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Zimbabweans blast government over WhatsApp licences
A wave of backlash has erupted across Zimbabwe following the government's announcement of new regulations requiring WhatsApp group administrators to obtain licenses and comply with stringent data prot...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:12hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to work with Donald Trump
Zimbabwe is prepared to strengthen its relationship with the United States and work together towards a more peaceful and prosperous world, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced in a congratulatory me...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition on deathbed
A former Cabinet minister has condemned the Zimbabwean government and the ruling Zanu-PF party for their hostile stance towards opposition parties, labeling it a sign of immaturity and cowardice rathe...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA lacks solutions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent State of the Nation Address (Sona) has faced sharp criticism for failing to address Zimbabwe's pressing crises, leaving many feeling uninspired and disillusioned....Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA headache
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, facing mounting public discontent over a deepening currency crisis, soaring living costs, widespread hunger...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Selmor excluded from Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival by Daisy
Could the legendary late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, be deeply disturbed by the rising tensions within his family ahead of a festival held in his honor?A rift between his daughter, ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans celebrate Mnangagwa's Sadc Chairmanship
Zimbabweans have expressed optimism about President Mnangagwa's new role as the Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), anticipating a period of growth, progress, and prosper...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:01hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
ZANC, LEAD congratulates Mnangagwa on SADC Chairmanship
OPPOSITION parties have started congratulating President Mnangagwa following his assumption of SADC Chairmanship at the ongoing 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit.Zimbabwe is hosti...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 20:45hrs | 373 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe central bank dragged to court over forex
Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has filed an urgent High Court application against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), alleging that ordinary citizens are being unfairly constrained in accessing foreign cu...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira mourns veteran journalist Lucy Yasini
Opposition leader Linda Masarira, President of LEAD Political Party, has expressed her heartfelt condolences following the passing of veteran journalist Lucy Yasini.In a statement, Masarira pr...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:50hrs | 2 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF not moved by Chamisa's 'sensationalist politics'
Political parties and analysts have criticized former CCC leader, Mr. Nelson Chamisa's appeals to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to invalidate the August 23, 2023 election results, ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans yet to enjoy genuine unity'
OPPOSITION parties and critics said there was nothing to celebrate on Unity Day yesterday when government critics face threats of abductions, arrest and political violence.Zimbabwe declared De...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Drama-filled 2023 ends in tears for CCC
POLITICS, according to social scientists, is loosely translated as a battle to control resources with man putting political contestation as a means to ensure equitable distribution of whatever is foun...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Top 10 political Mamparas and Screw-ups in 2023
The political landscape in Zimbabwe has witnessed its fair share of controversies and questionable decisions over the years. In 2023, several political figures made headlines for their actions and dec...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 10:58hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
'No report on CCC legislator alleged abduction'
CCC legislator Mr. Takudzwa Ngadziore has not filed any formal reports with law enforcement agencies regarding an alleged abduction circulating on social media, the police announced yesterday....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zambia trained 'CCC insurgents'?
During a recent gathering aimed at promoting post-election peace, Linda Masarira, the leader of the opposition Labour, Economists, and African Democrats (LEAD) party, sparked controversy by accusing a...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Linda Masararira tells Chamisa to start a church
Linda Masarira, the head of Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD), expressed her view that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa should refrain from raising false hopes among Zimbabweans.Masarira...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accused of giving Zimbabweans false hope
Critics of Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have accused him of nurturing false optimism among Zimbabweans. This critique comes in response to a series of Chamisa...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa want courts to do their work
The GOVERNMENT does not interfere with the work of the Judiciary, and those accusing it of having a hand in recent court rulings barring some opposition candidates from contesting the August 23 harmon...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira's appeal challenging ZEC's rejection of nomination papers thrown out
Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) leader Linda Masarira's appeal challenging the Nomination Court's decision to reject her nomination papers has been dismissed by High Court judge Justice...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say
In a large hall at the headquarters of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party, women responded with roaring cheers when President Emmerson Mnangagwa described them as the party's "backbone" whose votes are v...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZA takes ZEC to High Court
United Zimbabwe Alliance 2023 August election Presidential candidate Elizabeth Valerio has taken Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to High Court over the refusal by ZEC to endorse her nomination pap...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 15:28hrs | 7 | by Desire Tshuma
Zanu-PF aspiring MP launches election campaign
Zanu-PF MP for Mutare Central Esau Mupfumi launched his election campaign at Sakubva Beit Hall in Mutare where he promised to fulfil his election promises.At the launch, Mupfumi donated food h...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe ready for elections?
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) recently hosted a Twitter Space discussion on the topic: Is Zimbabwe ready for the harmonised August 23 elections?The main objective of the discuss...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Zesn
Kasukuwere: Popular delusions or realpolitik?
THE nomination court has sat and registered aspiring candidates for the upcoming polls. The process was marred with drama generally, but it was the presumptive presidential candidates that provided th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Ntando Dumani
Flurry of court cases casts shadow on August 23 polls
A string of court cases challenging processes leading to the August 23 elections has raised the spectre of Zimbabwe holding another disputed poll with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's challengers compla...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe democracy for sale
AN imperfect stage is now set for Zimbabweans to elect new leaders after processes to confirm candidates for presidential, parliamentary and local government positions were concluded on June 21....Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 5 | by Kholwani Nyathi
Masarira sues Zec over rejected nomination
OPPOSITION Labour, Economists and African Democrats presidential candidate Linda Masarira has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court for rejecting her nomination papers on Wednesday af...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Presidential aspirant sues over rejected nomination
OPPOSITION United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) party leader Elisabeth Valerio has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the Electoral Court challenging its decision to reject her bid to ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa headline provisional list of 11 presidential candidates
A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's return into the ring will be vying f...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Struggling to raise US$20,000 nomination fees a sign of bad leadership'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief election officer and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said aspiring presidential candidates complaining about the US$20 000 nomination fees are unfit to lead Z...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 vie for Zimbabwe's top job
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday humbly submitted himself to the Constitution as he visited the Nomination Court that sat at the High Court in Harare to check on his papers that had already been filed an...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku, Mwonzora, Chikohora to challenge Mnangagwa, Chamisa, Kasukuwere
MORE aspiring presidential candidates seeking occupation of the highest office in the land have this morning filed their papers at the Nomination Court, sitting at High Court in Harare.Preside...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Number of female politicians set to drop
The number of female candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections is set to drop significantly this year due to several challenges including the exorbitant nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's female politicians moan over cyber-bullying
ZIMBABWEAN female politicians have complained of cyber-bullying ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections, saying they are subjected to greater scrutiny and criticism than their male counterparts wh...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF ready to battle Kasukuwere and whoever thinks has the stamina'
ZANU-PF says the announcement by it's former senior member Savior Kasukuwere that he will be joining the Presidential race is a non-event.Party PC Mike Bimha said, "We are ready for a battle, ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 18:09hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira declares Mnangagwa challenge in presidential election
Outspoken feminist and politician Linda Masarira has declared her intentions to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 presidential election set for 23 August.The leader of the opp...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition should break, and not actually perpetuate, cycle of dictatorship in Zimbabwe!
Every dictator has a justification for his decision to be a tyrant. Authoritarian rulers have always given what appeared sound reasons as to why they should govern with an iron-fist, and any w...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's spin doctors rattled by Al Jazeera exposé
THE Al Jazeera documentary which exposed how people close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa are involved in gold smuggling and money laundering has torched a storm, with citizens openly expressing anger...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's political ratings take a plunge, claims Chamisa linked NGO
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora is the most "hated" politician in the country, a new research by SABI Strategy Group has claimed.SABI is linked to Nelson Chamisa's CCC.The survey, conduct...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poll survey angers Zanu-PF
A survey on the impending elections conducted by Sabi Strategy Group for Brenthurst Foundation has been described as an attempt by opposition funders in the mould of a South African billionaire with a...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurses barred from leaving Zimbabwe
With a salary worth the equivalent of less than $100 a month, Agnes Masarira can't afford to buy lunch at the hospital in Zimbabwe where she works as a nurse. She dreams of a nursing job in Canada, bu...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's party says ZW$2,5 billion Govt funding not enough
OPPOSITION parties have described the ZW$2,5 billion funds allocated to them by treasury under the Political Parties Finance Act as too little to fully capacitate them ahead of the 2023 general electi...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry caller attacks Zanu-PF's Mugwadi and Masarira on national radio
AN angry listener told off Zanu-PF Information Director, Tafadzwa Mugwadi and Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party president, Linda Masarira, who were blaming sanctions for the country...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition calls for removal of embargo
Opposition political parties have called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the measures are holding back the country's development.On Tuesday, Zimbabwe wil...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zec evasive on delimitation'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of being too secretive on the delimitation roadmap as opposition parties raised fears yesterday that the process could be rigged in favour of t...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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