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A lesbian Zimbabwean's struggle for UK asylum
Angel fled Zimbabwe in fear of her life after police found her in bed with another woman five years ago. It's taken most of the time since then for her to convince the Home Office that she is gay and ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1238 | by BBC
'Heavy police presence shows Zimbabwe regime is panicking'
POLICE have increased their presence in and out of Harare in apparent readiness to quash attempts by restless opposition supporters and workers in the wake of threats of massive protests to pressure P...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3634 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa regime cannot silence me,' says Sikhala
Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called for the overthrowing of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
'Taken over by monkeys and baboons'
It is not surprising that runaway former minister Saviour Kasukuwere should use Friday's absurd Mugabe Day to attack the regime which overthrew the former president. Predictably defending Mugabe, Kasu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:14hrs | 939 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Zanu PF hegemonic grip on power depends on poverty and violence' - without reforms, never be broken
Last week, former Zanu PF Minister Walter Mzembi promised to spill the beans of how Zanu PF has been rigging elections. Those who know Mzembi is but a man of little substance, an intellectual midget m...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 707 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa now ready to fight Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says his party was now ready to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in the streets, despite the threat of bloodshed from State security agents....Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 4836 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4477 | by George Mkhwanazi
Mnangagwa must stop imitating Mugabe's style
Award winning author Petina Gappah, who is also a former advisor in the Office of the President and Cabinet, believes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must step out of late president Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Fight stopper 'killed' in beer garden brawl
A MAN from Bulawayo's Mabuthweni suburb was stabbed to death with an Okapi knife while trying to intervene in a fight. Donovan Dlamini (26) bled to death after he was allegedly attacked ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:44hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'We Are Going To Overthrow Him Before 2023, That Is Not A Joke'
"The Treason trial of the MDC Deputy National Chair Hon Job Sikhala that was scheduled to kick off on Monday 27-31 January 2020 has been postponed to 03 - 07 February for the State has indicated its u...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1907 | by Knowledge Hakata
'Mnangagwa in no hurry to fix economy'
As the world marks the 61st anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has lamented the deterioration in living standards, claiming that the Pre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 7874 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe governance system beyond fixing
Of late, I have been quite irritated by my smartphone's maddeningly frequent demands for me to upgrade its system at times, as little as only two days after my last upgrade. What I, however, found ver...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 186 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Journalist acquitted on anti-govt protest charge
HARARE-BASED freelance journalist, Doubt Asima, who was arrested in August last year on public violence charges after he was found rendering first aid to an elderly woman during an anti-government pro...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1311 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe governance system beyond repair
OF late, I have been quite irritated by my smartphone's maddeningly frequent demands for me to upgrade its system—at times, as little as only two days after my last upgrade. What I, however, found v...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 337 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Current Zimbabwe governance system beyond fixing - its complete replacement only way forward
Of late, I have been quite irritated by my smartphone's maddeningly frequent demands for me to upgrade its system - at times, as little as only two days after my last upgrade. What I, however, found v...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 11:31hrs | 1803 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1416 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police brutality riles ZPP
Police brutality has riled the human rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project which said citizens have fallen victims to the security agents who are supposed to protect them."Police brutality a...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1328 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's Unity Day message
Towards a shared Zimbabwean dream The liberation icon, Joshua Nkomo, said at the signing of the Unity Accord in...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 16:59hrs | 4294 | by Nelson Chamisa
Woman in shock mubobobo confession
A WOMAN from Fudu area in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was almost beaten up by angry villagers after she confessed to witch-hunters and community members that she sells muthi for mubobobo....Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2672 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality frighten women off politics, says Mafume
Police brutality against women witnessed during the recent Hope of the Nation address by Nelson Chamisa in Harare represents the many threats that discourage female participation in political activiti...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:16hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Police beat up people in Harare CBD
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are reported to have gone on arampage asnd wantonly assaulted citizens in Harare on Thursday night Human Rights Lawyer Douglas Coltart has reported. ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 13:45hrs | 7882 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 2373 | 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 | 5419 | 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 | 723 | 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 | 1960 | 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 | 1541 | 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 | 1091 | 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 | 2841 | 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 | 174 | 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 | 3431 | 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 | 429 | 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 | 237 | 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 | 4916 | 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 | 203 | 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 | 1981 | 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 | 816 | 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 | 1293 | 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 | 1350 | 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 | 7103 | 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 | 434 | 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 | 1478 | 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 | 1048 | 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 | 728 | 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 | 73 | 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 | 5019 | 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 | 4128 | 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 | 17148 | 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 | 1661 | 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 | 1201 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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