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BREAKING: Video of how Mnangagwa 'stole' the 2018 elections released
Journalist Edmund Kudzayi has released a documentary that seek to expose how the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission used excel spreadsheet to alter the 2018 Presidential results in support of President Emm...Published: 4 mins ago | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZIDERA was never about democracy
As Zimbabwe, and its SADC counterparts, initiate the anti-sanctions lobby as a collective on October 25, 2019, it is trite that the real reason for the imposition of illegal sanctions on the country a...Published: 9 hrs ago | 378 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Zanu-PF to scrap Presidential running mate concept
Cabinet yesterday approved constitutional amendments that will result in the scrapping of the concept of running mates in Presidential elections and extend the women's quota system by another 10 years...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo province haunted by ghosts of its provincial congress
THE MDC Bulawayo province is still haunted by ghosts of its provincial congress, with some party members now raising fears that the chaos that accompanied it will cost the party in future by-elections...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:28hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
SADC Anti-Sanctions Day declared a National holiday
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday revealed that it is set to declare Friday 25th October 2019 SADC Anti-Sanctions Day as an official public holiday so as to show the importanc...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2864 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa, Khupe Court Judgment: Legal complex & Political Narrative
What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numbers, it requires strategic intelligence to deal with an opponent,...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:18hrs | 2215 | by Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
'Zanu-PF believe owned choicest fruits' - with economy in ICU, they still demand pound of flesh
"The new' regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there's a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fell...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:17hrs | 520 | by Wilbert Mukori
Wednesday court judgment: Legal complex & political narrative
(Balanced views) What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numb...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 17:31hrs | 1194 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa says, 'it's not about me'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on all Zimbabweans reeling under the yoke of Zanu PF's maladministration to rally behind his party's call for wholesale political, electoral and economi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe de-dollarisation is in tatters and with no political shift, no bailout' says expert
Most of us know that Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble. It is only from reading expert analysis that one can start to comprehend the seriousness of our situation. Tony Hawkins a pr...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3499 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa dismisses elections 'Sabbath'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has refused to entertain talk of a seven year election Sabbath suggested by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), arguing his electoral victory last year ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 311 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:36hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 341 | by Agencies
Bulawayo Mayor rebels against MDC
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has thrown into the drain attempts by his party MDC-Alliance to reinstate embattled former Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami, in a latest twist that shows fissu...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 7916 | by Staff Reporter
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1306 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
MDC renews push for diaspora vote
MDC secretary for elections Jacob Mafume has said the party will use all legal channels to make sure that people in the diaspora vote in 2023.Mafume told the Daily News that his party will app...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:31hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 9 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa to implement Motlanthe Commission recommendations
Government is in the process of implementing recommendations made by the Motlanthe Commission after the August 1, 2018 violence that left six people dead and will prosecute those responsible when inve...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF endorses DCC polls
THE Zanu-PF Politburo has endorsed newly-elected Harare District Coordinating Committee (DCC) executive members as part of a restructuring exercise to strengthen the party ahead of 2023 national elect...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt lacks political will to address humanitarian crisis'
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of lacking political will to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis and human rights violations, mainly perpe...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses warped NGO report
Government yesterday fired a salvo on the local NGO report questioning the independence of the Judiciary and described it as "tired and old rhetoric" that should be smoked for its inequity. Ju...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1413 | by Walter Mzembi
Bulawayo snubs Zec's voter registration exercise
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has lamented at the poor turnout in its voter registration exercise in Bulawayo, and warned that the city risked losing some constituencies in the next delimita...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Reform agenda on course, says Mthuli Ncube
Government has made considerable progress in implementing reforms under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), especially on the alignment of laws, currency reforms and infrastructure develop...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:36hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1077 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:55hrs | 331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe coup announcer leads Sadc Elections Observer Mission to Botswana
President Mnangagwa has appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo to lead the Sadc Election Observer Mission for the Botswana elections to be held tomorrow. T...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2995 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean authorities called to commence diaspora vote facilitation
AN independent election watchdog has called on authorities to immediately commence the process of facilitating the diaspora vote, saying any delay would continue to disenfranchise Zimbabweans living o...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Rural vote key in propelling the MDC
The MDC party led by Nelson Chamisa celebrated 20 years of existence at Rufaro Stadium on September 28 2019, under the theme, "celebrating courage, growth and people's victories". As the MDC celebrate...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 133 | by Mtape Mamuse
Mnangagwa shoots down church's 7 year proposal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has shot down a proposal by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations for a seven year moratorium on all electoral processes in Zimbabwe to allow for ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:32hrs | 1304 | by newzimbabwe
Election dispute resolution in Zimbabwe
This paper on election dispute resolution (EDR) departs from the point that the electoral competition is often accompanied by disputes and tensions, as political parties and candidates jostle for powe...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 406 | by Zesn
Mnangagwa's killer soldiers facing the gun
In a surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year. ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:52hrs | 7091 | by Staff reporter
May the last person to leave, turn off the lights
ONE of the questions that I ask myself daily is: Is there a point to this?I have to be honest, I feel defeated and I wonder if there is any hope that this country's fortunes will improve anyti...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:50hrs | 394 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zimbabwe rejoining the Commonwealth: Where we are and where we hope to be
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has taken a crucial step forward towards rejoining the Commonwealth, the 53-country group of nations we exited in 2003. After meeting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 234 | by Sibusiso Moyo
Zimbabwe appeals for Australia Commonwealth support
Zimbabwe has registered significant political, legal and economic reforms, including implementing recommendations made by several election observer missions, and it is time that Harare is allowed to r...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:28hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to comment on church's election suspension proposal
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has confirmed receiving a proposal from the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHoCD) on Tuesday arguing for a suspension of electoral contestations in Zimbabwe for s...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 19:48hrs | 2855 | by Staff reporter
'Real churches do not reward sin' MDC youths tell pastors
The MDC Youth Assembly is highly appalled by the Zimbabwe Head of Christian Denominations' suggestion to suspend all electoral process for a period of seven years.While we agree that the...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 17:20hrs | 859 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Mnangagwa - A complete waste of Zimbabwe's time
Listening to Mnangagwa's recent speech in parliament reminded me of the unusually tolerant nature of Zimbabweans. The speech was a follow up to the extremely embarrassing and uninspiring speech at an ...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3510 | by Gus Manatsa
Churches want Zimbabwe to suspend polls for 7 years
THE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) have called for a suspension of elections for seven years to pave way for political and economic reforms under a new structure which will come fro...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Paradigm shift should anchor our new trajectory
More often than not, action speaks louder than words. Zimbabwe finds herself in a situation wherein the major political actors have been very long on talk but, unfortunately, extremely short on action...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 218 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC Chamisa's MPs worried by poor voter registration turnout
Luveve Member of Parliament Stella Ndlovu has expressed concern over poor voter registration in her constituency warning that the constituency is one of those which could be lost if voter registration...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 21:05hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
An Analysis of the Cabinet principles on devolution
It is important to consult the people widely before making a move to amend the Act of Parliament pertaining to councils, because a lot of things are supposed to change because of the contents of Chapt...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:55hrs | 593 | by Gabriela Victorious
Zanu-PF sets up electoral college for DCCs
All card-carrying Zanu-PF members in Harare will be eligible to vote for members of the proposed District Coordinating Committees, whose prospective candidates will be vetted today after the submissio...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:14hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo denies Chamisa appointment
Exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has denied allegations that he was appointed to be MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's advisor recently.Posting on his micro blog twitter yesterday Moyo said, "President...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 08:16hrs | 11498 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to lead Sadc Electoral Observer Mission
ZIMBABWE will lead the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Electoral Observer Mission (SEOM) to the presidential, provincial and legislative elections to be held on Tuesday in Mozambique....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:36hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Cracks emerge in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has allegedly been rocked by divisions with some commissioners said to be unhappy over the government's lack of commitment in addressing past hu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:29hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Fifa declines to endorse Chiyangwa, Sibanda bans
WORLD football governing body, Fifa has urged Zifa to reconsider the life bans imposed on former president, Phillip Chiyangwa and former Vice-President, Omega Sibanda.Fifa revealed they had re...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:22hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
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