Politics

State security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has dropped out of the race for the Zanu PF Midlands provincial chairmanship as the deadly internecine fights for control of the party heats up following the indefinite postponement of provincial polls last month. He is now backing former national youth league deputy secretary …

A hastily-arranged special session of the Zanu PF central committee that catapulted Emmerson Mnangagwa to the party presidency in 2017, ousting Robert Mugabe, was unlawful, a Zanu PF member has sensationally charged in a court filing. Sybeth Musengezi, a card-carrying member for 20 years, wants the High Court to declare …

Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the U.N. and made faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, has died of Covid-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, …

MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has called on South Africa President and leader of the governing ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene and caution his fellow liberation struggle colleagues in Zanu PF. This follows last week’s attack on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Masvingo rural, some 300km …

The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the US and her allies, Ms Elena Dohan, is expected in the country today on a 10-day visit. The visit follows an invitation from the Government of Zimbabwe. Ms Dohan is scheduled to meet …

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State is implementing “an intricate plan” designed by Washington to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe “through disinformation, lies and sensationalism in the independent media and social platforms.” That is a plot exposed in an article published on …

Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection …

“…So, am I now not allowed to travel to any part of the country?“ MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is absolutely convinced that Zanu PF was responsible for the violent attacks on his convoy and advance team yesterday during their visit to Masvingo. “That is the work of Zanu PF. …

Preparations for ZANU PF’s 20th national people’s conference slated for Mashonaland Central province in Bindura are now complete and the province is ready to host the event, Nhau has learnt. The conference which will run from October,  25-31 comes in the wake of factional fights that have dogged the party …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to step up and personally intervene in the deadly factional rowing pitting senior Zanu PF officials after Home Affairs minister and current party provincial chair Kazembe Kazembe allegedly ordered the deployment of police officers Sunday to beat up a whole village in Musana Communal …