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Ex-Zanu-PF official calls for Mnangagwa impeachment
A FORMER senior Zanu-PF official in Mashonaland Central province has called for the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly running down the economy, human rights violations and fail...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3809 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy warms up to Ngarivhume
The US Embassy in Harare is warming up to the Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume as evidenced by a token of appreciation they gave him for his stance against the Government.A source p...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1786 | by Political Reporter
Only 73 people in Masvingo registered to vote in June
A total of 73 people registered to vote in Masvingo Province as a whole in June 2021, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial office has confirmed.ZEC Deputy Provincial Election Off...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 11:22hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 752 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni forms pressure group
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group - MyRight2Vote - aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governmen...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'frees' Caledonia from Harare
GOVERNMENT has separated the sprawling suburb of Caledonia from Harare and announced that the underdeveloped settlement will now be under Mashonaland East Province.This was revealed last week ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo halts BCC purges
THE minister of Local Government July Moyo has blocked Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni's move to fire MDC Alliance ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube.Mguni recently unsuccessfully tried to f...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami seeks reinstatement
Former Deputy Mayor of the City of Bulawayo and Ward 3 Councillor Tinashe Kambarami has approached the High Court seeking a declaratur to be reinstated to his former position.Kambarami's elect...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League executive election preparations in full swing
PREPARATIONS for the Zanu-PF National Youth league executive elections are underway across the country's 10 provinces starting from cell level.In an interview yesterday, Zanu-PF acting secreta...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:13hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dissolves Bulawayo structures
THE MDC Alliance Commission of Inquiry set up to probe infighting rocking the party's Bulawayo structures has recommended that the party's provincial executive should be dissolved and replaced by a fo...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | 2561 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni assessment results not yet out
EKUSILENI Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late VicePresident Joshua Nkomo, still awaits results for the assessment that was recently done by the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) t...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are on a new collision course over the appointment of the next Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, with retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 9342 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi embarks on Zanu-PF national tour
AT a time the government has banned public gatherings to stem a surge in Covid-19 infections at a time Zimbabwe is battling the third wave, Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi has begun a countrywid...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:16hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor assaults rival at funeral
Esigodini Ward 16 Councillor Patson Sibanda allegedly head-butted, spat and hurled insults at his political rival at a funeral wake, CITE reported.Cllr Sibanda of Habane, had an altercation wi...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:03hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt bought Israel made spy software?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration reportedly acquired the controversial mobile phone snooping equipment from Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, in 2019 for use by the Central Intellig...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:33hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Zec under pressure to release 201819 financials
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been put under pressure to avail its 2018 and 2019 books of accounts for audit by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri as stipulated by section 195 of the Constitu...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF targets form 4 students
ZANU-PF national deputy political commissar Omega Hungwe has challenged the party to target form four students for 2023 elections since they will be eligi...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 17:46hrs | 4157 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Africa welcomes a new Dictator
"The country's law enforcement agencies will track down, identify and act against those who lit the flame, and those who spread it," said the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. By those words...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:38hrs | 8363 | by Sam Wezhira
The fight against COVID-19 is everyone's responsibility
The first Saturday of this month saw local author, film maker and anti-Government activist, Tsitsi Dangarembwa, getting her first COVID-19 vaccination jab at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. She did n...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:35hrs | 476 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zanu-PF party is a British project
The vice grip that the Zanu Pf party and government has on the Zimbabwean economic, social and political sphere since 1980 is suffocating. Close analysis on the background of this political party and ...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 12:00hrs | 2685 | by Muzi Hadebe
'Peter Ndlovu's party is not a Zanu-PF project'
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu was recently named as leader of a newly formed opposition party, All People's Party (APP).However, Ndlovu, who is currently based in South Africa where he is team ma...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2506 | by Staff reporter
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | 2788 | by Nomazulu Thata
City will pay dearly for few voters
BULAWAYO'S loss of any constituency in the delimitation exercise will result in under-representation with devastating consequences on development and legislative priorities for the city, civic groups ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Who is the next ZNA commander?
Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chi...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 6071 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote remains a pipe dream ahead of 2023 polls
While citizens of some Southern African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi enjoy the right to vote in national elections while domiciled in other countries, for millions of Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after social media as he cracks down on protests
South Africa, rocked by violent protests that have turned deadly, is now looking to social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to crack down on looting and destruction of property and infrastr...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1831 | by Tawanda Karombo
Zanu-PF a militarised graveyard, says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER Information Minister Jonathan Moyo says Zanu-PF has become a military outfit working against the interests of the majority of the country's citizens.Commenting on the readmission of for...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:32hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
NGOs unfazed by Mnangagwa's threats
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said they were unfazed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to deregister them over allegations that they are pursuing a regime change agenda. ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
'Team Number 2' faction emerges in Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has been rocked by the emergence of a shadowy new faction going by the moniker, Team Number 2, which was showcased at recent clandestine Women's League meeting in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Indepe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 4048 | by Staff reporter
Ignore critics, says Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on his party members to ignore critics who have been blasting the Zanu-PF government over its failures, describing them as prophets of "doom".Mnangagwa s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:21hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zec in 'Catch Them Young' campaign
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will roll out voter education in tertiary institutions under its ambitious project dubbed "Catch Them Young", aimed at encouraging students to register ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:20hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses fake news
Zanu-PF has dismissed as fictitious, a report in a local daily newspaper yesterday claiming the ruling party has failed to fulfil its 2018 election promises. In a statement yesterday, Za...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Looting and burning are echoes of apartheid era and proof of SA's failure to make the quantum leap
"Before independence corruption was considered a bold and patriotic act especially as the corruption was considered an act of defiance against white colonial government. It is just that after independ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | 707 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe's covid-19 response in the best in Africa' bragged Zanu PF - damned lie and an insult
"Despite Zimbabwe's COVID-19 response being one of the best on the continent as evidenced by fewer deaths and infections as compared to other nations, for government, a single death is one too many," ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 15:04hrs | 975 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
G40s Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere, Zhuwao don't exist, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has ruled out any prospects of readmitting vanquished G40 faction kingpins Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Ignatius Chombo, and Patrick Zhuwao as it considers them to be non-existent....Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:46hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has fulfilled only 2% of 2018 pledges'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF government has fulfilled only 2% of its 2018 election promises, independent research body Sivio Institute has said.Statistics released yesterday by Sivio...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Disgraced Warriors return home
The disgraced Warriors' squad returns home on Thursday from a disastrous Cosafa Cup in South Africa. The Warriors again failed to win a single match, losing twice to Namibia and a youthful and inexper...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Clock ticks for rogue NGOs
MACHINATIONS by the country's detractors to derail the country's development either clothed as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or blunt opposition forces that do not wish the country any good mu...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:20hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Why is West silent on South Africa violence?
In August 2018, just after Zimbabwe's general elections, the country witnessed some demonstrations that were staged by opposition activists who had lost patience in waiting for the presidential electi...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | 676 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Mnangagwa hints on indaba adjustments
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that Zanu-PF might have to review the holding of the party's Annual People's Conference owing to a spike in Covid-19 infections and fatalities. Yesterday, ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Fay Chung, Makhosini Hlongwane bounces back
Zanu-PF has readmitted some former members who had been expelled and suspended for deviating from the ethos of the revolutionary party. Notable figures who have bounced back are former Zanu-PF...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:13hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns NGOs
GOVERNMENT is keeping a close eye on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) activities and will not hesitate to deal with those that divert from their functions and start to interfere in political proc...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:11hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
In fact, any NGO not involved in the country's politics is probably not fulfilling its mandate
Let us just imagine that I establish an NGO (non-governmental organization), whose stated objective is to represent the interests of people who love to spend their spare time fishing (anglers), and th...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 06:32hrs | 372 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kika's application kicked out by ConCourt judges as lawfare escales in Zimbabwe
Constitutional Court judges dismiss an application by lawyer Musa Kika for their recusal from hearing a matter brought by Zanu-PF activist Marx Mapungu, seeking confirmation that CJ Luke Malaba's term...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 15:53hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Bosso boss Johnfat Sibanda issues public apology
HIGHLANDERS' chairman Johnfat Sibanda has unreservedly apologised for sentiments he expressed during the club's elections in March.In his victory and acceptance speech after pipping the then i...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 15:46hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF councillor, teacher fails to balance the two
ZANU-PF's Guruve ward 11 councillor Samuel Machumi who is also a teacher at Nyamhondoro Secondary School has been accused of failing to deliver by his electorate.Machumi was blasted in a local...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 13:23hrs | 796 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
SI 127 ghost still haunting economy
After passing Statutory Instrument (SI) 127 of 2021 on the 26th of May 2021, the Zimbabwean government made a quick summersault on the new regulations through a press statement issued by the Reserve B...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 505 | by Victor Bhoroma
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-pres...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Shun violence, says Chief Charumbira
Chiefs' Council president fortune Charumbira on Saturday urged his subjects in Masvingo to shun political violence ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.He was speaking at the burial of 85-ye...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mapostori pilgrimage
LAW enforcement agents have come under fire for alleged selective application of the law after allowing thousands of Johane Marange followers to hold their annual pilgrimage at Mafararikwa village in ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:10hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
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