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'Chamisa, Mwonzora must unite first'
FORMER Cabinet minister and senior opposition official Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has urged the warring MDC factions led by Douglas Mwonzora and Nelson Chamisa to settle their differences first before engagi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over Mozambique attacks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised fears that the insurgency in Mozambique could spill over into Zimbabwe - urging local communities, especially those in Manicaland, to be on high alert.S...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 6 hrs ago | 443 | by Staff reporter
Opposition worried about recurrence of Mugabe era barbarities
THE imminent return of the national youth service training programme has triggered jitters among many in the opposition who have bad memories of the project's cadets.The programme's recruits w...Published: 6 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns against criminal abuse of party regalia, symbols
Zanu-PF has called for police to arrest criminals who are abusing party stickers and regalia to hide their nefarious activities while masquerading as party members.Secretary for Administration...Published: 6 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu-PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19....Published: 18 hrs ago | 2039 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2704 | by Staff reporter
Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?
KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 624 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mnangagwa copying and pasting Mugabe toxic policies
THE move to reintroduce the National Youth Service training programme has sent chills down most Zimbabweans' spines who experienced brutality at the hands of Green Bombers in 2008. The re-intr...Published: 18 hrs ago | 890 | by Leonard Koni
Amend recall legislation, say lawyers
LEGAL experts have called for the amendment of section 129(1) (k) of the Constitution, saying recalls of legislators and councillors were an anathema to democracy.Under the section, legislator...Published: 18 hrs ago | 510 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revises indigenisation policy
Zanu-PF has come up with a Revised Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment policy which has already been incorporated into the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). The policy is expected to b...Published: 18 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays tribute to Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Botswana
AHEAD of this year's Independence Day celebrations, President Mnangagwa has paid tribute to neighbouring countries such as Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Botswana for the invaluable support they re...Published: 18 hrs ago | 467 | by Staff reporter
Teachers slam govt reintroduction of 'youth militia'
TEACHERS have met with condemnation, a recent government decision to reintroduce the controversial National Youth Service training programme often dismissed by opponents as a Zanu-PF indoctrination ex...Published: 18 hrs ago | 419 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revises indigenisation policy
ZANU PF has come up with a Revised Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment policy which has already been incorporated into the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). The policy is expec...Published: 19 hrs ago | 488 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official house raided, wife, kids beaten
Daring machete-wielding robbers raided a house belonging to a Zanu-PF official and former Member of Parliament for Mbizo, Vongaishe Mpereri in broad daylight over the weekend.The robbers beat ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 15:03hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party
A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secessi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1676 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mnangagwa's govt resurrects youth militia
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced the return of its infamous National Youth Service programme for its youth militia, also known as "Border Gezi graduates", with analysts saying the move was meant to inst...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
Is possession of a passport a privilege or basic right?
THE Zanu-PF government has once again showed its insensitivity to its citizens after it indirectly increased passport fees when it fixed them in foreign currency at a time when the majority are paid i...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:29hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Politburo meets
Zanu-PF will today hold its Politburo meeting at its headquarters in Harare, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has said. In a statement yesterday, Khaya Moyo, who is the Zanu-PF Secretary fo...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance wounds self-inflicted, says analysts
LIKE a deck of jacks, the MDC-Alliance is crumbling, triggering a mass exodus of distressed and disillusioned former officials who are joining Zanu-PF in droves. At the centre of the collapse ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt approves return of 'green bombers'
CABINET Tuesday agreed to the reintroduction of the suspended National Youth Service Training Programme, whose graduates have been linked to acts of terror on mostly opposition supporters at the behes...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3249 | by Staff reporter
'It is sink or swim time for the MDC'
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics.In addition, the MDC bo...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Pan-African Parliament pushes for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
THE Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will continue to lobby for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe by the United States and its western allies despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pande...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:21hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Luke Malaba to stay
ON 6 April 2021, the Zimbabwean senate passed Constitutional Amendment Bill (N0.1), which had been declared null and void by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on 31 March 2020, after it was unconsti...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 4484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tramples on constitution over Malaba
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is back on track after a temporary derailment of a controversial extension of his tenure linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid.This comes afte...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3747 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1271 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Recalls a result of serious factional fights in MDC'
FORMER top MDC-T official, now staunch Zanu-PF supporter, Obert Gutu says the opposition MDC remains in denial that the party is structured along deep-seated factional lines, and that arrangement is l...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu's posh Mercedes-Benz burnt to ashes
FORMER Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, yesterday alleged foul play after his posh Mercedes-Benz vehicle was burnt to ashes by yet unknown assailants.Zivhu was fired...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3532 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands breaks COVID-19 rules
Zanu-PF senior officials have continued to defy COVID-19 regulations after over 300 party members gathered for a district meeting in Gweru last Thursday, where they were celebrating the alleged defect...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora has sold his soul for a bowl of soup
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T's support for constitutional amendments in the Senate last week exposes the so-called opposition party's lack of principles and its desperate quest to be part of the gra...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Ideological orientation of council officials unconstitutional
THE MDC Alliance is extremely concerned over the latest move by Zanu-PF to take council staff members throughout the country through a partisan ideological orientation programme at the Chitepo School ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:38hrs | 125 | by Sesel Zvidzai
Hands off councils, Zanu-PF told
HARARE residents yesterday protested against Zanu-PF's move to force council workers to undergo orientation at the ruling party's Chitepo School of Ideology in an attempt to railroad them into campaig...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Zanu Ndonga dissolves
SEVEN officials from three opposition political formations in Manicaland dumped their parties over the weekend to join Zanu-PF and pledged loyalty and willingness to contribute to the recruitment of o...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2672 | by Staff reporter
Fear paralyses Zimbabwe opposition
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country's laws. ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to contain its highly divisive DCCs
Zanu-PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity a...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean film on land reform receives multiple global awards
A movie based on Zimbabwe's land reform programme called Harmony Valley has left some audiences around the world in tears and picked several international film awards.Set in the year 2000, the...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance has resolved to challenge the passage of Constitution Amendment No 1 Bill in court saying the manner in which it was passed by Parliament was unconstitut...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 4951 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has begun preparations for by-elections, although the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently announced that it had indefinitely postponed elections due to the COVID-19 p...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF escalates women's bakeries projects in Mangwe
Zanu-PF has escalated its bakery project throughout the rural areas in the country, with women in some districts, saying that they have started realising the benefits of the project.The ruling...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zapu executive in double-dipping storm
SUSPENDED Zapu organising secretary Derek Katsenga has been accused of being a mole and working with Zanu-PF to lure the party into joining the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) initiated by President...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
The problem was not Mugabe, but Zanu-PF
THE chaos and uncertainty that is rocking Zanu-PF after its chaotic district development coordinating committee elections held last December has left the party weak, fractured, divided and easy to be ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1174 | by Chief Chiduku
Machete gang tortures top Zanu-PF official's wife
THE wife and two children of a senior Zanu-PF official in Kwekwe were last week tortured by machete-armed robbers at the family's home demanding gold.After failing to secure the gold the unide...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-T supported Zanu-PF
MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu-PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 4399 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to 'recall' Zanu-PF ministers
OPPOSITION party Zapu says it will this week write to Parliament seeking to recall its former members, who are now part of the ruling Zanu-PF.Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, said the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4351 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks shut doors on 99-year farm leases
THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
No gatherings on Independence day, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans should not be tempted to form gatherings in celebrating the impending 41st Independence anniversary on April 18 but should, instead, uphold the measures put in place by Government and Worl...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
REDISTRIBUTION: MDC-T in dramatic U-turn…As Zanu PF vows to create 1 million jobs
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T MPs are demanding that the Zanu PF government should allocate them farms, accusing the ruling party of partisan land redistribution that excluded them.The demand was m...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 19:30hrs | 1844 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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