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Mnangagwa swears in Commissioners for key national institutions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday presided over the swearing-in of commissioners for the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Commission (ZPCSC), the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC)...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 10:59hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa sworn-in as Victoria Falls councillor
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa was sworn-in as councillor for Ward 1 in Victoria Falls on Thursday after independent candidate Ephias Mambume was disqualified by the Electoral Court.Mambume's disqu...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:01hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Another EFF MP has called it quits
Fana Mokoena has resigned four months after he was sworn-in as an MP in the seventh parliament."He has resigned," confirmed parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo on Thursday.Mokoena d...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:52hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
ANC mayor wants foreign nationals to be recruited as JMPD officers
Newly elected Joburg mayor Dada Morero may have started his tenure on the wrong foot.This was after he suggested that documented foreigners be recruited as Johannesburg Metro Police Department...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 12:30hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's white party suspends MP over anti-Black videos
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) suspended on Thursday a newly sworn-in member of parliament after an old video of him calling for the killing of Black people resurfaced on social media....Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 16:03hrs | 8 | by Reuters
4 deputy ministers sworn in
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday swore in four more deputy ministers during a ceremony held at State House in Harare and they vowed to put their shoulders to the wheel and help the country achieve Vision...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs booted out of hotels
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators were yesterday ejected from Parliament after they broke into song protesting the swearing in of their recently elected colleagues, in particu...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo earmarks US$14 million for roads
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has allocated US$14 million for the restoration of the city's deteriorating road infrastructure, which has been plagued by potholes.The city's road network has ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa aligned pastors blast Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct
THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has blasted Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct allowing unconstitutional recalls of elected opposition legislators saying the move scut...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in diaspora pin voting hopes on 10th parliament
The Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative (ZDVI) is calling on the country's 10th parliament to amend the Electoral Amendment Act, allowing Zimbabweans living abroad to participate in general elections. T...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's 10th Parly must reform electoral laws'
The Election Resource Centre (ERC) has called upon Zimbabwe's newly-elected Members of Parliament to advocate for electoral reforms aimed at ensuring free, fair, and credible elections in 2028 and bey...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new MPs to declare assets
All newly sworn-in Members of Parliament (MPs) have a deadline of November 7 to submit their financial interests lists to Parliament, as mandated by the Constitution and Parliament's standing rules an...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps nation guessing on Cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has kept Zimbabwe guessing on his next Cabinet amid reports of spirited lobbying among some of the Zanu-PF members who won parliamentary seats in last month's polls....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira not fired from PAP, it's fake news
The Pan African Parliament speaks on the fake story of the firing of Chief Charumbira.Team Pachedu on Friday said in a statement:"Chief Fortune Charumbira (ZANU-PF) has been fired from...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa re-appoints Mohadi vice president
Two years after being forced to quit in ignominy following a sex scandal, Kembo Mohadi was on Friday re-appointed Zimbabwe's vice president as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final five-year term got o...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Members of Parliament sworn-in
Members of Parliament for the 10th Parliament took their oaths of office yesterday and committed themselves to work towards the fulfilment of Vision 2030 enunciated by President Mnangagwa to make Zimb...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs swearing-in set for tomorrow
NEWLY-elected Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and Senate will be sworn-in tomorrow following the gazetting of General Notice 1406A of 2023 by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku defends Zimbabwe electoral process
ZIMBABWE'S electoral processes right up to President Mnangagwa's inauguration on Monday, were aboveboard and no report by any election observer mission can reverse the outcome or interfere with the co...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to ruin Mnangagwa's inauguration
When ZEC declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the 2023 harmonised general election on 26 August 2023, the constitutional clock started ticking in respect of at least two constitutional timelin...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 23 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwean judge joins Sadc Tribunal
ZIMBABWEAN judge Justice Rodgers Foroma Manyangadze has been sworn in at the Southern African Development Community Administrative Tribunal (SADCAT).SADCAT has seven judges.Other judge...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pan-African Parliament caucus nominates Zimbabwe's Charumbira
The Pan-African Parliament Southern African caucus yesterday officially nominated Chiefs Council president, Fortune Charumbira, as their sole candidate to contest as president of the continental legis...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
77 goats die at LSU due to procurement malpractices
Seventy-seven (77) goats died at Lupane State University due to procurement malpractices in a clear abuse of state funds.The $52 000 000 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF has co...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's councillors take oath of office
TWENTY-THREE new Harare councillors took oath of office yesterday, with former mayor Herbert Gomba set to be sworn-in today.After the swearing in ceremony, Citizens Coalition for Change's Denf...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly turns heat on minister over varsity fees hike
MEMBERS of National Assembly have requested Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira to issue a ministerial statement in the House on the escalating fees charged to tertiary students....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's new MPs in baptism of fire
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs-elect received a baptism of fire on their first day in Parliament yesterday after they turned up in yellow attire for the swearing-in ceremony.Zanu-PF M...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's new legislators sworn in
The 28 National Assembly parliamentarians that won in the by-elections held last month were sworn-in yesterday when the House resumed sitting after a two-week break.The legislators took their ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court rejects Mtetwa bid
The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supre...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
No joy for Mtetwa as High Court rejects her case
The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supreme...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Zacc commissioner's probe tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by a further one month, the tenure of the tribunal set up in 2020 to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissione...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court cases backlog expected to ease as 18 magistrates are sworn in
EIGHTEEN magistrates were sworn-in on Monday by acting chief magistrate Faith Mushure in Harare, bringing the total number of magistrates to 235.The newly-sworn in magistrates; Hezel Tariro Ch...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sticks to democratic practices
President Mnangagwa yesterday sworn-in commissioners for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) — two vital institutions in the conduct of electoral processes...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Education Minister hits ground running
NEWLY sworn-in Minister of Primary and Secondary Schools Dr Evelyn Ndlovu has vowed to harness ICTs as enabling learning tools in schools to ensure continuous learning for students under the Covid-19 ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa names new judges of the High Court
President Mnangagwa has appointed nine judges to fill the vacant positions of the High Court and strengthen the court.The President's nod to appoint the new judges comes after the Judicial Ser...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends tribunal tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by six months the tenure of the tribunal set up last year to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner Frank ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Zimbabweans to take a leaf from Zambia
President Mnangagwa and Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema, who will be sworn-in today, held a long telephone call on Sunday during which they agreed to work together in the development of the...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes key appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Justice Mary Zimba-Dube as the new Judge President, while Mrs Fortune Chimbaru becomes the new Deputy Attorney-General. Justice Zimba-Dube, who has sat as a judge of ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Drama at contempt hearing
THERE was drama yesterday after one of the three judges designated to hear an application seeking the arrest of Chief Justice Luke Malaba recused himself after confirming that he had met with the head...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 new magistrates sworn in
FIVE new magistrates were sworn in yesterday at the Harare Magistrates Court as part of an ongoing process to ease the workload on magistrates and improve the quality of judgments and sentences passed...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's senators reject Mnangagwa Bill
SENATORS from the Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC-T party yesterday deviated from their party position on the Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill and rejected clauses giving unfettered powers to Pr...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF replaces dead legislators
Zanu-PF has moved to replace legislators who died recently due to different ailments, including the COVID-19 pandemic, with newly-appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Fredrick Sh...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Implied and expressed constitutional provisions: The elusive concept
DOES Section 96 (2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe apply to our current unelected Vice-Presidents?Did Vice-President Kembo Mohadi quote the wrong section of the Constitution in his resignatio...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Arthur Mutambara
Stuart Comberbach new Zimbabwe ambassador to UN in Geneva
Veteran diplomat Stuart Comberbach has been named as Zimbabwe's new permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.Comberbach, 68, got his marching orders from President...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No free lunch under Second Republic'
THE Second Republic has no place for moonlighting and entitlement as it values creativity, initiative and persistence towards fulfilling both Zanu-PF's 2018 election manifesto and the National Develop...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi has been dating a married woman?
Vice President Kembo Mohadi was on Sunday left shaken and bleeding after a raucous showdown with a man accusing him of enjoying secret trysts with his wife, ZimLive reported.Following the conf...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe enjoys same perks as that of a Cabinet Minister
MDC-T former president Dr Thokozani Khupe who resume her role as leader of the opposition in Parliament after she and 14 others from her party were sworn-in as members of the National Assembly and Sen...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa adviser's company seeks TV licence
Interviews by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) for six slots available for free-to-air television licences began on Monday and are expected to run until the 21st of this month.Four...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mixed views over Khupe's return to Parliament
Political analysts have expressed mixed views over former MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe's return to Parliament Wednesday, two years after her expulsion in April 2018.Khupe, now acting presid...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe says remaining MDC MPs loyal to her
NEWLY SWORN-IN MP and acting MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe Wednesday opposition legislators remaining in parliament were loyal to her party.The politician also pledged to use her time in the ho...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Khupe takes over as leader of the opposition in Parliament
Thokozani Khupe's opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018.The MDC-T leade...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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