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SA seals borders to stop GraceTHE South African government yesterday issued a “red alert” to bar Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe from leaving that country after allegations she assaulted a model she found partying with her sons...NewsDayPolitics18 August 2017
ED poisoning : Government breaks silenceGovernment has launched a fully-fledged investigation to smoke out those behind the suspected poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is recovering at a private hospital in neighbouring Sou...DailyNewsPolitics16 August 2017
'Poisoned' Mnangagwa Airlifted to SAVice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly been air lifted to South Africa for medical attention after his health is reported to have deteriorated yesterday. A well-placed source said Mnangagwa....NewsDayPolitics14 August 2017
Presidential Steamroller Charges ForwardZanu-PF’s mobilisation juggernaut thundered into Matabeleland South yesterday for the sixth Presidential Youth Interface Meeting which attracted tens of thousands of people to Gwanda’s Pelandaba Stadi...OnlinePolitics13 August 2017
Mnangagwa in Poisoning ScareVice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left the venue of President Robert Mugabe’s rally in Gwanda in an ambulance and was immediately airlifted to Gweru after he started vomiting amid fears he c...TheStandardPolitics13 August 2017
Discipline Your Children First, War Vets Tell GraceZimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNWLVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has debuted a T-shirt imploring First Lady Grace Mugabe to deal with her children first before lec...NewsDayPolitics12 August 2017
Byo Violence: Tsvangirai Suspends 5Barely 72 hours after trying to blame Government for violence that reared its ugly head at MDC-T offices in Bulawayo last Sunday, resulting in the hospitalisation of his deputy Ms Thokozani Khupe, MDC...HeraldPolitics10 August 2017
Bloodbath at MDC-T indabaTHERE was a bloodbath at the MDC-T Bulawayo provincial offices yesterday after suspected “hired thugs” believed to have been sent by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai violently disrupted a meeting organi...NewsDayPolitics8 August 2017
Tsvangirai in huge coalition coupSPLINTER MDC parties reunited yesterday in a historic move that is likely to boost former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s chances of defeating President Robert Mugabe in next year’s elections. Tsva...TheStandardPolitics7 August 2017
Mnangagwa dodges succession questions in ParlyVICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday skirted questions relating to the recent public attacks directed at him by First Lady Grace Mugabe, where she demanded that President Robert Mugabe should n...NewsDayPolitics3 August 2017
Charamba's fall from GraceGEORGE Charamba has been a gladiator in Zimbabwe’s political sphere, doing what no man has ever done in the country — holding the powerful dual roles of Presidential spokesman and permanent secretary....NewsDayPolitics3 August 2017
MDC brokeThe Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC — which has not been spared by the economic meltdown — has hit hard times, casting doubts over its capacity to withstand the well-oiled Zanu PF machinery in the 2018 elec...DailyNewsPolitics2 August 2017
President Orders Reinstatement of 2 000 YouthsPresident Mugabe has ordered the reinstatement of over 2 000 youths who had been retrenched from Government without Cabinet approval. Most of the young people were employed as youth and gender officer...HeraldPolitics1 August 2017
Zanu PF officials are donkeys: ChipangaZanu PF youth leader Kudzai Chipanga yesterday described ruling party officials as donkeys that are only useful when they are of service to President Robert Mugabe. Chipanga told thousands of Zanu PF....TheStandardPolitics31 July 2017
First Lady tells President Mugabe to name his successorFirst Lady Dr Amai Grace Mugabe has urged President Mugabe to name a successor, saying he had the final say on who will take over from him when the time comes. Speaking during the Women’s League Natio...HeraldPolitics28 July 2017
Mugabe to appoint third VPRobert Mugabe yesterday said he was toying with the idea of appointing a third Vice-President to manage the Zanu PF succession conundrum, as his wife, Grace, challenged him to name a successor. Grace....NewsDayPolitics28 July 2017
Tsvangirai to launch coalition on Aug 5OPPOSITION parties’ proposed grand coalition to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s reign in next year’s general elections is now set to be officially launched on August 5. Sources involved in the coa...NewsDayPolitics28 July 2017
Opposition faces tough 2018 pollsThere is growing consensus among political analysts that the country’s opposition will find it difficult to defeat President Robert Mugabe and his deeply-divided Zanu PF in next year’s much-awaited na...DailyNewsPolitics25 July 2017
Fireworks expected at Zanu PF politburoFIREWORKS are expected at today’s Zanu PF politburo meeting, where rival factions square up over claims of plots and counterplots centred around President Robert Mugabe’s successor. Higher Education m...NewsDayPolitics19 July 2017
Mutasa welcome to rejoin ZANU-PFFormer Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Mr Didymus Mutasa is free to meet President Mugabe or rejoin Zanu-PF, but should do so openly without trying to put on a brave political face, Presidential....HeraldPolitics18 July 2017
Tsvangirai gets mega coalition boostAt least 10 political parties under the United Citizens Alliance (UCA) yesterday have thrown their weight behind MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a huge boost for the former prime minister who is mob...TheStandardPolitics17 July 2017
Thabo Mbeki Speaks OutFormer South African president Cde Thabo Mbeki has said the British policy of regime change in Zimbabwe is not for the benefit of the local majority, but to serve the interests of the former colonial....HeraldPolitics15 July 2017
Biti deals coalition body blowTHE proposed coalition of opposition parties to challenge President Robert Mugabe in next year’s elections was thrown into serious doubt yesterday after one of the key figures, Tendai Biti, unveiled h...NewsDayPolitics12 July 2017
Single opposition coalition impossibleZimbabwe's opposition political party leaders must breakdown the Zanu PF mould of conceiving power which is centralised in the presidency as this makes the post very much coveted, social and political...DailyNewsPolitics11 July 2017