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Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand the ouster of MDC Councillor Mcdonald Chunga
Bulawayo residents are baying for the blood of Ward 14 Councilor Mcdonald Chunga who is being accused of deserting the ward and relocated to South Africa where he has been residing for the past eight ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 11:10hrs | 4705 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We're still Zanu-PF, says G40
EXILED members of the Zanu-PF's G40 faction have said they are still Zanu-PF members and are fighting tirelessly to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to return to constitutionalism, accusing President Em...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere shakes ZANU PF to the core
Since September 2019, there has been no session of Mnangagwa's politburo where they have not discussed Saviour Kasukuwere betraying their dread for the people's choice, Kasukuwere. In a dramatic press...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:38hrs | 12113 | by Peter Moyo
Mnangagwa in fresh talks plea
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday renewed his calls for national dialogue after meeting Catholic bishops and other clerics in Harare, as he bids to end the country's decades-old myriad challenges...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:04hrs | 9945 | by Staff reporter
MDC divisions plumb new lows
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Khupe out thinking Chamisa?
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:11hrs | 8788 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Uganda: What Nelson Chamisa can learn from Bobi Wine
Yesterday two despots shared the same birthday - that is one Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa from Zimbabwe and the other being Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from Uganda. Despite old age, these two brothers in de...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:38hrs | 2637 | by Leonardo Makuya
Growing Authoritarianism prompts South African delegation visit to Zimbabwe
A delegation from South Africa's, African National Congress (ANC) visited Zimbabwe on a fact-finding mission and try to map a way forward in mediating dialogue and mend relations between the two main ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1112 | by Prince Njagu
Circumcision a racist experiment on black boys, says Study
CRITICAL appraisal has dismissed World Health Organisation ( WHO)-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission as mere systemic racism and "neo-colon...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 2637 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda refutes claims of violence
ZANU-PF political commissar and Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said the ruling party does not use violence to win elections, claiming in papers submitted to the High Court that they ar...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Hon Biti attempting to ensnare Prof Ncube, Dr Mangudya for political gain
FORMER Finance and Economic Development Minister, Honourable Tendai Biti is one of the very few political figures within the country's multiple opposition parties who appear to understand their respon...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:34hrs | 3926 | by Nathan Gurira
Mnangagwa marks 78th birthday
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa celebrated his 78th birthday today and his loyal are wished him well. This year's birthday wishes are different to 2017 when citizens from across the political divide wished him we...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 3398 | by Ndou Paul
Mwonzora equates Chamisa to Mugabe
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says the level of intolerance being displayed by Nelson Chamisa was not only shocking but totally repugnant of modern dictates of common decency in leadership....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 5291 | by Staff reporter
Speaker laments voter apathy
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday decried voter apathy, saying legislators should look deeply into the issue to find out why only 35% of the voting population actually participa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Reforms will guarantee uniformed forces voting privacy
CIVIC society organisations have called for urgent reform of the country's laws to ensure that uniformed forces enjoy their right to vote in privacy and avoid situations where they are forced to cast ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs opposed to national dialogue
SHARP differences have emerged in Zanu-PF over the push by South Africa and its ruling African National Congress (ANC) to help end Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad crises. At the same time, poli...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:03hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF big guns fight over SA help
Sharp differences have emerged in Zanu-PF over the push by South Africa and ANC to help end Zimbabwe's decades-long crises. At the same time, political analysts said the differences had nothin...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 4260 | by Staff reporter
Fake abductions: New tool for regime change
Politics and the desire for power can be so consuming. The regime change agenda, which dates to two decades ago, has been so vitriolic, stymied the developmental agenda, lately making Zimbabwe a house...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 524 | by Emmanuel Murema
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 347 | by Admire Dube
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa needs more diplomatic muscle to crack Zimbabwe's defiant government
Amid a spiralling economic and political crisis, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the people of his country on August 4. His speech, though sudden - four days after his government's v...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:03hrs | 1932 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
It's time for Zimbabweans to bite the bullet
FOR the longest of times, Zimbabwe seems to continue hogging the limelight for its blustery manner in terms of handling human rights, and the coming in of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was expected to ...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 585 | by George Machanja
Fake abduction: a new tool for regime change
Politics and the desire for power can be so consuming. The regime change ideological rhetoric which dates two decades ago, has been so vitriolic, so illocal and so ominous to the developmental agenda ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 10:58hrs | 2704 | by Emmanuel Murema
Gono bitter and lonely outside Government
After a lengthy period of hibernating from the media spotlight, Gideon Gono, the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor resurfaced in a twitter interview with Alpha Media Holdings' Trevor Ncub...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 09:45hrs | 6688 | by John Mhazo
The binding African spirit in challenging the Zimbabwean crisis
The Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union Patriotic Front is indebted to the steeped bona fide pan-Africanist spirit which facilitated the convening of the interparty dialogue with our sister revolutiona...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 357 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Masiyiwa invited to speak at New Economy global Forum
HARARE - Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa is set to participate in the Bloomberg New Economy Forum slated for November 16-19 this year. The Econet Group founder and executive chairman...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 2322 | by Agencies
ANC determined to dump camaraderie approach and reprimand Zanu-PF
Analyst Phillan Zamchiya yesterday said while liberation parties operate secretively, the actors and nature of the delegation dispatched by Ramaphosa showed that South Africa was now more determined t...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3043 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must fall now, not tomorrow not next week
THE MDC-T won the Supreme Court judgment based on violation of two documents by the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, namely the alliance agreement and the MDC-T constitution. The MDC-T has ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 3683 | by 0 Gutu
New Harare Mayor decries archaic billing system
In a veiled admission of failure, Harare's new Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume said the capital was behind in terms of development and was riddled with corruption.The MDC has been in charge of H...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 989 | by Nomazulu Thata
All eyes on Ramaphosa delegation's trip
MANY Zimbabweans and outsiders alike will be watching closely, and waiting to see what happens during and after this week's visit to Harare by a delegation of the top brass of South Africa's ruling Af...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:11hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures widening
AMID the widening fissures in Zanu-PF, the party's legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya - Justice Mayor Wadyajena - has warned supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the former l...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:59hrs | 2114 | by Staff reporter
'Hashtags cannot sustsain a revolution' Jonathan Moyo says
Online hashtags are not an answer to Zimbabweans who want to sustain a revolution former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Writing on Twitter Moyo said, "As a student of polit...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:09hrs | 2625 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga is Joshua Nkomo of Mashonaland
Like Joshua Nkomo, Chiwenga is too generous with political power. Imagine a man who spent grueling weeks at the Blue Roof and State House in 2017 wrestling for political power from the late President ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 08:41hrs | 10242 | by Israel Dube
Wadyajena slates Zanu-PF gossip
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has warned Zanu-PF supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the party and country. Wadyajena also lashed out at people that...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 3597 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation expected today
THE African National Congress (ANC) delegation led by secretary-general Ace Magashule is expected in the country today for bilateral engagements with their Zanu PF counterparts. This comes as ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
The West's hypocrisy exposed as pregnant journalist gets arrested for incitement in Australia
The world was shocked as an Australian woman was arrested in her pyjamas and very pregnant on camera in front of her two minor children and her partner. Australian police in Ballarat Victoria arrested...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 19:52hrs | 1223 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe lacking visionary leaders
Allow me to unpack some of the few things which are derailing the country from progressing and if they are fixed, we can all enjoy the treasures in our country.The recent developments witnesse...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 12:34hrs | 950 | by Leonard Koni
South Africa has no capacity to make demands on Zimbabwean internal affairs.
The rumour monger has again started to spin into overdrive against Zimbabwe. There has been a talk of intervention by south Africa in Zimbabwe. This rumour is spread and calculated to make people beli...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 4391 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Charamba torches a storm by 'insulting' a South African journalist
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba yesterday torched a storm when he "insulted" South African journalist Sophie Mokoena following their protracted debate on South Africa's inv...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 5794 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa lacks sincerity to resolve Gukurahundi conflict'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa lacks sincerity to resolve the emotive Gukurahundi issue as he has so far avoided meeting the actual victims based in rural parts of the affected areas, MDC Alliance vice-...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
The world has lost patience with Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile'
A YEAR ago this week, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa strained credulity when he declared in a Bloomberg TV interview, "We have rejoined the family of nations."The international commun...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Zhuwao spurned Chiwenga attempts to get him support Mnangagwa
EXILED former cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao has revealed he once told then Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Constantino Chiwenga not to put his faith in Emmerson Mnangagwa whom he described as "une...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 3112 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to set up social media teams
ZANU-PF is set to come up with provincial social media teams to defend the party and Government programmes on social media following campaigns by opposition elements fomenting violence while tarnishin...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must play a more active Statesman like role
WITH Zimbabwe's political crisis deepening amid growing calls for an inclusive dialogue, senior consultant with the International Crisis Group Piers Pigou, told the Daily News on Sunday last week that...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:09hrs | 3522 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 892 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
The Dialogue
Dialogue is important and it has to be real and objective. All those steak holders capable of providing a solution to the problem should be represented in the dialogue. I don't know what is wrong with...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 14:10hrs | 2453 | by Clemen Moyo
US media has become the true opposition
LISTEN ye men of Dzimbahwe, even those foolish MaShurugwi, to these wise words.Over the last 30 years, the power of the media has grown out of all proportion to its intended purpose, which was...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:59hrs | 839 | by Ken Mufuka
Mnangagwa's govt fails to fill gaps in compensation debate
THERE are issues in the compensation debate to which government has closed its mind and, therefore, has miserably failed to justify the decision. They include government's failure to justify compensat...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:55hrs | 365 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
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