new year, the omens don't look good politically in 2019, following the Zanu-PF youth league's ominous threats this week against the country's opposition forces, the Dail...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Democrat or Closet Dictator
As I reflect on what is going on in Zimbabwe, I could not help but turn to the best democratic nation in the world - USA. As I embarked on this journey, I had many questions on my mind and just wonder...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 1775 | by Sam Wezhira
War vets would have considered Tongogara too immature to lead Zimbabwe!
The recent concerted efforts by veterans of Zimbabwe's 1960s and 70s liberation struggle to raise the presidential age limit from the current 40 years to 52 years, raises very pertinent questions as t...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 08:56hrs | 5239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa is #failure itself' said Biti - true, but so are you, hence why all must step down now
Here is the thing; MDC Alliance members went into the 2018 elections knowing that Zanu PF would rig the elections; they did not mind that as long as they won a few gravy train seats. They did win a fe...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:52hrs | 3631 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa ramps up Mnangagwa pressure
HARARE - Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is ratcheting up the pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to energise the frustratingly slow tempo of the much-talked about national dialogue mea...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 19:19hrs | 10332 | by Staff Reporter
Can we hope when there is no hope?
The Zanu pf dominance in local politics became lesser after the emergence of MDC as a formidable opposition party . The opposition party appealing across all races, all tribes as well as all classes o...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 18:38hrs | 1461 | by AT Kadada
'Mnangagwa is sincere about change' - so why did he rig the elections
"What kind of leaders would the armed struggle throw up?" Was the rhetorical question Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, and the other leaders asked thems...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 07:29hrs | 3220 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
2018: The year in which anger took centre stage
At some point, almost every adult Zimbabwean could easily be defined as being angry in the year 2018.And all for different reasons. A majority of us were apoplectic about the state of the nati...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 248 | by Takura Zhangazha
Motlanthe inquiry report in brief
Executive SummaryZimbabwe held its national elections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the s...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:50hrs | 267 | by Motlanthe
Zanu-PF, MDC talks unfolding behind-the-scenes
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week ruled out talks and a power-sharing arrangement with the MDC-Alliance, saying Zanu-PF had won a two-thirds majority in the July general elections, it has e...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:47hrs | 4704 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube engages diplomats on reforms
ZIMBABWE'S international re-engagement programme and debt clearance plan are facing renewed headwinds with the United States government maintaining a hardline stance, insisting on tangible reforms, wh...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:46hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
August 1 violence probe team nails Chamisa's MDC
THE much-awaited Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence has nailed the MDC as the main architects of the disturbances although it did not conclude on who shot and killed six ci...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 07:20hrs | 5936 | by newzimbabwe.com
Findings of Commission of Inquiry into 1 August 2018 Post-Election Violence
RELEASE STATEMENT FOR THE REPORT ON THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE 1ST OF AUGUST 2018 POST ELECTION VIOLENCEOn the 14th of September 2018, I established a Commission of Inquiry into the 1s...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1293 | by ONline
Japajapa set free
CONTROVERSIAL MDC activist and businessman, Paddington Japajapa was on Monday set free by the courts after the state has dithered in its attempts to pin him on inciting violence allegations during the...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 16:32hrs | 2362 | by newzimbabwe
'New dispensation': Cosmetic democracy
It is one year since the so called 'new dispensation' became the new coined term from the same old guard. The internecine fights within Zanu pf were all about one group consolidating their grip on pow...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 11:52hrs | 1283 | by AT Kadada
'Zimbabwe needs dialogue' argue Muleya - only dialogue with ED and Chamisa is 'Step down, now!'
"African election observers and others endorsed Mnangagwa and Zanu PF's victory, while Western observers, mainly the Americans and Europeans, were skeptical, stopping short of rejecting the outcome," ...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 10:00hrs | 1832 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chiwenga threatens to 'pay back (for illegitimate verdict) in hard coin' - shoot to kill, no doubt
"Cde President, you personally stretched out your hand to the opposition after Zanu PF's July 30 landslide victory. But the opposition spurned that hand," said VP Constantino Chiwenga at the Annual Za...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 9532 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tendai Biti relives court horror
MDC National Deputy Chairperson has opened up on how he felt when he underwent the recent gruelling court process that ended up seeing the court grantimng him back his passport and lessening of his ba...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | 4323 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutambara missing the point on dialogue
The MDC would like to set the record straight that the call for dialogue is not a clamor for a GNU, but a call to return this country to legitimacy, pursue a trajectory of growth, peace and economic r...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 19:01hrs | 1117 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Zim Judiciary and the 'Rule of law' Doctrine
The trial of Honourable Tendai Biti started on a rather premature and dramatic note at Rotten Row Magistrates Court in Harare.In my view, it gave some of us an opportunity to observe, reflect ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:20hrs | 627 | by Walter Nyabadza
Munyeza, a discredited Chamisa will never make illegitimate ED legitimate - stay to your branch
Brazilians are some of the most artful football players, football is the nation’s greatest passion and it shows. There was one occasion, a few years ago, when the Brazil National team looked...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | 2234 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa opens up on GNU talks with Mnangagwa
MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa has stated out that he is not interested in any Government of National Unity with ZANU PF leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa but is interested in a national dialogue only....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:26hrs | 3425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says Chamisa is daydreaming
President Mnangagwa has ruled out the formation of a Government of National Unity (GNU) with MDC-Alliance, saying the ruling Zanu-PF had won an overwhelming people's mandate in the July 30 harmonised ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:45hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
Biti case referred to High Court
MDC Alliance Deputy National Chairperson and Harare East legislator Tendai Biti's application challenging the court's jurisdiction and access to the ZEC server to prove that he did not violate the Ele...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:48hrs | 3010 | by Staf reporter
Drama at Tendai Biti's trial
There was drama at Tendai Biti's trial on Tuesday after the lawyers representing Mr. Biti told presiding Magistrate Takundwa that a member of the prosecuting authority had insulted the mag...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 9211 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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