Politics

By Daniel Kachere News Editor Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has warned the Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to learn from mistakes made by the Second Republic if they are to succeed in their political ambitions. This follows recent criticism from the political divide fuelled by self-exiled …

Political analysts have described the recent appointment of legislators to serve as opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokespersons in Parliament as evidence that the party needs to urgently come up with formal structures to avoid apparent communication distortions in the party. On Saturday during a Twitter broadcast, interim party …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting for his political life ahead of a Zanu PF congress slated for October, according to political analyst Ibbo Mandaza. Mandaza believes the Zanu PF leader, 79, could be ousted through “political manoeuvring” rather than a military coup as happened to his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, in …

ZANU PF has threatened ‘with tragic consequences’ a dissident group claiming to be part of them which recently claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa no longer served interests of the party. The group told journalists Mnangagwa had backtracked on an earlier agreement to serve only one presidential term before handing over power …

The appointment of Zanu PF deputy leader Kembo Mohadi’s daughter to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is the product of a flawed constitution, law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku says. President Emmerson Mnangagwa named Abigail Ambrose among commissioners of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), and Madhuku argues there is nothing stopping him …

Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Monday recused himself from hearing Job Sikhala’s bail application following his arrest accused of defeating the course of justice. The Zengeza West MP filed an application for Nduna’s recusal, arguing that he could be biased after he denied him bail in a similar case before. …

Exiled former Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere bristled on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman claimed he had “appealed” to be allowed to return. George Charamba’s claim came after two other outspoken former Zanu PF politicians suggested that Kasukuwere was potentially on the slate of vice president Constantino Chiwenga, …

Zimbabwe’s economic and political crisis will only find resolution in “meaningful, inclusive dialogue”, Zimbabwe’s Catholic bishops said on Monday as they warned that no one party could resolve the crisis. In a pastoral letter, the bishops said many Zimbabweans were living in conditions of “dehumanising poverty” as they also sounded …

Russia’s court has fined American tech giant Google more than 21 billion rubles ($366 million) on Monday, for its failure to delete prohibited information on the conflict in Ukraine, RIA Novosti has reported from the court. Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has slapped a turnover-based fine on the IT-company for its …

A political storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party’s Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Millicent Mohadi Ambrose, as a commissioner in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) amid growing calls for Parliament to reverse her nomination which …