BY NIZBERT MOYO 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 decision was taken at a special meeting of the party’s National People’s Council held in Bulawayo yesterday. Former Zapu […]

BY NIZBERT MOYO 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 decision was taken at a special meeting of the party’s National People’s Council held in Bulawayo yesterday. Former Zapu […]

The government on Friday gave MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe $7,4 million, insisting that she is the legitimate leader of the main opposition in Parliament despite ongoing court disputes about her status, it has emerged.

The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe has said.

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will today speak on the direction his party will take in the wake of a fierce battle for control of the country’s main opposition party.

Exiled former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried to assassinate him and he has evidence to prove it.

MDC Alliance vice presidents, Tendai Biti and Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and other party leaders who were arrested at the Morgan Tsvangirai House on Friday have been granted $1000 bail each.

The tiff between President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ministers sparked by Tanzania’s response to the coronavirus outbreak escalated on Wednesday with Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi saying he is now living in fear of Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo.

The Supreme Court’s MDC-T presidential legitimacy has brought to the fore issues on appointments of key figures to Parliament; Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission; and the MDC-T national executive.

MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to fight back after his rivals recalled four of his legislators from Parliament on Tuesday, in a development that poses a threat to the future of Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party.

Happy Independence Day fellow Zimbabweans, wherever you are and whatever your political affiliation or station in life.

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was celebrated in March.

A fisherman drowned in a dam while another one was mauled by a crocodile while fishing in Madziva, Mt Darwin, last week.

A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commuted death sentences to life imprisonment for all prisoners on death row for at least 10 years.

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes the outbreak of the coronavirus gives Zimbabweans an opportunity to bury their differences as they fight the pandemic.

VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga will not go into self-isolation after spending a fortnight in China and will instead lead the country’s battle to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said yesterday. BY MOSES MATENGA Chiwenga arrived back in the country on Friday night after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed him to lead a […]

The government yesterday moved to exempt certain sectors from the lockdown that begins tomorrow after industry warned that forcing all companies to shut down will ground the fragile economy.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zanu PF were the major perpetrators of human rights abuses during the month of December 2019, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project reveals. BY TAPIWA ZIVIRA In its Monthly Monitoring Report of December 2019, the pro-peace monitoring and documentation organisation states that police occupied 38% of perpetrators, up from […]

Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu PF’s continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday hit back at Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, saying his party is not interested in sharing power with people that stole elections.

Subsidies and other Market Distortions Market distortions associated with subsidies present an additional risk to macroeconomic and fiscal stability. In particular, subsidies on fuel, electricity and agriculture have, in the past, led to large and often unpredictable expenses. Updates by Tinotenda Samukange, Ronald Magweta, Moses Matenga & Fidelity Mhlanga Where subsidies are deemed essential and […]

Former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday said former President Robert Mugabe was a unique leader who did not bear grudges.

Teargas and truncheons returned to Zimbabwe’s cities in recent days, as protesters took to the streets to express their discontent at the deteriorating economy.

Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe says Zimbabwe’s politics is very violent in nature with women and the opposition being the biggest victims.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has accused the opposition of staging-managing the abduction and torture of activists to soil the image of the country amid reports at least 18 people have been affected.