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Russia-Zimbabwe talks overshadowed by 'hitman' allegations
A high-powered delegation of 11 Russian officials arrived in Harare this week for a strategic meeting with Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, in a bid to deepen bilateral financia...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:12hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Irish Minister arrives in Zimbabwe for political engagements
Irish Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond, arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday as part of his official visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic, trade, and developmen...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 20:05hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Rutendo Matinyarare beats up a white man, assailant requires plastic surgery
Zimbabwean political activist and commentator Rutendo Matinyarare was involved in a violent altercation on the road on Monday night after an apparent case of road rage escalated into a physical confro...Published: 13 May 2025 at 17:23hrs | 3506 | by Staff reporter
Nyandoro faces Mamombe legal action
Southerton MP Bridget Nyandoro has landed herself in serious legal trouble after failing to meet a 10-day deadline to pay US$100,000 in damages, retract defamatory statements, and issue an uncondition...Published: 27 Apr 2025 at 11:15hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Malema says Zimbabweans must stop being cowards
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has called on Zimbabweans living in South Africa to return home and confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing them of avoiding their country's polit...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 18:30hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter
Precab farm engagement and my thoughts on the proposed extension of the term of office for President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Last weekend, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family hosted Zanu PF officials and other political figures at its Precab Farm in Kwekwe where, mainly, the business of the day was the touring of the farm...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 13:12hrs | 810 | by Innocent Ndibali
Mafume's praise for Mnangagwa sparks controversy
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has caused a stir in Zimbabwean political circles after he publicly lauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF government for their contributions to improving servic...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:22hrs | 489 | 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 | 1259 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
The cancel culture is misogynistic. Mokoena must be silenced by Zanu PF!
The political culture of South Africa is not interchangeable with that of Zimbabwean political landscape. These two countries are different even in the processes of gaining their political independenc...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:51hrs | 887 | by Nomazulu Thata
MRP targets to recruit 1000 Youth in SA
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) vibrant youth in South Africa is targeting to recruit over 1000 youth in the neighbouring country as it gears to intensify ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 20:32hrs | 849 | by Stephen Jakes
Opposition now dead as dodo
The opposition political vacuum that is currently prevailing in the country is actually draining away all the hope of most progressive Zimbabweans who are yearning for change and trying to unshackle t...Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1861 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's 'ambiguous' future sparks outrage
A heated debate has erupted on X (formerly Twitter) over the political future of former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa and the implications for Zimbabwe's opposition movemen...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:45hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Coltart wants Zimbabwean political parties to organise like businesses
As Zimbabwe seeks to shift its politics from slogans and personality cults to a focus on ideas and issues, Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart advocates for political parties to be organized and managed effi...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:14hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Break-in at Mnangagwa nephew's office
Unknown individuals broke into Tourism and Hospitality Industry deputy minister Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa's office at the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) building in Harare, accessing the premises thro...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Mugabe’s family, relatives
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has reportedly repossessed extensive land holdings belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, her daughter Bona, and other relatives, in a move believed to ...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Protests are not illegal in Zimbabwe
Jacob Ngarivhume and Job Sikhala, prominent Zimbabwean political activists, assert that the right to protest is constitutionally protected, contrary to the government's authoritarian stance deeming it...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 11:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu rules Chiwenga out of succession equation
Controversial Zanu-PF member Killer Zivhu has sparked a political storm in Zimbabwe with his bold declaration about the future presidency. In a significant social media post, Zivhu hinted at a future ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
America blasted for imposing sanctions on ICC in bid to shield Israeli war crimes
In a shocking display of disregard for human life and international justice, the United States has sanctioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its efforts to hold Israel accountable for ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:31hrs | 20 | by Tonderai Ndoro
First it was Chamisa, now it's Biti, who is next?
WHEN THE KITCHEN GETS HOT, THEY UNCEREMONIOUSLY BOLT OUT: FIRST IT WAS NELSON CHAMISA, NOW IT'S TENDAI BITI, WHO IS NEXT?The recent state of the conduct of leadership ranks in the Zimbab...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 21:17hrs | 3 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Chiwenga tightens army grip amid succession manoeuvres
ZIMBABWEAN Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - a politically ambitious retired commander of the defence forces - has formally tightened his grip on the military as new Air Force of Zimbabwe boss Air...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Al Jazeera secret plot against ZANU PF unearthed
Al Jazeera News finds itself embroiled in controversy yet again as reports surface regarding its meddling in Zimbabwean political affairs.A source close to the matter revealed that the news networ...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 12:26hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 13 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Chamisa exit throws fresh election push in jeopardy
NELSON Chamisa's spirited diplomatic offensive to push the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to facilitate fresh elections in Zimbabwe is effectively dead in the water after the politician...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
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
Welshman Ncube comes out to state the correct position on CCC turmoil
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube blasts 'charlatans who think truth does not matter'
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa dumps AFM for SDA...fails to pay bodyguards
In a surprising turn of events, Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition in Zimbabwe, has quietly switched churches from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) to the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) denomi...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 10:38hrs | 83 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Recalls kingpin affirms commitment to accepting results in the spirit of democracy
Sengezo Tshabangu, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general and a key figure in the recent recalls, expressed the party's commitment to accepting the outcomes of the upcoming ...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 21:09hrs | 88 | by Staff Reporter
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 17 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zanu-PF official dies on campaign trail
A Zanu-PF female provincial member assigned to the Beitbridge West ongoing campaign for the December 9 by-elections died on Saturday due to the heatwave currently being experienced in the border town....Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa ally sounds alarm bells
A recent tweet by Zimbabwean political activist Freeman Chari, currently based in the United States, has highlighted significant shortcomings in the leadership of Nelson Chamisa within the country's o...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala fundraising drive launched
ZIMBABWEAN political leader Job Sikhala is severely ill, according to his legal team, but remains in custody at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.The opposition politician for the Citizens...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says he feels betrayed by some hypocritical comrades
Job Sikhala, a prominent Zimbabwean political activist who has been detained for 15 months on charges of allegedly inciting violence in response to the murder of fellow activist Moreblessing Ali by an...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 18:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC: End of an era
SEPTEMBER remains significant in the MDC as the party was conceived in this ninth month of the year before making an instant impact on the Zimbabwean political landscape.Then led by firebrand ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Harriet Chikandiwa
The Nutty Professor
Looking at most political analysts in Zimbabwean political perspective Jonathan Moyo confounds me with a professor who does not stand on his words and behaves like a pendulum, a flip flopper in the ma...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Vote Buying rampant ahead of Elections
A human and civil rights activist Obert Chinhamo has expressed concerns over the escalation of vote buying ahead of elections describing it as a clear violation of the electoral act and human rights t...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 17:58hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
What's next for CCC after High Court ruling?
The Bulawayo High Court has nullified the nomination of all 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates for Bulawayo province. The judge cited late submission of nomination papers.The CC...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Phillan Zamchiya
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by AFP
Bigwig dumps MDC
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) national secretary for Information and Publicity Mr Witness Dube has resigned and left the party.Mr Dube who has been a member of the main opposition since...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 09:41hrs | 12 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF remembers Joshua Nkomo with Bulilima rally?
THE Zanu-PF rally to be addressed by President Mnangagwa at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima District, Matebeleland South Province today is a celebration as it is the rolling out of the ruling party's...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Nation remembers Father Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe will forever cherish the invaluable contributions by former Vice President and Pan-African Dr Joshua Nkomo, President Mnangagwa has said, as the country commemorates the 24th anniversary of h...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere - X Factor in the August presidential poll
AFTER deftly defying the odds to secure nomination to contest the August presidential election - against frontrunners President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa - Savio...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF snubs US$10m western poll donation, dares CCC to accept grant
Zanu-PF has pulled rank and issued a chilling warning on political rivals not to accept a US$10 million donation offered to Zimbabwean political parties by Western countries through their agencies for...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to win 2023 Election
Since the 1990s the Zimbabwean political landscape has been shaped by political succession fighting raging within the ruling party. The internal fights have been prolonged and leaving the majority of ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 21:47hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
How will Zimbabwe implement women, youth quotas in the absence of an electoral law?
On August 23, 2023, Zimbabwe is going to have five elections under the proportional representation even though national focus has been on the directly elected ward councillors and Members of Parliamen...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
Bereka Mwana is backward, archaic and a discredited voting method
Bereka Mwana (asking voters to stand behind a candidate they are voting for) is backward, archaic and no self respecting democratic organization should ever use such a discredited voting method....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 19:23hrs | 6 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
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