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Gunmen open fire on MDC MP's house
MARONDERA Central MP Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance) and his family escaped unhurt when suspected State security agents opened fire on their house in Nyameni high-density suburb yesterday morning....Published: 11 hrs ago | 448 | by Staff reporter
Mopa faces ConCourt challenge
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance legislators have threatened to launch a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against provisions in the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa) which the party and other...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Guns fired at MDC MP's house
The MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende has alleged that some unknown person fired guns at the house of MDC MP Catson Matewu on Wednesday night. Said Hwende, "Bullets were fired at the House...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:57hrs | 3975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FC Platinum shift base to Bulawayo
FC PLATINUM will take their final preparations for their preliminary round second leg tie of the Caf Champions League against Malawi giants Nyasa Big Bullets to Bulawayo tomorrow ahead of the match at...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 337 | 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
Rhodesian days are back in Zimbabwe
This is a litmus test for democracy. We have prophets of doom who have already forseen the negativity of holding a peaceful demonstration. The rule of law must be observed and it is the duty o...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 15:40hrs | 1116 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional
At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objecti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 102 | by Veritas
WATCH: Zimbabwe tycoon left for dead in SA
Simon Rudland, co-owner of the Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation and a member of the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), was seriously injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Johann...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
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 | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cigarette mafia boss shot in South Africa
Reports from South Africa indicate that cigarette mafia boss Simon Rudland survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday. Announcing the tragedy Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa said,...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 08:49hrs | 4471 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Zimbabweans businessman critical following assassination attempt in Joburg
Simon Rudland, co-owner of Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation and member of Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), was seriously injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Johannesburg on ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 08:29hrs | 3554 | by Staff reporter
Adjust all civil servants' pay, don't cherry-pick
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's overtures towards the military during the Defence Forces Day commemorations - on whose back he swept to power in November 2017 - should be extended to every government e...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 942 | by Editorial - NewsDay
Zimbabweans bracing for fresh unrest as Chamisa plan protests
Zimbabweans are bracing for fresh unrest after the main opposition party unveiled plans for a series of major rallies starting this week and unions called for strike action.Any demonstrations ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 17:06hrs | 2828 | by The Guardian
Mnangagwa secures himself with Briefcase guns, drones and bulletproof vests
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived at the National Sports Stadium for a ceremony to mark Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day on Tuesday, he was sandwiched between men in dark suits carrying briefcases....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | 9211 | by ZimLive
FULL TEXT: Chamisa's Defence Forces Day message
The Defence forces day, is a day set aside to honour the men and women who have dedicated themselves to defend our nation. The defence forces form the backbone of any nation and ours is no exc...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 20:11hrs | 2584 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The invisible professionals
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude and sideline them. There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1460 | by Wiseman Magasela
A year gone life has become worse in Zimbabwe
Since President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's election win in 2018 pitting MDC-Alliance Nelson Chamisa to lead the nation, life has become worse and it seems to be a daunting task for this new republi...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:11hrs | 421 | by Leonard Koni
Mapeza's FC Patinum holds Pasuwa's Nyasa Big Bullets
ZIMBABWE football champions FC Platinum ground out a positive result away from home after holding Malawi side Nyasa Big Bullets to a goalless draw in a Caf Champions League preliminary round first leg...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 18:55hrs | 1693 | by newzimbabwe
Plane fault forces FC Platinum to travel by road
FC PLATINUM team yesterday had to endure a 315km trip by bus from Lilongwe to Blantyre, which took them about 4hrs 30 minutes, after the plane that was supposed to carry them for their Confederation o...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:07hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
New Zanu-PF/ MDC GNU is 'ordained by God' - brainwashing Magaba theology at its worst
"I know some of you have been saying 'why are you praying'. There is no dialogue between man and man which is not ordained by God. Now that we have dialogued with God, we have to dialogue man and man;...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 1307 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa should now take Mnangagwa head-on
Nearly a year ago, on Nov. 21, the Zimbabwean armed force, toppled ex-President Mugabe from power, after a week of attempts to coerce him to resign from the presidency. The coup surprised many observe...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 20:04hrs | 3681 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mapeza back at work
FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza has returned to work, and will lead the Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions when they travel to Malawi this week for the Caf Champions League preliminary round first ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
When bullets became water
In Goromonzi 45 miles from the capital Harare lies a village called Mavaza village. We arrived in this village at around 10 pm. The villagers were already gathered at the headman's compound. The...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1475 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Trigger-happy cop faces $600 000 lawsuit
TWO teenagers from Lower Gwelo area in the Midlands province, who were shot and injured by a trigger-happy cop while celebrating New Year's Day, are suing the police officer for more than $600 000. ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Ex-guerillas custodians of economic revolution
The freedom we enjoy today in the Southern Africa region is a product of a generation's sacrifice. The freedom which we have is at a cost of the sacred human life, with some having been deformed perma...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 198 | by Collen Mharadzano
Anger as August 1 victims mark first anniversary of deadly army clampdown
A year after Dzikamai Chivanga was shot by a soldier while in central Harare, the 26-year-old is still struggling with medical bills and can hardly walk.Chivanga is one of scores of people sho...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
We are here waiting for the signal
As Bishop Lazi writes this, somewhere in Tripoli, Libya, a family is hunkered down or huddled in an apartment, fearing that if they venture out onto the streets, the likelihood of parting with their l...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:08hrs | 450 | by Bisho Lazi
In memory of August 2018 victims
As you would be aware, today marks one year since the tragic gunning down of our citizens by the Military regime. On this day, what started off as an exercise of every Zimbabwean's right to freedom of...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 16:02hrs | 412 | by ZEFF
Zimbabwe's reform agenda - One year on
It is one year since the election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the helm of the State. This marks an important milestone for a new administration which has made reform a key priority, seeking to ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | 197 | by Lt-Gen (Rtd) Sibusiso B. Moyo
Lawyers speak on Prisca Mupfumira's case
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon Prisca Mupfumira, has been arrested on serious charges involving corruption and abuse of office. When she appeared in court after bei...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 11614 | by Veritas
MDC Youth leader speaks on Tinashe Kambarami
I had promised that on 30 July 2019, due to public demand, I will express my own views on political happenings in Bulawayo. However due to compelling programmes elsewhere, I didn't get time to do it a...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | 8435 | by Discent Bajila
3 Beitbridge killer soldiers appear in court
THREE members of the Zimbabwe National Army, who allegedly fatally shot a man near their camp in Beitbridge on Saturday, briefly appeared in court yesterday facing a murder charge.Ngqabutho Ko...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Of the Kambarami fiasco and Ndebele-Shona issues
It's just been a few weeks since the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Mr. Tinashe Kambarami decided to fire the town clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, in a move that would make Kambarami an internet se...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4562 | by Mandla Tshuma
Ex-top cop on life jail freed
THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabelela...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Government threatens to unleash army and police again
The government has threatened to unleash the army and police on citizens who will take part in anticipated MDC Alliance led nationwide demonstration against unsustainable living conditions in the coun...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 15:28hrs | 3738 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's MDC prepares for mass demos
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's MDC will launch big rallies across the country this weekend - in preparation for massive protests against the country's worsening economic rot, which has resulted in...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 3633 | by Staff reporter
MDC RELOAD: Old wine in new skins
The MDC prides itself as a party of reformists and the keepers of this country's economic keys. Members of the party fantasise and hoodwink the world that without them nothing meaningful will take pla...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 15:56hrs | 2570 | by Elijah Chihota
How Jonathan Moyo survived Chiwenga's killers
Professor Jonathan Moyo's escape story from the then Commander Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga's killers in November 2017 is a candidate for a Hollywood script. While Prof Moyo is ye...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 11344 | by Mandla Ndlovu
White farmer jailed 18 months for shooting employee
A CHIPINGE white farmer, who shot and injured his employee claiming that he had mistaken him for a stray dog and blaming the victim for the incident was on Monday jailed for an effective 18 months....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2174 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe coup announcer was more humiliated than harmed'
United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean Joyce Mutengezanwa, who was part of protesters that tormented Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo and his delegation, claims the minister was more humiliated than ha...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 3017 | by Staff reporter
Rest in Peace Isaac 'Bra Ike' Lesiba Maphoto. A tribute shared by ZAPU
EULOGY BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AT THE FUNERAL OF COMRADE LESIBE ISAAC ‘IKE' MAPHOTOPOLOKWANE, LIMPOPO PROVINCE 21 JULY 2019Programme DirectorMembers of the Maphoto familyMin...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 19:54hrs | 1677 | by CR17
'Zimbabwe working on re-engaging with EU, US'
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday told Parliament that Zimbabwe is working on normalising relations with the United States and British governments to end decades of isolation.Mo...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP's life in danger
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Mutasa South, Irene Zindi says her life is under threat after unknown persons besieged her farm last week and kidnapped her supervisor.Writing on her Twitter, the...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1860 | by newzimbabwe
ZCTU proceeds with demo preps
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has resolved to proceed with a planned stayaway on a date to be announced despite death threats allegedly directed at its leaders this past week.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 656 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa should release Chihambakwe, Dumbutshena commissions reports
This is the third in a series of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the State...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers shot dead
FOUR suspected serial armed robbers - out on bail facing 24 armed robbery charges involving cash, vehicles, guns and jewellery - were shot dead during a shootout with police in Kwekwe. The sus...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 4143 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Chamisa to launch mass protests
The Movement for Demcratic Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to "lead from the front" in what he described as a "peaceful and radical" face-off with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 10923 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP demands probe into threats against Mnangagwa's wife
MUTARE Central MP, Innocent Gonese Wednesday demanded an investigation into recent threats on the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's life by a state security officer.The MDC politician also said ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1118 | by newzimbabwe
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