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Mnangagwa plotted coup against Mugabe for years, claims ex-CIO
In a startling revelation, former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director General Lovemore Itai Mukandi has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been plotting the 2017 coup ag...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 3665 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gifts off-road vehicles to traditional leaders
Harare, September 26, 2024 – President Emmerson Mnangagwa sparked controversy yesterday by distributing off-road twin-cab vehicles to traditional leaders while many families across Zimbabwe face sev...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:57hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean have a mindset problem
Look at this picture!It is unquestionable that Zimbabwe has a terrible government, the worst it has ever had. However, Zimbabweans also have a mindset problem rooted in a competitive e...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 767 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa defended
Lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has defended opposition leader Nelson Chamisa against accusations of weak leadership amid a government crackdown on his supporters. Chamisa, who has faced criticism for n...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:54hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
'Chivayo, MIF wanted 50% stake in Starlink deal'
Starlink reportedly declined a proposal for a 50% stake in its Zimbabwean operations from Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek Zimbabwe (IMC) and the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) ahead of its launch in the co...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:16hrs | 7484 | by Staff reporter
Cowards must stop quacking, come out of the closet and fight like man! - VAAZ
While known state functionaries and regime enablers have been waging a protracted onslaught on the persona of Advocate Nelson Chamisa, we the advocates of change have unmasked the grand plot by regime...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1112 | by Mandava Blessing - Veterans Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ) National Spokespers on
Mafume slammed for attending training at Zanu-PF Ideological school
Harare mayor, Councillor Jacob Mafume, has been criticised for attending a ZANU-PF indoctrination programme at the party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.Mafume is among a group of mayors,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:48hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa refuses to bow down to pressure
Former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resisted calls to step down from politics despite facing significant criticism. Amid a harsh government crackdown during the 44th Sadc Heads of Stat...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Plot to finish off Nelson Chamisa unmasked
There are plans to jettison Nelson Chamisa and replace him with Hopewell Chin'ono.Chamisa stands accused of cowardice, poor strategic thinking, and nepotism. Those who want him to step down in...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 19:46hrs | 3597 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mnangagwa's spokesman defends Chamisa
George Charamba, the Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications in the Office of the President of Zimbabwe, recently stirred controversy by defending former opposition leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 20:26hrs | 6711 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's nonsense is now nauseating, says Hopewell Chin'ono
Zimbabwean journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono made headlines yesterday by accusing Nelson Chamisa of abandoning his supporters.Chin'ono highlights the depth of frustration that...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:41hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Zhuwao awarded PhD by a reputable university
Patrick Zhuwao, a former cabinet minister currently in exile, has been awarded a doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. His dissertation, titled "Harnessing Digital Transf...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:32hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono incites violence...hides behind journalism
Hopewell Chin'ono, a self-proclaimed journalist and anti-government activist, has been secretly fueling a campaign to spark mass protests and regime change in Zimbabwe. Despite disguising his politica...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 12:38hrs | | by Tonderai Ndoro
Tragedy as building's balcony collapses in central Harare
A yet-to-be-determined number of individuals are feared dead, with several others injured, following the collapse of a balcony in a deteriorated building in central Harare on Saturday afternoon....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell, actually you're the poorest man in Zimbabwe!
When I read a recent diatribe by self-proclaimed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, I felt like puking.He exhibited zero shame berating and disparaging legendary musician Thomas Mapfumo, as well as...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:12hrs | 108 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chivayo begs Mukanya to accept his gifts
Wickell Chivayo strongly criticized journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in response to his remarks following musician Thomas Mapfumo's refusal of a contentious businessperson's car and home gifts.In ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Tendai Biti should take a break from politics'
Renowned journalist and government critic, Hopewell Chin’ono, has suggested that Tendai Biti take a hiatus from active political involvement and redirect his focus towards his roles as a lawyer, aut...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Future depends on CCC leaders finding each other to defeat Zanu PF.' Who/what stopped them last 23 years?
"As the man he has always been, @DavidColtart has maturely advised anyone opposed to ZANUPF corrupt rule to not fight to kill each other.He realises that these opposition fights have only one bene...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
EXPOSED: Al Jazeera secret plot against ZANU PF unearthed
Al Jazeera News finds itself embroiled in controversy yet again as reports surface regarding its meddling in Zimbabwean political affairs.A source close to the matter revealed that the news networ...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
Thokozani Khupe was from the wrong region
It has happened across the continent so many times, sometimes successfully, and sometimes it is thwarted.When the founding President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta was dying, his Kikuyi clansmen mafia...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:20hrs | 33 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Curious case of Sikhala's conviction
EIGHT days after serving a 595day pre-trial detention at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, veteran opposition politician Job Sikhala was earlier this week convicted of publishing falsehoods, a charge...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Hopewell Chin'ono, Promise Mkwananzi TWAR continues
The war between Hopewell Chin'ono and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi, known is some quarters as Promise Pfenye, continues unabated. Chin'ono alleges that Mk...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has sunk beyond a banana republic!
I am sure the first time I came across the term 'banana republic' was in the early 1980s - when I was still a little boy in primary school.Obviously, I did not know what this meant.It ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono faces jail time over fake news
Renowned Zimbabwean journalist and activist, Hopewell Chin'ono, is facing possible imprisonment after being accused of peddling false information. Chin'ono claimed that the ruling party ZANU PF and po...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 16:17hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!' said Chin'ono. An award winning journalist too, how nauseating!
It is one thing to hear my aunt or nephew in the rural back waters Wittering about "Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!" Their understanding of even some of the most basic issues such as r...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 12:45hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC's Promise Pfenye is working with CIO, alleges Hopewell Chin'ono
Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono alleges that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi, known is some quarters as Promise Pfenye, is collaborating with the Central ...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Equipment crisis hits Bulawayo hospitals
MPILO and United Bulawayo (UBH) hospitals are failing to replenish wheelchairs and cancer radiation machines due to poor government funding.The government-owned hospitals are currently having ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala pays tribute to sympathisers
Former legislator Job Sikhala has paid tribute to Bulawayo mayor David Coltart for standing with him during his persecution while decrying lack of supporter from some of his colleagues.Sikhala...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's govt won't tell lies
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Zimbabwe, has expressed his commitment to a government founded on truth. He emphasised that under his leadersh...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Music that doesn't speak for the oppressed is not really music!
Of late, we have witnessed divided opinions on our music legend Winky D (Wallace Chirumiko).This is on account of his recent songs, which have mainly touched on the social injustices faced by ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sikhala's 'friends' have been secretly conniving and working with his tormentors
In what appears to be an indirect criticism of individuals within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), including President Nelson Chamisa, Job Sikhala, the incarcerated former Member of Parliament...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 8 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
CCC blocks Obey Sithole on X (formerly Twitter)
The Citizens Coalition For Change youth chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole has been blocked by his party on X (formerly Twitter).Sithole seems to be perpetuating the thesis that there are crimin...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's unconventional command style
Amidst growing discord within the upper ranks of Zimbabwe's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), leader Nelson Chamisa appears to be adopting a hands-off approach to the internal upheaval, allowing th...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Hopewell Chin'ono caught offside
Hopewell Chin'ono the award winning journalist has been exposed after he posted news alleging that Obert Mpofu was behind the farm invasion at Umvutshwa Farm. Farm owners Tara and Troy Maidwel...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 14:05hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UMVUCHA FARM DEBACLE: Separating facts from fiction
In recent times, social media platforms have become powerful tools for disseminating information and shaping public opinion. Hopewell Chin'ono, a prominent Zimbabwean journalist, has gained significan...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 13:24hrs | 5 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe is one big Zanu-PF society
You guys are not serious at all!I told everyone who reads my social media as far back as April that there was a rift at the top of the opposition party after the deliberate but unstrategic mar...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 13:04hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mthuli Ncube named Africa's best finance minister
Many Zimbabweans have reacted with astonishment after Mthuli Ncube was named "Best African Finance Minister of the Year" despite the country's economic turmoil.One user on X, formerly known as...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 19:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabweans stampede for passports ahead of new shock fees kicking in from January
Hundreds of people have besieged passport offices at Makombe Building in Harare to try and secure the travel documents ahead of hiked fees announced in the 2024 national budget, which take effect begi...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces severe backlash over SADC statement
In a recent turn of events, the beleaguered leader of the CCC (Citizens' Coalition for Change), Nelson Chamisa, found himself in hot water as his own supporters on the social media platform X criticis...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 8 | by Dereck Goto
Harare councillors blow US$24,000 in Nyanga despite cholera surge
At a time when cholera is ravaging the capital city, Harare City Council officials have chosen to attend a workshop in Nyanga where they are said to be blowing an astonishing US$24 000 in hefty allowa...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Brighton Mutebuka blocked by Hopewell Chin'ono throws bricks at Petina Gappah
1. As many of you are aware, today I was blocked on Twitter by Hopewell.2. He cited several reasons for blocking me, such as allegations that I had "gossiped" and in that "gossip", I had said ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 06:02hrs | 13 | by Brighton Mutebuka
'Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED' - cold comfort and have paid dearly for it
"Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED, ruling requires supporters to support their favourite leader even when he is being undemocratic," observed Hopewell Chin'ono."Leading requires suppor...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:22hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chin'ono calls CCC to expose members behind Sengezo Tshabangu
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has called on the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to reveal members suspected of collaborating with Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 14:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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