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Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 510 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC says Mnangagwa govt 'panicking'
Dozens attending a memorial service for slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Mboneni Ncube in Gweru were arrested and detained, according to the party. Ncube was stabbed to death by susp...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Harare commission is a waste of money'
Harare residents have voiced concerns about a commission of inquiry appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the city council, deeming it a waste of money since the issues are already ...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 13:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe panics over grain shortages
GOVERNMENT expects the revamped irrigation systems in the country to anchor food production and ensure household food security this season in the wake of the poor rains due to the El Nino phenomenon, ...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims win
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday remained hopeful that he would emerge victorious despite complaining about the way the election was being conducted.Chamisa ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 20:00 CCC update
As evening falls, voters continue to queue up in droves to cast their ballots - some have been waiting hours to exercise their democratic right.By now, every single one of the 12,374 polling s...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 19:09hrs | 12 | by Charles Kwaramba
CCC activist family survives petrol-bombing
A CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Lloyd Mkwara, and his family are lucky to be alive and that no valuable property was damaged after an unknown assailant threw a suspected petrol bomb i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique to stop fuel exports to Zimbabwe if Porusingazi loses?
Incumbent Chipinge South Zanu-PF legislator Enock Porusungazi has said that there is nothing amiss after a FLERIMO official threatened to sever ties between Zimbabwe and Mozambique should Porusingazi ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 20:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC cries foul as police ban another rally
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has sought the intervention of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) after the police banned seven of their rallies in a week. CCC was planning ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 18:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere still stands
HIGH Court Justice David Mangota on Friday reserved judgment in a case in which Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to stop independent presidential candidate Savior Kasukuwere from contesti...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells his supporters to pretend to be Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has advised his supporters to attend Zanu-PF campaign rallies for their safety, but vote it out in the ballot box on August 23....Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere arrest warrants are invalid'
Zimbabwean independent Presidential Election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's chief election agent Jackie Sande, who is a lawyer, has dismissed police claims that there are two warrants of arrest ...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere has 2 arrest warrants hanging over his head
Former Zimbabwean minister and MP Saviour Kasukuwere has two arrest warrants hanging over his head like the sword of Damocles issued way before he entered the presidential election race on 23 August, ...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP raises alarm over army deployment in his constituency
Chipinge East legislator Mathias Mlambo has raised alarm at possible attempts to intimidate voters by the Zanu-PF-led government following what he said was the deployment of soldiers in his constituen...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration panicking
FORMER Finance minister and opposition legislator, Tendai Biti, says government's latest interventions to save the free-falling local currency expose panic in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administra...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Crackdown on political opposition exposes Mnangagwa'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere and Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume were recently convicted of various charges.Nga...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa contaminating churches,' says Chamisa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of contaminating churches by turning them into a hunting ground for votes ahead of this year's electi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate 'buses' rural voters to urban constituency
Zanu-PF central committee member Esau Mupfumi is in a storm for reportedly bussing voters from rural communities for a voter registration exercise in Mutare Central constituency ahead of the 2023 elec...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries
Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their ri...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is panicking'
Nelson Chamisa leader of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has fingered President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the ordering of junior officers to vote Zanu-PF at this year's elections....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not doing enough to convince the public
New entrants to the presidential race in Zimbabwe have set their sights on new voters as well as those who are undecided.By 10 June last year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said ther...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hints on lack of trust for some party aides
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted on his lack of trust for some of his comrades, telling the media Thursday he will keep party election strategies under wraps for fe...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blames police over violence
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed lack of police presence at their rallies as a major reason for electoral violence.This comes after their campaign rallies that wer...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 9 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Chamisa's brother Mnangagwa back to his ways
Opposition party CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa has stated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is back to his old ways of using unfair and illegal means to fight which he renders as "desperate measures"....Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 23:07hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Chamisa says victory imminent
BAIL ruling for the incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Budiriro activists who were arrested 10 days ago on allegations of holding an illegal meeting will be handed down this Friday....Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'cool' after misconduct report
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not going to make a "hasty" decision of resigning after the section 89 panel report finding that he has a case to answer to on Phala Phala. This is according...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says his activists are innocent
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the 14 Nyatsime party supporters accused of inciting violence are victims of political persecution.The 14 were releas...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to go hang
INFORMATION deputy minister Kindness Paradza says government will not succumb to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's demands for electoral reforms."If Chamisa wants ele...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dismiss claims he is weak to remove Zanu-PF
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has dismissed claims that he is too weak to remove Zanu-PF from power saying the party knows ‘rogue' characters it was dealing with....Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fellow citizens, be strong' edges Chamisa - but why forfeit free for uphill battle of violent elections
"VIOLENCE IN MATOBO, INSIZA & CHIRUMANZU ..Zpf panicking, desperate & violent because they are not supported in villages, in rural areas. Thuggery is not politics. Violence is not civilized ca...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe opposition must fight for electoral reforms
ELECTIONS are just a few months away and the public is joining in the fray.It is clear that Zanu-PF is not prepared to have reforms and will not bow down to the opposition's demands.Th...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Shareholders fight directors over Tetrad Bank control and assets
TETRAD Investment Bank (TIB) shareholders are locked in a heated row with its directors for the control of the defunct financial institution's US$13 million assets. TIB has properties and othe...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF terrified of losing elections since they know their party practically a dead horse with no prospects of ever regaining p
Ever wondered why governing political parties in several democratic countries around the globe are not particularly terrified of losing elections?Of course, the main purpose of any political p...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa says call for structures a non-issue
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) is set to contest the 2023 elections without permanent structures despite shrill clamours by some critics, with party leader Nelson Chamisa saying s...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi municipality bans use of farm bricks
JUNE 30 officially marks the date outlawing the use of farm bricks in property construction following their ban by Chinhoyi Municipality last year.Council had given residents a six-months grac...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF destroying our children's future
WHEN we were growing up in rural Buhera in Manicaland province a long time ago, after supper, we would huddle around the fireplace in the grass-thatched rondavel listening to folktales from Mbuya ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Zimbabweans hoard goods to escape price rage
BASIC commodity shortages have returned to haunt consumers, prompting them to hoard goods to escape a devastating price rage, it has emerged.A significant part of hoarded goods have ended up o...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks to keep rivals out
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly planning to block aspiring candidates from contesting the party presidency after influencing some youths to declare him the sole presidential cand...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa panicking over Zimdollar
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been summoning business owners his government believes are manipulating the Zimbabwe dollar to fuel anger over his rule amid growing fears an economic implosion could ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money transfer agents warn of massive transaction fee hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent imposition of a mandatory 4% Intermediate Monetary Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transfers has the potential to double transaction fees being p...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Pre-Elections Pact on Reforms is a pseudo pre-marital power sharing agreement- no reforms will be implemented
If I was in a position to do so, I would make reading George Orwell's book, Animal Farm compulsory reading for all Zimbabwe for two reasons:1) The book is an allegorised allu...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:46hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa calls for an election pact with ZANU PF
CCC President Nelson Chamisa has called for an Pre-Election Pact on Reforms among political parties before the impending 2023 general elections. Posting on Twitter, Chamisa says, "The CCC BY-E...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 20:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa says Zanu-PF is panicking
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed Zanu-PF is in a panic mode, which explains why it is colluding with the police to stymie its hitherto trailblazing campaign ahead ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to start e-passport processing
IN a development that will bring a major relief to people in the southern parts of the country, the Bulawayo Civil Registry Office will start processing e-passports by 31 March, as the Government seek...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso lose plot
Soon after another drab performance by Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against little-known Tenax at Sakubva Stadium on Sunday, Sibanda emerged to strongly defend head coach ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims Zanu-PF plotting to assassinate him
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa claims Zanu-PF is plotting to assassinate him ahead of the March 26 by-elections.He said this while addressing yet another massive cro...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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