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Tendai Biti's stage managed conviction is a threat to dialogue & Judiciary reputation
There is enough evidence to prove that the judiciary system of Zimbabwe has been subjective and tainted by ZANU/ZANU-PF since 1980. ZANU-PF's infiltration of the judiciary has totally paralyze the pro...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1473 | by Don Chigumba
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 148 | by Pearl Matibe
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2014 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Step up Ramaphosa
Mnangagwa's nickname was never complimentary. Crocodiles are feared not admired. There is certainly much to fear in the hooded eyes of Mnangagwa – and nothing to admire in the bare-faced lies he tol...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 3063 | by Zimvigil
Command injustice on Biti
Command injustice was today displayed when the court convicted and sentenced MDC Deputy National Chairperson Hon Tendai Biti for 'announcing results'.This is despite the fact that the court it...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 12:36hrs | 2446 | by Hon Bekithemba Mpofu
Mnangagwa vows to crush Chamisa protests, hails army crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted Saturday that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw sev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 928 | by ZimLive
Thabitha Khumalo barred from visiting MDC Alliance looters at Bulawayo prison
STAFF at Mlondolozi Women Prison in Bulawayo on Saturday barred MDC national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo and her delegation from visiting party members incarcerated at the penal facility.Khum...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 345 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa issues chilling warning, ready to deploy the soldiers again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw several ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa suspends official for challenging his leadership?
DICTATORIAL tendencies by the MDC-Alliance has once again come to fore after and a member of the party's MDC Veterans Activists Association suspended its deputy treasurer-general on allegations of cha...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Tribute to 'Save' the late Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Somewhere in the communal lands of Buhera Zimbabwe, there is the people's hero.Travelling in the rural areas holding and reading The Daily News tabloid newspaper was a crime, something v...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | 1018 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2092 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Botswana NGOs condemns Zim army for killings
The Botswana Civil Society Solidarity Coalition for Zimbabwe (BOCISCOZ) has condemned the arbitrary arrest of civil society activist and the violation of human rights of citizens by members of the Zim...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1163 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US cannot be our national dialogue referee
The continued United States (US) big brother mentality on Zimbabwean affairs cannot go unchallenged, as it undermines the country's sovereignty and independence. This time the Washington administratio...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2239 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Ziyambi downplays Nduna murder confessions
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday tried to downplay Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna's confession that he was a killer by telling the Senate that the word in Shona had several meanings.Zi...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2904 | by Staff reporter
EU calls for more Zimbabwe sanctions
The European Parliament recommended the tightening of sanctions on senior Zimbabwe officials and institutions on Thursday citing increased repression by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 798 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga suspectedly poisoned with deadly Polonium-210
Vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is suspected of suffering from the lethal polonium- 210 poisoning, and is reportedly admitted at an undisclosed Indian military hospital.High ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 46468 | by Staff Reporter
Response to The Patriot: Unmasking Pseudo Communists
The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking do to, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal atta...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:21hrs | 546 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Mliswa defiant...guns for ZANU PF leaders
Norton Member of parliament Temba Mliswa has vowed to remain vigilant in the fight against corrupt ZANU PF officials despite the attacks that he is getting.Equating him to the historic English...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 7801 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US overstepping its boundaries on Zimbabwe
The United States of America has the capacity to change the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe for the better - if it just back off and take their illegally imposed sanctions with them. On 12 Fe...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 5752 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Towards a genuine national dialogue
In recent times, there has been much talk of a "national dialogue". Indeed, this is the precise term that President Mnangagwa used when he called the February 6 meeting with political parties that was...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1421 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
Chamisa's MDC welcomes firmer stance from US against army violence
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday welcomed the US government's call for "a neutral third party" to preside over dialogue between Zimbabwe's political rivals....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 836 | by TimesLive
2% tax challenge, judgment reserved
High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou has reserved judgment in an application filed by pro-democracy activist Mfundo Mlilo, seeking an order to suspend the 2% electronic transactions tax introduced by...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:30hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa ups ante on Nduna, calls for investigation
DRAMA continued in Parliament yesterday as Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) insisted on having Chegutu West legislator Dextor Nduna (Zanu PF) investigated for alleged self-confessed murder....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
US orders Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
INTERNATIONAL pressure on Zimbabwe's major political players, Zanu PF and MDC to urgently come to the negotiating table to unlock the political logjam continues to grow with the United States (US) add...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Rainbow Hotel Manager Innocent Kufa a pathetic liar
There has been an outcry by many Matabeleland activists and the general public over a story published by online publication called CITE which has since gone viral. Mr Innocent Kufa is alleged to have ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | 6028 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zimbabwe sanctions' myth - countries with tougher sanctions performing better
When the Robert Gabriel Mugabe regime was toppled in a military coup in November 2017, most people believed that his successor's much touted 'new dispensation' would do away with excuses for the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28hrs | 2107 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Americans call for credible political dialogue - leading to credible elections, guaranteed
"The United States calls on all sides to come together immediately in national dialogue. The dialogue process must be credible, inclusive, and mediated by a neutral third party," said US government de...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:03hrs | 1464 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
US wants to choose mediator for Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must allow a neutral mediator to take over the convening of talks between him and the opposition as well as release all civil society activists arrest on allegations of ta...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 4797 | by ZimLIve
ARV shortage looms
GOVERNMENT says it is expecting a deficit in antiretroviral (ARV) drugs between now and 2020 due to an increase in uptake of the HIV and Aids treatment programme.The Health and Child Care mini...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Discredited 'rights groups' seek audience with Mnangagwa
THREE leading international human rights watchdogs - Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam International (OI) - have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to meet hi...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
America blasts Mnangagwa over army killings
The United States government has sent a strong message to the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa telling him to cease all acts of violence against citizens.In a strongly worded stateme...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 7392 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'UK accelerates deportations of failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers'
The Home Office has been condemned for working with the Zimbabwean government to accelerate the deportation of asylum seekers despite high-profile human rights abuses in the country.Asylum law...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1592 | by The Guardian
Zanu-PF youths to march for Mnangagwa on Mugabe's birthday
The Zanu PF youth league will on February 21 - the day former President Robert Mugabe turns 95 - march in Harare in show support to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Addressing about 300 district y...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
SADC and AU have the blood of Zimbabweans on their hands
In life there are always those things that one always finds baffling - which never seem to make any sense - and, similarly, I also have two such things in my life.One of those seemingly inexpl...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2683 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chief Chirumhanzu was pro-Zanu PF'
A GOVERNMENT minister last Saturday revealed that the late Chief Chirumhanzu, born Gerald Mudzengi, was a "staunch" Zanu PF supporter, an affirmation that traditional leaders were dabbling in partisan...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Activist who called for mass protest speaks out
Losing Bulawayo South Member of Parliament Josphat Mzaca Ngulube who was arrested during the army crackdown following the #ShutdownZimbabwe protest has spoken out for the first time since he was grant...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 3392 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UN Watch stands with Mawarire
The United Nations Watch has commended activist and cleric Evan Mawarire's fight for democracy, pledging to support him as he heads for trial.The Geneva-based non-governmental organisation sai...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
Only Chamisa has the economic keys to revive the Zimbabwean economy?
When Nelson Chamisa opines alongside foreign interests that nothing has changed since November 2017, the idea is to defeat today's ZANU-PF by psychological association to the leadership of former pres...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1133 | by Reason Wafawarova
ZimAchievers Awards South Africa announces 2019 Nominees, partners
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa (ZAA SA) have announced the nominees for the 5th Zororo Phumulani ZAA SA on their website and social media platforms during a live broadcast from South Africa....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:20hrs | 249 | by Agencies
Chief Maduna recieves death threats
Outspoken Matabeleland Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi has received death threats over his open stance on the Gukurahundi genocide that killed an estimated 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midland...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2238 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt blames Internet for own failures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has developed a knack for blaming everything that has gone bad in Zimbabwe on social media a default mode that has seen it shutting down the Internet re...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:17hrs | 3361 | by Staff reporter
Army victims deserve justice
A fortnight after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to bring to book soldiers behind the wave of human rights violations that included murder, rape and abduction of civil society as well oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 361 | by Editorial - The Standard
Job Sikhala preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers
Outspoken opposition legislator Job Sikhala says he is preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers behind the brutal attack of children as young as 12 during the recent army crackdown against dissent....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown alarms Amnesty
A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other serious human ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 402 | by Amnesty International
Zimbabwe govt must compensate victims of army rape
Women rights activists have petitioned government to compensate women who were allegedly raped during a brutal crackdown by the military to crush protests against fuel prices.Dozens of women m...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2202 | by IRIN
Panicky govt meets striking teachers
TOP government officials were last night locked up in a crunch meeting with teachers' union leaders to resolve the salary impasse and end a crippling strike which started on Tuesday, with about 80% of...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
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