POLITICS

Grace kicks out Zvimba chiefs from Mugabe mansion

TRADITIONAL leaders from Zvimba were on Friday reportedly kicked out of the late former President Robert Mugabe's Blue Roof mansion by the ex-leader's widow Grace as the feud over the final resting pl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

POLITICS

Chiefs urge Mnangagwa to urgently address rising cost of living

CHIEFS in the Midlands and Matabeleland regions have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the rising cost of living, including sharp increases in food insecurity.Mnangagwa met ch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa not plotting to purge security chiefs

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was not plotting to purge security chiefs, but the political leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that has been 'abusing Zimbabweans to pursue a parti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2019

POLITICS

Chiefs reject Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cocktail of measures to pacify the south-western parts of the country that bore the brunt of the 1980s massacres by the army have been greeted by strident opposition fro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

POLITICS

Church leaders meet security chiefs

ZIMBABWE Council of Churches (ZCC) leaders Wednesday met the country's security commanders in what could be linked to their ongoing concerns over continued rights abuses by the armed forces.The church...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 25 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Chiefs to hold rain-making ceremony

Traditional leaders in the Midlands province are expected to conduct a rain-making ceremony amid growing fears over the late start to the rainy season. The Midlands province is yet to receive any sign...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs to set up Gukurahundi genocide taskforce

CHIEFS have unanimously resolved to urgently set up a taskforce to tackle the emotive Gukurahundi massacres that claimed about 20 000 lives in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s.Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2018

OPINION

Doctors' demands more important than chiefs' cars

IN the run-up to the July 30 elections, Zanu-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised that he would be a listening President and that his government was going to guarantee an affordable, but vi...

By Editorial - newsday | Published: 05 December 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa pledges to pamper chiefs

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to turn around the welfare of traditional chiefs by piling benefits and a share of the $310 million set aside for devolution in the 2019 National Budget.He mad...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

POLITICS

Chinotimba warns chiefs dabbling in politics

Zanu-PF National Assembly candidate for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba has taken a swipe at Chief Chamutsa from Buhera for meddling in political issues. Chinotimba described Chief Chamutsa as a full-t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs retain Charumbira, Mtshane

Sitting president of traditional leaders, Chief Charumbira and his deputy Chief Mtshane, were yesterday retained unopposed as leaders of the Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs, positions that automatically ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs are not politicians, says Charumbira

PRESIDENT of the Chiefs Council Chief Fortune Charumbira has said traditional leaders are not politicians, but custodians of land, tradition and culture. Speaking at the installation of Chief Mangwend...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs in near blows, as Charumbira survives axe

Chiefs Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, yesterday survived a planned ouster after he was voted by Masvingo traditional leaders to contest at national level for another term.Charumbira got ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa appoints chiefs

President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Tsaurai Alphios Chitsa as substantive Chief Chitsa of Gutu and Mr Mhumhi Mapfumo as Chief Zimuto of Masvingo, paving the way for their investiture. The appointment...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa 'justifies' Zanu-PF, chiefs link

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said there was no way his government could not engage chiefs, as only those ruling had the mandate to do so.Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters, drawn fro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs want preferential treatment for Mat students

TRADITIONAL leaders from Matabeleland region have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa, raising concern over alleged low recruitment of students from Matabeleland at local colleges.In the petition ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs win peace order against Obert Mpofu

Three chiefs here have been granted a peace order against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and nine others they accuse of unleashing a reign of terror against them.The trio - Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF and chiefs sued

THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has hauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party to court in the hunt for an order compelling them not to engage in electoral ma...

By Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights | Published: 29 June 2018

SOCCER

Billiat signs for Kaizer Chiefs

WARRIORS star Khama Billiat has signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal, in a move that should surprise many of his followers, ending speculation of him playing in Europe.The in-demand attacker ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 June 2018

POLITICS

Obert Mpofu courts chiefs' wrath

THE legal fight between Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Dr Obert Mpofu and Chief Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni got a little nastier last Friday, when the latter teamed up with two other chiefs from Mata...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa wants chiefs to back Zanu-PF

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zanu-PF candidates to engage traditional leaders to ensure that the party wins next month's elections.Addressing thousands of party supporters at Ch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

POLITICS

Chiyangwa exposes chiefs

Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa has described chiefs and village heads as his foot soldiers after he won the Zanu-PF primary elections to represent the ruling party in the Zvimba South constituency d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs seek peace order against Obert Mpofu

THREE Matabeleland North chiefs have approached the courts seeking a peace order against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, whom they accuse of being abusive, issuing ominous threats and occasionally ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs barred from campaigning for Zanu-PF

THE Masvingo High Court yesterday barred traditional leaders from campaigning for the ruling Zanu-PF party and declared their dabbling in party politics as unconstitutional.Masvingo judge Justice Gara...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 May 2018

POLITICS

Mash East chiefs bay for minister's head

MASHONALAND East Provincial Affairs minister David Musabayana is in trouble with traditional leaders who have demanded that he be recalled as Zanu PF's candidate for Hwedza North constituency in the f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018
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