President Mnangagwa

In a notable legal development, Mark Mandiki, a resident of Gokwe, Zimbabwe, is currently facing charges for allegedly defaming President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The accusation centers around Mandiki’s purported comparison of the President to a “scud,” a local term for a traditional opaque beer produced by Chibuku Breweries, a subsidiary of the Delta Corporation. The incident […]

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has handed over the recommendations from Parliament’s delimitation report to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The President also stated that he will submit his own submissions next week. ZEC Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba stated that the commission will deliberate on the recommendations. The commission will gather to examine all recommendations and decide […]

The Chinese presence in Zimbabwe has been a topic of much debate in recent years, with some arguing that the country has been “colonized” by Chinese investment and influence. It is true that China has played a significant role in the Zimbabwean economy in recent years, particularly in the areas of infrastructure and natural resources. […]

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday begged his party supporters to refuse to be tricked into acts of political violence by suspected Zanu-PF supporters. Addressing a “thank-you rally” in Bulilima East, Matabeleland South, Chamisa claimed that the ruling party was resorting to violence to intimidate the electorate ahead of the 2023 […]

  Zimbabwe president  Mnangagwa has arrived here for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). The President was welcomed at the Sharm El Sheikh International Airport by Zimbabwean Ambassador to Egypt Airmarshall (Retired) Sheba Shumbayawonda,  Environment, Tourism and Climate Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu,  UN and Egyptian officials. President Mnangagwa is accompanied by Foreign Affairs and International […]

Zimbabwe has launched a programme to engage with families affected by the 1980s military operation, dubbed Gukurahundi, that left an estimated 5,000 people dead. The crackdown that targeted mainly opposition strongholds in the south and western Matabeleland provinces has remained a sensitive and divisive subject. A 1987 pact which united former leader Robert Mugabe’s party […]

In his weekly column in the state-run Sunday Mail, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that next year Zimbabwe would “hold elections in the full glare of world attention”. “We have nothing to hide,” he said. The polls are high stakes on numerous fronts. Next week, the ruling party will hold its first elective congress since Mnangagwa […]

Mthuli Ncube is probably in a better position to understand that Zimbabweans are a tough crowd to please, much of this owing to polarised politics. Despite all the challenges that he has faced in his job in his personal capacity and as minister of finance Professor Mthuli Ncube has help his own and the numbers […]

Harare- Covid-19 cases have increased to 40 with the country recording 8 more new cases in a single day, the highest single jump since the outbreak was first confirmed in the country last month. The Ministry of Health confirmed in its daily update on the Covid-19 situation in the country, saying six of the new […]

The chairperson of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party, Oppah Muchinguri, has vowed to kick out high-profile members whom she accuses of getting rich on the back of the party and the people at the party’s annual conference in Harare. In her address to delegates attending the 18th annual Zanu-PF conference in Harare on Sunday, Muchinguri, who […]