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Zanu-PF condemns social media abuse
The ZANU-PF Midlands Provincial Co-ordinating Committee (PCC) has strongly condemned the misuse of social media, warning citizens to be vigilant against individuals attempting to destabilise the count...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:38hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Will Geza demonstrations take place in Berlin-Brandenburg Gate or Harare?
I am deeply suspicious about the elaborate preparations regarding demonstrations on the 31st of March. Complete demo details from A to Zee are now in the public domain. I get a brain spasm when I thin...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 19:56hrs | 1439 | by Nomazulu Thata
Regime change Khama refused entry into Angola
Angola is under scrutiny after denying entry to several senior African political figures who were set to attend a conference hosted by the country's main opposition party, the National Union for the T...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 09:51hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
'There is no friction between Zanu PF and CCC!' boasted Mnangagwa
In Zimbabwe there is no friction between Zanu PF and the opposition party!" Mnangagwa boasted at the festive party held at his Kwe kwe farm to celebrate that Zanu PF and CCC opposition MPs had agreed ...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:27hrs | 307 | by Wilbert Mukori
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1026 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
It isn't Chivayo flying too close to the sun - but Mnangagwa certainly is!
So, Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana issued a cryptic warning to dubious businessman Wicknell Chivayo.In a chilling post on X (formerly Twitter), he (Mangwana) compared C...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:15hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, for war crimes....Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why is Zanu-PF opening branches and office in South Africa?
Out of all liberation parties in Africa, Zanu PF is the only one that is opening offices and branches in all major South African cities and beyond. For an independent country like Zimbabwe, an embassy...Published: 17 May 2024 at 13:45hrs | 38 | by Israel Dube
Chibaya, 25 CCC activists trial continues
TWENTY-SIX Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, including former MP Amos Chibaya and Costa Machingauta (Budiriro MP), appeared yesterday before Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa on allegations...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enjoy CCC internal squabbles
Zanu-PF has no dog in the internal squabbles tearing apart the country's opposition but will gladly capitalise on the fracas to entrench its dominance in a democratic Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa sai...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 12 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'Cannot blame CCC for rigged elections.' But they're, if answer real life questions and not wanted to be asked
"Answer the question you were asked and not one you wanted to be asked!"Is the one lesson I learned from my secondary school Bible Knowledge teacher, I remember to this day. "You will not get any mark...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 21:03hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Engraving Tshabangu's Epitaph
Zimbabwe is a two-tier political democratic country where we have the ruling party and the opposition led by Nelson Chamisa. Zimbabweans are not yet ripe to start towing along the lines of any...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Zapu launches a salvo at Zanu-PF's Obert Mpofu
OPPOSITION Zapu launched a salvo yesterday at Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu who recently described the country's opposition political parties as having a short lifespan.Wr...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 06:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties, citizens geared for poll
ZIMBABWEANS in their millions will today cast their votes across the country to determine their future in an election that has largely been peaceful.Yesterday, political parties from across th...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Numbers don't lie, facts are stubborn mules
THINK of a bowl of soup; you don't have to take it all to feel the taste but just a spoonful, such is the case with opinion polls that have concluded that if elections are held today, President Mnanga...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no one can lecture Zimbabwe on democracy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has bragged that Zimbabwe is a democratic country in her own right and does not need foreign powers to lecture her on principles of democracy.Addressing thousands ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'CCC is causing havoc and inflation' said Big Spender. Stop him rigging and he'll stop lying!
During elections, President Mnangagwa become Mr Bigger Spender! Anyone who is anyone gets something from Mr Big Spender. Village hears got motorcycles plus free public service medical aid memb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tendy Three not losing sleep over a 5-day parking boycott call
BULAWAYO city's parking management company, Tendy Three Investments (Pvt) Ltd has said it is not losing sleep over a five-day parking boycott call by the Bulawayo Business Development Association (BBD...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF primaries were utter fiasco for ED thx Mafia' said Mliswa. ED's turn to sleep with one eye open
If one, Right Honourable Temba P Mliswa, MP for Norton, is to be believed, then the Gold Mafia is certainly bigger then Zanu PF and they are the ones behind President Mnangagwa's humiliating defeats i...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 11:12hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF bolsters structures ahead of polls
The setting up of an Elders Council coming on the back of the intense cell verification programme has put Zanu-PF in good stead to win the forthcoming elections, analysts have said.Secretary f...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi stages demo against candidate nomination fees
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) staged a demonstration at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) offices in Bulawayo against the candidate nomination fees. ZEC's nomination fees were gazetted...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC hell bent on participating in 2023 regardless rigging and damned consequences
The 2023 Zimbabwe elections will be taking place by August 2023, that is seven months to go. The political temperature is rising!When Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power following the November 201...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF group jibes State security
Zanu-PF shadowy group Men BeleiveED leader Justice Matsatsira yesterday said State security organs must not threaten or intimidate people for voicing their concerns over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commiss...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Colonial master UK denies meddling in Zimbabwe politics
THE United Kingdom has denied meddling in Zimbabwe's electoral and political affairs and funding the opposition in its former colony.In a statement, the British embassy in Harare said: "The UK...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's second Republic full of promises but no action
ALL the good things the nation wants is what President Emmerson Mnangagwa says and promises: Growing economy; zero tolerance to corruption; openness for business; a listening President; involvement of...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Concerned
Makandiwa should trade his robes and enter the political field
Zimbabwe is a free and democratic country where one can turn into politics and leave whatever they would be doing.I used to follow Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he was still a junior pastor ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
At times I feel Zimbabweans deserve ED!
Whenever I observe the ordinary people of Iran, I am always filled with awe and admiration. Here is a nation with one of the most ruthless oppressive theocratic regimes on the planet.H...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa-Masisi alliance bad for democracy'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi clearly have many things in common — the hounding of political foes out of the country and the silencing of cri...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK has new PM, 8th since 1980, Truss too will be booted out if she fail - Zim on 2nd, both way, way past 'use-by date'
The British people have a new Prime Minister, the 8th one since 1980! Liz Truss 2022 - present ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:11hrs | 12 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Name-dropping Mnangagwa exposes high-level corruption
LET us just imagine this scenario.My son goes to a house in our neighbourhood, and claims to the occupants that I sent him to ask for some money.What response are we to expect from thi...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why are we placing our lives and livelihoods at risk when ordinary Zimbabweans unwilling to play their part for a New Zimbabwe?
There are things we all as human beings keep bottled up in our hearts and minds - usually for long periods of time.These could be hurts...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:26hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Storm over Mohadi ZEC appointment
A POLITICAL storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party's Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Mi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed and abandoned Sikhala pens an emotional letter to Zimbabweans
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala has penned an emotional letter to Zimbabweans, expressing gratitude for their solidarity and asked them to turn Sunday a National ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What became of Zimbabwe's Patriotic Bill?
THE Zimbabwe government has made several attempts to close down the civic space in Zimbabwe through existing and new legislation. This includes some amendments to the Criminal Law Codification and Ref...Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 17 | by Nompilo Simanje and Otto Saki
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ELVIS NYATHI DEATH: Witness fails to identify killers
The only witness in the murder of Elvis Nyathi who was killed by members of the extremist xenophobic vigilante group Operation Dudula has failed to identify any of the suspects during an identificatio...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nurses cry foul over high certificate costs
GOVERNMENT has doubled application fees for nurses' confirmation letters and certificates from US$150 to US$300 amid speculation that the move is meant to frustrate them from leaving the country for g...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Western hegemony is nearing its end!
This article is reproduced from the public account: Guo Rong (ID: xuu5336)Recently, at an internal meeting, a certain President made a general analysis of the current international situation. ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by President
ZANU PF criticism of local authorities sounds just as "hateful and confrontational" as they accuse CCC of opposing government!
The ZANU PF regime has never relented on its accusations of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party of supposedly always being in the habit of criticizing the government, instead...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Army plays decisive role in politics' - Zanu PF fuelled conjecture, without one iota of evidence
"It is beyond any iota of doubt in Zimbabwe that the institution of the military plays a decisive factor in the politics of the country," reported The Independent. "Numerous "clever" politicians ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:50hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
Former Chief Ndiweni wants Mnangagwa barred from COP26
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on Thursday last week led a group of demonstrators to the Zimbabwean embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Funding grassroots to register and guard the 2023 votes remains key
You can never do anything in politics so long as you don't have the funding. This is a statement uttered by many political observers. In party politics, in order to get public endorsement, a p...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:03hrs | 4 | by Deborah Harry
Jacob Zuma's jail case was a golden opportunity: a catalyst to real issues
Criminals have taken a golden opportunity to hide behind another criminal who disdained the nation's constitution he once presided. Chinua Achebe writes about corruption in Nigeria's early independenc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 20 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC-Alliance not a terrorist organisation
Zimbabwe needs to be liberated from these selfish and clueless wannabes. The brutal truth is MDC -Alliance just like Zanu PF is a political organisation and existing under the auspices of the constitu...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:29hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Jonathan Moyo to undergo head surgery after his book excelgate
The Zimbabwean and international space has been congested by Jonathan Moyo posting Twitter messages designed to bring Zimbabwe's reputation into disrepute. Professor Jonathan Moyo has dedicated his ti...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 22:07hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind Zanu-PF's renewed push for sweeping amendments to the constitution to put a leash on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is said to harbour ambitions for th...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Zipra war vets urge security forces restraint during lockdown
Ex-ZIPRA liberation war fighters have implored the Zimbabwean military and other security agents to refrain from harassing citizens during enforcement of Covid-19 prevention measures.This foll...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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