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MDC houses, motorbikes and cars missing
TOP MDC Alliance officials (names supplied) used their positions to strip the troubled opposition party of assets that include houses, vehicles as well as lining their pockets with donor and public fu...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:21hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC should rebrand, says Kay
Kay has suggested that the opposition party should rebrand and start afresh as it has since lost its glitter because of infighting which has led to several splits.In an interview with NewsDay ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:10hrs | 4341 | by Staff reporter
Factionalism not peculiar to Zanu-PF
FACTIONALISM is not a phenomenon peculiar to Zanu-PF. Political parties, the world over, are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance the...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 133 | by Lovemore Sibanda
Factionalism in Zanu-PF: G40 vs Lacoste
Factionalism is not a phenomenon peculiar to the ZANU PF. Political parties are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance their agenda wit...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 4694 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 16143 | by Staff reporter
'Saviour Kasukuwere's political project suffers stillbirth'
The much hyped #TysonWabantu Movement that took Zimbabwe by storm in 2019 has fizzled out and lost steam political analysts have said. The Movement which describes itself as a Social Movement ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:37hrs | 2092 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mujuru biography traces hero's life, suspicious death
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE - A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero's key role in shaping the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: China plotting to elevate Grace Mugabe to vice Presidency
Former first lady, Grace Mugabe, is reportedly set to make an astonishing return to politics as the country's first vice president, under a 2023 Zimbabwe presidential election plot, which China is all...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:51hrs | 7540 | by Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
Zanu-PF must learn from its past
Indications by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu that the party was considering tampering with the national Constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the stipu...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:45hrs | 661 | by Newsday editorial comment
Kasukuwere to challenge Mnangagwa, Chamisa in 2023
Saviour Kasukuwere has declared his intention to run for president in 2023, despite being exiled.The former Zanu-PF political commissar and a key member of the late president Robert Mugabe's C...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 5668 | by ZimLive
Why Obadiah Moyo must go
The appointment of Obadiah Moyo as Health and Child Care minister in September 2018 was received with mixed feelings.On one hand, there were some who wanted to see a change of leadership at th...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:08hrs | 421 | by Fortune Nyamande
Has Mnangagwa failed?
This is not an apology for ED as president of Zimbabwe, but a careful examination of the facts. Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa popularly known as Ngwena has been president of Zimbabwe for more than a year...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:45hrs | 1522 | by Lovemore 'Briggs Ojugo' Sibanda Ph.D.
Kasukuwere to form Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU) in 2023
PRETORIA/HARARE - Former Zanu PF political commissar and cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is plotting to form a Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU), if he wins the country's 2023 presidenti...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:43hrs | 10507 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Zapu has no funds for congress
OPPOSITION Zapu has pushed its elective congress to August next year, where the party will elect its substantive leader following the death of Dumiso Dabengwa in May.Zapu had initially earmark...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Zapu sets congress dates
THE opposition Zapu party will next year hold an elective congress to find a leader who will fill the void left as a result of the death of liberation war hero Dumiso Dabengwa this year.Dabeng...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 133 | by newzimbabwe
EU diplomat crossed the line, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi speaks to our senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga on electoral reforms, diplomatic relations and the late former President Robert Mugabe.ND: Mugabe was a child fro...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Lessons to be learnt
Nations, like families, learn from past experiences.The death of Robert Mugabe, the second president of a liberated Zimbabwe, 1987-2017, brings many memories to us all.I will propose t...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 706 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Genuine democracy and leadership renewal key to fighting corruption
As much as any country may formulate grand plans and programs for economic growth and development, these will always remain mere fallacies, as long as corruption is a central part of its society....Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:26hrs | 661 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We can fix our country
I AM one of many Zimbabweans who witnessed the birth of an independent Zimbabwe 39 years ago.Apart from my own modest participation in the struggle for our independence, I do have a vivid memo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3455 | by Paul Themba Nyathi
ZANU PF 2023 Presidential candidate revealed
Spotlight Zimbabwe, has received a leaked list of possible key members of a post-President Emmerson Mnangagwa government, expected to take the reins in Harare within the coming 12 months, after Mnanga...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:45hrs | 20338 | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Now is the time for Zapu to continue the liberation struggle
End of an Era: A Tribute to ZAPU/ZIPRA StalwartsThe dates 01 June and 01 July may well remain imprinted in our memories for generations to come. On 1 July 1999, Dr. Joshua Nkomo, founding ZAPU...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:43hrs | 1951 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Zanu-PF bans election winning candidates
The ruling Zanu-PF has banned youthful candidates who won provincial restructuring elections in Bulawayo over the weekend from contesting in fresh polls slated for next weekend on 25 and 26 May....Published: 20 May 2019 at 22:26hrs | 3495 | by Methusi Ncube
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1467 | by Benny Gudo
Chamisa, a case of illegitimacy, lies and stubbornness
The MDC is a party that has been dogged by controversy since its formation. First was the split led by the then Secretary General, Professor Welshman Ncube over the issue of participating in the 2005 ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1321 | by Elijah Chihota
A Squirrel Wedding Party, As the MDC's Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) Makes No Show?
The originally proposed Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) by the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC), as it geared itself to hold its electoral congresses in 2019 had been hailed a...Published: 03 May 2019 at 15:20hrs | 1208 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'I prefer to be led by MDC' says Mliswa
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says if he is to sit in another Parliamentary portfolio Committee he would choose the one that is led by an MDC MP than a ZANU PF pne. In a tweet...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:25hrs | 13184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Re-inventing Zimbabwe industrial base
THERE is no doubt in my mind that Zimbabwe is on a new economic trajectory which must be underpinned by key principles which have, throughout history, led to the emergence of successful economies....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:06hrs | 359 | by Vince Musewe
Throwback Monday:- The rise and fall and rise of Tendai 'Wananchi' Biti
THE political circus unravelling in the country's opposition politics needs no introduction. The tag of war between the Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti camps over control of the opposition MDCT has ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 3560 | by Wezhira Marihwepi
Call for MDC congress to uplift women
WOMEN'S Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has called on the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC to give women fair opportunities to take up top leadership positions at its congress pencilled ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:54hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new headache
ZANU-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa comes face to face with the party's enormous demands as discord emerges over the party-state conflation following his ascendancy last November. The confe...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | 16489 | by Staff reporter
MDC @19: A lamentation over the death of democracy
This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing the event over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While t...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1032 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Graft remains Zimbabwe's national sickness
The aftermath of one of Zimbabwe's most remarkable harmonised elections in recent history has been marked by a heightened sense of national anxiety.There is a curious mixture of great hope and...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | 208 | by Zifiso Masiye
A new transformational paradigm for Zimbabwe
"The future of our country Zimbabwe depends on how we, Zimbabweans, imagine it through a new transformational consciousness"I truly believe that Zimbab...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:56hrs | 3063 | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe State Universities must also open for business
The introduction by His Excellence President ED Mnangagwa of the concept "Zimbabwe is open for business" which he continues to back-up with a raft of measures to open up the economy, continue to be we...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1075 | by Enock Jonathan
Mnangagwa must appoint competent team to steer economic recovery
THE enormity of the task of steering the country's economic revival requires that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the best team at his disposal into Cabinet. The pool of possible Ministe...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Youths urged to influencyce policy
FORMER firebrand politician and human rights activist, Margaret Dongo, has called on the current crop of leaders to embrace leadership renewal and allow youths to assume positions of authority in orde...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporetr
Zesn backs down on its election report, accuses official of colluding with ZANU PF to produce a bias report
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network has issued a damning statement backing down from its earlier election report which claimed that the polls were free and fair and endorsed President elect Emerson ...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | 5775 | by Stephen Jakes
Dabengwa to retire due to old age
THE opposition Zapu has hinted on possible leadership renewal soon following its president, Dumiso Dabengwa's announcement he was ready to give up on active politics because of his age.Dabengw...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections: power versus popularity
Now that the Zimbabwean July 2018 elections have passed, and as we await the final presidential results, I have been hearing more and more debate among Zimbabweans about which presidential candidate i...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 15:37hrs | 900 | by Tau Tawengwa
Canaan Banana's son eyes Luveve constituency
THE late first President of Zimbabwe Canaan Banana's son, Nathan, has declared his interest to contest in the Luveve Constituency for the House of Assembly seat in the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's from guns to politics story
Dressed in camouflage, a black beret and with his epaulettes all over his attire, the then commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Constantino Chiwenga was stern, stiff and looked stressed on a...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:47hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa doesn't want elections'
CHANGE swept Zimbabwe on the evening of November 14 2017 and like a ferocious but silent storm, its effects have reshaped Zimbabwe's political scene. The resignation of former President Robert...Published: 22 May 2018 at 12:23hrs | 7299 | by Tafadzwa Masango
Unpacking the coalition fallacy
On 5 August 2017, the late former MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, launched the so called MDC Alliance amid serious conflict with his deputy, Thokozani Khupe who was fiercely opposed to the idea of jo...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1125 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Opposition warned of renewed Zanu-PF onslaught
Opposition parties should brace for a challenging poll against a renewed Zanu-PF made up of younger and new candidates, who sprang surprises against party bigwigs in the just-ended primary elections, ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 17:40hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Dembare legends raise the red flag
UNITED Kingdom-based Dynamos legends Chamu Musanhu and Memory Mucherahowa have raised the red flag on the club's embarrassing start to the season while former team manager Malcolm Fourie has called fo...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga passed on Zimbabwe presidency to Mnangagwa
COLOGNE - First Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, all but practised political comradeship by refusing to backstab President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for the country's presidency, after bein...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 7100 | by Itai Mushekwe, Spotlight Zimbabwe
Gukurahundi brigade commander praises Chiwenga
Former Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander and Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) could have easily taken over had he been a selfish and unprincipled leader, Air Chief Marshal P...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:35hrs | 3467 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu explains MDC splits
SINCE its formation in 1999 the MDC has split a number of times, that is in 2005 when then secretary general Welshman Ncube and others formed another MDC, as they differed with leader, Morgan Tsvangir...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2388 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF needs no other renewal
The remembering of Chitepo in March this year demands a questioning of the cadres who today are challenging the existence of Zanu-PF through the ballot paper or any other avenue that is contesting the...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 20:45hrs | | by Micheal Mhlanga
'I disagreed with Tsvangirai but it was not personal'
COALITION of Democrats (Code) presidential candidate, Elton Mangoma, has opened up on his tiff with the late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, saying they differed on matters of principle.Mango...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
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