Politics

“There is dire poverty in Zimbabwe and the situation is getting worse with each passing day,” says Elasto Maweni from Ikhamvelihle in Gqeberha. Maweni is one of the nearly 180,000 Zimbabwean nationals who have Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) to live and work in South Africa. Earlier this year, the Department …

AS Africa reels from the catastrophic effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked by acute food and commodity shortages, the United States (US) has issued a stark warning of the prolonged consequences that will hit the continent (Zimbabwe included) if hostilities escalate. Ratcheting pressure on Zimbabwe and Africa as a …

HARARE – Some anti-riot police have besieged the offices of the Zimbabwe Divine Destiny in Central Harare and arrested preachers and congregants who were gathered there following a police ban on the Zimbabwe We Want Campaign. The team was taken to Harare Central Police Station, according to a message posted …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa on Monday said the United Arab Emirates had arrested Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption under former South African President Jacob Zuma. The two countries ratified an extradition treaty in April 2021, but it was not immediately clear …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a criminal investigation after a revelation that he failed to report the theft of about US$4 million in cash from his farm in northern Limpopo province. An account of the theft is contained in an affidavit by the country’s …

The time to cling on to the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) for good is over, as the Southern African region is confident of taking over the position through its candidate, Chief Fortune Charumbira, during elections slated for this month end in Midrand, South Africa.   The elections were …

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has threatened Harare mayor Jacob Mafume with arrest for opposing Cabinet’s decision to endorse the US$240 million Pomona waste management deal for the city. The threat comes after a tense Harare City Council (HCC) special meeting last week resolved to suspend the deal between Netherlands-based Geogenix …

FORMER speaker of parliament, Lovemore Moyo, will be contesting for presidency against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former ally, Nelson Chamisa, at next year’s elections. Moyo announced this at his United Movement for Devolution (UMD) Party manifesto launch in Njube, Bulawayo on Saturday. He joins a growing list of presidential aspirants …

MAZOWE district war veterans’ chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi, who grabbed former cabinet minister and Zanu PF supremo, Saviour Kasukuwe’s Concorpia farm in Mazowe, has run the once thriving estate down. The roadside farm, like similar neighbouring estates, used to be a thrilling spectacle as one drove past, with fusing of ripening …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Monday after a row erupted inside Zanu PF over the hero status of the late Major General (Rtd) Godfrey Chanakira. Chanakira, who the permanent secretary in vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s office, died at a Harare hospital on Thursday. During a …