Politics
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Mliswa makes history, vows to unite province and salutes women
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – The newly elected Mashonaland West ZANU (PF) Provincial Chairman Mary Mliswa-Chikoka, who is also the Province’s Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution has paid tribute to women across the province who demonstrated support for women emancipation by voting for her. Following the overwhelming victory, Mliswa urged all party…
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Don’t sell out ZANU PF through greed: Phillip Chiyangwa
By Elvis Dumba Zvimba – ZANU (PF) Central Committee member and Zvimba South Member of the House of Assembly, Dr. Phillip Chiyangwa has warned party members not to sell out the revolutionary party through vote-buying in the ongoing provincial party elections. Chiyangwa said people should choose their leaders through merit and not be influenced by…
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ZANU (PF) Mash-West elections: Mliswa set to make history
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Mary Mliswa is set to make history by becoming the first elected female provincial chairperson for ZANU (PF) in Mashonaland West Province in the internal elections set for Tuesday. Mliswa, who is banking on the high number of female supporters across the province has also managed to get male supporters…
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AU, APRM Discuss Conflict Prevention in Africa
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) were in Durban, South Africa, to participate in the very first Joint Retreat from 19 – 21 December 2021. The Joint Retreat is co-chaired by H.E Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma Sabo, the Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic…
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Reconsider Ethiopia’s Suspension from Critical AGOA Trade Program: US
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) urged President Biden to reconsider his Administration’s November 2, 2021 decision to terminate Ethiopia’s designation as a beneficiary country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the end of this year. As the lawmakers note in their letter, this decision will…
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Take advantage of the country’s prevailing peace for national development: Ziyambi
By Elvis Dumba Darwendale – Zimbabweans from all walks of life were yesterday urged to take advantage of the peace and unity prevailing in the country for embarking on various empowerment projects which develop the nation. The sentiments were made by ZANU PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi during a Zvimba District Unity Day Commemorations in…
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Unity Accord a launchpad for development trajectory: Political parties
The Unity Accord signed exactly 34 years ago witnessed the coming together of two revolutionary parties – ZANU and ZAPU to form one ZANU ( PF), ending disturbances in the southern provinces on 22 December 1987, thanks to the leadership of the late National Heroes , Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, thereby spearheading…
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Paradza popularity rattled opponents who resorted to hired demos
Chinhoyi – Makonde legislator and ZANU PF District Coordinator, Kindness Paradza’s popularity among party members has rattled his opponents for the provincial chairmanship post for Mashonaland West who have resorted to a smear campaign against him. During a recent party’s provincial coordinating meeting at the Chinhoyi University of Technology, some hordes of demonstrators were reportedly…
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ERC Celebrates International Day of Human Rights
By Joyce Mukucha The Election Resource Centre (ERC) has joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Human Rights which is running under the theme: Equality: Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights. The day provides Zimbabwe with an opportunity to review the state of democracy and human rights including electoral rights…
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Crisis Coalition concerned over the continued clampdown on civil society actors
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted with concern the latest unfounded and misleading claims by the government mouthpiece [The Herald] that some foreign embassies are training civil society activists to engage in anti-government protests. The coalition said the story appeared in the Herald of 9 December 2021. Crisis Coalition said the false accusations are meant…
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WALPE launches network of women-led community organisations
By Bernard Chiketo MUTARE – A leading women-rights institution has moved to unify women-led community-based organisations (WeCOBs) from across the country under a national network that was launched in Mutare last Friday Women Academy of Leadership and Political Excellency (WALPE) executive director Stabile Dewa said the network which has membership from organisations from across the…
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FORUS Party determined to restore the social contract for Zimbabwe’s development
Determined to restore the social contract, the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party party is working on winning the 2023 elections with a view of creating a democratic society in which fundamental freedoms are respected. This emerged at the party’s manifesto launch held over the weekend where its maverick leader, Manyara Irene Muyenziwa reiterated…
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ZESN Urges Civil Registry’s Office to Expedite Issuance of National Identify Cards ahead of Elections
Following Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(ZEC)’s postponment of the Mobile Voter Registration which was set to commence next month, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has implored government to resource the Civil Registry in order to empower it to conduct an inclusive exercise of issuing national identity cards to eligible citizens. In a statement, ZESN pointed out…
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AGYW Africa demand prioritisation of their issues as world rebuilds from COVID-19 ruins
African girls and young women have sent demands to African governments to prioritise funding of their issues as the world is rebuilding from the ruins of Covid-19. This week, 330 girls from the regions East, Southern, and West Africa converged in person and virtually in 15 countries at the platform Adolescent Girls and Young Women…
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Zim court exonerates Kuvheya over war claims
Chitungwiza Magistrate Gladys Moyo on Wednesday 24 November 2021 set free Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CHITREST) Director Alice Kuvheya after ruling that the charges she faced of inciting some residents to commit public violence were defective. Kuvheya was arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on 14 June 2021 and charged with incitement to commit violence as…
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Ngarivhume scores first victory in challenge of prosecution over anti-looting demo
By Kumbirai Mafunda Harare Magistrate Vongai Guwuriro on Monday 22 November 2021 upheld an application for exception to charges of inciting people to commit public violence filed by opposition Transform Zimbabwe political party leader Jacob Ngarivhume and ordered the State to amend its charge sheet so that it clearly specifies the particularities which created the…
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ERC Bemoans Voter Registration Blitz Postponement
The Election Resource Centre (ERC) has noted with dismay the postponement of the Voter Registration Blitz by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) which was scheduled to begin on the 6th of December, 2021. ZEC previously announced that the voter registration blitz was set to begin next month, but unfortunately, on November 17, in a recent…
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Ratification of African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance pleases ERC
By Joyce Mukucha The Election Resource Centre (ERC) has welcomed the ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) by the Government of Zimbabwe. The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance is a roadmap setting out continental standards on democracy and good governance in Africa, setting out rules for free and…
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FORUS Party unleashes a wave of positive change in Zimbabwe
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party is successfully penetrating ZANU-PF and MDC strongholds, in the process unleashing a tide of positive change as it makes headway in its quest for electoral victory in 2023. As part of its nationwide whirlwind provincial campaign outreach, the leadership of FORUS Party was recently welcomed by multitudes…
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Uzalo’s Mangcobo headlines a #Registertovote ZANC event in Johannesburg
By Thembelani Moyo South African actress Dawn Thandeka King, well-known as Mangcobo in the soapie Uzalo, recently delivered a guest speaker speech to Zimbabweans living in the diaspora urging them to go back home and register to vote. Mangcobo spoke during an event organised by the Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) in Diepsloot township in…
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ZANU PF Elections, Paradza set for Surprising Win
By Staff Writer Chinhoyi- The forthcoming Mashonaland West Provincial ZANU PF executive elections are set to produce major surprises with Ministry of Information Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza recently outweighing other candidates to clinch the position of the party’s Provincial Chairperson. Paradza who has been reportedly eyeing the post took over the top position of potential…
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ERC Files Complaint Against Chief Charumbira For Partisan Comments Made at ZANU PF Annual Conference
By Staff Writer The Election Resource Centre (ERC) on 3 November 2021 filed a complaint with the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Honourable July Moyo against Chief Fortune Charumbira for contravening section 281 of the Constitution by participating in partisan politics for comments made on 29 October 2021 at the ZANU…
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46 years on… Remembering the famous Green March
Exactly 46-years ago, King Hassan II of Morocco rallied his country’s citizens, urging them to embark on a long, peaceful march to the south, to liberate the Sahara from Spanish occupation. It is that historic speech – on November 6, 1975 – which heralded the famed Green March, a hitherto unprecedented event in the history…
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Young Women for ED Launched in Mashonaland West
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi- Young Women For Economic Development group has launched its Mashonaland West Chapter in Chinhoyi with calls for young women to take up influential top positions in all spheres of society. Deputy Minister of Women Affairs, Community Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Jennifer Mhlanga in her address during the launch in…
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Late Msipa’s niece joins fight to unseat Chiyangwa
Banket – ZANU PF Provincial Member, Chrispen Saidi who has been on the spotlight in Banket’s party factional fights has reportedly roped in Blessing Joseph Augustine who is a niece to the late Minister Cephas Msipa, and a ZIMRA employee, Wilfred Dandajena who is from Banket to help financially oil his spirited attempt to unseat…
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Insight on Pakistan’ Relationship with Zimbabwe
By Muchaneta Chimuka PAKISTAN has excellent political co-operation with Zimbabwe, the goodwill that translates into an improvement in our economic, trade relations defence, technology agriculture among others. Herald Correspondent Muchaneta Chimuka (M:C) speaks to Pakistan Charge de’ Affairs’ Mr Fariz Hassan (F:H) to get the insight. M:C How does the relationship between Zimbabwe and…
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Zimbabwean born businessman runs for mayor in the US
By Chris Mahove A Zimbabwean born businessman is running for Mayor in the city of Allentown in the United States of America. Solomon Tembo, who was born in Kadoma, will contest against two other candidates, a Cuban and a Spaniard in the mayoral election slated for November 2. The city of Allentown is home to…
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Economic challenges: FORUS Party embraces entrepreneurship as a panacea
As Zimbabwe grapples with economic challenges, the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party believes business innovation and sustainability is the panacea hence in the last few weeks, it has been training urban communities on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is defined as an activity that involves the discovery, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities to introduce new goods…
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UN chief condemns ‘ongoing military coup’ in Sudan
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other officials, “must be released immediately.” In a statement, he called for the “immediate reconstitution” of the Government, which is due to guide Sudan through to democratic elections. Long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown…
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Our Democracy Must Grow
By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo Phenomenological studies proves that the best tool for power retention, is violence and confrontational politics. Our nation is buffeted by inconsistencies, buffeted by lack of cohesion, incapacitated by lack of direction and dirty politics. We must move away from politics of the past, we are beyond this, we need Development, we…
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G5+ Group Supports Political and Peace Processes in Central Africa
By Joyce Mukucha The G5+, a group of partner states and international institutions of the Central African Republic, reiterated their commitment to continue working alongside the Central African authorities to support political and peace processes for the well-being of all Central Africans. This is witnessed as the group has recently welcomed the statement by the…
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Let’s make Zimbabwe’s land productive: FORUS Party
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party is proffering ways of making Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector productive so as to boost the economy and ensure the country’s prosperity. Dr. Emmanuel Katsvamutima, an economic advisor for FORUS Party, in an interview with Spiked Online Media said there is a need to strengthen the security of tenure and…
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FORUS Party tackles COVID-19-induced urban poverty
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party has commenced a nationwide exercise beginning in the City of Harare’s high-density suburbs where it is providing food hampers to vulnerable families struggling to meet their daily food needs due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current statistics indicate that COVID-19 is aggravating Zimbabwe’s already severe…
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FORUS President has pure love for Zimbabwe
By Dr. Emmanuel Katsvamutima I would like to share my personal experience from my interaction with Manyara Irene Muyenziwa, the President of the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party whose dedication and love for the people of and development of Zimbabwe is undoubted. I will make reference to Jeremiah 7: 5-8 below: 5 “For if…
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Current orgy of violence: Rein in Mnangagwa
By Promise Mkwananzi I write this letter to express my grave concern about the safety and security of the life and rights of MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa, who as a citizen of this country is entitled to the full protection of the law and as the leader of the largest political party in Zimbabwe…
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Unholy alliance between Zanu PF, Police worrisome: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has noted with concern and unreservedly condemned the political violence which took place in Masvingo Province on October 11, 2021. About 200 Zanu PF placard-waving supporters from Masvingo violently confronted opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa on his way to a meeting. His aides were injured and treated at a local hospital.…
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FORUS Party condemns MDCA, ZANU (PF) violence
Manyara Irene Muyenziwa, the President of the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party has categorically condemned the culture of violence pitting perennial political protagonists, the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa and ZANU (PF). The rebuke by Muyenziwa follows skirmishes in Charumbira, Masvingo Province yesterday, among placard-carrying and rowdy angry youths and MDC Alliance…
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PAP engages SADC on upcoming AU Permanent Representative and Executive Council meetings
Senior representatives of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) had a meeting with President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi to brief and consult him in his capacity as the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with regard to developments at PAP in view of the African Union (AU) Permanent Representative Council (Ambassadors) and Executive Council…
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We played a crucial role in ED’s ascendancy to power: Zvimba chiefs
By Elvis Dumba in Banket President Emerson Mnangagwa rose to power after he sought our blessings, chiefs in Zvimba district have said. Gibson Jenami, Chief Katizagombo said President Emerson Mnangagwa was the rightful successor to late former late President Robert Mugabe as the two were very close. Chief Katizagombo was speaking at the inaugural ZANU…
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Midlands, Matebeleland endorse FORUS Party to rule Zimbabwe
People in the Matebeleland and Midlands provinces have endorsed the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party to take over the levers of running the country and steer it to sustainable development. The endorsement follows a visit to these provinces by the FORUS Party leadership who had several interface meetings with the grassroots wherein they…
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FORUS Party outlines expectations for a fair electoral playing field
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FRORUS) Party has outlined a raft of measures it expects to be implemented in order to ensure a fair electoral playing field in Zimbabwe. Manyara Irene Muyenziwa, the President of the newly-formed FORUS Party whose lobbying is set to bring about a paradigm shift on the Zimbabwean political…
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FORUS Party preaches peace as it establishes structures in Bulawayo
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party lit up Bulawayo, the City of Kings and Queens, with a message of love, unity, peace, and development as it moved to put in place structures that will spearhead its campaign ahead of the 2023 plebiscite. “We have different geographical places and a variety of languages but…
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Peace journalism: the best solution for a sustainable future
By Lazarus Sauti The Zimbabwean mainstream and alternative mediascape are awash with gory headlines and stories of political violence, murder, rape, gender-based violence (GBV), and robberies. Words and metaphors of war, like ‘butchered’, ‘ripped’, ‘smashed’, ‘evil’, ‘pathetic’, ‘thug’, ‘helpless’, or ‘clobbered’ are used in most, if not all, news reports regarding these issues. These words…
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Civil society led national convergence platform to kickstart genuine national dialogue
Various civil society organisations associated with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition met on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to deliberate on the issue of a national convergence for transformation in light of the deepening multi faceted crisis in Zimbabwe. The meeting resolved to, among other issues, strengthen citizen agency and to rally ordinary Zimbabweans, including youths,…
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We hold the keys to Zimbabwe’s prosperous future: FORUS Party
The talk-of-town, people-centred, and recently established political party, the Freedom Of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) has said it is the only genuine vehicle for Zimbabweans to enjoy a secure and prosperous future. The party President, Manyara Irene Muyenziwa (MIM) said a Foundation she founded under her name in 2021 is implementing practical and tangible activities…