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Mphoko's son files $500,000 lawsuit over rape allegations

Siqokoqela Mphoko, son of the late former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko, has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a relative who accused him of raping her then 12-year-old daughter, as deepening family disputes take a legal turn.The lawsui…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Siqokoqela snubs Mphoko's burial

Siqokoqela Mphoko, the son of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, was conspicuously absent from his father's burial at the family's Douglasdale plot in Bulawayo yesterday. His absence comes amid a bitter and ongoing family f…

Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:39hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter

Phelekezela Mphoko: Farewell to a revolutionary

THE passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has left a profound void in the hearts of many Zimbabweans and those who knew him globally. As we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and comrades, we celebrate t…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:28hrs | 115 | by Marshall Ndlela

Mphoko leaves family legacy of ruins?

Zimbabwe's liberation struggle hero and former Vice President, Phelekezela Report Mphoko, whose death in India has left the nation in mourning, returns home tomorrow to be laid to rest in a tragic family setting marred by years of bitter i…

Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mphoko remembered for his role in regularising undocumented Zimbabweans in SA

The late former Vice-President, Phelekezela Mphoko, has been hailed for his pivotal role in advocating for the regularisation of undocumented Zimbabweans in South Africa during his tenure as Ambassador in 2010. Minister of State for Bulawa…

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter

Phelekezela Mphoko aka Report Ndlovu: A pioneer freedom fighter

THE late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko was one of the pioneer freedom fighters of our armed struggle. He joined the armed struggle soon after being released from prison and was immediately sent for military training in the then-…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:55hrs | 184 | by Brigadier-General (Rtd) Abel Mazinyane

Mphoko's son wins appeal against rape conviction

Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has successfully appealed his conviction and 20-year prison sentence for the rape of his niece. The Bulawayo High Court judges, Bongani Ndlovu and Munamato Mutevedzi, declared the…

Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:02hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko still Zanu-PF?

FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday made a surprise public appearance at a Zanu-PF campaign rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Nkayi, Matebeleland North province, after going under for nearly six years follow…

Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF will romp to victory

Zanu-PF will romp to victory in the August 23 harmonised elections, riding on a crest of tangibles and deliverables and no meaningful opposition, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing scores of Zimbabwean students who congregated at a ho…

Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko attends Mnangagwa's rally

FORMER Vice President, Report Phelekezela Mphoko, yesterday made a surprise public appearance when he attended the Zanu-PF Presidential Star Rally held at Nkayi Business Centre.He was among members of the G40 group who were expelled from t…

Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko spills beans on murky US$6bn deal

Former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has revealed how the army seized Zimbabwe's biggest platinum reserves, saying he was threatened with dismissal by unnamed generals for questioning the deal while he was still the country's ambassado…

Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, Chiwenga were not present at the formation of the Patriotic Front in 1976

The People of Zimbabwe were united under the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Z.A.P.U).When Z.A.P.U. was banned, the party leadership decided that it will not form another political party, again, because the Rhodesian Government will ban t…

Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:41hrs | 15 | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko

Mphoko: Taking a Cue from the Coup

The boardroom fires ravaging the Choppies Zimbabwe establishment are indeed quite interesting. If anything, it exposes the biggest political fraud of our time, indeed glaring in its form and manner.Reading former VP Mphoko's version of the…

Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Cape Town

Tribalism is when E.D funds Mugabe and persecutes Mphoko and Moyo

Being a Karanga myself, I can see that President Mnangagwa has a problem with shaking off the demons of tribalism in the manner that he is destroying Mphoko and Jonathan Moyo, while sponsoring Mugabe luxuries.Sometimes I possess a belief t…

Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri

Mnangagwa in a political quandary

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now obliged to reward the military and war veterans for their role in the removal of his predecessor, former veteran leader Robert Mugabe, it has emerged.The first attempt to reward his backers was when Pres…

Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 18:55hrs | | by Grace Moyo

Mphoko deported from Botswana?

Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who returned to Zimbabwe from Botswana yesterday caused a dramatic 45-minute spectacle at the Plumtree Border Post as he tried to evade the media.Mr Mphoko had been holed up in Botswana since the Zi…

Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mphoko, the Vice President that never was

FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko will be remembered for all the firsts, albeit all negative, in his brief but forgettable tenure punctuated by political blunders, useless projects and chaotic conduct.Mr Mphoko, at his appointment i…

Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Botswana 'orders Mphoko out'?

FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko will soon return to Zimbabwe from Botswana where he has been holed up since the Zimbabwe Defence Forces launched an operation to remove criminal elements around former President Mugabe.Mr Mphoko, a …

Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Mphoko ditched old friends on landing VP post'

FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, after his appointment in 2015, alienated his old war time friends and surrounded himself with dubious characters who misled him into engaging in factional politics, former Cabinet Minister, Retired…

Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko: Here today, gone tomorrow!

History is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.Some lasted less than an hour, and others a few hours, days or months.istory is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.One of t…

Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff write

Mnangagwa's full reaction to Mphoko's statement

On the 4th of October 2017, the Honourable Vice President, Cde R. P. Mphoko, writing in his capacity as the then Acting President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, issued a PRESS STATEMENT dated the 3rd of October 2017 in response to a ZBC News…

Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Honourable E.D. Mnangagwa

Mugabe now under the protection of the elite people from Matebeleland

Editor,While people from Matebeleland rightfully so accuse Shona people of voting for Robert Mugabe all these years; in these last years of his reign, Mugabe is now under the protection of the elite people from Matebeleland who are just ab…

Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Brighton Musonza

Mphoko buries the 'Iron Lady of Masvingo'

It was a majestic send-off for national heroine Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Senator Shuvai Ben Mahofa, a veteran politician, who was laid to rest before thousands of people at the National Heroes Acre yesterday. Sen Mahofa died at…

Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko's externalisation case drags on

A CASE in which former operations manager at Bulk Cash and Carry Wholesalers implicated Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko in the externalisation of millions of dollars involving Pakistan businessman Imran Shahzad seems to be taking too lon…

Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe, the house Bob Mugabe brought down

Zimbabwe, The House Bob Mugabe Brought Down When the nation of Zimbabwe was born on 18 April 1980, Jamaican reggae superstar, Bob Marley, brought the house down at Rufaro Stadium in Harare with a standout performance for the ages, which in…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 12:40hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Mphoko is a natural hazard and a liability to the Gukurahundi victims

The vice President of  Zimbabwe  Phelekezela Mphoko is jointly and severally liable collectively with his ZANU by becoming  a stumbling block and a barrier  which is trying to hide the Gukurahundi TRC hearings and choos…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

What is wrong with Mugabe's Vice Presidents?

The conduct of Mugabe's Deputies is not only mind boggling but leaves more questions than answers, these two gentlemen must not be allowed anywhere near public offices.Despite these two guys swimming in a pool of mediocrity, Mnangagwa and …

Published: 24 May 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by PDP Communications

Is Mphoko the right man to talk about returning of ZAPU and Zipra properties

In his last utterances on press,the vice President of Zimbabwe Phelekezela Mphoko showed confidence by saying that the ex Zipra cadres must mention and note down all ZAPU properties which were seized by ZANU.He further on said that "ZAPU d…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Mphoko's gukurahundi genocide conspiracy theory invalidated

The recently released Research report by Hazel Cameron a renowned academic, titled The Matabeleland Massacres: Britain's Wilful blindness, has settled one question which has been doing rounds since 1983. That Britain and the West planned a…

Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 16:23hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Mphoko tables Peace Bill

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is also responsible for national healing, yesterday tabled the new National Peace and Reconciliation Bill in the National Assembly after it was withdrawn from Parliament last year. The Bill was withdr…

Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Open letter to Mphoko

The Honorable vice President of Zimbabwe - Mphoko, as a leader you need to choose words when you are talking because the whole world is listening to you and if you are not careful you will humiliate your self in public and on social mediaA…

Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 02:28hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Nomazulu Thata i salute you

My fellow countrymen our wise elders used to say its better to keep quiet than expose your stupidity.I find this very true regards the recent utterances by one VP.The VP who some of us didn't even know until the very day he was appointed b…

Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 18:16hrs | | by Patriot Matigari Muchaneta

Denunciation of corruption by VPs most welcome

Zimbabweans have been under economic problems for quite a long time and the situation seems to have no end as corruption is threatening to economically destroy all what the western-imposed - economic sanctions left during the over a decade…

Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 09:55hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya

Economic Development through chickens

I personally find it shocking and demeaning for someone of the stature of Vice President Mphoko to try and initiate entrepreneurship in Matabeleland through issuing out chickens.I think it is an insult to the people and the generality of t…

Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:44hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube

ZAPU rejects Mphoko insults

Sometimes it is difficult to understand whether Zanu-PF leaders live here on earth or they choose to ignore everything and just make sure that their body guards protect them while they send armed ones to arrest, kidnap, torture, threaten a…

Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Mkhululi Zulu

Open letter to VP Mphoko - 'Jonathan Moyo struggling to defend you'

Letter to the editor Dear Phelekezela MphokoI write this letter to you with a heavy heart baba. Like most patriotic Zimbabweans, when you came through to the Government we kind of gave you space and hoped you will be different. Even when t…

Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:04hrs | | by John Mutiziri

Mphoko should be ashamed of himself

It is on public record that Vice President Phelekezela  Mphoko has been staying in a 5 star hotel for 552 days ever since he was sworn as Vice President of Zimbabwe in December, 2014.The MDC is deeply concerned and indeed, saddened by…

Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 12:09hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu

Open Letter: VP Mphoko salvage us from the National Pledge

Baba Mphoko, I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Allow me Honorable Vice President to write to you today first as a son (because you are from my region and in my region anyone the age of your father is your father)…

Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 18:08hrs | | by Sibangilizwe Madlela

Dabengwa sets Mphoko's war record straight

VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko did not abandon the liberation struggle to be with his wife, as claimed by the embattled War Veterans Association chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa, Zipra's former intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa said yes…

Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Mphoko critics: Inventing to their heart's content

VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has been a target of some political vitriol over the past month following his speech at the First Lady Grace Mugabe's rally at Kanyemba High School in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central.Introducing her to the c…

Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Kennedy Mavhumashava

Mphoko's warped dire-tribe remarks an affront to national cohesion

On 4 February 2016, at a hastily organized rally for the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, in Mashonaland Central Province, at Kanyemba Secondary School to be precise, Vice President, Phelekezela Mphoko, made bizarre, reckless and dire-tribe …

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 11:33hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Zimuto

Mphoko hits nail on the head

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko put straight the long standing perceptual misconception that there is a deliberate policy of margnalising some parts of the country in terms of development. That the Matabeleland provinces are marginalised…

Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 11:58hrs | | by Suitable Kajau

Can Mr Mphoko answer this question: Who were the co-conspirators?

The VP Phelekezela Mphoko, who defected from ZAPU in the 1970s to ZANU, has reiterated his Gukurahundi genocide Western Conspiracy. AS much as we appreciate the revelation that ZANU was/is a Western baby, but the attempt to exonerate or un…

Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 15:52hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

'The conspiracy still goes on'

I am grateful for this opportunity to explain certain things concerning the unity of the people of Zimbabwe. The background history is that there was a split (in Zapu) in 1963. Zanu was formed, and there were two political parties now - Za…

Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 11:20hrs | 3 | by VP Phelekezela Mphoko

Mboko or Mphoko?

When l hear the term 'Mboko', am quickly retold of the Bodyslam riddim big tune by the little but heavy machine Zim-Dance Hall artist, Ras Pomp. In his popular 2014 track - 'Gear N0.1', he coiled the popular ghetto youth jingle 'Mboko', fo…

Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Godwin Tshetu Mupakairi

Mphoko want errant Zanu-PF cadres to be punished

Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said the party should charge cadres who insult President Mugabe using covert means such as creating shadowy groups.VP Mphoko said this while addressing Zanu-PF Harare…

Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira

Ministers should perform or else...

Government business in Zimbabwe is set to present a rejuvenated front after Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko took to task additional duties accorded to him by H.E President Mugabe to maintain a check and balance role on the performance of…

Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Caitlin Kamba

Mphoko, humble servant of the people

It is human nature to try to demystify the unknown. The challenge is that the more we try to figure out a person, the more we make them even more mysterious. Many a time we try and read people's minds, interpret their words and sometimes t…

Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 08:29hrs | | by Phillip Dube

ZANU PF is a Puppet of the West Party - admits Vice President Mphoko

The narrative of VP Mphoko on Gukurahundi is very revealing and it puts a final nail on the coffin, he is actually spilling the beans than doing any good to ZANU. The damage is so severe.  In other words he is saying that ZANU was com…

Published: 18 May 2015 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Michael Ndiweni

Joker of the year tag team Phelekezela Mphoko and Absalom Sikhosana

 Phelekezela's statement that he and Dabengwa resorted to urine to avert a massive thirst pang down in the jungle during the struggle, together with Absalom's unwarranted â€˜down with Dabengwa slogans'.It has come to our attention tha…

Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Mjobisa Noko

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Real estate sector demands tougher penalties for bogus agencies

Unless Zimbabwe army takes to the streets, there will be no protest

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Time for President Mnangagwa to uphold his constitutional oath

Mliswa challenges Operation Restore Legacy narrative, calls for institutional reform over hero worship

Education Minister hails Starlink approval as game-changer for Zimbabwe's schools

Geza's October 17 revolution is a paper tiger: Come back home and lead!

When education becomes a business, Zimbabwe loses its future

Mthwakazi demands UK apology over colonialism

Bulilima, Mangwe face food insecurity risks

Bulawayo town clerk digs in over exit

MP's death: More details emerge

Zanu-PF warns fund beneficiaries

CCC demands forensic audit over US$3.2bn corruption dossier

'Chiwenga is not a superhero,' says Mliswa

Business tycoon Mohamed Mussa dies

'Fighting corruption is too risky,' PG confesses

Zinara launches flexible payment plan for motorists in arrears

Town clerk challenges residents to bring proof of corruption

Kuda Tagwirei joins Zanu-PF Central Committee

Police name victims of Chigumira shops bloodbath

Chiweshe robber sentenced to 7 years for motorbike theft

Chiwenga accused of incitement, treason

Man stabs himself to death in front of in-laws

3 000 Bulawayo drivers on wanted list

Ex-cop wants Commissioner General Mutamba jailed

Police hunt youth service graduates after viral video

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