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Tshinga Dube pleads with BCC over eviction
FORMER Zanu-PF legislator Tshinga Dube has pleaded with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to spare him eviction from a parliamentary office in Makokoba constituency to pave way for the incumbent MDC leg...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dates San community
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa is expected to commission the San community irrigation scheme next Saturday, a month after production started, with the project now flourishing with fresh vegetables....Published: 4 hrs ago | 283 | by Staff reporter
'External MDC branches key in national politics'
MDC external branches have not been seen as key players in national politics because the diaspora vote has been shut out of local elections.However, Tawanda Dzvokora (TD), chairperson of the U...Published: 4 hrs ago | 109 | by Staff repirter
Zec to pilot test display of voters' rolls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland Nort...Published: 4 hrs ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa activist released on bail
ANTI-Government activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing independent candidate in last year's harmonised elections, Josphat Ngulube, who was arrested for allegedly leading an illegal demonstrat...Published: 4 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights for Japajapa's freedom
MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende says the MDC is working flat out to make sure that jailed activist Paddington Japajapa gets bail after he was slapped with two years in prison.Said Hwende...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2774 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should vote for a tried and tested revolutionary party w...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1573 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt works on 50:50 principle
GOVERNMENT will soon amend the Constitution to extend the provision which reserves 60 seats for women following the pending expiry of the subsistence of the 10-year legal framework in 2023, President ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 996 | by Staff Reporter
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2778 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Ramaphosa's donations from White Monopoly Capital must be made public'
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to publish all the donations he had received during his 2017 ANC presidential campaign, finding he had breached the executive ethics...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 17:33hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
ZESN condemns Zanu-PF vote buying
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has condemned requests by the Zanu PF Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda for medicine supplies at Lupane clinics to be used for vote buying in th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2848 | by Staff Reporter
The Fifth Estate: A threat to national security
The turn of the century has seen the evolution of various communication platforms. This development also saw the rise of citizen journalism. The bad side of citizen journalism is that the writer i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1970 | by Elijah Chihota
A currency backed by nothing
On February 25, 1862, United States President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act, a brainchild of Elbridge Spaulding. Those were terrifying times. The republic was at war with itself and woul...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1374 | by eBusiness Weekly
Anti-Mnangagwa protest leader in court
Anti-Government activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing independent candidate in last year's harmonised elections, Josphat Ngulube, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly leading an illegal...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
MDC raises red flag over politicisation of State institutions
MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), raising concern over the politicisation of State institutions after Zanu-PF instructed NatPham to disburse...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Presuming 'no normal person votes Zanu-PF' is what makes MDC lose
Appearances can deceive big-time.Perusing the South African media before that country's general elections in May this year, one would have concluded that the ruling ANC was finished and would ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1340 | by Conway Tutani
Army confronts Mnangagwa over leaked audio
Information from Harare indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was locked up in a meeting with some senior officers from the Joint Operations Command on Thursday evening when he returned fro...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:00hrs | 24826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3772 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Tajamuka plotting a national shutdown protest
Pressure group Tajamuka has issued a statement saying they are consulting various stakeholders towards implementing a national protest that will liberate the people of Zimbabwe. In a statement...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:50hrs | 7480 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa to launch mass protests
The Movement for Demcratic Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to "lead from the front" in what he described as a "peaceful and radical" face-off with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 10591 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa convicted
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced MDC activist Paddington Japajapa to three years in jail after convicting him of inciting the public to commit political violence when he accused the Zimbabwe El...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's fate has been sealed
THE MDC leadership has summoned its Bulawayo councillors who last week faced protests from ratepayers over poor service delivery and endless infighting among city fathers.The melee at City Hal...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 5739 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activist Japajapa jailed two years
MDC-Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa was yesterday jailed for an effective two years after he was found guilty of contravening Section 66A of the Electoral Act Chapter 2:13 (unofficial or false d...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion' - Zanu-PF is no better; must clear deck for clean start
Dear Noble RunyangaRef: your Bulawayo 24 article "Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion, dilemma" Y...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 3674 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Kambarami has a string of legal battles'
1893MRM lodged a case against Tinashe Kambarami following the 31 July 2018 Zimbabwe harmonized national and municipal government elections. The movement had discovered that Mr Kambarami, the councilor...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:55hrs | 2499 | by 1893MRM
We rewarded Zanu-PF with absolute power for rigging elections, sowing the wind to reap whirlwind - have we finally learned the l
"Zimbabwe is burning. The country is in the throes of a serious political and socio-economic crisis. The resolution of this crisis has become a matter of extreme urgency. It is clear that soft-landing...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:42hrs | 274 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Patience Zirima travelled to London
Patience Zirima of Media Monitors (Zimbabwe) travelled to London to attend the Global Conference for Media Freedom on July 10 and 11. Here she reflects on what she'll take home from the event, which w...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:40hrs | 253 | by Patience Zirima
Unpacking the MDC RELOAD document
Many people had high hopes that since Mugabe no longer there, probably Mnangagwa will change the economy of Zimbabwe, people will get jobs, industries will open, a strong Zimbabwe dollar will return, ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2426 | by Etiwel Mutero
Chamisa ramps up pressure on SADC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC will continue engaging Sadc in a bid to solve the country’s crisis although President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon chair the bloc’s organ on Politics, Defence and Securi...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 5782 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala arrest cost us Bikita East by-election, claims MDC
SMARTING from a defeat in the Bikita East ward 31 by-election held on Saturday, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party has blamed Zanu-PF and the State for intimidating voters through the arrest of party de...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2874 | by Stafff reporter
Modi given standing ovation at dogs-attacked woman's church
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, was on Sunday given a standing ovation when he attended a church service at Abundant Life Revival Mission International Church where Ms Cherish ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
We rewarded Zanu PF with absolute power for rigging elections, sowing the wind to reap whirlwind – Have we finally learned the
"Zimbabwe is burning. The country is in the throes of a serious political and socio-economic crisis. The resolution of this crisis has become a matter of extreme urgency. It is clear that soft-landing...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:09hrs | 1441 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I must be anointed new President of Zimbabwe,' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants to lead Zimbabwe's transition to a "new dispensation" but not before he forces President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiating table.Chamisa told thousands of p...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:57hrs | 7158 | by Staff reporter
'A coup against Mnangagwa is about to explode'
The November 2017 military coup which forced tyrant Robert Mugabe from power is still haunting Zimbabwe almost 18 months down the line. The remnants of the coup and its footprints will not disappear s...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:59hrs | 17959 | by Blessing Ivan Vava
MDC apologises to Mthwakazi
The MDC Bulawayo chairlady Tendai Gwaradzimba who yesterday declared war on MRP calling upon her party faithful to fight MRP and accusing MRP for being ZANU PF has since retracted her comments and apo...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 12:25hrs | 5772 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Sympathizers turn against Chamisa after by-election defeats
The opposition MDC has received criticism from unlikely quarters after losing two council by-elections in Bikita and Nyanga to the ruling Zanu-PF party.The by-elections held yesterday saw Zanu...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 5101 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF unstoppable, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar, Victor Matemadanda says the revolutionary party is now unstoppable as its programmes continue to receive overwhelming approval from the people who have now come t...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
'ZACC will leave no stone unturned to rid of corruption' - sit and eat and spare us the insults and chutzpah
In Zimbabwe, corruption is deep; it is a key pillar of the Zanu-PF dictatorship's patronage system. It is fair to say that to uproot corruption one must first dismantle and uproot the Zanu-PF dictator...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 832 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa changes tact
Tensions ran high at the MDC retreat meeting held over the weekend to decide whether the party should immediately roll out demonstrations or give dialogue a chance. According to daily News, th...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 6047 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami: A pig in royal robes still finds amusement in mud
The Tinashe Kambarami cabal's crass exhibition of foolishness unmasks the failure of the MDC to run urban councils. The exalted office of councillorship has been defiled by the repugnant behaviour of ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1683 | by Ndabazabantu Sondokhulu
SB Moyo flies out to Lusaka on Friday
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo is expected to attend the 21st Ministerial Committee of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Lusaka on Frid...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) engages political parties
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in Bulawayo has engaged political parties in its efforts to improve voter registration in the province and avoid losing some constituencies when the commission ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
'Convicted thief' Kambarami fights for position at High Court
THE civil trial involving Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and a political pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, opened at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday. ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1919 | by Staff reporter
Chmaisa mustn't underestimate the electorate
Despite efforts by the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, to tarnish the image of Zanu-PF, the revolutionary party has remained the party of choice. The MDC has no policy and no selling...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2032 | by Tichaona Zindoga
MDC female Vice President lands top post in Mozambique
The MDC would like to congratulate its Vice President Lynette Karenyi for landing a top international post.It is hoped that the elevation of Hon. Karenyi will help the MDC enhance its regional pre...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:01hrs | 10113 | by Daniel Molokele
Prosecute health minister - Tsvangirai's former envoy
Former special advisor to the late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, Alex Magaisa, has called on the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission to prosecute Health Minister Obadiah Moyo for violating the Elec...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | 3646 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa calls for health minister's arrest
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for Health Minister Obadiah Moyo to be arrested for corruption after a leaked letter showed how Zanu-PF plans to use medical drugs as a campaign tool in the Lupane...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:33hrs | 5821 | by ZimLive
Chamisa threatens
MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened yet again to unleash protests saying he will only accept a new political arrangement that he leads.Addressing his supporters at a rally ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:54hrs | 5502 | by Staff reporter
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