Politics

The European Union (EU) has removed already suspended targeted sanctions on the last three Zimbabwean public officials and politicians on the list. They are Zimbabwe’s vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, who led the military coup that dislodged the late Robert Mugabe; Mugabe’s widow, Grace; and current army boss General Valerio Sibanda. Chiwenga …

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and paved the way to provide them military support — triggering threatened new sanctions from the U.S. and Europe and further fueling fears that Russia could imminently invade Ukraine. The carefully scripted Kremlin …

HARARE – The embattled Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa on Monday mocked opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for naively thinking that challenges being faced by Zimbabwe can only be resolved by foreigners. On Sunday, while launching by-election campaigns for his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change leader Chamisa bragged that if he got …

The European Union (EU) reiterates its ambition for a more constructive relationship with Zimbabwe at all levels. The EU has reviewed its restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe and in this context recalls the Council Conclusions of 17 February 2020 as well as the Declaration by the High Representative on …

Outspoken former Mashonaland West Zanu PF chairman, Temba Mliswa says the late Hurungwe East legislator, Sarah Mahoka, deserved interment at the Mashonaland West Provincial Heroes Acre for her sterling contributions to the ruling party. Mahoka (60) died in a car accident last Thursday and was laid to rest at her …

There is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by procurement scandals, prejudicing Treasury of billions of dollars per annum, a new report shows.  The report, compiled by …

RATTLED by the rise of Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CC) and its close relations with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), a Zanu PF delegation led by Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu this week visited Lusaka to manage – …

HARARE – Thokozani Khupe, the leader of a faction of the MDC-T party has set her sights on a coalition pact with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), her spokesman said Wednesday. Khupe, who met the CCC vice president Welshman Ncube over the weekend for informal talks, is convinced the …

Addressing a Press conference in Harare on Monday, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa accused the opposition CCC party of working in cahoots with some MDC and Zanu PF members to create fake social media accounts that peddle lies about ruling party. “I told you earlier, there is an unspoken alliance …

The Supreme Court on Monday applied brakes to government moves to seize a Mazowe farm owned by exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo and his wife, Beatrice. Justices Chinembiri Bhunu, George Chiweshe and Joseph Musakwa, on appeal, overturned a High Court ruling dismissing Moyo’s urgent application for an interdict against the …