Former UZ SRC head, arrested for holding up placard demanding jobs as Mugabe presided over UZ graduation.

Brave protest by student activist Tonderai Dombo, demanding jobs as Mugabe presided over UZ graduation. He was arrested. An online media watchdog in Zimbabwe has confirmed reports of the detention on Thursday of a student leader who held up a placard demanding jobs during a graduation ceremony at the University of Zimbabwe. “Brave protest by student activist Tonderai Dombo, demanding jobs as Mugabe presided over UZ graduation. He was arrested,” tweeted @ZimMediaReview. Separate sources claimed that…

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Mugabe Consoles His Late Mbare Cousin ‘ Getrude Karigamombe-Mutaisi’ Family

President Mugabe yesterday visited the Mutaisi family home in Mbare, Harare, to console them following the death of his cousin, Mrs Getrude Karigamombe-Mutaisi. President Mugabe was accompanied by First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe, and Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe. Mrs Mutaisi died yesterday morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, after battling cervical cancer for the past year. President Mugabe described Mrs Mutaisi as a principled and hardworking woman. “Mwana ange akatwasanuka patsika dzake,” said…

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Mugabe Finally Meets His Grandson ‘, Simbanashe Chikore’ In Singapore

An ecstatic President Mugabe finally met face-to-face with his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore in Singapore at the weekend. The baby was born mid last month, but the President could not see the new arrival earlier because of a busy schedule at home, only managing to travel on Saturday morning. The President revealed last week while addressing members of the Gutu clan in Masvingo that he was now a grandfather after his only daughter, Mrs Bona Chikore,…

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‘Mugabe, Inexplicably Stops In Singapore, A Country He Regularly Visits For Treatment From’..Again!

‘Mugabe, Inexplicably Stops In Singapore, A Country He  Regularly Visits For Treatment From’..Again!

President Robert Mugabe has made another unexplained stopover in Singapore from his five-day State visit to Japan. The 92-year-old leader travelled to Japan at the invitation of that country’s Premier Shinzo Abe on March 23 to lure investment to Zimbabwe. But on his way to the Asian giant, he initially made a curious a four-day unofficial stopover in Singapore before his latest stoppage. According to details of his latest trip as shown on flightradar24, an…

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‘ My Successor Can Only Be Appointed, By An Extra Ordinary Congress After I Die-Handiende!’- Mugabe.

‘ My Successor Can Only Be Appointed, By An Extra Ordinary Congress After I Die-Handiende!’- Mugabe.

President Robert Mugabe has once again made it clear that he has no plans to name a successor while he is still alive, also dismissing speculation that he plans to cede power to his powerful wife Grace. Speaking in a belated birthday interview with the State broadcaster, ZBC TV, last night, Mugabe said Grace’s surprise rise to power in the ruling party in 2014 did not mean that she was poised to take over from…

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Grace Declares, ‘If Neccessary, We Will Carry ‘Sir Fall-A-Lot Mugabe’, In A Wheelbarrow!’

Grace Declares, ‘If Neccessary, We Will Carry ‘Sir Fall-A-Lot Mugabe’,  In A Wheelbarrow!’

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has again reiterated that President Robert Mugabe, now aged 91, will not retire, adding the veteran leader will be taken to work in a wheelbarrow if necessary. The president’s wife said this while addressing supporters at a rally in Masvingo on Friday. At another recent rally, Grace also indicated that a special wheelchair would be designed for the aging leader who has appeared in news broadcasts struggling to walk unaided on…

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MDC-T Goes To Court To Stop Grace Donating Government Implements At Zanu PF Rallies.

THE opposition MDC-T says it is pressing ahead with plans to stop President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, parcelling out government sourced farm machinery and other implements during Zanu PF rallies. However, in a separate interview with NewZimbabwe.com Tuesday, presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, seemed to suggest the powerful Zanu PF women’s league boss may be abandoning the controversial practice during her Mashonaland East rally this Wednesday. MDC-T spokesperson, Obert Gutu, said the opposition has not baulked…

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Welshman Ncube Blames President Robert Mugabe’s Ruling Zanu PF Party For State Media Arrests

Welshman Ncube Blames President Robert Mugabe’s Ruling Zanu PF Party For State Media Arrests

FORMER Industry Minister Welshman Ncube’s MDC party has fingered President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party as being behind the slew of arrests of journalists in the past few days. In a statement Wednesday, the MDC said Mugabe and his lieutenants have in the past few weeks “threatened the media hence the arrests”. “The MDC condemns the continued assault on the media in an endeavour to suppress the freedom of the press by the state…

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‘Grace Mugabe Poised To Be Zimbabwe’s First Female Dictator’

THE MDC says First Lady Grace Mugabe might be the “world’s first female dictator” and seek to torment her adversaries in Zanu-PF, Southern Eye reported. MDC national organising secretary Shepherd Dube yesterday told Southern Eye that developments on the ground showed that Grace was keen to take over power from her husband, President Robert Mugabe. “In case Grace Mugabe becomes President, within the first three months of her rule she will arrest many Zanu-PF and…

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‘Grace, As First Lady Is In Power Already & Needs No Faction To Land Top Post’ -George Charamba

‘Grace, As First Lady Is In Power Already & Needs No Faction To Land Top Post’ -George Charamba

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe is already in power and does not need to lead a faction in order to land Zimbabwe’s top job, a senior civil servant has said. President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba confirmed to the State media at the weekend that “there are abrasive fights” for Mugabe’s throne within the ruling party. “The wife of the President is supposed to be the leader of G40. How does the wife of a sitting…

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