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Mnangagwa, Chiwenga divided over Zanu-PF DCCs
SHARP divisions have emerged in the Zanu-PF presidium, pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, over the remaining District Coordinating Committees (DCC) elections....Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses party grip, close allies sink
BELEAGUERED Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga made spirited but futile efforts to save his allies from the Zanu-PF political guillotine during Wednesday's tense politburo meeting in which a titanic ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:44hrs | 16466 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
Zanu-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:25hrs | 985 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
ZANU-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:19hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe promises urgent review into lockdown expiry learner's licences
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe on Wednesday promised an urgent review after the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) turned away scores of learner drivers whose provisional licences expired duri...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:41hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 484 | by Emmanuel Koro
After 40 years, still failing to hold free and fair elections: 'to find the strait gate and narrow way'
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is the country's failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. For 40 years the nation has beeb stuck with corrupt, incompetent and tyra...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:32hrs | 872 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sanctions meant to weaken Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations are motivated by a desire to slowly weaken the nation, leaving the country vulnerable to poverty, droughts and epidemics ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:42hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Scores rush to VID depots
ASPIRING drivers yesterday thronged the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depots across the country to either sit for provisional drivers licence tests or undergo road tests as depots countrywide re...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1756 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies distribution of inputs ahead of the November 15 dead...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 353 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF tells West to 'Shut up'
ZANU-PF has told Western countries, especially Britain and United States, "to shut up" and stop pontificating about democracy and human rights, adding that Britain and the US's hands were historically...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1949 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba pledges cars to Bosso captains
THE leader of a local apostolic sect Madzibaba Manuel Mutumwa has pledged at least two cars for use by Highlanders' captains, while serving the club. After hearing reports that Highlanders hav...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Doctor examines Mamombe's fitness
MDC-Alliance member Joana Mamombe has so far been mentally examined by one medical doctor to ascertain if she is capable of comprehending trial proceedings. The court ordered her mental examin...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1477 | by Staff reorter
Infertility: A shared responsibility
Being a parent is a desired part of adult identity in most societies. For many couples, the inability to bear children is a tragedy. The conflux of personal, interpersonal, social, and religious expec...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 12:01hrs | 1244 | by Heaven Munyuki
Chitungwiza shelves demolition plans
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has shelved plans to demolish houses and other buildings in 35 illegal settlements across the town after a special full council meeting held at the weekend resolved to halt th...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over Chiwenga ban
SCORES of civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the government to reverse VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga's indefinite suspension of by-elections imposed to ostensibly prevent the sprea...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:14hrs | 9603 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama: Slams authoritarianism in Zimbabwe
Former Botswana president Ian Khama has slammed the ZANU-PF regime over authoritarianism and says Zimbabweans have shown tremendous resilience during these pressing times.During a webinar chat...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 311 | by Prince Njagu
All on course for agric season
MORE than 500 000 farmers registered under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme have already received inputs for the forthcoming summer cropping season as the Government ramps up preparation...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 52 | 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 | 5458 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa instructs his supporters to prepare for MDC congress
A FRESH battle is looming in the fractured MDC over delegates to the party's extra-ordinary congress in December with supporters of Nelson Chamisa barred from attending and now threatening to seek leg...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 21:32hrs | 7106 | by Staff reporter
'Rogue Khupe is adding no value to our politics' - and corrupt Chamisa is? Incurable insanity
Most of us have heard of the great Physicist Albert Einstein's famous line: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." And, here is the nub of it, all of u...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 17:29hrs | 3045 | by Nomusa Garikai
New twist to Croco ownership wrangle
toP businessman Farai Matsika has raised 11 points challenging the High court ruling, which concluded that he had fabricated documents in a bid to fraudulently snatch 30 percent shareholding in croco ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga decree on by-elections unconstitutional'
LEGAL think-tank, Veritas, has described Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's move to suspend by-elections, citing COVID-19 fears, as unconstitutional.Chiwenga, who is also the Health ministe...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF creating fake MDC to win 2023' - why bother, won 2018 with genuine MDC
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "As a political student this is my prediction of what is happening and what is going to happen in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF knows that they won't stand a chance in 2023 presiden...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1932 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Civil servants to continue receiving COLA allowance
GOVERNMENT will continue paying civil servants the additional Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) allowance as salary negotiations continue. Most civil servants received the COLA payment for last...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Villagers want soldiers withdrawn
Community leaders in Victoria Falls have expressed outrage at a claim by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) that the two Chisuma villagers who were shot dead by soldiers last Wednesday were trying to ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3231 | by Staff reporter
Emperor with no robes
The proverbial Emperor with no robes aptly describes the government of Zimbabwe and particularly President Mnangagwa following the August 29 2020 court interdict against unlawful reburials of Gu...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 983 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Stopping by-elections will stifle democracy' - oxymoron, can't stifle what has never existed.
"Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's suspension of by-elections cannot be read in isolation as it is part of a well-thought-out strategy to stifle democracy in Zimbabwe," reported The Standard....Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 483 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Letter of retirement
SINCE President Emmerson Mnangangwa's takeover it has become increasingly possible for the private media to publish views and comments, which are in the main contrary to government's view and expectat...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | 2176 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Black Friday and the new Chiwenga law
THREE very interesting but equally disturbing, sinister and disruptive developments took place last Friday.The Supreme Court granted the MDC-T party an extension to hold its long-overdue c...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:04hrs | 20956 | by Tawanda Majoni
Nomazulu Thata's self-hatred knows no bounds
I read with shame the article by mama Nomazulu Thata which was a response to Dr Mavaza's article on marriage in the diaspora. I am a consistent follower of Nomazulu Thata's writings and I regard her t...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:20hrs | 582 | by Lungisani Ndlovu
Khupe chokes Chamisa again
UNLESS brawling MDC leaders end their futile wars soon, Nelson Chamisa will not be able to participate in the party's leadership contests when the court-directed extra-ordinary congress gets underway ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:29hrs | 6190 | by Staff reporter
Indefinitely Suspension of by-elections in Zimbabwe a death to Democracy
On 2 October 2020, the ZANU PF led government published a new statutory instrument 225 of 2020 which prohibits the holding of by-elections in Zimbabwe indefinitely. The government gazetted SI 225 of 2...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1172 | by Prince Njagu
Killer soldiers arrested as angry villagers burn down house
The two soldiers who shot and killed two men in Chisuma area just outside Victoria Falls have been arrested while angry villagers allegedly torched a house belonging to a businessman who they accused ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court extends MDC-T's congress dates
THE Supreme Court Friday granted MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe up to 30 November to hold the party's extraordinary congress to elect a new president.Khupe had approached the Supreme Cou...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 18:01hrs | 2114 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bans by-elections
Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has amended Covid-19 regulations to stop the holding of parliamentary and municipal by-elections due to be held on December 5.The Public Health (Covid-19 P...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 17:56hrs | 4563 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs shred Cyber Security Bill
OPPOSITION Members of Parliaments on Tuesday poked holes into the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, saying that it takes away some freedoms enshrined in the national Constitution.The Bi...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:33hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Botswana extends coronavirus lockdown by a further 6 months
Botswana has extended its state of emergency for a further six months to combat the spread of Covid-19.Botswana will maintain several restrictions, including limits to international travelers ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3732 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC should take government threats seriously'
ANALYSTS and rights groups have advised MDC leaders to beware after authorities said the party was linked to a plot aimed at overthrowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government from power. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders want validity of Covid-19 test certificate extended
CROSS border traders have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend the validity time frame of Covid-19 tests.Cross Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe president Killer Zivhu said tha...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:21hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Extension of registration for O and A level Zimsec exams
ZIMSEC would like to inform all Candidates, Examination Centre Heads, Parents and Guardians that the registration for the 2020 ZGCE Ordinary and Advanced level examinations has been extended to Friday...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Botswana President arrests journalists and opposition members
The Botswana Government wishes to draw the attention of the public to a grossly inaccurate and abusive spate of utterances carried by the South African private television station eNCA on 27" September...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 8643 | by Botswana Presidency
Mwonzora fails in MDC Alliance Kwekwe office takeover
A "HIT SQUAD" allegedly belonging to MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora on Saturday morning violently stormed the MDC Alliance Kwekwe offices intending to effect a hostile takeover.Milto...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 07:03hrs | 4660 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe youths violently clash over Kwekwe offices
YOUTHS aligned to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his political rival in MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe Saturday had violent clashes over the control of the party's offices in Kwekwe....Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:31hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe faces $500 000 lawsuit over bungled abortion
A HARARE woman is claiming $500 000 damages from Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe in respect of non patrimonial loss suffered as a result of failure by the police to carry out their constitutiona...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 3979 | by Staff reporter
US dollar allowances extended to year-end
Civil servants and Government pensioners will continue to get their tax-free US dollar Covid-19 allowances until December. The allowances, of US$75 a month for civil servants and US$30 a month...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Town Clerk: A man on a mission
Bulawayo City Town Clerk Christopher Dube has demonstrated that he is a man amongst men. The Town Clerk bravely thwarted attempts to illegally kick him out of office and equally thwarted a robbery att...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 11:15hrs | 3047 | by Nicholas Ncube
Hashtag gimmicks aren't real politics
THE only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to draw international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation.This, indeed, persuaded Luthuli House...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:04hrs | 321 | by Robert Sigauke
'ANC' Loses it on ZANU PF
The only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to get international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation. This indeed persuaded Luthuli House to dispat...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 5865 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
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