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Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 13 hrs ago | 772 | by Staff Reporter
14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1807 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3593 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli's budget a drop in the ocean
The 2020 budget is out but the future of the country still looks all gloom and not inspiring at all.The budget lacks clarity and is full of deception, lies and falsehoods. After austerity meas...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1533 | by Leonard Koni
Kasukuwere to form Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU) in 2023
PRETORIA/HARARE - Former Zanu PF political commissar and cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is plotting to form a Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU), if he wins the country's 2023 presidenti...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:43hrs | 9133 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misses fiscal reform targets
ECONOMIC reforms and austerity measures being spearheaded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) have gone off the rails after it emerged the central ban...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
What is the role of V11, V23 forms?
IT is the constitutional mandate of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that, at every election or referendum, whatever voting method is used, is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure and...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to supervise setting up of Byo DCCs
ZANU-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Kembo Mohadi will next week lead a team to supervise the setting up of District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) in Bulawayo. This comes after the suc...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 23:17hrs | 832 | by Staff Reporter
'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1096 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF to amend constitution
The Zanu-PF Politburo has resolved to amend the party's constitution to reinstate District Coordinating Committees (DCC) and establish a war veterans wing.The 333rd Ordinary Session of the Zan...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:56hrs | 5278 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to be punished after 2020 budget presentation boycott
INDEPENDENT MP Temba Mliswa on Thursday demanded Parliament takes disciplinary action after all MDC legislators boycotted Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 Budget presentation in their continued di...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:47hrs | 2640 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa divides Chamisa's councillors
PRESIDENT will today address predominantly MDC councillors in Bulawayo amid divisions in the opposition party over the Zimbabwean leader's legitimacy.T Emmerson MnangagwaIronically, MDC Member...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politically disorganised
The recent claims by MDC that they have dropped the challenge of 'illegitimacy' of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that they have been capitalising on since he assumed office in 2018 clearly reveals how ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 14:41hrs | 1847 | by Peacemaker Zano
MDC speaks on Mnangagwa's legitimacy
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has maintained that it does not recognise ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as President of the country because he lost the elections to Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 11:00hrs | 4540 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa is Illegitimate, Period! - MDC
The MDC and indeed our President's stance remains very clear and unequivocal ... ED is illegitimate Period.It remains our considered view as the people's party that Zimbabwe still does not hav...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1870 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC Spokesperson
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1120 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF sets theme for upcoming annual conference
The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday announced the theme for the forthcoming 18th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference set to be held at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province. The annual...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:34hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Harare DCC told to get down to work
Newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members have been tasked to set up party structures in Harare with immediate effect. The DCC structures are chaired by Godwills Masimirembwa...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to reinstate DCCs in party constitution
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday resolved to reinstate provisions for the inclusion of District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) and the war veterans wing into the party's constitution. The two r...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo distances himself from Kasukuwere campaign
Former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from the trending campaign for Saviour Kasukuwere to relaunch his political career. A grouping of Zimbabweans have launche...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 04:43hrs | 7189 | by Mandla Ndlovu
G40 battling to stay relevant
….as they initiate #TysonWabantu media campaign Over the past few days, there has been an upsurge of social media messages presenting self-exiled former Cabinet Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1777 | by Claver Nyuki
Chamisa's MDC losing ground in Matebeleland
The Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) continues to lose ground in Matebeleland, a region once considered the party's stronghold in the early 2000s.Until 2013, the MDC was...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2639 | by Staff reporter
Zesn raises red flag over recurrent voter apathy
INDEPENDENT election watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged electoral stakeholders to support voter education campaigns in the face of an increasing trend of voter apathy in ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:16hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Business Executives can change the political fortunes
Now that the President of Zimbabwe has reshuffled the cabinet. There is a lot of hullabaloo who should have been included, but the truth of the matter is, he can only choose and work with the crop of ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1073 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chamisa drops Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
NELSON Chamisa's opposition MDC has dropped a key demand questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zim...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 10081 | by Staff reporter
Umahlekisa comics roast politicians
COMEDY club Umahlekisa, in conjunction with Youth for Innovation Trust (YIT), will on Friday host local councillors in an event dubbed Creative Accountability-Leadership Roast at Nkulumane Hall, Bulaw...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Polad not a money game, says Gutu
Participants in the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) are disturbed by insinuations that they are lining their pockets instead of moving the country forward. In an interview on Monday, MDC-T v...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF seeks to gain more Midlands votes
Zanu-PF has made significant progress in restructuring organs in the Midlands as it seeks to reinvigorate its membership ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. Addressing the party's Provinci...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to dissolve ZANU PF structures
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dissolve all the structures of the party countrywide because they were composed of unelected people. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1971 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cain Mathema's appointment as Education Minister a disaster for Mthwakazi
The recently announced changes in the cabinet by Mishack Sibanda effected by Emerson Mnangagwa government leaves a lot to be desired.Cain Mathema is a former member of the Froliz party which l...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3548 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President.
Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:35hrs | 9989 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC admits to not having sound rural structures
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has admitted that it has no sound structures in rural areas, a move that has allowed Zanu-PF to have a stroll in the park in many council and parliamentary by-elections....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gweru town clerk salary perks exposed
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza drew over $100 000 in gross salary and led a luxurious lifestyle paid for by ratepayers until her suspension by mayor Josiah Makombe last month, investi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
'Don't read much into by-election results'
ZANU-PF and MDC have been warned against using by-election results as a harbinger of the 2023 election outcome, though the outcomes' psychological impact on the respective parties support base cannot ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Chombo declares war on corruption
NEWLY-APPOINTED Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo says she has put all her political setbacks behind and will focus on the key mandate assigned to her to eradicate corruption in local aut...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
New minister to further Zanu-PF interests
NEWLY-APPOINTED minister of the new Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities, Daniel Garwe, said his ministry will push to fulfil the interests and manifestos set by Zanu-PF ahead of the 2018...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue no longer possible without external force
Too much has already been said and done by our current political protagonist that dialogue between President Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF is no longer possible wit...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 22:06hrs | 4018 | by Terence Simbi
Is there any difference between Zanu Pf and MDC Alliance ?
MDC became a formidable opposition party because there was no major political party to challenge Zanu Pf .Their grand entrance into the political arena was witnessed in their first participation in Pa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:36hrs | 1046 | by AT Kadada
The source of the Zimbabwean people's misery
All of Zimbabwe is talking about the US sanctions and depending where you come down on the political divide you will have different views on it.Everyone knows the current economic reality faci...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1766 | by Chipochashe Mariga
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2814 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa praises Polad platform
President Mnangagwa has hailed political parties that have joined the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) for bringing sound Governance ideas, saying those who shun dialogue should wait for the next ele...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trounce MDC in Tsholotsho and Wedza council by-elections
Zanu-PF had a clean sweep in council by-elections held on Saturday - two in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, and one in Wedza, Mashonaland East.Amid biting poverty and a collapsed economy, the ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Sinking ship
With almost half the population now registered for food aid, the government is taking decisive action to deal with the threat - not by providing food for the people but by fattening up the army and po...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1870 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Mnangagwa to axe bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to make further changes to his Cabinet after last Friday's mini-reshuffle that saw some ministers being redeployed and new deputies appointed, it has emerged....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:02hrs | 10450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt draws fire over currency
The government has been accused of fuelling economic instability through inconsistent currency reforms and too many regulations.Zimbabwe ended a decade of dollarisation in June and readopted t...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
Practise what you preach
We preach from the scriptures but very often find our practices to be in conflict with our gospels. I am not a saint either. Politicians campaign with assurances to bring "heaven" to our country, yet ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:51hrs | 171 | by Prosper Tingini
I'm not a rebel: Cde Chipoyera
In a riveting account never before made public, Parker Chipoyera (PC) opens up on events leading to the arrest of the ZIPA leadership and how he ended up in captivity with his fellow comrades. ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
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