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Mnangagwa in bomb scare
A BOMB scare at Victoria Falls International Airport has forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Falcon 7X aircraft to be turned back to Harare.Mnangagwa was expected to attend the closing cerem...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mahere reported wrong vehicle number plate to police
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere was quizzed Wednesday by officers from Chinhoyi Central Police Station's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Or...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police summon Mahere over Chamisa's alleged assassination attempt
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere has been summoned to Chinhoyi Central Police Station's Law and Order department over the alleged attempt on the life of CCC ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches unity in Kenya amid political intolerance back home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he and other African Heads of States have challenged newly-elected Kenyan President William Ruto to put aside the disputed election outcome and embrace perennial losi...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man rams car into barricades securing ex-VP Mohadi's VVIP tent
A 27-year-old Chinhoyi man is under investigation by state security agents after he ploughed through barricades that cordoned off a spot reserved for former Vice President Kembo Mohadi's VVIP tent....Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Chiwenga's estranged wife
The verdict is scheduled for today for Marry Mubaiwa on her charge of breaching the Marriages Act by allegedly misrepresenting that her then husband Vice President Constantino Chiwenga consented to so...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Macabre spectacle as frail Mubaiwa is put on trial
PAIN is written all over her face as she makes her way up the staircase to the courtroom where her trial is being heard.The estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt, NGOs showdown looms
A FIERCE battle between government and civil society is looming over the recently gazetted Private Voluntary Organisation (PVOs) Amendment Bill, with pro-democracy groups slamming the government for a...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man blows self up with dynamite
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the death of a mental health patient who was found dead in his bedroom at Hope Fountain on Friday.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednic...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:03hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Jane Ngwenya
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent a condolence message to the Ngwenya family following the death of nationalist and freedom fighter Jane Lungile Ngwenya. Mnangagwa said he received the news of the pa...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC-A are 'terrorists' smacks of 'Ndebeles are cockroaches'
First, they came for the Ndebele people of Matabeleland and Midlands, I did not speak out because I was not Ndebele. Then they came for white Zimbabwean farmers, I did not speak out because I was not ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 14 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga airlifted to China? - Highly unlikely
There are unconfirmed reports that Zimbabwe Vice President Rtd Gen Chiwenga has been airlifted to China this evening as his condition deteriorated.This was revealed by the usually reliable Chi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court hears of Marry Chiwenga illness in graphic detail
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ailing wife has petitioned the High Court on an urgent basis seeking the release of her passport to allow her to travel to South Africa for treatment.A So...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife seeks release of passport to undergo treatment in SA
TROUBLED former supermodel and estranged Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry Mubaiwa has approached the High Court with an urgent chamber application seeking the release of her passport....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife living in fear
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged and ailing wife Marry Mubaiwa yesterday claimed she is living in fear as unknown people were frequenting her offices and stalking her and some of her re...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dangerous drift puts Mnangagwa under spotlight
ZIMBABWE is quiet for now after President Emmerson Mnangagwa clamped heavily on dissent while figures who have led calls for protests have been locked up in jail, with investigative journalist Hopewel...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Alfonce Mbizwo
Violence is ingrained in MDC-Alliance’s DNA
THERE is consensus among those who read Zimbabwe's political landscape correctly that the country has exhibited conspicuous signs of dynamism under the visionary leadership of President Emmerson Mnaga...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Mnangagwa beefs up security
DRONES, sniffer dogs, security cameras, heavily armed soldiers and police officers, hundreds more embedded in the crowds turned the National Heroes Acre into a virtual cantonment area as President Emm...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's life in danger
AMID an edgy political situation, government has warned the public against blocking or interfering with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade.The Ministry of Information, Thursday said in t...Published: 31 May 2019 at 09:52hrs | 41 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa and Mnangagwa mourn Sri Lanka martyrs
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis MDC President Nelson Chamisa have mourned the people of Sri Lanka who passed away after a series of coordinated explosions rocked churches and h...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 19:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga's medical condition deteriorates, airlifted to SA
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was on Saturday morning reportedly airlifted again to South Africa for emergency medical services after his health deteriorated last week.Top government sou...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF brings Garden of Eden, fear to Esigodini
Esigodini feels under siege as the ruling Zanu-PF's seventh national conference gets into full swing in this quiet, gold-rich farming town of Matabeleland South province, with a heavy presence of Stat...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Staf reporter
Zanu-PF conference venue in lockdown
ESIGODINI, the venue of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference, has been placed under security lockdown ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit later this week, six months after he survive...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife pours heart out
The ex-model wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has spoken out about her bandaged hands and a harrowing story of an explosion that rocked a Zanu-PF rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo tha...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Moyo hospitalised in SA
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo are admitted at top South African hospitals where they are said to be in bad shape, the Daily News reported.The t...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'barking orders' from SA hospital bed
VICE president Constantino Chiwenga, who led the November 2017 coup which ousted long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, is hospitalised in South Africa, the presidency admitted Monday, adding that he was e...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, SB Moyo in bad shape
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo are admitted at top South African hospitals where they are said to be in bad shape, the Daily News reported.The t...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU poll observer report: Public camaraderie with Chamisa
While Zimbabweans had largely moved on with life after the July 30 harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) has sought to drag the country back into election mode through the release of its...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Bevan Musoko
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bomb blast probe raises questions
Police are still to make inroads in their investigations into the White City Stadium bomb blast in June in spite of claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the suspects are now known.Polic...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans throng SA hospitals
SCORES of Zimbabweans are crossing the Beitbridge Border Post on a daily basis to seek medical attention in South Africa, as drug and medical equipment shortages continue to haunt hospitals north of t...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avoids red carpet
The level of mistrust in Zanu-PF and government seems to have reached alarming levels after President–elect Emmerson Mnangagwa shocked all and sundry by avoiding stepping onto the red carpet rolled ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 12:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC delivered credible election
MUTARE musician Hosiah Chipanga is known for hard hitting socio–political commentary in his songs. Though controversy has almost become his second name, some of his songs are laden with meaning....Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Shame Isaki
Go to court if aggrieved: Sadc
Political parties aggrieved by the electoral process should use legal means to seek redress in order to avoid conflict, head of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (SEOM) Tete Antonio has counselled....Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa address MDC Alliance rally
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa, for the first time, appeared at an MDC Alliance rally to be addressed by party president Nelson Chamisa today.The rally has been set for White City Stadium, the ve...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Enemies wanted to kill me, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa has said the June 23 bombing incident at a Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo was the work of enemies meant to eliminate him and his entire leadership, emphasising that violence had no room...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri speaks on White City bombing, blast Chihuri
ZANU PF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri has opened up for the first time on the Bulawayo explosion that left her and many others seriously injured during a ruling party campaign rally addressed by Presid...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere under ZRP spotlight
Former Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is said to have been placed on the "persons of interest" list by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).While the Daily News could no...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi undergoing physiotherapy in SA
VICE President Kembo Mohadi who was injured in a bomb blast at White City Stadium last month is recovering and undergoing physiotherapy in a South African hospital. VP Mohadi was among 49 vict...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec reports MDC Alliance to police
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is taking threats against its staff seriously and has since made reports to police to ensure their security.Zec deputy chair Commissioner Emmanu...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa bodyguards airlifted to SA
Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security aides who were injured last month when a bomb blast rocked an election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo have been airlifted to South Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagawa warns divisive elements
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned party insiders bent on derailing his presidential campaign through divisive tendencies after some party officials organised another rally for Vice-President Con...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army told to be vigilant,
ARMY officers should remain vigilant and alert to avoid the recurrence of incidents similar to what occurred at White City Stadium, in Bulawayo recently, where a bomb blast killed two VIP security per...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's brother burial set for Saturday
Vice President Kembo Dugishi Mohadi's younger brother, Steven (58) who died in Harare last week will be buried at his rural home in Beitbridge on Saturday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bomb haunts suspects
The two suspects fingered in connection with the June 23 White City Stadium bombo attack - Douglas Musekiwa and John Zulu - whose ages were not given - are living in perpetual fear and have been ostra...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Lazarus of the Sunday Mail column off side
It is now difficult to peddle propaganda in this super-information highwayLet me put it straight that my ego and feelings towards Bishop Lazarus of the Sunday Mail column can't be eroded away ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:36hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa To Declare State Of Emergency
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE/CAPE TOWN – In a bid and pretext to curb terrorist activities, political violence and civil disorder ahead of this July's historic presidential and parliamentary elections, ...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Mugabe flies into bomb storm
Former president Robert Mugabe returned home yesterday to face a torrent of allegations, inflamed by the recent bomb explosion that rocked the second city of Bulawayo on June 24, claiming two lives....Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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