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Mnangagwa's govt cites 3rd force in abductions
Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State's prime objective was to expose and prosecute t...Published: 3 hrs ago | 475 | by Staff reporter
'Abduction of MDC ladies was fake' General Sibusiso Moyo says
Minister of Foreign Affairs General Sibusiso Moyo says the abduction of MDC female officials was a stage-managed theatrical display meant to tarnish the image of the government. Moyo issued a ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 6401 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through alleged harassment.Harare West MP Joanna Ma...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1490 | by newzimbabwe
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 659 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Chaos at border as locals troop back
ZIMBABWEANS returning from South Africa have expressed frustration over confusing processes they are subjected to before admission to Covid-19 quarantine centres in Beitbridge.The confusion ha...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3821 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: 'Ugly' ZUPCO buses break the internet
Photos of ZUPCO buses which are plying the Bualwayo CBD route have gone viral on the internet causeing social media users to condemne the government's decision to allow the buses to be used for public...Published: 22 May 2020 at 14:01hrs | 12538 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4591 | by Staff reporter
Health experts, CSOs warn of spike in COVID-19 cases
HEALTH experts and civil society organisations have warned of a possible spike in COVID-19 cases due to reckless behaviour by citizens who are moving around without masks and ignoring social distancin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:01hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
800 kombis impounded
HARARE City Council has impounded more than 800 commuter omnibuses in the past two weeks for flouting several by-laws since opening the Coventry Road holding bay. The commuter omnibuses are be...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
'EU and US light fires under Mnangagwa' over abduction - nothing to fear, umpteenth empty threat
"EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines!There is increasing pressure on the regime to explain the country's worsening human rights violations including the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:24hrs | 1918 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bus queues a ticking time bomb for Covid-19
The extended lockdown period coupled with the opening of industry and commerce has seen the reintroduction of long winding bus queues as the city has been hit by an acute shortage of ZUPCO buses and k...Published: 21 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 985 | by Stephen Jakes
Police to intensify night patrols
POLICE have noted an increase in the number of urban commuters who are being robbed, saying night patrols were now being intensified to protect the masses. Criminals are now targeting people w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2380 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2941 | by Victor Bhoroma
Diabetic 73-year-old widow relieved as Bigtime gives aid to 1,100 Zimbabweans
For 73-year-old widow Ellen Ndlovu, who lives in the mining town of Gwanda, south of Zimbabwe, lockdown has been nightmarish. The diabetic granny, responsible for the upkeep of her late son's seven-ye...Published: 20 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1029 | by Busisani Ncube
SADC says political situation in the region is relatively stable except for Mozambique
A communiqué released after the Sadc troika meeting concluded that the political situation in the region was relatively stable except for the situation obtaining in Mozambique."The Extraordin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tighten Zimbabwe lockdown
Government is set to deploy more security forces on the streets in urban areas to tighten the extended lockdown as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus grows. This also comes as positive ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 6544 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Zimbabwe on Sadc agenda
THE opposition MDC Alliance has pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to put Zimbabwe on its agenda for the next summit, arguing that the situation in the country was ripe for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7243 | by Staff reporter
NGO petitions Parly over rights abuses
MASVINGO-BASED non-governmental organisation, Institute for Community Development (ICOD) has petitioned Parliament to promulgate an Act that will establish an independent complaints mechanism to inves...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses cars in inferno
Kwekwe property mogul, Peter Gore, was left counting losses after he lost three cars with an estimated value of US$100 000 to fire at his house on Monday. Gore lost a Chrysler, Toyota Avensis ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
New $10 notes start circulating
Some banks yesterday started issuing new $10 notes to customers queuing for cash, although others said they would only start availing them today. The red $10 notes were put into circulation by...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa's scathing letter to Mnangagwa
Sir, I address you, not because you personally abducted, tortured and sexually abused JOANA MAMOMBE, CECILIA CHIMBIRI and NETSAI MAROVA. Neither do I address you because I know or am in other way conn...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:59hrs | 7469 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
530 returnees arrive from South Africa
Five hundred and thirty more Zimbabweans wanting to return home from South Africa arrived at Beitbridge on Saturday afternoon including the first 204 having their transport costs covered by Government...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana to be buried in Harare this Wednesday
THE late national hero, Absolom Sikhosana will be buried this at the national heroes acre in Harare this Wednesday.A representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, William C...Published: 18 May 2020 at 21:26hrs | 3466 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira: please keep quiet
I was pained to see your video that was commenting about the abductions of Honourable Mamombe, Chimbiri and Marova. What is intriguing is that you are saying the young women stage-managed their abduct...Published: 18 May 2020 at 18:36hrs | 3164 | by Nomazulu Thata
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1832 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF Politburo member blasts abductions on MDC MP, activists
OUTSPOKEN Zanu-PF politburo member and ex-war veterans minister Tshinga Dube has condemned the alleged abduction and torture on three opposition activists saying the acts unnecessarily gave the countr...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:36hrs | 4298 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio 'still traumatised'
DOCTORS treating Harare West MP Joana Mamombe and two other MDC Alliance activists yesterday said the trio was still too traumatised to speak to the police about their ordeal.Mamombe together ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over indefinite Covid-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe's indefinite lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus could sound a death knell to an ailing economy and lead to massive job losses, experts have warned.President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
End of road for private kombis
PRIVATELY-RUN commuter omnibuses will not return to the road even after the national lockdown as part of Government measures to bring sanity into the urban transport sector.Before the lockdown...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must extend lockdown, there are more than 42 covid-19 cases, but no one must starve
As of today, Friday 15 May 2020, Zimbabwe has 42 confirmed covid-19 cases, 13 have recovered, 4 deaths and 25 active cases, none of whom are in hospital.The country imposed a 3-week total nati...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 1328 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC official recounts 'abduction' ordeal
ONE of the three MDC Alliance officials, Cecilia Chimbiri, who was allegedly abducted on Wednesday, yesterday recounted the horrific sexual and physical abuse they endured at the hands of the kidnappe...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 4423 | by Staff reporter
Govt to use warehouses, churches as isolation centres
GOVERNMENT is in a quandary to find alternative infrastructure for quarantining returning citizens from neighbouring countries and the overseas whose numbers are expected to increase.NewsDay W...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda questions UK, USA stance on political violence in Zimbabwe
Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has questioned the stance by Embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States of America to condemn the recent alleged abduction of 3 female MDC activists ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 9427 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mupfumi hopes to reclaim constituency
MUTARE - Esau Mupfumi is the only Zanu PF politician to ever be voted into parliament for an entirely urban constituency in Mutare since 2000.And he is hoping to have a second bite of the cher...Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:33hrs | 1503 | by Ngoni Shumba
Mnangagwa put under spotlight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under global spotlight, with Western embassies raising the red flag, after three MDC Alliance youth leaders allegedly went missing on Wednesday follo...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 6377 | by Staff reporter
SA lockdown hits desperate Zimbabweans
South Africa's lockdown has hit migrant Zimbabwean workers in both the informal and formal sectors, with over 6 000 now seeking food aid from organisations and their embassy. While the South African g...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Council starts road signs installations
Beitbridge municipality has started installing standard road signs which conform to set Sadc guidelines as part of the local authority's efforts to transform the town into a medium city.Financ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:40hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rescuer comes to the rescue of Zimbabweans stranded in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN businessman based in South Africa, Mr Justice Maphosa has offered to assist 400 stranded Zimbabweans in the neighbouring country who were struggling to raise bus fare to return home. ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:30hrs | 6281 | by Staff reporter
Inter-city travellers violate lockdown
A NUMBER of people are increasingly travelling between cities and provinces without exemption in violation of level two lockdown regulations banning inter-city travel. Some Zimbabweans continu...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy secures transport for 400 Zimbabweans in SA
The Government has entered into a partnership with Zimbabwean businessman, Mr Justice Maphosa, the Chief Executive and Founder of Bigtime Strategic Group to roll out an assisted repatriation program t...Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:56hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe level two lockdown in its final week
Zimbabwe's level two COVID-19-induced lockdown entered the second and final week Monday amid concerns the first week has been marred by challenges ranging from transport scarcity to some companies fai...Published: 11 May 2020 at 19:30hrs | 3755 | by Staff reporter
Mhunga bus owner dies
Prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda Tavarura has died.Tavaruva,who was commonly known as Mhunga who ran a fleet of buses by that name died today at his Rhodene home in Masvingo after a long ...Published: 11 May 2020 at 17:02hrs | 4519 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 pandemic piles pressure on 'dollar-a-day' survivors
AT THEIR peak, commuter omnibus drivers and conductors bragged about netting double the salary of teachers within a month, but the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
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