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Army faction wants Mnangagwa gone
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued stay in power is now allegedly being seen as an unprecedented threat to national security, by an army faction said to be loyal to Vice President, Rtd General ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 4780 | by Spotlight Zimbabwe
Mugabe protector warns Mnangagwa
Thabo Mbeki, who sided with Robert Mugabe after the 2008 stole elections, has warned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa that confronting the country's political and economic challenges might not ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2346 | by SZimLive
Army plot to crush MDC protests condemned
The announcement by the Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri that the army is on standby to crush any antigovernment protests has been condemned by political analysts. Professor Jonath...Published: 16 hrs ago | 5204 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa violated constitution
President Emmerson Mnangagwa violated the constitution by failing to proclaim the Lupane East by election within the stipulated 90 days from the time a vacancy arises.The Lupane East seat fell...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1641 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe army to step in
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri gave a chilling warning over the weekend, saying the army stands ready to crush any protests that threaten national security. This follows threats of ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4362 | by Staff reporter
Minister bemoans industry collapse, deepening economic crisis
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has bemoaned the collapse of industry and companies in province due to the country's deepening economic woes.Speaking with businesspeop...Published: 19 hrs ago | 652 | by Staff reporter
MOPA Bill gets nod
Mashonaland West province has thrown its weight behind the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA) in public hearings held recently. Participants at the joint Parliamentary Portfolio Commit...Published: 19 hrs ago | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki speaks on Zimbabwe dialogue
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has said President Mnangagwa is correct in convening the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) despite winning the 2018 harmonised elections, and advised other A...Published: 19 hrs ago | 802 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa not too stupid to allow SA turn into a Zimbabwe'
A TOP South African politician, businessman and peace consultant says President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be too "stupid" as to allow South Africa to regress into another Zimbabwe.Roelof Petrus...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:11hrs | 508 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
What constitutes a youth in Zimbabwe politics?
I have always been intrigued by members of Zanu-PF that fall under their youth branch or wing. The leadership is made up of middle-aged men probably in middle life crisis no wonder they are not in syn...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:10hrs | 197 | by AT Kadada
'Cannot use tractor to pull Chamisa to dialogue' - bribe him again but can never bribe economy
"I cannot get a bulldozer or a tractor to pull him out of his house for talks. I have made a call to all political parties in Zimbabwe that let us come together. Is he not a leader of a political part...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:02hrs | 470 | by Nomusa Garikai
Bosso execs found guilty
HIGHLANDERS suspended executive committee members, Modern Ngwenya and Israel Moyo who have been found guilty on the charges they were facing. The duo now wait for their punishment to be handed down....Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri threatens
Government will go ahead with implementing its developmental projects despite spirited attempts by the opposition MDC Alliance to destabilise the country, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Opp...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Lifestyle audits for public officials
A NEW legislation that allows lifestyle audits of all public officials to ascertain if their living standards are commensurate with their incomes is set to be introduced, Justice, Legal and Parliament...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:34hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's protests unstoppable
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party yesterday dismissed threats by Zanu-PF youths to counter their demonstrations, saying the ruling party had no mandate to stop their constitutional right to protest....Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4253 | by Staff reporter
Names of candidates shortlisted for ZACC interviews
The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Sections 237 and 254 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe to nominate candidates for possible appoint...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Chamisa, 'You are not a special one'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared he will not force MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to join the political dialogue he has convened or treat the youthful opposition leader as a "the special one."...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:46hrs | 8336 | by newzimbabwe.com
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | 595 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF intolerance fuels tension
THREATS by Zanu-PF youth leaders to counter the opposition and civic groups' planned anti-government protests are a clear indication of the ruling party's intolerance of multi-party democracy and huma...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:06hrs | 426 | by Editorial - Newsday
Suspect brutally kills cop
A MIDDLE-SABI-BASED police officer was fatally stabbed by a suspect he had arrested over an undsiclosed offence at Chibuwe Business Centre in Chipinge on Thursday.National police spokesperson,...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:56hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands orderly evictions
Zanu-PF has moved in to save thousands of illegal settlers by demanding that Government offers them alternative land first before evicting them, the party Caucus has heard. The move comes afte...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:54hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
'My main focus is to make urbanites understand Zanu-PF'
The ruling party Zanu-PF on Tuesday appointed Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda as secretary for the Commissariat. He replaced Engelb...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescued Khupe, Mudenda
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday came to the rescue of his rival MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe and Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda after they were booed by party supporters at the send-off fu...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:21hrs | 3240 | by Staff reporter
Opposition demands Dzamara update
OPPOSITION MP Willias Madzimure yesterday demanded that Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema or his deputy, Mike Madiro, issue a ministerial statement on the progress by the police in locating the where...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:17hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect challenges composition of High Court bench
A HARARE landlord Almerico de Gouevia, who is facing allegations of killing his tenant Joaquim de Sousa over payment of rentals, has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging the cons...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa violates Constitution on Lupane East by-election'
LEGISLATIVE watchdog, Veritas, has said the Lupane East by-election will count as yet another failure by government to comply with the country's Constitution.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, by p...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
The oxymoron of democracy in Chamisa's MDC
The MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is a party full of contradictions. It is common cause that the party is called the Movement for Democratic Change, itself a presumption of its "democratic" crede...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | 297 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Chamisa pleads with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has indicated he is willing to talk to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in order to move the country forward if the dialogue does not result in him being part of government....Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 17:34hrs | 4128 | by Staff reporter
Kereke seeks audience with judge president
Jailed politician and businessman Munyaradzi Kereke has written an urgent petition seeking audience with judge president Justice George Chiweshe over the alleged criminal abuse of office by judicial o...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 17:29hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
The Marriage Bill of 2017 - A personal reflection on why it will not fly!
I am sure most people have read the proposed Marriages Bill of 2017, which seeks to repeal and replace the existing Marriage Act (Chapter 5:11) & the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:01). ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 12:06hrs | 1648 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1775 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Succession poser for Chamisa's MDC
THE opposition MDC's elective congress in Gweru last month failed to deal with the party's thorny succession issue, setting the stage for potentially explosive power struggles in the event that its pr...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Accept poll results, says Mudenda
ELECTION candidates who lose court cases should respect court decisions and prepare to battle it out in future polls instead of remaining in denial, Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has sa...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
'No unresolved political questions in Zimbabwe'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU), bu...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
ZRP to change name
THE Attorney-General's Office is in the process of drafting a Bill to reform the Zimbabwe Republic Police whose name will change to the Zimbabwe Police Service in line with its rebranding thrust, as r...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:10hrs | 3133 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena and his new car raises eyebrows
The social media is awash with the car Honourable Wadyajena bought. Pictures of his constituency and schools in his constituency were splashed all over internet. There is a lot of misconception on wha...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 19:47hrs | 4794 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa dialogue not power sharing negotiation'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU) but...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 18:16hrs | 3027 | by Staff reporter
MDC officials turn to witchdoctors?
Human Rights activists Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya has alleged that opposition party MDC Officials are stampeding to consult Prophets and Witchdoctors in order to be given position at the all powerful strandi...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 15:07hrs | 6085 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa borrowing bad law from Apartheid South Africa's statutes
Recently, the government of Zimbabwe, through the Minister of Home Affairs, introduced the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill to Parliament (MOPA). This Bill, that will replace the reviled Public Ord...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 11:08hrs | 3649 | by Douglas Togaraseyi Mwonzora
Fix politics, not currency, says Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to abolish the multi-currency system in favour of a new local currency could spectacularly fail, resulting in more catastrophe for troubled Zimbabwe if fundamental...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 6877 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to discipline rogue members
ZANU-PF has said it will institute disciplinary proceedings against rogue party members who extort money from members of the public using President Mnangagwa or the party's name. The announcem...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda coughs blood - No one left this position in good shape is it cursed?
ZANU PF has seen a number of Political Commissars and then there were none. As of the appointment on Monday of Cde Victor Matemadanda to replace cde Major General Rugeje ZANU PF commissariat is once a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | 10367 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Citizens fret over deployment of army during protests
THE public yesterday expressed mixed views over the proposed Maintenance of Order and Peace Bill (MOPA), with the majority saying lawmakers should remove clause (18), which will allow the Home Affairs...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 18:05hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Botswana decriminalises homosexuality
LGBTQI community scored a victory in Botswana after the Gaborone high court on Tuesday ruled that sections of the law that criminalises same-sex sexual conduct are unconstitutional.The court s...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 11:32hrs | 3546 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Secretary General remanded to 12 July
MDC Secretary General and Kuwadzana East Member of Parliament Chalton Hwende has been remanded to the 12th of July. Hwende who is facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutional governmen...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 10:30hrs | 4365 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Diarrhoea hits Glen View 3
Diarrhoea cases have hit Glen View 3. The most hit streets include 56 and 58 Crescent. The cases are caused by burst sewer pipes which have taken long before being attended to by City of Harare....Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1489 | by Community Water Alliance
Zimbabwe is not ready for a new currency
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters ("ZIM EFF") have noted with great concern, the recent commentary by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Minister of Finance regarding plans to introduce a NEW Zimba...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | 8987 | by Innocent Ndibali
Opposition, Civic Groups, et al should soon coordinate peaceful protests to inspire Mnangagwa to resign
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said Mnangagwa before the elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the election but he refused to listen. He act...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1568 | by Zanda Shumba
4 000 Shonas to be granted Kenyan citzenship by 2020
There was joy among the 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya after the Government of Kenya pledged to recognise them as citizens and register them by 2020.The Shona Community of Kenya&n...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:15hrs | 7659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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