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Khupe's MDC Financial Crisis as Senior Party Leader Withholds $9.5 Million Ahead of Crucial Elective Congress
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Thokozani Khupe has punged into a financial crisis with some officials alleging that they have not been given funds for travelling to Harare for ...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 14:32hrs | | by voa
Zimbabwe running out of Zimbabweans
Botswana is battling an influx of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, as Harare struggles to overcome a deep economic crisis.Gaborone appears to be losing the battle, as those who are deported a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by VOA
MDC attempting to topple Mnangagwa using foreigners?
The Zimbabwe Republic Police claims that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa has hired some people who participated in the Arab Spring to help the party in stagin...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | | by VOA
Zimbabwe food crisis an emergency, says UN
Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nations has said.Plaxedes Chibura of Epworth,...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by VOA/ UN News
'Zimbabwe under State of Emergency'
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa claims that Zimbabwe is now under an undeclared state of emergency as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has deployed s...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 17:29hrs | | by VOA
Leo Mugabe failing to pay workers' salaries
Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe, is failing to pay 85 workers at Nangadza Farm near Mhangura in Mashonaland West province.Leo Mugabe, who was also the president of the Zimb...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:09hrs | | by voa
Washington experts call for end to Zimbabwe sanctions
Experts in Washington, discussing whether or not Zimbabwe is a source of shame or opportunity for Africa, were unanimous in their position that targeted sanctions were hurtful to the country, and must...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by VOA
Harare water-rationing stokes cholera fears
Harare City Council says it is limiting running water to two days a week due to a drier-than-normal rainy season as criticism mounted over the move.The aim of water-rationing is to help distri...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 7 | by VOA
WATCH: Chamisa versus Khupe fans outside High Court
Supporters of MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa dancing outside the High Court in Bulawayo following the dismissal by High Court judge of a case in which the Chamisa group was seeking an order to bar Th...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 15:09hrs | | by voa
Trump deals Mnangagwa big blow
The United States has extended restrictive measures imposed on senior ruling Zanu-PF officials and companies, which were set to expire this month.The extension was made in a notice signed by P...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:51hrs | | by VOA
Will Mphoko get a pension?
Zimbabwe's former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has reportedly hired Professor Welshman Ncube in an attempt to get his terminal benefits following his removal from office after the fall of former ...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by VOA
Was China A Catalyst for Political Change in Zimbabwe?
It didn't take long for speculation to begin that China, Zimbabwe's main trade partner, was involved in the recent removal of Robert Mugabe as president of the southern African nation....Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 14:10hrs | | by VOA
U.S. Senators engage Zimbabwe experts
The United States is cautiously considering re-engaging Zimbabwe, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, but it remains skeptical of how relations would improve, given that Zimba...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 07:53hrs | 10 | by voa
Did Grace Mugabe's public outbursts bring down Mugabe?
Political power grabber, or just another match to a burning fire? Those are just some of the opinions Zimbabweans have about former first lady Grace Mugabe.Tinashe Mawere is a researcher in th...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by voa
WATCH: Bosso fan in 'lone mass demonstration' againts Zifa sanctions
Lone Highlanders Football Club supporter, Josphat Ngulube, demonstrated in the city of Bulawayo last week against the fine levied on Bosso after the crowd problems that rocked the team's match against...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 11:41hrs | | by voa
WATCH: Tsvangirai dancing to mudara achauya
UMnu. Morgan Tsvangirai webandla LEMDC-T unyikinya umzimba kancane enkundleni yeMkoba edolobheni leGweru eNkabazwe elungiselela ukukhuluma ngokhetho oluzakwenziwa ngomnyaka ozayo. (Video: Taurai Shava...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 11:26hrs | 7 | by voa
WATCH: 'Dump MDC-T, Zanu-PF leaders to save Zimbabwe'
Zimbabwean Donald Mvundla, who is living in USA, says time has come for all political parties in Zimbabwe to dump old leaders in order to save the country from "imminent collapse". Mvundla speaks with...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 09:44hrs | | by voa
PICTURES: Tsvangirai receives a goat from villagers
Villagers give MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai a goat during one of his consultation meetings in rural areas. Tsvangirai is gearing party members for the watershed 2018 general polls. ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 10:35hrs | | by voa
Zanu PF Activists burn down MDC-T official's home
Suspected Zanu PF supporters have allegedly burnt to ashes the homestead of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Masvingo youth chairman, Phillip Chingini, as cases of violence rise in Zimbabwe....Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by VOA
'I'm in USA Courtesy of Mugabe,' says Mawarire
WASHINGTON DC —Pastor Evan Mawarire of hashtag thisflag campaign says he is in the United States courtesy of President Robert Mugabe who told thousands of people recently that people l...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by VOA
Zimbabwean banks run out of Rand, Yuan and U.S dollars
Zimbabwe is experiencing serious shortages of the South African rand and Chinese yuan as the country attempted Monday to shift to these currencies to address the current critical shortages of cash, es...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:27hrs | | by VOA
Mixed views on Mugabe's popularity in Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON DC - Zimbabweans have expressed mixed views over President Robert Mugabe's remarks that he remains popular in a nation that he has ruled for almost 36 years with the opposition urging him t...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by VOA
'Zanu PF factionalism fueling economic crisis'
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday called for unity in his party but his critics are worried that Zanu PF Politburo did not come out with tangible plans for tackling key issues affecting Zimbabweans...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 20:15hrs | | by VOA
Can Zimbabwe implement UN-Adopted SDGs?
An organisation fighting for community empowerment says Zimbabweans should spearhead the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last ...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by VOA
Zimbabwe's state of affairs very close to how it was in 2008 - Ncube
Opposition leader Professor Welshman Ncube warns that the Zimbabwean economy is tipping over as a result of neglect by the ZANU PF government, which is too preoccupied with factional and successio...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by VOA
US keep sanctions on Zimbabwe in force
The United States says it will keep in place targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe imposed more than a decade ago.Shannon Smith, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told VOA...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 10:05hrs | | by VOA
Tsvangirai MDC Members Join Rival MDC Group
Three Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislators, who were holding influential positions, and a Bulawayo city councillor on Wednesday announced that they have defected to the MDC Renewal T...Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 12:43hrs | | by Chris Gande (VOA)
Ebola centre releases first survivors in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE - When Kadiatu Bangura saw her brother, Emmanuel, for the first time after her release from the International Red Cross-operated Ebola treatment center near Kenema, she ran int...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 08:16hrs | 7 | by VOA
Circumcised men abandon condoms
WASHINGTON DC - Ernest Dhlamini of Mbabane city, Swaziland, was circumcised in 2006, to enjoy what he calls a clean life.Dhlamini says he is worried that a large number of men circumcised und...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:24hrs | | by VOA
Kenya mall attack trial begins, four in court
NAIROBI - Four men charged with helping al-Qaida-linked militants launch a murderous attack on a Kenyan shopping mall appeared in court on Wednesday at the start of their trial.Mohamed Ahmed A...Published: 16 Jan 2014 at 04:45hrs | | by VOA
MDC-T suspends Mutare mayor, 3 councillors
THE MDC-T's national executive has formally suspended Mutare mayor elect, Tatenda Nhamarare, and three other councillors labelled rebels and sell-outs for allegedly colluding to vote for a deputy mayo...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 18:51hrs | | by Loirdham Moyo I VOA
Civil servants welcome Mugabe's pledge
Civil servants have welcomed President Robert Mugabe's pledge to increase salaries of public sector workers saying they need a salary raise in order to make ends meet in a nation with a poverty datum ...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by VOA
Tsvangirai's ally acquitted on charges of insulting Mugabe
Energy Minister and MDC-T's deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma was on Friday acquitted on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe. Mangoma was arrested in October last year and charged ...Published: 25 May 2013 at 11:53hrs | | by VOA
Mabika 'spurned Didymus Mutasa sexual's advances', court told
THE livestock theft case which has divided Zanu-PF officials in Manicaland took a new twist on Thursday with lawyers representing the party's suspended provincial acting chairperson, Dorothy Mabika, a...Published: 10 May 2013 at 04:06hrs | 2 | by Loirdham Moyo I VOA
MDC-T struggling to find candidates in Masvingo
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has failed to get candidates to represent it in four constituencies in Masvingo in general elections expected to be c...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 06:33hrs | | by Obert Pepukai I VOA
S A Justice Minister Demands Explanation for Miners' Charge
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's justice minister, Jeff Radebe, has demanded that prosecutors explain why striking miners are being charged with the murder of 34 fellow workers who by all accounts were ...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 07:11hrs | | by VOA
Arthur Mutambara 'compromised by Zanu-PF' says Biti
DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has been "compromised by Zanu-PF" and has no legitimate claim to the MDC presidency, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.Biti, who is secreta...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Violet Gonda I VOA
How do I ask poor people in Zim to pay for my shows - Mapfumo
...Published: 10 Aug 2012 at 04:23hrs | | by VOA
Mugabe a 'village dog' says Roy Bennett
EXILED MDC-T treasurer general, Roy Bennett, has launched a rambling attack on President Robert Mugabe, describing the 88 year-old Zanu-PF leader as an "illegitimate and diseased village dog"....Published: 07 Jul 2012 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter I VOA
Zim students awarded with U.S. scholarships now helping underprivileged children
Some underprivileged Zimbabwean students, recently granted scholarships by the United States Embassy in Harare to study in various U.S. universities, are investing in local communities ahead of their...Published: 17 May 2012 at 11:44hrs | | by VOA
Mugabe too old for elections - Biti
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti says it will be tragic for President Robert Mugabe to take part in the country's next elections that will bring to an end the unstable coalition government for...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 10:21hrs | | by voa
Independent Media Advocate Charged With Undermining Mugabe
Advocacy Officer Tabani Moyo of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Zimbabwe said there seems to be an increase in systematic targeting of pro-democracy groups by elements within the government,...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 23:20hrs | | by VOA Violet Gonda
Graft probe could harm the party - MDC-T councillor
Deputy Harare mayor Emmanuel Chiroto said the move to probe allegations of corruption, amid reports party officials were abusing their positions to acquire residential plots, business premises and veh...Published: 28 Dec 2011 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter I VOA
Roy Bennett in trouble as judge presses ahead with defamation suit
HIGH Court Judge, Chinembiri Bhunu is pressing ahead with a US$1 million defamation suit against exiled MDC-T politician Roy Bennett and the UK's Guardian newspaper.The MDC-T treasurer told ...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 09:58hrs | | by VOA
Libyan Ambassador to Zimbabwe faces deportation
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that the Harare government no longer recognizes Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi following his defection to rebels led by the National Transitiona...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 05:10hrs | | by voa
Zimbabwe's 'blood' diamonds takes center stage in Kinshasa
Zimbabwe is center stage at a four-day Kimberley Process meeting that opened Monday in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, with opposing camps already haggling behind the scenes over whether ...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 06:15hrs | | by voa
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