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Mthuli Ncube should learn a lesson
EVEN though High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou's ruling this week that the 2% intermediated transaction tax imposed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under a statutory instrument (SI) last year was ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 865 | by Editorial - The Independent
Zanu-PF is the 3rd force, says MDC
THE political rift between Zanu-PF and the main opposition MDC continues to widen amid counter allegations centred on the series of abductions, torture and assaults on human rights activists and trade...Published: 4 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's company bank accounts frozen by RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Friday issued a directive calling on local banks to freeze all accounts belonging to top ally to the President, Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings to allow "anal...Published: 15 hrs ago | 4465 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1379 | by AFP
'Jonathan Moyo as dodgy as Jimi Hendrix' - David Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart says while former Zanu-PF spin doctor and minister Professor Jonathan Moyo is as "dodgy as Jimi Hendrix" with his checkered past, he can "play a mean guitar...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1881 | by Staff Reporter
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1195 | by Leonard Koni
Magombeyi 'abduction' script clumsy
...stinks of Uncle Sam's scent and his regime change runner boys A fortnight ago, no one knew who Dr Peter Mago...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 11:18hrs | 3440 | by Shongedzai Mugwagwa
Doctors refuse to be capped by Mnangagwa
The 2019 class of graduating medical students at the University of Zimbabwe are to boycott their graduation ceremony at which they were due to be capped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.This in...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:41hrs | 6268 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to bury Mugabe's brutal legacy
THE United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has urged government to bury the late former President Robert Mugabe's legacy of brutality and bring to book those responsible for human rights ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Magombeyi's abduction requires a firm 'Jamal Khashoggi-style' solidarity response
The recent abduction of the acting president the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) Dr. Peter Magombeyi should be a wake up call for all Zimbabweans to finally stand strongly together again...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2072 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | 4369 | by Knowledge Hakata
Churches lose confidence in Mnangagwa economic policies
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) yesterday said they have lost confidence in the current economic reforms being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration amid a d...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:15hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Pressure piles over missing doctor
The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) has called on the government to guarantee the safety and security of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi,...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally skips court, warrant of arrest issued
A Bulawayo magistrate Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against MDC chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo after the lawmaker failed to attend a hearing before her court.The firebrand politician, toge...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2963 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe churches call for independent probe into abductions
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) on Tuesday warned that citizens are facing "the highest level of vulnerability" because of a failure by authorities to investigate and punish crimes against righ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 99 | by ZimLive
'Britain responsible for Gukurahundi genocide'
The British government was heavily involved in the implementation of the Gukurahundi genocidencthat claimed lives of more than 20 000 Zimbabweans cultural activist Nothiwani Dlodlo has claimed. ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:28hrs | 489 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Competition and Tariff Commission under fire
The Competition and Tariff commission has once again come under the spotlight as prices sky rocket. While it is said that the Competition and Tariff Commission is not legally mandated to deal with pri...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 13:07hrs | 1051 | by Nicholas Ncube
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
3 teachers get scholarships
Three Zimbabwean teachers have received scholarships to attend the "Noble Prize Teachers Climate Change Summit" in Stockholm, Sweden. The summit, which will run under the theme "Climate Change...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sliding into authoritarian rule'
Human Rights Activist Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya says the recent waves of abductions happening in Zimbabwe are signs that the country is sliding towards an authoritarian rule. Writing on Tuesday Ruh...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | 430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Communist Party speaks on abducted doctor
At around 10pm, Saturday 14th September 2019, state agents armed with automatic weapons abducted Dr Peter Mugombeya, President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) in Budiririro, Harar...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 03:57hrs | 1597 | by ZCP
Nick Mangwana blames doctor's abduction on Mnangagwa attempted assassins
INFORMATION Secretary Nick Mangwana has blamed Saturday's abduction on doctors union leader Peter Magombeyi on what he termed third forces which he linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock escap...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:02hrs | 1198 | by NewZimbabwe
Lobby for 24-hr clinics taken to Parliament
PARLIAMENT has referred a petition by Bulawayo activist Khumbulani Maphosa requesting that council clinics operate 24 hours daily to the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care for deliberations,...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:49hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
The scourge of stage-managed abductions
In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2745 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Government fears 3rd force in abduction of citizens
The government says it fears there is a third hand involved in the abduction of citiznes in the country which has become rampant in the past weeks. Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwan...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 6071 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ibhetshu LikaZulu blasts Mnangagwa
IBHETSHU Likazulu, a Bulawayo based pressure group advocating for Gukurahundi victims' reparation, has slammed government for its decision to construct an expensive mausoleum for late former President...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:42hrs | 669 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa congratulates Chamisa's MDC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated the Nelson Chamisa led MDC for attaining 20 years of its existence as a political party in Zimbabwe. MDC was formed in September 1999 with the la...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 12:05hrs | 16955 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Crafty Bob is not just history but our history
No matter how intelligent we might be, sometimes it is difficult to wrap our heads around some things; they are simply inscrutable.I am sure many people have heard the name Saint Augustine, wh...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 96 | by Bishop Lazi
Ex-fighter sheds light on Mugabe's escape to Mozambique
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's life epitomises a journey well travelled, with cumulative substance offering new horizons where outspokenness made and indeed earned him the coveted place of being the darling ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
5 Chief Ndiweni supporters acquitted
FIVE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who were arrested for allegedly dancing and singing derogatory songs with tribal connotations outside the Bulawayo High Court while celebrating the releas...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Let's be fair to Mugabe deeply flawed as he was
The death of Robert Mugabe, the only Executive Prime Minister and only Executive President that Zimbabwe had known since independence in 1980 until 2017 - all of 37 years - has shown that he was not a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:41hrs | 1287 | by Conway Tutani
Open Letter to the soul of R.G. Mugabe (currently in the purgatory)
Dear Comrade RG, I know that you are currently in the purgatory while waiting for your verdict from the almighty. There is no doubt that you are in great fear and shivering. Your chances of go...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 11:58hrs | 3534 | by Don Chigumba
Minister Mthuli Ncube taken to court
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has been taken to court by an Harare North Member of Parliament, Daily News has reported. The paper states that MP Allan Norman Markhan w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5728 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 256 | by Amnesty International
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 196 | by The Economist
'Zimbabwe records more suicide cases in 2019'
Zimbabwe recorded more cases of suicide in the first quarter on 2019 than the previous year, an indication that the country needs to open up discourse on the subject.Suicide, as defined by the...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has impoverished us: Green Bombers
AN association representing graduates of the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme has accused the current government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "pauperising them", and work...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Parliament condemns inhumane police cells
PARLIAMENT has said conditions in the police holding cells are inhumane, conceding the rights of arrested people were being breached.This was brought into light by the Senate Thematic Committe...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:36hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU members trial in false start
THE trial of 20 Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) activists who were arrested in Mutare in October last year failed to commence yesterday following the death of one of the accused persons, Tens...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Of MDC anniversary, demos and US hand
Violence runs in the MDC's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), bearing footprints of the United States of America, which has been supporting the opposition outfit in a shameless regime change project, since ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 193 | by Elijah Chihota
'Mnangagwa government dashes citizens' hope'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has decimated the trust and hope the people had in his administration through the economic meltdown and the brutal crackdown on dissent, the Zimbabwe Peace Project has sai...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:51hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Some South Africans capable of more evil than the devil
It is concerning to see the xenophobic attacks in South Africa on foreign nationals. The terror and the abominable behaviour that foreigners in South Africa are being subjected to is despicable. Not l...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:07hrs | 521 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Ghanaians saw Mugabe as their in-law
In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes that Zimbabwe's ex-President Robert Mugabe, who has died aged 95, had a special pl...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 19:33hrs | 580 | by BBC
Of MDC demonstrations and the US hand
The MDC demonstrations which were pencilled to start in Harare on 16 August and the spread to the rest of the country these past weeks should not be treated in isolation as a mere demonstration agains...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 15:25hrs | 1113 | by Elijah Chihota
European Union Ambassador warned
The European Union Head of Delagation to Zimbabwe has come under attack from ZANU PF activists who are accusing him of supporting the opposition MDC. This was after pictures of the Ambassador ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 20:15hrs | 4937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Afrophobia and the Zimbophobes among us
Africa and the whole world are perturbed by the gory sights of acts of Afrophobia which are perpetrated against African foreign nationals in South Africa by some citizens of that country. And rightly ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 14:53hrs | 2488 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC bigwig threatens Mnangagwa with ICC prosecution
MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs and Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, says the continued human rights violations in the country coupled with the August 2018 and January 2019 army killings, co...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls 'zoo' still on the cards
THE Santonga "Zoo" project, which put Victoria Falls Town Council at loggerheads with animal activists and tourism players in the resort town, is still on the local authority's plans, a situation whic...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:37hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
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