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Donald Trump says 'looking into Zimbabwe right now'
United States President Donald Trump said his administration was "looking at Zimbabwe right now" in a brief response to a journalist who had asked him a detailed question on his Africa policy and sanc...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2817 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF vote-buying scandal raises alarm
A leading election monitoring group has condemned Zanu-PF's alleged attempts to use medical drugs to influence the outcome of the Lupane East constituency by-election, saying the move violates the pri...Published: 3 hrs ago | 378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets Sadc boost
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pending assumption of the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation is indicative of the region's confidence in the Government of Zimbabwe and...Published: 3 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter
ZEC will display unverified voters roll but not verified roll demanded by law - why bother
"THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland Nor...Published: 6 hrs ago | 533 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 3132 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZESN condemns Zanu-PF vote buying
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has condemned requests by the Zanu PF Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda for medicine supplies at Lupane clinics to be used for vote buying in th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2906 | by Staff Reporter
New players to get radio, TV licences
GOVERNMENT will soon be issuing out radio and television licences to new players as part of a drive to liberalise the media space and increase access to information. Information, Publicity and...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:15hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3874 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Chamisa to launch mass protests
The Movement for Demcratic Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to "lead from the front" in what he described as a "peaceful and radical" face-off with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 10701 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC underplays tribalism in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo based analyst views the fracas involving the second capital's deputy mayor and the town clerk as evidence that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC has underplayed the issues of tribalism in the prov...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the MDC RELOAD document
Many people had high hopes that since Mugabe no longer there, probably Mnangagwa will change the economy of Zimbabwe, people will get jobs, industries will open, a strong Zimbabwe dollar will return, ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2431 | by Etiwel Mutero
Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion, dilemma
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, and his top lieutenants should be ruing the day that party's deputy chair, Job Sikhala, told party supporters at a rally in Bikita East last week that the MDC would overthr...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3517 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa creating a bourgeoisie class
WHEN it staged the November 2017 coup, the military was very candid in its statement that the grave action was an effort to "restore Robert Mugabe's legacy", a heritage that over time had been reverse...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1189 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
NUST hosts summit on fake news
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) will be hosting a two-day media summit focusing on fake news, particularly on social media, beginning on Thursday.The Nust department o...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2057 | by Tichaona Zindoga
MDC female Vice President lands top post in Mozambique
The MDC would like to congratulate its Vice President Lynette Karenyi for landing a top international post.It is hoped that the elevation of Hon. Karenyi will help the MDC enhance its regional pre...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:01hrs | 10126 | by Daniel Molokele
I am made of thick skin: Matsunga
IN the country's political sphere, it has almost become a trend that the majority of female politicians are now making it to Parliament through the Proportional Representation route, set by government...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt threatens MDC Alliance leadership
Government has warned the MDC leadership against making inflammatory threats of violence against Government, as the law will descend on them. The call comes after MDC said they are rallying su...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Poll reforms complete by mid-2020, says Mugabe coup announcer
Government will amend the Electoral Act by mid next year in line with recommendations made by observer missions during last year's harmonised elections, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministe...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 3087 | by Staff reporter
'MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate' - amused and irritated SADC in equal measure
"Chamisa: We went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate!" screamed the headlines in New Zimbabwe.Every SADC leader involved in the Zimbabwe political crisis during the 2008 to 2013 GNU was amused...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 2484 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
China to impose sanctions on US firms
US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth US$2,2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan will face sanctions, China said, warning Washington "not to play with fire".Taiwan on Saturday defended...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | 371 | by News Agencies
'We sat for 5 years in GNU, ate and did nothing!' admitted Chamisa - from horse's mouth, finally believe it
MDC leaders sold-out during the GNU by failing to implement even one meaningful reform. If I have said that once, I have said it a million times and a million times again. To those millions of doubtin...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 05:57hrs | 5155 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa in treason charging competition with Mugabe,' says Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa looks like a man on a mission to outdo his predecessor Robert Mugabe in charging government critics with treason, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said.While treason ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 3509 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa and allies: Don't start wars that you can't finish
To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed.The main opposition MDC was caught totally off-guard when one of their own, the talkative Job Sikhala, revealed the party worst-kept secret: That they...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 6169 | by Conway Tutani
Mugabe coup announcer, delegation humiliated in UK
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo and his high-powered delegation were yesterday humiliated in the United Kingdom after angry protesters attacked them for "crippling" the country.Moyo, wh...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4880 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns that Zimbabwe faces a bleak future unless he is President
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country faces a bleak future, which could end in turmoil if the current economic crisis characterised by biting shortages of fuel, electricity ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans want country to remain on sanctions, says Chamisa
SANCTIONS imposed on Zimbabwe by the US mirror the aspirations of Zimbabweans, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said.The measures imposed on former President Robert Mugabe and his administration ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 513 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans must condemn the violent protest by MDC in the UK
The peace loving Zimbabweans must condemn the violence and destruction that has accompanied the visit of the minister of Foreign Affairs by the misguided elements of the opposition in the UK.V...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 797 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1222 | by Nhlanhla Moses
MDC's RELOAD road-map is the road to nowhere - as long as Zanu-PF remains in power Zimbabwe is going nowhere
MDC is a party of corrupt and incompetent individuals; I did not expect the party's promised road-map plan, Road to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness And Democracy (RELOAD), to be worth much. I ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 658 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tsvangirai's MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate, says Chamisa
THE opposition MDC went into the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009-2013 without a plan and failed to utilise the opportunity, new party leader Nelson Chamisa has admitted.While t...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:03hrs | 2964 | by newzimbabwe
Hostile UK reception for Mugabe coup announcer and Mangwana
Zimbabweans in London on Wednesday demonstrated against Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, who is in London, United Kingdom on a four-day re-engagement programme to strengthen bilateral relations...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:00hrs | 7962 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba, Silaigwana will not manage elections again, says Chamisa
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson and recently confirmed chief elections officer, Utoile Silaigwana, will not manage elections in Zimbabwe again, opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa sai...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1431 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa ups ante on Mnangangwa
THE MDC is galvanising its support base for action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa until he acts to solve a "legitimacy crisis" which party leader Nelson Chamisa says is at the centre of all prob...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts campaign for Lupane East by-election
ZANU-PF has officially launched its campaign to drum up support for its Lupane East by-election candidate, Mbongeni Dube, ahead of the election set for August 3. The launch was done at a rally...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
MDC launches policy document
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said it was ready to prove its governing prowess when it launches its Road to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness and Democracy strategy dubbed Reload in Harar...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:56hrs | 1657 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth secretary general released on bail after incitement charge
The secretary general of the MDC youth assembly was freed on ZW$1,000 bail on Thursday after he was formally charged with incitement to commit public violence.Gift Ostallos Siziba must report ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1836 | by ZimLive
ZHRO Rallies call to protest, SB Moyo and Nick Mangwana
Following the ZHRO Vigil protest of 10th July 2019, where Nick Mangwana, allegedly a former UK asylum seeker, now the ZANU PF, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Publicity, had ear...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 10:54hrs | 4174 | by Thabo Makuyana
Mnangagwa's govt told to prioritise electoral reforms
The government needs to prioritise electoral reforms and deepen democratic institutions and not to just focus on the failing economy, leaving out key areas such as democracy and critical electoral ref...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
Just a lawyer, not the law!
The South African justice system is one of the best systems in the world, and the historical background of how it was earned and adopted deeply touches my heart. However our justice system has been sa...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 3196 | by Eric Shikobela
Chamisa faces a potential rebellion over Sikhala
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa faces a potential rebellion from his increasingly restive supporters riled by the party's decision to throw its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala under the bus f...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 8916 | by Staff reporter
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 358 | by Ian Buruma
Chamisa throws Sikhala under the bus
THE opposition MDC yesterday disowned statements by its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that the party would overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2023 general elections, insisting...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 18:00hrs | 5458 | by Staff reporter
'Operation Restore Legacy has collapsed'
The time is now for New Freedom Fighters and war veterans .The Job Wiwa Sikhala MDC Bikita rally declaration to "overthrow " the ED government before 2023'has generated a lot political.and legal talk....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 13:28hrs | 7737 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Job Sikhala faces a death penalty for treason
Former president Mugabe once said of Madhuku "that once he is broke he provokes the law enforcement so that when he is arrested his sponsors will vilify Zimbabwe and consequently pour money to his poc...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6988 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Youths rally behind Job Sikhala
The MDC Youth Assembly is riled by the state and ZANU PF's overtures to flagrantly and wantonly disregard the right to freedom of expression through the ill thought move to charge MDC National Vice Ch...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2427 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC believes in non-violence, legality and constitutionalism
The MDC notes with deep worry and concern that Hon. Job Sikhala's statements made during a rally in Bikita East over the weekend have caused uproar and the party wishes to clarify its position regardi...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 289 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Strong warning for Chamisa's MDC
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned the MDC Alliance that the law will be used to decisively deal with opposition members threatening to illegally unseat a constitutionally elected administration. In ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
When losers seek to overthrow winners
Quite burdensome are the times we are living in, and one hopes to wake up from this nightmarish existence wiser. What with all this talk about overthrowing a constitutionally elected Government or coe...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 838 | by Elliot Ziwira
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