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Hichilema wants Lungu's body for ritual purposes?
In a dramatic escalation of posthumous tensions, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's government has filed an urgent court application seeking to block the burial of former President Edgar Lungu in ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema forcing himself into Lungu burial programme
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has officially ended the national mourning period for the country's sixth Republican President, the late Edgar Chagwa Lungu, citing a breakdown in funeral arrangem...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:50hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink
As Zimbabwe's socioeconomic crisis deepens, analysts warned this week that the country may be heading for an implosion.According to Harare-based human rights lawyer Thulani Mzala, the mineral ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:01hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Zambia president orders ministers to stop sleeping in cabinet
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has warned ministers against dozing off during meetings, attributing their lack of attentiveness to "indulgence" and an absence of self-control."In cabinet...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 09:09hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Nujoma
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has joined leaders from across the world in mourning the passing of Namibia's inaugural President, Dr. Sam Nujoma, who tragically died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. Nuj...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:45hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hichilema snubs SADC Summit in Harare
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has once again chosen to skip the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit in Harare, opting instead for an official working visit to Jap...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:50hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misses Chapo inauguration
Zimbabwe's Defence Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, is set to represent President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the inauguration of Mozambique's President-elect, Daniel Chapo, in Maputo today. The event un...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 12:08hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spokesman dismissal rumours gain traction
Unconfirmed reports indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed his spokesperson, George Charamba, who also serves as Deputy Chief Secretary responsible for Presidential Communications....Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:12hrs | 4810 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in rude awakening
A dramatic no-show by 12 out of 16 regional leaders at the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary summit convened by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sparked concerns a...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema, Ramaphosa skip extraordinary SADC Summit
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will not attend the extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit set to address the Mozambique post-election crisis and the Democratic Republ...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 10:39hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa met Botswana's Boko
President Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the regional World Children's Day commemoration in Victoria Falls on Saturday to hold a crucial meeting with newly elected Botswana President Duma Bok...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:51hrs | 4601 | by Staff reporter
Why Botswana's shift has Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF on edge
As the region and the continent at large continue to digest the outcome of the recent Botswana elections and their ramifications reverberate across borders, a bigger debate is unfolding on the changin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1258 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
Zimbabwean activist engages Hichilema to cancel Chivayo linked tender
Zimbabwean activists based in South Africa have called on Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema to block Ren-Form, a South African printing company, from supplying election materials in Zambia's upcomi...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:43hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdow...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1132 | by Nkosi Moyo
Mnangagwa fails to reverse poll report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa missed a crucial opportunity to address the controversy surrounding the 2023 general elections during the recent 44th SADC summit held in Harare. Despite his high-profile ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa - Hichilema relations soured
The strained diplomatic relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe, culminating in Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's boycott of the recent 44th Sadc summit in Harare, have deep roots tracing back to t...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Pachedu exposes Chamisa
In last year's harmonized elections, President Mnangagwa secured 52.6 percent of the vote, while Nelson Chamisa received 44 percent. However, groups aligned with Chamisa, including Pachedu, claimed th...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:27hrs | 3358 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gushes over Hichilema's election 'endorsement'
Zanu-PF has praised Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's "endorsement" of the recent elections at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit. Hichilema, the outgoing chairperson of the...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:46hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa questions SADC's integrity
Prominent Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sharply criticized the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership by appointing him...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:52hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
As expected, Zambian president skips Zimbabwe trip
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is notably absent from the 44th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government currently taking place in Harare, amid rising tensions between Zambia an...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:45hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema chaired SADC Troika gives regional elections clean bill of health
Outgoing SADC Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, praised the peaceful conduct of elections in several countries over the past year,...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:30hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
US funded NGOs blame SADC
Ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit scheduled for August 17, 2024, in Harare, Zimbabwe, there have been increasing concerns about human rights violations. ...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:39hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to support Zambia in AfDB bid
President Mnangagwa has pledged Zimbabwe's support for Zambia's candidate, Dr. Samuel Munzele Maimbo, in his bid for the African Development Bank (AfDB) presidency in next year's election. Dr. Maimbo,...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 07:04hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema promises to reach out to Lungu for talks
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says he will reach out to his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, so that they can talk. Speaking when he officiated at the celebration of 125 years of the existence...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 14:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zambia to engage Harare over Mnangagwa's remarks
Zambia is engaging Zimbabwean authorities following remarks by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zambia's security sector is heavily funded by the United States. Mnangagwa made these comments ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expresses worry over cosy US-Zambia relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa criticized Zambia's growing ties with the United States, accusing the U.S. of consolidating power in Zambia to isolate Zimbabwe. In a viral video from St. Petersbu...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 20:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
A tale of two parties: SA elections don't mirror Zim's 2028 polls
As the South African election results were announced, critics of the African National Congress (ANC) and ZANU PF celebrated the party's failure to secure a majority, viewing it as a significant setbac...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 40 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mnangagwa anxious to exorcise election ghost
THE upcoming Sadc summit is important for President Emmerson Mnangagwa not only because he will assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc but he will also use it attain legitimacy by, among other t...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's disaster management under scrutiny
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's US$2 billion humanitarian assistance plea has raised eyebrows as it is more than what regional countries suffering from El Niño-induced drought have asked for.S...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out to impress Sadc leaders
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government are renovating several roads in Harare as part of preparations to host the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit in the capital in August...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:46hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa just had its driest February on record
A swathe of Southern Africa suffered the driest February in decades that wiped out crops, precipitated power shortages and threatened to send already high food prices surging further.Last mont...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages Hichilema
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is talking to his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema about the ongoing El Niño-induced drought after Zambia declared a National State of Disaster and Emergency last w...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC disarray boosts Mnangagwa
THE dramatic implosion of Zimbabwe's main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) could have handed President Emmerson Mnangagwa the much-needed political advantage to out-manoeuvre regional l...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 4 | 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
Zim-Zambia relations turn sour under Hichilema's leadership
In a sharp departure from the historical warmth between Zambia and Zimbabwe, relations have become strained under the leadership of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, political commentator Nobleman...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 06:16hrs | 22 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Why would SADC risk confrontation with Zim regime whilst citizens act as if all is well?
So, another meeting of SADC (Southern African Development Community) heads of state has come and gone without the much anticipated 'resolution on flawed elections recently held in Zimbabwe'!Of...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 15:40hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC files petition with Sadc
Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC says Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders should intensify their focus and discussions on the country without fear or favour as its volatile post-electi...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SADC convenes extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe over elections
THE Southern African Development (Sadc) will hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government on Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the auspices of its current chairperson, Angolan President JoÃ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
No peace for Mnangagwa
The final report on Zimbabwe's August elections by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has upheld its preliminary findings that the polls did not meet accepted regional and international...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa still engaging Mnangagwa on Zimbabwe's sham polls
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa continues to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the political lockjam in Harare arising from a shambolic election, with the latest engagement having been ...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 09:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dispels any hope for Transitional government
Zanu-PF Treasurer General Patrick Chinamasa has rejected the possibility of a transitional government or a rerun of Zimbabwe's heavily criticized August elections, which had been proposed by regional ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 15:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SADC Troika fails to produce Summit minutes as is per the usual norm?
Following the Southern African Development Community's (Sadc) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit's ministerial meeting, chaired by Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema online no minutes of the scaled-d...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 21:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will be dragged to an election rerun kicking and screaming'
The opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) has announced that Zimbabwe is on the verge of holding another election under the supervision of a transitional authority led by SADC (Southern Africa...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bullying rejected
While the government in Harare has been diligently working to address the chaos surrounding the general elections, the Sadc region remains steadfast in its scrutiny of Zimbabwe's problematic polls, wh...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls out a 'puppet' used by Brussels to steal from SADC countries
Chris Mutsvangwa, the Minister of War Veterans Liberation Struggle Affairs in Zimbabwe, has criticized Western nations for attempting to undermine the government by supporting Zambian President Hakain...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sadc officially endorses Zimbabwe's controversial election
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has officially endorsed the outcomes of Zimbabwe's harmonized elections held last month and has shifted its focus to other countries with upcoming ele...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hichilema convenes virtual Troika meeting to discuss Zimbabwe Election report
As the current Chair of the SADC Troika, Zambia recently organized a virtual meeting to address various regional issues, including the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) report on Zimbabwe's re...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked NGOs pray for transitional govt in Zimbabwe
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have submitted a petition to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), urging them to advocate for a transitional government to ad...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has a solid plan
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has revitalized the dwindling hopes of millions of Zimbabweans who had lost faith in the prospect of a change in government...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the Sadc radar?
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is currently deeply involved in addressing the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe, which has caused divisions within the nation and the region, while al...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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