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Mnangagwa faces uphill task to re-engage world
Zimbabwe's chances of re-engaging with some of the world's biggest economies are fast fading away after the latest wave of human rights abuses by government security organs which according to civil so...Published: 2 hrs ago | 870 | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 2 hrs ago | 667 | by Staff rpeorter
Police armed with assault rifles set up road blocks to hunt protesters
The ZRP manned checkpoints on many main roads on Saturday, searching vehicles for protesters allegedly involved in recent anti-government demonstrations.A crackdown by security forces has been...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1199 | by AFP
Mutsvangwa leads dramatic plot to oust Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF rebels have initiated a process to recall President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the presidency, ZimLive can reveal.At least 35 Zanu-PF MPs met at the party's headquarters in Harare on Frid...Published: 5 hrs ago | 10915 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 5 hrs ago | 162 | by Tawanda Majoni
All eyes on the Zimbabwe judicial system after wanton arrests
During the past week, there has been a hive of activity at police stations and courts around the country, following events surrounding the three-day stay-away.This current state of affairs is ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Fifa to pay $8 million Zifa debts
THE Zimbabwe Football Association could be on the road to financial recovery after world football governing body, Fifa agreed to assist extinguish their debt that reportedly stands at $8 million....Published: 6 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ties with Azerbaijan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev yesterday initiated the first high-level contacts between the two countries when they met in Baku close to the Caspian Sea shorelin...Published: 6 hrs ago | 112 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2293 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wheelchair-hound, Zimbabweans to foot $4m bill
THE taxpayer continues to foot former president Robert Mugabe's medical bills, as it emerged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government gave the deposed strongman US$4 million to cover his hospital exp...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:59hrs | 8605 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deports 'toxic' SA journalists
Two South African journalists were yesterday deported by Zimbabwean authorities amid fears government could be going in overdrive to stifle access to information.In a statement, Media Alliance...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 4687 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation rate surges to 236%
Renowned United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke says Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate is at 236 percent, much higher than the official figure of 42,09 percent published by Zimbabwe Na...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:51hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Elders condemn Mnangagwa's repressive rule
The Elders today expressed deep concern at the worsening social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe amid reports of killings, arrests and intimidation of opposition and civil society figures and a shutdow...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:40hrs | 994 | by Elders
Mujumi jailed 12 months over contempt of court
A MASHAVA miner, Takunda Mujumi, has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment after he was slapped with a 12-month jail term for interfering with SMM Holdings mining claims despite a c...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Immigration cleared 11,2 million travellers in 2018
The number of travellers, including tourists that were cleared at all the country's ports of entry and exit last year increased by nearly 5 percent to 11,2 million compared to 10,7 million in 2017, th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Azerbaijan
President Mnangagwa has arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, where is he is scheduled to hold talks with that country's leader, President Ilham Aliyev. President Mnangagwa was received at Heydar Aliye...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 638 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 413 | by Cephas Msipa
Why is Zimbabwe in this situation, God of Zimbabwe where are you?
Sanctions are normally described as International relations: Punitive or restrictive measures taken, usually by several countries in concert, to pressure a country to change its certain policies. Econ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2437 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Miner jailed 1 year over contempt of court
A MASHAVA miner, Takunda Mujumi, has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment after he was slapped with a 12-month jail term for interfering with SMM Holdings mining claims despite a c...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 539 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa - the face of a pathetic coward!
Do we all remember when we little children, and we could not sleep with the light off - otherwise, we would start seeing monsters and ghosts that were not there!That shadow of that tree outsid...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 9191 | by Taurai Pachena
Plot to assasinate Promise Mkwananzi?
Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi has alleged that the state has ordered his assassination after being accused of having a hand in inciting citizens who participated in the recent protests to be viole...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 16:34hrs | 12635 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Monetary Death Spiral
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pledge that Zimbabwe is "open for business" rings hollow. Indeed, many businesses in Zimbabwe are shuttered. An increase in government controlled fuel prices over the weekend has...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2269 | by Prof Steve H. Hanke
Zimbabwe inflation shoots to 42,09%
ZIMBABWE'S inflation rose to 42,09% year-on-year in December, its highest for a decade, from 31,01% in November driven by increases in the price of basic goods, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:12hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
St Faith's sets new A-Level record
ST FAITH'S High of Rusape continued its strong tradition of academic excellence when it attained its highest ever examination outcome with 41 students scoring 15 points or better in the November 2018 ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:05hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Maphonjwana Moyo 'kills' wife, daughter, hangs self
A 70-YEAR-old man from Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb allegedly murdered his wife and their 13-year-old daughter before committing suicide following marital problems related to infidelity. Jonat...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:01hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans punished for voting genocidist Mnangagwa
For the staunch supporters of shona supremacism, Mnangagwa, who's hands are dripping with more than 40 000 Matabele blood, was the best candidate. In their tribalistic minds, Mnangagwa's genocide hist...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 08:57hrs | 2033 | by Israel Dube
Pegasus World Cup Hype - An expected cloudy weather next weekend
Horse racing fans! Get ready with your rodeo suit up for next weekend's 2019 Pegasus Cup at Gulfstream Park.It is going to be a clou...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | 138 | by Staff Reporter
Catholic bishops urges ZANU PF and MDC to unite
(1) We begin by disowning a recent statement issued in our name during the recent stayaway that started on 14 January 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, never issued any statement during that...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:40hrs | 2231 | by ZCBC
Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with Western countries is dead
Zimbabwe is now entering unchartered waters following several deaths of innocent people and arrests of pro-democracy activists and senior opposition figures by security agents in the on-going clampdow...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 577 | by The Source News Agency
Who used the extra 480 million litres of fuel the last six months?'
It's official, the exchange rate for American dollars to our 'surrogate currency' is not 1:1, neither is it 1:2.All the other parameters have been logically adjusted in the economic circles to...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:03hrs | 914 | by Staff rpeorter
The Hard Truth About The Fuel Price Increase
Sometimes the truth hurts. And in this case, it really hurts. The price increases were both necessary and proportional. The economy needs them. The country needs them. However there has be...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1845 | by Faith Hope
'Zimbabwe to have another GNU as fuel price drops'
Zimbabwe might soon have another Government of national Unity that will see the country retracing back to its former glory days when it was the bread basket of Africa, a prominent Prophet has foretold...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 06:40hrs | 11892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to probe NGOs inciting violence
THE EMMERSON MNANGANGWA GOVERNMENT has ordered non-governmental organisations to stop meddling in politics as it has opened investigations into allegations some NGOs funded and incited violent demonst...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:02hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
CAF boss dumps Chiyangwa?
ONE-by-one, the powerful allies who propelled CAF president Ahmad Ahmad to power are either being pushed out of office or are now facing domestic boardroom uprisings to try and dislodge them from thei...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:02hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Details of violent crackdown by Zimbabwe security forces emerge
Scores of civilians including a prominent activist were detained on Wednesday and others were beaten, lawyers and witnesses said, as evidence began to emerge of a brutal crackdown on dissent by securi...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 21:45hrs | 7275 | by Reuters
Chamisa's MDC calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition official and former finance minister Tendai Biti has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the country's economic and political crisis, which has left three people dead...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 5533 | by Business Day
Mugabe-aligned NPF calls for Mnangagwa's resignation
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), which former president Robert Mugabe and his wife have voiced support for, has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign as protests over petrol prices conti...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 3234 | by African News Agency
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 3608 | by AP
Good Violence is good for Zimbabwe's progress - Tsvangirai turned in his grave
I hate bad violence but I support good violence. There are two kinds of violence namely, good violence and bad violence. Bad violence is the one that was engineered by ZANU and ZANU PF against the mur...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:23hrs | 2670 | by Don Chigumba
Why the military supports Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's military deployed in several areas of the capital, Harare, Monday, to put down anti-government demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This is the second ti...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 13:07hrs | 3209 | by AP
Zimbabwe's woes deepen
Not having a currency of its own hasn't stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.A scarcity of foreign exchange has led to long queues for fuel, bread and medicine and sent prices ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1331 | by Bloomberg News
Zimbabwean military chopper fires tear gas at demonstrators
A Zimbabwean military helicopter on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires in the capital on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled t...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:43hrs | 991 | by AP
26 people suffered gunshot wounds in Zimbabwe
A human rights group said 26 people suffered gunshot wounds and that some were afraid to go to hospitals for fear of arrest or assault.Lives were lost, police officers were injured, property w...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:40hrs | 376 | by AP
Zimbabwean authorities must restore internet connectivity
Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) is utterly dismayed by the Zimbabwean government who have cut and shut down internet service and connection in the country.The mother party is worr...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 1742 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mnangagwa defends new fuel price
The recent decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel was necessary and the conditions demanding that pronouncement presently remain unchanged, the President Mnangagwa has said. Addr...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
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