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The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2359 | by Staff reporter
'Armed machete gangs will defeat security forces'
Former Minister Arts, Sports and Culture Makhosini Hlongwane has warned that the armed machete gangs from Midlands popularly known as Mashurugwi and Al Shabaab will soon liberate their own territory a...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:51hrs | 5345 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Communist Party to hold inaugural congress
The Zimbabwe Community Party (ZCP), formed two years, is set to hold its maiden congress this month in Bulawayo to elect central committee members, a senior party official has said.Bongani...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:49hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa being fooled by events in Latin America
There are very interesting parallels between political developments in Zimbabwe and in four South American countries, namely Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In all these countries, ther...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1885 | by Bevan Musoko
Excesses against MDC crowds making bad situation worse
THE term rogue State is largely a curious one in political science, with grave connotations on how a country is perceived by other progressive nations. There is no State that formalises and prides its...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1524 | by Learnmore Zuze
Khupe youths call VP Gutu to order
YOUTHS from the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T are angry with party vice president Obert Gutu for allegedly hobnobbing with the enemy, Zanu-PF as well as celebrating the brutalisation of other opposition s...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1058 | by newzimbabwe
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2805 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Tshinga Dube: The Anti-colonial Transfiguration of the Self: Part 2
Last week's introductory instalment attempted to locate Retired Col Tshinga's profile within the shifting currencies and contexts of our struggle for independence. His radical political tutela...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:56hrs | 139 | by Richard Mahomva
WATCH: Highlanders vs Ngezi Platinum - Chibuku Super cup
Fans across the world will have a chance to watch the 2019 Chibuku Super Cup final between Highlanders and Ngezi Platinum Stars at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo. The match will be shown li...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:42hrs | 3233 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers march against police brutality
Dozens of Zimbabwean lawyers took to the streets on Friday to protest against police brutality that has escalated since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in 2017.Wearing black court r...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:35hrs | 419 | by AFP
Lawyers petition police, minister
LAWYERS yesterday held a peaceful demonstration against police brutality before handing a petition to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga.Incen...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:49hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo describes Chiwenga's return as bizarre
Vice-President Costantino Chiwenga returned home last week from China where he was receiving treatment. He arrived aboard a Chinese plane and the Chinese deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhao Baogang, l...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:48hrs | 4847 | by Staff reporter
Govt brutality on citizens bad example for nation
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lawyers protest, petition Kazembe, Matanga over police brutality
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have marched during a demonstration to protest against harassment and assault of legal practitioners and ordinary citizens.Dozens of placard waving lawyers gathered outside ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1971 | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ grumbles over state sponsored violence against journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has registered its outrage at the increasing number of Press Freedom violations and threats to the safety and security of journalists in Zimbabwe.ZUJ sa...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 19:25hrs | 803 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Communist Party speaks on doctors' strike
ZCP Statement On the Incapacitation of Workers: Senior Doctors' Strike 26 November 2019 In November 2017 when the late President Robert Mugabe was forced to resign from power after a military coup whi...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1274 | by ZCP
Chamisa's MDC says 'No foreign mediation, no dialogue'
Since its formation in 1999, the MDC has been perceived by Zanu-PF as a "puppet of the West" and a regime change agenda proponent with the backing of the United Kingdom and the United States.N...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa again
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 7059 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's road to recovery just got longer
THE road was long enough as it stood, but the stretch is getting longer by the passage of every minute. The incontrovertible truth is that Zimbabwe will not be achieving any economic or political stab...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 422 | by Learnmore Zuze
Makhalima fires potshots at govt
LONG-KNOWN for love ballads that have become soundtracks for many romantic affairs, veteran urban grooves musician Sanii Makhalima reflects a new national consciousness in his latest song - Vatiregere...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unleashed vicious crack unit on us, says MDC
THE opposition MDC has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of setting up a "vicious" crack team comprising members of the Police Support Unit, army and the Central Intelligence Organisation to suppre...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:21hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has shown his hand behind Mugabe brutality,' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the brutal handling of innocent citizens under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime were signs the under-fire national leader was the driving force behind similar atroc...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:49hrs | 716 | by newzimbabwe
Best path to a prosperous Zimbabwe
The starting point in the journey to a prosperous Zimbabwe is to understand the nature and character of Zimbabwe's problems. The country has inextricably linked, seemingly intractable, political and e...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:47hrs | 68 | by Arthur Mutambara
Police brutally assault David Coltart's son
Police in Harare on Saturday brutally assaulted MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart's son and lawyer Douglas Coltart as he visited his client in h...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 4963 | by Staff Reporter
They say once fooled twice shy
The euphoria shown by Zimbabweans after arrival of the coup architect, Guvheya Chiwenga, is cause for concern .Social media, on line news has been awash with stories of how the army, brains be...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 18:53hrs | 4094 | by A Kadada
Mnangagwa's Lacoste holding 'bush meetings' again: Trouble in the paradise!
Once you see the Lacoste faction holding meetings in the farms you know that the politics of Zimbabwe have entered turbulent waters again. The last time these meetings happened, the writing wa...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 16971 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa's rise to democracy so weak
The latest events this week have cast a dark cloud on the future of the country, showing signs and symptoms of the dearth of democracy.Our government has again scored an own goal and caught at...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1612 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu PF brutality goes into overdrive, buoyed by EU ambivalence and indifference
Let us all be very clear here; Zanu PF blatantly rigged last year's elections, the regime does not have the people of Zimbabwe's mandate to govern the country and must therefore step down, especially ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1174 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Institutional violence of the ZANU PF regime
Police Attack on Civilians on the 20th of November 2019 is unacceptable and abhorrent. This conduct by the Zimbabwean government is an attack on humanity and a fight against positive progress in the c...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:37hrs | 2423 | by Bigboy Sibanda, Human Rights Activist
United States condemns Zimbabwe police
The United States has condemned the "unprovoked use of force" by Zimbabwean police who broke up a gathering by MDC supporters at the party's headquarters in central Harare on Wednesday.Police ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:13hrs | 4766 | by ZimLive
Police brutality getting out of hand in Zimbabwe
Editor, The government of Zimbabwe has no intentions to reform as shown by the most barbaric, inhuman and degrading treatment of MDC supporters that were gathered outside harvest house in Hara...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:59hrs | 2660 | by Esther Tafadzwa Munyira
Zimbabwe police forcefully disperse opposition crowd
Riot police armed with baton sticks and tear gas used force to disperse opposition MDC supporters who had gathered at the party headquarters to listen to a speech by party leader Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1959 | by Rangarirai Kudakwashe Chivaviro
Zimbabwe police use force to disperse MDC crowd
Riot police in Zimbabwe's capital have forcefully dispersed supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered to listen to a speech by their leader.Hundreds of police officers on Wednes...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:42hrs | 569 | by Aljazeera
Mnangagwa's police beat opposition supporters after rally ban
Zimbabwean riot police fired tear gas and beat opposition supporters on Wednesday after barring a planned address by the main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, AFP journalists said.Hundreds o...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:40hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should stop regarding suffering citizens as 'enemies of the state', but address our legitimate grievances seriousl
This morning I was pondering over the forthcoming 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (running from 25 November to 10 December), when I was immediately reminded of a distributing story a...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 12:16hrs | 1582 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4950 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC leadership meets, charts way forward on key national issues
The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of t...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2895 | by MDC Communications
Diaspora Perspective of Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe
Something big is happening to Emmerson Mnangagwa he has come to realisation that his approval ratings have slumped. With the public confidence at its lowest. The mega deals have not materialised...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1691 | by Mirriam Gasho
Sanctions on Zimbabwe - Not as simple as many think
IF one wishes to understand the issue of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe, they first have to stop thinking in binary terms by assuming that the restrictive measures affect only a few people, or that the...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:16hrs | 921 | by Zechariah Mushawatu
Suffering and oppressed Zimbabweans need to emulate doctors' fearless trailblazing protracted struggle for a better life
There is one very pressing - not to mention, extremely embarrassing - question which Zimbabweans who travel throughout the world are always confronted with every time we encounter foreign nationals: "...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:54hrs | 1428 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission hangs in the balance
ZIMBABWE'S desperate bid to re-join the Commonwealth is hanging in the balance after the United Kingdom this week accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of falling short of satisfying r...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1977 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Depleted usefulness of the Veteran Community
Decades after the armed struggle, the Second Chimurenga, my generation remains grateful to the bravery and sacrifice of our Veterans, living and departed, who fought against colonial and racist rule t...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 844 | by Gift Tawanda, M
Mnangagwa regime's attempt to mis-locate Zimbabwe's problems
Today, the regime in Zimbabwe has bussed the hapless victims of its unmitigated cluelessness in a vain attempt to mis-locate the country's problems in far-away Europe and Washington.As the hun...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 885 | by Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka
Zimbabweans have indulged the vanity of politicians long enough
IT is indicative of the polarisation in Zimbabwe politics that on a rather unusual holiday, specifically created to voice the country's disquiet about sanctions imposed by the United States of America...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 491 | by Editorial Comment - newsday
Bad Governance, illegitimate and Corrupt Leadership is at the Centre of the Crisis in Zimbabwe
As the people's movement, the MDC has resolved to have nothing to do with any marches that do not seek to address the bread and butter issues that are affecting the majority of Zimbabweans today....Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:42hrs | 446 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC National Spokesperson
Interpol snubs ZRP over G4O
ZIMBABWE Republic Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga yesterday revealed that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was not willing to assist Zimbabwe extradite certain sus...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:07hrs | 3419 | by Staff reporter
Restrictions keep coming, Why?
The self-appointed overseer of the world that is the USA think she can own and rule over everything. The US and their side-kick the EU think they can do whatever they want to any country especially in...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1343 | by Gift Mashoko
Shame on you SADC
The Southern Africa Development Community (S.A.D.C) has organised the 25th of October as a day to protest against the sanctions that was placed on Zimbabwe since the turn of the century. The ZANU-PF l...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:30hrs | 2237 | by Frazer Muzondo.
Old habits die hard for Zimbabwe police
The death of a Harare vendor in remand prison after he was allegedly tortured during interrogation is yet another indication that old habits in the police force have not been banished.Hilton T...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
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