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Zimbabwe facing Fifa expulsion?
AN item on Fifa's agenda for the 73rd World Football Association (Fifa) congress scheduled for the Rwandan capital, Kigali on Thursday has heightened fears amongst local football fans and other stakeh...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 4580 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF weary of clandestine Mnangagwa affiliate groups
ZANU-PF National Political Commissar Dr Mike Bimha has warned the mushrooming ‘For ED' outfits to desist from blindly creating affiliate groups without a clear party purpose.The ‘for ED' g...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Court stalls eviction of 4 000 Harare families
THE High Court has granted an interim relief to over 4000 families from Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba who were facing eviction after a company linked to Zanu-PF youth Vevhu Resources, was stopped from...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands strengthens cell, village structures
Zanu-PF has embarked on a cell and village structure building verification programme in the Midlands province as it leaves no stone unturned in its bid to make sure that President Mnangagwa and the pa...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo lauded for bringing opposition members to Zanu-PF
FORMER opposition legilslator Blessing Chebundo who defected to Zanu-PF about two years ago has earned the governing party's plaudits for bringing new members from the opposition.Zanu-PF polit...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanga tries to knock sense into Mnangagwa's son in-law's head
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has urged the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to lift the Zifa suspension which he says is the only way Zimbabwe will be reinstated back into the Fifa f...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional fights exposed
THE reversal of Zanu-PF Manicaland women's league leader, Happiness Nyakuedzwa's suspension yesterday by Zanu-PF party spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has laid bare factional fights in the ruling party,...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
'Donors snub Nelson Chamisa's CCC'
Former MDC Masvingo urban lawmaker and member of Returness4ED Tongai Matutu has sensationally claimed that the opposition CCC led by Nelson Chamisa has suffer a major blow after losing all its major d...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 17:14hrs | 3319 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ChitimachaED song released
POPULAR music outfit, Final Warning, has released a song named "#ChitimachaED" which is aimed at mobilising voters for President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF in the upcoming elections.President Mnang...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:51hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cell verification meetings continue
Zanu-PF continued with its cell verification meetings yesterday, with officials congregating in Chinhoyi and Bulawayo, as the party moves to strengthen itself ahead of harmonised elections expected th...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:50hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North starts campaigns for Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North province has officially launched campaigns for President Mnangagwa as the sole party's candidate in this year's Presidential election amid calls for all party members to...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:54hrs | 227 | by Staff Reporter
Vendors4ED, Council clash
Zanu-PF affiliate Vendors 4ED has clashed with Harare City Council (HCC), amid reports that the latter was illegally allocating trading spaces to its members in the city under cover of the ruling part...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa attacks violent ZANU PF youth league
Former ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa has castigated the top five Mashonaland West youth league saying they are just good at violence and crime."The current Mash ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 12:02hrs | 2579 | by Simbarashe Sithole
48 4ED affiliates meet Zanu-PF leadership in Bulawayo
Zanu-PF leadership Friday met with the party's recently formed controversial structures known as 4 ED affiliates at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).The groups include ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF czar warns 4ED outfits
Zanu-PF Political Commissar Mike Bimha has warned 4ED affiliates to stop presenting members already in the party as new supporters "recruiting" by them.This is the second time Bimha has layed ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:39hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Teachers4ED is a trade union, claims Ministry of Education
Teachers4ED, an association of teachers widely known to be supporting President Mnangagwa's bid for re-election in 2023 is a trade union organisation and teachers are free to attend its meetings durin...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:25hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
New battle lines drawn in Zanu-PF
NEW battle lines have been drawn in the ruling Zanu-PF as factions within the party start jostling for new portfolios announced during politburo appointments in December last year, the Zimbabwe Indepe...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in 4ED nightmare
Zanu-PF has revealed that it is having sleepless nights over dozens of sprouting shadowy for-ED groups being formed to ostensibly buttress President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-election bid in general ele...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:24hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Reality finally dawning on Zanu-PF
IN the four or so articles I have written thus far on the ludicrous proliferation of all these dubious "4ED" organisations - I have made it abundantly clear that these were just groupings of desperate...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:21hrs | 465 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
4ED outfits demanding sponsorship from Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF National Commissar, Mike Bimha, has unwittingly admitted that mushrooming appendages of the party are using their proximity to the ruling organisation for financial gains, deviating from their...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:55hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Parliamentarians shreds Zec delimitation report
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday "tore up" the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s preliminary delimitation report tabled in Parliament last week Friday, describing it as flawed.Independent electi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF speaks on affiliates
WHILE Zanu-PF is keen to see groups forming with the intention of supporting its goals, it has warned people not to form party affiliate organisations to solicit loans, saying such behaviour is unbeco...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Murehwa violence suspects
Police are looking for the perpetrators of political violence which allegedly took place in Murehwa, after the emergence of video clips which have since gone viral on social media.In the video...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Zimbabwe farm invasions loom
RULING Zanu-PF members have formed a shadowy group dubbed "Land for Economic Development (ED)" to fast-track parcelling out of "unutilised" land to party youths ahead of next year's crunch polls....Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:39hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Has Zanu-PF finally smelt the coffee?
ON Wednesday this week, two Zanu-PF-linked groupings held separate media briefings in Harare, trashing a preliminary delimitation report by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).Earlier on, ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 09:06hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets rules, guidelines for affiliate organisations
ORGANISATIONS affiliated to Zanu-PF must be guided by the revolutionary party's values and ethos, the party's Secretary for the Commissariat, Mike Bimha, has said.Speaking after a meeting that...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga decries escalating acts of terrorism in Africa
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has decried escalating acts of terrorism in Africa saying it has become a "thorn in the flesh" for many governments.Addressing delegates at the official ope...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Protest vote is anti-development, says Mutsvangwa
Voters must now be politically mature and shun the culture of the protest vote during elections, as this is self-defeating and counter developmental, a senior Zanu-PF official has said.Address...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-election campaign in full swing
Most African countries started undergoing political transitions decades ago, breaking away from colonial powers and establishing independence.This resulted in far reaching democratic gains in ...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:57hrs | 962 | by Evans Mathanda
Mnangagwa may call Zimbabwe snap 2023 general polls early next year
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa may call snap general elections in the first quarter of next year - in March - after securing a fresh mandate as Zanu-PF leader and its candidate in the polls, it emerged ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:52hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar defends phoney affiliates under ED banner
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha has said there is nothing misplaced about people organising themselves and pledging support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose astute leadership h...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2023 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Congress endorses Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's ongoing elective congress has unanimously endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the sole party candidate in next year's presidential elections, giving him a fresh mandate to lead the part...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | 260 | by Staff rporter
Mohadi bounces back as Zimbabwe's second Vice President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who was unanimously re-elected as First Secretary of Zanu-PF on Friday at the party's 7th National People's Congress, yesterday reappointed Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi a...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:50hrs | 21104 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mobilisation drive in top gear
THE reintroduction of District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) in Zanu-PF structures has injected renewed impetus into the ruling party's mobilisation activities, with the party now on a strong footin...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:41hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets civil servants
Zanu-PF appears to be going for broke ahead of the 2023 general elections and has reportedly targeted civil servants, including members of the security forces to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 4464 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress: Fireworks expected
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will storm into next week's Zanu-PF elective congress seeking to tighten his grip on power as his age is likely to trigger a fierce succession debate.The ruling pa...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:33hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
5,000 teachers to attend Mnangagwa event in Harare
GOVERNMENT has drawn criticism for endorsing the planned launch of the so-called Teachers for Economic Development group scheduled for today, with unions and the opposition saying the event is needles...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Bornfrees4ED calls for the removal of sanctions
BORNFREES4ED, a newly-formed Zanu-PF affiliate whose membership is drawn from young people born after 1980, has joined the fray in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe diasporans are welcome back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would never abandon its citizens residing outside the country, saying they were welcome back home.Addressing the Zanu-PF politburo at...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2065 | by Staff reporter
Teachers4ED swoops on school heads
THERE is discontent within the education sector after school heads and inspectors were ordered to attend a two-day workshop beginning today by TeachersforED, an obscure grouping with suspected Zanu-PF...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
'No room for chicanery in Zanu-PF,' says Mnangagwa
AHEAD of Zanu-PF Central Committee elections this weekend, President Mnangagwa has said there is no room for chicanery, name dropping, violence, or imposition of candidates in the ruling party....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bloodbath ahead of congress
SECURITY, law enforcement agents and tax authorities are gunning for flamboyant business dealers and socialites linked to Zanu-PF who have in recent years amassed wealth through government contracts....Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | 1766 | by Staff reporter
South Africa police to go on strike
The South African Police Union (SAPU) confirms that it has been issued a certificate to strike, which covers all labour unions affiliated to the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu)....Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:47hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fallout, Zanu-PF youths spring to Mnangagwa defence
A SENIOR Zanu-PF youth league official has hit out ruling party "renegades" who recently claimed there was mounting tension over a power handover agreement between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 08:20hrs | 11208 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League rubbishes factionalism claims
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has dismissed reports of factionalism within the revolutionary party, describing them as hallucinations of expelled persons who have no locus standi to comment on party issues...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
CCC's shameful politicisation of crime
THE arrest of a machete gang behind the death of Lobengula West businessman Langelihle Dube early this month and a spate of robberies around the city has brought relief to residents who had long suffe...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans in witch-hunt
WAR veterans are re-structuring in an exercise expected to claim some scalps to weed out "rogue" elements that "could disrupt" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of being re-elected next year....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fine harsh
HIGHLANDERS' followers feel the US$6 000 fine imposed on the club for the abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match against FC Platinum is harsh, but necessary to deter fans from hooliganism,...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Senator Watson Khupe booted out of parliament
National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe has recalled Senator Watson Khupe who was representing People Living with Disability in parliament. In a hard hitting letter to the Zimbabwe El...Published: 06 May 2022 at 17:59hrs | 4248 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF Youth League conference kicks off
ALL roads lead to the Harare International Conference Centre today for the 7th Zanu-PF Youth League elective conference, with delegates expected to be seated by 9am.The party's First Secretary...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
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