A Shocked And confused, Mugabe Almost Fled , Far East , After Tsvangirai’s 2008 Victory

A Shocked And confused, Mugabe Almost Fled , Far East , After Tsvangirai’s 2008 Victory

President Robert Mugabe seriously considered fleeing Zimbabwe for the Far East as he learnt of his shock defeat after the 2008 general elections. This is despite his oft-repeated public statements that he would never run away from Zimbabwe. High alert The MDC T presidential candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, handed Mugabe his first officially acknowledged electoral defeat at the March 29 2008 elections. Intelligence operatives who manned State House when the results trickled in, in late March…

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‘Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is Risking Social Upheaval’-Tendai Biti.

‘Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is  Risking Social Upheaval’-Tendai Biti.

ZIMBABWE must urgently come up with a plan to “reverse” the current economic haemorrhage, or risk social upheaval, MDC-Renewal Team secretary general Tendai Biti has said. The former Finance Minister told his party’s district meeting in Kwekwe that government needed to find solutions rather than fight informal traders. “Zimbabweans are now the scatterlings of the world because companies closed resulting in massive job losses. “No less than 5 million people, who have left the country,…

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Didymus Mutasa Has Defaulted On His Rusape Council House Rentals For 30 Years

Didymus Mutasa Has Defaulted On His Rusape Council House Rentals For 30 Years

Fired former Zanu PF member Didymus Mutasa has reportedly not paid rentals for past 30 years in Rusape. The house in question is said to be a mansion by Rusape’s standards. Mutasa occupied the house in 1984  and there are no “any record of payment for the property”. According to the Herald, Mutasa recently confronted council claiming he bought the property, when he did not. “He phoned the town secretary Mr Joshua Maligwa last week…

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Temba Mliswa’s Property Attached Over US$3 Million Commercial Bank loan

Temba Mliswa’s  Property Attached Over US$3 Million  Commercial Bank loan

Property worth thousands of dollars belonging to former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman Temba Mliswa was yesterday attached by the deputy sheriff at his Spring Farm in a bid to recover nearly $3 million owed to a local commercial bank. The deputy sheriff went to Mliswa’s Spring Farm in Karoi at around 8am yesterday. A 48-hour moratorium is provided before the property is taken away and sold to recover the money owed. The attached property…

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‘Chichi, I & Ministries Under Us, Don’t Endorse Passion Java & Uebert Angel,’-:’Bishop Tudor Bismark’

The leader of Jabula New Life Ministries, Bishop Tudor Bismark, has accused fellow preachers, Prophet Uebert Angel and Passion Java of associating themselves with his ministry in a bid to earn international relevance. The charismatic preacher made the accusations through his church’s official website as well as his Facebook page: “Brethren in Christ, it is with much consternation and fretting that I write this open letter to you. You have known Chichi and I for…

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SADC to confront South Africa over new, stringent, new visa regime

SADC  to confront South Africa over new, stringent, new visa regime

Southern African Development Community member states are contemplating petitioning South African government over its stringent new visa regime. The new regulations require children under the age of 18 to produce an Unabridged Birth Certificate at all ports of entry, a senior Government official said. Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi has said the new system will pose myriad of problems to the region’s tourism since South Africa is the main port of entry for…

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‘Robert Mugabe asks Obama to marry him, mocks same sex marraige’

‘Robert Mugabe asks Obama to marry him, mocks same sex marraige’

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has challenged President Barack Obama by asking his hand in marriage. His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the United State by the Supreme Court. Mugabe in his weekly radio interview with Zimbabwe’s national radio Saturday said, “I’ve just concluded since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people and enjoys an attractive countenance thus if it becomes necessary , I shall travel to Washington,…

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Burundians Vote For New Parliament After Night Of violence in Election Not Recognised by Mugabe’s Africa Union (AU)

Burundians have voted for a new parliament after a night of sporadic blasts and gunshots and weeks of violent protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s attempt to win a third term in office, in an election not recognised or endorsed by the African Union (AU), a body led by Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe, a man who himsel is not new to such controversy if not typically worse. The polls closed at 5pm local time and “the…

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Victory For Gay Rights as Mozambique decriminalises homosexuality

Victory For Gay Rights as Mozambique decriminalises homosexuality

MOZAMBIQUE decriminalised homosexuality on Monday when a new penal code came into force that swept away old Portuguese colonial laws, in a victory for campaigners for gay rights in Africa. The old code, dating back to 1886, targeted anyone “who habitually engages in vices against nature” – but no known prosecutions took place after Mozambique became independent in 1975. Breaking the law was theoretically punishable by up to three years of hard labour. “It’s a…

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Mphoko, ally ‘Frederick Mutanda plotting to assasinate Mnangagwa’ claims Energy Mutodi

Mphoko, ally  ‘Frederick Mutanda plotting to assasinate Mnangagwa’ claims Energy Mutodi

Energy Mutodi has drawn criticism after posting on Facebook that VP Emmerson Mnangagwa was a target for assassination by Frederick Mutanda, a close ally to VP Phelekezela Mphoko. Mutodi claims that Mutanda has since last year been plotting to assassinate Mnangagwa. Mutodi also said the alleged plot was as a result of the succession issue as well as Gukurahundi. Read Energy Mutodi’s full facebook post below. VP EMMERSON MNANGAGWA TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION A close ally…

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