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Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Mnangagwa to contend with Zanu-PF factions jostling for power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final term is likely to be marred by intense jostling for power in Zanu-PF as warring factions jostle to position themselves for the control of the ruling party and the ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security details don't behave like anything on the video
SOMEONE WANNA START SOMETHING IN HARARE: FALSE FLAG, PSEUDO OPERATION OR WHAT?Time will tell. Very short time. The electoral numbers, the votes, are beginning to come in hard and fast, a...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 20:11hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
The return of Saviour Kasukuwere: Will Tyson punch above his weight?
The comeback of Saviour Kasukuwere, a former Zanu-PF political commissar and ex-cabinet minister who recently declared his presidential ambition, is capable of dividing Zanu-PF in a way that can influ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara lets cat out of the bag
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU), whose life expired in 2013 after being birthed in 2009, Arthur Mutambara, has dropped a bombshell after making stunning revealat...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa and Mnangagwa must work together to establish Karanga hegemony
Zimbabwe's National Council of Chiefs and Pan-African President, Senator Fortune Charumbira, has set the cat among the pigeons calling for talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition CCC...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries 'spell chaos'
A RUSHED ruling Zanu-PF party internal poll set for tomorrow could trigger waves of discontentment in the former liberation movement, insiders warned this week.They said the short notice to ho...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa fear that Sikhala will overthrow him'
Outspoken former Zanu-PF youth leader Jim Kunaka has accused Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa of deliberate failure to step up calls for Job Sikhala's release out of fear t...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The last great war might have begun
The tongue can be a powerful weapon.It can build and destroy. It also can excite, spite and incite.And when a sharp tongue is mixed with potent ideas, it is easy to concoct a nuclear w...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Masvingo ZANU PF warlords bury hatchet
Feuding ZANU PF Masvingo province warlords Ezra Chadzamira and Robson Mavhenyengwa have buried the hatchet after a bruising provincial election campaign. The two made peace and pledged to work togethe...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 09:27hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is Zimbabwe a nation or just a country?
THE question is often asked "Where did Zimbabwe go wrong?" but it is not necessarily a helpful question. Any attempt to pin down what has gone wrong to one single factor like corruption or bad governa...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:06hrs | 8 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe's 2017 coup coalition collapses
THE fact that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zanu-PF presidency at the party's elective congress next year, while factions loyal ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Suspension of Zifa board ill-advised
WHILE it is true that human beings, unlike pigeons, have the intrinsic capacity to do wrong and, therefore, needs some form of regulation, it is important to point out that such interventions must not...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to tackle Mnangagwa
IN a move that could have far-reaching political consequences for the ruling Zanu-PF and the nation, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in th...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new from tired Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF's annual conference is underway in Bindura and, predictably, the former liberation party is not proffering any fresh ideas to extricate Zimbabwe from the quicksand of corruption-induced povert...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cornered
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is cornered in a high-stakes internal power struggle manoeuvre over his dubious legitimacy as Zanu-PF leader in the aftermath of a devastating High Court application by a ...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new biography confirms political brinkmanship with Chiwenga
THE political war of attrition between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga has found expression in the President's controversial new biography as internecine unresolved le...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutami set to contest ex-lover Mliswa in 2023 Norton Parly election
CONTROVERSIAL socialite and businesswoman, Susan Mutami has again thrown the proverbial cat among the pigeons, announcing Monday she will challenge independent MP Temba Mliswa in his Norton constituen...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New forex rules a time bomb'
NEW foreign currency measures imposed by government last week are a time bomb that could lead to price increases, lower economic activity and herald a return to the hyperinflation era of yesteryear....Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe says Khupe, Komichi wiped out $7 million MDC-T funds
DEFIANT MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has thrown the cat among the pigeons, telling court party funds totalling $7 million have been wiped out by acting party president Thokozani...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urban to rural migration the new scenario in Zimbabwe
IN a reversal of the normal trends with regards to rural-to-urban migration worldwide, the current pattern in Zimbabwe is pointing towards a shift in migration, this time, urban to rural migration bei...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 5 | by Peter Makwanya
'Mnangagwa being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF'
Expelled former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu told the Daily News that Mnangagwa was being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF - which demanded that he re-strategised his political trajectory....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Should the Marriage Certificate incorporate an Expiry Date?
This may induce laughter then extreme anger as it steeps and sink in. There is this other person, a fellow human being who thinks the Marriage Certificate should have an expiry date, yes, expiry so an...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 12:18hrs | | by Tondorindo
Mai Tombi's bananas are now 50 cents each
Aaah! I am tempted to believe magic is for real, abracadabra. How can 2 lts cooking oil price climb down from 21 rtgs to 16 rtgs in one week at TM Chadcombe? Even anointing oil cannot match that...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Why Zanu-PF youths are targeting heavy weights
Zanu-PF youths threw the cat among the pigeons recently when they released a list of alleged corrupt people that included senior ruling party officials such as Obert Mpofu and Prisca Mupfumira....Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Give Mthuli a chance!
The story is told that Moses undertook the dangerous assignment to relocate the children of Israel to the Promised Land. The Red Sea, that vast water body, presented an intractable obstacle. T...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sharpening swords against Mudzuri, Mwonzora
LAWYERS for the opposition MDC spent the better part of yesterday studying High Court Judge Justice Edith Mushore's ruling nullifying Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the party in order to give advice o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned of brewing unrest
THERE are growing fears that Zimbabwe's fast-deteriorating economic situation - marked by shocking price hikes and severe shortages of foreign currency, fuel and vital medicines - could trigger social...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's maths on Rand pricing is wrong
A lot of publications have run with this story already but I couldn't find the original Facebook post. Strive Masiyiwa posts extensively and engages quite much on his page so I spent an hour trying to...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Nyahasha
Strive Masiyiwa tells Zimbabwe to price all goods in South African rand
Billionaire telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa says Zimbabwe could achieve price stability if all goods were priced in the South African rand, and the country could do this "overnight".Masiyiwa, ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:48hrs | 6 | by ZimLive
Chamisa's MDC face threat of new split
AS THE MDC enters the final weeks of its preparations ahead of its make-or-break elective congress next month, there are real fears that the country's main opposition could suffer another damaging spl...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants a woman
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC's three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman, the Dai...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stuns MDC bigwigs
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC's three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman. ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rat race for MDC posts
A mad rat race for the positions of MDC vice president has ensued within the country's main opposition, with nearly a dozen bigwigs apparently set to throw their names into the hat at the party's eage...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti lashes 'nincompoop' Mwonzora
MDC vice chairperson Tendai Biti, whom many are tipping to contest for one of the party's vice president posts, angrily reacted to suggestions that MDC Alliance secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora may ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rape accuser maybe 'mentally unwell
THE curious case in which opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has been accused of raping a 39-year-old woman (name withheld for ethical reasons) is floundering after police confirmed yesterday that the c...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly within Chamisa's MDC
With just under three months to go to the MDC's eagerly-anticipated elective congress in May where a new substantive party leader will be chosen — sparks are flying within the country's main o...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Critical consciousness and educatedness
Even some of the leading philosophers and theorists of education have made the mistake of thinking that being informed is the same thing as being educated.In actuality one may accumulate quant...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Chief Maduna and Ndiweni write to Mnangagwa's defence minister
Defiant Matabeleland chief Vezi Maduna and Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni have escalated their row with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - this time demanding the appointment of an independent prob...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nehemiah Mutendi offers no miracles, preaches hardwork
THE brass band, with musicians clad in immaculate khaki apparels, abruptly cuts its otherwise captivating tune.In unison, band members place their trumpets by the right side of their legs and ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warn plotters
Serious fresh ructions have emerged in Zanu-PF, resulting in two prominent members of the former liberation movement revealing explosive details over the past few days of an apparent plot to topple Pr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe mired in Tongogara's death
HARARE - Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made sensational claims that she was stopped dead in her tracks by former president Robert Mugabe over an explosive book that she had written reg...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Presidential age limit: Zanu-PF province breaks ranks
ZANU-PF'S new-found internal democracy under new leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be tested after the ruling party's Mashonaland Central province broke ranks and rejected a proposal to pu...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'supporter' in court bid to stop MDC MPs from accepting 'Mnangagwa' cars
A cheeky Harare man who claims to be MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's supporter has thrown the cat among the pigeons through a High Court petition to stop the party's MPs from accepting allowances and vehi...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:57hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift widening'
Intense jostling for control of the ruling Zanu-PF between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is escalating into public fights between backers of the two heavyweights ami...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
CEO's case opens can of worms, suspended over hunting concessions
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) CEO Themba Moyo was suspended for allegedly being the "stumbling block" in efforts to capture all hunting concessions in the district by private players, accord...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Data and Voice Queen B named?
Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has suggested that there is a Data and Voice Queen B in Zimbabwe. Mawere threw in the suggestion after Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa's wife, Ts...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 20:32hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe's Data and Voice Queen B named?
Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has suggested that there is a Data and Voice Queen B in Zimbabwe. Mawere threw in the the suggestion after Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa's wife...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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