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MDC legislator fumes over 'partisan distribution' of agric inputs
Mutasa South legislator Regai Tsunga (MDC Alliance) has challenged government officials to change their mind-set on the distribution of State-funded agricultural inputs which were distributed on parti...Published: 4 hrs ago | 55 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-led Parliament committee dissolved
Parliament's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders yesterday dissolved the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development and is set to unveil a Privileges Committee to investigate...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3270 | by Staff reporter
National dialogue: Chamisa misdirecting himself
President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with the 2018 presidential election candidates at State House on 6 February to lay the ground work for national dialogue, which is aimed at forging unity in order to f...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1220 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa plots crippling mega demos
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the MDC will soon roll out massive protests against the government, putting him on a collision course with authorities who warned at the weekend that security for...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2099 | by Staffg reporter
Zanu-PF MP Nduna must resign, demands MDC Alliance
ZANU-PF's controversial Chegutu West member of parliament (MP) Dexter Nduna must resign immediately after appearing to threaten a rival legislator with death, the opposition MDC has said.Nduna...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2831 | by newimbabwe
MDC Alliance threaten to unleash more protests
THE MDC party has threatened to unleash more protests as part of efforts to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently engage with opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa to resolve the ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Parliament meets over Temba Mliswa bribe
Parliament's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders is expected to meet today and constitute a Privileges Committee to investigate allegations against Norton legislator and three others that they dema...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament,
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament, a former United Nations under-secretary general has said, adding it would be their only path to influence public policy as the...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Auxilia Mnangagwa's hand exposed in Zanu-PF youth league ructions
A LEAKED mobile phone conversation between two senior Zanu-PF youth league members has revealed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's wife Auxillia as an emerging powerful political actor who can make or bre...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 5446 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa sued over NPRC lifespan
MDC Alliance proportional representation legislator Concillia Chinanzvavana, who is a survivor of torture in 2008, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Masvingo High Court, seeking to force h...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda caught offside
The MDC finds the utterances by Advocate Mudenda on the capacity of MPs to be unfortunate, reckless and disrespectful.They are an indictment on his leadership and a sad attempt to undermine ou...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 17:32hrs | 2931 | by Kucaca Phulu
'Is Mnangagwa's govt pro-poor or Queen B?'
MDC legislators on Wednesday grilled Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi over the effects of government's austerity measures while bigwigs are living an extravagant life...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:42hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP faces jail over bank loan
FORMER MDC legislator Paul Madzore risks civil imprisonment after he was taken to court by CBZ Bank Limited over a $22 000 debt.The financial institution issued summons for civil imprisonment ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:38hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Jacob Mudenda offside
The MDC finds the utterances by Advocate Mudenda on the capacity of MPs to be unfortunate, reckless and disrespectful. They are an indictment on his leadership and a sad attempt to undermine our Const...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3294 | by Kucaca Phulu
Mliswa challenges Mohadi's $10m claim
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) has filed an appearance to defend notice of the $10 million defamation litigation filed at the High Court by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi.Mohadi, through hi...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Supa Mandiwanzira
A HARARE regional magistrate will today deliver ruling on an application for exception of charges filed by former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, w...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba disgusted by Mliswa, Nduna 'idiotic' behaviour
ZANU-PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba says he was ashamed of the riotous behaviour of fellow legislators Dexter Nduna and Temba Mliswa who came close to trading blows beginning of this week....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2048 | by newzimbabwe
Mliswa-Nduna feud moves to another level
Independent legislator, Themba Mliswa, has said he would write an official complaint to President Emmerson Mnangagwa after being ejected from the National Assembly yesterday.The former fitness...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:53hrs | 4453 | by Staff reporter
Unparliamentary language Nduna and Temba must be sanctioned
Parliaments and legislative bodies around the world impose certain rules and standards during any parliamentary business Tradition has evolved that there are words or phrases that are deemed inappropr...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 12:30hrs | 1615 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa ordained by God- #EDWillNeverWalkAlone
Zanu PF youth league national commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule was ordained by God a long time ago and that those harbouring ambitions of taking over s...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Con-artist dupes minister, Zanu-PF MP
A SERIAL Harare conman allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda to dupe several prominent people, among them Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda and Bubi l...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader's freedom bid deferred
RULING on the application for discharge by MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West legislator, Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, was on Monday defer...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa ups ante on Nduna, calls for investigation
DRAMA continued in Parliament yesterday as Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) insisted on having Chegutu West legislator Dextor Nduna (Zanu PF) investigated for alleged self-confessed murder....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa ejected from Parliament chambers
Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa was ejected from the National Assembly yesterday for disorderly conduct in the Chamber after he continued rumbling despite repeated efforts by presiding officer to b...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Maitengwe border post road in deplorable state
The road that leads to Maitengwe Border post in Plumtree is in a sorry state despite the border being an economic hub for the town, Parliament has heard.Maitengwe Border Post, located in Matab...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2174 | by cite.org
Zimbabwe army creates temporary bases in suburbs
The presence of soldiers patrolling most high density suburbs across the country has instilled fear and uncertainty in citizens as some areas are reporting forced curfews.Coupled with this is ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 3568 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Chamisa lost the plot again on dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his inimitable wisdom invited other presidential hopefuls who lost the 2018 Presidential race in a bid to map the way forward on the framework towards resolving the nat...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3660 | by Elijah Chihota
Mliswa on a bull rampage
NORTON legislator Mr Temba Mliswa, who has a long history of controversy from sport to business; politics to his love life, is back on a rampage. Whether it is mere attention seeking or a tragic chara...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 2149 | by Staff reporter
RG's Office to decentralise
The Registrar-General's Office is set to open passport offices in Chitungwiza and Murehwa districts to deal with the large number of people flocking to Harare to apply for travel documents, legislator...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa stirs fresh controversy
NORTON legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa, who has a long history of controversy from sport to business; politics to his love life, is back on a rampage. Whether it is mere attention seeking or a tragic char...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 2462 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youths organise 'Hands off ED' solidarity march
The Zanu-PF Youth League says it is organising a massive march in Harare in solidarity with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to show the world that Zimbabweans are fully behind their leader.Addres...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:24hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp gives away Mliswa's shady deals
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa, who is in the eye of a storm for allegedly soliciting for a bribe from a local businessman, has claimed to belong to very powerful cartels after being cornered by fello...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 6846 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hit by fresh wave of purges
A fresh wave of votes of no confidence against senior officials in Zanu-PF has consumed the ruling party.The Daily News reported that a number of Zanu-PF officials now face an uncertain future...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:49hrs | 3749 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs in near fistfight
TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday during the sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy when Norton MP Temba Mliswa accused former Transport Committee chairperson, Dexter Nduna, of il...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2216 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe Remand Prison bans cooked food
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has banned visitors from bringing cooked food to inmates at Kwekwe Remand Prison at a time the institution is failing to provide standard meals....Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:40hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Temba Mliswa threatens to castrate Zanu-PF MP
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa on Monday brought the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy to an abrupt end after accusing ZANU PF MP Dexter Nduna of stealing $11 million from Zimbab...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 13:54hrs | 9761 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa, Nduna trade insults
It was ugly business in the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development this Monday as proceedings came to a halt with members trading insults in full glare of the media and witn...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 13:51hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chaos in parliament over $11 million scandal
There was chaos in parliament on Monday during the sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy when Norton MP Temba Mliswa accused former Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfo...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:04hrs | 4948 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Criticism of Ncube's Oxford professorship part of an anti-Zimbabwe plot
Last week a British freelance writer covering teaching, learning and student issues, as well as higher education in Africa and the Middle East, Anna McKie let the world in on the increasingly rabid ob...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 3015 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC Alliance MP in trouble over WhatsApp message
CHITUNGWIZA South legislator Maxwell Mavhunga (MDC Alliance), who was being sought by the police over a WhatsApp message he allegedly posted in a group during the recent stayaway which turned violent,...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers
Outspoken opposition legislator Job Sikhala says he is preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers behind the brutal attack of children as young as 12 during the recent army crackdown against dissent....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets ill-gotten wealth
GOVERNMENT has begun crafting a law to provide a legal standing to probe and seize wealth from individuals suspected to have clandestinely accumulated riches.Last year, President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 6390 | by Staff reporter
Ministers embarrass Mudenda
TRUANCY by Cabinet ministers during Parliament's question-and-answer sessions every Wednesday has continued despite pleas by the Speaker Jacob Mudenda that the Executive should take business of the Ho...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 5237 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is food secure'
GOVERNMENT still insists that Zimbabwe will be food secure this year, despite signs of drought already showing due to erratic rainfall patterns throughout the country.Labour and Social Welfare...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi demands $10m from Mliswa
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi is demanding $10 million compensation from Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) for alleged defamation.Through his lawyers Mugiya and Macharaga Law Chambers, Mohadi...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Former MP 'touches' neighbour's breasts
FORMER Zanu-PF Insiza South legislator, Malachi Nkomo, has appeared in court for allegedly touching a neighbouring farmer's breasts and stealing her SD memory card. Nkomo (52) of Plot 2 Athers...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1582 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba disowns Twitter account
Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba has disowned several social media accounts, including on Twitter and Facebook, under his name that are being used to post offensive messages. Chinotim...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa won says court
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Dr Philip Chiyangwa as the legitimate legislator for Zvimba South, putting to rest rigging allegations by the losing MDC-Alliance candidate. Justice Joseph Mu...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
$5 million availed for construction of Umzingwane Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has allocated $5 million towards the construction of a new district hospital for Umzingwane under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).The curren...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:42hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
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