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Mnangagwa faces uphill task to re-engage world
Zimbabwe's chances of re-engaging with some of the world's biggest economies are fast fading away after the latest wave of human rights abuses by government security organs which according to civil so...Published: 2 hrs ago | 903 | by Staff reporter
Anonymous takes down Zimbabwe govt websites
GLOBAL hacktivist collective, Anonymous, hacked and took off-line several Zimbabwe government websites on Saturday.The ‘cyber freedom fighters' confirmed that they had joined the internation...Published: 5 hrs ago | 5724 | by newzimbabwe
Police armed with assault rifles set up road blocks to hunt protesters
The ZRP manned checkpoints on many main roads on Saturday, searching vehicles for protesters allegedly involved in recent anti-government demonstrations.A crackdown by security forces has been...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1201 | by AFP
Zimbabwean jailed for drunken driving in UK
A Zimbabwean, originally from Old Pumula in Bulawayo, was caught with more than four times the legal alcohol limit with an ice-cold drink in his car in the UK while doing school run, and has been jail...Published: 5 hrs ago | 579 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka leadership goes underground
Organisers of last week's three-day stayaway have gone into hiding together with some opposition MPs as the crackdown by state agents continues.Promise Mkwananzi of the social movement, #Tajam...Published: 5 hrs ago | 578 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protesters overrun police station
Eighteen protesters who allegedly invaded and caused damage to a police in station in Marondera on Thursday appeared before magistrate Ignatius Mugova facing charges of public violence.Some of...Published: 5 hrs ago | 516 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings
Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's n...Published: 5 hrs ago | 445 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's costly lie
The biggest lie last week was that the violence in urban areas were protests over fuel prices in particular and living costs in general, when in fact the protests were enforced by a small bullying min...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2043 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on the Zimbabwe judicial system after wanton arrests
During the past week, there has been a hive of activity at police stations and courts around the country, following events surrounding the three-day stay-away.This current state of affairs is ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi hails Zanu-PF legislators
THE leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has praised the decision by Zanu-PF legislators to forego luxury vehicles opting that the funds be channelled towards development....Published: 5 hrs ago | 172 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hardest hit by the terror attacks
MORE than 300 suspected looters have been arrested in Bulawayo as police have intensified the hunt for hooligans who committed various crimes during the illegal stay away last week.Bulawayo pr...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza looters are well-known
Facts are and will always be stubborn.Fact one, the people who led last week's riots, particularly in Chitungwiza, were dominantly MDC Alliance youths.Fact two, the youths are well kno...Published: 6 hrs ago | 870 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance's orgy of violence
Around 8am on Tuesday, Lewis Marimo (not his real name) dodges a pelt of stones as he navigates a makeshift barricade at the intersection of High Glen Road and First Street near Kuwadzana, Harare....Published: 6 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
MDC hawks in the dock
But law enforcement agents have been working around the clock to account from criminals implicated in last week's violent demonstrations.Our Bulawayo Bureau reports that four MDC-Alliance legi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 195 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers warn organisers of last week's demonstrations
The country's security services have sternly warned organisers of last week's violent demonstrations against urging their allies to continue with their destructive plans this week, and has assured mem...Published: 6 hrs ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
Parents skeptical about their children's safety
As normalcy returns to Bulawayo, parents who were traumatised by the violence, looting and destruction of property by hooligans remain skeptical about the safety of their children and have delayed sen...Published: 18 hrs ago | 5365 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies charged for subverting Mnangagwa's govt
Two MDC Alliance legislators have been charged for subverting a constitutionally elected government following the looting and violence that rocked the country this week.The two: Mbizo Constitu...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2402 | by Staff reporter
Violent Zimbabwe protest organiser goes into hiding
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa has gone into hiding after being linked to week's violent anti-government protests that left three dead and a trail of destruction coun...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2950 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe protest death toll from riots rises to 12
As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week's deadly riots - human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the cla...Published: 23 hrs ago | 885 | by Staff reporter
300 suspected looters arrested in Bulawayo
As investigations on the looting continues, over 300 suspects have been nabbed while an assortment of products have also been recovered following orgies of violence and property destruction witnessed ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe explains reason for blocking social media
The government says following the well planned violent demonstrations that rocked the country early this week, it was necessary to close the internet to reduce further harm that has so far cost the na...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1547 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF in crunch meetings over army killings
The ruling ZANU PF on Saturday allegedly convened emergency Provincial coordinating meetings in five provinces namely Mashonaland East, Harare, Bulawayo, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 14:27hrs | 10203 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe soldiers leave ugly terror trail
Horror stories are slowly emerging of how the country's trigger-happy security forces brutalised ordinary Zimbabweans this week - shooting 68 people and leaving dozens others requiring life-savi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:48hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Elders condemn Mnangagwa's repressive rule
The Elders today expressed deep concern at the worsening social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe amid reports of killings, arrests and intimidation of opposition and civil society figures and a shutdow...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:40hrs | 996 | by Elders
Victims tell tales of Zimbabwe army brutality
IN a shocking exposé, victims of the violent attacks by uniformed military and police officers have spilled more graphic details about how they werebludgeoned with blunt objects and torched with ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:35hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Suspected MDC protesters denied bail
SEVEN Mvurwi MDC activists, who were arrested on Tuesday following this week's violent protests against the fuel price increases, have been denied bail by a Bindura provincial magistrate.The s...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:34hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top ally ordered Internet shutdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally and State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube has, again, ordered a complete Internet blackout amid fears that the move was aimed at camouflaging gross human r...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:32hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to pay duty with fake US$ notes
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arrested at Beitbridge Border Post for attempting to pay duty using fake United States dollar notes. Givemore Tshuma of Nketa suburb, who was supposed ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Car thief crashes twin cab, flees
POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a farmworker who allegedly stole a motor vehicle at his workplace in Matopo, only to dump it after he was involved in an accident in Bulawayo. ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:21hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Police recover looted goods, culprits in court
POLICE in Bulawayo recovered property and groceries worth thousands of dollars in Entumbane suburb that were looted by violent demonstrators. The recovered goods include stoves, refrigerators,...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:20hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Residents walk to town for groceries
SCORES of desperate residents were on Wednesday and yesterday forced to walk into town to buy groceries as some shops in their respective residential suburbs were vandalised by hooligans. Some...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:19hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Protestors stopped Fire Brigade from putting out fires
MORE than 10 fire incidences caused by violent protestors were reported since Monday, with the Bulawayo Fire Brigade failing to attend to some due to threats against fire fighters in some suburbs. ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Bid to loot Nkulumane Shopping Mall thwarted
BRAVE vendors operating from Nkulumane bus terminus have emerged as heroes after repelling violent protestors who wanted to loot shops at Nkulumane Shopping Complex in Bulawayo on Monday and Tuesday. ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:15hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Evan Mawarire remanded in custody to Jan 31
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by This#Flag leader Evan Mawarire challenging his placement on remand. Mawarire was arrested this week following the violence that rocked...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Ox-drawn plough looter arrested as police pursue looters countrywide
Police have set up security checkpoints across the country to account for all hooligans who looted groceries and destroyed property during three-day violent protests orchestrated by the opposition MDC...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's soldiers in Boko Haram-style invasions
AT a private hospital in Harare on Wednesday, a mother lay between her two children, all writhing in pain from injuries sustained when masked soldiers attacked their home Boko Haram-style.Afte...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Police launch 'Operation produce reciept' in Bulawayo
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo have launched a door to door operation searching for looted goods and asking the owners to produce receipts for the goods failure which they confisc...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 4767 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Protests left a trail of destruction. But Zimbabwe's problems remain the same
BULAWAYO - A military crackdown compounded by a partial internet black-out has ended violent protests triggered by fuel price hikes announced by Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, but "nothing ha...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 266 | by Divine Dube
Zimbabwe local currency recipe for disaster
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's recent pronouncements that Zimbabwe will revert to using its own currency, a decade after it abandoned the local dollar in favour of a basket of currencies is not feasi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:53hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
A responsible govt cannot ignore Its citizens Mnangagwa has failed us
The recently held national shutdown that went full scale from the 14th to the 17th and has not completely ended today is a clear warning of what angry citizens can do. The government cannot continue t...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:36hrs | 292 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Plot to oust Chiwenga thickens
The factional fights between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmerson are far from being over with revelations that some ZANU PF Youth aligned to President Mnangagwa have been target...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:25hrs | 22192 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Chamisa prays for army victims
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday visited hospitals where victims of state crackdown are being house d and prayed for them laying hands that they may be healed. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 19:15hrs | 17976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The mother of Crisis Coalition leader Rashid Mahiya picked by soldiers
I am writing this piece to request Zimbabweans to pray for Crisis Coalition leader Rashid Mahiya and his mother. Rashid Mahiya's mother was picked by the soldiers today when they failed to loc...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 6505 | by Don Chigumba
Evan Mawarire remains in detention
A magistrate in Zimbabwe says there is reasonable suspicion that a well-known pastor accused of subversion amid nationwide protests committed an offense, and has set another hearing for January 31....Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 18:35hrs | 5818 | by AP
'Army murders and rapes citizens during internet shutdown' Jonathan Moyo says
Professor Jonathan Moyo claims that on Friday during the internet shutdown managed to talk to MDC Vice President Morgan Komichi to ascertain the damage that is being done by the security forces during...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 17:00hrs | 19297 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Suspected looters denied bail
Harare regional magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo has dismissed a bail application by 59 suspected hooligans who were arrested in Epworth on allegations of public violence.Two of the accused perso...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:57hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
More MDC leaders arrested
The opposition MDC has reported that Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya was arrested on Friday while the trial of Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was fast tracked.They stand accused of inciti...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:56hrs | 9152 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rights group petition Switzerland President to ban Mnangagwa
A local rights group Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR Zimbabwe) has written to the President of Switzerland to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from entering Switzerland to attend the World Eco...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 14:50hrs | 4077 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Evan Mawarire talks of 'heartbreak'
Prominent Zimbabwean pastor, Evan Mawarire, has now been officially charged with subverting an elected government.He told reporters outside the court of the "heartbreak":"I cannot tell...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:44hrs | 5821 | by BBC
Murder accused Zanu-PF youth leader 'freed on Chiwenga orders'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga ordered police to release and apologise to Godwin Gomwe, the Zanu-PF Youth League chairman for Harare, after he was arrested over the shooting deaths of two peopl...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:16hrs | 7534 | by ZimLive
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