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Zimbabwe white farmers reject Mnangagwa's offer
A FORTNIGHT ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government a said it was offering about 800 commercial farms as compensation to farmers who had lost their land during the violent land seizures that be...Published: 4 hrs ago | 876 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe can recall MDC MPs
Leading academic and University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, says that the MDC is facing significant turmoil.All this comes after the Supreme Court upheld last y...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3083 | by Staff reporter
MDC judgment sets tongues waging
Zimbabweans woke up from their coronavirus slumber to read an ambiguous judgment designed to discredit Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A presidency. The judgment, which was passed a few hours before April Fool's...Published: 22 hrs ago | 838 | by Sibanengi Dube
Plumtree residents must understand meaning of lockdown - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned the residents that they must know the meaning of lockdown amid concerns that they continued to defy the order meant to prevent the sprea...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:25hrs | 670 | by Stephen Jakes
Temba Mliswa launches COVID-19 isolation centre
Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa has set up a coronavirus isolation centre in his constituency to fight the deadly pandemic that has claimed over 40 000 lives globally.Mliswa also la...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:59hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Alliance executives stampeded to voice their support for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office-bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:47hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
There must be responsible leadership for Zimbabwe to be always prepared for disasters: Madzimure
MDC legislator Willas Madzimure has said people in the country are calling for good governance and responsible leadership so that the country is always prepared to tackle unforeseeable eventuali...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:59hrs | 503 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance leaders rally behind Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks mealie-meal distribution
CHIREDZI residents have declared that they will not comply with the 21-day lockdown order which began on Monday after Zanu-PF took over the sale of mealie-meal in the sugar-cane producing town....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Govt must deal with defiant beer drinkers - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has urged government to be tough on beer drinker who continue to defy lock down order through visiting their private drinking spots posing risk to many people they a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:12hrs | 857 | by Stephen Jakes
Ministers, MPs told to donate salaries to fight COVID-19
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has challenged fellow legislators to donate their salaries and allowances towards the fight against coronavirus, which has so far infected eight p...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF suspends DCC elections
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial executive has suspended its district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections that were scheduled for this month, citing health threats posed by the coronavir...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls landlords evict tenants
SOME property owners in Victoria Falls are reportedly evicting their tenants to decongest their houses for fear of spreading COVID-19.Panic has gripped the resort town after information circul...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:26hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP accused of plotting to politicise the distribution of rice
MDC House of Assembly Member for Kariba constituency, John Rolland Houghton has been accused of plotting to politicise the distribution of rice allocated to his constituency by Government.It i...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 18:56hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Resident blocks Tagwirei from turning hospital into elite COVID-19 centre
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to stop businessman Kuda Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings from renovating and upgrading an abandoned hos...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:21hrs | 943 | by newzimbabwe
Of shrinking internal democratic space in MDC
One of the key changes which President Mnangagwa rang on his assumption of power in November 2017 was opening up the democratic space. This saw MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa clockin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 335 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Govt need more money to deal with Covid-19 - Madzimure
MDC legislator Willas Madzimure has said government of Zimbabwe needs more money to deal with the deadly Covid 19.This come in the wake of exposure that the count5rly isolation centres are not...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 08:00hrs | 803 | by Stephen Jakes
MP calls for closure of public markets
HWANGE West legislator Godfrey Dube (MDC Alliance) has called for the closure of public markets in Victoria Falls following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).Zimbabwe has recorded three p...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called to shut down Zimbabwe for 14 days
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) has called for a 14-day lockdown and self-isolation for individuals with a compromised immune system to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.Zima secretary-...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 7690 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere withdraws title deeds claim application
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has withdrawn an application in which he was seeking to compel the State to comply with a court order which instructed it to release title deeds to ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Presidential Affairs minister Gumbo assesses EMA project in Beitbridge
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Jorum Gumbo has visited Beitbridge's ward 3 Fula village to assess the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) sponsored project aimed at addressing land degra...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 466 | by Stephen Jakes
State of our hospitals is not up to standard in medical stocks: MP
MDC Legislator for Bulawayo East Ilos Nyoni has warned that the state of Zimbabwe's hospitals is that in terms of medicinal stocks, equipment and manpower is just not up to standard.Nyoni made...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:23hrs | 594 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC vows to fight Zanu PF vagaries
FOLLOWING an outcry by civil society, political parties and the general populace over the government's proposal to amend 27 clauses of the Constitution, Daily News on Sunday reporter Blessings Mashaya...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his dark sense of humour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has never been a prolific orator like his predecessor the late Robert Mugabe, he seems to have been trying to compensate for that lack of the gift by using humour....Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 7152 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dumped regalia lands MP in hot soup
ZANU-PF regalia bearing the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly been dumped at Gwanda North constituency, resulting in a push to suspend the area legislator.Gwanda North legisl...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:42hrs | 6694 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu under fire over Nkomo
THE opposition Zapu has said the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo could be turning in his grave because of the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it accused of persecuting the veteran na...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt too poor to pin down corrupt bigwigs
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has admitted it was not easy for the state to go after corrupt bigwigs he said had a tendency of deploying all their financial might to fight their crimes within natio...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:26hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants tourist to visit cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani
THE Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has called for the rebranding of Chimanimani as a tourist destination after the devastating Cyclone Idai.One year after...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rich to explain source of wealth
Government will invoke the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act to fight high-profile corruption cases as part of a cocktail of measures to combat graft, legislators have heard. Justice,...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for land in Zimbabwe's new capital city
At the centre of a vast swathe of magnificent landscape of prime farming land north-west of Harare lies a mountain that dwarfs its lush green environs. The rich red soils, have for years, been the hal...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 2038 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trailed by security agents?
MDC vice chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to register his fears about suspected security agents he says are trailing him.This comes as Sikhala ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should stand up to war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S war veterans have demanded high government office posts and want legislators in both the National Assembly and Senate to sing the national anthem before the beginning of each parliamentary ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance slammed over MP's sanctions remarks
Parliament yesterday slammed the MDC-Alliance for harassing Glen View South MP Mr Vincent Tsvangirai for saying Western-imposed sanctions were hurting ordinary citizens. Mr Tsvangirai, son to ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:37hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Govt extends exam fees deadline
Government has extended the deadline for the payment of examination fees for Ordinary Level up to the end of this month for June exams, while for November, April 9 is the last day. Primary and...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:37hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Govt extends exam fees deadline
Government has extended the deadline for the payment of examination fees for Ordinary Level up to the end of this month for June exams, while for November, April 9 is the last day. Primary and...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:37hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
'No going back on land reform, Zimdollar'
President Mnangagwa on Wednesday stressed that land reform was irreversible and the Government would not substitute the local currency - the Zimbabwe dollar - despite machinations to destabilise and d...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are suffering because of govt brutality more than because of sanctions
MDC legislator for Nkulumane in Bulawayo Kucaca Phulu has said Zimbabweans are currently suffering because of the government's cocktail of misdeeds such as brutality, corruption and impunity.P...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 966 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC MP wants Mthuli Ncube tested for coronavirus
MDC legislator Joana Mamombe says Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube must be tested for coronavirus after his recent visit to Norway, a country that has recorded over 1 600 cases of the disease and six dea...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 18:32hrs | 6640 | by newzimbabwe
Military surveillance could endanger democracy
The commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) announced early this month that the military would start snooping on civilian communication on social media, which "poses a dangerous threat to our na...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 931 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Parly adjourns over coronavirus
PARLIAMENT was yesterday adjourned earlier than scheduled due to the coronavirus scare and the seating chaos in the National Assembly, where 270 legislators are packed in a House that can only seat 15...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs against Mnangagwa seizing idle land from black beneficiaries
OPPOSITION MPs Wednesday slammed the Zanu-PF led government for policy inconsistency following a decision by the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration to seize idle land from black beneficiaries for r...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:17hrs | 912 | by newzimbabwe
MDC delegation visits Bulawayo political detainees
On the afternoon of Tuesday 17th March 2020, a special delegation from the MDC took time to conduct a solidarity prison visit to three Bulawayo political activists who are currently being detained at ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 13:33hrs | 2399 | by MDC Communications Department
Women face challenges in applying for mines
Legislator Priscilla Moyo has raised concerns that women face challenges when they apply for mining licences and called for the process to be allowed to be done at district level.She made the ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:46hrs | 531 | by Stephen Jakes
Muchinguri heckled over diplomat gaffe
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguru was yesterday heckled in the National Assembly by opposition MPs, who shouted "coronavirus" as she presented the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill for a Second...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 8379 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blasts Zanu-PF MPs
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has slammed Zanu-PF MPs for disrupting Parliament's portfolio committee meetings chaired by MDC legislators saying the development contradicted President...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 07:09hrs | 5395 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF disrupts Parliament business
Zanu PF MPs have gone all out to disrupt Parliament business by seeking to ensure that all committees chaired by MDC legislators do not conduct meetings until the party accepts the illegitimate Mr Dam...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:23hrs | 3022 | by Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami
Zanu-PF MP evades paying vehicle import duty
ZANU-PF legislator for Hurungwe Cecil Kashiri has been arrested and appeared in court on Saturday on allegations of importing his luxury vehicle using forged documents to evade paying import duty....Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Drowned sangoma to resurface in 3 days, claims colleagues
A FEMALE traditional healer who was part of a 16-member group that visited Murewa to perform rituals at the weekend jumped into Nyaguwe River and drowned, but her fellow sangomas have camped at the ri...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 6026 | by Staff reporter
Bakers send SOS to Government
The Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ )wants the Government to extend the period it granted them to import flour and to contract farmers to grow more wheat this winter season to boost local supplies...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Holdings scoffs at state capture claims
SAKUNDA Holdings yesterday denied capturing government, insisting the Command Agriculture deal was approved by Cabinet and that the company was allocated US$1,010 billion by the Reserve Bank of Zimbab...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
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