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Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 642 | by Anonymous
'West must support ED and no regime change for 20 years' argued Mutsvairo - so why bother
"IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government," wrote Bruce Mutsvairo."There are no two ways ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1451 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chiwenga advised to sieze total Zimbabwe power
No nonsense vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, might be forced to sieze total Zimbabwe power at all costs amid reported growing suspicion by his personal military advisor and confidant,...Published: 6 hrs ago | 18068 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Chamisa forces Victoria Falls mayor to step down
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has ordered Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dhlamini to step down and make way for Margaret Varley whose nomination had been rejected by both councillors and residents,...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2119 | by Staff reporter
Cops, vendors clash
VIOLENCE rocked Harare yesterday as police and vendors fought running battles as informal traders resisted efforts by government and council to remove them from the central business district as part o...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Family evicted, dumped in the bush
A SIX-MEMBER family has been rendered homeless after being evicted by the messenger of court from its Esiphezini Ngwabi village home near Vuka Vuka Mine in Esigodini on Monday afternoon and dumped in ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 468 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa battles open rebellion
A REBELLION in the MDC-Alliance led councils over imposition of mayoral candidates has gone out of hand forcing the party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who is being labelled a dictator, to summon all co...Published: 6 hrs ago | 499 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa ditches Chamisa, endorses Mnangagwa?
ZAPU president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and called on Zimbabweans to accept his Government which he said was on the right path by implementing devolution. T...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1575 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must not waste time fighting Mnangagwa'
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has called for unity in the province, saying there was need to end "political dogfights" and focus on development. ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1255 | by Staff reporter
ED 'will woo investors' in maiden UNGA speech - no takers, given Mugabe mark-2 reputation
The Zanu PF apologists, spin-doctors and propagandists are out like the cicada flooding the world with nose. Their mission is to flood all available space with colourful portrait of Mnangagwa as a com...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2974 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa makes maiden UNGA appearance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make his maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which opened on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level Genera...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1216 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 5384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in embarrassing climbdown
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has reportedly been forced to reverse his decision to fire newly-elected Masvingo mayor Advocate Collins Maboke from his post after residents in the country's old...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 14089 | by Staff reporter
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah. We did not and have paid dearly for our folly
"Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added unto you," said Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Independent Ghana. After 38 years of blundering from pillar to post wh...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:16hrs | 351 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's impressive cabinet line-up under a severe parliamentary vaccuum
For the first time in history, the new president has made constructive use of the specially elected parliamentarians window.From this window the president has addressed key discrepancies to br...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1751 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs boycot Parliament
Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:14hrs | 2216 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns down Parly invite
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa turned down an invitation to attend the official opening of Parliament presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday.Chamisa had been invited to attend the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:11hrs | 7436 | by Staff reporter
Court defers ruling on Nduna's Chegutu West win
The verdict in the Electoral Court challenge to newly-sworn-in legislator Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) accused by MDC Alliance rival Gift Konjana of stealing the Chegutu West National Assembly seat was post...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:05hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor remains unfazed
Newly-elected Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reacted to what he termed a crackdown on his person by some residents and activists, declaring that he was going to work for the development o...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
'Focus on delivering campaign promises and 2030' said ED - no, focus on BROKEN free election promise and 2023
"As we officially open the 9th Parliament, our focus is on delivering the promises made during the campaign period," said President Mnangagwa in his speech marking the official opening Zimbabwe's parl...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:36hrs | 868 | by Nomusa Garikai
Local govt has crossed difficult path since year 2000
MDC Alliance official Sessel Zvidzai has said the local government sector has traversed a very difficult path since the advent of the MDC in 2000.He said MDC has since then managed to control ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 08:57hrs | 515 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC legislators disrespecting citizens by appeasing their demi-god Nelson Chamisa
The Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe was yesterday opened by President Mnangagwa amid high expectations from the people of Zimbabwe over the legislative agenda.The Speaker of the House of Assembly...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 08:10hrs | 2557 | by Prosperity Mzila
Teachers demand pay for invigilating
TEACHERS have demanded payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for invigilating public examinations. Invigilation has always been deemed part of teachers' duties so they...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
UK want 'serious dialogue' with ED on debt but not vote rigging - history repeating itself
The British are not helping Zimbabwe get out of the economic and political mess the country is in. Not at all!"Ambassador Catriona Laing said an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme wou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:36hrs | 3834 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF expels 'rogue' party member
The ruling Zanu-PF has expelled Talent Kadzima who stood as an independent candidate in the Nyanga South National Assembly elections.Kadzima, defied the party and stood as an independent candi...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa weighs option to contest Mutoko North by-election
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC, which alleged electoral fraud in the July 30 general election, said yesterday it would consult its rank-and-file membership over a decision to contest in the upcoming Mutok...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 3999 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
'What can deadwood cabinet advise dream team?' ask ZCTU - no ask; what will we do if it fails, yet again?
"The reshuffle of cabinet actually promoted all those deemed 'excess baggage' by certain sections of the media. The big boys whom the majority called dead wood were actually reassigned to full time jo...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:24hrs | 777 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2904 | by Wilbert Mukori
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | 830 | by Don Chigumba
'Mnangagwa is a dog' man set free by court
A BULAWAYO magistrate on Monday freed commuter omnibus driver David Ndlovu who had been arrested for insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Ndlovu was arrested on earlier this year for calling...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 3257 | by Staff reporter
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alliance victory leaves Zanu-PF divided in Chiredzi
The election of an MDC Alliance councillor and an independent as chairman and deputy chair of Chiredzi Town Council has left the ruling Zanu-PF party deeply divided.Zanu-PF won resoundingly al...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | 2367 | by AT Kadada
Chamisa overturns Chegutu mayoral results
Stakeholders and some members of the MDC-Alliance have blasted leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for imposing Councillor Maphios Shumba as Chegutu mayor ahead of Councillor Henry Muchatibaya who was elected by...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 17:59hrs | 12636 | by Staff reporter
Doctor threatens to kill wife over divorce
Renowned Harare doctor Macjohn Chirisa has been dragged to court by his wife after he threatened to kill her for instituting divorce proceedings against him.Chirisa, 47, is being charged with ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:13hrs | 4026 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his VPs urged to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two deputies - Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi - have been urged to publicly declare their assets in order to demonstrate their commitment to fighting corrup...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now talking dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "come to the negotiating table" or face the real prospect of driving the country down the abyss.In a...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 7732 | by Staff reporter
Govt implored to ratify African laws on democracy
HUMAN rights lawyers have implored government to ratify and domesticate provisions of the African Charter that deals with democracy, elections and good governance in order to end the trauma of dispute...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF committed to human rights'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who served as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief elections agent in the July 30 poll, last week met with NewsDay reporter Blessed Mhlanga for an interview where he ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 5887 | by Staff reporter
Letter to Nelson 'Mischief' Chamisa
Dear Mr Chamisa First, greetings from the cotton tuft-haired elders in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve. Admittedly, this is the first time that the council of Karitundundu, the agel...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 3274 | by Staff reporter
War vets cry foul over 'purge'
Mashonaland East Provincial War Veterans chairperson Daniel Sigauke has expressed concern over the ouster of their members from key positions in the ruling party's provincial structures. Membe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Roles of Provincial Councils, Ministers spelt out
Implementation of devolution enjoins central Government to release funds for provincial budgets to ensure that areas lagging behind in terms of development are prioritised, Local Government, Public Wo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Street vendors vow to resist evictions
STREET vendors and market stall holders in Harare's CBD have vowed to return to their vending spots even after the state unleashed regular and municipal police Saturday to drive them off the streets f...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Harare City Council raids vendors
Harare City Council and the national police yesterday launched raids against vendors in the central business district after pleas for the informal traders to leave the streets due to a cholera outbrea...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:57hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
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