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Zimbabwe mired in election mode months after disputed poll
ZIMBABWE has remained in election mode with Zanu-PF and members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) holding mini-rallies a few months after the disputed August 2023 elections....Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Intimidation, harassment galore in Seke by-election
AS widely expected the ruling Zanu-PF swept all the six parliamentary by-elections held on February 3, gaining what critics claim is its much sought-after two-thirds majority in the National Assembly....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt awards chiefs hefty bonuses
The government has awarded traditional leaders a 100% bonus this year as a "performance reward" after they played a key role in mobilising their subjects to vote for Zanu-PF during the August election...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Joseph Kalimbwe blasts Hichilema's government...later deletes tweet
A now-deleted tweet by Joseph Kalimbwe, the spokesperson for Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), has shed light on growing dissatisfaction with President Hakainde Hichilema's...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa's health and well-being must be closely monitored
AS the sun was setting on August 7, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa was captivating his supporters who had waited the whole day for his message of hope and change in Norton.For the youthful o...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Headmen earning less than US$1
Zimbabwe's 36 000 village heads who have been accused of intimidating their subjects to support Zanu-PF are earning a paltry $5 000 in allowances, which is less than US$1 at the official exchange rate...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, please also explain why ZANU PF imposed sanctions on my one-year-old son!
I cannot stand it when the powerful and wealthy whine over clearly banal ‘injustices' inflicted upon their high and mighty little angels - yet, these same people have, themselves, perpetrated the mo...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 16:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
It wasn't constitutional to extend Malaba tenure but ZANU PF amended law, so why not do same for diaspora vote?
It smacks of foul deception, whenever the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe always hides its unwillingness to extend the right to vote to Zimbabwe citizens residing in the diaspora, behind issues of co...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:02hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is Zimbabwe's greatest curse!
As I stand outside my home, with the darkness of a winter evening steadily engulfing our small town of Redcliff, and the stars now gradually appearing - as if in a synchronized fashion ordered by a Di...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 20:58hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe not on a development trajectory but merely trying to return where it was a few decades ago
Two or so days ago, my wife and I were reminiscing about the past, and found ourselves - as we enjoy goofing around when we are alone - reciting popular advertisement jiggles that we still remembered ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must be the winner
For every winner there has to be a loser.But the more closely I look at Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance, the less I see differences in style and substance between them, with mere days before the elec...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:21hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Skirmishes rock Zanu-PF
SKIRMISHES have reportedly rocked Zanu-PF ahead of tomorrow's primary elections, where aspiring candidates dumped the party rules for holding joint rallies and opted to go it alone as tension escalate...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa draws crowds in rural Masvingo
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has taken his campaign to rural Masvingo, drawing big crowds at two events in Nyika and Zaka.Chamisa began his campaign in Nyika on Friday be...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A $1.4 billion game changer for Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT says the sealing of two mega investment deals by the National Railways of Zimbabwe and Ziscosteel will have a far-reaching impact on the broader national economy.The deals have a co...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe' typhoid legacy
The raging typhoid outbreak in some of Zimbabwe's cities and towns is yet another indication of the decay of the economy and infrastructure under President Robert Mugabe's watch since independence...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Financing Africa's development agenda
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will build on the expiring Millennium Development Goals, which were launched in 2000 to end extreme poverty by 2015. What do the SDGs mean for African countrie...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
In support of Mangoma's call for Tsvangirai to go
I have had time to read and reflect on the contents and the context of the MDC deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma's letter on leadership renewal and his call for Morgan Tsvangirai to leave the position of...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 07:10hrs | | by Claire Matombo
Mugabe is attempting to steal Zim's most important election
Robert Mugabe is attempting to steal Zimbabwe's most important election.With voting underway this week, the country is at a crossroads: Will Zimbabwe transition democratically to a socially ju...Published: 29 Jul 2013 at 12:30hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
Namibian President refuse to meet Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has suffered a setback in his bid to lobby SADC leaders to lean on his Zanu-PF rival, President Robert Mugabe, to force him to agree a string of refor...Published: 03 May 2013 at 03:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
May 21st : Taking It To SADC, Media Reforms, Shamu Must Go
Zanu (PF) political commissar, Webster Shamu, has confirmed that ZANU (PF) has now decided to clamp down on the independent media while they carry on with their planned repression, including an e...Published: 12 May 2012 at 07:20hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe
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