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Zimbabwe's dodgy team spoils Bafana's party

South Africa's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup in 2026 took a big hit as they were frustrated by Zimbabwe at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.They needed to beat basement boys Zimbabwe and Rwanda to keep the pressure on, but with …

Published: 10 Oct 2025 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chinese gang busted at 'sex and drugs' party in Harare

Nine out of 10 Chinese nationals who appeared in court this week for illegal possession of dangerous drugs were yesterday granted bail, while one remains in custody.The group was arrested during a police raid on a suspected sex-and-drugs p…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man pushes ex-wife into oncoming vehicle

A Masvingo man, Sadam Rutsvara (36), has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for assaulting his ex-wife and pushing her into an oncoming vehicle after she declined his plea for reconciliation.Masvingo Magistrate Elizabe…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 22:59hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter

Retired police officer launches new political party

Senior retired police officer Togara Fambi has launched a new political party, the National Progressive Democrats (NPD), despite warnings from his mother about the dangers of opposing ZANU PF.Fambi revealed an emotional conversation with h…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 22:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF turns party office into illegal night club

The Government has ordered the immediate closure of a Zanu-PF party office converted into a nightclub in Harare's Borrowdale area following mounting complaints from local residents over persistent noise pollution.The party office at number…

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter

Elon Musk announces creation of new political party in USA

Elon Musk unveiled plans on Saturday to establish a new political party, vowing to "give freedom back to the people" and accusing America's elites of running the country into the ground.In a post on X, the social media platform he owns, th…

Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

'CIO' attempt to disrupt private birthday bash

Suspected State security operatives allegedly tried to halt a private birthday celebration for Patrick Cheza's grandmother, sparking concern among locals about the government's respect for individual privacy rights.Cheza, the former Chirum…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa dismisses claims he is forming new party

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has strongly denied swirling social media claims that he is preparing to launch a new political movement at the end of this month, describing the reports as "sponsored lies" orchestrated by political detrac…

Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:08hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter

MDC factions intensify battle over party properties

Rival factions within the fractured Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have reignited hostilities over control of the party's properties, chief among them the iconic Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House in Harare.The building, formerly …

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:19hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist jailed for defending Plumtree students

A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhululi Jele, is in prison after allegedly challenging the interrogation of students at Phakamani High School in Plumtree. The students had clashed with their teacher over the controversial herit…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:19hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter

Couple throws party to celebrate separation after cheating scandals

In a bizarre turn of events, a couple in Harare's high-density suburb shocked neighbors by hosting a party to celebrate their separation after the wife, Marvellous Mercy Kudzara, was caught cheating six times with different men.John Kapita…

Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 15:08hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter

Namibia to vote in toughest election yet for ruling party

Namibians will vote on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive election yet for the ruling SWAPO party, which has governed the southern African nation for 34 years.If SWAPO candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins, she will b…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter

'Chamisa set to launch new party,' claims Zanu-PF

ZANU-PF provincial chairperson for Midlands, Edson Chihengere, has suggested that former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is preparing to launch a new political party. Chihengere, addressing supporters at Charandur…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF pushing for one-party State in Zimbabwe'

Experts have raised concerns that the ruling Zanu-PF party's initiative to have professionals and government employees undergo re-orientation at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology is aimed at creating a one-party state. Munyaradzi…

Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:47hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga tells Zanu-PF members to be loyal to the party

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has cautioned Zanu-PF party members against falling into the traps of self-serving personality cults, personal power struggles, and factionalism.In a speech covered by ZBC News, Chiwenga, clad in Zanu-PF…

Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:51hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa hosts lavish dinner for CCC at State House

First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa hosted a lavish dinner on Friday for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu and his legislators, aiming to solidify President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to stay in power beyond …

Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 12:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule

Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in the Sadc region to understand the political land…

Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst

Chamisa party spokes dismisses police claims that he has a 2020 warrant of arrest

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Promise Mkhwananzi - who has been arrested many times for his political activism - has dismissed police claims that he has a 2020 warrant of arrest for defaulting on court proceedings.THE Zi…

Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC wants Electoral Amendment Bill to be overhauled

THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) believes the Electoral Amendment Bill which is in the second reading stage in Parliament needs serious amendments that include improving the design of ballot papers and ensuring that trans…

Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's MDC in crunch meeting over party name

THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance will Monday hold a "crucial" meeting to deliberate on a possible new name for the party ahead of the March 26 by-elections and the 2023 plebiscite after their nemesis, the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora l…

Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Coalition vs single party election approach

IN the past three weeks, I discussed the importance of reforms ahead of the 2023 elections. While the discussion is gaining momentum, it is yet to be matched by action on the ground.The objective of reforms is not to target a political par…

Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

Zimbabwe opposition party consults spirit mediums

THE recently-launched Conservative Zimbabwe party has consulted spirit mediums and elders at the Njelele shrine in Matobo to enhance its chances of winning the 2023 polls.Conservative Zimbabwe president Patrick Matsinhanise confirmed the p…

Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Conservative Zimbabwe Party launched in Bulawayo

A NEW political party which claims that it can transform Zimbabwe's ailing economy was launched in Bulawayo at the weekend.Conservative Zimbabwe Party was launched in Hillside on Saturday and is led by its president Patrick Matsinhanise.Ma…

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Intra-party violence rocks Mwonzora party

SEVERAL MDC-T supporters were reportedly injured following intra-party clashes at a senior leader's house in Marlborough, Harare, on Sunday.The Douglas Mwonzora opposition outfit yesterday accused the rival MDC Alliance of fanning the viol…

Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

How to wreck a political party

One of the issues that MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa raised during his Agenda 2021 address last week were claims that Government was gunning for a one party State in Zimbabwe using some opposition political parties. Notwithstanding t…

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Minister throws party in violation of lockdown

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe allegedly hosted a party at his Dorking farm during the weekend.Apparently, over a hundred people attended the party and social distancing was not observed. People at the party did not have their masks…

Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Anonymous Writer

Bhasikiti quits 'wrong basket', says Chamisa must form own party

Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, a man whom history remembers for often being in the wrong political basket, has this time around jumped from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, saying he could no longer belong to a 'non-existent' party.Bhasikiti, w…

Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa moving towards establishing a one-party State

After casting his vote two years ago for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC), now Benard Mhere has grown bitter, accusing the ruling party of trying to destroy the MDC.Mhere, 31, says openly that he feels betrayed.Oppo…

Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Anadolu Agency

Zimbabwe had no friends when the Chinese came to the party

FOLLOWING the collapse of relations with its former Western allies such as the United States and United Kingdom, Zimbabwe turned to China for succour.A notion, usually advanced by the West, that China is the new colonial power in Africa is…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

Political party leaders must be exemplary

Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E. D. Mnangagwa, at the launch of the National Political Actors Dialogue at the Harare International Conference Centre, 17 May , 2019SALUTATION…

Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by E. D. Mnangagwa

Supporting Zanu-PF Party

I may be guilty of political affiliation apathy but madness surely goes with supporting Zanu-PF. You have a political party that has done all the wrong things and enough damage to the politics and economy of the country to be condemned to …

Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:05hrs | | by Clemen Moyo (Mr)

MDC intra-party violence regrettable

THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) condemns the intra-party violence that has characterised the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) elective congress preparations. The congress is set for May 24 to 26.On Saturday March 30, 2019, MDC support…

Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by ZPP

'Intra-party violence fomenting split'

THE intra-party violence rocking the main MDC party ahead of its May congress might cause the party to split if history is anything to go by, analysts contend.Reports coming from the provinces across Zimbabwe are disturbing as violence see…

Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Intra-party hostilities sink Chamisa's MDC at polls

THE defeat of the MDC Alliance in last weekend's Ward 28 council by-election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, to Zanu-PF is symptomatic of the problems bedeviling the country's biggest opposition party, which include complacency, power struggles…

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why the party is always supreme

Political parties are constructed in order to conquer and exercise political power. The political party does the conquering but the Government does the exercising of the power. Therefore, the question of supremacy is answered by establishi…

Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Nick Mangwana

Politburo hails party's urban vote turnaround

The Zanu-PF Politburo met yesterday and commended the party's good showing in various urban areas in the harmonised elections held on July 30. The Politburo met at the party headquarters for the first time following the elections. It also …

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF MP exposes rot in party

Incumbent Zanu-PF legislator for Chiredzi West, Darlington Chiwa has said the level of corruption in ruling party is so alarming that he chose to stand as an independent candidate in the July 30 watershed elections.Addressing the electorat…

Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Party-State conflation must be checked

THE late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo noted in his autobiography that he once asked the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe which was the supreme organ of the State and to his great shock and horror Mugabe replied that the party…

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo

The top 5 party manifestos

LAST week's column looked at the Build Zimbabwe manifesto which I ranked third . This week we examine a fourth manifesto.Paul KasekeNumber 2: People's Rainbow CoalitionThe coalition's manifesto is summed up as the "Inclusive Developmental …

Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff rpeorter

Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views

Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatisfactory elections in Zimbabwe. Soon aft…

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 206 | by MRP

John Tallach High sex party, Ministry sends team to probe

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has sent a team to John Tallach High school to investigate an incident in which 10 pupils are alleged to have held a sex party at the headmaster's residence.Matabeleland North Provincial Educ…

Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Voters mustn't give one party too much power

Just when we thought we had seen the worst of the MDC-T's internecine mayhem, which has even caused collateral damage outside the main opposition party itself, the party â€“ in its wisdom or lack thereof â€“ saw it fit to treat the nation …

Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Conway Nkumbuzo Tutani

G40s form New Patriotic Front party

Members of the G40 faction who were expelled from Zanu-PF are reportedly regrouping and expected to launch a political outfit, New Patriotic Front (NPF), which is expected to contest in this year general election.According a consultation d…

Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe after the party - The hangover

Let me start with a proviso. This article is not an attempt to discredit the legacy of Robert Mugabe's 37 years at the helm of government in Zimbabwe; nor is it a soft-focus ploy to belittle the millions of patriotic individuals who took t…

Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Tula Dlamini

Radio stations too close to Zanu-PF

While local radio stations will be the conduit for delivering political parties' campaign messages ahead of the 2018 elections as they have a wider reach, there are others who feel most of the prominent stations are closely linked to the s…

Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Pokello assaulted for attending 'brother's' party

SHE has off late been trying to keep a low profile, but social media would have none of that.Socialite Pokello Nare is trending on social media after she attended popular businessman and Harare socialite, Tazvi Mhaka's birthday celebration…

Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Another political party makes 'triumphal entry into Zimbabwe'

Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity is a political party that is a product of almost a decade of research and desire for Zimbabwe to have God fearing, accountable, responsible, and competent leadership. A leadership with viable and practic…

Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 08:35hrs | | by I M Netanyahu

The NCA must delay the formation of a new political party

Wow! What a dramatic week we have just had I tell you! Funny enough, since it was a week encapsulating the workers/labour day commemorations, everyone could have expected the trade unionists to be the centre of all public attention. Howeve…

Published: 03 May 2013 at 17:06hrs | | by Daniel Molokele

New party needed to free Zimbabwe

I am becoming more interested in the concept of a front for the liberation of Zimbabwe.We need a political organisation to pioneer a new struggle for the liberation of Zimbabwe. The big challenge will be acquiring resources since most of t…

Published: 25 Sep 2011 at 06:28hrs | | by Collen Makumbirofa

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