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Army armoured convoy sparks speculation in Harare
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) rolled through the streets of Harare in armoured vehicles on Wednesday, sparking speculation and anxiety among residents, although the movement is widely believed to b...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 18:31hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Almost One years and four months on, NO update on Douglas Munatsi's Death
It is now one year and four months since the mysterious death of Douglas (Doug) Tawanda Munatsi and the nation is yet to be updated on the circumstances of the death of the former Chief Executive of o...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:21hrs | 57 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Green card holer Mawarire denounces Mnangagwa's record
ZIMBABWEAN pastor and international human rights activist Evan Mawarire had a meeting with United States secretary of State Anthony J Blinken on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime on UN radar over abuses
ZIMBABWE'S legacy of gross human rights violations topped discussions at the 30th meeting of the ongoing 50th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which put the spotlight on Presid...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Charamba exposes Mwonzora, Mnangagwa alliance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has exposed that MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora for being the ruling Zanu-PF party's project to destroy the opposition led by Nelson C...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No State House for Chamisa, vows Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defiantly declared that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has no chance of entering State House, saying the road to the highest office in the land was akin to goi...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri withdraws appeal filed at Supreme Court
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri yesterday withdrew her appeal filed at the Supreme Court where she had denied accountability for the assault of a Harare resident, Kudzai Makunde during the 2019 fuel...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
A crime against humanity cannot be covered by twisted definitions of words Peace and Unity
In his speech on the Unity Day President E. D. Mnangagwa said a lot about the outcome of a unity accord that was signed by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. Mr Mnangagwa describes Zanu's quest for a one...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:53hrs | 12 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 8 | by William Jethro Mpofu
SA army truck, soldiers arrested for smuggling
Two South African soldiers aged 27 and 38 were on Friday evening arrested along with a 30-year-old foreigner when using an army vehicle to transport 12 crates of cigarettes worth R160 000 smuggled fro...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moyo fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo says state-sponsored persecution has inspired him to cause government sleepless nights as he described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as worse than th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wanted Mthwakazi President won't surrender to 'murderers'
DEFIANT Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has vowed he will not hand himself over to the police, insisting state security agents were ‘murderers' plotting to assassinate him....Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid 19, a blessing in disguise for despots and strongmen
The coming of a pandemic which Donald Trump, the former President of United States of America , referred to as 'Chinese Disease' has caused panic ar...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa's govt told to remove army from the streets
LEGAL and Parliamentary think-tank, Veritas has urged the government to desist from using the military to abuse country's citizens under the guise of Covid-19 management.Veritas said any use o...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers must not enforce lockdown, says Veritas
GOVERNMENT should not use COVID-19 as an excuse to deploy soldiers to enforce lockdown regulations, legal think-tank Veritas has said.The think-tank said use of soldiers on policing duties was...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers assault villagers after break-in at July Moyo's rural home
VILLAGERS in Humbani area, Mberengwa West, Midlands province, were allegedly severely assaulted last week by armed soldiers following a break-in at the homestead of Local Government Minister July Moyo...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rogue soldiers on the prowl
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned the public to be on the lookout for rogue soldiers that are deployed across the country and are going out of their line of duty and robbing people at gunpoi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army clears air on Guinea Fowl shooting
The Guinea Fowl shooting incident which occurred on January 16, resulting in the death of Tatenda Munetsiwa after being shot by 52 Infantry Battalion soldiers who were reacting to a report of theft of...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inauguration exclusion for Mnangagwa! so what?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend this week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the invitation list did not include the president of Zimbabwe. It must be clear to an...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zipra war vets urge security forces restraint during lockdown
Ex-ZIPRA liberation war fighters have implored the Zimbabwean military and other security agents to refrain from harassing citizens during enforcement of Covid-19 prevention measures.This foll...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shootout at army chief home
A HEAVY exchange of gunfire erupted in the usually serene Mt Pleasant suburb in Harare yesterday as security details at the home of former Zanu-PF national political commissar, retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Killer soldiers arrested as angry villagers burn down house
The two soldiers who shot and killed two men in Chisuma area just outside Victoria Falls have been arrested while angry villagers allegedly torched a house belonging to a businessman who they accused ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa grabs Harvest House from Khupe
OVER 60 youths aligned to MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa Sunday night besieged and took control of Harvest House now rechristened Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House in central Harare....Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
What is Khupe up to?
WEEKEND reports that the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe had claimed the MDC Alliance title exposes confusion in that party. It speaks to desperation on the part of the MDC-T to seek legitimacy. But to w...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rob pedestrian at gunpoint
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members allegedly robbed a pedestrian of his US$200 after pointing him with an AK 47 and ordering him to surrender all the money he had.The matter came to ligh...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 21:37hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
ZANU PF youth leader attacks Jonathan Moyo
ZANU PF deputy youth league boss Lewis Matutu has said former party spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has not only lost relevance but has become a useless and permanent fugitive.In a Twitter...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | | by Reuters
Teacher walks with bullet lodged in backside
A SCHOOL teacher, who was shot by members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) during the August 1, 2018 protests, has been walking with a bullet lodged in his buttock after failing to raise cash to un...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in lockdown ahead of demo
TENSION and fear gripped Harare and other parts of the country yesterday amid a huge deployment of heavily armed soldiers and police ahead of a planned demonstration today by the opposition MDC to pro...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned against deploying army
Some sober minds must warn the present Zimbabwean political establishment. Especially the current Potestate, the Junta itself and the Commanders. The history of the world has many lessons to the effec...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Mnangagwa beefs up security
DRONES, sniffer dogs, security cameras, heavily armed soldiers and police officers, hundreds more embedded in the crowds turned the National Heroes Acre into a virtual cantonment area as President Emm...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Government threatens to unleash army and police again
The government has threatened to unleash the army and police on citizens who will take part in anticipated MDC Alliance led nationwide demonstration against unsustainable living conditions in the coun...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 15:28hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Voter intimidation rife in African polls
DESPITE 46 African countries, including Zimbabwe, having signed the African Union Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) and 33 ratified it, elections in most African countries are sti...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another soldier in the suspected armed robbery nabbed
Another member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was part of the alleged armed soldiers who pounced on Ocelia mine in Concession last week has been nabbed after being implicated by their injured...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 06:42hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Omar Al-Bashir transported like a cow to prison
A footage of former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his inner circle packed like cows and being taken to prison has resurfaced online. The video shows cars carrying Al-Bashir and h...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 16:57hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe trumps Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have said former president Robert Mugabe was a relatively better dictator than incumbent Emerson Mnangagwa because although he plundered the country's resources, Mugabe did not pass the co...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 20:26hrs | 2 | by Methusi Ncube
Mnangagwa scared of death via political foul play
HAMBURG– President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly increasingly becoming afraid of losing his life to potential political foul play as his ruling Zanu-PF internal power battles by his rivals to ou...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Itai Mushekwe
In politics, there is no free lunch
YESTERDAY, we ran a story on how at least 3 000 families under Chief Misheck Njelele in Gokwe were left homeless after being evicted from their illegal settlements in Chemagora, Sikombela, Bhadha and ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Chief Njelele's subjects evicted by armed soldiers and police
AT least 3 000 families in Chemagora, Sikombela, Bhadha and Sibusiso, under Chief Njelele in Gokwe were left homeless after being evicted from their settlements by armed soldiers and police.Th...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
225 Bulawayo protesters convicted
AT least 375 people - predominantly opposition activists, who participated in the January protests that resulted in 17 deaths, have been convicted with Bulawayo providing the bulk of the convictions....Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | | by Human Rights Watch
'I am ready to have my day in court' Jonathan Moyo says
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that he is ready to subject himself to an impartial court and reveal the reasons of leaving the country and how he left it.M...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF returns to terror tactics
Lawyer and former education minister Dave Coltart has appealed to the world to take action to halt the Mnangagwa regime's terror tactics against the opposition MDC.Senator Coltart was commenti...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:41hrs | | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa army torture details revealed
TWO top MDC Alliance officials in Mutare were allegedly beaten with tree logs and subjected to electric shocks after they were detained overnight by soldiers at Herbert Chitepo Barracks, it has been r...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hidding MDC MPs left with 7 parliamentary sits or they lose their seats
Parliament has ignored the opposition MDC party's plea for guarantees that protect their MPs who are in hiding for fear of persecution over recent violent protests triggered by government's decision t...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two MDC officials abducted by armed soldiers
MDC has reported that armed members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces on Tuesday abducted two of its officials in Manicaland after assaulting their family members. The two members Jack Roberts an...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'No soldiers in Zimbabwe schools'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed as hogwash, claims that the military has been deployed in schools to intimidate teachers. Negative reports from the private media claimed that s...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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