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'We can't breathe' Zimbabwe is not 'America's adversary'
Zimbabwe summoned its US ambassador on Monday over remarks by a senior American official accusing the southern African country of stirring anti-racism protests over the death of George Floyd, the gove...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1161 | by AFP
Khupe, Chamisa escalate mindless wars
IN A surprising development at the weekend, the interim leader of the MDC - Thokozani Khupe - paid a visit to the rural home of the main opposition party's late founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, as ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 797 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 5 hrs ago | 402 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Mthwakazi Human Rights donates to victims of police brutality and torture
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement on 24 May gave a donation of groceries to two victims of brutality and torture by the Zimbabwean security agents in Cowdrypark, Bulawayo on t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
George Floyd's killer already arrested, but Zimbabwe innocent civilians' killers not yet arrested since 1980!
As the furore surrounding the heinous and barbaric cold-hearted killing of unarmed African American George Floyd by a White United States (US) police officer Derek Chauvin, on 25 May 2020 in Minneapol...Published: 5 hrs ago | 306 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
American Ambassador confronts General SB Moyo
United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian A. Nichols has told Harare to end state-sponsored violations of the rights of citizens. The Ambassador the remarks in a press release afte...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1752 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mzembi wads into MDC leadership feud
EXILED former tourism minister Walter Mzembi has stormed the MDC leadership feud, blasting MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe for displaying "leadership bankruptcy" through a weekend visit to late founding ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4595 | by Staff reporter
US taunts Zimbabwe for celebrating American demos
ZIMBABWE is one of the three American adversaries gloating over the riotous situation sparked by last week's police killing of a black American, a top American politician has said.Violence has...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1196 | by newzimbabwe
Man whips wife after anonymous call
A JEALOUS Hwange man assaulted his wife with a switch on the street after he found her walking with a female friend and another man, he suspected to be her lover. Albert Phiri (28) of number 8...Published: 12 hrs ago | 883 | by Staff reporter
RBZ plots ambush to rein in exchange rates
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will henceforth use 'ambush raids' as a strategy within its array of policy interventions as the monetary authorities battle to break persistent buffeting of the dom...Published: 12 hrs ago | 950 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fingered in US's George Floyd protests?
The United States warned its "foreign adversaries", including Zimbabwe, that they would not get away "for free" with jabs aimed at America following the killing of a black man by a police officer who ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 550 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa administration failing to deliver on promises
Nurture rather than nature is more influential in moulding an individual's behaviour and character.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime have consistently displayed a DNA, which ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 200 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
Plumtree Town residents are fools: Mpofu
Former MDC Legislator Norman Mpofu has labelled Plumtree residents as fools for allowing to be abused by authorities at will.The remarks came at a time when the Plumtree High School was burnt ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:10hrs | 3386 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman gets protection order against abusive hubby
A wife of a businessman in Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against his husband whom she accused of physically abusing her.Talent Mbengo filed an application for a protection order...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1042 | by Stephen Jakes
Corruption not sanctions killing Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been grappling with corruption for years now, dating back from the Willovale Motor Scandal, GMB saga where the late former Minister Kumbirayi Kangai was involved.In 1994 War...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 790 | by Leonard Koni
Why is it okay for Blacks to kill Blacks, but an utter outrage when Whites kill Blacks?
As the whole world is thunderstruck by the unfolding scenes of massive anger-fuelled protests in the United States of America (US) over the barbaric and savage killing of an unarmed Black man - George...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 1717 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZRP sued for seizing auctioned vehicles
POLICE Assistant Commissioner Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crispen Charumbira has been dragged to court by a local man for seizing two vehicles the latter bought from an auction five years ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Human rights commission paralysed
FOUR Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) commissioners have retired with immediate effect leaving the commission without a quorum to execute its mandate. Dr Ellen Sithole, Dr Joseph Kurebw...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Court rejects onerous bail condition for abductees
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday rejected a bid by prosecutors to impose onerous bail conditions on three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who were charged for allegedly partici...Published: 29 May 2020 at 13:12hrs | 1752 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19 should not be used to clampdown on journalists - ZCTU
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has said it notes with concern that the government is using the outbreak of COVID-19 as a scapegoat to arrest journalists going about their business and thi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 167 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube in catch-22 situation
THE provision of subsidies to small-scale gold miners in defiance of advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has left the government in a quandary amid a rapidly deteriorating economy....Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Price controls have failed, govt admits
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza yesterday admitted in Parliament that the moratorium on prices increases imposed by government on retailers during the COVID-10 crisis had not worked, with ...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe must get debt clearance from China'
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has urged government to ask for debt cancellation from China so that the southern African nation could be able to contain the COVID-19 cur...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Call for justice for MDC Alliance abductees
THE Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) together with WELEAD Trust, Economic Justice for Women Project, Female Prisoners Support Trust, Imba Mukadzi Umuzi Ngumama Trust, Ru...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 239 | by Walpe
Petition puts Parly Speaker Mudenda under international spotlight
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda (pictured)'s "questionable decisions and actions" have come under scrutiny on the international arena following a petition by a Zimbabwean man to have hi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
'Restrictions on ZIPIT counter-productive'
IN a desperate bid to halt the rapid weakening of the Zimbabwean dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has, with immediate effect, imposed daily and monthly tr...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana drags G40 into MDC activist abduction storm
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana says the nation must not be blind to the possible involvement of late former President Robert Mugabe's remnants in the alleged abduction and tort...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 977 | by newzimbabwe
RBZ cuts Zipit transaction limits
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has directed all banks to review downwards Zipit transaction limits to ZWL$20 000 a day from ZWL$100,000 following abuse of the f...Published: 28 May 2020 at 17:09hrs | 3959 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Matanga sacking
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for the expulsion of Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for failing to catch criminals linked to continued abductions on government c...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1665 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF dismisses MDC Alliance activists' abduction claims
ZANU-PF yesterday said claims by three MDC- Alliance officials that they were abducted and sexually abused after holding an illegal demonstration on May 13 is a diversion of attention from the party's...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa scolds 'abducted' MDC activists
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa says MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe and her two party colleagues were making it difficult for police to do their job through refusing to cooperat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Women's group call for justice for the abducted women MDC activists
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) together with WELEAD Trust, Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP), Female Prisoners Support Trust (FEMPRIST), Imba Mukadzi Umuzi...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 333 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2276 | by Staff reporter
'Let's unite to end Zimbabwe crises'
SEVERAL organisations from labour, lawyers, academics and churches under the National Convergence Platform banner have resolved to unite citizens in a non-partisan manner to end the country's worsenin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2427 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Police formally charge abducted MDC activists from their hospital beds
POLICE have formally charged three female MDC Alliance activists who were abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents some two weeks ago for conducting a street demonstration during the c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 521 | by newzimbabwe
Exiled ex-minister rubbishes Govt third force claim on MDC abductors
Exiled former deputy higher education minister Godfrey Gandawa rubbished claims by the Government that there was a third force behind the abduction of three Movement for Democratic Change female membe...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:31hrs | 3845 | by Naume Muza
Mugabe was a murderer says Chiwenga
Outspoken preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga said former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was murderer but he died so people should not fear death....Published: 26 May 2020 at 10:54hrs | 10040 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 520 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Coronavirus used as an excuse to abuse citizens - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said in Zimbabwe corona is an excuse to abuse citizens by the rich and the powerful, worse still by the government."This is no longer about corona but op...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:15hrs | 997 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa lashes African leaders
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on African leaders to stop silencing citizens and undermining human rights and democracy as the continent commemorated Africa Day....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt cites 3rd force in abductions
Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State's prime objective was to expose and prosecute t...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu blasts 'blood sucking economic vampires'
SACKED Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu has launched his Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) pressure group he says will champion the fight for empowerment among poor locals....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2251 | by newzimbabwe
'Abduction of MDC ladies was fake' General Sibusiso Moyo says
Minister of Foreign Affairs General Sibusiso Moyo says the abduction of MDC female officials was a stage-managed theatrical display meant to tarnish the image of the government. Moyo issued a ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 19:07hrs | 7400 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Many Mutodis in Mnangagwa's government
The Zimbabwean government is still grappling with many incompetent and inexperienced government officials due to appointments made through nepotism and regionalism.It is unfortunate that we st...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6255 | by Leonard Koni
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' wife
A Hwange man who suspected that his wife was cheating on him beat her up after he saw a text message allegedly coming from a boyfriend. Mavuto Sithole (37) of Number S9 Makwika Village, Number...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through alleged harassment.Harare West MP Joanna Ma...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1544 | by newzimbabwe
Wolves are at it again, destroying Zimbabwe's currency
Once again, officials at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, along with the honchos at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) find themselves on the back foot of powerful forces that are man...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 2846 | by Andrew Lampard
Africa Day celebrations while abroad makes you home sick
IT is that time again when Africa comes together to celebrate being African.It is not just jumping up and down in cultural costumes to great applause.It is deeper than cultural display....Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:21hrs | 282 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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