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Redi Thlabi: the black woman weaponized against South Africa
South Africa is under attack by Western countries led by the US due to its BRICS membership and non-aligned geopolitical policy. This isn't surprising, given the West's frustration with the country's ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46hrs | 586 | by Larmbert Ebitu
South Africa, Zimbabwe in behind the scenes talks
The South African government and the governing ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa are engaged in new secret talks with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's freshly-minted administration to resol...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to criminalise enforced disappearances
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to domesticate the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances.Harare signed the international statute...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's second term could be better than his first, says economist
Independent development economist Prosper Chitambara said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to leave a legacy for himself as he is set to begin his second and final term as the Head of St...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 07:49hrs | 2290 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa slams Zimbabwe electoral body
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) after the plebiscite got off to a false start in most urban areas in the countr...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says ZEC clearly targeted Harare, Bulawayo
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has expressed concern over the delay in delivering ballot material to polling stations by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Sham elections likely to spark uprisings - Analysts
THE failure by regional bodies to deal with disputed elections in Zimbabwe could lead to a possible revolution, a new report has warned.Zimbabwe will hold general elections on 23 August 2023 b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanla story on Salisbury fuel tanks is utter fiction
THERE has been a lot of confusion on the role ZIPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Zondo's court says Zuma must go back to prison
The Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Correctional Services' application for leave to appeal a ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must go back to prison.In the ruling hande...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Elections give citizen opportunity to judge leaders,' admitted Zuma. Good, just use 3-foot yardstick this time.
"As neighbours, no matter what they feel, they must mind their own business because they cannot interfere (in Zimbabwe). Whatever comments we (as neighbours) have, they have to be very limited because...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 20:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zuma says 'No to external interference in Zimbabwe elections'
FORMER South Africa President, Jacob Zuma, has said Zimbabwe must be allowed to conduct its forthcoming harmonised elections without external interference.Other countries, he said, should also...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zuma blasts IMF stance on Zimbabwe
Former South African President Cde Jacob Zuma yesterday took a swipe at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2001 stance to starve Zimbabwe of credit facilities, describing the move as unjust and u...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma says Zimbabwe cannot afford another disputed election
Former South African President Jacob Zuma says Zimbabwe should take lessons from its recent elections which produced disputed outcomes and deliver a vote which will make citizens "feel at home"....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 18:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma to represent Belarus at carbon credits indaba in Zimbabwe
Former president Jacob Zuma will represent Belarus at a Zimbabwe conference on the trade in African carbon credits, according to the organisers of the event.Zuma, who was seen entering the eve...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 10:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you failed to uphold the Constitution
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, I have reason to believe there is overwhelming evidence that your presidential term was destined to be retrogressive. It has long been char...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 3 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Land barons ride on Zanu-PF campaign
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF-linked land barons have invaded large tracts of land in Harare and Chitungwiza, where they are doling out residential stands to desperate home-seekers as a vote-buying gimmick ahead ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament turns heat on Mthuli Ncube
LEGISLATORS have taken Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube to task over the galloping inflation and the crumbling local currency, which they say has eroded salaries of government wo...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa demands Mthuli Ncube explanation over unbudgeted US$400k judges pay-outs
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has demanded the summoning of Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to parliament to explain how he bestowed unbudgeted US$400,000 pay-outs to each of the country's judges....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti might fall by the wayside as CCC to finalise candidate selection process
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MP) Tendai Biti and Rusty Markham are among those who might fall by the wayside as their party concludes its candidate selection process this...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Zanu-PF Mashonaland West women's quota nomination meeting
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West top activists came to near fist-fights as tempers rose at Thursday's party Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting to endorse local authority women's quota candidates....Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for polls
FOLLOWING President Mnangagwa's proclamation of August 23 as the election date, Zimbabweans from across the political divide say they are ready to play their part so that the polls proceed in a peacef...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa's sister swallow her pride after primaries defeat
IN a rare climbdown Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka, who recently lost in Zanu-PF parliamentary primary elections, has filed her curriculum vitae (CV) for considerati...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa voter inspection visit morphs into rally
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Tuesday visited a voters' roll inspection centre in Harare's Kuwadzana 2 suburb, but what was intended to be a brief call morphed into a mini-...Published: 30 May 2023 at 15:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | 3 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
'Zimbabwe must announce election results in real time'
Legislators have urged Zimbabwe's administration to use real-time technology techniques of declaring election results in order to avoid late pronouncement of winners.The demand comes at a crit...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel finally returns to Britain
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel - who fears being thrown under the bus should he return to Zimbabwe, because of the starring role he played in Al Jazeera's investigative Gold M...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Arrests on perpetrators is not political
As the nation draws closer to the much-awaited 2023 harmonised elections, whose date President Mnangagwa is yet to announce, Government detractors who consist mainly of opposition parties such as the ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buyanga ropes in Zuma's lawyer in freedom bid
FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma's lawyer Michael Hulley has joined Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga's legal team, as he fights for his freedom from jail.Buyanga, who has been in ...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel holed up in Dubai
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel is currently holed up in Dubai alongside several prominent members of rival gangs exposed in Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia investigative documentary a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi rival withdraws from poll re-run
JUSTICE and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is likely to represent Zanu-PF in Zvimba West after his rival pulled out from a scheduled primary election re-run.A re-run was schedu...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
UAE refuses SA's request to extradite Gupta brothers for money launder. Pattni and other Gold Mafia must be relieved
Remember the many stories of State Capture involving former SA President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta brothers? Well whatever peanut butter bait the South African government was using in its Agatha Christ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 16:19hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
UAE refuses to extradite Gupta brothers to South Africa
South Africa said on Friday it had learned with "shock and dismay" that the United Arab Emirates had turned down its request to extradite two brothers accused of orchestrating industrial-scale corrupt...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries show a 'generational shift'
SITTING Zanu-PF legislators paid the price for "ditching" their constituencies as they went on to lose primary elections held a fortnight ago.Zanu-PF this week announced successful candidates ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP demands answers on Teachers4ED
AN OPPOSITION legislator has demanded that Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu issue a ministerial statement on why teachers were allegedly being made to join a political body, Teac...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs leak wounds
ATTEMPTS to settle for "safe constituencies" have backfired on several Zanu-PF party primary election candidates who contested away from their original areas.Under the Zanu-PF party constituti...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Changing political face in Manicaland
Zanu-PF Manicaland province has dumped its old guard and other party heavyweights after they were thumped in primary elections held last week, with 17 out 22 sitting legislators falling by the wayside...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
5 councillors in court over stands corruption
FIVE Harare City councillors, all members of the Finance and Development Committee, have been charged with illegally allocating commercial and industrial stands to themselves, at least seven other cou...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CJ Raymond Zondo is a political charlatan, says KZN ANC
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says chief justice Raymond Zondo is playing opposition politics. Party secretary Bheki Mtolo on Tuesday ripped into Zondo's assertions that the government had betrayed...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs fret over accommodation
LEGISLATORS have asked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to urgently address the issue of their accommodation in Harare to allow them to complete crafting outstanding Bills currently before Parliament....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Big surprises in Zanu-PF primaries
SOME ministers and veteran parliamentarians fell by the wayside in the Zanu-PF primary elections that were held over the weekend as the ruling party entrenches democracy and reenergises its base ahead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's election time in Zanu-PF today
IT is all systems go for the Zanu-PF primary elections that will take place today in all provinces except Masvingo and Midlands in a contest to choose candidates to stand on the ruling party ticket in...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP mourns ex-ZPRA fighter Sharp Shoot
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) says it is regrettable that liberation war heroes continue to struggle for survival as they are not recognised by the State, or if they are, it is late in their life...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP in court for rape
A former member of parliament for Kambuzuma, Tinashe Maduza, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drugging, sexually assaulting and robbing one of his former employees and later for kidnapping hi...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa postpones Cabinet reshuffle
President Cyril Ramaphosa postponed announcing changes to his executive on Thursday due to ill health. News24 says it understands that he was meant to meet with ANC officials at midday on Thur...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa in big court setback
South Africa's Constitutional Court on Wednesday slapped down President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to have the apex court review a report which found evidence he may have committed misconduct over a stash ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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