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Mnangagwa's repressive regime continues to brutalise innocent protesters
For so many years we waited for it, even hoped against the hope that the long and painful draconian rule of Robert Mugabe would fall apart. Mugabe's hallmark was to pummel all those that didn't share ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1210 | by Deborah Harry
MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2143 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4908 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chombo trial hangs in the balance
FORMER Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo's corruption trial still hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court last Friday deferred ruling on whether he should get a permanent stay of prosecution on the g...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to President Mnangagwa
Your Excellency,Since your ascendency to the realms of power in November 2017 I have been monitoring your progress with keen interest.Mr President, today I will not write about the inc...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:42hrs | 558 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
Diplomats 'disappointed' with Mnangagwa admin
DIPLOMATS attached to Zimbabwe from Sadc, African Union (AU), Europe and Asia are highly disappointed and concerned about the course Zimbabwe has taken under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
UK cranks heat on Mnangagwa
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 5250 | by Staff reporter
UK presses Mnangagwa over reforms
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Suffering and oppressed Zimbabweans need to emulate doctors' fearless trailblazing protracted struggle for a better life
There is one very pressing - not to mention, extremely embarrassing - question which Zimbabweans who travel throughout the world are always confronted with every time we encounter foreign nationals: "...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:54hrs | 1416 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Our MPs are true representatives of the people
The MDC MPs are representatives of the people and during the pre-budget consultation meeting in Victoria Falls, we adequately played the role of true envoys of ordinary Zimbabweans who want key issues...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:40hrs | 928 | by Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami
Mugabe coup announcer distanced himself from US ambassador attack?
Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo told Western diplomats before and after making an intemperate rant against the United States ambassador last week that he was not the originator of the statement...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:34hrs | 18130 | by Staff reporter
Only genuine reforms will bring change to Zimbabwe
Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's strong rebuke of United States ambassador to Harare Brian Nichols last week was yet another indication that Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts are not going acco...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:54hrs | 368 | by The Standard - Editorial
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission hangs in the balance
ZIMBABWE'S desperate bid to re-join the Commonwealth is hanging in the balance after the United Kingdom this week accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of falling short of satisfying r...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1968 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6694 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa top ally in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt yet another blow with US President Donald Trump on Friday adding his close ally, State Security minister Owen Ncube, to the sanctions list.Ncube who...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2589 | by Staff reporter
Owen Ncube's sanctioning absurd, say analysts
POLITICAL analysts have described as absurd the decision by the United States to add State Security Minister Owen Ncube on to the sanctions list. Minister Ncube was added to the list on Friday...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF told to reform or suffer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants risk being slapped with more punitive measures by the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) - unless they start implementing much-...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
Trump fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
IN AN ominous development for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure government, the United States of America (USA) has slapped State Security minister Owen Ncube with sanctions over alle...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 17414 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have indulged the vanity of politicians long enough
IT is indicative of the polarisation in Zimbabwe politics that on a rather unusual holiday, specifically created to voice the country's disquiet about sanctions imposed by the United States of America...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 474 | by Editorial Comment - newsday
WATCH: Mnangagwa's advisor calls for a Commission of Inquiry
Member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council Dr Shingi Munyeza has called for a Commission of Inquiry to investigate circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction of Dr Peter Magombeyi....Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 20:35hrs | 10290 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bad Governance, illegitimate and Corrupt Leadership is at the Centre of the Crisis in Zimbabwe
As the people's movement, the MDC has resolved to have nothing to do with any marches that do not seek to address the bread and butter issues that are affecting the majority of Zimbabweans today....Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:42hrs | 439 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa's govt splurges US$800K on another PR company
THE Zimbabwean government has splurged US$800 000 on London-based lobby and public relations (PR) firm BTP Advisers in a desperate bid to spruce up its battered international image and bolster a diplo...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:34hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimpapers launches Dr Peter Magombeyi documentary
Zimpapers TV Network has launched a documentary titled The Curious Case of Magombeyi. The documentray seeks to unpack the alleged abduction of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association Acting Presiden...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 08:14hrs | 997 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Western sanctions a lame excuse: US envoy
UNITED States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, has dismissed government claims that Western sanctions were behind the country's economic meltdown, saying the haemorrhage was being fuelled b...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 15:12hrs | 2130 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: American Ambassador speak about Kuda Tagwirei's company
American Ambassador Brian A. Nichols says the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is prioritising payments to Sakunda Holdings instead of paying salaries to civil servants.Sakunda is ow...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 08:40hrs | 9826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shame on you SADC
The Southern Africa Development Community (S.A.D.C) has organised the 25th of October as a day to protest against the sanctions that was placed on Zimbabwe since the turn of the century. The ZANU-PF l...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:30hrs | 2236 | by Frazer Muzondo.
SADC failing on core responsibilities
Dear EditorThe SADC's goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration amongst it's 16 Southern African countries and they have not achieved the desired result to date. After fail...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:21hrs | 812 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Devil's Advocate
The passing of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has left the country's citizens with different opinions. Some mourn the passing of the founding father and others celebrate his legac...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:26hrs | 3226 | by Anesu Munyama
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:48hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 448 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 286 | by Cyril Zenda
Ruining party's end is nigh
Why is that the prizes of fuel and goods continuing to escalate in our country? An infestation of a regime change so they say but is it? This question continues to trouble not just the elders in our s...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 395 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor now receiving treatment from a safe house
A Zimbabwean doctor, Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted last month in the country's capital, dumped a few days later outside Harare and hospitalized in South Africa, is now receiving treatment from a s...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:41hrs | 2621 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 â...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 774 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Magombeyi accused of abducting 'self'
ZIMBABWE Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader Dr Peter Magombeyi faked an abduction in order to get a scholarship from the the US government.Magombeyi was reportedly seized by unknown me...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2047 | by newzimbabwe
When the tongue gets potent than prayer
Phew!The Bishop was a bit under the weather last week and he decided to take a sabbatical.But, he had hardly mended when he heard whispers of a proposed Sabbath by his fellow adherents...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 80 | by Bishop Laz
Doctors should not be used to settle political scores
FOR the past 36 days, doctors in Zimbabwe have been on a crippling strike. This follows an impasse between the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and Health Services Board (HSB).The ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 619 | by Chenai Mutasa
I admit I have failed the next generation
Someone asked why I have been quiet this time. I had to take time to reflect on a number of real life issues realistically without anyone's influence, without political, religious, spiritual or peer p...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3066 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyechaiye
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 13:16hrs | 820 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fake Sikhala abduction exposed
Political activist Linda Masarira has fired shots at MDC-Alliance for calling on the West to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, and threatened to expose embattled St Mary's legislator Job Sikhala for fakin...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
'Real churches do not reward sin' MDC youths tell pastors
The MDC Youth Assembly is highly appalled by the Zimbabwe Head of Christian Denominations' suggestion to suspend all electoral process for a period of seven years.While we agree that the...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 17:20hrs | 868 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Family lives in fears, as member goes missing
A FAMILY from Bulawayo is living in fear following the disappearance of a family member in January this year, during a near uprising in the country over the hiking of fuel prices.The family of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3923 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa approves new boards for agric parastatals
President Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of the Agricultural Marketing Authority, Tobacco Research Board (TRB), Agriculture Research Council (ARC), Agribank and Silo Food Industries boards. ...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1675 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt speaks on abduction reports
Government has not received any letters from a British-based organisation, International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR), over alleged failure to investigate recent claims of abductions, Secreta...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's wife scathing letter to Women's Coalition
The National ChairpersonWomen's Coalition of Zimbabwe13 Bates RoadMilton ParkHarare Dear Madam,It is with utmost shock that I learnt of your statement date...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:31hrs | 10025 | by Sithokozile Thabethe - Chamisa
Magombeyi 'abduction' - trouble looms for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's failure to investigate and bring to account, people linked to the abductions of two unionists, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi, trade...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 12034 | by newzimbabwe
AU must act on Zimbabwe
The MDC says that the African Union must take action before the situation in Zimbabwe spirals out of control. It urges the organization to exercise the UN recognized ‘right to protect'.T...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1700 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
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