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Polad members cry foul

Members of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) are attempting to reassert their relevance on Zimbabwe's political stage after months of being sidelined, but political observers say the platform lacks the credibility and influence to effe…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:48hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

POLAD member accused of dumping wife and child in Bulawayo

THE leader of the opposition Nationalist Alliance Party (NAP) which is a member of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) Devine Muhambi Hove has been accused by Lungile Dube who claims to be his wife of dumping her and her child before wed…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 13:30hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes

POLAD members back Mnangagwa in upcoming election

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has received the backing of four 'opposition' parties in his Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform.POLAD Chairperson Francis Danha who led the 1980 Freedom Movement, Welcome Shumba of the New Patriotic Par…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa knows where to find me, says Mnangagwa

OPPOSITION political party leaders should feel free to approach the Head of State for dialogue directly as opposed to using proxies, the media and third parties, President Mnangagwa has said.President Mnangagwa, who has kept an open door p…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa should thank us, says Polad

PRINCIPALS under the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have claimed that they rescued the country from total economic collapse after President Emmerson Mnangagwa, after the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe implemented reco…

Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | 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 general elections against main opposition …

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa allies turn swords on Zec

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country's electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after i…

Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Dialogue not elections is the way to go

Calls by civic society, political parties and faith groups for political players to embrace the idea of an inclusive dialogue as the solution to our  political and economic quagmire should be taken seriously.A stakeholder-driven polit…

Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi

Is it just naivety or simply greed driving POLAD to believe sitting around table with corrupt power-greedy regime will yield res

A few years ago, a dear cousin of mine - who worked quite closely with the then president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, especially in the health sector (having held top positions in both government, and the WHO [World Health Organization]) - phon…

Published: 20 May 2022 at 10:23hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Opposition leader kicked out of POLAD for raising rigging allegations, car seized

New Innovative Modernisation Front (NIMF) president Peter Munyanduri, who became famous for praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the contested 2018 elections, has been booted out of the Political Leaders and Actors Dialogue (Polad) …

Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

New crop of opposition political parties in the region

It is believed that opposition political parties are a watchdog of central Government, ensuring that the people's lives and livelihoods are supported, that the country's economy is buttressed by sustainable policies, that infrastructure is…

Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 09:27hrs | 2 | by Prosperity Mzila

ZANU PF criticism of local authorities sounds just as "hateful and confrontational" as they accuse CCC of opposing government!

The ZANU PF regime has never relented on its accusations of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party of supposedly always being in the habit of criticizing the government, instead of cooperating for the greater good of…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zanu-PF Bigwigs Cause Mayhem In Provinces

Zanu-PF is struggling fend off nagging interference by its senior officials accused of meddling in the ongoing restructuring exercise and trying to influence the outcome of upcoming provincial elections.This was disclosed by former Zanu-PF…

Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:18hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

'Polad financing is illegal'

UNITED Kingdom (UK) based Law Lecturer Alex Magaisa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to seek amendment of the Political Parties Financing Act (PPF Act) if he wants to use public funds to pamper members of his Political Leaders and Ac…

Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

President Mnangagwa did not reward POLAD but empowered the spirit of development

POLAD has been the power to peace in Zimbabwe after the 2018 elections. By giving them cars to enhance their work MNANGAGWA did not seek to bribe but to empower those who love their country at any cost. The Zimbabwe government realised tha…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe govt has a constitutional obligation to fund political parties

THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members still want to be pampered more by government after they said they would campaign for more vehicles and accessories to enable them to move across the country to popularise their agenda.Their lat…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Polad car beneficiary lashes Chamisa

LEADER of a fringe political party, New Innovative Modernisation Front (NIMF), Tendai Peter Munyanduri has defended his decision to accept an Isuzu D-Max vehicle from the government, arguing it was his constitutional right.The little-known…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Former Minister denounces POLAD

EXILED Former cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has denounced the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue's (POLAD) members who recently received luxury vehicles from President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the pretext that they use the cars on thei…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 14:27hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Why Mnangagwa is pampering Polad allies

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give luxury vehicles to members of the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) is part of an elaborate plan to delay elections while consolidating his stranglehold on Zanu-PF, it has been rev…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Polad removed soldiers from the streets

IT was the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and not COVID-19 that caused the removal of soldiers from the streetsThe presence of soldiers on our streets had become a permanent feature following the coup of November 2017 and this was a con…

Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by ZimSentinel

Polad salutes SB Moyo

POLITICAL parties yesterday expressed shock at the death of Dr Sibusiso Moyo, saying the nation had been robbed of a dedicated veteran of the liberation struggle, a decorated soldier and an accomplished academic whose services to the natio…

Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's leave, a pitstop to nowhere

Now that we have seen the edited versions of people's lives across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during Christmas and New Year festivities,  its back to the basics, the daily grind of life in a world largely be…

Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 10:21hrs | 3 | by Josiah Mucharowana

Operation restore legacy was a no brainer

This regime that looked democratic in appearance but grounded in authoritarian rule is a time bomb and waiting for the right time to explode.The country also looked like a civilian regime where everything was run by civilians in which demo…

Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:10hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni

Democracy dies in darkness

Democracy is facing tough time in Zimbabwe,it is wilting, suffocating and profusely bleeding.Infact it's wasting away- dying in full view of a public that couldn't care less.A public that is power sapped and tired.French philosopher Montes…

Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Taruberekera Masara

Creating in-roads for sustainable peace

The New Dispensation is engrossed with the ever growing malcontented youths, coupled with exasperated civil society owing to the perceived economic meltdown. This disgruntlement has manifested in increased call for demonstrations and stay …

Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Emmanuel Murema

Walking the corridors of the engagement and re-engagement policy

The most difficult people to convince that the situation in Zimbabwe is mutually hurting are neither the politicians nor the ordinary person in the streets, but the intellectuals. They are the ones who should lead and be the face of initia…

Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:33hrs | 7 | by Emmanuel Murema

MDC-T statement on the meeting of POLAD

The Political Actors Dialogue commonly known as POLAD sat on Friday the 2nd of August 2019 to deliberate on the challenges the country is facing, especially the "economy". The meeting was attended by HE President Dr Khupe, The VP, Adv Gutu…

Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | 3 | by Khaliphani Phugeni

The Monologue of Dialogue is deluded and self immolation

There are what we call synonyms of Dialogue, argument, argy-bargy, colloquial, colloquy, soliloquy, confab, confabulations, give and take, palaver, parley, consultations, moving back and forth. Political dialogue refers to a wide range of …

Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:52hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Let's resolve politics first

THE economic crisis continues to deepen with rising inflationary pressures, worsening shortages of foreign currency, electricity and fuel, amid a widening gap between the official and unofficial exchange rates.The shortfalls in electricity…

Published: 31 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | 5 | by Prosper Chitambara

Mnangagwa's Polad needs gravitas

Polad (an acronym for Political Actors Dialogue) is a voluntary platform for national dialogue launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa just a few days after the Ides of May 2019.Polad was flamboyantly launched at the Harare International …

Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Willard Chinhara

ZIPP is officially not part and parcel of POLAD

On the 16th of April 2019 Innocent Mupanganyama aka General Netanyahu was relieved of his official duties as ZIPP party spokesperson. He had on many occasions been found wanting regarding issues of party misrepresentation, insubordination …

Published: 20 May 2019 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Henry Madiro

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 | 12 | by E. D. Mnangagwa

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