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Mnangagwa expected in Azerbaijan for climate indaba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Azerbaijan today to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, where climate finance will be a central focus. The President's departure from Ha...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:46hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police names and shames drug barons - list
The Zimbabwe Republic Police names and shames the listed 32 drug barons and suppliers who were convicted by the courts throughout the country:- Admire Chamwaita (26), of Mfelandawonye, Beitbridge,...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:07hrs | 2282 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean lands top UN fund post
Acting Permanent Secretary for Environment, Climate and Wildlife, Mr. Washington Zhakata, has been appointed as the vice board chair of the Adaptation Fund under the United Nations Framework Conventio...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:11hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists have a case to answer
Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa on Monday dismissed the application for discharge by Grandmore Hakata, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Glen View South Member of Parliament, and 39 other party ...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:49hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Woman 'hires' soldier to force hubby to relocate
Sikumbuzo Hakata, a Zimbabwean soldier, appeared before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya on charges of assault and violating the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. He allegedly collaborate...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok
WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Ruling in CCC 39 case postponed
In a recent court proceeding, Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, substituting for Sharon Rakafa who was on leave, postponed the judgment in the case involving Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Glen V...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Minister accuses media of peddling falsehoods
Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services, has accused certain online publications of spreading falsehoods regarding strategic and operational matters within th...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillors reinstated into civil service
GOVERNMENT has reinstated Zanu-PF councillors who resigned from the civil service to contest in the 2023 general elections in violation of its directive that bars civil servants from serving in local ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa anointed ZBC CEO suspended
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), the state broadcaster, has taken action by suspending its Chief Executive Officer, Adelaide Chikunguru, amidst allegations of financial mismanagement and p...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 17:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe national anthem producer dies
PROMINENT Bulawayo resident, Mr Mishack Ndlovu, who is also famed for having played a significant role in harmonising music and lyrics for the Zimbabwean national anthem has passed on.He was 9...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC Glen View-40's request for removal from remand rejected
Glenview South lawmaker, Grandmore Hakata, jointly charged with 39 other Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists for holding an unsanctioned rally have had their application for refusal of furth...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 15:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former MP, 39 others further remanded
A HARARE Magistrate has dismissed an application by former Glenview South Member of Parliament Learnmore Hakata for refusal of further remand for holding an unsanctioned road show.Hakata, who ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andrea The Vocalist drops soulful single 'Bekezela' on his birthday
VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - January 28, 2024 - Emerging Traditional Gospel sensation Andrea The Vocalist releases his latest single, "Bekezela," today, on his 15...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 10:18hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Robbers raid police roadblock, kill one in Zimbabwe
Four unidentified suspected armed robbers allegedly shot and killed a person at a business centre in Masvingo after they had initially robbed police officers manning a traffic checkpoint near Muchakat...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police robbed at a roadblock
A group of 4 men yesterday robbed Police officers at a roadblock near Muchakata of the uniforms they were wearing and these included a grey Police shirt, a riot trousers, a pair of Presidential shoes ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Inmates wallow in jail without trial
NEARLY a quarter of the country's prison population is awaiting trial, with revelations that some have been in remand for more than three years.Latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistic...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe voters' roll littered with errors'
THE voters' roll that was used in the 23-24 August general elections was littered with inconsistencies, which has cast doubt over the polls' credibility, an election watchdog, the Election Resource Ce...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
40 CCC members further remanded
GLEN VIEW South legislator Grandmore Hakata and 40 other members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have had their case of disorderly conduct extended, with a new remand date set for November ...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Strategic Ambiguity, so near but so far
Addressing thousands of change champions on his last political rally at the Freedom Square, Chamisa highlighted to the CCC supporters that it was impossible for President Mnangagwa to rig the August 2...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:55hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Masvingo Mayor, a game changer in Zimbabwe's geriatric male dominated politics
Following Zimbabwe's August 2023 general elections, 60 women were seconded into parliament through the proportional representation system, of these sixty, 33 are from Zanu Pf while 27 are from CCC. Co...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 18:48hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
President Chamisa remains our Strategic Ambiguity going forward
Mnangagwa controversially won the recent election which is hotly disputed, he emerged badly wounded and with serious problems from the poll, which may make his authoritarian rule far more complicated ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:38hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Harare deputy mayor assaults a Zanu-PF supporter, arrested
Kudzai Kadzombe, who was recently elected as the deputy mayor of Harare, has been arrested less than a week after taking office. She is facing charges of assaulting a member of Zanu-PF on election day...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC aware of Zanu-PF's shenanigans to gain two-thirds in Parliament
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of covertly working to secure a two-thirds majority in Parliament by instigating the arrest of opposition legislators, pote...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: CCC 'legal case' for foreign run fresh election
NB: Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Below is the CCC 'legal case' against Zimbabwe's sovereignty, which calls for foreigners to organise and conduct fresh elections in Zimbabwe.The entire ...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 23:01hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
CCC MP to push for rehabilitation of prisons after clocking 12 days behind bars
AN air of jubilation and relief engulfed Harare Central remand prison as the Citizens Coalition for Change members were finally released on bail Saturday.Forty CCC members, among them incoming...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC 40 expected in court today
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Glen View South aspiring Member of Parliament, Grandmore Hakata and 39 other party members spent the weekend behind bars on a charge of disorderly conduc...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF flexes muscles
CHILDREN of primary school going age stood along the almost 50km long dusty Lalapanzi to Shurugwi dirt road, waving in awe and excitement at hundreds of buses carrying thousands Zanu-PF supporters to ...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's agents, candidate locked up
TWENTY-TWO Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) polling agents and the party's candidate for Glen View South, Grandmore Hakata, were yesterday denied bail in a case in which they facing a charge of dis...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officers in front of their bosses
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has been inundated with reports that members of the security forces were being forced to cast their postal ballots in front of their bosses in open violatio...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters arrested for holding car rally
Forty Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, including aspiring MP for Glenview South Gladmore Hakata, were arrested in Harare's Machipisa suburb on Tuesday for allegedly holding an unsanctio...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring CCC MP scuffled with police officers
A total of 40 Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have been arrested.CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere confirmed the arrest."I can confirm that 40 CCC members have been ar...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded report fingers Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF activists and its affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), have been cited among leading perpetrators of political violence.FAZ has been linked to the dreaded spy agency, Central ...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to repeal the traditional leader's act
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa told people who gathered at Muchakata Business Centre recently for Masvingo cluster rally that when he gets into power he will not remove t...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 20:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises to scrap CALA, school, exam fees
Citizens Coalition for Change president Nelson Chamisa has said once his party gets into government he will review the Zimbabwe education system and scrap the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 15:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by AFP
Chamisa says Mnangagwa has refused to talk to him
Opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Mnangagwa has refused to talk to him in the past 7 years, despite his countless attempts to reach out to the Zanu PF strongman. Chamisa says...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC at your door step
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change has resorted to door-to-door campaigning as part of efforts to mobilise voters following the barring of over 90 of its rallies by the police for various reason...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We salute Diva Mafunga funeral support by ZIMURA - Maxwell Teedzai
MUTARE - Veteran Mutare Gospel musician, Pastor Maxwell Teedzai has hailed ZIMURA - Zimbabwe Music Rights Association for standing hand - in - glove with the Mafunga family after the sad passing on of...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 20:38hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zhakata arrested
A Chitungwiza man faces fraud charges for allegedly conning a home seeker out of $20,000 by selling him a stand that belonged to someone else.Tendai Desmond Zhakata, 43, appeared in court this...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 17:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act on prices
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on businesses that are working behind the scenes with vested foreign countries to hike prices to make the people suffer and turn against the Zanu-PF-led...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zima nominees list detached from reality'
WHILE in other countries music awards have been hailed for recognising creativity, in Zimbabwe awards have been the subject of intense debate forcing many to lose interest in them.Several arti...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to preside over Mugabe installation
The 12th substantive Chief Mugabe of the Moyo Duma totem in Masvingo is expected to be installed tomorrow with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga set to preside over the ceremony.The investit...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 18:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I refuse to be a delusional idiot
I lOVE our languages and culture because they teach us so much about life.One of the Shona language's wise adage says: "Totenda maruva tadya chakata," which literally means ‘don't count your...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:50hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Before celebrating 'flowers' Zimbabweans should first interrogate why previous 'fruits' were destroyed!
I love our language and culture - since they teach us so much about life.There is a wise adage - 'totenda maruva tadya chakata', in oth...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 00:23hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiefs speak out against Zanu-PF coercion
Zimbabwe's rural areas have for decades been a Zanu-PF stronghold, and are turned into no-go areas for the opposition during elections.Previous Zanu-PF election victories in the rural ar...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai TT, A full blown ZANU PF sideshow political project
Despite intense infighting that characterizes Zanu PF, the fact remains that ZANU PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot affor...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:27hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Macheso is bigger than Ngwazi but .....
THE raging comparison of Sungura legend Alick Macheso and the emerging sungura star Mark Ngwazi reminds me of the late 1990s when a colleague brought Macheso's debut album, Magariro, to a party....Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop in hot soup
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who purported to be a traffic cop before demanding a bribe from an accident victim has been arrested.Ke...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 00:14hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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