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Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1023 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Dembare splash US$1,000 on sangoma
DYNAMOS splashed US$1 000 to pay a sangoma ahead of their blockbuster league championship showdown against their biggest rivals Highlanders at Rufaro on Sunday.The Glamour Boys bizarrely chose...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 12:26hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo now owns Chihuri's US$7m house
Exiled former Zimbabwe Republic Police commissioner Augustine Chihuri's US$7 million mansion in Harare has been snapped up by Wicknell Chivayo, a convicted criminal-cum-tenderpreneur with access to Pr...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:06hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US issues fresh sanctions on Mnangagwa and 8 others, terminates 2003 curbs
The United States on Monday terminated a Zimbabwe sanctions programme and reimposed curbs on nine people and three entities, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, over their involvement in corruptio...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Belarus strongman dispatches 'smallhouse' to Mnangagwa's wife
PROFESSOR Irina Abelskaya, the Belarusian envoy recently dispatched to Harare to deliver a donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, is a mistress of the Eastern European country's leader Alexander L...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:21hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara defends his book on Mugabe
PROFESSOR Arthur Mutambara has defended the credibility of his newly published book, which opens a window on the political life of former President Robert Mugabe, who died without writing his memoirs....Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission a must for Zimbabwe
WE reported yesterday that Britain is pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the club of nations und...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 10 | by Sharon Hofisi
Didymus Mutasa seeking to evict 39 land permit holders
Former State Security minister Didymus Mutasa is embroiled in a land grab storm at the 700 hectare Zingondi farm in Rusape where he is seeking to evict 39 land permit holders.The farmers have ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants new IMF staff-monitored program by April
Zimbabwe hopes to agree a new staff-monitored program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by April next year, with an IMF team due to visit later this month for initial talks, its finance minis...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS: Chamisa's accountability problem and the erosion of trust in Zimbabwean politics
The political tapestry of Zimbabwe is once again in the spotlight, but this time, for reasons that shake the very core of public trust. A now-debunked press statement announced the expulsion of ...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Sandra Mverera
Zanu-PF loses grip in Matebeleland
Zanu-PF's support in Matebeleland has shrunk as seen in the recent elections where the ruling party surrendered a number of seats to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Th...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa annihilates G40 camp
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week consolidated his plan to obliterate the G40 faction in Zanu-PF that once fought fierce battles to block his ascendency to power when he invited its ringleaders t...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slowing getting back to its feet at 43
IN 1893 my ancestors raised the Union Jack in a place they called Salisbury, in the middle of what is now called southern Africa. That is 130 years ago and for the next 87 years this tiny group of whi...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Grace Mugabe makes surprise appearance at Mnangagwa inauguration
Former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace and daughter, Bona, hugged and exchanged pleasantries with President Emmerson Mnangagwa during swear-in on Monday in the latest public demonstration of a t...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 20:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows jail over planned protests
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has branded his opponents little boys and further threatened them with imprisonment if they proceed with planned protests over his controversial poll victory last month....Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa speaks on why he congratulated Mnangagwa
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, under fire for congratulating President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his disputed re-election last week, says he made the statement based on the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC demands Zimbabwe poll re-run
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded a rerun of Zimbabwe's just ended elections which have been rejected as flawed by both Zanu-PF opponents and foreign observer missions....Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fends off election fraud claims
Zimbabwe's re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa suggested on Sunday that those people questioning the results of last week's election, which an opposition leader dismissed as a "gigantic fraud", ta...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's vote lead grows
Partial results from Zimbabwe's parliamentary election suggested the ruling party's lead was growing on Friday, but election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and was conduc...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for close election as early parliamentary results come in
Early parliamentary results in Zimbabwe showed the ruling party and the main opposition neck and neck on Friday, after an election in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party was widely expe...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election results start to trickle in after delays
The first constituency results emerged on Thursday in Zimbabwe's election after delays forced a second day of voting in a small number of neighbourhoods and civil society activists were arrested....Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strongman takes his eating challenge to Bulawayo
THE two most important factors in determining your success as a competitive eater are stomach capacity and the speed at which one can consume food.And for unknown Harare-based Arnold Zikhali (...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 07:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere scares the living daylights out of Mnangagwa
EVEN though independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been barred by the courts from contesting the 23 August election, he has managed to prove a point in a short space of tim...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taunts uneducated opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a disdainful rebuke on those accusing him of masterminding court generated disqualifications on election opponents, describing them as uneducated.This f...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 20:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's August 23 chance
IT bears repeating that Zimbabwe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa need the August 23 general elections to pass off without incident, and more crucially, to pass a free and fair test.The later aspe...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 09:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere vows to bring 'closure' to emotive Gukurahundi issue
Former Zanu-PF political commissar and CIO driver under the late strongman Robert Mugabe's regime, and now independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere intends to address the thorny Gukurahu...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is under siege
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my heart subscribes to the notion that Zimbabwe is completely under siege. As I see it, the country is overwhelmed with all manner of naked aggr...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
AU accomplice in Zimbabwe corruption
THE sincerity of African leaders and institutions in fighting corruption has come under scrutiny following the appointment of controversial Zimbabwean self-styled prophet Uebert Angel as its Pan-Afric...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa has refused to talk to him
Opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Mnangagwa has refused to talk to him in the past 7 years, despite his countless attempts to reach out to the Zanu PF strongman. Chamisa says...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban Chamisa rally over lack of toilets, poor roads to venue
Zimbabwean police Friday thwarted a planned weekend opposition campaign rally over lack of toilets and unsuitable roads to the venue, the latest in a series of bans ahead of August crunch polls....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 19:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fixes roads to polling stations in rural strongholds
Zimbabwe's government says it has launched a blitz to grade roads and grant easy access to polling stations by voters in Zanu PF's stronghold rural areas ahead of high stakes elections due 23 August t...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe speaks from the grave'
FORMER deputy prime minister, Prof Arthur Mutambara, will this Monday launch the third and final book in his autobiographical trilogy in the United Kingdom at the Law School of the University of Westm...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere keeps whereabouts secret
Iron-willed ex-cabinet minister and presidential hopeful, Saviour Kasukuwere filed his nomination papers through his lawyer Wednesday while keeping his whereabouts secret.The exiled former Zan...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who wants to challenge the strong man?
H-Metro is inviting strongmen to challenge man-of-the-moment Arnold 'Strongman' Zikhali on June 24 in an eating feast in Harare.The venue will be advised in due course.This comes after...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF brand at risk
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my observations confirm that Zanu-PF has no culture of debate. Cadres are muffled, fearful of ruthless consequences as per threats you uttered ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Zimbabwe's strongest man eats 60kgs of isitshwala, 60kgs of rice every month
SIXTY kilogrammes of isitshwala, 60 kgs of rice and 750 bananas per month for just one man. For breakfast, he consumes two loaves of bread, 30 eggs (15 boiled and 15 fried), one litre of juice...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man pulls 56 tonnes, eats 2kg isitshwala
Arguably Zimbabwe's strongest man provided a breathtaking spectacle yesterday after pulling a 56-tonne wagon for 100 metres at the National Railways of Zimbabwe in Harare.He also ate a meal of...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5 election hurdles
AFTER days of political drama, anxiety and bated breath, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date, setting the stage for a season of intrigue, joy and heartaches. Zimbabwe decides on ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa refutes secret talks rumour
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed speculation that there could be secret behind-doors discussions between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not deliver another Lima
WHITE commercial farmers forced off their land over 20 years ago have waited since 2018 — when government agreed to a compensation deal — to receive their settlements. It is important to note that...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube weaponising foreign trade to fight local firms
ZIMBABWE'S rulers think that it is within their rights to destroy their economy and turn to neighbours for stop gap solutions.This weird belief was passed from the late strongman, Robert Mugab...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not a born-again democrat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa almost succeeded in fooling everyone with his pretence that he had suddenly become a born-again democrat after the coup that toppled strongman Robert Mugabe six years ago....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Kholwani Nyathi
Bona Mugabe divorce, yet another Damascene moment for the republic
The world is not for honest people. I am convinced. Those who toil, break a sweat in various endeavours to make an honest living a...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa losing grip on Zanu-PF
DEFEATS of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in Zanu-PF primary elections is an indication the embattled Zimbabwean leader is losing grip on the ruling party and power struggles could erupt ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises 'free and fair' election
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday vowed that general elections expected later this year will be free and fair but issued a warning to "rogue" civic society organisations during an independence d...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary polls reignite factional battles
THE recent Zanu-PF primary elections have re-ignited the battle for the control of Masvingo province between factions aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, with ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has US$240 million election war chest'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a US$240 million war chest in personal funds for general elections set for August, Ambassador-at Large Uebert Angel told undercover reporters investigating money laund...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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