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Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to stop attending private parties
Zimbabwe's ex-Finance minister and opposition MDC Alliance deputy leader Tendai Biti says the fact that the country's key political leaders and their business cronies are under Covid-19 siege locally ...Published: 41 mins ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
About 600 die while Mnangagwa holidays
Just as Covid-19 was bouncing back at the beginning of the new year with ferocity after a relatively mild and contained first wave in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa was going on leave.He left co-Vice-Pre...Published: 46 mins ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Covid knows no 'Supermen' calls for unity
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said there are no action heroes after four of his cabinet ministers succumbed to Covid-19 within a week.In his state of the nation address on Saturday, ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 628 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says he will never give up fighting for people's freedom
MDC Alliance's outspoken Vice Chairman and MP, Job Sikhala that despite all adversities in jail and even if it means dying in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison - "a concentration camp" - he will never...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:29hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF to blame for COVID-19 deaths'
MDC ALLIANCE vice-president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of deliberately imprisoning opponents and critics in COVID-19-infested jails as a way of exterminating the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo wasn't in Zipra high command, State media apologises for the spin
Former Zipra commanders and critics have pointed out misleading claims in the state-controlled media that retired Lieutenant-General and Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, who died of Covid-19 yesterday,...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 19:55hrs | 8185 | by Staff reporter
Biti claims Mnangagwa want to exterminate rivals through COVID-19
MDC ALLIANCE vice president Tendai Biti has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government of deliberately imprisoning opponents and critics in Covid-19 infested jails to try and exterminate them throu...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
UK, US, EU wants Mnangagwa to probe 2019 killings
THE United States (US) yesterday said Harare should investigate and bring to book the perpetrators of the January 2019 killings, where soldiers and the police allegedly shot and killed at least 23 peo...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1734 | by Staff reporter
Towards meaningful diaspora engagement
Globally, it is estimated that 1 in 7 people is a migrant. Though this measly figure appears to be statistically insignificant and to give credence to the critics of the so-called mobility bias in mig...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 89 | by Mutsa Murenje, Queensland, Australia
Chamisa now wants Mnangagwa to behave like a father figure
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has admonished President Emmerson Mnangagwa for stoking fires of hostility through weaponising the law and arbitrary arrests of his opponents and government criti...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 21:13hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes a jibe at Brian Nichols over Capitol Hill incident
Zanu-PF has taken a jibe at the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian A Nichols and other "local and international" critics for what they called their "deafening" silence at the protest that occu...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:56hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not invited to Joe Biden's inauguration
Zimbabwean dictator Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend next week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, a list of guests seen by 7NN shows.Mnangagwa has been excluded from the proceedings...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:09hrs | 4527 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime should stop weaponising law
THAT the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono among others may complicate matters for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation's international re-engagement is not in doubt anymore.No...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 630 | by Mirian Mangwaya
Bhasikiti says he never resigned from Zanu-PF
After announcing that he was dumping MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa arguing that his party no longer exists, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has been accused of trying to trace his footsteps back to the ruli...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 19:41hrs | 5498 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2529 | by Samantha Power
We look up to the MDC Alliance
After successfully submitting my doctoral disquisition in October 2019, I thought of taking a three-month break as I waited for my examiners' feedback. This meant travelling to South Africa where my w...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2802 | by Mutsa Murenje in Queensland, Australia
Mnangagwa's govt under fire over misplaced priorities
ANALYSTS yesterday accused the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration of misplaced priorities and dismally failing to prepare the country for the second wave of COVID-19 which has claimed 483...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:03hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mafume's health deteriorates
INCARCERATED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume's condition reportedly further deteriorated yesterday morning amid fears he could have contracted the deadly COVID-19 virus, NewsDay reported.Mafume's la...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:01hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth, sanctions removal Mnangagwa's top priority
Rejoining the Commonwealth and seeking the removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, principally by the United States (US) and her allies, are the top priorities of the Ministry of Fo...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe-China relationship strategic, transformational?
THE relationship between the two countries — Zimbabwe and China — has been strategic as they have engaged in a number of bilateral agreements which have helped strengthen their different economies...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 88 | by Letwin Mapaike
Zanu-PF warns detractors
ZANU-PF has warned some critics to stop lecturing the country's leadership on implementing Covid-19 lockdown measures. Self-exiled G-40 members have on a number of occasions attacked the rulin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Will a divided MDC keep Zimbabwe safe from a one-party state?
While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe's politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 20:24hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Zuckerberg bans Trump from his Facebook
Facebook on Thursday said it will block President Trump on its platforms at least until the end of his term on Jan. 20, as the mainstream online world moved forcefully to limit the president after yea...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bringing a new brand of opposition politics
THE country's main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emm...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC brands Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy
The MDC Alliance has accused newly-elected MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora of being a Zanu-PF proxy, days after he exchanged vows of "cooperation" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mwonzora took...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:19hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
40 million South Africans to receive COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday that the government was committed to rolling out vaccines with urgency to establish herd immunity against Covid-19.Speaking during a virtual public ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 17:59hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will not be removed by demonstrations and social media activism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his Zanu-PF government would not be removed from power by demonstrations and social media activism.Addressing central committee members, Mnangagwa s...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer charged over tweet critical of Zanu-PF propaganda video
Prominent Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was arrested on Tuesday accused of obstructing the course of justice over a tweet published in September.Mpofu attended Harare Central Police sta...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'worse-than-Mugabe', says US lawmaker
THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisa...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC cries foul over targeted anti-graft arrests
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of using an anti-corruption crusade to dismantle the opposition, and create a one-party state.President Mnangagwa, who succeeded long tim...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:52hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda couldn't have such loaded boot and youthful face
The listening presidentof Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa has rejected the youthful-looking statue of liberation icon Mbuya Nehanda saying the proper face should be a lot more wrinkled and resemble that of a wo...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 19:21hrs | 700 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 91 | by Sitabile Dewa
Bulawayo's unsung 'heroines' honoured
A BULAWAYO-BASED non-governmental organisation has honoured the city's unsung heroines credited with pioneering women's activism in the country, a departure from the past where leading persons are hon...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1954 | by crisisgroup
Chamisa a 'shameless liar', claims Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has castigated MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for being a "shameless liar" after the opposition leader tried to blame the Government for the demolitions of houses in the suburb of Budir...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora fires salvo at MDC-Alliance
MDC-T Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has fired pot shots at the lawyer-studded MDC-Alliance saying they have let down their members by not educating and leading them in the legal path to avoid bei...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 4536 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 'caught pants down'
Zimbabweans have been shocked by blatant lies said by the MDC A leader when he went on defensive denying his ugly hand in the demolition of properties in Budiriro. The under fire leader tried to blame...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 17:13hrs | 10910 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jah Prayzah, Winky D clash
FANS and critics will this Friday get yet another chance to see music giants Winky D and Jah Prayzah share the same stage as they headline the same gig dubbed The Best of Both Worlds.The event...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:07hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to discipline members for using WhatsApp
THE desperate state of affairs within the country’s unravelling opposition has once again been thrust into the spotlight after the MDC Alliance ordered its feuding officials this week to stop discus...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 21:26hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's penchant for chaos does not bode well for country
Zanu-PF held its long awaited District Coordinating Committee (DCC) polls over the weekend. They were as chaotic as could be expected of a party whose hegemony has driven the country to the br...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:08hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Squabbles keep Zimbabwe opposition busy
THE desperate state of affairs within the country’s unravelling opposition has once again been thrust into the spotlight after the MDC Alliance ordered its feuding officials this week to stop di...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police targets Mnangagwa critics
THE Zimbabwe Re-public Police (ZRP) yesterday threatened to clamp down on social media users who "cyber-bully" government officials, which critics say is meant to muzzle critics of President Emmerson ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:38hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy under fire over Biti defence remarks
THE United States has come under renewed criticism for its interference in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs following the arrest of a senior opposition politician on allegations of assaulting a woman. ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Nehanda statue ignites debate
ZIMBABWEANS have reacted with mixed feelings to the Mbuya Nehanda statue, which was recently exhibited for President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a tour of Nyati Gallery near Snake Park, where the sculpt...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:18hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders courts to respect human rights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged judges and magistrates to defend human rights and ensure good governance.He made the call while launching the Judiciary Service Commission (JS...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube ordered to disclose foreign debts by High Court
THE High Court has ordered Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to publish details of all loans and guarantees incurred by government from January 2017 to December 1, 2020 with the African Export–Import Ba...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA come out guns blazing
THE ZIFA board have come out with guns blazing, accusing the Sports and Recreation of angling for the dissolution of their leadership, and saying the suspension of chief executive, Joseph Mamutse, wil...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
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