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Mnangagwa courts unrest
Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands when the military ousted Robert Mugabe and installed Emmerson Mnangagwa as president. Two-and-a-half years later, the party is over.Mnanga...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 777 | by Bloomberg
Shock as Mangudya buys VIP cars for US$400 000 per vehicle
A video that has gone viral on social media reveals that the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe falsified reports that the two institutions purchased VIP vehicles for US$400 000 inst...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 14:06hrs | 36501 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1695 | by Jonathan Chando
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1664 | by Trevor Shiri
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
Bogus gold buyers nabbed at roadblock
Four bogus gold buyers were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for defrauding gold dealers.The four...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 12:39hrs | 2117 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Khupe snubbed by Chamisa's MPs
Nineteen MDC Alliance MPs defied a party directive to boycott Parliament on Tuesday, but the rebellion was far short of the numbers Thokozani Khupe needed to convince her backers that she can seize co...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:58hrs | 9732 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Advocate Thabani Mpofu
A team of lawyers representing Advocate Thabani Mpofu led by Beatrice Mtetwa is currently at Rottenrow waiting for the commencement of proceedings. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights had ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:08hrs | 6190 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Buyanga exposes the Mnangagwas
SOUTH AFRICA based Zimbabwe millionaire, Frank Buyanga says the recent corruption storm involving President Emerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins vindicates his earlier claims the first family was a crimin...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:39hrs | 3620 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9644 | by Robert Sigauke
Mokoomba stirs magic on stage
INIMITABLE Afro-fusion outfit Mokoomba on Monday night justified their profile as the country's biggest music export with a matchless stage performance during the Africa is Mother Live Concert to mark...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Images of abducted MDC officials go viral
Pictures of MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Netsai Marova, and Cecilia Chimbiri who were arrested on Wednesday have gone viral on the internet. The pictures show the three being assisted af...Published: 15 May 2020 at 12:02hrs | 8083 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Abduction fears as police deny arresting Joana Mamombe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has dismissed reports that the MDC Alliance members who include Johanna Mamombe, Obey Sithole, Ostallous Siziba, Stanley Manyenga, and Justin Chidziva who were involved in...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:52hrs | 3008 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora 2 - Chamisa 0
The day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpace and outdate fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now came to face the reality that t...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:53hrs | 6057 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Mudzuri break ranks with Chamisa camp
Former MDC Vice President Elias Mudzuri says the decision by Nelson Chamisa led Executive to withdraw MPs from parliament was against rule of law and good governance. In a tweet on Tuesday Mud...Published: 12 May 2020 at 11:22hrs | 5467 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Push to stop by-elections
THE Zanu-PF government is reportedly pushing to do away with by-elections and allow political parties to choose a replacement in the event a legislator is recalled from Parliament or dies, saying its ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Call for mass resignations of MDC-Alliance MPs: Will it work?
This article uses the "big picture" or political analytical approach to show that both the MDC-A and MDC-T under Thokozani Khupe ought to examine the political, social and constitutional contexts they...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2112 | by Sharon Hofisi
Mutodi hints on scrapping by-elections to accommodate MDC-T nominees
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has hinted that parliamentary by-elections to replace MDC Alliance MPs who were expelled from Parliament this week will be scrapped to accommodate MDC-T nomin...Published: 09 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1269 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa MPs mull mass resignations
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's national standing committee yesterday reportedly resolved to order its Members of Parliament to resign from the august House en-masse in protest over the recall o...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:17hrs | 9276 | by Staff reporter
'MDC risks losing public trust'
The opposition party MDC risks losing public confidence if they do not challenge ZANU PF's abuse of public institutions, a legal expert Alex Magaisa has said. Magaisa made the rema...Published: 06 May 2020 at 16:18hrs | 4886 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC Alliance under siege
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday came under siege with Parliament announcing the recall of four leaders from the Nelson Chamisa-led party, claiming that they were, in fact, members of the Thokoza...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 4901 | by Staff reporter
There is no other way than a National Transitional Authority in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2016 the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) has argued consistently for a process leading to the establishment of a National Transitional Authority (NTA). We have done this for no ulterior mo...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 5348 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
Mnangagwa deploys Zimbabwe army to Mozambique
Former Chief of Staff in the late Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office Alex Magaisa has questioned the legal route that has been taken by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in deploying the Zimbabwean ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 21:17hrs | 16888 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa rattled by Mthuli Ncube's letter?
IN A surprising development which will rattle President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has openly admitted that his policies have failed and t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 19489 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga partners with Zimbabwe Community in South Africa
Revered businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi, through his African Medallion Group, has partnered with the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa to support hundreds of Zimbabwean families who are strugg...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 16:30hrs | 1052 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 3076 | by Jonathan Chando
MDC, MDC-A or MDC-T?
This post explores the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision against the MDC.Whilst the judgment is binding on the MDC, its members have insisted on the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) identity and ass...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:12hrs | 3454 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
The question that Chamisa's MDC Alliance must answer
In the debate over the just released Constitutional Court decision concerning the dispute between Sister Thokozani Khupe and the MDC-Alliance, the question that must be answered has not been posited i...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1338 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Chamisa's MDC pays price for violating the constitution
THE Supreme Court ruling to the effect that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the main opposition MDC, coupled with an order compelling it to hold an extraordinary congress after three mo...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 4278 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Tsvangirai aide attacks MDC officials for resisting Supreme Court ruling
MAXWELL Shumba, a former chief strategist to the now late MDC founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai, has labelled senior MDC Alliance officials and their supporters a disappointment for dismissing a r...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai ignored Chamisa appointment advice,' says Magaisa
THE former advisor to late MDC president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has revealed that his ex-boss in 2016 ignored advice on the illegality of the appointment of Mr Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1915 | 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 | 7192 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri's corona virus comment touches raw nerve
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri torched a fierce diplomatic storm at the weekend when she claimed that the deadly novel coronavirus that has wreaked havoc worldwide, killing over 6 000 people, was p...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2859 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube is going nowhere
Every Saturday morning, especially when the weather is beneficent, I take a copy of the Big Saturday Read by the supreme brother Alex Magaisa to my garden chair and settle myself with some expectation...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1395 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe's defence minister claims coronavirus God's revenge for sanctions
Zimbabwe's defence minister has sparked outrage after claiming that the new coronavirus is God's punishment on countries that imposed sanctions on the southern African country.Oppah Muchinguri...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt rapped for 'killing' Lovemore Majaivana
Government has come under spotlight for allowing a Grade 3 set book containing false information that celebrated musician Lovemore Majaivana is dead to be distributed to schools. ...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 09:50hrs | 14400 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Police besiege Job Sikhala's house
Reports coming from Chitungwiza indicate that members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit have besieged the house of MDC official Job Sikhala in ChitungwizaAn MDC Youth off...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 5982 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Eyebrows raised over Huawei's extended tax exemption
LEGAL and ICT experts have raised eyebrows over government's recent move to backdate Chinese tech conglomerate, Huawei Technologies' income tax exemption to 2009 from 2014.In Statutory Instrum...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Losers of the recent Supreme Court ruling
"THERE are winners and losers," said Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana about the controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe last month which allows for the settling o...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 337 | by Tatira Zwinoira
Chiwenga suffering from monster he created - Law expert
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is facing the music for two decades of corruption and the bastardisation of the judiciary by the Zanu-PF elite, a law expert has said.Chiwenga, through his ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 12:57hrs | 15361 | by Staff Reporter
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'reduces debt by theft' after Supreme Court ruling: lawyers
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a controversial government decree from February 2019 which converted debts accumulated in United States dollars to the local RTGS currency – at a great l...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga/Marry divorce exposes Vice President capture
The legal battle between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry has opened a can of worms with the former army general revealing that he was given a Mercedes Benz vehicle by ...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 08:27hrs | 13724 | by Staff Reporter
'Chamisa will never join Polad charade,'
THE opposition MDC says it is committed to "real dialogue" to solve the political and economic crises in the country, but will not be part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:18hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Youths storm Jonathan Moyo's book launch
Suspected ZANU PF Youths reportedly disturbed the launch of Professor Jonathan Moyo's book Excelgate on Tuesday evening. The youths who were wearing MDC-T Tshirts stormed the Ibbo ...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 06:59hrs | 6057 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Introduction of new currency a piecemeal solution
DURING the 2020 national budget presentation in Parliament last month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube held up a note of the new Zimbabwe dollar and proudly announced that it was tough and resilient....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga rescued Jonathan Moyo from Grace Mugabe
Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that former First Lady Grace Mugabe attacked him and called him a devil incarnate until he was helped by General Constantino Chiwenga. Prof Moyo who first r...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 19:18hrs | 20497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa advised to cooperate with Mnangagwa
WITH President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government slowly, but surely closing the democratic space by banning most of the opposition MDC's activities, including demonstrations and rallies, analysts have s...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 20:00hrs | 8103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa minister tweets that US embassy 'satanic', striking doctors are 'killers'
The government admitted on Sunday that the information ministry's official Twitter account had put out a tweet describing striking doctors as "killers" and the United States embassy as "satanic"....Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2646 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
US, Zimbabwe rift widens
Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's threat to expel United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols following a row over sanctions has put the country's efforts to re-engage Washington in jeop...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 6746 | by Staff reporter
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