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Divisions brew in MDC-Alliance over party name
The rebranding of the MDC-Alliance in response to the MDC-T's decision to use the same name (MDC-Alliance) in future polls, including the forthcoming by-elections, has triggered an in-house spat featu...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 12:31hrs | 5936 | by John Sigauke
Chamisa to field recalled councillors
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's Bulawayo provincial executive has resolved to field all the eight councillors who were recently recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe in the upcoming by-el...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 9340 | by Staff reporter
Biti to stop recall of Jacob Mafume?
MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti and his old party People's Democratic Party (PDP) have approached Parliament seeking to stop the planned recall of the recently elected Harare mayor Jacob Mafum...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 5426 | by Staff reporter
Treasury boss faces arrest
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday directed Clerk of Parliament, Kennedy Chokuda to summon Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga on a warrant of arrest to appear before Parliament f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 3882 | by Staff reporter
Biti's PDP recalls Harare mayor
BARELY a month after his election, Harare Mayor councillor Jacob Mafume has been recalled by his party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), a development that is likely to result in a fresh poll. ...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 5613 | by Staff reporter
Biti calls for Guvamatanga arrest
PUBLIC Accounts Committee chairperson Tendai Biti Monday directed the Clerk of Parliament to issue a warrant of arrest against Ministry of Finance secretary, George Guvamatanga following his failure t...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 20:46hrs | 4094 | by Staff reporter
Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House
Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 2891 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 413 | by Bishop Lazarus
Khupe drops Chamisa party name bombshell
Former deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T yesterday said it is now known as the MDC Alliance in yet another dramatic twist in the battle for the control of Zimbabwe's main opposition party....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 5988 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assigns allies to on fire regions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs to three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party’s DCC elections. Factionalism is said to be rife in ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 08:09hrs | 3231 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight turns nasty
A POWER struggle that has been simmering for months between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ambitious deputy, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, has intensified over the past two weeks, with f...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 24016 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, Biti: Zimbabwe's biggest producers of hot air
PATRICK Chinamasa and Tendai Biti this week once again confirmed their positions as two of the country's biggest producers of hot air. While Chinamasa moaned of urban voters, Biti talked down on rural...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Colonialists red flags Zimbabwe human rights situation
ZIMBABWE'S human rights situation has significantly deteriorated, the European Union (EU) has said as it called on authorities not to hide behind COVID-19 to restrict people's rights.A number ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane trio nabbed for 121 smuggled television sets
THREE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo were yesterday arrested after being found in possession of 121 television sets which were smuggled from Botswana. The three Oscar and Pardon Chinana...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams door on Ramaphosa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out allowing a delegation from South Africa to meet his critics, including opposition parties and civic organisations, slamming the door on efforts by the neighb...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 7438 | by Staff reporter
Hon Biti attempting to ensnare Prof Ncube, Dr Mangudya for political gain
FORMER Finance and Economic Development Minister, Honourable Tendai Biti is one of the very few political figures within the country's multiple opposition parties who appear to understand their respon...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:34hrs | 3932 | by Nathan Gurira
Judge summons AG Machaya to court over devolution
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (AG) Advocate Prince Machaya has been summoned to appear in court today and explain himself on government's delays in acceding to a court application filed by water rights campaigners...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1243 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC 'abduction' trio in bid to avoid trial
The trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other party activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are facing charges of communicating false statements prejudicial to the State af...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:10hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 14768 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1312 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Mnangagwa says, 'No one can dethrone me'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed that there is a plot from within the ruling Zanu-PF party to unseat him, but dared his detractors to dream on. Addressing a Midlands provincial co-or...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12178 | by Staff reporter
G40 kingpins scoff at extradition threat
SELF-EXILED Zanu-PF G40 kingpins Saviour Kasukuwere and Walter Mzembi yesterday scoffed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threat to have them extradited from South Africa for prosecution.They ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF has dismally failed
This is the second time now that Zanu PF has admitted that it has failed the nation and now appealing for patience and more time from the electorate to fix the mess.The Zanu PF acting Spokespe...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 2714 | by Leonard Koni
Infighting rocks Zimbabwe Red Cross Society
TENSION is escalating within the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) as the organisation holds elections to choose its board of governors. ZRCS has been conducting elections to usher in a new bo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Gono says GNU days were the best
ormer reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says the days of the government of national unity (GNU) were "one of the best economic episodes of our lives".Gono (GG), who retired in 20...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Biti rubbishes Zanu-PF's banditry claims
THE latest outburst by Zanu-PF acting national spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa alleging MDC Alliance youths were undergoing banditry training to destabilise the country, is an indication the ruling par...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 348 | by Admire Dube
Chamisa's MDC reject claims it is training militias in Serbia, Moldova
The MDC Alliance has rejected Zanu-PF attempts to link the party to the shooting death of a soldier in Chivhu last week, and claims that Zimbabwe's main opposition party is training insurgents in Serb...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3590 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'MDC training insurgents in Eastern Europe' ZANU PF claims
ZANU PF Spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has accused the opposition MDC Alliance of sending young people to be trained in insurgent activities in Eastern Europe. Addressing journalists, Ch...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 11:22hrs | 10203 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa issues chilling Chamisa, Biti warning
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and one of his co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti have been warned to stop behaving like little children and immediately close their party's violent cells before the...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa prays at the grave of Miriam Mushayi
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has pleaded with God to comfort the family of the late MDC founding member Miriam Mushayi who was buried in Maumbe Hurungwe. Praying at her graveside, Cha...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 05:32hrs | 2287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army, police victims sue
Two human rights activists are suing the government demanding the enactment of an Act of Parliament to comply with a provision of the constitution which says there must be an independent body to recei...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Govt adopts quarterly salary reviews
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government had now resolved to review civil servants' salaries after every three months to hedge against runaway inflation rate.Ncube announced the...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | 5039 | by Staff reporter
Intwasa moved to 2021
THE organisers of Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo have postponed this year's edition of the arts and culture fete to next year due to the global COVID-19-induced restrictions.The festival had...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:58hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
All outstanding by-elections to be held by December 5
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Wednesday lifted the suspension of elections in place since March when the country went into a coronavirus lockdown.All outstanding by-elections are ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:59hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mafume clash over legitimacy of 2017 MDC Alliance agreement
LAST week's Harare in-house mayoral election conducted at Town House by the City Fathers to select former mayor Herbert Gomba's replacement (following the latter's ejection from office) may have left ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3780 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's expelled MPs ask for Judge's recuse in appeal
EXPELLED MDC Alliance MPs, Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo, and Lilian Timveous Tuesday made an application at the High Court seeking Justice Pisirayi Kwenda to recuse himself fro...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Matemadanda visits the Injured Soldiers in Hospital
The deputy minister of defence who is the ZANU PF Political Commisair cde Victor Matemadanda last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harar...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 1716 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC haggles over mayor
The two MDC formations are haggling over the Harare mayoral elections held last week with Dr Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T saying they want the polls nullified. The Khupe-led formation said the elec...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa must promote honest critique of Zanu PF's democratic deficits' - too compromised even for that
"What can South Africa do to assist in resolving Zimbabwe‘s problems?" Piers Pigou of International Crisis Group was asked. "The shift to a more public critique is an important stepping ston...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 12:30hrs | 683 | by Nomusa Garikai
South Africa has no capacity to make demands on Zimbabwean internal affairs.
The rumour monger has again started to spin into overdrive against Zimbabwe. There has been a talk of intervention by south Africa in Zimbabwe. This rumour is spread and calculated to make people beli...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 4396 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zhuwao spurned Chiwenga attempts to get him support Mnangagwa
EXILED former cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao has revealed he once told then Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Constantino Chiwenga not to put his faith in Emmerson Mnangagwa whom he described as "une...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 3112 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC just playing to gallery
It is laughable that a political party that was always opposed to the Land Reform Programme now claims rather incredulously that the Zanu-PF Government which restored stolen land to black Zimbabweans ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube admits Zimbabwe economy under negative growth
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has admitted the country's economy was experiencing negative growth although insisting it was not the worst such battered economy in the world.Addressing parliame...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
A year after Mugabe's death
WHEN Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe died exactly a year ago today, for many it was unimaginable any leader who comes after him would repeat hismistakes.Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leader denies CIO allegations
MDC Alliance's National Youth spokesperson, Stephen Chuma, has denied allegations that he is part of the state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).This comes after a s...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:25hrs | 4234 | by Daniel Itai
Mwonzora in tribalism, violence storm
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has been accused of fanning tribalism and violence by a senior party official and structures, as fights for control of the opposition outfit persist.In...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti ally elected new Harare mayor
MDC ALLIANCE-SPONSORED candidate Jacob Mafume yesterday scraped through to land the Harare mayoral post in a tightly contested election, where he was pitted against Luckson Mukunguma of the Thokozani ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 4717 | by Staff reporter
We erred on land, says Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has conceded that it erred by engaging in the "chaotic" land reform exercise in 2000 where it parcelled out commercial land to its supporters without following procedure.The ruling par...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 6567 | by Staff reporter
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