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Lawyers raise alarm over police conduct at court
Human rights lawyers representing jailed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Jameson Timba and 65 party activists have expressed serious concerns regarding the conduct of anti-riot police offic...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:27hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Stop & search police patrols in and around Harare
Police in and around Harare have intensified their crackdown on dissent ahead of today's Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit, preventing public transport from entering the city center and c...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:41hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe jails are not based on partisan matters'
ZANU PF's Director of Information, Farai Marapira, has emphasized that jails are meant for anyone who commits crimes, including members of his own party, not just opposition activists. This statement ...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:44hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should know that demonstrations at international events are nothing new
First of all, let's get one thing straight.There is a huge difference between a demonstration and a riot.I felt that I needed to clarify a misconception that, in my book, has been deli...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:40hrs | 890 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 05:11hrs | 439 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC supporters, police clash at court
Several Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were arrested at Harare Magistrates' Courts after clashes with anti-riot police. The unrest followed the denial of bail for 78 CCC activists. Mag...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:41hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's PVO Bill public hearing abandoned
A public hearing on the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill (H.B 2024) was abruptly halted in Harare after a female participant voiced strong opposition to the proposed ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC hara-kiri
WHEN Nelson Chamisa stepped down as Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, the social media streets were full of comments pressuring MPs to resign as a block in solidarity with their leader....Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Sikhala's judgement in communicating falsehoods case postponed
The judgement in Job Sikhala's case, where he is accused of publishing falsehoods, has been postponed to February 7 by the Harare Magistrates Court. Prosecutors submitted closing submissions on the mo...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Recalls dominated 2023 Zimbabwe Parliament
The ink on the electoral certificates for the Members of Parliament (MPs) had not dried when a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member, Sengezo Tshabangu, cracked the whip on legislators belonging ...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs booted out of hotels
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators were yesterday ejected from Parliament after they broke into song protesting the swearing in of their recently elected colleagues, in particu...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister, police boss dragged to Court
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have been dragged to the High Court by Harare residents whose houses were razed down on Monday by anti-riot police....Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official in land dispute
A RUWA farmer last week accused a Zanu-PF politician of plotting to abduct and kill her in a dispute over control of her late father's properties in Mashonaland East province.Danai Jirira said...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man hated even beyond the grave
Throughout the world and within Zimbabwean culture, there is a prevailing respect for the deceased, often resulting in their negative actions being forgotten and overlooked in public discourse. The Sh...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC crisis deepens
Sengezo Tshabangu, the 'interim secretary general' of the CCC, has declared his intention to initiate more recalls of opposition legislators who follow the party's directive to abstain from parliament...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC urged to resolve its internal problems
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs that they risk losing their seat in Parliament if they fail to resolve their internal problems and engage the courts...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa orders CCC to disengage from Parliament, Councils
Nelson Chamisa, the President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has announced his party's withdrawal from Parliament and Councils across the country in a concise statement that poses a signi...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Chamisa's MPs defy Parly recall
Parliament was engulfed in chaos yesterday as anti-riot police were summoned to remove opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators who were protesting the recall of their 15 colleagues....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed police invade Parliament to handle 'recalled' CCC MPs
The proceedings in the National Assembly yesterday were disrupted for nearly two hours as a group of unruly CCC legislators obstructed the removal of 15 of their colleagues who had been recalled from ...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Anti-riot police storm parliament as CCC MPs turn rowdy
In a dramatic turn of events, members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police were summoned to the Parliament building in Harare today to remove opposition MPs affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 15:42hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Cops who fled hooligans at Barbourfields not cowards, says police spokesperson
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednigo Ncube says anti-riot police and dog handlers who took to their heels with football hooligans in hot pursuit at Barbourfields stadium recently...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police boss assaulted and disarmed outside Harare bar
The head of the homicide division in Harare's police department was assaulted and disarmed by patrons as he left a nightclub early on Saturday, according to witnesses.Detective Inspector Alexa...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls residents say 'NO'
VICTORIA Falls residents yesterday disrupted the process to elect a new mayor for the resort city accusing the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Mr Nelson Chamisa of dictatorial tendencies an...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must defy voter suppression in the elections
One can fairly conclude that what is happening here in Zimbabwe on polling day is an attempt at voter suppression in opposition electoral strongholds in the metropolitan provinces. Reader, let...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 8 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Teargas after Chamisa rally
Residents in nearby suburbs were forced to inhale chocking smoke as anti-riot police fired teargas canisters at Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters few moments after party leader Nelson Cha...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 19:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reportedly eager to cut official Rufaro opening ribbon
ANTI-Riot police officers were Thursday ordered to stop Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume's commissioning of Rufaro Stadium, with unconfirmed reports indicating President Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning on do...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's anti-riot police lay siege to Supreme Court
ARMED riot police officers laid siege to the Supreme Court, Wednesday, creating a tense atmosphere as 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring Members of Parliament appeared before the court....Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed anti-riot police patrol streets after CCC poll ruling
HEAVILY armed anti-riot police yesterday patrolled streets in Harare and Bulawayo after two High Court decisions against opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).A Bulawayo High Court ju...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 10:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes after open-air worshippers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resumed its regular raids on open-air worshippers, particularly apostolic sect members who gather in areas with no ablution facilities.Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa voter inspection visit morphs into rally
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Tuesday visited a voters' roll inspection centre in Harare's Kuwadzana 2 suburb, but what was intended to be a brief call morphed into a mini-...Published: 30 May 2023 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot police disrupt CCC media address outside ZEC offices
Truncheon wielding anti-riot police on Monday ordered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials to stop addressing journalists just outside the perimeter wall of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission'...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police invoke strict COVID-19 rules for Mthwakazi rally
POLICE in Bulawayo have cleared a rally organised by secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) at Nketa Hall on very strict conditions, which the party has since contested. The party is expe...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC forgets Sikhala
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala solidarity waning
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC municipal police granted bail
NINE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) municipal police officers who allegedly fired at vendors with rubber bullets during an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities have been released on $50 00...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust students plan celebratory bash after university reduces fees
STUDENTS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) are planning a big party to celebrate the reversal of a fees increase of more than 100 percent that the institution had announced l...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students shutdown NUST
Students barricaded gates and forced a shutdown of the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo on Monday to protest a shock fees increase.The university later abandoned the n...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC officers, vendors hurt in dawn market raid
BULAWAYO City Council fired rubber bullets and used a fire engine to spray vendors with water after launching an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities in the early hours of yesterday, a ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC cries foul as Zimbabwe police engages in 'lawfare'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has described decisions by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ban four of his party's rallies as 'lawfare' which has to be stopped....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
They want Chibaya in jail says Mahere
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere reckons the State is itching to lock up party organising secretary Amos Chibaya following his Saturday arrest alongside 25 ot...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police crackdown on Chamisa's CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) organising secretary Amos Chibaya and Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta were arrested in Harare yesterday alongside 23 other party members while attending an in...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed anti-riot officers beat up MP's wife and children, arrest party leaders
ARMED anti-riot officers Saturday besieged the Budiriro home of Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta and violently cut short a private, internal meeting that had...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, police clash in Goromonzi
RUNNING battles erupted in Goromonzi yesterday between police and an estimated over 1 000 Zanu-PF youths who had invaded a farm before pegging and allocating themselves pieces of land.Several ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Henrietta Rushwaya flees angry mob
There was chaos at Sandawana mine as thousands of artisanal miners bayed for the blood of Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya after they failed to agree on working conditions...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sikhala freedom bid now lost cause, declined bail AGAIN
DETAINED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala's freedom bid is turning out to be a lost cause after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka yesterday denied him bail for the umpteenth ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Widows4ED wants Mnangagwa to fire Harare provincial coordinator
WIDOWS for Economic Development (Widows4ED) has written a scathing letter advising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti, who they accused of ar...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC officials escape through back exit as Zanu-PF youths besiege press conference
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) officials have been forced to escape through a back exit at the Media Centre in Harare, where they were addressing journalists, after Zanu-PF youths besieged and co...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbare violence signals worse to come ahead of 2023 elections
VIOLENT clashes between marauding Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF youths at the weekend left a trail of destruction at vending sites near Mupedzanhamo Complex, one of the busiest area...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police assault NewsDay journalist
A NEWSDAY reporter was yesterday assaulted by the police after he was found taking pictures of Harare City Council employees demolishing vending stalls and residential structures in Mbare.Acco...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Zanu-PF youths in violent clashes
VIOLENCE flared up between Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youths in Harare yesterday morning as they fiercely fought for control of flea market spaces in Mbare's Mupedzanhamo area....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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