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Ace Magashule suspension was a 'coup'
Mutumwa Mawere, a businessman and former ANC branch chairperson, has accused the party of effecting a "coup d'etat" for suspending secretary-general (SG) Ace Magashule.Mawere told a virtual si...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1104 | by Staff reporter
SADC to deploy troops to help Mozambique contain insurgency
Recently in Maputo, Mozambique SADC member states have resolved to deploy a force to help Mozambique contain insurgency in its northern provinces where terrorists have left a trail of destruction that...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1423 | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa panics over 'stolen' iPad
Moments before delivering an important announcement in Cape Town on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is a stickler for time, had a moment of panic when he could not locate his iPad. His...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2930 | by Staff reporter
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 228 | by Agencies
Only a court can 'unsuspend' Ramaphosa: Ace
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule insists that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa remains "suspended" until a court of law decides otherwise.This was the salvo fired by a defiant Magash...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance not a terrorist organisation
Zimbabwe needs to be liberated from these selfish and clueless wannabes. The brutal truth is MDC -Alliance just like Zanu PF is a political organisation and existing under the auspices of the constitu...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:29hrs | 830 | by Leonard Koni
Persistent moaning for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver by Africa questions our intellectual capacity
Please allow me to start this discourse with a list of names - Max Theiler, Allan McLeod Comack, Aaron Klug, and Sydney Brenner.I am not sure if these names ring a bell for most of us, but the...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 14:00hrs | 340 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Malema praises Zimbabwe's efficient vaccination programme
SOUTH AFRICA'S opposition EFF leader Julius Malema has praised Zimbabwe's Covid-19 vaccination programme noting that fellow South Africans were crossing the border to get some doses in the country....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa purges SA Health minister Zweli Mkhize
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave."This period of special leave will enable the minister to attend to allegations and investigat...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Filipe Nyusi in Zimbabwe to meet Mnangagwa
MOZAMBIQUE'S President Filipe Nyusi is in Zimbabwe on the invitation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Nyusi, who is the acting chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:12hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
South Africa returns to Level 2
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a return to level 2 lockdown, which will see the reintroduction of harsher and more stringent measures on gatherings, in response to a worrying sur...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa given a free pass by Zondo
The state capture commission said that President Cyril Ramaphosa would no longer testify on Monday and Tuesday as previously announced.He was expected to appear on his role as deputy president...Published: 27 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Suspended South African President to brief country on Covid-19 third wave 'soon'
"There will be a family meeting soon," acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced at a post-Cabinet briefing as the number of Covid-19 infections and the death toll continue ...Published: 27 May 2021 at 21:49hrs | 3190 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Mozambique
President Mnangagwa has left for Maputo, Mozambique to attend an extraordinary Sadc Double Troika meeting being convened to help tackle insurgency in the country.He was seen off at Robert Gabr...Published: 27 May 2021 at 10:07hrs | 1347 | by Staa reporter
Mnangagwa to participate in Double Troika summit
An Extraordinary Double Troika SADC Summit will be held today in Maputo, Mozambique to discuss the insecurity in the Cabo Delgado province of that country.The summit brings together the SADC T...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:04hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
South Africa donates maize meal to Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday dispatched International Relations minister Naledi Pandor to hand over tonnes of maize meal and other donations to his Zimbabwean counterpart President...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:31hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to boost Zimbabwe, SA ties
Zimbabwe wants to join South Africa in the implementation of robust and responsive policies to accelerate the modernisation and industrialisation agenda beneficial to both countries, President Mnangag...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has Covid-19 genomic sequencing capacity
Zimbabwe now has the capacity to do Covid-19 genomic sequencing, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said during his virtual address to the ongoing 74th World ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
'How can we help Zimbabwe?' SA Minister asked Shava - foolish question to still be asking
"Ramaphosa's SA remains concerned over Zimbabwe's worsening political situation!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines.Many Zimbabweans did not even bother to read the article because they have h...Published: 23 May 2021 at 11:42hrs | 2421 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ramaphosa appoints new SA ambassador to Zimbabwe
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed African National Congress (ANC) national executive council member (NEC) and former Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabuda...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's SA remains concerned over Zimbabwe's worsening political situation
ZIMBABWE'S new foreign minister arrived in South Africa on Friday, his first official visit to the country since taking up his position.Frederick Shava met with International Relations and Coo...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | 4124 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa wants Magashule to apologise to him
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule's political missteps are coming back to haunt him Just a week after his ANC membership was temporarily suspended, the party's national executive committee...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance speak on ANC chaos
Zanu-PF yesterday said it would not interfere in the internal fights of South Africa's ruling party and fellow liberation movement, African National Congress (ANC).ANC secretary-general Ace Ma...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:33hrs | 3750 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:34hrs | 4970 | by Piet Rampedi
Magashule 'suspends' Ramaphosa as ANC president
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has hit back, announcing that he has suspended party president Cyril Ramaphosa and that he would appeal his "fatally flawed" suspension.A defiant ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 4973 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa suspends SG Magashule
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has been suspended by the governing party, following his continued refusal to step aside as mandated by the party's NEC. The ANC's national working committe...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:10hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Separated by a river, but worlds apart
Depending on one's propensity to follow the news, the world, at varying days of December of 2019 was introduced to the novel corona virus, a highly contagious and deadly virus preliminary reports at t...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 14:40hrs | 2279 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
R41 quadrillion 'stolen' in South Africa, police investigating the case
THE Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) confirmed on Monday that it was investigating two cases reported at the Sandton police station involving the alleged theft of a colossal R41 qua...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter
'No free jab for foreigners in Zimbabwe'
FOREIGNERS who are not permanently staying in Zimbabwe will pay for COVID-19 vaccination, which is currently being administered for free to locals. This was said by President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Monarchy: The cornerstone of African existence
PRINCE Phillip is no longer in our midst. Some dark cloud seems to envelope Britain. May his soul rest in peace. A couple of weeks back, Southern Africa seemed to stand still under a similar dark clou...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 321 | by Zii Masiye
Zimbabwe troops ready for war
Zimbabwean troops are girding for war after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other regional leaders agreed an "immediate technical deployment" to help Mozambique fight Islamic insurgents who have rece...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:01hrs | 5767 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has nothing to hide, says Murwira
Zimbabwe is prepared to volunteer and expose itself to peer review for continuous improvement of good governance. This was said by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Tr...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2143 | by Staff reporter
ANC faces one of its trying times since independence
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa faces one of its trying times since independence in 1994 and it threatens to impact the stability of the country.The issue arises fro...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:39hrs | 728 | by Tapiwa Gomo
SADC talks tough on Mozambique bandits
SADC member states are not going to stand aside and watch while terrorists and non-state actors threaten regional peace and security as well as the integrity and sovereignty of Mozambique where insurg...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa speaks on his role in getting Africa's 400 million vaccine doses
African Union Special Envoy for COVID-19 and Pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa has spoken on the role he played in helping put together an agreement signed early this week for Johnson & John...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 07:50hrs | 2955 | by Staff Writer
Dlamini-Zuma clobbers Ramaphosa over Rupert
THE ANC's national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Sunday turned into a heated show of force when some of the ANC's top guns took President Cyril Ramaphosa to task over his close proximity to bil...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:40hrs | 3116 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 12079 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ramaphosa using cabinet reshuffle to sideline Magashule
In a bid to assert his leadership over the party, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is using a possible Cabinet reshuffle to garner majority support for a resolution to sideline his arch-rival and party s...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 5767 | by Staff reporter
Johann Rupert gives Ramaphosa an ultimatum
Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert has allegedly given President Cyril Ramaphosa a marching order, instructing him to tow the line and fire Ace Magashule, African National Congress (ANC) secretary ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 17:44hrs | 4802 | by Staff reporter
'There is no crisis to mediate in Zimbabwe,' says Sadc
AS PRESSURE mounts on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to once again intervene in Zimbabwe's political disputes, the Botswana-headquartered regional bloc says there is no reason for i...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates new Tanzania President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday congratulated new Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan after she was sworn in on Friday following the death of President John Magufuli.President Hassan became ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:27hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
President Magufuli: Letter to Prof. Lumumba of Kenya Cc. Energy Mutodi; Bcc African Presidents
Dear Professor Lumumba, Comrade Energy Mutodi is having his last laugh: he was spot on. He told us the bare truth about the President of Tanzania; the way he is handling the global pandemic wa...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1588 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa says unity will end political, economic crises
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa last Tuesday called for an urgent all-inclusive dialogue to resolve the country's decades-long political and economic crises. He said the talks will not s...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 11:07hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane to challenge Ramaphosa for ANC Presidency?
FORMER South Africa president Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, says he is ready to lead the ANC, according to Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport.Duduzane, who has been living in Dubai for the past ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:08hrs | 1834 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, allies consult on talks
MOMENTUM towards national dialogue is gathering pace, with the opposition set to hold nationwide consultations with key stakeholders this weekend on the mooted talks.Speaking to the Daily News...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 20:41hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reveals he has been writing, sending emissaries to Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is stepping up the chase for talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to end the country's decades-long political and economic crises.Speaking in Harare yest...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 13:18hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2971 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
Brace for 3rd wave, says experts
MEDICAL experts yesterday warned that the country might be hit by a third wave of COVID-19 following Monday's relaxation of lockdown restrictions with winter approaching, and at a time new variants of...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3448 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 950 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Zimbabwean family seeks Ramaphosa's intervention
A Zimbabwean family has written to the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa asking for his intervention after one of their family members mysteriously disappeared.Billard Taviria went mi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 4233 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
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