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Zanu PF suspends top Mnangagwa alliesZANU PF yesterday wielded the axe and suspended Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s four top allies in Masvingo and Midlands provinces, amid speculation that the purge was meant to weaken him in his p...NewsDayPolitics28 October 2017
President Mugabe rejects new Prosecutor GeneralPRESIDENT Mugabe has rescinded the appointment of Advocate Ray Goba as the country’s Prosecutor-General. In an Extraordinary Government Gazette published yesterday, General Notice 642 of 2017 repealed...ChroniclePolitics28 October 2017
Govt acquires vehicles for chiefsTHE Government has procured 226 Isuzu double Cab vehicles for traditional leaders following a request by the chiefs. Addressing the National Council of Chiefs in Harare yesterday ahead of the chief’s....ChroniclePolitics26 October 2017
Mujuru launches own coalitionNATIONAL People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru yesterday launched her coalition dubbed People’s Rainbow Coalition with three other parties ahead of the 2018 harmonised election. Her other partners....NewsDayPolitics21 October 2017
New ministers in baptism of fireNEW Cabinet ministers went through a baptism of fire in Parliament yesterday as MPs demanded them to respond to questions pertaining to their ministries. Binga North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC-T) n...NewsDayPolitics20 October 2017
Tsvangirai will be President in 2018: KhupeMDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe has declared party leader Morgan Tsvangirai will romp to victory in the 2018 watershed general election, a day after the two kissed and made up following disagreem...NewsDayPolitics20 October 2017
Zanu PF youths fight over GraceTHE Zanu PF youth league is reportedly divided over plans to amend the party’s constitution to allow for the re-introduction of the women’s quota, largely seen as meant to catapult First Lady Grace Mu...NewsDayPolitics19 October 2017
Opposition courts MnangagwaMORGAN Tsvangirai’s MDC-T and former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP) have extended an olive branch to President Robert Mugabe’s under-fire deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to jo...NewsDayPolitics18 October 2017
Resolution on special congress endorsed • Plans afoot to amend constitutionPresident Mugabe will be confirmed as the ruling Zanu-PF’s candidate in next year’s Presidential election during an Extraordinary Congress slated for December after the party’s 10 provinces passed the...HeraldPolitics16 October 2017
Chinamasa turned down job offer at Biti law firm, says PDPFORMER finance minister Patrick Chinamasa turned down a job offer at Tendai Biti Law firm, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) revealed this week. Chinamasa is a trained lawyer and a former Attorney G...New ZimbabwePolitics16 October 2017
Opposition alliance should not bank on Zanu PF infightsTHE most pivotal elections in the country to be held in 2018 look very promising for Zimbabweans at first glance. President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party will play defence, while the opposition plays....NewsDayPolitics16 October 2017
'Special Congress targets Mugabe'PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe could set himself a trap if he accedes to calls by a faction of Zanu PF to turn the party’s December people’s conference into an extraordinary elective congress, political anal...NewsDayPolitics14 October 2017
VP Mnangagwa roasts Prof MoyoVICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly went for broke at Wednesday’s politburo meeting where he “exposed” Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo’s alleged role in leaking sensitive State secret...NewsDayPolitics13 October 2017
'Tsvangirai might not handle 2018 polls'Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Eddie Cross has revealed that the family of the MDC-T leader is worried that his health might not allow him to handle the 2018 general elections as well as assume responsibili...NewsDayPolitics11 October 2017
Mugabe in shock Cabinet reshufflePRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday announced a shock Cabinet reshuffle where he dropped three ministers and reassigned 10 others as he clipped under-fire Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wings by ta...NewsDayPolitics10 October 2017
President Mugabe in shock Cabinet reshufflePRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday announced a shock Cabinet reshuffle where he dropped three ministers and reassigned 10 others as he clipped under-fire Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wings by ta...NewsDayPolitics10 October 2017
President says Zim, Britain ready to start afreshTHERE is a mutual readiness by Zimbabwe and Britain to leave behind years of conflict and open a new chapter of rapprochement, President Mugabe has said. The comments by President Mugabe follow the vi...ChroniclePolitics8 October 2017
President to reshuffle cabinetPresident Mugabe could this week reshuffle his Cabinet, wielding the axe on underperforming ministers and priming his team for better execution of duty. The Head of State and Government disclosed this...OnlinePolitics8 October 2017
Mnangagwa clarifies poisoning statementVICE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who suddenly fell sick during the Zanu-PF Presidential Youth Interface rally in Gwanda in August, confirmed that he was poisoned though his doctors ruled out food po...HeraldPolitics6 October 2017
First Lady blasts VP MnangagwaFIRST Lady Dr Grace Mugabe yesterday shot down Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s claims that he was poisoned, saying he was merely seeking sympathy. She said VP Mnangagwa was “nothing” but an employ...HeraldPolitics6 October 2017
Poisoning 'saga' continuesVICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has dismissed remarks by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Gutu on Saturday that he was poisoned in Gwanda in August at a Youth Interface Rally. In statement he ma...HeraldPolitics5 October 2017
Leave Jonathan Moyo alone: MphokoVICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday castigated the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly concentrating on Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development M...HeraldPolitics2 October 2017
Tribalism rocks opposition partiesTRIBAL politics has rocked opposition parties’ attempt to form a coalition for the 2018 elections with MDC-T national executive member Mr Eddie Cross blaming what he said was an expectation by “Ndebel...ChroniclePolitics2 October 2017
Mujuru is Zanu PF: BitiUNDER-FIRE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti has accused former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and her National People’s Party (NPP) of fomenting divisions in the opposition ranks in the...NewsDayPolitics30 September 2017