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Bulawayo committee chairpersons another extension of MDC Alliance factional fights
BULAWAYO councillors have elected new committee chairpersons amid factional tussles to control decision-making bodies in the local authority. The elections were held on Thursday last week at a...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:05hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism rears ugly head
There was drama at Chinhoyi Stadium during the Defence Forces Day celebrations when security and protocol members were reportedly forced to remove top Zanu-PF provincial members who had invaded the hi...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora linked mayors face the boot from MDC Alliance?
Serious divisions and infighting has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance ahead of a violent demonstration scheduled for tomorrow, with a section of senior party officials and supporters saying ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
As long as culture of selling fellow blacks for piece of calico cloth remains, so will our troubles
As a people black Africans are dogged by self-hate. By God, we hate ourselves with a consuming passion! During the slave trade, one of the dark periods in black Africa, it was not the whi...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:22hrs | 356 | by Nomusa Garikai
Fresh MDC plot to oust Bulawayo town clerk
BULAWAYO councillors have initiated fresh attempts to oust the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from office despite offering an apology last week over the botched effort by Deputy Mayor, Councillor Ti...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami apologise for City Hall chaos
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Councillor Tinashe Kambarami yesterday apologised for the recent chaos at City Hall saying measures have been put in place to bring sanity and en...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
'Did God instruct MDC to take power by force?' - God is NOT in this, 'be as shrewd as snakes' He warned
"One thing for certain, which the opposition should know, is that there is not going to be any transfer of power outside the elections. Their decision to participate in the elections that brought Mnan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 17:39hrs | 2341 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league in Gwanda mining claim controversy
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday stepped in to resolve a violent turf war between two rival youth groups in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South, after claims that one of them was using names of senio...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
'We reiterate, Chamisa is winner of 2018 elections' - not just obdurate but obstructive stupidity
"It is now a year since Zimbabweans voted in the last harmonized elections on 30th July 2018," read the MDC statement."We reiterate that the results of the Presidential election as announced b...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:21hrs | 4096 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC Youth leader speaks on Tinashe Kambarami
I had promised that on 30 July 2019, due to public demand, I will express my own views on political happenings in Bulawayo. However due to compelling programmes elsewhere, I didn't get time to do it a...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | 8415 | by Discent Bajila
Biti thrown into ZACC's jaws …as Chamisa unleashes Varakashi on him
The bickering within the MDC Alliance presidium continues to crescendo with that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa hurling every weapon he bumps into, to his fiercest rival, Tendai Biti.The Harar...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:04hrs | 13152 | by John Sigauke
Mnangagwa to be impeached
THE opposition MDC says it is working with some of the ruling Zanu-PF party legislators to impeach President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a legislator has revealed.Addressing a rally in his constituenc...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
'If ED resigns I give him a farm, whisky and women!' - has all that plus absolute power, for Pete's sake
"At the (Lupane East by-election) rally, Mr Chamisa left his supporters holding their mouths in disbelief when he said he had already hatched a retirement plan for President Mnangagwa, with women and ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 19:30hrs | 5495 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa son divides Zanu-PF youths
Tension is rising in the Zanu-PF youth league with some members of the national executive accusing deputy secretary Lewis Matutu of using his close links to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:28hrs | 13538 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo: The absent citizen
He must have been a pro. We never had a glimpse of the camera-man. He stood afixed to the door and focused on the desk and the town clerk's quivering face and frothing mouth. Even watching, many faint...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:24hrs | 503 | by Zifiso Masiye
Beyond elections: When the chickens come home to roost
This article could not have come at a better time than this interesting political time when Bulawayo is battling with the local governance conundrum, probably a historical first when the opposit...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 448 | by Michael Mhlanga
Chamisa snubs agitated Bulawayo supporters
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Friday reportedly developed cold feet and dodged a meeting of the party structures in Bulawayo, which had been called to address among other things the cont...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dreams of ruling Matabeleland forever: your ancestors are misleading you, muka ubike doro!
"Will a two-state solution bring stability to Zimbabwe? Zimbabwe is not one country; to pretend otherwise is a dangerous hallucination." These words are attributed to David Hilton Barber, that is, in ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:24hrs | 1713 | by Israel Dube
MDC, an alliance of fissures
Almost a year after the 2018 harmonised elections, the embattled MDC party continues to hit a brick wall in its efforts to be a united party.Before the unfortunate death of MDC founder, Morgan...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:23hrs | 610 | by Peacemaker Zano
AUDIO: Town clerk tried to warn Kambarami and his sidekick
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube reportedly tried to warn the city's Deputy Mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and his sidekick Councillor Silas Chigora, among others, against flouting procurem...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
'Did you vote MPs to live large' asked Nkosana Moyo - how insulting, when he helped rig the vote
"As you continue to suffer, your representatives in parliament and government are preparing to receive brand new cars. Is this what you vote them in to office for? To live large in the face of crisis?...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1879 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Masvingo solidly behind Mnangagwa'
Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial chairman Ezra Chadzamira has said the province is solidly behind the leadership of President Mnangagwa, saying time for electioneering is now over. Addressing thous...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents call for dissolution of council
BULAWAYO residents have called upon Government to dissolve the Bulawayo City Council and appoint a commission to run the local authority saying they have lost faith in the councillors amid allegations...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
It's time to revive the Affirmative Action Group
The Affirmative Action Group AAG was a powerful entity which made a huge difference in the business sector. AAG was a successful pressure group which contributed immensely to the growth of several bla...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:50hrs | 1007 | by Nicholas Ncube
'MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate' - amused and irritated SADC in equal measure
"Chamisa: We went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate!" screamed the headlines in New Zimbabwe.Every SADC leader involved in the Zimbabwe political crisis during the 2008 to 2013 GNU was amused...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 2588 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
New twist to Mnangagwa-CIO fallout
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly cracking a whip against a ZANU PF faction known as the Zezuru mafia through the demotion, suspension and firing of some senior official in the dreaded C...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 11:07hrs | 22141 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 17695 | by Nicholas Ncube
An explosive ZANU PF Conference being planned
ZANU PF is the ruling party of Zimbabwe and he who has control of ZANU PF controls the country. The importance of ZANU PF was emphasized during the events of November 2017. The tussle for power ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 11:52hrs | 8833 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chamisa must wake up before it is too late
Reading through the biography of Chris Hani, one can't help but notice the frustration that he went through during his days in exile in Zambia where the African National Congress (ANC) was preparing t...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:32hrs | 5091 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
'Zanu PF will not turn around economy' said MDC A, gleefully - neither will you, just want TA
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube says the current Zimbabwean government is poised for failure and anyone pinning their hopes on it will be disappointed."Is there still anyone who st...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1566 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Protests: MDC caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Conversations with insiders suggest that the MDC has been agonising over whether or not to call for protests since the beginning of the year. That no decision has been reached on the matter speaks to ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3471 | by Tendai Chimunda
Chamisa's MDC must wake up before it's too late
READING through the biography of Chris Hani, one cannot help but notice the frustration that he went through during his days in exile in Zambia, where the ANC was preparing the Umkhonto weSizwe gueril...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 12:10hrs | 8759 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Chiwenga battles for life in South Africa
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been airlifted to a South African hospital in his latest battle with failing health, ZimLive reports.The former army commander, who turns 63 next month,...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 09:15hrs | 23939 | by ZimLive
'We ran economy well, figures speak for themselves' - economy is not half of it, mess speaks volume
"If you look at the Zimbabwean crisis in the last 20 years, the Central Bank has been at the epicentre of the distortions. Some of you might not know that during the GNU we didn't have the central ban...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1743 | by Nomusa Garikai
Why Zanu-PF youths are targeting heavy weights
Zanu-PF youths threw the cat among the pigeons recently when they released a list of alleged corrupt people that included senior ruling party officials such as Obert Mpofu and Prisca Mupfumira....Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 6249 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa celebrating Zanu-PF factionalism
THE opposition MDC party says it will be grabbing "popcorn and chairs" for front row seats in what appears to be factional fights playing out in the ruling Zanu-PF, where officials are tearing each ot...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:49hrs | 6217 | by Staff reporter
'2018 elections were illegal' MDC A admit, finally - cannot confer legitimacy on selves, step down
"Legitimacy is an issue - last year's elections were illegal, and not free and fair. All reasonable observers concede that," admitted David Coltart, MDC Alliance Treasurer General. It has taken almost...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 13:00hrs | 4131 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiwenga and Mnangagwa's fight reaches boiling point
The country's presidency is now reportedly paraplegic thus causing tectonic divisions in government, amid disclosures that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his second in charge, Vice President, Rtd Ge...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:34hrs | 26012 | by Itai Mushekwe
'MDC develops into a four-headed monster'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has created a bloated National Executive which is a concoction of four factions of the original MDC and that is bound to cost Chamisa in the next elections a former MDC...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:25hrs | 7396 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Reforms are empty words, lipstick on Zanu PF crocodile' - and MDC meerkat
I once watched a documentary on a family of meerkats. In their daily foraging they group came across an ostrich egg. The whole group was certainly very excited with the find, there was a lot of good f...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:34hrs | 2479 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa targets corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE Zanu PF commissariat and youth league have called for a clean sweep of corrupt party and government bigwigs, saying all those implicated in corrupt activities should immediately be relieved of the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:06hrs | 4741 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe to blame for Zimbabwe crisis'
Zanu-PF's new commissar Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims that his recent appointment was meant to address growing concerns about the re-emergence of factionalism in the party.President ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2187 | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti lose MDC national executive bid
MDC Masvingo Senator Tichinani Mavetera and former Zanu-PF Mwenezi East Member of Parliament (MP) Kudakwashe Bhasikiti were today humiliated after they received the least endorsement during the party'...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:39hrs | 5133 | by Staff reporter
MDC Masvingo elections aborted amid violence
Apparently terrified by the rowdy behavior of party members who quarrelled over how the party should run the selection of five people who will represent Masvingo in the party's national executive, MDC...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is burning Zimbabwe down to stop anyone else ruling' - we are insane to let them
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess. The country's economy is in total meltdown unemployment has soared to nauseating heights of 90% plus; ¾ of the population is living on US$30 or l...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:21hrs | 3093 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa and the pretence to unity
AT the burial of liberation icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna recently, MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa postured as a unifying figure vowing to work towards uniting the people of Zimbabwe....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | 793 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zapu Presidency Refutes Speculations on the Leadership Storm and Factions
The Zapu Presidency wishes to categorically dismiss the so called looming leadership storm following the death of its President Dumiso Dabengwa. Whereas speculations are expected after the fall of any...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 12:07hrs | 1269 | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Chiwenga's health woes linked to Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination plots over Mnangagwa's successor
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's perennial health problems are reportedly linked to the ruling Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination and counter-assassination plots among it's ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | 9372 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
'Ncube lacks realism, intelligence and honesty' charged Biti - true enough but what about you
"When asked about the economy and Mthuli Ncube, Mr Biti said among other things, "Mthuli is a Loud mouth that doesn't have a connection with its brain and the economy has found him out. This is about ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 18:07hrs | 2420 | by Wilbert Mukori
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