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Mnangagwa scared of being eaten by protests: run Mnangagwa run!
Not too long ago, protests would not subdue a dictator. Not now! Second only to military coups in deposing dictactors, protests have developed huge teeth that can crush a dictator to nothing in a matt...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3136 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa, EU envoy in public spat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threw away diplomatic etiquette and publicly censured EU ambassador Timo Olkkonen after the latter in his speech touched on the worsening human rights abuses in ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2285 | by Staff reporter
Zesa seeks another shock tariff hike
Power utility ZESA has approached the power regulator for a threefold increase in tariffs to ZWL$0.81 per kilowatt four from the current ZWL$0.27 in an effort to reduce load shedding. The bid ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's government: The mask has slipped
In April last year, on these pages, I expressed concern at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government's obvious fascination with Rwanda and China.On the face of it, it seemed as if Mnanga...Published: 8 hrs ago | 768 | by Nqaba Matshazi
The right man to convene Mnangagwa-Chamisa dialogue revealed
As I was reflecting upon the Republic of Zimbabwe and the news headlines about Zimbabwe a Bible verse came into mind :John 1:46 - King James BibleAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can the...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4541 | by Nicholas Ncube
Eskom not responsible for current Zimbabwe power cuts
South African power utility Eskom says it is not responsible for the power outages being experienced in Zimbabwe, saying it is supplying 400MW to the southern African country as agreed.After e...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3675 | by Staff reporter
Political freedoms are not respected in Zimbabwe
Dear EditorThe (SADC) congratulated Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his appointment as the chair of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security and also called on the international co...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:11hrs | 2137 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Mnangagwa denies Majonga 'love rivalry' allegations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied involvement in the incident that permanently confined veteran broadcaster and charity worker Godfrey Majonga who died yesterday to a wheelchair.Former P...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 6150 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa threatened to kill Majonga over High school lover'
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the late veteran journalist Godfrey Majonga did not open a court case against President Emmerson Mnangagwa because he was threatened with death. Majonga is alleged...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 6257 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti takes on Mnangagwa
The vice-president of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, Tendai Biti is now fed up with Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa such that he wants him gone as soon as possible....Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 09:04hrs | 5708 | by Daniel Itai
Soldiers arrested for stealing scrap metal, illegal mining
Two soldiers have been taken to court for stealing scrap metal from their employer in Mutare and selling it to a local dealer.Farai Chada (30) and Antony Mashaira (43), who are both employed b...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bomb scare: Army called in
The Zimbabwe National Army bomb disposal squad and police were on Monday called to Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb after residents stumbled on a hand grenade believed to have been left in the area during ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
A Letter to Zimbabwe National Army Officers
DEAR ZIMBABWE NATIONAL ARMY (ZNA) OFFICERS, WE, YOUR FAMILIES, ARE SUFFERING I write to you as an ordinary Zimbabwean civilian. But I am not just an ordinary civilian. I write to you as ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 5724 | by Poverty-Stricken Zimbabwean
Zimdiaspora in final push
In one of the Largest planned peaceful demonstrations this year, the Zimbabwe Diaspora in the UK made so much noise, that, over 15 Police officers, including rapid response, Armed and West Minster Enf...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1915 | by Thabo Makuyana
Claim freedom granted by Constitution in peace
IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human r...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 228 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
BREAKING: Bomb scare in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe National Army Bomb disposal Squad and police were on Monday called to Bulawayo's Emganwini Island suburb after residents stumbled on a bomb. Police had to clear the mob as residen...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:05hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1947 | by Thulani Nkala
Mliswa praises ZNA efforts
Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has applauded the Zimbabwe National Army for handing over two new classroom blocks to Ayshire Primary School in Zvimba Nor...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:15hrs | 3134 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Long convoy of army, police trucks seen in Bulawayo
Panic has gripped Bulawayo residents after a long convoy of army and police trucks was seen patrolling the city. The convoy comprising of four police trucks with anti riot police in full gear ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 19:11hrs | 7487 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF is brazenly and openly rigging elections' - that has failed to deter MDC, why
"These are the wages of rigging by the military, which now rigs elections in the rural areas brazenly and openly. For ZANU-PF to keep winning, it needs the military to keep rigging, and the rural area...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 17:23hrs | 1345 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa in show of force to thwart MDC Bulawayo demo
Anti-riot police were out in full force in Bulawayo on Monday to thwart any attempts by members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stage its planned demonstration.Most parts of the...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
'Army rigged Jonathan Moyo in 2013 elections'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed that the military was behind his loss in the 2013 election where the Tsholotsho North seat was won by the then MDC candidate Rosemary Nkomo. J...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 13:44hrs | 6132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Army chef sidelined over nasty fallout with Mnangagwa's wife
THE commander of One Presidential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:57hrs | 4697 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under siege over killings
TWO survivors of the August 1, 2018 military shootings, which claimed six lives in the aftermath of last year's highly controversial general election, have dragged government to court, seeking close t...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turning country into a graveyard
ZIMBABWE hit the headlines this week as the world pondered in stunned silence how a government big on rhetoric and dismal on delivery has spectacularly squandered the goodwill of the international com...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 538 | by Brezh Malaba
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
PROPHECY: God warns Zimbabwe on confrontation
Divine Kingdom Baptist Ministry Ian Ndlovu has issued a prophetic warning to the people of Zimbabwe saying there is no need to shed blood but leaders must pursue dialogue. In a message on Sund...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 09:49hrs | 11853 | by Mandla Ndlovu
African push for lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
A group of 16 African countries has called on the US and EU to "immediately lift" economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.The policy was hurting the region, said Tanzania President John Maguful...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 196 | by BBC
Bad news for Mnangagwa faction
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe, has be...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 14:43hrs | 28186 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Abductions, torture, dragnet arrests amid vicious crackdown against dissent
Blessing Kunotonga is one of scores of opposition supporters left nursing serious injuries after state security agents launched a crackdown against the MDC ahead of the banned August 16 protests....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed police and Army jet besiege Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents on Saturday woke up to a free terrifying drama featuring members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police who conducted a road show all over the city telling people not to participate in the...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 16:14hrs | 16751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Henry Olonga takes on Mnangagwa...again
Former Zimbabwe Cricket player Henry Olonga has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa head on over the popular video where the President is seen saying: We are the the police, we are the army, we are eve...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 8004 | by Mandla Ndlovu
To what end Mr Chamisa, does the end justify the means?
Dear Nelson ChamisaI write to you with a very heavy heart for ever since you usurped the MDC Presidency Zimbabwe has never known peace and thousands of people have been brutalized, hundreds ma...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | 1519 | by Munya Shumba
ZANU PF youths in police uniform beat up Harare protestors?
Human Rights Defender Dr. Betty Makoni has alleged that some of the police officers that were deployed to crush protestors in Harare on Friday were ZANU PF functionaries given police uniforms. ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:23hrs | 6560 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Solve socio-economic crisis' prescribe UN - rubbish, treat disease, bad governance, not the symptom
Zimbabwe is a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs. The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has captured all state institutions so that the Police, Army, Judiciary, etc. are...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:48hrs | 314 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe army is not a Salvation army' - Police ruthlessly crush MDC demo
ARMED police ruthlessly clamped down on protesters who gathered in Harare city centre for the Free Zimbabwe peace march organised by the MDC yesterday using teargas, water cannons and batons on suspec...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges take former Lesotho Army Commander head on
Zimbabwean judges Charles Hungwe, Moses Chinhengo and Tafuma Mtshiya are part of a group of foreign judges lending their expertise to the Lesotho government in its quest to try double-murder accused f...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:10hrs | 2308 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe's resignation letter disappears
Former President Robert Mugabe's resignation letter has disappeared from parliament where it was placed for safekeeping a weekly paper Zimbabwe Independent has reported. Quoting sources the pa...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | 4026 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa presents new coup-proofing measures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent - is coup-proofing his regime by giving the security forces preferent...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Army boss sidelined over audio
The commander of One Presiential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesda...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
This Zimbabwe situation simply cannot go on
THIS is a message to those who currently hold power in Zimbabwe. I do not really care about how you got into this position, but now that you are there, we need to ask you what you are going to use tha...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1526 | by Eddie Cross
Chiwenga bounces back
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe reporte...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 8062 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
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 | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to unleash army on businesses
As the military government becomes clueless on how to control the wayward economy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reverted to what he knows best, the military – as he has threatened the business c...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 363 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Bosso eye first away three points
HIGHLANDERS are targeting their first set of three points on the road when they clash with perennial rivals, Caps United, at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. The last time Bosso won a ga...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:03hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Join demos, 'cowards sin by silence' - village idiots sin by ignorance, they know not destination
Man is a creature of reason, our superior brain should be our greatest strength but, like everything else, in the wrong hands a blessing is a curse. "In 1918, Eller Wheeler Wilcox the gre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:49hrs | 485 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 5475 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Join demos, 'cowards sin by silence' - village idiots sin by ignorance, they know not destination
Man is a creature of reason, our superior brain should be our greatest strength but, like everything else, in the wrong hands a blessing is a curse. "In 1918, Eller Wheeler Wilcox the gre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 15:50hrs | 834 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'The world is watching Zimbabwe' ex-British Ambassador says
Ex-British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton says he is praying for the nation of Zimbabwe as the country heads towards a period of mass protests called by the opposition MDC beginning Friday Augus...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 15:40hrs | 5017 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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