Politics
Why opposition parties in Southern Africa are losing elections
If opposition parties in the region could only learn from the lessons of elections in 2019, they would find ways to foster unity and be seen as agents for positive transformation while distancing themselves from...
Mzembi under fire for stealing party logo
A newly formed political outfit, the Zimbabwe People’s Party (ZPP) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) complaining against fugitive and former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi and his followers...
Mnangagwa goes on leave for three weeks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone on leave for three weeks and his two deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi will take turns to act as president with Chiwenga kicking off...
Chamisa says unity must go beyond parties or leaders
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa who has refused to join talks under the current Political Actors Dialogue yesterday said true unity must be beyond the unity of parties...
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe cannot have two platforms to discuss one issue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday the door was still open for any political party to join the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform, and contribute to the country’s development. This was...
Live shots fired at Chamisa
THE opposition MDC yesterday claimed its leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) escaped death by a whisker after police in Marondera fired “live and rubber bullets” at him, forcing him to scurry...
Kasukuwere to run for Zimbabwe president ‘due to popular demand’
Robert Mugabe’s former Local Government Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, says he will challenge for the presidency in 2023 due to popular demand. “People want me to be the leader in leadership...
Zimbabwe police use tear gas, batons to disperse opposition supporters
Zimbabwean police today used batons, tear gas and water cannon to beat up and disperse supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered outside its building in the capital...
People not courts decide election outcome- Concourt says in 137-page Chamisa judgment
Zimbabwe’s highest court, the Constitutional Court has finally released the full judgment in the case in which Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa took Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front...
2018 Presidential election challenge: Full judgment released
THE Constitutional Court (Concourt) yesterday released a detailed 137-page judgment, upholding President Mnangagwa’s victory in last year’s harmonised elections, saying the petition by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was premised...
Mnangagwa vows to block white looters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday said government was not going to allow white foreigners to continue looting the country’s mineral resources. He was addressing delegates to a Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF)...
Khupe loses ConCourt case
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday deflated MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe’s bid to wrest the MDC presidency from Nelson Chamisa, after dismissing her challenge for being expelled from Parliament, where she...
It’s not about me: Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on all Zimbabweans reeling under the yoke of Zanu PF’s maladministration to rally behind his party’s call for wholesale political, electoral and economic...