HARARE – Frantic efforts by Webster Shamu to curry favour with his erstwhile comrades in Zanu PF were not enough to save him from the ongoing brutal purges as the party’s politburo suspended him on Friday for a good three years. This is despite the fact that Shamu has profusely apologised to President Robert Mugabe…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is holding Zimbabwe back by failing to name a successor, triggering unending succession wars in his ruling Zanu PF, a United States official has said. With the opposition in disarray, Shannon Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs said Zimbabwe’s situation was worsening. Briefing the United States House Foreign…
HARARE – The most unfortunate reality in Zimbabwe today is when Jonathan Moyo coughs, the media in Zimbabwe contracts some virus. Give the devil his due, the professor has a perchance for steering up the hornet’s nest and most times, shows some reckless bravado that is working well to destroy Zanu PF from within as…
HARARE – Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere and VP Emmerson Mnangagwa have sparked a storm over their recent comments at Zanu PF rallies to drum up support for the June 10 by-elections in Harare and Mutare respectively that there won’t be any electoral reforms as demanded by opposition political parties. First it was…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe’s son Russell Goreraza has escaped a jail term after he was fined $800 for fatally hitting a vagrant with his car along Harare’s Samora Machel Avenue. He was charged with culpable homicide, following claims that he negligently drove his car and knocked down the unidentified man to death. Goreraza…
HARARE – Sahara TV reporters, who have been labelled Boko Haram militants by government propagandists after they cornered President Robert Mugabe in Abuja last week demanding among other issues, when he was likely to retire have mocked the 91-year-old leader over Harare’s response. The reporters, Adeola Fayehun and Omoyele Sowore last week hounded Mugabe at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main opposition, the MDC has taken a swipe at First Lady Grace Mugabe claiming that she has a short memory as the fallout in the vendors’ saga continues to escalate. Grace, through Zanu PF women’s league spokesperson Monica Mutsvangwa had denied inciting chaotic vending in Harare and blamed the MDC for misleading…
HARARE – Political and social commentators say it is calculative for former Vice President Joice Mujuru not to come out in the open and challenge President Robert Mugabe so soon after her expulsion from Zanu PF and government. They believe politics in Zimbabwe is a calculating game where one does not lay all the cards…
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s AK party faces a challenge to form a government after losing its majority at a general election for the first time in 13 years. It secured 41%, a sharp drop from 2011, when it won nearly half of the vote. Under Turkey’s proportional representation system, this means the AKP will need to…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah will showcase his latest album Jerusarema at Platinum in Mutare tonight. Interestingly, the Uzumba-born musician will be backed by upcoming musician Andy Muridzo who has been accused of being a Jah Prayzah copycat. On Sunday, he will be back in the capital city for a family show at Zebra Village. Busy…
