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Farmers, lithium miner clash
HORTICULTURE farmers in Goromonzi have accused the Platinum Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) mine of negatively affecting their socio-economic life, while others have welcomed the miner's activities in the area...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: America-Europe sets up propaganda fund against China and Zimbabwe over lithium
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has shed light on what he alleges to be an intricate war propaganda scheme devised by American and European interests. According to Charamba, the object...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:00hrs | 1050 | by George Tshuma
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
'Two-thirds majority won't be abused'
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi says the ruling party will not use its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to conduct a constitutional coup through extensive changes to existing laws and ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans vote for personalities
ZIMBABWEANS do not cast votes along political party lines nor do their preferred candidates mirror their aspirations, a report by Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has said.This comes a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:30hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's pyrrhic victory
The by-elections were held in Seke, Goromonzi South, Zvimba East, Pelandaba-Tshabalala, Chegutu West and Mkoba North constituencies.THE ruling Zanu-PF has secured the much coveted two-thirds m...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:32hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets two-thirds majority
The ruling Zanu-PF party won all the six seats in by-elections held on Saturday last week as it attained a two-thirds majority amid fears there will be rounds of constitutional amendments.Zanu...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:37hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF man becomes Pelandaba-Mpopoma MP with only 1 845 votes
Zanu-PF candidate Joseph Tshuma has won the Pelandaba-Tshabalala by-election following the polls held on Saturday.The seat fell vacant after Citizens Coalition for Change interim secretary gen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 18:00hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins all seats in Mash East
The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has once again proved to be the people's party after winning all the contested seats in Mashonaland East province during this Saturday's by-elections.The revolutiona...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF finally gets two-thirds majority
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has secured the coveted two-thirds Parliamentary majority, taking a significant step towards a potential third presidential term.Zanu-PF emerged victorious in all ...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:38hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
FAZ in mass deployments
The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its o...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
By-elections ballot paper distribution begins today
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now 100 percent ready to deliver seamless by-elections on Saturday, with the distribution of ballot papers set to start today.ZEC has printed 230 000 ballo...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
All in place for February 3 by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said everything is now in place for the February 3 by-elections after the High Court upheld a challenge by the CCC secretary-general, Mr Sengezo Tshabangu to bar ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Bread shoots to US$1,30 in Zimbabwe
PRICES of most basic commodities, particularly food items, have surged by more than 30% since last year as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value against the greenback.The new 15% value-added tax...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:02hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
No additional tollgates on Zimbabwe's premium roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has dismissed claims that additional tollgates were being established along the country's premium roads.Users of social media platforms have ...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe probes extra-judicial rendition of truck driver to Zambia
Zimbabwean police are investigating the extra-judicial rendition of a truck driver to Zambia after he was abducted in Harare on October 28 last year.Tasara Hwata, 47, was abducted and tortured...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:13hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes by-elections clean sweep
The ruling party, Zanu-PF, will capitalise on confusion in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to win the February 3 by-elections.This was said by the party's national political commissar,...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu wins again
CCC's interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu yesterday dealt the party's beleaguered leader Nelson Chamisa yet another blow after High Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ruled in favour of his a...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:08hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
High Court case to expunge 23 CCC recalees from ballot box
HIGH COURT CASE TO EXPUNGE 23 RECALLEES FROM BALLOT PAPER FOR 3 FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS SET FOR TOMORROWThe Urgent Chamber Application by CCC and its interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1501 | by Jonathan Moyo
Tshabangu to reform CCC until structures are in place
Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has begun campaigning for his parliamentary candidates ahead of next month's by-election, p...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 07:58hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Prospect Lithium urged to manufacture batteries in Zimbabwe
Mining giant Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe needs to move to manufacture lithium batteries locally and export them to boost Zimbabwe's economy, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for M...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:37hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
US$6m budget for February by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has set aside about US$6 million, or the equivalent in the local currency, for the February 3 by-elections to fill vacancies of six National Assembly seats and ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:34hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes Goromonzi South seat
Zanu-PF party leadership in Mashonaland East province has begun mobilising for support in Goromonzi South constituency ahead of a February 3 by-election.The seat is one of the biggest peri-urb...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF disciplines land invaders
The ruling party Zanu-PF has implemented disciplinary measures against the Mutare DCC Chairman and certain party members implicated in the unlawful sale and allocation of land.In a statement f...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 09:01hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF draws line in the sand
Zanu-PF has demanded that all illegal land occupations, sale or parcelling out of land and stands, as well as illegal developments, stop forthwith, as the ruling party only supports planned settlement...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:51hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Rains sweep away bridges, roads
INCESSANT rains being experienced across the country have left a trail of destruction with reports of bridges and school infrastructure being swept away by the heavy storms.In Harare, the city...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwe parly facing renewed pressure to amend the Constitution's recall clause
Parliament is under renewed pressure to modify the Constitution's recall clause, as growing concerns about its financial implications, impact on voter engagement, and potential undermining of democrat...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC members to contest by-elections
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators yesterday successfully filed their nomination papers ahead of by-elections set for February 3.The by-elections will be held to fill six...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:16hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
CCC fields double candidates for February 3 by-election
The Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is poised to field dual candidates in the upcoming by-elections, as the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) has accepted nomination papers from both t...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:05hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC MPs, councillors contest as independents
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says its recalled legislators and councillors will tomorrow file papers to contest the February 3 by-elections as indepedents amid threats of recall by self-pro...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF by-elections candidates list out
Zanu-PF yesterday approved the final list of candidates who will represent the ruling party during the February 3 by-elections after winning last Wednesday's primary elections.The revolutionar...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:44hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Rigging mars Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF's primary elections held on Wednesday in Seke and Goromonzi, Mashonaland West province, were marred by massive rigging despite the low voter turnout.In Seke, Munyaradzi Kashambe emerge...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF scoffs at constitutional changes talk
Zanu-PF secretary general Dr Obert Mpofu has scoffed at claims by opposition elements that the ruling party was pushing for a two-thirds majority in Parliament to be in a position to amend the Constit...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister released from prison, suffers another blow
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership has prohibited former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye from carrying out party activities following her release from prison.Kagonye...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:06hrs | 2092 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets date for 6 by-elections
President Mnangagwa has set February 3, 2024 as the date for six by-elections to fill the vacancies created by the recall of CCC legislators on November 10. The President proclaimed the date i...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 16:01hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa orders new elections in 6 constituencies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has mandated new elections in response to the recent recall of six members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national assembly by the "party secretary general," S...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 21:06hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controv...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets February 3 as date for second round of by-elections
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set February 3, 2024 as the date the country shall hold by-elections to replace another batch of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators ousted recently on the...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 17:56hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proclaims by-elections date
President Mnangagwa yesterday fixed February 3, 2024 as the date for by-elections for the six vacancies created in the National Assembly following the recall of 18 CCC legislators last month.T...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
CCC accuses Jacob Mudenda of doing Zanu-PF bidding
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and the President of the Senate Mabel Chinomona of acting in contempt of ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:30hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Ex female Minister says it's time Zimbabwe legalises sex work
UNAIDS notes that sex workers often experience violence from the police, clients, and partners, increasing their risk of HIV transmission. The prevalence of HIV among sex workers in Zimbabwe is notabl...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe suffers another blow
Imprisoned Zanu-PF central committee member and former deputy finance minister, Terence Mukupe, faced another setback as the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership instructed farmers to remain...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:01hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 18 MPs bite the dust
National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has upheld his controversial expulsion of 18 CCC legislators who were Tuesday permanently ejected from the legislative house moments after court halted further ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
CCC blood-letting continues
THE CCC yesterday recalled another 13 National Assembly members and five more Senators as the blood-letting continues unabated in the opposition party, taking the total recalled legislators and counci...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu recalls 18 more CCC MPs
Sengezo Tshabangu has ordered further recalls on CCC organising secretary Amos Chibaya and 17 other party legislators among them five senators as he continues cleansing the main opposition of elective...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 20:14hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani, Kunzvi dam works expedited
The construction of major dams such as the Kunzvi and Gwayi-Shangani to augment supplies to Harare and Bulawayo is being expedited.Most suburbs in the cities have been facing water challenges ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
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