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More trouble for Zimbabwe as Trump makes return
The incoming administration of Donald Trump in the United States has sparked significant interest across Africa, as analysts speculate on how his second presidency will affect the continent's security...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
School readmits pupils after mass expulsions
Mother Patrick Convent Primary School in Mainway Meadows, Harare, has started the process of re-enrolling students it previously expelled for allegedly disrupting lessons. The decision comes after wid...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:59hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers jailed 21 years
Four Rushinga based armed robbers were sentenced to 21 years in jail after robbing a school headmaster of his car before being involved in an accident wit...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 09:25hrs | 675 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Former students give back to school
Mlambapele Primary School, located in Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, has received a significant facelift thanks to the efforts of the Mlambapele Former Students Association (MFSA). Th...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:53hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
German government collapses
Germany's 'traffic-light' coalition has fallen apart, leaving Olaf Scholz at the helm of a minority government consisting solely of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. This follows the c...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 08:21hrs | 2516 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has not collected his pension
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has revealed that he has not collected the pension he accrued during his tenure as a Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament over 11 ...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 13:17hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
MDC in Zambia fires national chair
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Felix Mutati has withdrawn the national chairmanship position of Sam Moyo with immediate effect. Speaking when he addressed party members at the MDC...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:47hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Minister Masuka stopped from reversing offer letter
The High Court has blocked Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka from withdrawing an offer letter for a farm allocated to Chegutu businessman Christopher ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:19hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
MK members march over election rigging in South Africa
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) embarked on a march in Durban on Wednesday calling for a recount of votes of the May 29 national and general elections.After its abrupt decision to pull the pl...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:31hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
IEC wants MK vote-rigging allegations tested publicly
The Electoral Court has agreed to the Commission's request to hear the Umkhonto weSizwe Party matter.This is after the party challenged the election results despite then withdrawing its applic...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
MK Party to lodge fresh case of vote-rigging
Following its abrupt decision to pull the plug on its vote-rigging court case, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has vowed its legal battle with the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) was far from over....Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:10hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
IEC has asked Electoral Court to refuse to accept MK Party's withdrawal
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has asked the Electoral Court to refuse to accept the MK Party's withdrawal of its court case to set aside the elections, saying the party made "serious ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt happy with mismatch in deployment of ECD teachers
The article below was published by the government controlled Chronicle 2 years ago but Shona supremacists are today firing Ministers for implementing the same policy....Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa must be held fully responsible for SANDF deaths'
Since their deployment in February this year, six SANDF soldiers have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The most recent tragedy occurred on Tuesday when two soldiers were k...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parents demand school head's removal
Learning at Mkaya Primary School in Mangwe District, Matebeleland South Province, has been halted as parents demand the removal of the school head, Ms. Clemencia Sibanda, citing several grievances. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati held at Harare Central Prison pending appeal
In a continuing saga that has captured national attention, Francesco Marconati, the notorious self-styled Italian Mafia boss, is now being held at Harare Central Prison pending appeal. Marconati, who ...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:51hrs | 19 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe teachers call for job action over salaries
THE Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions, (Fozeu), has called for an immediate job action starting from tomorrow after teachers declared incapacitation amid rising inflation and cost of living....Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu calls for early election in Zambia
Zambia's ex-President, Edgar Lungu, has urged citizens to demand an early election, alleging that his successor, Hakainde Hichilema (HH), has mismanaged the nation's economy.Lungu also critici...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 18:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sees $18bn debt talks on course despite US exit
Talks on the restructuring of Zimbabwe's $18 billion debt remain on track, even after the US paused its involvement in the discussions, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said.The discussions led b...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lieutenant labels him a gospel-backed dictator
LOVEMORE Chinoputsa, a longstanding ally of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, has announced his departure from politics in a forthright six-page resignation letter. In the letter, he criticizes the fo...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Withdraw Zimdollar from circulation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, it is my conviction that the Zimdollar, all things considered, is a swine. It is the epitome of voodoo economics, based on implausible assumpti...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Fraudster jailed after impersonating 2 former ministers
A Harare man Tinashe Christopher Munhuweyi was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday after impersonating two former cabinet ministers to commit fraud.He was sentenced to an effective...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC factions face-off
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) factions are headed for a clash when they face-off at today's National Citizens Assembly.CCC has been thrown into turmoil after its leader Nelson Chamisa di...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to operationalise the 'Democratic Alternative in Zimbabwe'?
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has made a dramatic exit from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the party he founded a year ago as a successor to the once-powerful MDC. Chamisa's decision come...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 21:17hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demanding their power station back
Some Bulawayo residents are demanding that the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station be handed back to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) instead of being decommissioned.This came out during an engageme...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's aspiring MP told to stop promising heaven on earth after failing for 44 years
Residents of the Pelandaba - Tshabalala Constituency have emphatically conveyed to Zanu-PF candidate Joseph Tshuma that making promises holds no sway with them, as they have grown weary of the party's...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to use Presidential Powers to take over control of CCC run Harare Council?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Spokesperson George Charamba has suggested that he invokes Presidential Powers and take over control of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) run Harare City Council....Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC to throw away 225,000 ballot papers
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced it is dumping 222,550 ballot papers bearing the names of CCC candidates now barred from participating in the December 9 by-elections.This ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa urges voters to take advantage of CCC crisis
Zanu-PF Treasurer Patrick Chinamasa has urged residents of Mabvuku-Tafara constituency to take advantage of an ongoing crisis within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to vote party candidate Ped...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZEC removes CCC recalled MPs from ballot papers
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has declared the disqualification of recalled CCC MPs who had registered to contest in the by-elections scheduled for December 9, 2023. The decision comes...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CCC's by-election candidate considers boycotting
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) candidate for the Mabvuku Constituency by-election, Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, is contemplating withdrawing from the December 9 race following the abduction and mu...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
After all posturing CCC withdraw court challenge of recalled MPs - proof of CCC's blundering incompetence
After all the grandstanding and finger pointing by Chamisa following the recall of the party's elected officials, the case ends with yet another humiliating defeat for CCC. The High Court challenge of...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 15:59hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tshabangu's lawyer mocks recalled CCC MPs' legal team for 'fatal' errors
According to Sengezo Tshabangu's attorney, the lawyers representing the recalled CCC MPs have committed serious legal errors in their challenge. They initially erred by naming the Speaker and Senate p...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe betting company fails to pay winning punter
Betting company fails to pay winning punterBezbets, a betting company, has allegedly failed to compensate a bettor who asserted that they had placed a bet and won over $5,000.The unnamed c...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chiwenga's wife hires new lawyer
Marry Mubaiwa, the embattled former model currently facing a range of alleged charges, has retained Harrison Nkomo as her new legal counsel. This choice comes in the wake of Beatrice Mtetwa, her previ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows dire measures
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change), has taken action by withdrawing all party legislators and councillors from both parliamentary and council positions in response t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's withdrawal from Parly an empty thunder'
CCC's threat to withdraw its members from Parliament and councillors from local authorities across the country is empty thunder that will not have any effect on Government business even if it is imple...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU to withdraw support for Zimbabwe's Arrears Clearance and Debt Resolution process?
The European Union (EU) has delivered a significant blow by suggesting the possibility of withdrawing its support for Zimbabwe's Arrears Clearance and Debt Resolution process in light of the country's...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fraud charges against Mankunzini withdrawn
The State has decided to drop charges against former cricketer Dumisani Mankunzini after the complainant chose to withdraw their case against him.Mankunzini, who spent three months behind bars...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:17hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Chief reverses decision to fine CCC activists for refusing to vote for Zanu-PF
Chimanimani Chief Timothy Munorowazve Muusha has reversed his controversial decision to fine two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists three goats. This fine was imposed on them for allegedly ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe speaks on EU funding withdrawal to ZEC
The government clarified yesterday that the European Union's decision to withdraw financial support from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will not strain the relationship between Zimbabwe and t...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambian national appears in a Zimbabwe court
A Zambian citizen, Kimbungwe Yub Ibrah (28), appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera, facing two charges of trafficking Ugandan nationals into Zimbabwe. Ibrah was remanded in custody until Se...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers sue over 'retrogressive labour laws'
Civil service organizations have taken the government to court, alleging that "retrogressive labor laws" are violating their collective bargaining rights. The Civil Service Employees Association, Amal...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party issued a warning about a concerning period ahead for Zimbabwe
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has issued a warning about a concerning period ahead, citing the recent arrest of three opposition leaders within two weeks of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's in...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has defied all to present fait accompli sworn government. It's incumbent on all that he fails
Well, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has defied SADC and AU who condemned the 23 August 2023 election process as a flawed and illegal process that could not produce a legitimate. He has gone ahead and st...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Sadc must provide leadership, not platitudes
AFTER brokering a peace deal that gave birth to a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe following the disputed 2008 presidential election, and again intervening albeit reluctantly in disputed polls...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties, CSOs are seeing shadows in elections
As the August 23 2023 harmonised elections day draws near, there has been some shivers emanating from some opposition political parties and their funders as reality now is clear that they are facing d...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 9 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zimbabwe's opposition parties slam 'uneven playing field' ahead of 2023 general elections
OPPOSITION parties in Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the lack of preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to deliver a free, fair, credible and uncontested outcome in the general ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora was losing and keen as skunk divorcing its wife to withdraw. If Chamisa fails to field agents again, he will be next
"Chidembo kana choda kuramba mukadzi, chinoshereketa!" (When the skunk wants to divorce its wife, it will try anything and everything!) so goes the adage. When Douglas Mwonzora realised ...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 16:31hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
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