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Latest on alleged ZANU PF meddling in Namibia elections
Namibia's ruling party, Swapo, has strongly denied allegations of interference by Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF in the country's recent elections, calling the accusations a baseless conspiracy aimed at undermini...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1203 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
ZANU PF MP blocks sponsors
Controversial Buhera South Member of Parliament Ngonidzane Mudekunye is being accused of blocking business people who wanted to sponsor schools through sp...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 419 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa gifts off-road vehicles to traditional leaders
Harare, September 26, 2024 – President Emmerson Mnangagwa sparked controversy yesterday by distributing off-road twin-cab vehicles to traditional leaders while many families across Zimbabwe face sev...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:57hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition plans to disrupt upcoming Sadc meeting
DESPERATION can drive one to extremes and often than not, it results in an undesirable outcome, chief among them embarrassment.The opposition elements in this country have become irrelevant an...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:46hrs | 193 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Chamisa’s tasteless, infantile politicking regrettable
Losing Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is now a political orphan, for the umpteenth time chose to ridicule the man who walloped him during the 2023 Harmonised General elections, President ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:51hrs | | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zanu-PF to crack whip on MPs
Zanu-PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged disciplinary action against party Members of Parliament (MPs) and officials who habitually skip crucial meetings of the ruling establishment's organs...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles promises to restless youths
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged empowerment opportunities to youths, but groups representing the restless young population immediately thumbed their noses at the promises saying the pov...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister Mutsvangwa challenged to act on payment of recently vetted war collaborators
EX Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has challenged the Minister of War Veterans Christopher Mutsvangwa to intervene and assist the recently vetted war collaborators and war veterans who did not get vette...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 21:05hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe not on SADC extraordinary summit agenda
Tomorrow President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, leaves Harare for a one-day Southern African Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary summit of heads of state and government set for the Angolan C...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 10:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo a tortoise on a lamp post
ZIMBABWE is the only country in Africa which spends much of its resources conducting by-elections for the whole term whilst unemployment is hovering above 90% with street vending hitting very high lev...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:55hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Chief Stauze urges councillors to take off political jackets
BEITBRIDGE senior traditional leader Chief Stauze has urged the newly elected councillors of both the rural district council and the municipality to take off political jackets and focus on providing p...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland natives urged to vote wisely
Registered voters in Matebeleland have been advised to vote for locals with a proven track record to drive development of the region.Poverty and unemployment are rife while shortages of social...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises new dawn if elected president
"I was called to do this … my mission is to finish the work that was not fulfilled by [Robert] Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, and Morgan Tsvangirai. When I am done, I will say I have fixed the country," the ...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises new dawn if elected president
On August 23, the 45-year-old will contest the polls for the second time in five years against incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a man almost twice his age.Nelson Chamisa believes he has...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF has never loved Matebeleland
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zanu-PF has never loved people of Matebeleland, but only wants to use them to retain power.Chamisa made the remarks at a dist...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's land ruse fools no one
Apropos Advocate Nelson Chamisa's land remarks at CCC's campaign-launch rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru yesterday.The issue is not about how it is being framed either by Advocate Chamisa's det...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:56hrs | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa barking up the wrong tree
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's first five-year term in office ends in a little less than two months, but his message against so-called "economic saboteurs" remains the same and one wonders if he reall...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak an indictment on Mnangagwa's administration
IN this modern era of advanced technology and medicines, it is shocking that Zimbabwe finds herself dogged by one of the world's medieval diseases such as cholera.According to a situational re...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prioritise Gwayi-Shangani Dam, pipeline
THE ruling Zanu PF party's Twitter account has some interesting nuggets. Its posts on February 25, 2021 on the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline groundbreaking ceremony and the commissioning of the 20 boreholes...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Wi-Fi pledge attracts brickbats from electorate
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for promising to provide Wi-Fi service at all Cowdray Park houses in Bulawayo where he is campaigning for a parliamentary seat in this year's election...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC demand heads to be 'chopped'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has called on the government to act on institutions and individuals implicated in the Al Jazeera documentary demanding heads to be 'chopped'.This comes as t...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Gold Mafia exposé airs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Madzanire, alias Uebert Angel has told his followers to attack individuals who accuse him of gold smuggling and money laundering, following a...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe's PVO Bill spell doom for NGOs?
The Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill, which was passed by Zimbabwe's parliament on January 31, is seen by critics as a drive against non-governmental organisations (NGOS) cham...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dragged to Zanu-PF ideology classes
MORALE has reportedly hit rock bottom in the police force after all officers were commandeered to attend civic education meetings co-ordinated by the ruling Zanu-PF party as part of its indoctrination...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Gukurahundi genocide closure needs sincerity, maturity and solemnity
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is not conscionable for you to rope in tribal chiefs in the process of bringing closure to the Gukurahundi atrocities. Common...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mthuli Ncube transforms from technocrat to political player
IF ever there was any doubt, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has fully abandoned his posture as a neutral technocrat after being elected a Zanu-PF central committee member last weekend.The centr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa ever learn, reform?
IN terms of the constitution, Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections will be convened either in July or August. Already, it seems inevitable that the Gukurahundi genocide could turn out to be one of Matabe...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stretching the truth on prices
YOU know we are in the election season when the Zanu-PF government starts lauding itself over non-existent economic improvements.The latest self-praise comes from the Treasury, the Reserve Ban...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ students go on strike over fees hike
The University of Zimbabwe is revising the recently announced hike in tuition fees of up to $500 000, described by many students as unaffordable and beyond the reach of their parents and guardians....Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to block Chamisa thickens
The ruling Zanu-PF is plotting to bar opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party from contesting the 2023 elections by pushing for a constitutional amendment th...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt intensifying free education efforts'
GOVERNMENT says it has intensified efforts to provide free basic education next year, with indications that the initiative will be under strong consideration in the 2023 national budget.Presid...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc's political agenda under spotlight as Zanu-PF internal fissures widen
Zanu-PF insiders and lawyers representing Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena claim his arrest this week was a political manifestation of internal squabbles and deep-rooted f...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC in Pomona deal climbdown?
THE opposition CCC-led Harare City Council yesterday made a volte-face on the €304 million Pomona Waste to Energy deal after weeks of politicking trying to reverse an agreement they had earlier sanc...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa's CCC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of stage-managing acts of political violence countrywide to stall Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonweal...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 18:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims CCC destabilisation
resident Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday skirted addressing the gruesome killing of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali, and instead accused the opposition party of creating "di...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Fraser's sworn affidavit rocks Ramaphosa's camp, why did Zondo deny him chance to testify?
STARTLING revelations by former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general, Arthur Fraser, in an affidavit deposed to the South African Police Services (SAPS), about an undisclosed sum of money, bel...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Dlamini
Ex-Mwonzora ally defects to CCC
Former MDC-T's Harare chairperson Zivai Mhetu has dumped the Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition party, saying its drubbing during recent by-elections showed that Zimbabweans now preferred the Citizens Co...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Is the voice of people really the voice of God?
VOX populi, vox Dei is a common Latin phrase loosely translated to mean "Voice of the people is the voice of God". Sometimes this same conjecture is replicated as the will of the people is the will of...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | | by Tendai Makaripe
'Pomona waste management project irreversible' July Moyo declares
The Pomona waste management project is irreversible and is set to create hundreds of jobs, generate power and assist in the refuse management of the capital, a cabinet minister has said.In a s...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 10:15hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 1 | by Lovemore Chikova
Stayaway that never was exposes Western puppets
TODAY, Pachedu, a shadowy troll on Twitter, manned by some faceless characters, stands starkly naked, exposed as a Trojan horse of Western nations that have an incurable colonial hangover.In t...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Govt crippling service delivery
The brazen interference in the affairs of the Harare City Council by central government is a demonstration of Zanu PF's scorched earth policies that only do harm to long suffering citizens.A r...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayors, council chairpersons sign performance contracts
MAYORS and council chairpersons from the country's urban and rural authorities yesterday signed performance based contracts in line with Government's thrust of monitoring to ensure all arms of governm...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Pre-Elections Pact on Reforms is a pseudo pre-marital power sharing agreement- no reforms will be implemented
If I was in a position to do so, I would make reading George Orwell's book, Animal Farm compulsory reading for all Zimbabwe for two reasons:1) The book is an allegorised allu...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:46hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa calls for an election pact with ZANU PF
CCC President Nelson Chamisa has called for an Pre-Election Pact on Reforms among political parties before the impending 2023 general elections. Posting on Twitter, Chamisa says, "The CCC BY-E...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 20:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fifa get brazenly fast start at keeping Infantino in office
LESS than a week after Fifa's Congress in Doha and president Gianni Infantino's announcement that he would be standing for election for a third term, Fifa's administration have begun aggressively poli...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime politicking in urban areas creating vicious circle of worsening service delivery
It is one thing holding our local authorities answerable for their deed and misdeeds - but, it is a completely different story when those in national gove...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 21:44hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's hot air speeches
The leader of the newly formed Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, continues to peddle lies and falsehoods at his rallies and people should take him seriously at their own peril. ...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Grace Chekai
African politicians thrive on deceiving electorate
AN interesting feature of liberation movements in Africa is their public denunciation of colonialism, imperialism and the injustices that are generally associated with these practices while they thems...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:41hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova
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