MDC president Nelson Chamisa said his party will turn on the heat in 2020 to ensure a lasting solution to the current challenges bedevilling the country is found. Chamisa said the socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe was political and a solution should be found before it’s too late as millions face starvation. The opposition leader painted a gloomy picture of the situation on the ground saying nothing was functional in the country, particularly in the villages. “We are called upon to ensure that no one is left behind to make sure that we protect the weak, poor and vulnerable. Poverty should not be used as a tool for oppression. The crisis in Zimbabwe is man-made,” Chamisa said to NewsDay.“Parents cannot afford to take their children to school. Teenage pregnancies ar
Norton Member of Parliamnet Temba Mliswa says wearing a ZANU PF scarf does not translate to one being a ZANU PF member. Mliswa was responding to social media critics that he has joined ZANU PF after he was spotted wearing a ZANU PF scarf on Friday when President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioning the Norton Road Over Rail. Said Mliswa, "I don't know whether wearing a ZANU PF scarf makes one a member of the party but that's an argument for another day otherwise I have always supported Mnangagwa and am not ashamed to say Viva President." Mliswa added that Norton people were not focused on politics of poltical parties but on material things. "The people of Norton voted for what is on the ground, what is actually happening and not some promise in th
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe where he is holding meetings with various political stakeholders, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, several other politicians and civic society activists in an effort to find a lasting solution to the current social, economic and political crisis gripping the southern African nation. Mbeki’s visit, widely seen by observers as a precursor to possible talks between Zanu PF and the main opposition MDC party, appears to have the blessings of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Mbeki’s visit was long overdue as he expected him to visit Zimbabwe soon after he was elected president in 20
Zimbabwe’s ruling party says some of its members are operating clandestinely for a Zanu PF faction known as Generation 40 (G40) in an effort to cause instability in the southern Africa nation, more than two years after former president Robert Mugabe was toppled in a defacto military coup targeting the group. According to the state-controlled Herald newspaper, the G40 members are conducting meetings at night in an effort to destabilize President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. The newspaper quoted the party’s Mashonaland West provincial chairperson, Ziyambi Ziyambi, as saying they will expel any Zanu PF member aligned to the faction. “While our desire is to ensure that we maintain our support base and recruit more, we can’t allow forces that will dest
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday revealed he was battling a disease of the oesophagus during his four-month stint in hospital. The disease made it difficult for him to eat as he could not swallow anything. He said this at a homecoming Roman Catholic Church mass held for him at his rural home in Wedza. His recovery, he said, was nothing short of a miracle. “I was telling colleagues that I spent close to six months without seeing the sun. I only saw it this last Saturday upon returning home,” he said. “I want to thank you all for your prayers. Those prayers made me to survive. “Since I started falling sick in October last year, there were not many who thought I would heal completely. There were not many who thought I would be standing before you
"Live shots fired at President Chamisa l was beside him. We were missed by a whisker. We were only planting trees for National Tree planting day in Marondera Today." Hon Caston Matewu Marondera Central MP "Live shots fired at President Chamisa l was beside him. We were missed by a whisker. We were only planting trees for National Tree planting day in Marondera Today." Hon Caston Matewu Marondera Central MP "Live shots fired at President Chamisa l was beside him. We were missed by a whisker. We were only planting trees for National Tree planting day in Marondera Today." Hon Caston Matewu Marondera Central MP "Live shots fired at President Chamisa l was beside him. We were missed by a w
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's language was foul, vulgar and stinking to the heavens, a sign of immaturity in politics, veteran freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has said. In his autobiography titled Quiet Flows The Zambezi which was launched at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Friday evening, Retired Colonel Dube, a Zanu-PF Politburo member wrote that Mrs Mugabe was crude and was the reason behind the subsequent fall of the late former President Robert Mugabe. Rtd Col Dube said Mrs Mugabe's immaturity in politics started showing when she used unorthodox means to push former Vice-President Joice Mujuru from her post and Zanu-PF in 2014. "She was extremely crude and vulgar. Her language was obscene and uncouth, to say the
The country has seen a hive of activity in the security sector as high ranking members of the military command element engage in meetings to chart the way forward for Zimbabwe as the nation grows weary and restless. High ranking sources within the security sector have revealed that a resolution by the upper military echelons has been passed and cascaded to the lower ranks, the resolution to the security sector members comprising police and military intelligence instructs them not to touch or disturb #Tysonwabantu campaigners and staffers who have been deployed on the ground. High level sources have revealed that the Commander Defence Forces gave a chilling briefing to the president on the security situation in the country in the regular Monday security briefs. This leak comes at a ti
ZANU-PF national political commissar Cde Victor Matemadanda yesterday warned party members against meddlesome behaviour in political processes happening in other provinces as this causes divisions. Cde Matemadanda made the remarks while addressing party members at Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial headquarters, Davies Hall, during a meeting to announce the newly elected district coordinating committee (DCC) members. He said he had received information that some party members from other provinces were trying to influence outcomes of Bulawayo DCC elections. “There was talk that some party members from other provinces wanted to influence the outcome of DCC elections in Bulawayo. The Bulawayo leadership has complained about this interference from other provinces which is not allowed. Tho
