Politics

PARLIAMENT Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, has urged the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to speed up the process of addressing Gukurahundi and bringing closure before the 2023 elections. Mudenda was addressing the NPRC Commissioners during their induction on the role and functions of Parliament. He informed the commissioners to get …

SOME Zanu PF functionaries are questioning President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pedigree to successfully represent the ruling party at next year’s crunch presidential poll. Mnangagwa, whose endorsement as the party’s presidential candidate is set to be reaffirmed at Zanu PF’s congress in October, will square up against a seemingly formidable rival, Citizens …

BULAWAYO – The acting United States ambassador to Zimbabwe says his government will be watching the conduct of the Zimbabwe’s general elections in 2023 with keen interest. Thomas Hastings made the remarks during a press briefing after touring various projects supported by his government in Bulawayo on Wednesday. “It’s certainly …

THE trailblazing Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is causing Zanu PF serious headaches, with the ruling party’s presidium openly acknowledging it was having sleepless nights plotting how to stop the three-month-old party from claiming its sculp at next year’s general elections. The Zanu PF co- vice president also …

HARARE – Zimbabwe has denied harbouring the most wanted Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya, who is now known to have died in the country in 2006. Mpiranya’s body, buried under the alias Ndume Sambao, was exhumed from Granville cemetery in Harare by United Nations investigators and DNA confirmed his real …

HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Army has placed perceptions around Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa at the heart of its recruitment exercise, ZimLive can reveal. Army recruits who qualified for the second phase of vetting after running a timed 10km marathon last month were examined over their …

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Manicaland chairperson, Proper Mutseyami has accused local government minister July Moyo of abusing devolution funds. Mutseyami said Moyo was deliberately delaying the disbursement of the funds to local authorities so as he can keep embezzling the money. The Dangamvura-Chikanga legislator said this during a constituency …

ZANU PF yesterday said its newly-elected youth leaders will be sent to the party’s Chitepo School of Ideology to prepare them for a “vigorous” campaign ahead of the 2023 polls. The leaders were elected at the party’s national youth conference held in Harare last week where they endorsed President Emmerson …

MILITANT opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MPR) says it will not under any circumstance get into any alliance with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) despite claims they were engaged in negotiations. MRP secretary for information and publicity for Matabeleland South province, Khethani Nxebalendoda Ndlovu, said an alliance with the Nelson …

ZAPU treasurer-general Future kaZulu Msebele has resigned from the opposition party over what he termed an ideological shift by Sibangilizwe Nkomo’s leadership. In a resignation letter dated May 9, directed to Zapu South Africa branch chairperson Vote Moyo, Msebele said: “It is with regret that I tender my resignation from …