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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: 15 hrs ago | 919 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe repatriates second batch of Afrophobia/ xenophobia victims
Government on Wednesday repatriated the second batch of 10 Zimbabweans who were affected by xenophobic motivated attacks in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng province.The group is part of 171 ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 755 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 609 | by AFP
Mnangagwa's govt panics over Magombeyi abduction
GOVERNMENT has struck the panic baton, going all out to issue multiple statements on the Saturday abduction of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi.Magombeyi ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1870 | by newzimbabwe
Uncle Sam ups black ops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's politics is sick. It is sickening. It is self-defeating. It is toxic. Of late there has been a worrying dangerous trend of Zimbabweans staging abductions and kidnappings, all aimed at false...Published: 24 hrs ago | 214 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Abductions aimed to tarnish Mnangagwa govt image
FOREIGN AFFAIRS minister Sibusiso Moyo says ongoing abductions on government critics were well calculated to coincide with impending visits by high profile officials from world bodies or international...Published: 24 hrs ago | 185 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa, Mugabe T-shirts divide mourners
ZANU-PF factional fights nearly marred former President Robert Mugabe's largely low key funeral wake at Murombedzi Growth Point in Zvimba yesterday as the late leader's followers protested against dis...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Only 76 Zimbabwean xenophobia victims back home
THE body of a Zimbabwean man who died during the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and 76 Zimbabweans affected by the mayhem, were yesterday repatriated back home through Beitbridge.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport facelift 10% complete
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has indicated that modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is on course despite the worsening economic challenges.The p...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Low domestic tourism volumes worry Zimbabwe Parly
INCREASED marketing and educational campaigns are needed to boost domestic tourism in Zimbabwe, which remains lowest despite huge potential, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infr...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zvimba bid Mugabe farewell
Scores of people gathered at Murombedzi Business Centre and former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba yesterday to bid farewell to the African icon. Speakers described former Presi...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-top aide sweats for bail
Former principal director of State Residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Douglas Tapfuma's bid for freedom hit a brick wall yesterday after Harare Provincial magistrate Mr Hosea Mujay...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Production of Zimbabwe buses starts next month
THE production of 500 buses offered to Zimbabwe to modernise its mass public transport starts next month, Belarus Chief of Presidential Affairs General Colonel Victor Sheiman has said. The vis...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 813 | by AFP
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 | 7744 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Graca Machel: Appreciate Mugabe's role in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel has urged young people to appreciate the role played by the country first black leader the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week in Singapore...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 999 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2457 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Mugabe's last drive in Harare
IT is 5:30pm in the city centre of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and the sun is setting to mark the end of yet another day in a country that is experiencing economic and political turmoil.Two ho...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 1015 | by Tapiwa Zivira
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1259 | 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
Zimbabwe sets up centre for xenophobia victims
Government has reactivated a reception centre at Beitbridge to handle Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The first batch of 60 repatriates was expected to arrive last night....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 256 | by Amnesty International
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 229 | by Zanda Shumba
Let's reduce road deaths: Do unto others...
This is an open letter to all stakeholders concerned with the rising road deaths on our roads. Recently I had an opportunity to drive in another African city, Francistown, Botswana to be specific. I w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 136 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Mfecane 2: 96 Zimbabweans repatriated from SA as xenophobic attacks intensify
GOVERNMENT yesterday repatriated 96 Zimbabweans from Gauteng province in South Africa as xenophobia motivated attacks intensified in the neighbouring country. The group is part of the 171 Zimb...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:31hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Giving Mugabe a hero's send-off proves we love our dictators and don't want change - not yet
Zimbabweans are not yet ready to end the de facto Zanu PF one-party dictatorship and with it the economic meltdown and political paralysis.Last year Mnangagwa and Zanu PF blatantly rigged the ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:56hrs | 863 | by Wilbert Mukori
Uncle Sam sides with the masses, whilst ZANU PF focusses on its self
Uncle Sam says, "Zimbabweans have long deserved better…." The latest Tweets from the US Embassy Harare, seem to have been conveniently overlooked by the ZANU PF Media folk. The comment...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1632 | by Thabo Makuyana
Mugoba a distinguished fighter, says Mnangagwa
The late national hero, Major General Trust Mugoba, was a distinguished fighter who remained unwavering to the revolution throughout his life, President Mnangagwa has said. The Head of State a...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Of MDC anniversary, demos and US hand
Violence runs in the MDC's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), bearing footprints of the United States of America, which has been supporting the opposition outfit in a shameless regime change project, since ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 193 | by Elijah Chihota
Of MDC demonstrations and the US hand
The MDC demonstrations which were pencilled to start in Harare on 16 August and the spread to the rest of the country these past weeks should not be treated in isolation as a mere demonstration agains...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 15:25hrs | 1113 | by Elijah Chihota
US Embassy deletes tweet praising Mugabe
The United States Embassy in Harare deleted tweet praising former Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore on Friday, before replacing it with a series of hard-hitting tweets accusing him of presiding ove...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Flower hopeful for Zimbabwe's future after Mugabe's death
Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe cricket captain and England coach, hopes his country can emerge from "a quagmire of corruption" following the death of ex-president Robert Mugabe.Mugabe died o...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:42hrs | 315 | by PA
Robert and Grace Mugabe's US$1 billion fortune
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace built up a huge personal fortune and property empire while their countrymen suffered in the starvation and grinding poverty that his brutal regime brought about....Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2832 | by Mail Online
Key milestones in Mugabe's life
1924 - Robert Mugabe is born on February 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia.1940s-1950s - He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Africa's University of Fort Hare...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:15hrs | 1785 | by Reuters
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 86 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Figtree Police in bid to arrest Mzila
Figtree police attempted to arrest ANSA Interim Leader Moses Mzila-Ndlovu (66) on August 22, Thursday afternoon. Mzila-Ndlovu says he requested the police to come to his farm Mapungubge Farm Technolog...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | 641 | by Delinfa Hlabalingene
Zanu-PF anti-sanctions march postponed
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has postponed its planned anti-sanctions solidarity march that was sechuled for Thursday over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's absence.Mnangagwa is attending the African...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 499 | by newzimbabwe
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | 4512 | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
Zanu-PF anti-sanctions should be anti-xenophobia march
THE Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T, often scorned by opposition rivals for being too close to common opponent Zanu-PF, has called on the ruling party to dump its proposed anti-sanctions march and instead m...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:35hrs | 412 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa consults grassroots members on way forward
THE MDC in Mashonaland East province has resolved to consult its rural membership on the way forward following foiled demonstrations last month.The opposition last week lined up protests in Ma...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zesa where is your conscience, heart and professionalism
My 'beef' with Zesa is denying me the chance to watch my favourite local drama 'Tunga'. I am an avid follower of that local series but alas, I have now lost track, only fading memories still lingers. ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1760 | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabweans threaten to stop all South African cross-border transport
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Transport Association (ZCBTA) has warned that it will stop all South African cross-border transport if reported attacks by South African nationals foreign truck drivers proce...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 4484 | by Staff reporter
'Graft hindering justice delivery'
NATIONAL Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) deputy chairperson Paul Themba Nyathi has said government should understand that corruption is the main hindrance to the nation's achievement of fre...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:57hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi calls for dialogue
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday called for more dialogue between the Health Services Board and the Health Apex Council while Government continues to find a lasting solution to concerns raised by...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Boity and Fikile Mbalula in Twitter spat
South African television personality and singer Boitumelo Thulo popularly known as Boity has been involved in a Twitter war with Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula after the celebrity accused the gover...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:06hrs | 11100 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa to wage armed retaliation against Mnangagwa abuse?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government against pushing his party too far as witnessed by a continued State crackdown, telling party followers Sunday that ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 8459 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe expresses worry over fresh xenophobia threats
THE government is worried about the safety of Zimbabweans in South Africa following threats of fresh xenophobic attacks by some nationals of that country.Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa,...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
'MDC building structures in prisons'
MDC politicians who were recently arrested and jailed by the State say they have used their time behind bars to convert fellow inmates into ardent party supporters as well as build structures inside p...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 562 | by newzimbabwe
Questions over Amnesty fraud unanswered
What is going on at Amnesty International? First, two staff members killed themselves last year. Then an internal review ordered by Amnesty secretary-general Kumi Naidoo revealed a "toxic" wor...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 185 | by International Policy Digest.
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