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By Darlington Nyambiya Zanu PF’s most formidable opponent in its 37 year long ruinous rule of Zimbabwe has not been the overstated sanctions imposed by the West, nor has it been Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC despite beating the ruling party in the March 2008 election. But Zanu PF’s worst enemy has been its political gamesmanship that […]
By Elijah Mangwengwende A mooted coalition based only on “Mugabe Must go” as the main ideological masterpiece designed to unite over forty opposition parties to confront Robert Mugabe in 2018, will not only fail but will be remembered as the greatest betrayal of Zimbabwean people in the history of mankind. Who will be in that […]
By Tendai Kamhungira Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere’s witchcraft saga has taken a dramatic twist, with his son Mangwiza saying delays in hearing the case will result in more deaths at the hands of his father. Mangwiza accuses his father of bewitching and killing family members. His concerns come after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday […]
By Tarisai Machakaire A Harare magistrate yesterday ruled that popular television and radio personality Tichafa Matambanadzo had a case to answer as he dismissed an application filed for discharge at the close of his tax evasion case. Matambanadzo is being charged with contravening Section 182 of the Excise and Control Act after reportedly smuggling suits […]
By Gift Phiri Globetrotting President Robert Mugabe is yet to approve legislation authorising government to implement the 2017 National Budget. Already, the country’s 210-member National Assembly has since voted across the political divide to have the Finance Bill and the Appropriation (2017) Bill sent to Mugabe to be signed into law, practically unchanged from when […]
By Farayi Machamire There was drama in Parliament yesterday after Highfield West Zanu PF MP Psychology Maziwisa was accused of being gay by some MPs. The allegations were brought to the fore by Zanu PF Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba who rose on a point of order as Maziwisa had just finished probing Energy minister […]
By Tarisai Machakaire The trial of the police officer who tried to swallow bribe cash after being busted kicked off yesterday, with a man who was used to deliver the trap money testifying that the accused reacted violently after realising that she had been cornered. Wilson Siwela, who is a conductor, attested that the cop […]
By Gift Phiri Zimbabwe’s ever-bumbling government is struggling to contain the rampant smuggling of imported basic consumer goods that it ill-advisedly banned last year, in a desperate bid to lower the country’s imports bill, shore up the State’s empty coffers and protect local manufacturers. In a stunning admission in Parliament last week, Industry and Commerce […]
By Mugove Tafirenyika Little-known Zimbabwe First (ZimFirst) party leader Maxwell Zeb Shumba has threatened to take legal action against Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo accusing them of “stealing” his party’s name. Mutasa and Gumbo’s opposition party — formed in 2016, way after Shumba’s — is named Zimbabwe People First (ZPF). In a March 9 letter, […]
By Mugove Tafirenyika In a sensational claim — as Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars continue to escalate — the party’s youth league says it no longer trusts many of President Robert Mugabe’s top lieutenants, who it claims want to topple the nonagenarian from power before the much-awaited 2018 national polls. Speaking in […]