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Zanu PF consistent, immovable and unshaken
AMERICAN journalist and essayist Henry Louis Mencken once remarked: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:14hrs | 356 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Revolt at MTN over CEO's 'female favourite'
An ugly battle is brewing at MTN over the direction Africa's biggest mobile network operator is taking under group CEO Ralph Mupita, with executives threatening to quit en masse over his leadership st...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:58hrs | 4557 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must stop shellacking the laws of the land
ZANU-PF does not cease pulling surprises.And it has honed its skills at it over its 61 years of existence.And it would seem it does not give a hoot about what the world says.Ju...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 10:25hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
We will now release CCC political prisoners: Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF spokesperson, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has sensationally claimed that his party will facilitate the release of over 100 political prisoners who were incarcerated towards and durin...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 15:38hrs | 3807 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Rutendo Matinyarare drags Mnangagwa and his family into his contempt of court saga
Self professed marketing and communication strategist Rutendo Matinyarare has dragged the President and the President's family into his shenanigans. Rutendo paid a visit to Champions Milling where he ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 14:37hrs | 25 | by George Tshuma
Tshabangu warns CCC rivals
INTERIM CCC secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu has threatened to wield the axe on anyone who will abuse the party's name or logo without authorisation from the collective party leadership....Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF's Masuku award courts controversy
HUMAN rights defenders and activists in Matebeleland have expressed outrage after Zanu-PF Matebeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo was conferred with the Lookout Masuku Consistency Award...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mahere defends dubious CCC Constitution
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, who is also the Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament, has defended the party's interim constitution which, according to critics, fal...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa strategising on how to stop the looming by-elections
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader by Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was making fresh deliberations on how to stop the looming by-elections from being held owing to escalating politic...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out
SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Charamba accuses Ngadziore of faking abduction and forging Zanu-PF signatures
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has accused Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Takudzwa Ngadziore, of faking his own abduction and forging a Zanu-PF signature.Ngadziore,...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says CCC candidates to boycott December 9 by-elections
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has labeled the upcoming by-elections, which aim to fill 14 National Assembly vacancies and 17 local authority seats, as a farcic...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Popular pastor attacks Chamisa for mixing religion with politics
A war of words has broken out between controversial pastor Talent Chiwenga and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa over the recent disputed elections, with the cleric attacking the popular polit...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 21:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Linda Masararira tells Chamisa to start a church
Linda Masarira, the head of Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD), expressed her view that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa should refrain from raising false hopes among Zimbabweans.Masarira...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accused of giving Zimbabweans false hope
Critics of Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have accused him of nurturing false optimism among Zimbabweans. This critique comes in response to a series of Chamisa...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
President Chamisa remains our Strategic Ambiguity going forward
Mnangagwa controversially won the recent election which is hotly disputed, he emerged badly wounded and with serious problems from the poll, which may make his authoritarian rule far more complicated ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:38hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
God to visit Zimbabwe, says Chamisa
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has told his supporters that Gold will surely visit Zimbabwe.Chamisa is still giving his supporters hope that he will deliv...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 20:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa are both setting Zimbabwe up to fail
Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF's incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, are setting Zimbabwe up for failure, no matter who actually wins.Chamisa has ca...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Lenin Ndebele
'Vote Mnangagwa Out,' Madhuku
GOROMONZI - National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku told his supporters to vote out Zanu PF and it's leader President Emmerson ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Crowds scrambling for freebies at Zanu-PF rallies
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku says chaotic scenes of commandeered crowds scrambling for free groceries at the ruling party, Zanu-PF, rallies are a sign of the gove...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters 'hijacks' Zanu-PF campaign platforms
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters have allegedly hijacked the ruling Zanu-PF party's constituency WhatsApp groups to campaign for their leader Nelson Chamisa.As a resul...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dismisses Mwonzora's ConCourt election application
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has told his supporters to remain focused and not get distracted as the country heads towards general elections.Chamisa's remarks come...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by on Saturday
'Zimbabwe is unstoppable'
ENDOWED with rich mineral resources, an indomitable spirit and hardworking people, Zimbabwe is unstoppable in its quest to achieve upper-middle-class status by 2030 under the competent rule of Zanu-PF...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reza takes aim at Biti sideshow
Acting Deputy Prosecutor General Mr Michael Reza yesterday rubbished as irrelevant court submissions by Tendai Biti in a case of verbal assault on Ms Tatiana Aleshina that occurred in 2020. In...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole on warpath over Mwonzora prison visit
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have fired a salvo at MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly "misleading" the nation by clai...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who Owns Blinart Investments?
Zimbabwean people never stop to amaze me-how can a whole parliament waste time debating about a USD$9,000 laptop? Is our parliament genuine in discussing this issue or it is just one of the sideshows ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF falls for Chamisa hoax
SCORES of Zanu-PF supporters were left with egg on their face yesterday after their plans to disrupt Citizens Coalition for Change (CC) leader Nelson Chamisa's campain rally in Chivhu, Mashonaland Eas...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Odinga copies from Chamisa's playbook
Opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday that he would challenge the results of Kenya's close presidential election with "all constitutional and legal options" after Deputy President William Ruto w...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe politics remains toxic'
HUMAN rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says the country's political environment has remained toxic with Zanu-PF cited as the worst culprits.In its latest monthly report titled Tox...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai TT, A full blown ZANU PF sideshow political project
Despite intense infighting that characterizes Zanu PF, the fact remains that ZANU PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot affor...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:27hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa did not rape me, says ex-Zanu-PF minister
FORMER Environment and Tourism deputy minister Annastancia Ndlovu, who is now a full-time employee at Zanu-PF headquarters in the party's directorate, has strongly denied reports that she was se...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
nZondo Commission 'a useful distraction' from South Africa's pressing problems
Many South Africans have already drawn their conclusions regarding the judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, corruption and fraud in the Public Sector, including Organs of ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Sipho Seepe
Chiwenga speaks out against corruption
VICE President Constantine Chiwenga today said corruption has no place in society as he admitted that the vice was denying citizens a decent standard of living.In a speech read on his be...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence should not be condoned
IT is so saddening and unfortunate that the grisly demise of an innocent Chitungwiza woman has divided the nation to the point of driving citizens into a deadly vortex of murky politics.Morebl...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC removes 32 010 from roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed the names of 32 010 deceased people from the voters' roll in line with provisions of the Electoral Act.The list of the deceased persons was ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters
BY 10am on Sunday a handful of MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Bus...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese under fresh pressures over Zimbabwe deals
AN American think tank on Friday added its voice to growing disquiet by Zimbabweans over resource exploitation claims by Chinese firms, following a week of deep accusations.The American Enterp...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza played 7, won 0, drew 2, lost 5
NORMAN Mapeza's latest tenure as Zimbabwe's national football team coach is turning out to be a nightmare for the 49-year-old ex-Zimbabwe international.The former defender is experiencing a di...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Go Warriors Go!
AFTER all the boardroom squabbles that threatened Zimbabwe's participation at this year's edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals that kicked off in Yaoundé yesterday, the Warriors will b...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain overstepping its bounds on Zimbabwe
It boggles the mind why the British government seems not to understand that Zimbabwe ceased to be a colony of the Crown over four decades ago.How else should one explain the British's continuo...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's fake victimhood, internal ructions and sanctions
Over the years, the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction has perfected the art of creating stunts to attract the West's attention in the vain and ill-placed hope of besmirching President Mnangagwa and to wrin...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 6 | by Nobleman Runyanga
You can't pull in croc with fish hook
IN the village, the outcome of a fishing trip to the river often meant the difference between a sumptuous meal and another dish to be tolerated just to keep the body and soul together.As pleas...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa not immune to prosecution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa can be sued as he is not immune to court proceedings and has to respond to any lawsuit challenging his legitimacy as the Zanu-PF leader, law experts said yesterday....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 3 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs party in sea of poverty
The Zanu-PF juggernaut rolled into the small mining town of Bindura as the party's politburo and senior government officials arrived in their chauffeur-driven luxury cars to attend the 19th annual con...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to continue with 'meet the people' tours
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa remains defiant and will continue with his national "Meet The People Tour" despite the recent attempts on his life by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Masvingo and ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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