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MDC President calls for unity of purpose
Leader of the MDC - Thokozani Khupe, has called for unity of purpose among opposition parties and other stakeholders as part of the initiative to restore the country's struggling economy as the bread ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 908 | by Staff reporter
Zec invites observers for Mutoko North by-election
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited observers for the Mutoko North National Assembly by-election scheduled for November 24. The seat fell vacant following the promotion of incu...Published: 2 hrs ago | 314 | by Staff reporter
'I have Thatcher's iron lady resolve,' says ED - rigged election for iron grip on power, must prise free
"WHEN Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stag...Published: 4 hrs ago | 877 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
A 'Operation restore citizen-power' only path to Zimbabwe's prosperity
As Zimbabwe commemorates last year's military intervention that led to the removal of long-time president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and replaced by his then recently expelled deputy Emmerson Dambudzo Mna...Published: 4 hrs ago | 743 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jonathan Moyo's Gukurahundi massacre beef with Mnangagwa is over
Exiled former Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo says he was never close to Emmerson Mnangagwa and the claim that his was a myth which exposes the lack of fact-checking in the Zimbabwean media an...Published: 5 hrs ago | 3355 | by insiderzim.com
WATCH: MDC Chamisa youths had a pistol and killed 2 people
EX-MDC MP Gabriel Chaibva returned Tuesday to haunt his erstwhile colleagues through sensational claims they armed some party youths to kill two people during the August 1 post-electoral violence....Published: 5 hrs ago | 3112 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa finally breaks free of Mugabe shodow
After 56 years of working under Mugabe, ED finally breaks free from the ambits of his master and successfully established himself in one year. November has become a month which will be r...Published: 6 hrs ago | 6454 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 6 hrs ago | 644 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Eyewitness account of Zimbabwe's August 1 shooting
On August 01, 2018, my life changed entirely in ways I had not imagined when I woke up that day. A part of me died, while a new me was born out of the horrors I filmed, right from the frontline....Published: 7 hrs ago | 2296 | by Maynard Manyowa
Chamisa struggles to pay polling agents
THE MDC Alliance in Midlands is struggling to pay off agents who manned polling stations for the party during the July 30 elections, amid revelations that a partner organisation which had committed to...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1356 | by Staff reporetr
Masvingo slams door on Chiwenga, backs Mnangagwa 2023
Zanu-PF Masvingo Province has passed a resolution endorsing President Mnangagwa as the party's Presidential candidate in the next elections in 2023 to afford him ample time to fulfil his vision of mak...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2604 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ouster plot exposed
THE gloves are off in the opposition MDC as hawks plotting the ouster of leader Nelson Chamisa are reportedly unhappy that the party's elective congress will be held in October next year, when they wo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2134 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces arrest
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over military, police testimonies
OPPOSITION parties, civil society and ordinary people reacted with outrage to the testimonies of military and police bosses who tried to exonerate themselves from the post-election violence in which s...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Hacking forces MSU to stop SRC polls
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) students have raised concern after the institution's administration halted the Students Representative Council (SRC) elections and postponed them indefinitely.T...Published: 7 hrs ago | 407 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa - A case of paranoia
MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's claim of an abduction attempt on his person by alleged State agents last Saturday as he made his way from a rally in Marondera is a diversionary tactic to shift from the...Published: 7 hrs ago | 443 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Incompetent Zifa councillors back Chiyangwa
TEN of Zifa's councillors yesterday reaffirmed their support for the football mother body's president, Philip Chiyangwa, who is set to controversially bounce back for a second term in office, as he is...Published: 7 hrs ago | 226 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa slammed over post-election violence
THE disturbances that led to the death of six people and damage to property on August 1 could have been avoided if the MDC-Alliance had allowed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to announce presidenti...Published: 7 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
Parliament abandons sitting in Mnangagwa votes row
The National Assembly was adjourned prematurely yesterday after Zanu-PF parliamentarians objected to MDC-Alliance chief whip Mr Prosper Mutseyami insinuating that his party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 17 hrs ago | 6184 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 20 hrs ago | 1209 | by cite.org.zw
MDC implodes as Chamisa clings to power
Following the death of the MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, in February this year and the drubbing the party received at the hands of ZANU PF during the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, the p...Published: 24 hrs ago | 3566 | by Elijah Chihota
'MDC youths killed 2 people on 1 August'
Former MDC Spokesman and Leader of an NGO called Free & Fair Foundation Gabriel Chaibva has sensationally claimed that MDC youths had a pistol and since they did not know how to use it...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 7007 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chigumba testifies the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba testifying before the commissionThe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 Post-Election Violence continued today wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:33hrs | 3090 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's succession, Zanu-PF bigwigs brawl
Zanu-PF's notorious succession demons have resurfaced, with the party's senior officials locking horns over who should take over from President Emmerson Mnangagwa - a few months after the 76-year-old ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:58hrs | 4290 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: General Sibanda nails MDC Alliance?
Zimbabwe Defence Force Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda believe President Emmerson Mnangagwa authorised the brutal clampdown at the end of which at least six people were dead and dozens other...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:22hrs | 4308 | by Staff reporter
There is no Vanguard in the MDC
The MDC categorically states that there is no outfit called Vanguard, an otherwise peaceful and disciplined team of MDC youths, which has since been disbanded on the orders of the national council, th...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 2002 | by Lovemore Chinoputsa, Secretary General MDC Youth Assembly
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2353 | by zimlive
'Chiwenga deployed soldiers and order shoot to kill' says Judge - pre-empting Commission, so why bother
"There is a good catch to all this. At no time did Mangota aver that the commander of the Defence Forces, Valerio Sibanda, was approached and participated in deploying the soldiers. Nor did the judge ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:41hrs | 2045 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC security chief summoned over Chamisa 'kidnap' scuffle
ZIMBABWE POLICE have summoned MDC President Nelson Chamisa's head of security for questioning in connection a dramatic tussle that saw the opposition leader survive what the party claims was a kidnap ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 07:31hrs | 2691 | by Staff reporter
Fresh storm hits Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF's notorious succession demons have resurfaced, with the party's senior officials locking horns over who should take over President Emmerson Mnangagwa - a few months after the 76-year old stron...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 10756 | by Staff reporter
Biti, prosecutor nearly trade blows in court
MDC vice-chairperson Tendai Biti and State prosecutor Michael Reza nearly exchanged blows in court yesterday after Reza accused the former of playing a role in the post-election violence that saw seve...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 5451 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe soldiers did not kill civilians on 1 August'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not kill any civilian during an operation aimed at restoring order in Harare's central business district following violent demonstrations that resulted in the death of ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1767 | by Staff reporter
2% tax derails industrial production
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions western region chairman Ambrose Sibindi has said since the announcement of the 2% tax by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last month, many industries in Bulawayo have sc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's poorly scripted abduction antics are mischievous
A 36-second amateur video surfaced at the weekend, showing someone in a dominant red shirt stepping into the backseat of a Toyota Harrier with about six men on the side of the vehicle. The man in red ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 415 | by Pearl Matibe
Chamisa's politicking without season dangerous
MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is fast consolidating his position as a political Pinocchio. At the weekend, he was involved in what appeared to be an incident of road rage, which led to a scuffle....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:06hrs | 3648 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa label his internal rivals Zanu-PF agents
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned officials eyeing his position against working with Zanu-PF to grab power from him saying he is firmly in charge of the country's opposition party and would not tol...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:59hrs | 2195 | by Staff reporter
'MDC has militant army deserters'
Commander of the Presidential Guard, Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe says the MDC Alliance has a militant wing that probably consists of army deserters and they were in action during the Augu...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:24hrs | 6615 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August killings: I invited the army says police boss Matanga
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has detailed how the army got involved in the 1 August post-election violence that left 6 civilians dead after been gunned down by members of the Zimbabw...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:57hrs | 3168 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC demos: Time youths refused to be used
The MDC Alliance (MDC A), leader, Nelson Chamisa was defeated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the 30 July both in the ballot booth and at the Constitutional Court on 24 August. Instead of grace...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:12hrs | 2144 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe economic pain not being shared
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent confirmation that government will soon buy vehicles for parliamentarians exposes government's insincerity in tackling its ballooning budget deficit.It al...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | 3466 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth refuses to endorse Mnangagwa election victory
The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards.The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe wh...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:21hrs | 12117 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU defeats ZANU PF youths in Bindura
THE Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (Zicosu) dismally lost the Bindura University of Science Education Student Representative Council Elections held on Monday at the University cam...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:05hrs | 3566 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Update on 1 August killings
As the Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence hears evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police today we give you an update of the hea...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 07:18hrs | 3988 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's economic recovery is possible but whilst the country remains a pariah state, it is IMPOSSIBLE!
"AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, told journalists in Johannesburg this week that while Zimbabwe is making progress, its economy and relations with lenders are still a way from being repaired," repor...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1118 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mugabe ignored coup warnings,' says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was forewarned about the coup that would topple him from power, but distrusted those who warned him and believed his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Defence Fo...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 7675 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'mischievous' abduction claims dismissed
THE Government has dismissed as false and mischievous, allegations of attempted abduction of MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on his way from addressing a rally in Marondera on Saturday. A video h...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire commits to invest in Zimbabwe
ONE of China's top billionaires, Mr Li Jinyuan, has committed to invest in Zimbabwe after he held talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mr Li, who is chairman and chief executive ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
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