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ZANU-PF MP, G40's Mashayamombe co-ordinate machete gangs, ready to kill
ZANU-PF legislator for Harare South constituency, Trymore Kanopula and a current secretly serving member of the Generation40 faction, Shadreck Mashayamomb...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 23:49hrs | 2623 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
CCC pushes back
The controversy surrounding the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology has escalated, with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) firmly rejecting a proposal that would require its elected rep...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mposi extorts subjects, returns loot after uproar
The baLemba (Varemba) Mberengwa Chief, Mposi Mupangeri was forced to indefinitely withdraw charges and return four beasts which have been charged as traditional court fine by his marshalls after the v...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 12:53hrs | 1434 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mberengwa
Pravin Gordhan to be cremated today?
Late former minister Pravin Gordhan will be cremated in Durban on Thursday.Gordhan died on September 13, at the age of 75, following a period of illness.President Cyril Ramaphosa decla...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 644 | by Brighton Chiseva
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 | 21 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
Recalled Binga MP resigns from CCC
Recalled Binga North Member of Parliament (MP) Prince Dubeko Sibanda, has resigned from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) party.Sibanda wrote, "Since Advocate Nelson Chamisa's disassociat...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 10:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC circus continues following Chamisa exit
THE battle to control the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) continued yesterday with rival factions announcing separate plans on the way forward following the resignation of party leader Nelson Cham...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't resign in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa,' CCC MPs told
The National Standing Committee of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has directed its party representatives in parliament and councils to continue carrying out their responsibilities, rejecting ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC factions face-off
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) factions are headed for a clash when they face-off at today's National Citizens Assembly.CCC has been thrown into turmoil after its leader Nelson Chamisa di...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC has plunged deeper into further chaos and confusion
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has plunged deeper into further chaos and confusion after party leader Nelson Chamisa quit last last week in a huff, citing infiltration and sabotage...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs turn against Chamisa?
THE majority of CCC legislators have no intention of following Mr Nelson Chamisa who resigned from the opposition party last week.While there were expectations that Mr Chamisa's resignation fr...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Kore named as leader of CCC
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called a meeting of its standing committee on Sunday to appoint an acting leader after Nelson Chamisa quit suddenly on Thursday.A statement by the p...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma prohibited from seeking re-election as president: electoral commission
It's official, former president Jacob Zuma cannot be the president of the country after this year's general elections because of his criminal record.This was clarified by the Independent Elect...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume's mayoral victory exposes infighting in Chamisa's camp
WE close the year with a circus at Town House in Harare, where Jacob Mafume last week bounced back as Harare mayor.He was elected as the capital city's third mayor in just four months and this...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs return to Parliament as disengagement period ends
Members of the Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have re-engaged in legislative and council activities, attending the official handover of the National Assembly building in Mount Hampden ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC update on disengagement
On the 11th of October 2023, the Citizens Coalition for Change announced that it would be disengaging from Parliamentary and Local Authorities sittings for a temporary period of 14 days. This ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Ostallos Siziba
CCC MPs recall saga deepens...as Ostallos Siziba enters the battle
In a stunning turn of events within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Deputy Spokesperson Gift Ostalios Siziba has rubbished a letter written to the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 17:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF splashes on 800 more cars
Zanu-PF is said to have bought 800 more top-of-the-range vehicles after dishing out at least 210 all-terrain cars to its 2023 parliamentary election candidates.The spending spree by the ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs dig in, defend US$40,000 loan
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators have defended their move to accept controversial US$40,000 loans from Parliament, days after party president Nelson Chami...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over Chamisa's Sadc links?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is increasingly becoming worried about the growing anti-establishment wave sweeping across the region after a recent shock victory by former opposi...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ailing economy troubles Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF remains worried by the state of the economy ahead of general elections next year, with ruling party officials believing economic hardships will present a big hurdle for the party's quest to wi...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to beat Mnangagwa hands down
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has warned his charges against engaging in corruption, saying the vice was synonymous with "Zanu-PF councillors and legislators plagued by t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC to challenge Zec appointments
ZIMBABWEANS must not fret over personalities in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) but focus on the reform of the election mother body ahead of the 2023 elections, says opposition CCC leader Nels...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa election fear jolts Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF'S structures in Harare are meeting to strategise on a quick economic recovery programme to avert defeat in the 2023 general elections at the hands of the main opposition Citizens' Coalition fo...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs deplore top govt officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under fire from senior Zanu-PF officials, including those stationed at party headquarters, who have raised concern over the failure by ruling party officials deployed i...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters corner ministers, RBZ over failure
Zanu-PF supporters have strongly warned the party of impending electoral defeat in the 2023 general election and accused some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's deployees in government, particularly Fi...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles reject Zimbabwe unitary state through election boycott
Through the boycott of the recent voter registration and by- election boycott, the the people of Matabeleland especially the youth, have ditched the oppressive Zimbabwe unitary state for the Republic ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 10:21hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF members attacked
Opposition activists in Bulawayo yesterday attacked and injured members of Zanu-PF elections campaign team who were going about their business peacefully.The ruling party yesterday condemned t...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar as recalled Gweru mayor clings to luxury car
GWERU residents this week came out guns blazing, amid reports that former mayor Josiah Makombe, who was recalled by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC, is refusing to hand over to council a high-powered Toy...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda set for Zifa rebound as boss
SUSPENDED Zifa vice-president and Bulawayo based businessman Gift Banda could make a sensational return to mainstream football administration as acting association president.Banda was controve...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa goes after 'sell-out' councillors
MDC ALLIANCE councillors from across Mashonaland West province have undergone a ritualistic pledge of undying allegiance to the party's leader Nelson Chamisa, in what is being seen as a move aimed at ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
How can someone you elect or deploy into govt position be your 'chef' - there's urgent need for political literacy in Zimbabwe
In life, there are always those most perplexing things that never appear to make any sense, especially pertaining to our behaviour and thinking as human beings, such that, one probably requires intens...Published: 11 May 2021 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC-T is putting the cart before the horse
RECENTLY, someone asked me to share my view on the recent call by the MDC-T for dialogue for all the concerned stakeholders to discuss a common way forward for our great country, Zimbabwe.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Daniel Molokele, Hwange Central MP, MDC Alliance
Matemadanda was becoming too ambitious
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda over accusations that he was fanning factionalism and was becoming too ambitious. Matemadanda was fired during...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cracks emerge in Zapu
SERIOUS cracks have emerged in the opposition Zapu following the nomination of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe to contest in Zapu's presidential election set for next ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Mpumalanga District leadership vowed to throw Mnangagwa into a political Dustbin in 2023
MDC Alliance Mpumalanga District leadership strengthen its base as it recruits and mobilises more Party members in Mpumalanga, South Africa. ...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Democracy under siege in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda has said democracy has been put under threat after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe was sworn in in Parliament as a leader of opposition despit...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa faction narrowly beats Zanu-PF to retain Gwanda mayoral seat
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday won the Gwanda mayoral election, narrowly beating Zanu-PF.MDC Alliance candidate Njabulo Siziba garnered five votes while Zanu-PF's Albert Ndlo...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Gwanda Mayor; all Councilors defect to Thokozani Khupe
MDC Alliance Gwanda Mayor Jastone Mazhale and his entire Council have defected from the Nelson Chamisa led entity to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T.The councilors met with MDC-T Acting Nat...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Will Chiwenga be the saviour of Zimbabwe?
Social media is awash with ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga' s latest picture which stands as the only solid confirmation that he is recovering well. It is known that Chiwenga brought Mugabe...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Save Bulawayo from vultures
Bulawayo City Council has for years been considered one of the best run local authorities in Zimbabwe where corruption is regarded as anathema, but that reputation is under serious threat.The ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
'Civil servants are Zanu-PF deployees'
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has revealed that she is teaching and forcing government workers to chant Zanu-PF slogans because they are deployees of the ruling party....Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to crack whip on councillors
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Sunday threatened to crack the whip on corrupt Bulawayo councillors after accusing them of bringing the party's name into disrepute.Chamisa said the MDC...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staf reporter
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