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'Nothing must be left to chance' declares Mnangagwa, mobilising his vote rigging juggernaut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to mobilise Zanu PF's vote-rigging juggernaut in preparation for the by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. Two weeks ago he called on the war veter...Published: 2 hrs ago | 140 | by Nomusa Garikai
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 13 hrs ago | 848 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 14 hrs ago | 657 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
'I sneeze Zapu, I eat Zapu,' says Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son
THE late Vice President for Zimbabwe Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son Sibangilizwe has defended his position to contest for Zapu's presidency insisting that he wants to lead a reformed party dedicated to ta...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 3425 | by Staff reporter
Why ZAPU's Parliamentary Recalls will fail, Legally
NewsdzeZimbabwe on Sunday reported that Iphuthile Maphosa who is the spokesperson for ZAPU announced that the party had recently taken the decision to recall former PF ZAPU members from the current pa...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:57hrs | 1891 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Zapu executive in double-dipping storm
SUSPENDED Zapu organising secretary Derek Katsenga has been accused of being a mole and working with Zanu-PF to lure the party into joining the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) initiated by President...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to 'recall' Zanu-PF ministers
OPPOSITION party Zapu says it will this week write to Parliament seeking to recall its former members, who are now part of the ruling Zanu-PF.Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, said the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4359 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 1209 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zapu to decide on Khaya Moyo, Mathema's fate on Parly recalls Saturday
ZAPU will Saturday hold its National People's Council (NPC) meeting where the proposed recall from Parliament of former senior party members who are now Zanu-PF MPs will be top of the agenda.T...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 3581 | by Staff reporter
'Masuku death marked the demise of democracy'
CIVIC groups in Matabeleland have described the late Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Commander General Lookout Masuku as the epitome of democracy, hence his inexplicable death on April 5,...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2581 | by Staff reporter
Lookout Masuku: An exceptional, patriotic fighter
SOME of the greatest wars in history were not only won through the competency of soldiers on the battlefield, but through the astute leadership of the men and women engaged in the fighting. Th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 379 | by Walter Muchinguri
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 5781 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo's interview was a disaster in the making
Not long-ago last month, Sibangilizwe Nkomo announced his Zapu candidacy to replace the late DD: Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa. I was excited about this, well as someone who grew up in Zapu and known the la...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 3699 | by Nomazulu Thata
Join Zanu-PF or face eviction, ex-councillor tells villagers
A FORMER independent councillor from Insiza district in Matabeleland South province has been accused of forcing villagers to join the ruling Zanu-PF party or face eviction.Sikhanyisiwe Nkomo o...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son announces his presidential aspirations
In his groundbreaking interview on MBC, Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late political icon and nation builder Dr Joshua Nkomo announced what has sent shock waves and tremors throughout and acro...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 13:39hrs | 4271 | by Thulani Nkala
Zapu boss petitioned over Katsenga's suspension
ZAPU Mashonaland East party provincial chairperson Edward Chodewa has petitioned the party president Isaac Mabuka over the suspension of the party's secretary for mobilisation and organisation, Derek ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:43hrs | 608 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zanu-PF 'blocking' embassies from opening consulates in Bulawayo
OPPOSITION Zapu has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of blocking the opening of consular posts in Bulawayo.This was said by Zapu deputy secretary for international relations, Future Msebele, w...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:41hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Gutu is embarrassing his handlers
MY Dear my people,I have never followed football, I do not think it's a classy sport.I inherited a love for cricket and tennis from Baba and once in a while, I sit down to watch those ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:59hrs | 2953 | by Dr Stop It
Matabeleland now the most feared territory in Zimbabwe - MLO
So afraid and concerned about Matabeleland is the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe that even an innocent fly that zooms past in the air in Matabeleland attracts nervous attention from the oppr...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:59hrs | 1361 | by Israel Dube
The Birth of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi Establishment of the Department of National Statistics
MLF President, The birth of Mthwakazi as a sovereign state is informed by the lens of history. As Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), we have learnt from the grave errors of our history. As we c...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:50hrs | 1114 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4305 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Heads roll in Zapu
ZAPU has suspended its mobilisation secretary Derek Katsenga, accusing him of fuelling tribalism and factionalism.Katsenga' suspension came shortly after two other party executives, Nkosikhona...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:25hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Zapu congress hangs in balance
ZAPU structures in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South provinces have petitioned the opposition party's top leadership to postpone the elective congress set for next month amid reports of sharp div...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
SK Moyo too junior to be Vice president
In November 2017 Zapu Harare provincial secretary-general Elphacy Dube said the province was throwing its weight behind Khaya Moyo. Zapu Harare province jumped the gun and suggested SK Moyo without co...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2720 | by Colin Khumalo
Magwizi eyes Zapu vice presidency
ZPRA Veterans Association secretary-general Buster Magwizi has been suggested to contest for the vacant Zapu vice presidency post at the opposition party's elective congress next month.The par...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 08:08hrs | 2380 | by Staff reporter
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 1442 | by Thembani Dube
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 12016 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zapu plots SK Moyo, Mathema, Nyoni parly recalls
OPPOSITION Zapu is contemplating its own round of recalls from Parliament on all its former members, including Zanu-PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, who went in the august House through the ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 10512 | by Staff reporter
Zapu lobbies embassies to decentralise to Bulawayo
THE opposition Zapu has written to various foreign embassies in Harare asking them to decentralise their operations and open consular posts in Bulawayo, the second largest city in the country....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Cracks emerge in Zapu
SERIOUS cracks have emerged in the opposition Zapu following the nomination of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe to contest in Zapu's presidential election set for next ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Matebeles are not Zimbabweans
I always wonder why a lot of people from Matebeleland always think Zimbabwe is theirs too. You find them busy labelling themselves as Zimbabweans, even when everything is being done to show that...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:44hrs | 5432 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
'Joshua Nkomo's son not a Zapu member'
THE nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, as one of Zapu's presidential candidates has been challenged by other party members who accused him of not being a ca...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Zapu dismisses Zanu-PF defection claims
ZAPU has dismissed as cheap propaganda, claims by Zanu-PF that 28 of the former's members have defected to the ruling party.Zanu-PF Matabeleland South province Saturday reportedly welcomed 28 ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3282 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo's son warms up to Zapu presidency
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Father Zimbabwe and former VicePresident Joshua, has warmed up to the proposals to elect him Zapu president following the death of Dumiso Dabengwa in 2019....Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2827 | by Staff reporter
Tracy Mutinhiri: To use a race card in 2021 is unacceptable. My response!
It took some time to respond to Dr. Tracy Mutinhiri's reasons for leaving Chamisa and going back to Zanu PF. Much as it is your right to associate with whatever party of your choice, to label MDC-Alli...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 19:58hrs | 2074 | by Nomazulu Thata
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2057 | by Obert Gutu
Ex-Zapu leaders anxious over Mohadi successor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has not consulted former Zapu and Zipra cadres on the filling of the post of vice-president following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi over a series of sex scandals with va...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2736 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son for Zapu presidency
THE late Vice-President and iconic statesman Joshua Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe, has been nominated as one of the candidates to contest for the opposition Zapu presidency. The party also wants t...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3241 | by Staff reporter
Who gains from the public shaming of Kembo Mohadi?
ZIMBABWE'S second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a State...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 3959 | by N Nyoni
Zapu fails to hold congress
LACK of funds and failure to hold provincial conferences by the opposition Zapu party have once again stalled its elective congress to replace late leader Dumiso Dabengwa.This is not the first...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:09hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU Europe set for elective AGM
This Saturday, 13/03/21, Zapu Europe will be hosting a virtual elective AGM. This an exciting time for the Europe Chapter as it is now time for a smooth handover-takeover moment. The smooth running of...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 12:26hrs | 583 | by Mlindelwa
Roll call for six comrades selected by Joshua Nkomo for the armed struggle who boarded a train at Luveve Railway Station
On the 04 April 1964, after being selected by Joshua Nkomo President of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the six mentioned above left for Zambia, enroute for military training in the former...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 17:27hrs | 4166 | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko
Evicted white farmer approaches Mthwakazi for assistance
A NTABAZINDUNA white farmer whose farm was forcibly taken by the government before it was allocated to Floyd Ambrose has roped in Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) in his bid to reclaim the property....Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 09:53hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
Civics must drive the VP's office
In our new kind of normal, where restraint, moral integrity and sound values have been replaced by lumpen orgy, profanity and clown foolery, I meet the question: So what do you think of the latest VP ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:15hrs | 374 | by Zifiso Masiye
The race to succeed Kembo Mohadi is on
FOLLOWING the resignation in shame on 1 March of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi over a sex scandal, a political race to succeed him has already started among former Zapu senior officials and Zipra comman...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5433 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feeling heat over VP choice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.This comes as it has...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 5504 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10537 | by Staff reporter
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