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Sadc ignores Mozambique civil unrest
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit in Harare yesterday, where regional leaders largely overlooked the ongoing civil unrest in Mozambique, which has erupted ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 463 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in fear amid Mozambique's post-election violence
Zimbabweans living along the border with Mozambique are growing increasingly fearful as post-election violence continues to spread across the neighboring country. Protests have erupted following Mozam...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:18hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in Mozambique urged to stay indoors
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Mozambique, Victor Matemadanda, has advised Zimbabwean nationals residing in Mozambique to stay indoors until the current political unrest in the country subsides. This follow...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:06hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Mathibela's war vets reject rival congress as invalid
A faction leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Andreas Ethan Mathibela, has denounced the recent congress held by Christopher Mutsvangwa's faction in Gweru on ...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:17hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Leadership legality concerns arise after war vets' congress
The recent election of a new leadership for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) during a congress held in Gweru on Saturday has raised significant legal questions, parti...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:22hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies suffer major defeat at War Veterans Congress
In a significant political shake-up within Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's key allies among war veterans, Christopher Mutsvangwa and Victor Matemadanda, faced unexpected defeats at the Zimbabw...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:45hrs | 3607 | by Staff reporter
Ncube beats Matemadanda, Mutsvangwa combined
Bulawayo provincial war veterans' chairperson, Cephas Ncube, has been elected as the new leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), unseating incumbent Christopher M...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:28hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
War veterans congress starts
The much-anticipated elective congress of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) will take place today at the Zanu-PF Convention Centre in Gweru. This gathering marks the f...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:13hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe War veterans denounce Zanu-PF interference
The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) war veterans association has urged Zanu-PF and government officials to refrain from interfering with the preparations for the upcoming Zimbabwe National...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:27hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Nyusi, Masisi and Mnangagwa to sign tripartite agreement
President Mnangagwa is set to attend a significant meeting in Maputo today alongside Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. The purpose of the meeting is to overse...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana mull tripartite rail project
Mozambique is negotiating the upgrade of the regional railway system from Beira through Zimbabwe to Botswana, including a proposed new line into central Botswana, according to President Filipe Nyusi. ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:42hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe War veterans query Matemadanda credentials
A faction within the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has challenged Victor Matemadanda's credentials as a war veteran amidst intense competition for leadership roles ahe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aiming to leverage on the upcoming war veterans congress
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is aiming to strengthen his authority by leveraging the upcoming war veterans congress to quash the presidential ambitions of his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga. The congres...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda challenges Mutsvangwa for war veterans chairmanship
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) will hold its elective congress on July 12, with three candidates vying for the top post: Victor Matemadanda, Christopher Mutsvangwa,...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda vies for war vets chairmanship
Victor Matemadanda, the outgoing Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary general, has emerged as a leading candidate for the chairmanship position.Matemadanda,...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's lifetime of sackings
ZIMBABWE'S political cauldron bubbled over this weekend with the abrupt firing of Christopher Mutsvangwa as the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The year Mnangagwa reined in his rival Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this year emerged triumphant at the Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce five-year power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisonin...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's big warning to Chiwenga comes to pass
WITH the Zanu-PF congress set to confirm that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outsmarted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, the late former president Robert Mugabe's warning to the ex-military gene...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda labels Owen Ncube a 'Grade 7 dropout'
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar, Victor Matemadanda has advised fired State Security Minister Owen 'Mudha' Ncube to sit for Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)'s Grade Seven examinations...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes to congress amid power struggles, widening rifts
Zanu-PF is going to its 7th elective congress which will, among other expected outcomes, choose the party's first secretary and president, at a time the coup coalition which catapulted President Emmer...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's path to power
6 November 2017 - President Robert Mugabe dismisses his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from government;8 November 2017 - Zanu-PF expels Mnangagwa from the party. Mnangagwa goes into self-imposed ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bloody 2023 Zimbabwe polls beckon'
FORMER State Security minister and top Zanu-PF official in the Midlands province Owen Ncube has threatened a bloody 2023 election campaign reminiscent of the 2008 bloodbath to ensure the ruling party ...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Zanu-PF Midlands leadership
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has reacted angrily after being snubbed for central committee (CC) position in the Midlands province.Sources ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers troop back
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers in the current administration and late former President Robert Mugabe's government are plotting a political comeback after they were cleared by the politburo to cont...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 21:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunmen open fire on Beitbridge bound bus
UNKNOWN gunmen on Saturday morning opened fire on a Beitbridge-bound Bridgestone Bus Service coach and shattered some of its windows but noone was seriously injured in the incident 10 kilometers shy o...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena the untouchable ZANU PF maverick
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been a long standing divisive and problematic child of the ruling party ZANU PF and he seems to be an untouchable maverick within the party....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by John Mutengambiri
Mnangagwa in Maputo for key regional meeting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today join Sadc regional leaders for a high-level meeting that will culminate in the signing of a declaration providing for the protection of indigenous forests from rapid exp...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will not give power to Chiwenga'
A KEY member of the clique that planned and executed President Robert Mugabe's ouster through a 2017 coup has said his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa will not cede power to deputy Constantino Chiwenga a...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda fights $400,000 lawsuit
Zimbabwe's ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has argued that a war veterans group that sued him for $400 0000 for defamation has no standing to take him to court.War Veterans Pressur...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC in battle of Zimbabwe for bragging rights
THE ruling Zanu-PF faces a tough challenge as it locks horns with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in tomorrow's by-elections, which were delayed by two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses key allies as Kasukuwere plots comeback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost the support of some of his key allies including Local Government minister July Moyo who have stood with him throughout his political rise but are now being sideli...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
March 26 by-elections: Safe and swing national assembly seats
Battles between different political parties and independent candidates will play out in one of the most important by-elections in decades this March 26 as these by-elections will not only deliver a re...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zanu-PF factions sharpen knives as December congress beckons
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have contained his ambitious deputy Constantino Chiwenga, there is growing concern in Zanu-PF that the former military general may challenge for the part...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate pledges Gokwe facelift
Zanu-PF candidate for Gokwe Central constituency, Daveson Masvisvi has promised to give the Midlands town a facelift, complete with cotton weaving plants to create jobs for the locals.Masvisvi...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions sharpen knives as December congress beckons
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have contained his ambitious deputy Constantino Chiwenga, there is growing concern in Zanu-PF that the former military general may challenge for the part...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chris Mutsvangwa panics...Temba Mliswa to drop files
ZANU PF Spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa is reportedly panicking over the meeting between Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa and exiled former ZANU PF Political Commissar Saviour K...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 13:04hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa sets date for by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has set March 26 as the date for holding by-elections in 28 constituencies.In a proclamation this Thursday, the President also declared January 26 as the nominatio...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 15:10hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gives wife key Politburo position
Zanu-PF first secretary, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed his wife, Auxillia into the politburo in a surprise reshuffle of the powerful organ.She is the new Zanu-PF secretary for Env...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa information dynasty as Mnangagwa reorganises politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday appointed new secretaries in his Zanu-PF party's politburo, while reassigning others.The mini-reshuffle will see former diplomat Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2017 coup coalition collapses
THE fact that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zanu-PF presidency at the party's elective congress next year, while factions loyal ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya in vote-buying storm
ZANU PF Politburo Member Douglas Mahiya has been accused of vote-buying and de-campaigning other candidates eying the party provincial chairperson post in Mashonaland Central province.He visit...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 21:06hrs | 53 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa weaponising Covid-19'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) are ‘weaponising' the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic containment measures to conveniently perpetuate the delay in holding parliame...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Politburo gears up for Anti-Sanctions Day
Zanu-PF has intensified preparations for the Anti-Sanctions Day, which will be commemorated on October 25.This follows a declaration by SADC member states to unite in the call for the uncondit...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War veterans tell Chadzamira to quit post
CHIREDZI war veterans have called for the removal from office of minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira (pictured), accusing him of corruptly allocating land in the district to outsiders while...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic of contradictions, inconsistencies
DEVELOPMENTS in the past few days and weeks have shown that those in charge of our so-called Second Republic are nothing more than a clueless bunch given to gross lies, glaring contradictions and emba...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Ambassador Matemadanda presents his credentials to the Mozambican president
On Thursday 16th September 2021, comrade Victor Matemadanda presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellence president of Mozambique, accrediting him as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the Nation of Mozam...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 16:15hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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