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Zimbabwe's PVO Bill public hearing abandoned
A public hearing on the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill (H.B 2024) was abruptly halted in Harare after a female participant voiced strong opposition to the proposed ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 65 | by Staff reporter
Why is Zanu-PF opening branches and office in South Africa?
Out of all liberation parties in Africa, Zanu PF is the only one that is opening offices and branches in all major South African cities and beyond. For an independent country like Zimbabwe, an embassy...Published: 17 May 2024 at 13:45hrs | 181 | by Israel Dube
Mteki approaches Mukanya over Chivayo lavish offer
African roots musician and sculptor-cum-businessman Bryn Taurai Mteki has approached Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo to reconsider businessman Wicknell Chivayo's pledge.Last month...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:57hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's disgruntled cops stage uniform protests
JUNIOR police details are showing up at this year's independence celebrations inspection parades wearing clothes that do not match in a planned protests to express their disgruntlement against the esc...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:59hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi activists seek medical attention in SA
Opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) members who were released from prison recently have been shipped for medical attention in South Africa.The nine former political prisoners were releas...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Mr. Mnangagwa, fighting for independence doesn’t give you the right to oppress us!
He never tires reminding us!Zimbabwe's independence was fought for in a protected liberation struggle where thousands of innocent lives were lost.It was never given on a silver platter...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:28hrs | 629 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe army boss ordered to pay ZiG40,000 to torture victim
Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Anselem Sanyatwe have been directed by Harare magistrate Tamara Chibindi to compensate Muchademba Muponde of Glenview with ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:49hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Jere's CAPS United charged with breaching PSL rules
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has called upon CAPS United, the Harare-based football club, to appear before a Disciplinary Committee in response to a recent incident at Mandava Stadium. The match be...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala on BBC HARDtalk
Prominent Zimbabwean opposition activist Job Sikhala has been interviewed by Stephen Sucker on BBC HARDtalk this afternoon.The interview was pre-recorded for broadcast on Wednesday.The...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 21:06hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Jere blasts unruly Caps United fans
PREMIER Soccer League and Caps United president Farai Jere has torn into his team's supporters after they invaded the pitch in protest against the referee's decision to disallow their equalising goal ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:58hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Ce...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
SOS for released Mthwakazi activists
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has appealed for donations in cash or kind to support six activists and their families who spent three years in jail on charges of public violence.Nine MRP a...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
ZiG is putting lipstick on a pig, says Biti
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday introduced a new currency to be known as the ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold.RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured an...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:31hrs | 3255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health minister bemoans skills flight
HEALTH and Child Care minister, Douglas Mombeshora, has admitted that the brain drain has left the health sector on its knees, denying patients access to primary medical attention.Mombeshora r...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Farai Jere's Caps united fans invade the pitch, match abandoned
Match abandoned after 86 minutes.FC Platinum 1-0 Caps UnitedTHE Castle Lager Premier league match between FC Platinum and Caps United was aband...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:03hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
'Free Africa': a protest took place in Milan due to the neo-colonial policies of France
Residents of Milan and representatives of the African people came out to a protest at which they expressed their disagreement with France's actions towards Africa, while accusing Paris of colonialist ...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 11:54hrs | 447 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Jailed MRP 9 members released
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party who had been jailed for 36 months have been released, the Party Spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said in a statement today.In 2022, Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa S...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1990 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Warriors lose to Kenya
Kenya 3 - 1 ZimbabweKenyan striker Michael Olunga delivered a stunning hat-trick from behind to secure a 3-1 victory over Zimbabwe in the final match of the Four Nations Cup, held at Bingu Stadium...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to decommission 2 more dams as Gwayi-Shangani stalls
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned that Upper Ncema and Lower Ncema will likely be decommissioned in about six months, a development set to further worsen the city's already dire water situation....Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers call for job action over salaries
THE Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions, (Fozeu), has called for an immediate job action starting from tomorrow after teachers declared incapacitation amid rising inflation and cost of living....Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kuvimba Mining House protesters arrested
At least 24 women who were protesting at Bindura Nickel Company Mine a subsidiary of Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) in Bindura were arrested this morning.The women were demanding the company to cl...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 08:43hrs | 2645 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bindura Women protest against Kuvimba Mining House
Over a hundred women besieged Bindura Nickel Company's (BNC) offices at Trojan Nickel Mine in Bindura this Monday.The women who were blocked by police and security guards from entering the Exe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 10:18hrs | 1280 | by Staff Reporter
Lawyers rescue detained toddler, pregnant woman
POLICE have set free a toddler and a pregnant woman who were detained alongside other aggrieved villagers after they had protested maladministration by some school authorities at Sagambe Primary Schoo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Unilateral sanctions are not illegal!
IT was so laughable listening to Information minister Jenfan Muswere fuming over US targeted sanctions on some Zimbabweans.I could easily tell that he was trying his best to please his boss, P...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 409 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why an uprising against Zanu-PF will fail
I SEE some people advocating an uprising against Zanu-PF Have you people thought this through? If you really provoke a crisis, with the populace on one side and the machinery of the Zanu-PF go...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:32hrs | 1077 | by Kumbirai T Nhamo
Lithium mining company fined for smuggling
BULAWAYO High Court judge Christopher Dube-Banda has fined local lithium mining company Silver Bern International (Private) Limited US$10 000 following its conviction for smuggling 96 000 metric tonne...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala acquitted
FORMER CCC activist Job Sikhala was yesterday acquitted on charges of inciting people to engage in violence during demonstrations in July 2020.Sikhala had been charged with incitement to...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Biden announces end of US sanctions regime on Zimbabwe
AMERICAN President Joseph Biden has announced an end of the superpower's sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.The historic move announced on Monday, signals an impending end to America and Zimbabwe's ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:35hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt intimidates doctors, nurses
GOVERNMENT yesterday intimidated health workers against engaging in strike action beginning today over poor wages and working conditions, with the responsible minister Douglas Mombeshora accusing the ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ political ploy threatens the planned ZUAWU strike
Opposition-affiliated Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is allegedly scheming to exploit the forthcoming strike being organised by the Zimbabwe University and Allied Workers Union (...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 14:55hrs | 305 | by George Tshuma
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | 281 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa a fleeing lily- livered wannabe dictator that should not be taken serious
His pictures, photoshopped to give them a heavenly appearance, displayed on the stages to promote his unknown political outfit, reminded us of Mobutu Seseseko, Zaire/DRC corrupt dictator who forced TV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 20:08hrs | 1561 | by Israel Dube
Residents work with Pumtree Hospital for improved service delivery
PLUMTREE Combined Residents and Development Association (PCRADA) chairperson Richard Khumalo has said they have been authorized by the district hospital to be the middlemen for residents wheneve...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:28hrs | 176 | by Stephen Jakes
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants to kill him, claims Mapfumo
EXILED protest musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says returning to Zimbabwe would endanger his life despite permanent secretary in the Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry Nick Man...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:19hrs | 2089 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster fingered in students demo
THE headmaster at the Anglican-run St Faith High School in Rusape faces disciplinary action for allegedly inciting schoolchildren to protest over his impending transfer from the institution.Th...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police unleash dogs on protesting school pupils
POLICE in Rusape allegedly set dogs on protesting students at St Faith's Mission yesterday.A short video clip of the incident, that has gone viral on social media platforms, shows police offic...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
South Africans stage demonstration against school teaching Shona language
The Patriotic Alliance (PA), an anti-immigrant opposition party in South Africa, staged a protest on Monday at Esikhisini Primary School in Pretoria, Atteridgeville, objecting to the teaching of the S...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:12hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's CCC resignation
ON 25 January 2024, Zimbabwean opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa quit.Looking through the dancing ropes, it is more like a boxing match. Remember when Mi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 570 | by Vivid Gwede
Zimbabwe can kiss salvation goodbye!
I love watching South Africans in action!One thing I admire about these people is that they do not brook any nonsense from their leaders.Granted, the country appears on a downward spir...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:33hrs | 1095 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa govt is getting crazier
IF you are a Zimbabwean citizen or resident and still want to live on, you need super strong shock absorbers because the Mnangagwa administration is capable of crazy things that can easily kill you....Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:07hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa CCC faction MPs meet
The majority of opposition CCC MPs loyal to former party leader Nelson Chamisa will meet in Harare tomorrow to endorse Chipinge South MP Clifford Hlatywayo as the new Leader of the House in Parliament...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:08hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 312 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zanu-PF's pyrrhic victory
The by-elections were held in Seke, Goromonzi South, Zvimba East, Pelandaba-Tshabalala, Chegutu West and Mkoba North constituencies.THE ruling Zanu-PF has secured the much coveted two-thirds m...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:32hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
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