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Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 5134 | by Staff reporter
'Aug 1 victims feared seeking help from State hospitals'
John Muza* left home on August 1 to purchase a new laptop in Harare's CBD after saving for more than six months.It was a poignant moment for him as a disc jockey (DJ) at a night club.M...Published: 9 hrs ago | 807 | by Staff reporter
Journalist gets death threats over beef with Jah Prayzah
THE Sunday Mail Leisure Senior Reporter Prince Mushawevato has filed a police report following death threats, social media attacks and a close shave with angry Jah Prayzah supporters.The repor...Published: 13 hrs ago | 383 | by Staf reporter
The most treasonous act you can do for your country is to support Zanu PF
If you support Zanu, you will be helping future Zimbabwean children to become perpetual slaves of other Nations while armed thieves in Zanu exponentiate their wealth.Imagine a country where yo...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:19hrs | 3778 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Mnangagwa warns defiant Chamisa
An unmoved President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday insisted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must appear before the commission of inquiry investigating the deadly August 1 shootings, which left at leas...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:50hrs | 13441 | by Staff reporter
'Stupid' Zimbabweans outraged by Chamisa slur
Zimbabweans across the country have expressed outrage over MDC president Nelson Chamisa's statement where he called August 1 protestors "stupid."Government has charged dozens of people with pu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:49hrs | 4595 | by Staff reporter
August 1 Commission names spokesperson
Veteran broadcaster and former ZBC Radio Services general manager John Masuku has been tapped as the spokesperson of the independent commission installed to establish what happened before an army crac...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:47hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi blasts doctors over 1 August killings report
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting Services has blasted the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) over the post election violence report that the doc...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:36hrs | 2231 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lift sanctions, Zimbabwe has change enough 'to scold ED' - but not to stop him rigging elections
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble and there many reasons why this is so. One of these many reasons; the country is cursed with an unusually large army of corrupt and incompetent vi...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1080 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa already under arrest?
DEFIANT MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said he is not fazed by arrest threats made by security service chiefs saying he is ready for whatever the Mnangagwa regime is planning."Let them do what ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | 5194 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa trying to douse the 'stupid' flames
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday apologised to his supporters, families and victims of the August 1 fatal shootings, for describing the demonstrations which led to the killing of six victims by the...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:52hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Opinion: Perspective . . .
SEEING things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we lat...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | 110 | by Eddie Cross
Angry Chamisa throw the gauntlet at Mnangagwa and Chiwenga
An angry opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threw the gauntlet at both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga — challenging them to also testify at the official p...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:28hrs | 6305 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to demilitarise NPA
Government will soon remove all prosecutors seconded to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) from State security agencies with no law degrees, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyamb...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:26hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
'1 August demo was planned by ZANU PF' says Mawarire
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealous Mawarire has alleged that the 1 August bloody demonstrations were a creation of ZANU PF and the protestors were ZANU PF members. Said Mawarire,...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | 4960 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 4967 | by Leonard Koni
How Trevor Ncube lied about Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has exposed how Alpha Media Holding Boss Trevor Ncube misled the nation in November 2017 claiming that Prof Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere were...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 09:56hrs | 5816 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Prosecutor Reza unfit for Biti trial'
A HARARE court yesterday declared State prosecutor Michael Reza unfit to preside over MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Tendai Biti's trial saying he overstepped his mandate as an impartial judicial offic...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' lives are not bargaining chips
TRUE to the base instinct of human nature - that subconscious urge or behaviour directed by primeval, animalistic, self-serving, and/or ignoble motivations - some people have quickly rushed to complet...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1029 | by Conway Tutani
Doctors nail Zimbabwe army in killings
ZIMBABWE'S military was responsible for the fatal shooting of six civilians, some of whom had nothing to do with the post-election protests that erupted on August 1 in Harare, the Zimbabwe Association...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa insulted the demonstrators that could have taken him to Zimbabwe state house: Hate speeches once more!
It can be said with 100% certainty that the demonstrations would have been a game changer for Chamisa if he was sincere with his opposition leadership. Chamisa is abusive to many other people and not ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 22:58hrs | 3839 | by Nomazulu Thata
August 1 gunshot victims speak out
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights have compiled a report of August 21 killings that left 6 people dead during the election season. Several high profile people including the Generals of ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 15:44hrs | 9797 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans demand more after Mugabe coup
As the country marks exactly a year since the military rose up against former president Robert Mugabe by way of a popular coup, long-suffering Zimbabweans say they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1599 | by Staff reporter
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2099 | by MDC
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 689 | by Brian Maregedze
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 940 | by Aljazeera
Zimbabwe police open murder dockets into August 1 'army' killings
POLICE say they have instituted investigations into the killing of six civilians during the August 1 post-electoral violence in what could further rile the opposition which claims a government cover u...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 5588 | by newzimbabwe
Full letter: Chamisa to attend Motlanthe-led commission
The Kgalema Motlanthe led Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August killings has formally written to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to give evidence before the commission of inquiry into the shootings which ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:06hrs | 5336 | by Mandla Ndlovu
I survived military shootings says British journalist
A British journalist Jason Burke has claimed that he survived the 1 August bloody election violence that left 6 civilians dead when the military was dispatched to restore law and order in the st...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | 6186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa not fazed by arrest threats
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he is unfazed by threats of arrest by the police and will continue to do his party work as usual.This comes after the acting officer commanding (crime) Harare, D...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7424 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrest imminent?
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri urges millitary college to reserve quarter for women
A total of 41 officers from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have received certificates after completing a Joint and Command Staff Course aimed at equipping them with knowledge on aspects of staff wo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 20:00hrs | 1007 | by Staff Reporter
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2980 | by newZwire with The Source
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 4913 | by Staff reporter
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
'I have Thatcher's iron lady resolve,' says ED - rigged election for iron grip on power, must prise free
"WHEN Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stag...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:05hrs | 1367 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jonathan Moyo's Gukurahundi massacre beef with Mnangagwa is over
Exiled former Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo says he was never close to Emmerson Mnangagwa and the claim that his was a myth which exposes the lack of fact-checking in the Zimbabwean media an...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:51hrs | 6260 | by insiderzim.com
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 800 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Eyewitness account of Zimbabwe's August 1 shooting
On August 01, 2018, my life changed entirely in ways I had not imagined when I woke up that day. A part of me died, while a new me was born out of the horrors I filmed, right from the frontline....Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 4283 | by Maynard Manyowa
Chamisa distances self from deadly August 1 demonstrations
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said that he was not aware of the demonstrations which took place on August 1 in Harare which led to the killing of six civilians. The deaths occurred afte...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fears army backlash
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respon...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 4075 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces arrest
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 2521 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments boss faces Parly contempt charges
GREAT Dyke Investments chief operating officer Munashe Shava faces contempt of Parliament charges after he failed to disclose the shareholding structure of the firm which has platinum and coal mining ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over military, police testimonies
OPPOSITION parties, civil society and ordinary people reacted with outrage to the testimonies of military and police bosses who tried to exonerate themselves from the post-election violence in which s...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1907 | by Staff reporter
Court punches holes in MRP activist case
The state says it is not ready to proceed to trial in a case in which a Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Wisdom Mkhwananzi, accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of murdering his parents during...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:08hrs | 1134 | by Abigirl khupe - cite.org.zw
'MDC youths killed 2 people on 1 August'
Former MDC Spokesman and Leader of an NGO called Free & Fair Foundation Gabriel Chaibva has sensationally claimed that MDC youths had a pistol and since they did not know how to use it...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 7577 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chigumba testifies the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba testifying before the commissionThe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 Post-Election Violence continued today wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:33hrs | 3298 | by Staff reporter
Biti demands prosecutor's recusal
MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has demanded that chief law officer Michael Reza be recused from prosecuting him saying his judicial independence was in question.Reza was appointed...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
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