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Cucsman apologises for blind loyalty to Chamisa
Popular Zimbabwean opposition musician and political commentator Cucsman has issued a heartfelt public apology, urging for greater objectivity and accountability within Zimbabwe's political landscape....Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 10:07hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Minsk for official visit
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Minsk, Belarus, for a significant official visit aimed at bolstering trade relations between Zimbabwe and Belarus. Upon arrival, the President was warmly we...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:51hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Stay aways won't work in Zimbabwe
At the end of March 2025, Zimbabwe's urban areas were eerily quiet as citizens stayed away from their workplaces, businesses, and other activities in what was expected to be a nationwide protest. Howe...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:43hrs | 6293 | by Staff reporter
Police flood streets to crush anti-government protests
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced a widespread deployment of officers in both urban and rural areas as part of efforts to prevent the planned 31 March protests against President Emmerso...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:49hrs | 2676 | by Staff reporter
SADC and EU strengthen ties with €163.9 million financing agreements
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU) have signed eight financing agreements worth €163.9 million to enhance cooperation in areas such as peace and security, ...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 18:29hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Nelson Chamisa appeals to Mnangagwa for GNU in Open Letter
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly penned an open letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, calling for the establishment of a Government of Nationa...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:07hrs | 3529 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe needs a new leadership culture
Almost four months have passed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced his intention to respect the constitutional two-term limit, refusing a third term, despite ZANU-PF passing a resolution to e...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 15:00hrs | 907 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Underfunding leaves Polad on life support
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has positioned Sengezo Tshabangu, the new Secretary-General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), as a prominent opposition figure amid the faltering Political Actor...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:30hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Inclusive political dialogue can save Zimbabwe
Zapu, led by President Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has called for inclusive political dialogue to address Zimbabwe's deepening social, economic, and political crises, asserting that the ruling Zanu-PF governm...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanufication of the ANC on
AS South African general elections approach, the country's governing ANC is increasingly undergoing a further Zanufication process as it openly accepts offers of help from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF wh...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party pins hope on talks with Mnangagwa
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has resolved to step up efforts towards engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying dialogue is essential in resolving the country's crisis following the dispu...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC now wants Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue
The highest decision-making body of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is urging its leader, Nelson Chamisa, to engage in negotiations with President Mnangagwa. This directive emerged during the ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to sideline Ncube, Biti in talks with Mnangagwa
The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has alleged that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is working to exclude senior opposition members Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti from his discussion...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:53hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows dire measures
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change), has taken action by withdrawing all party legislators and councillors from both parliamentary and council positions in response t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for political dialogue with Zanu-PF
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called for a dialogue with Zanu-PF following "a constitutional crisis" which saw 15 opposition MPs and 17 councillors being recalled...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stands little chance of having his demands for fresh elections endorsed
ANALYSTS say the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) stands little chance of having its demands for fresh elections endorsed by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ambassador Mandigora dies
War veteran, diplomat and former Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) chief executive Ambassador Thomas Mandigora has died.The former Ambassador to Botswana died at his home in Gletwyn, Ha...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa meets Sadc team over polls
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on Friday said it will not 'sit and watch' Zimbabwe heading towards another violent and disputed election.Opposition parties and civic groups ...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections will be held between July 26 and August 26
This year's harmonised elections will be held between July 26 and August 26, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed.President Mnangagwa is expected to p...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 13:23hrs | 12 | 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
'Certain people who brought their culture to Bulawayo have turned our street into a Mbare'
Fifth Avenue in Bulawayo has become a hub of illegal activities and city fathers have vowed to continue with their operation to rid the area of illegal traders.This comes after clashes between...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies turn heat
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 Zimb...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:17hrs | 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 Zimb...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Senate President set for Russia visit
THE Russian foreign ministry has confirmed the pending visit by President of Senate, Mabel Chinomona, in a move envisaged to cement relations between Zimbabwe and the former Soviet Union country....Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa ignoring his calls
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was ignoring his calls for dialogue to end escalating acts of political violence ahead of the 2023...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff rporter
'Zimbabwe rising above illegal sanctions,' claims Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEANS must fully utilise their capabilities to rise against the bane of illegal sanctions and help in the lifting of thousands of people from poverty to prosperity, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora joins Polad
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday joined the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) plartform created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2018 and will now be entitled to benefits that are enjoyed by ...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is trying to re-brand himself as a constructive opposition figure
Born-Again Nelson?I NOTICE Nelson Chamisa is trying to re-brand himself as a constructive opposition figure, constructive in the mould of his bete noire...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Jamwanda2
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismisses Madhuku over Sikhala comments
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Tendai Biti has rubbished talks of a political dialogue with Zanu-PF to facilitate the release of party MPs Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole along with th...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,We appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially either serve you summons or issue a warrant of arrest or proceed to apprehend, interrogate a...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Zvaringeni Samuel Chasi, Patriotic Party Zimbabwe president
EU's Timo Olkonnen lectures Zimbabwe on democracy and reforms
VARIOUS stakeholders are sceptical that next year's general elections will be free and fair before the implementation of electoral reforms.NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Miriam Mangwaya caught u...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 10 | by Rashweat Mukundu
Chamisa's lightning rod
God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yo...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Jamwanda
'Discussions without Chamisa futile,' says Chanakira
Attempts to resolve the country's multi-faceted crises without the involvement of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa would be futile, Zimbabwe Economic Society (ZES) ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Lovemore Chikova
'Need pact and reforms to avoid disputed elections.' Need to end CCC sell out and confusion galore
One says this, another says that and a third says something else that is neither this nor that. Indeed, in Zimbabwe politics the same individual will say one thing now and say the exact opposite in th...Published: 04 May 2022 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa not talking to Zanu-PF
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has quashed reports that he is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the aim of forming a government of national unity....Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora seek dialogue
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his political nemesis Mr Douglas Mwonzora (MDC-T), have both pleaded with the ruling Zanu-PF for dialogue, just a day after the Saturday by-elections.The double p...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to mend fences with EU
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected in Belgium today for the African Union (AU)/European Union (EU) 6th session, a platform that Zimbabwe will use for engagement and re-engagement as well as push for the ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 16 | by Enos Denhere
'Stop criminalising human rights defenders'
HUMAN rights defenders have been under siege in the Sadc region amid calls for governments to respect the law, democracy and rights.The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa boasts of UK royalty meetings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday bragged that he had made a major breakthrough in his re-engagement efforts with leaders of hostile Western nations, some of which have imposed sanctions on Zimba...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
EU maintains stance on Zimbabwe isolation
THE European Union (EU) this week dismissed government claims that the two decades-long restrictive measures imposed on individuals and state firms had triggered an economic meltdown, which has seen m...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
EU tells Mnangagwa to urgently lift ban on by-elections
THE European Union (EU) has urged government to urgently lift the ban on by-elections and ensure that seats left vacant after MDC Alliance Members of Parliament and councillors were recalled by the Do...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC's fresh sanctions call flops
THE MDC-Alliance unsuccessfully tried to lobby the European Union (EU) to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe after its parliamentarians had been recalled from Parliament following a Supreme Court ruli...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora begs Mnangagwa to stop by-elections
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly begged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to consider scrapping holding parliamentary and local council by-elections.According to weekend media reports, ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Third EU-Zimbabwe Political Dialogue held in Harare
The meeting allowed for the continuation of discussions on topics that are of common interest and are priorities in EU-Zimbabwe relations: human rights, democratisation, rule of law and good governanc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe appeals for sanctions removal
ZIMBABWE yesterday appealed to the European Union (EU) to remove sanctions, which it says have continued to hinder development and caused the economic meltdown.This came out during the EU-Zimb...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe meets EU for political dialogue
The third session of the Zimbabwe-European Union Article 8 political dialogue is currently underway in Harare as relations between the two take a decisive turn for the better.The Zimbabwean de...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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