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Zille, DA exploits ANC turmoil to 'push own political agenda'
On June 30, 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that eleven political parties had joined the multiparty coalition, which he called the 'Government of National Unity (GNU).'The United Afr...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 13:59hrs | 815 | by Bheki Mngomezulu
Heartless Mugabe did not give chance to non combatant and local trained vets to be vetted
Outspoken ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has criticized the late former President Robert Mugabe and his administration, accusing them, in collaboration with former colonialists, of being heartless f...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 16:53hrs | 1352 | by Stephen Jakes
Homegrown Heroes: Why the Opposition must prioritize local talent over ZANU-PF defectors
In the tumultuous landscape of Zimbabwean politics, the recent defection of Dzikamai Mavhaire back to ZANU-PF has served as a wake-up call for the opposition. This unsettling trend highlights the stru...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:32hrs | 459 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Ramaphosa feigns shock at ANC decline
Despite the writing being on the wall for all to see, President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that it took him a while to admit that the ANC has truly failed to achieve a decisive majority in the recen...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
ANC mayor wants foreign nationals to be recruited as JMPD officers
Newly elected Joburg mayor Dada Morero may have started his tenure on the wrong foot.This was after he suggested that documented foreigners be recruited as Johannesburg Metro Police Department...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 12:30hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
NEC members disagreed with Cyril Ramaphosa
With the municipal elections looming, the ANC, leading the Government of National Unity (GNU) is in distress after some members of the ANC's national executive committee (GNU) d's stance that the ...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Is it the time for unity or is it just the end of the ANC?
It was always clear that the African National Congress (ANC) was headed for political and electoral decline in the 2024 elections. Several political analysts and ANC watchers have written the politica...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 08:07hrs | 401 | by William J Mpofu
South Africa: Is it the time for unity or is it just the end of the ANC?
There is little doubt that, politically, the DA is the ultimate beneficiary of the government of national unity. It was always clear that the African N...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 20:38hrs | 483 | by Dr William J Mpofu
Zuma's MK Party takes SABC to court for misleading the public
Former President Jacob Zuma's MK Party has filed court papers with the Johannesburg High Court demanding that the SABC stop using the phrase "Government of National Unity" (GNU), claiming it is mislea...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe ready to deal with Zimbabwe protesters
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has issued a stern warning, stating that law enforcement agencies are prepared to confront opposition party supporters and human rights activists planning nationw...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The death of coalitions
To drag out or not to drag Biden!What a disaster for the Democrats in United States elections!With little foresight or care, Democrats pitted a dead-man-come-to-life by the name of Joe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
'Ramaphosa's government of selective unity,' says Dr Imtiaz Sooliman
Founder of Gift of the Givers, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, one of the country's leading community outreach programmes in the continent, has poured cold water over the Government of National Unity led by the A...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma to expose 'white agents'
Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party leader, Jacob Zuma, through the party's spokesperson addressed the media on Sunday night where he slammed the newly formed Government of National Unity. Zuma while ...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IFP faces exodus if it picks DA for power deal
Speculation is growing that the pending official decision by the IFP to snub the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) in favour of the ANC-DA coalition in the hung KwaZulu-Natal could backfire.This com...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
DA's Moonshot Pact rebranded under GNU name
The Government of National Unity (GNU) appears to be nothing more than the failed Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Moonshot Pact, rebranded under a different name.The African National Congress (ANC)...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Junior Lebese
How ANC can use election disappointment to bounce back
In the wake of the 2024 South African elections, the African National Congress (ANC) faces a challenge similar to Zanu-PF's experience in Zimbabwe following the 2008 elections. The ANC has los...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:55hrs | 12 | by Stanford Chiwanga
ANC members set to picket in protest against possible ANC-DA deal
ANC supporters who voted for the party "in good faith" in the general election on 29 May are expected to picket in Johannesburg on Thursday morning, demanding its leaders reject going into a coalition...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zuma and Ramaphosa must find each other
IT'S time for political leaders in South Africa particularly the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) to bury their differences and defend not only the legacy of the revolutionary...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fall: Mnangagwa scared
SOUTH AFRICA held general elections on Wednesday and results trickling in are sending shivers down the spines of regional liberation movements.The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is set...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Tough weeks ahead for SA's major political parties
SOUTH Africa concluded its general elections on May 29, 2024. They were held to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:13hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Why Jacob Zuma is now winning court cases
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC's decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal r...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 15:26hrs | 7 | by Siyabonga Hadebe
Tshabangu faction lays claim to government 'windfall'
CITIZEN Coalition of Change (CCC) self-imposed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's faction has written to the government requesting for the disbursement of a "windfall" due to the party unde...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blitz against land barons divides Zanu-PF
In an unprecedented move, Zanu-PF recently issued a statement disowning some of its officials that were behind invasion of farms, especially in urban areas where they sold housing stands to homeseeker...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Malaba, CCC - Chamisa on collision course
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba and opposition political parties could be headed for a bruising showdown after he reportedly ordered court registrars to furnish his office with information on all election-r...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC leadership meets
THE Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leadership is meeting today to deliberate on the way forward after the party was barred from participating in Saturday's by-election which saw Zanu-PF winning ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ropes in war vets for Sakupwanya's campaign
Zanu-PF has gone for broke in its bid to win the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency in the December 9 by-elections, roping in war veterans and collaborators to campaign for the party's candidate, Pedzisai "S...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must smoke out wolves in sheep skin
BY their very nature, coalitions have never been an easy customer be-cause they are predicated upon regionalism and in this context regional-ism means tribalism, full stop. The recent so-calle...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:41hrs | 16 | by Martin Stobart
Winning elections is just the beginning
WINNING an election is often seen as the ultimate goal for politicians, as it gives them the power and authority to enact change.However, it is essential to recognise that winning an election ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Brighton Taruberekera
Chamisa's MPs have not endorsed Mnangagwa
THE Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has said it has not endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa after its legislators were sworn in yesterday at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden.Th...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbalula singing for his super, says Chamisa's CCC
THE African National Congress (ANC) and the Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) yesterday traded barbs over the disputed August 23 to 24 elections with South Africa's ruling party claiming that the o...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's losing candidates dispute election results, winning candidates accepts
CITIZENS Coalitions for Change (CCC) candidates for Mbare and Mutasa South constituencies have rejected the election results saying they were rigged.Voting in Mutasa South constituency, Manica...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chissano meets Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe is on edge
Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano has met with the leader of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa and said the elections were held under peaceful conditions.He said this was the message he a...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losing CCC candidates dispute election results
CITIZENS Coalitions for Change (CCC) candidates for Mbare and Mutasa South constituencies have rejected the election results saying they were rigged.Voting in Mutasa South constituency, Manica...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to have agents at all 12,374 polling stations
Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the party has deployed 12,374 agents to all polling stations across the country and will conduct parallel voter tabulation to ensure Wed...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 21:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invades schools in hunt for votes
Zanu-PF is in the eye of a storm amid accusations that its officials are disrupting learning at schools, especially in rural areas as campaigning for the August 23 elections heats up.This publ...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC snubbing ZBC?
GOVERNMENT has claimed that opposition parties are snubbing the free airtime offered by national broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and other local stations to campaign ahead of next ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates 'snub' Mnangagwa
ASPIRING Zanu-PF legislators in Harare are snubbing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign events ahead of the August 23 elections despite the ruling party's presidential candidate investing heavily ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aspiring MP launches election campaign
Zanu-PF MP for Mutare Central Esau Mupfumi launched his election campaign at Sakubva Beit Hall in Mutare where he promised to fulfil his election promises.At the launch, Mupfumi donated food h...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate on anti-drug abuse campaign
Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate for Chikanga constituency Kenneth Muchina has urged youths in the area to shun drugs and join the ruling party in order to benefit from government-funded projects....Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa headline provisional list of 11 presidential candidates
A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's return into the ring will be vying f...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's worst enemy
Zanu-PF parliamentary candidates and top officials have expressed concern that the country's haemorrhaging economy and currency crisis could cost the ruling party some seats in the upcoming general el...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF buys its 2023 election candidates 4x4s
Zanu-PF is holding a winter school for its heavily pampered election candidates, while the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is still in the process of selecting candidates ahead of the 23 August ge...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't lie to Mnangagwa'
LEADER of the Johanne the Fifth of Africa Andby Makururu has said churches should not lie over the number of congregants who will vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in this year's harmonised electi...Published: 02 May 2023 at 09:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Steenhuisen mobilising 'apartheid' parties to defeat ANC
As the debate over coalition formation heats up, the National Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) Gwede Mantashe has launched a scathing attack on Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John S...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Another Zanu PF parly majority win spells doom'
ANOTHER Zanu PF parliamentary majority win could lead to enactment of more draconian laws and constitutional amendments detrimental to democracy, electoral watchdogs has warned.The sentiments ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Churches urged to pray for peaceful elections
LEADER of Johanne The Fifth of Africa, Andby Makururu, has urged churches to take advantage of the Easter Holiday to pray for the holding of peaceful elections.In an interview with NewsDay Wee...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA gives in on migrants
ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back hom...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Zanu-PF cell structures in shambles'
Zanu-PF cell structures are reportedly in shambles, with some members allegedly removing names of their perceived rivals from the registers to deny them an opportunity to participate in party primarie...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP appeals to Transport ministry
Zanu-PF Mutasa South constituency legislator Misheck Mugadza has engaged the Transport ministry over increasing traffic accidents involving haulage trucks at Mutare city's mountainous Christmas Pass r...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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