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How can a brutalized Zimbabwean nation be expected to stand with their abusive regime in international re-engangement?
At times I believe the main reason Zimbabweans are still standing today, in spite of the political, economic, physical, and emotional brutalization they have endured at the cold-hearted and blood-drip...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 08:31hrs | 472 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa told to face reality
OPPOSITION MPs have demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party should face reality and stop persecuting civil rights activists and introducing draconian laws like the Patriotic B...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe downgraded from 'partly free' to 'not free'
Zimbabwe has been downgraded from "partly free" to "not free" over the intensifying persecution of opposition figures and rights activists, according to the 2021 Freedom House report on civil libertie...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden renewed draconic sanctions against Zimbabwe
RE-ENGAGEMENT attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration went up in smoke on Wednesday after United States President Joe Biden renewed sanctions against the southern African nation over...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activists appeal to Malaba over delayed ruling
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has been asked to look into a year-long delay on pronouncement of judgment on an appeal by incarcerated MDC activists Tungamira Madzokere and Last Maengahama.The two ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Journalism, a new form of activism!
A polarised political environment breeds microcosms across all other subsectors of the community.As the old truism would put it, "a fis...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 00:56hrs | 434 | by Shelton Muchena
Zanu-PF guns for MDC Alliance bigwigs
Zanu-PF yesterday claimed that more MDC Alliance bigwigs were ready to jump ship to save their political careers after realising that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party was reaching a dead end, w...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi successor, phone tapping, 2 VPs dominate talk in Matebeleland
THE resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi has triggered frenzied talk in Matebeleland with political activists and parties expressing different views about who and how the former VP could best be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over looming demolitions
AN international housing and land rights movement has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to stop the pending house demolitions in the country, particularly at Crowborough Farm, Harare....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2573 | by Staff reporter
Arrest of Young Activists meant to Silence Zimbabweans?
As the Zimbabwean economy continues to take crumble. More and more young Zimbabweans are taking a stand against mal-governance and plunder of resources by politicians. Jail time is the price that all ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 570 | by Prince Njagu
Chamisa's silence is strategic, says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER Zanu-PF Politburo member and Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo has described as strategic, the continued silence maintained by MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa despite facing determined ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | 3799 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC now a Twitter party'
THE infighting and strategic missteps wracking the MDC Alliance are once again coming to a head, with a worried insider telling the Daily News yesterday that the coalition was becoming "a Twitter part...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in quandary due to a leadership that has no idea what leadership entails
If ever there is one sure thing to expect from Zimbabwe's leadership, it is that they will never accept any responsibility for anything that goes wrong in the country, nor will they apologize and allo...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:28hrs | 598 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Timveos departure from MDC Alliance to ZANU PF fraught with hypocrisy and deceit, and needs introspection
In my life, I have come across my fare share of strange things - some, which could be characterized as stranger than fiction - but, the open letter allegedly penned by former MDC Alliance member and s...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1977 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans shouldn't be influenced by anyone on COVID-19 personal health decisions
The debate on whether to take, or not to take, COVID-19 vaccines has been raging on for the past few months - ever since the announcement by the world's major pharmaceutical companies of their alleged...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:35hrs | 637 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe among 7 African governments using Israeli cyber-espionage tools
As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in organising opposition movements. In response, several governments have at tim...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 20:17hrs | 2838 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe in demo demanding Matanga's resignation
MDC Alliance Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and scores of party youths Thursday staged a flash demonstration outside the Harare Magistrates' Courts demanding the release of activist Makomborero Haruziv...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 18:38hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Shut up Kembo says MDC A youth
MDC Alliance youth leader Tererai Obey Sithole has blasted Vice President Kembo Mohadi after his press statement on his alleged illicit multiple sexual re...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 12:27hrs | 1992 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned.I also address you in my own capacity as a citiz...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1277 | by Peter Mutasa
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2994 | by Staff reporter
BCC reclaims 'pits of death'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started reclaiming the city's "pits of death" following an outcry from residents and human rights activists.This was after two people drowned in disused pit...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
12 MDC Alliance activists granted $5 000 bail
CHINHOYI magistrate Ms Tracey Muzondo today gave bail to 12 MDC-A provincial leadership members who were arrested last Saturday in Chinhoyi for contravening Level Four lockdown regulations.The...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
EU renews sanctions against Zimbabwe - These measures do not affect the people of Zimbabwe?
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zanu PF led government while maintaining a targeted asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI).The Western bloc announced t...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:33hrs | 359 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Rights defenders engage UN, AU over student activist's detention
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have pleaded with the United Nations (UN) to rein in President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop human rights abuses and end the prolonged detention of student activist Ala...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unhappy with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa remains concerned over South Africa's reluctance to censure its northern ‘wayward' neighbour, Zimbabwe warning the ‘see no evil, hear no evil' approach fuelled ele...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:52hrs | 3530 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF rule, a Tale of two sides of the same coin
Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF authoritarianism rule has left Zimbabwe on its knees. Zimbabweans were promised honey and milk under the "new dispersion", but an apple never falls too far from the ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 17:16hrs | 506 | by Prince Njagu
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers hail withdrawal of police prosecutors
LAW experts have commended the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for withdrawing services of security officers serving as prosecutors following a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) order."The ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:23hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters stage protest at ZEC offices demanding by-elections
Suspected MDC Alliance youths staged a flash protest outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) premises on Friday demanding the holding of by-elections.A few dozen opposition activists p...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
UN 'concerned' about Mnangagwa using COVID-19 as pretext to crack down on dissent
The United Nations Human Rights Office says it is "concerned" by a new Human Rights Watch report that says Zimbabwe's government is using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on freedom of...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3271 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targeting 65% votes in 2023 polls
THE ruling Zanu-PF said it was targeting at least 65% of the vote in the 2023 polls.This was revealed during a Zoom meeting by Tafadzwa Mugwadi, the party‘s director of Information.M...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
MDC veterans reject Mwonzora
THE MDC Veteran Activists Association (VAA) yesterday pledged its allegiance to MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa.This was announced by the VAA leader Felix Magalela Sibanda in a statement a...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri bail hearing today
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora yesterday postponed to today the bail appeal hearing for MDC Alliance party members, Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, who are being accused of undermini...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 264 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mamombe, Chimbiri await bail ruling
MDC-Alliance activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri will know their fate today when the High Court decides on their bail application. The duo approached the higher court after Harare reg...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:39hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
UK exposes MDC Alliance violent streak
MDC-Alliance's violence and terror tendencies that have now found space on social media platforms have yet again hogged the limelight after a party activist with close links to the party leader Mr Nel...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect general citizens most, says MDC-T
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T has claimed that the targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe's top leadership were hurting the ordinary man in the streets.But the party's statement has been blasted by...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
'Zinwa won't hand over dams to Bulawayo'
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says it is legally impossible to give Bulawayo the responsibility to build its own dams to solve the perennial water shortages.Zinwa made the rema...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Sibanda recounts Gukurahundi horror
MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda says memories of the Gukurahundi killings in the Midlands Province are still haunting him as he called for truth-telling.Sibanda sa...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
When the opposition runs rings around the opposition
Events in the opposition camp over the past few weeks have been amusing and amazing. Fierce contestation in the MDC followed the late Morgan Tsvangirai's unilateral and undemocratic declaration that t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 233 | by Nobleman Runyanga
$300 000 fraud ghost haunts Mwonzora
THE MDC-T has expressed concerns that its President Douglas Mwonzora's accusers on the alleged fraud involving $300 000 party funds which he allegedly siphoned to pay one of the party lawyers Sarudzay...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 07:01hrs | 5108 | by Staff reporter
Push for Mwonzora arrest
WAR is brewing in the MDC-T camp amid allegations that members of the party aligned to vice-president Thokozani Khupe are pushing to have party leader Douglas Mwonzora and his allies arrested for alle...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 3252 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy scolds Mnangagwa's govt over Mamombe, Chimbiri 'persecution'
THE United States Embassy in Harare has slammed the Zimbabwean government for continued ‘persecution' on MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri, among other govern...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 4270 | by Staff reporter
Failed Mnangagwa resorts to prayer, fasting
IN November 2017, the military replaced the late former President Robert Mugabe with his long-time confidante Emmerson Mnangagwa, who declared that Zimbabwe is "open for business", but up to now, the ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1391 | by Leonard Koni
MDC-T accuses police of conspiring with Mwonzora party rivals
THE Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has accused police of conniving with some party activists to arrest its newly elected leader over claims of misappropriating party funds.Mwonzora, who was MDC-T ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
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