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Of human rights demands and regime change
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 11 hrs ago | 631 | by Elijah Chihota
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 11 hrs ago | 572 | by Daniel Itai
Soldier sustains 4 centimetre cut in robbery
A 4th brigade soldier suffered a four centimetre deep cut after he was stabbed in a robbery where his assailants made away with two sets of uniforms, cash, food stuffs and a cellphone.Accordin...Published: 11 hrs ago | 863 | by Staff Reporter
Pressure piles over missing doctor
The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) has called on the government to guarantee the safety and security of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi,...Published: 19 hrs ago | 560 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo in trouble
BULAWAYO magistrate Tinashe Tashaya yesterday issued an administrative warrant against MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo for failing to show up in court yesterday.Khumalo (58), senator Helen Zi...Published: 19 hrs ago | 777 | by Staff reporter
Police quash Nust protest
Anti-riot police on Monday stopped a National University of Science and Technology students protest and picked up their representatives for questioning.Nust's Bulawayo campus students were pro...Published: 19 hrs ago | 835 | by Staff reporter
Man flees undressed from lover's house to hospital
A GOLD panner from Esigodini has been arrested for allegedly beating up his older lover's boyfriend, forcing him to flee undressed to Mpilo Central Hospital to seek medical attention. Ja...Published: 19 hrs ago | 805 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scholarship bosses arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested three Government officials for allegedly abusing the Presidential Scholarship Programme. Deputy Director Scholarships in the O...Published: 19 hrs ago | 413 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally skips court, warrant of arrest issued
A Bulawayo magistrate Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against MDC chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo after the lawmaker failed to attend a hearing before her court.The firebrand politician, toge...Published: 19 hrs ago | 992 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe churches call for independent probe into abductions
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) on Tuesday warned that citizens are facing "the highest level of vulnerability" because of a failure by authorities to investigate and punish crimes against righ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 89 | by ZimLive
Arrested 'Zimbabwean' millionaire swaps jail for a swanky Maserati in SA
Flamboyant Mpumalanga businessman Sam "Mshengu" Chabalala has whisked away in a Maserati after being granted a R200,000 bail in the Witbank magistrate's court yesterday.Chabalala, who was arre...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 15:59hrs | 33226 | by Staff reporter
507 Nigerians leave South Africa
A total of 507 Nigerians have left the neighbouring South Africa due to xenophobic attacks that swept across the country in the past weeks. A private airline Air Peace Mercy volunteered to fly...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 14:42hrs | 2552 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Witchcraft accusations land woman in court
A CHIPINGE woman landed herself in the dock after she accused a fellow villager of possessing a snake, which she said once bit her.Loice Rumbidzai Mutema (28) of Marwendo village under Chief M...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot car's wheels to stop smuggler
BEITBRIDGE police on Saturday shot at a suspected smuggler who bolted into the night, abandoning a latest model Land Rover Discovery believed to have been illegally brought into the country.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:01hrs | 1903 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers bemoan dearth of human rights in ZImbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has expressed concern over the continued violation of citizens' rights in the country.In a statement to mark International Day of Democracy which w...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni assaults ex-wife over money
A MAN from Inyathi has been fined $100 for beating his ex-wife over US$700 he gave her five years ago when they were still married. Macloud Ndiweni (38) struck Ms Sifiso Sibanda (33) with a st...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
High Court judges slate prosecutors
BULAWAYO High Court judges yesterday lambasted prosecutors from the lower courts, saying they lacked enthusiasm and determination in their approach to legal matters resulting in wrongly convicted pers...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, diplomats crank up pressure on Mnangagwa
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday pointed an accusing finger at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime following the abduction of the doctors' union president....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:06hrs | 2052 | by ZimLive
Man torches ex-lover's hut
A LUPANE villager has been slapped with a 10-year jail term for torching a hut in which his ex-girlfriend was sleeping with two minors.Silandulo Tshuma (38) was convicted of attempted murder b...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:52hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
America send strong message to Mnangagwa's government
The United States of America Embassy in Harare says the government must take proactive stance in protecting citizens against the wave of abductions that is sweeping across the country. The Emb...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 15:55hrs | 19116 | by Mandla Ndlovu
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7729 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Jealous hubby kills neighbour
A 42-year-old man from Silobela has been arrested for killing his neighbour after he found him seated with his wife.Shine Sibanda is expected to appear in court tomorrow to face murder charges...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2326 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 111 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Concern over sharp increase in armed robbery cases
POLICE in Midlands have expressed concern over a sharp increase in cases of armed robbery in the province.In an interview, Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Joel Goko said the cases of p...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 308 | by Staff reportetr
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 10531 | by Staff reporter
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5692 | by AP
Tsvangirai's premature condolence message on Mugabe's death
THE late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, at one time, had prepared a condolence message on former President Robert Mugabe in 2016 following widespread rumours on social media that he had passed on....Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:06hrs | 6544 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death, an omission of justice
It is with profound grief and sadness to learn that RG. Mugabe, the first prime minister and indeed the first executive president of the independent Zimbabwe passed away in Singapore on Friday t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:56hrs | 255 | by Andrea Sibanda -MLF SG
Grace Mugabe not going into exile
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace Mugabe is not entertaining any plans to abandon the country and seek asylum elsewhere, a family spokesperson has said.Grace fell out with the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4642 | by newzimbabwe
Ex-fighter sheds light on Mugabe's escape to Mozambique
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's life epitomises a journey well travelled, with cumulative substance offering new horizons where outspokenness made and indeed earned him the coveted place of being the darling ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
'Robber' tries to commit suicide at police station
A SUSPECTED armed robber who allegedly tried to escape through a window at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo has told a court how he threw himself at the window to commit suicide. The suspect ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
5 Chief Ndiweni supporters acquitted
FIVE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who were arrested for allegedly dancing and singing derogatory songs with tribal connotations outside the Bulawayo High Court while celebrating the releas...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for attempting to kill ex-wife
AN estranged Lupane man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after he attempted to kill his ex-wife and two minors by burning them in a hut. Silandulo Tshuma (38) of Sibangani 1 Village proc...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested over counterfeit fuel coupons
Police in Mutoko have arrested three men who allegedly sold fake Petrotrade Service Station fuel coupons worth $22 000 to unsuspecting motorists in Mutoko.Following the arrest, the police disc...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:47hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Police need more to spruce up image
IN our Tuesday edition of NewsDay we carried two unrelated stories which, however, strikingly touched on one of the many sore issues that have created animosity between the police and the very public ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 262 | by Editorial - Newsday
'Mliswa should have been arrested over US$400 000 bribe'
Controversial Kwekwe businessman Shepherd Tundiya, who is accused of obstructing the course of justice after allegedly trying to convince mogul James Ross Goddard to withdraw extortion charges against...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:04hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1679 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 330 | by Enock Muchinjo
Malema takes aim at Mnangagwa but says Mugabe overstayed in power
South African opposition leader Julius Malema on Thursday pleaded with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow Robert Mugabe's exiled loyalists to bury him, telling him: "You can't be worse t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 2260 | by ZimLive
ZACC starts cleansing councils of corrupt officials
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has set sights on cleansing local authorities of corrupt officials, with Chitungwiza, Harare and Victoria Falls topping the investigations list, an offic...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC boss Mavhura arrested
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Patrick Mavhura was yesterday arrested over a slew of allegations, including abuse of office involving thousands of dollars. Although it ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:40hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
Man breaks into neighbour's house
A 23-YEAR-OLD Guruve burglar was slapped with a 2 year jail term by a Guruve magistrate yesterday after he broke into a neighbour's house and stole goods worth $2177.Richie Karasa (23) of Kand...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:38hrs | 985 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teen bites cop to evade arrest
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo who was on the wanted list for a robbery allegedly stoned and bit a police officer who had arrested him at a funeral wake, in a bid to escape. Washington Zikhali (18) ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:31hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Dad beaten for son's lobola debt
THREE brothers from Insiza have been arrested for allegedly savagely beating their in-law until he fainted, over why his son had not yet paid bride-price for their sister. Mike, Richard and Ke...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:30hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 3125 | by BBC Africa
Mugabe spent only 5 days in Singapore hospital
Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, gave details of the days leading up to his uncle's death, stating that he was only hospitalised five days before he passed on.This contradicts recent me...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1299 | by City Press
'Keep your De Klerk, we will keep our Mugabe'
EFF leader Julius Malema gave a defiant tribute to former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who he called a "patriot", at a memorial service held by the party on Thursday."For so long we have ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:36hrs | 574 | by City Press
Granny attempts suicide after being raped by Gumbura cleric
A 63-YEAR-OLD Chivhu woman attempted to kill herself after she was allegedly raped by a pastor belonging to convicted rapist Robert Martin Gumbura's RMG Independent End Time Message Church.Wal...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
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