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Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1867 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of violence
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abrogating on his duties and resorting to violence in the face of demands by people that he fulfils his constitutional mandate....Published: 16 hrs ago | 846 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka leadership goes underground
Organisers of last week's three-day stayaway have gone into hiding together with some opposition MPs as the crackdown by state agents continues.Promise Mkwananzi of the social movement, #Tajam...Published: 16 hrs ago | 925 | by Staff reporter
Gory tales of beatings, torture, anguish and military brutality
At the foot of a mountain lies a plot reportedly owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Kuwadzana Phase 3. The mountain has come to be called by the locals as "Gomo raMnangagwa" loosely translated t...Published: 16 hrs ago | 411 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $1 per route buses
Government will from tomorrow avail buses that will charge $1 per trip between residential suburbs and the Central Business District in Harare as it steps in to offer relief to commuters.Those...Published: 16 hrs ago | 336 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza looters are well-known
Facts are and will always be stubborn.Fact one, the people who led last week's riots, particularly in Chitungwiza, were dominantly MDC Alliance youths.Fact two, the youths are well kno...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1316 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC leader's young brother abducted
Unknown men stormed the house of Chitungwiza North MDC MP Godfrey Sithole on Saturday evening close to midnight and abducted his young brother Kudakwashe Sithole as ransom. The state is continuing wit...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 21:54hrs | 14971 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco re-introduced in towns, $1 trip
The government, through ZUPCO, will from Monday, the 21st of January launch the Urban Mass Transport System, with the parastatal's buses charging a dollar for local trips in all towns and cities....Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 7049 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Chamisa attends funeral of 22 year old army victim
MDC President Nelson Chamisa attended the funeral service of 22 year old Kelvin Tinashe Choto before his burial at Zororo cemetery in Chitungwiza on Saturday afternoon.A gifted footballer, Kel...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:58hrs | 8453 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe protest death toll from riots rises to 12
As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week's deadly riots - human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the cla...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:55hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
US senators blast Mnangagwa's govt
United States senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons - who are both members of Washington's influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee - have blasted the government over the heavy handedness of the s...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo among key HIV hotspots
HARARE, Bulawayo and three other towns have been identified as HIV hotspots in Zimbabwe by an international study. Avert, a United Kingdom-based research organisation said Bulawayo, Harare, Ru...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Ox-drawn plough looter arrested as police pursue looters countrywide
Police have set up security checkpoints across the country to account for all hooligans who looted groceries and destroyed property during three-day violent protests orchestrated by the opposition MDC...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 647 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mnangagwa's soldiers in Boko Haram-style invasions
AT a private hospital in Harare on Wednesday, a mother lay between her two children, all writhing in pain from injuries sustained when masked soldiers attacked their home Boko Haram-style.Afte...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
'Protesters shot at close range, eyes gouged'
SUSPECTED protesters during this week's three-day national stayaway were allegedly shot at from close range, with some having their eyes gouged, NewsDay Weekender reported.The atmosphere in th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2266 | by Staff Report
Suspected looters denied bail
Harare regional magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo has dismissed a bail application by 59 suspected hooligans who were arrested in Epworth on allegations of public violence.Two of the accused perso...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:57hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military maintains heavy presence in hotspots
Armed military personnel and trucks maintained a heavy presence in residential suburbs as schools, most shops and banks remained closed despite the end of a three-day national stayaway.Soldier...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:13hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
MDC perpetrating violence, violating human rights
THE events of the past days since the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for mass protests and stay away, have not only been unfortunate but also turned out to be catastrophic. Th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:55hrs | 209 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
9 facts, myths about Zimbabwe mayhem
On Monday and Tuesday, the opposition in Zimbabwe staged what they called a national "shutdown" which was supposed to be a popular mass protest against the Government over the rising cost of liv...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 621 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Military door-to-door raids slammed
The Zimbabwe National Army and Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed heavily to contain anti-government protests, conducting door-to door-raids and brutally assaulting civilians in their homes, rights law...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Looting soldier shot during protests
A looting soldier was allegedly shot by a businessman while leading residents to loot at Ashes Supermarket in Bulawayo.An eye witness who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said, "One protester who...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 10581 | by Mandla Ndlovu
My encounter with the rowdy protestors
I was on my way to work on Monday morning like many other Zimbabweans, oblivious of the stay-away which had been called on by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU).I was travelling from...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 14:54hrs | 1683 | by Betty Gatsi
Stay away: A manifestation of the MDC's violence DNA
The MDC Alliance and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s so called protest stay away ostensibly meant to register disquiet over the ongoing economic challenges paradoxically turned out to b...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 13:26hrs | 1397 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC perpetrating violence, violating human rights
The events of the past days since the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for mass protests and stay away, have not only been unfortunate but also turned out to be catastrophic. Th...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 1574 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Hundreds arrested in violent crackdown
HUNDREDS of demonstrators were arrested yesterday as the violent crackdown on protesters by State security agents continued, while unrest continued in most parts of the country for the third day of a ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:35hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | 235 | by Panganai Kahuni
Mugabe-aligned NPF calls for Mnangagwa's resignation
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), which former president Robert Mugabe and his wife have voiced support for, has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign as protests over petrol prices conti...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 3242 | by African News Agency
Latest update on day 2 of Army killings
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) have given an update on the state of the situation in Zimbabwe. They have released preliminary report of the injured and the deceased a...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3735 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe businesses losing millions as shutdown continues
Businesses in Zimbabwe are losing millions of dollars per day as a shutdown protest - called for by the country's biggest labour union body - continues over a sudden 150% hike in fuel prices. ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:10hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers turn rogue and join protestors?
There are reports reaching us that some elements of the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police assigned to restore and order in high density suburbs of Harare and Bulawayo have gone r...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 19:39hrs | 8187 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Magistrate court accounts clerks stay away
SEVERAL suspects who were granted bail at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday were left stranded after failing to post bail as accounts clerks failed to report for work following a national stayaw...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe social media abusers face arrest
Government has warned members of the public against infringing on the rights of others by blocking roads and causing chaos by forcing work bound people to return home. The authorities have als...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:09hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba exposes military response to protestors
Self-styled Communications strategist William Mutumanje has warned Zimbabweans that the Zimbabwe military has called in reserves to assist in restoring law and order after the Monday violent protests ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:50hrs | 3208 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Five people feared dead as protests hit Zimbabwe
FIVE people reportedly died while 24 others were injured as police clashed with protesters across the country yesterday as anger over the worsening economic crisis spilled onto the streets with busine...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1555 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe army to issue a statement
Rogue elements blocked roads, curtailed movement of people, burnt property and looted shops as what was touted as a "shutdown" degenerated into chaos today.The Zimbabwe Republic Police on its ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:48hrs | 14223 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance councillors clash
MDC-ALLIANCE mayoral candidate for Chitungwiza Gift Tsverere reportedly bribed councillor Jabulani Mtunzi with a vehicle to support his bid to land the mayorship, in a case of vote-buying.Clr ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:43hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers take over security in Harare, Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe National Army has taken full charge of the security in Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza following a fuel demo staged by citizens.Three military trucks headed to Chitungwiza Monday...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:43hrs | 5331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers
A woman with a wounded leg during clashes between protestors and police, is transported in a wheelbarrow to hospitalHARARE: Soldiers deployed Monday to some areas of the capital where police w...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:23hrs | 1978 | by Associated Press
Mphoko's Choppies supermarkets looted
TWO Choppies supermarkets in Harare and Bulawayo were looted Monday during demonstrations called to protest the country's deteriorating economic situation.Former vice president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:22hrs | 610 | by newzimbabwe
Putin snubs Mnangagwa
Russian Federation's President Vladimir Putin snubbed the welcoming ceremony done for President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the airport and preffered to send the Deputy Minsiter of Foreign Affairs to welcom...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:38hrs | 5898 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police badly assault MDC Youth leader
Police on Monday allegedly assaulted MDC Youth leader Discent Collins Bajila during violent protests that rocked Zimbabwe. Bajila was in Bulawayo when the incident happened.Meanwhile pol...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 13:57hrs | 4102 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Protestors burn police station
Protestors on Monday stormed Makoni police station in Chitungwiza and set ablaze the building and several cars that were parked inside the station.Meanwhile in Pumula, Bulawayo protestors were...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 12:57hrs | 12071 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Justice Luke Malaba & Justice Chigumba to blame for the current state of affairs in Zimbabwe
In one of my pieces, I told president ED Mnangagwa that his days were numbered and that January 2019 was going to be the beginning of the end of his short dynasty. It is true that Justice Chigumba sto...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:56hrs | 1366 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa's govt to decentralise issuance of passports
Government is finalising modalities to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts in order to decongest provincial offices, it has been learnt.Policymaker...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a monumental failure
Robert Mugabe's protracted despotic rule brought Zimbabwe down to its knees. Such was the damage to a nation hitherto referred to as 'Jewel of Africa' that the general consensus was that things could ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 18:28hrs | 12347 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Civil servants warn Mnangagwa
CIVIL servants yesterday warned government that a full-blown national strike was imminent if their employer fails to review its decision to offer them a paltry $41 pay rise.Civil servants who ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:20hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Bitter ex-wife smashes car
A CHITUNGWIZA woman caused a scene at her ex-husband's workplace as she smashed his car's window screen.Admire Mandirangana appealed for a protection order against his ex-wife Doreen Mufigu ye...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Time to confront bloodsuckers wherever and whenever
THAT things could be on the verge of boiling over is not an overstatement, but for the "big boys" these are the best of times as they are making a killing.But it should be pointed out from the...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | 375 | by Conway Tutani
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