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Energy Mutodi defends Mnangagwa
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has defended the metaphor used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday where he equated himself to God and Chamisa to satan.Said Mutodi, "Some s...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2199 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coltart defends Mwonzora, dismisses MDC infiltration claims
A member of MDC-Alliance party Mr David Coltart has said the opposition party has a problem of labelling members that show ambition to contest for posts Zanu-PF agents. Mr Coltart last week to...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
ZRP defends trigger-happy officer
POLICE have denied any wrong doing after an officer fired at a moving vehicle and shot a passenger in her back, along Chitungwiza Road in August last year.In a plea to defend a $17 000 lawsuit...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Khupe defends Mnangagwa dialogue initiatives
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T says it will only abandon dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa if the Zanu-PF leader proves insincere.MDC-T has been attending the national dialogue meeting...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:17hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Rule of law cannot be matter of opinion
We live in this modern world that the United States purports to lead with God-ordained civility; yet in it the rule of law has been reduced to a matter of opinion, as has become the concept of democra...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | 178 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mnangagwa defends army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed claims that the army raped women and killed people during recent protests over massive incr...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda defends army siege on schools
DEFENCE and War Veterans Deputy Minister, Victor Matemadanda says the army does not operate according to the wishes of civilians but has a command structure which directs its operations including depl...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | 546 | by newzimbabwe
NatPharm HR manager defends Parirenyatwa
National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm)'s human resources manager Walter Nhau yesterday testified in the ongoing trial of former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa that t...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi defends last week 'security service heavy handed dealing' - defending the indefensible
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime are feeling the heat as more and more voices have condemned last month's Police and Army brutality and barbarism against the rioters and innocent Zimbabwean...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1445 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa defends army killings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended the military intervention by the members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces who moved in to the western suburbs to restore Law and Order after the January 14 viol...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2757 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: George Charamba defends army killings
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says the state was under threat and its existence undermined by the protestors on 14 January hence it was justified to act the way it did.Said C...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:54hrs | 787 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says, 'violence by security forces 'unacceptable'?
Zimbabwe's president calls violence by security forces "unacceptable" and says it will be investigated after a week of economic crisis and crackdown in which activists said a dozen people were killed....Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1954 | by AP
MDC MPs, 21 others denied bail
MDC Alliance Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chiminya will spend another week in remand prison as police intensify a manhunt for two witnesses who allegedly fled after being intimidated by unknown people be...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Zifa defends Gift Banda suspension
Zifa president Felton Kamambo has defended the association's decision to suspend vice-president Gift Banda, stressing that his executive would continue to respect its constitution and follow due proce...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:35hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Rights group petition Switzerland President to ban Mnangagwa
A local rights group Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR Zimbabwe) has written to the President of Switzerland to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from entering Switzerland to attend the World Eco...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 14:50hrs | 4237 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa defends new fuel price
The recent decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel was necessary and the conditions demanding that pronouncement presently remain unchanged, the President Mnangagwa has said. Addr...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk defends $120 000 defamation lawsuit
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa, who was last month slapped with a $120 000 lawsuit for allegedly defaming Shitazburg Enterprises director Anderson Mwashita, has filed a notice to defend himself....Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:23hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Silaigwana defends Morgan Komichi
key witness in the trial of MDC official Morgen Komichi who is facing charges of disrupting the announcement of the 2018 elections Mr Utoile Silaigwana has indicated he had not personally seen K...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:06hrs | 2098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Energy Mutodi defends the Mnangagwa - Chiwenga fiasco
Deputy Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services has defended the widely condemned situation that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Acting President Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Do...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 10:55hrs | 7771 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa defends Zimbabwe MPs 'greedy' demands
Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa yesterday defended the demands made by Members of Parliament saying they must be given enough resources because the other two arms of the State; the Executiv...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:37hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Govt defends questionable CAAZ tender
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday dismissed claims in the private media alleging corruption in the procurement of airspace management and radar surveillan...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:32hrs | 108 | by Staff reporrer
Mthuli Ncube defends forex duty in an intelligent manner
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday defended the payment of import duty in foreign currency in his 2019 National Budget Statement saying the measure was premised...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira defends Chamisa's wife
MDC-T National Spokesperson Linda Masarira has defended MDC leader's wife Nelson Chamsia from social media critics who are mocking her of being 'old and ugly'.Social media critics commenting o...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 11856 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Linda Masarira defends Chinotimba
MDC-T National spokesperson Linda Masarira has defended ZANU PF MP Joseph Chinotimba who is being accused of sexism and tribalism after referring to MDC National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo as a prost...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:03hrs | 4394 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South African billionaire defends white wealth
Johann Rupert, South Africa's second-richest man with a $6.3 billion fortune, spoke out to defend the stranglehold white people still have over the economy more than two decades after the end of apart...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:15hrs | 2528 | by Bloomberg
Mthuli Ncube defends army, police budget allocations
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday revealed that the Defence ministry is failing to feed and clothe its personnel and that the soldiers living in the barracks were surviving on two meals a day, w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1903 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor defends Victoria Falls induction retreat
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has sprang to the defence of his fellow councillors after the city fathers came under a barrage of criticism for choosing to hold their induction retreat in the resort tow...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 12:59hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi defends Hwange reconstruction move
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday told Parliament that he had to put Hwange Colliery under reconstruction without consulting other shareholders because the problems afflicting the company nee...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Neither a fly nor queen bee can land on Temba Mliswa's mouth
The attack of a defenseless prisoner Munyaradzi Kereke by Hon. Temba Mliswa for allegedly impregnating his wife (while in prison) is not only illegal/unethical but foolish/evil. Temba has proved himse...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:07hrs | 3443 | by Don Chigumba
Captured Joram Gumbo defends Queen Bee
GOVERNMENT has de-regulated the importation of fuel and reports of the existence of a monopoly or cartel are baseless and without foundation, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has s...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:24hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defends controversial expulsions on party mayors
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has justified his purge of some party mayors from their council jobs saying they were conspiring with the enemy to defy his directives.Since the mayoral elections hel...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Sakunda boss AKA 'Queen B'
An explosive social media broadcast by a Zanu-PF insider last week sparked debate about an alleged cartel controlling fuel distribution in the country amid allegations of abuse of foreign currency....Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Govt defends lifting of import ban
The indefinite amendment of Statutory Instrument 122 of 2017 (SI 122) will not threaten the existence of the local industry as government is committed to protecting it through foreign currency allocat...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:20hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri defends military land grab
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri has defended the move by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to declare Elphida Farm in Domboshava a cantonment area, saying it was in the interest and safety of the ci...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2259 | by Staff reporter
My question to Finance Minister - I smell a rat!
My question to you Prof Ncube is: if the RBZ of Zimbabwe is not the source of our problems, as you confidently defends, can you explain how these brand new bond notes end up in the hands of those who ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1147 | by Isaac Nkomah
Mthuli Ncube defends RBZ
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has refuted allegations that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is at the centre of fuelling parallel market trading in the economy. ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa defends $6,5m lawsuit
UNITED Family International Church (Ufic) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa and his wife, Ruth, have again defended their position to have a $6,5 million claim, which was filed against them by former congrega...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa defends Zivhu's $1m defamation claim
Independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa has entered an appearance to defend a $1 million lawsuit by Killer Zivhu, a Zanu-PF MP for Chivi South over alleged defamatory tweets, setting the stage for a legal ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:15hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda defends presence of soldiers at police roadblocks
DEPUTY Defence minister Victor Matemadanda has defended the presence of soldiers at police roadblocks, saying it was their duty to protect the nation.He was responding to Senator Phyllis Ndlov...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends police brutality on vendors
Home Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro yesterday said government was unapologetic about the manner in which law enforcement agents were dealing with vendors and commuter omnibus drivers resisting th...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo defends Coltart
Self imposed exile former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has leaped into MDC Alliance senior official David Coltart's defend on accusations that he was a Selous Scout during the liberation war...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | 3178 | by Stephen Jakes
National Youth Service defends involvement in Zanu PF politics
MEMBERS of the infamous National Youth Service (NYS) have defended their involvement in Zanu PF politics, saying their recent move to thwart demonstrations by party activists in Mutare and Chipinge la...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:51hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Mathema defends police stance on gold panners
GOLD panners have themselves to blame for the deadly gold wars, the Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Heritage, Cain Mathema, said yesterday. In an interview, Minister Mathema defended the ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
PDP defends 'stupid' councillor
THE People's Democratic Party (PDP) has reprimanded its councillor who attended the swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo councillors in a suspected drunken stupor and engaged in a brawl with Mthwakazi Rep...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
NRZ defends Transnet deal
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has allayed fears that it might have entered into a questionable deal with Transnet, following the issuing of suspension notices to three top officials who were all...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 13:04hrs | 2247 | by Staff Report
Chamisa seeks gofundme donations for ConCourt bill
The MDC Alliance has appealed to its supporters across the world who feel cheated in the disputed election to support it in the costs of suit at the Constitutional Court and African Union appeal. ...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 08:33hrs | 8314 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF war vets criminals or fighters for freedom?
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said he has always asked himself on whether the sects of the ZANU PF war vets are really war vets or they were tribal criminals who took the advantage of the su...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1809 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga represents the 'New Disorder' not New Dispensation
While the nation awaits eagerly in anticipation of a typical Chief Justice Maraga (Kenya's Chief Justice) style and caliber of overturning presidential election results from our apex court on Tuesday,...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 08:03hrs | 10788 | by Knowledge Hakata
ZANU PF also accused ZEC of vote rigging!
As Zimbabweans still debate and grapple over the veracity of the just ended 30 July 2018 harmonized election results - especially, considering the possible legal challenge by the opposition MDC Allian...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 20:57hrs | 14740 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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