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Masvingo Mayor, a game changer in Zimbabwe's geriatric male dominated politics
Following Zimbabwe's August 2023 general elections, 60 women were seconded into parliament through the proportional representation system, of these sixty, 33 are from Zanu Pf while 27 are from CCC. Co...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 18:48hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023, with the local currency losing over 55% of its value in both...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 12:42hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu-PF abusing chiefs'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has issued a veiled caution to the ruling Zanu-PF party for abusing traditional leaders in political campaigns."Political parties should desist from...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar on the verge of complete rejection
THE Zimbabwe dollar, which was reintroduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in 2019, is on the verge of collapse and complete market rejection.The local unit is incessantly plummeting ag...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
Zanu-PF gets elections head start
AHEAD of harmonised elections on August 23, Zanu-PF is already off the blocks and commands a comfortable head start against its disorganised rivals who are yet to come up with candidates even after th...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Mliswa tasked with finding a Ndebele puppet that will replace Kembo Mohadi?
The position of 2nd vice president that is imposed on Matabele people in Zimbabwe is a symbol of capture, oppression, mockery and an insult to Matabele nation. The children of the stars and the sons a...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa's CCC Mashonaland West On Voter Mobilisation Blitz Ahead Of 2023
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has embarked on a massive mobilisation blitz to enlist potential voters in the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR).The party's provincial chairman, R...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
A golden future: Unpacking the new direction
LAST week, Advocate Nelson Chamisa unveiled the Citizens Coalition for Change as the new name of the people's movement. Our old name had been pilfered and Zanunised by the political pirates of our tim...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Vote-buying: A complex quagmire
IT is less than 24 months before the next elections in 2023 and political parties are slowly zooming into campaign mode. The recently concluded elections in Zambia have triggered the possibility of op...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
'In Africa, the youths are excluded from the political bus'
In the 21st century, it is appalling that some constitutions advocate for old man's politics, for example, section 91 subsection 1 (a) of the Zimbabwean constitution states that 'A person qualifies fo...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Shingirayi Kondongwe
'In Africa, the youths are excluded from the political bus'
In the 21st century, it is appalling that some constitutions advocate for old man's politics, for example, section 91 subsection 1 (a) of the Zimbabwean constitution states that 'A person qualifies fo...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Shingirayi Kondongwe
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The scourge of greedy political businesspeople
Zimbabweans are on tenterhooks as unscrupulous businesspeople pursuant to aiding and abetting the ambitions of some political losers who are seeking to blackmail government into a political union of s...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:34hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
There is no Vanguard in the MDC
The MDC categorically states that there is no outfit called Vanguard, an otherwise peaceful and disciplined team of MDC youths, which has since been disbanded on the orders of the national council, th...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Lovemore Chinoputsa, Secretary General MDC Youth Assembly
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military should abandon Mnangagwa-Chiwenga junta, and stand with the people
As the nation of Zimbabwe commemorated Defence Forces Day on 14 August, it is quite saddening and troubling that the country's military that is supposed to be the people's protector, has, over the cou...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
What's the Way Forward?
Zimbabwe is for all Zimbabweans. It is not for a few individuals and similarly are state organs or state institutions, they should function for the state and not for a political party or those indidua...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 10:50hrs | | by Clement Moyo
Ishmael Kumire died at the MDC-Alliance violent demonstration: No single alliance official attended the funeral
He was buried in Chinamhora, writes German Journalist Christian Selz and there was not even one MDC-Alliance at his funeral. Ishmael was a street vendor eking out a living for his family when he was c...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF will respect election outcome
Zanu-PF yesterday assured the African Union Election Observer Mission that it will respect election results for the July 30 harmonised elections regardless of the outcome as it is guided by the Consti...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF flexes mobilisation muscles
Zanu-PF on Saturday flexed its mobilisation muscle at Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera where President Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of more than 30 000 people, during which he laid out his vision for ...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Is Mnangagwa's censure of ZRP genuine?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over its involvement in the running of Zanu-PF primary elections has received mixed reactions, with some analysts saying he ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 13:31hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mugabe, allies send desperate distress calls
Allies of former president Robert Mugabe have sent desperate distress calls to both sitting and former heads of state on the continent, on fears that the government may arrest the nonagenarian and his...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between the ZANU PF and ANC recalls, the issue of Constitutional order
Whether this is by design or it is the swinging pendulum of fortune swinging in reverse it stands to be seen. The ANC has had two recalls in successive Presidencies. This is the biggest problem Africa...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 12:25hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Obert Mpofu condemns MDC-T violence at Bulawayo offices
THE Government yesterday described as deplorable, incidents of violence that rocked MDC-T Bulawayo offices on Sunday saying it was disturbed by the party's failure to heed President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hundred days, much ado about nothing
The phrase a Hundred Days was made famous by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his ascention to the American presidential throne. He promised a new deal for the people of America. Indeed he changed the fac...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Nqobizitha Dumakude Khumalo.
Let's major on rebuilding the country
This hullabaloo song of illegal sanctions sound like cheap propaganda from the ruling party.Its high time we nip in the bud the signs and symptoms of the political polarisation which has reckl...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Leonard Koni
UCAD Green Party not backing Tsvangirai
This letter serves to set the record straight, with reference to the matter circulated on social media by Albert Mugove Matapo, and a Video of the Zimeye live uploaded on the facebook on the 31st July...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 15:24hrs | 4 | by UCAD
Why Mugabe deserves many more happy years
The characteristics that set some men/women above others are well-defined by years of discipline, by dutiful application of the mind to self-improvement. With our Head of State and Government turning ...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:05hrs | 3 | by Sunday Mail
Tsvangirai gets coalition nod
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly been given the greenlight by his supporters in Matabeleland region to form a grand coalition with his Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) counterpart, Joic...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai winds up Matabeleland tour
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai today wound up his 10-day listening tour of the three Matabeleland provinces with an address to the Bulawayo provincial assembly.Most of the issues discussed ...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Moment of truth for Mawarire
SOCCER fans on Sunday snubbed Pastor Evan Mawarire of the infamous #ThisFlag campaign all but proving the clergyman's is a chancer who has been basking in the false glory of once shutting down the cou...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:59hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chiyangwa warns #ThisFlag Pastor
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has blasted exiled pastor Evans Mawarire for calling on fans to sing the old national anthem in the 36th minute of yesterday's Castle Lager Premiership match between Hi...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:24hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
ZAPU attacking from all fronts
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa the President of ZAPU approached the Electoral Court, seeking an order that will force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to stop all electoral processes until the realignment ...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
'Tsvangirai travelled on foreign missions with concubines'
Zanu-PF activists who purports to be a political commentator on the state media, Psychology Maziwisa has attacked MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai over the remarks about President Robert Mugabe's da...Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
'Few voters understand what Tsvangirai stands for'
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday made an emotional and desperate plea for 'like-minded' people to join hands with his party in order to address what he called a national crisis in Zimbabwe....Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Psychology Maziwisa
Obert Mpofu vying for VP post - analysts
WHILE focus has been on Obert Mpofu's gathering of immense wealth and mounting speculation of where he could be getting his money from, the Mines minister has been quietly building his political stat...Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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