South African President Ramaphosa’s Motion Of No Confidence ‘After Failing To Secure Borders From Foreigners’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to face his fate next week in Parly after an opposition, African Transformation Movement brought forward a motion of no confidence over claims of incompetence with his office. The motion was supported by claims that Ramaphosa failed to disclose to Parliament that he got financial assistance from his presidential campaign back in 2017. Ramaphosa is to face his first-ever motion of no confidence which has been set for next week. The motion was submitted earlier this year but got shelved due to Covid-19 lockdown. After lockdown regulations got relaxed, the National Assembly Speaker, Thandi Modise confirmed
THE late socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi has proved to be a character larger than life itself as this Friday thousands of people thronged Doves Harare street to catch a glimpse of his funeral procession. SUV courtesy vehicles, an array of top-of-the-range cars, a police escort and a hearse whose estimated cost is US$500,000 was part of a flamboyant send-off organised by Doves Funeral Services in last respects to him. Because of his love for cars, Doves Funeral Services did not let him down as he became the first passenger in their US$500 000 Mercedes Pilato bought in Germany and custom fitted in Italy. Doves Life Assurance Managing director, Dr Talent Maziwisa said Doves is the only company with the capacity to bury a person of Ginimbi’s c
Rival candidates have heightened their campaign activities ahead of MDC-T's extraordinary congress as the battle to control the party intensifies. Early this month, the Supreme Court gave MDC-T interim leader, Thokozani Khupe, up to November 30, 2020, to announce dates to hold the party's extraordinary congress to elect new leaders. Among those who are vying to occupy the top posts are the secretary general Douglas Mwonzora, national chairman Morgan Komichi, Paurina Mpariwa, Elias Mudzuri and Khupe. Khupe wants to retain her position as the president of the party. She is likely to battle it out with Mwonzora for the president position. Komichi will likely square off against Mudzuri for the vice president position with Lovemore Moyo the former speaker of Parliament an
GOVERNMENT has invited the MDC Alliance and MDC-T to grace the SADC Anti-Sanctions commemorations set for 24 October. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains unclear where the commemorations will be held but Zanu PF will hold an e-gala in Bulawayo. However, secretary of information Nick Mangwana has said the government had invited an invitation to the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance to add their voices against sanctions. The West and the US imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe at the turn of the millennium accusing the Zanu PF regime of failing to obey the rule of law and implementing economic and political reforms. The West insists it willing to remove the sanctions if Harare implements the reforms. However, Mangwana confirmed the governm
INFIGHTING and political gamesmanship have ripped apart interim MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's party ahead of its planned extraordinary congress to choose a substantive successor for the opposition's late founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. Khupe has already moved to charge her former close aide and party organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe, after the latter accused her of violating the party constitution and abusing party funds. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, MDCT secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said the party's national council had resolved to take disciplinary action against Bhebhe and Paul Gorekore for breaching the code of conduct of the party. "Due to acts of indiscipline, destabilisation of the party and bringing the name of the party into
Thokozani Khupe’s opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018. The MDC-T leader paved her way back into Parliament after forcing the expulsion of over two dozen MDC Alliance lawmakers, citing a controversial Supreme Court judgement delivered in March which she said made her the automatic leader of over 100 MDC Alliance MPs and senators and hundreds of councillors. After taking an oath, Khupe declared herself the leader of the opposition in Parliament, telling journalists: “I’m the senior member of the MDC-T, so it follows that I’m the leader of the opposition. “We’re here to work for Zimbabweans to get jobs, food, functioning clinic
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is considering selling diamonds to Israel in a deal that will see highly trained security professionals from Israel coming to train the Zimbabwean Army, Police, and the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation. According to reports, Zimbabwe's honorary consul in Israel, Ronny Levy Musan wants the diamonds sold to Israel directly, rather than selling through buying entities. "In my opinion and as I mentioned, if Zimbabwe uses its mines and its diamonds as guarantees to investors and banks who are willing to give Zimbabwe cash for it, it will help inject huge money into the economy and march Zimbabwe into a new era much faster than it seems." Musan was quoted saying. Two weeks ago, Musan, told Zimbabwe's media that
THE expulsion of MDC Alliance councillors by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has grounded local authorities, which are now failing to get the numbers at committee stages to agree on key decisions, it has emerged. Khupe and her party have been on the rampage, recalling over 160 councillors countrywide and 32 legislators arguing that they have joined another party Cities such as Harare and Bulawayo have been particularly crippled by recalls at a time they are battling service delivery constraints. It has since emerged that in Harare, committees are no longer efficient as they cannot form a quorum for meetings. Harare has at least nine committees and as it stands 27 councillors are expected to serve instead of the usual 46 after the recalls. The MDC-T recalled former ma
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says scores of individuals were captured and confined across Zimbabwe as specialists mounted an extraordinary clampdown on fights by ace majority rules system campaigners, restriction ideological group individuals and customary residents voicing worry over rising debasement and an intensifying monetary and political emergency in the upset southern African country. In an announcement, the legal counselors' gathering said in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and other requirement officials on Thursday captured four individuals - Advent Mathuthu, Amandlenkosi Mathuthu, Tawana Muchehiwa and Tendai Masotsha - on charges that they had produced and circulated a few flyers advancing a dissent on Friday. Amandlenkosi, Muc
Some resistance heads, top performers and other South Africans have encouraged the Zimbabwean government to quit capturing community society activists and rivals suspected to have sorted out an enemy of debasement fight last Friday. In various tweets on Monday, previous pioneer of the resistance Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) boss Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, Thuli Madosela and performers AKA and Casper Nyovest, recommended that the South African government and different countries ought to mediate to stop the capture and human rights infringement. In his tweet, EFF pioneer Julius Sello Matema stated, "We require the expulsion of the Zimbabwean Embassy in SA until they reestablish the human rights in that nation. Inability to do as such, we wi
