THOKOZANI Khupe has revealed that the MDC-T received assistance from the state through judicial and parliamentary processes in their fight to destroy the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance. This would seem to confirm the long-held belief that the state is sponsoring turbulences in the opposition party. Khupe and her former ally, Douglas Mwonzora have crossed paths, with the former deputy prime minister and Makokoba legislator on Friday announcing she had taken over leadership of the party in an acting capacity. She charged Mwonzora had expelled himself from the opposition party by writing to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on January 3, declaring that he was the leader of the MDC Alliance. Khupe made the statements during a press conference held in Bulawayo on Friday. Mwonzora ha
EFF leader Julius Malema forced the owners of Kream restaurant at the Mall of Africa in Midrand, Johannesburg, to meet him and two other party MPs after initially refusing on Wednesday. Malema and EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo met Kream manager Romon De Comarmond outside the establishment. Comarmond initially refused to meet the EFF delegation led by Malema, stating: “No, we are not going to meet with a delegation, Julius, I can’t. I’m going to speak to the management and I’ll let you know.” Malema insisted that he had an appointment with Comarmond and Kream. ”There is no appointment with me, you have not come with me with an appointment,” Comarmond fired back. However, Malema responded: “The problem is that people come to you
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said they have taken note of a photo circulating on social media in which controversial preacher, Passion Java, “borrowed” a cap from a female police officer and donned it. This comes after Team Pachedu, a group of Zimbabweans who are active on Twitter, raised the issue yesterday. They said: Dear @PoliceZimbabwe. In 2014, you arrested Robert Boyiboyi for criminal nuisance after sharing a photo wearing a police uniform. Now, Passion Java has committed the same crime. Are you going to arrest him, or we are all now allowed to wear police uniforms freely?@JSCZim. In response, ZRP said they are currently investigating the matter and a detailed statement will be issued after the completion of investigations. Police posted on their Tw
‘The big boys’ or ‘Mbinga dzema shuwa’ whatever you decide to call them, the Nigerian men in green put the whole country at a standstill over the weekend. Social media was flooded with images of fashion designer Danielle Simba Allen’s traditional wedding with Nigerian socialite Ego, but little is known about the couple. The Nigerian men stole the show as they sprayed dollar notes on the new couple. Apart from Davido another notable face was his manager Asa Asika who also represented the Green and White flagged country very well. Davido also treated the newly weds with a nice performance at the after party which was held at Pabloz night club. According to Nigerian media, the Nigerian ‘roora squad’ which was being led
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has accused Zanu PF bigwigs, including the party’s spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa of plotting against President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In several leaked audio clips where the former Zanu Pf chairman for Mashonaland West was claiming to be closer to Mnangagwa he attacked CIO minister Owen Ncube , Mutsvangwa and Muchechetere for faking their support for Mnangagwa. He accused Mutsvangwa of decampaigning Mnangagwa in Norton during the 2018 harmonised elections. Mliswa claimed that he was responsible for mobilising voters for Mnangagwa in Norton. He also accused Ncube of raising frivolous charges against him to settle personal scores over Susan Mutami, a woman who allegedly has links to both of them. “I was arrested on baseless COVID-1
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set March 26 as the date for parliamentary by-elections to fill seats that were left vacant through deaths and the recalling of legislators by mainly the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Douglas Mwonzora. Mnangagwa made the proclamation in a statutory instrument published today. Zimbabwe had postponed the holding of the by-elections citing the COVID-19 pandemic. The vacant parliamentary seats are Pumula, Nkulumane, Epworth, Gokwe Central, Glen Norah, Harare Central, Highfield East, Highfield West, Kuwadzana East, Mufakose, St Marys, Kambuzuma, Harare East, Dangamvura Chikanga, Mutasa South, Marondera Central, Chivi South, Binga North, Mkoba, Mbizo, Kuwadzana, Glen View North, Marondera East, Murewa South, Mwenezi East, Tsholotsho So
The new variant — B.1.640.2 — which has been detected in 12 patients near Marseille, contains 46 mutations, making it more resistant to vaccines and infectious. Even as the world battles the uptick in COVID-19 cases owing to the Omicron variant, scientists in France have found another variant. The discovery of the variant, dubbed B.1.640.2, was announced in a paper posted on medRxiv. Called IHU, as of now, the strain was discovered by academics based at the IHU Mediterranee Infection on 10 December. Here’s what we know so far of this new COVID-19 variant: • Researchers say that it contains 46 mutations — even more than Omicron — which makes it more resistant to vaccines and infectious. • Some 12 cases have been spotted so far near Mar
Nick Mangwana is not impressed by socila media influencers who were hired by ZanuPF to promote the party and encourage people to vote. A report by ZEC said that only 2000 people had registered to vote in 2021. Nick Mangwana was not happy with these results and posted on his twitter the following. So all those campaigns and hashtags from self-appointed Social Media Influencers cum Award Winning What what, only produced 2000 registrants? That appears like an organic figure anyway. Guys, stop hyping up your clout. You have very little of it on the ground. #HappyNewYear2022 The most recognised individuals who have been pushing the ZanuPF agenda and encouraging people to vote are Prophet Passion Java, Mai TT & DJTowers. Below is the report posted by ZEC of only 2000 people r
Mnangagwa Extends Lockdown Fro Two Moore Weeks President Emmerson Mnangagwa today extended the Level Two national lockdown by another two weeks with immediate effect and postponed the reopening of schools until further notice. Those writing examinations will, however, resume on Monday as scheduled. There have been 10 384 new cases and 142 deaths over the past week with the last three days being intense. They accounted for 6 279 cases and 89 deaths. Normal classes, apart from Form One, were expected to resume on 10 January but this has been postponed until the current extension which ends on 13 January is reviewed. Business is expected to resume as normal but the government is encouraging employers to motivate their workers to operate from home and virtually
Zimbabwe has witnessed its worst coronavirus infections on record this month but so far only 260 people have died which is much lower than 1 743 who died in July after 58 996 people were infected, or 887 in August when 15 913 got infected and 854 in January which had 19 521 infections. Twenty-seven people died yesterday and 2 107 were infected but 3 953 recovered with active cases dropping to 30 772. Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West are now the hotspots with 6 310 and 5 782 cases, respectively. Harare is down to 2 970 cases after 843 people recovered yesterday while in Bulawayo 750 people recovered bringing the number of cases down to 2 782. The recovery rate rose to 83% while the positivity rate was 27.3% which is still high. More than 12 000 people were vacc
