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Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4786 | by Staff reporter
Global trade unions rally behind ZCTU
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set aside tomorrow, September 23, for global mass protests in solidarity with the poorly-paid Zimbabwean workers.In a statement, Zimbabwe...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe's wings must be clipped
The Iron lady of recalls is at the headlines again and the people are living no stone unturned and have vowed to give her an agitated finger. The storm is raging more than ever. The ship is wrecking a...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 6478 | by Leonard Koni
MP stalking saga in new twist
OK Zimbabwe was forced by the courts to release video footage of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe doing her shopping amid concerns the authorities violated the young legislator's privacy, it has emerged....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:21hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
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 | 6012 | by Staff reporter
No more singing in Zimbabwe Parliament
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports.Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictu...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
'People must defend their vote' - never ever had a vote, can't defend what is not there
The root cause of Zimbabwe's crippling economic meltdown and political paralysis (politicians on both sides of the political divide are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless) is the failure to hold...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:59hrs | 1498 | by Wilbert Mukori
Police storm hospital, arrest MP
POLICE yesterday stormed a private medical facility in Harare where MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe was admitted for mental disorder, arrested her using a disputed warrant of arrest issued on Tuesday a...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Woza engages Parly over schools opening
WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country's readiness for the re-openi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to ban medical trips abroad for 'everybody'
Vice president and health minister Constantino Chiwenga has announced the government will ban overseas medical flights for all Zimbabweans, saying the trips are bleeding the country of scarce foreign ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | 9470 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's biggest test
Two months after health workers that should be at the forefront of Zimbabwe's fight against Covid-19 went on strike, it continues to be business as usual for the government.The majority of hea...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:18hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's indigenous churches preach peace
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Indigenous Inter-Denominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) do not share perverse desires for conflict, as is the case with some other religious organisations, but prefer to wo...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
We remain a nation of heroes
Today, Zimbabweans celebrate Heroes Day; that day when national valour is honoured and cherished on our land.It is that day when we remember, salute and commemorate the huge sacrifice th...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:21hrs | 264 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe to be on the United Nations Security Council agenda
A South African broadcaster has claimed that some countries in the world were likely to push for Zimbabwe to be put on the United Nations Security Council agenda over gross human rights violations....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:00hrs | 2950 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba thanks Zimbabweans for boycotting 31 July mass protests
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has thanked the people of Zimbabwe for allegedly snubbing the 31 July mass protests. The planned mass protests were squashed by state agents who invad...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 14:40hrs | 4187 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors scoff at Mnangagwa plea
STRIKING doctors have vowed to press on with their job boycott despite pleas by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for them to return to work amid revelations that scores of people could be dying in their h...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | 3481 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, an American Trojan horse
It's categorically correct to say the MDC-Alliance, which has assumed many appellations over the year is not a political party, but a representative of the United States and its Western allies....Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 418 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Mnangagwa divides Chamisa camp
SHARP divisions rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance yesterday ahead of the presentation of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's mid-term fiscal review statement, with some party executives threateni...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:51hrs | 13574 | by Staff reporter
MDC A U-turn on boycotting 'illegitimate Mnangagwa' – next big U-turn, boycotting flawed 2023 elections
MDC Alliance in yet another political U-turn! A few weeks ago the party resolved that its MPs and Senators would boycott parliamentary activities to protest the recall of some of their members by Dr T...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 21:37hrs | 7864 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC Alliance statement on Mnangagwa's legitimacy
MDC Alliance Secretary General Charlton Hwende has issued a statement reaffirming the party's statement that they do not recognize President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the President of the country. ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 11:41hrs | 8212 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC an opposition party or tool of the West?
When a Republican Ronald Regan was still president of the United States back in 1986, his predecessor, then former president of the US, Jimmy Carter a Democrat visited Zimbabwe to meet local bankers t...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1561 | by Prosperity Mzila
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 9752 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for unity of purpose
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has threatened to boycott the 2023 elections, saying there is need for electoral reforms before participating, while also hinting that the opposition party will s...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:59hrs | 2780 | by Staff reporter
Harare reverses parking fees hike
With most motorists boycotting street parking in Harare city centre yesterday morning and shopkeepers counting severe losses, Harare City Council reversed the US$1 an hour new parking charges and reve...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as villagers supervise exams
CHAOS rocked the start of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June "O" and "A" Level examinations which started yesterday, with teachers' unions claiming government hired "villagers and ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 4581 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs want Mnangagwa to apologise for Gukurahundi'
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it is pursuing the call by people from Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apol...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 5302 | by Staff reporter
Residents protest bond note snub
Mpopoma residents demonstrate at Mahomva shopping centre against the rejection of bond notes by general dealer shops on MondayDISGRUNTLED residents of Mpopoma high-density suburb in Bulawayo o...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Villagers hired to invigilate exams
SOME headmasters were Tuesday forced to hire local villagers to assist in invigilating ZIMSEC June 'O' and 'A' Level examinations after teachers boycotted the process due to lack of proper Covid-19 sa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2055 | by newzimbabwe
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1873 | by Clement Moyo
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1303 | by Jonathan Chando
PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation
A COMBATIVE teachers' union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities t...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
'Khupe has received nothing, publicly or privately from Zanu-PF' - MDC-T
OPPOSITION MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has hit back at its detractors who are alleging that the formation was a Zanu-PF project noting that those who were peddling such falsehoods were att...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 2756 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants reject pay offer
CIVIL servants, through the Apex Council, yesterday rejected government's pay offer of a 50% raise and US$75 allowance for three months as doctors and nurses declared a full-blown strike.Prote...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
US$ for Zimbabwe civil servants
GOVERNMENT yesterday raised salaries of its restive workers by 50% and awarded them a non-taxable monthly allowance of US$75 as nurses at public hospitals picketed in the morning protesting poor salar...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1848 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs in trouble
MORE than 100 MDC legislators are set to appear before the Parliament's Privileges committee this week charged with contempt of Parliament for successive incidents of disrespect for the President. ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's next move and strategy
THE main opposition MDC-Alliance is locked in countless battles, in and out of court, as the party resists an onslaught it says has been orchestrated by the Zanu-PF government. Nelson Chamisa'...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 7717 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group vows to roll out protests
THE Poverty Liberation Movement (PLM), a pressure group launched yesterday, threatened to roll out protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, charging that the Zanu-PF leader has caused untold suf...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:08hrs | 3286 | by Staff reporter
Militant movement launched to fight cartels
A NEW militant group, Poverty Liberation Movement, was launched in Harare yesterday to effect citizen arrests, strategic boycotts and other punitive actions against cartels and known corrupt individua...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Khupe snubbed by Chamisa's MPs
Nineteen MDC Alliance MPs defied a party directive to boycott Parliament on Tuesday, but the rebellion was far short of the numbers Thokozani Khupe needed to convince her backers that she can seize co...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:58hrs | 9746 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance ends unstrategic boycott of Parliament
The MDC Alliance ended its boycott of Parliament on Wednesday, a day after 18 of its 84 MPs defied the party whip and attended a sitting of Parliament.The MDC Alliance boycotted parliamentary ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs end boycott
Parliamentarians aligned to the MDC-Alliance yesterday ended their boycott following a meeting of the party's national council. The MPs included some of the party's leaders like Mr Job Sikhala (deputy...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
POLAD slams MDC Alliance
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) has criticised the MDC Alliance for causing mayhem at a time when the country needs unity of purpose in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges. ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:01hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses 15 MPs
MDC Alliance MPs who have been boycotting Parliament yesterday started trickling back to the House and were heckled by their Zanu-PF counterparts, who jeered and labelled them MDC-T instead of MDC All...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7951 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10966 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
MDC Alliance headed for a split, as MPs defy Chamisa?
THE number of MDC Alliance MPs defying opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott all parliamentary business continues to increase with 15 party legislators attending Tuesday's sitting....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:04hrs | 5359 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC MPs defy Chamisa...attend parliament
About 15 MDC Members of Parliament attend Tuesday's August House seating in an open defiance to the directive given by embattled Party President Nelson Chamisa through his Deputy National Chairperson ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 15:19hrs | 5759 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC Alliance turns focus to 2023
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance has turned its focus on rebuilding the party ahead of the 2023 general elections with a focus on wooing the rural vote.This was after High Court...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:57hrs | 3461 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs irked by Parly boycott directive?
MDC-Alliance legislators are disgruntled over their leader, Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott parliament business in protest of the recalling of four MDC legislators, arguing that they heavily rel...Published: 30 May 2020 at 14:55hrs | 5664 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa seeks ouster of defiant party MPs
The MDC Alliance is moving to oust four legislators who attended Parliament business last week defying the party's directive for a boycott in support of the recall of lawmakers, it has been learnt....Published: 29 May 2020 at 19:15hrs | 5694 | by Staff reporter
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