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Anti-Mnangagwa activist fights extradition from South Africa
A South African court last week became the stage for a dramatic and tense confrontation as Zimbabwean activist Nyokayemabhunu, also known as Wellington Masiiwa, fought extradition back to Zimbabwe. Th...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:10hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF celebrates Trump funding freeze
ZANU-PF has hailed a recent move by United States President Donald Trump to freeze foreign aid, calling it a victory for the ruling party and a blow to opposition forces and civic society groups that ...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:22hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Violent storms leave trail of destruction
Recent heavy rains accompanied by strong winds have caused significant damage to public infrastructure across Zimbabwe, with schools, health facilities, homes, and shops among the worst affected. The ...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:26hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Floods warning in Bulawayo
In preparation for the rainy season, Bulawayo's Civil Protection Unit, in collaboration with several civic society groups, has launched an awareness campaign aimed at educating residents on flood safe...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:46hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference kicks off, spotlight on ED2030
Zanu-PF's annual conference has commenced today in Bulawayo, focusing on the contentious push by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's supporters for a resolution to extend his term in office. The gathering ...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:51hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths disrupt PVO Bill hearings
ZANU-PF youths disrupted public hearings on the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill in Gweru and Harare yesterday.In Gweru, the meeting was abandoned after ruling party youths becam...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns critics
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned his opponents that their attempts to disrupt his efforts to address Gukurahundi and attack the chiefs he has appointed, through disinformation and political man...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Recalls dominated 2023 Zimbabwe Parliament
The ink on the electoral certificates for the Members of Parliament (MPs) had not dried when a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member, Sengezo Tshabangu, cracked the whip on legislators belonging ...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The elusive promise of a democratic breakthrough
SINCE 2000, there have been several attempts to dislodge the ruling party, Zanu –PF, from government. The ruling party's mismanagement of the economy has led to an economic crisis that has rendered ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:19hrs | 16 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Mthwakazi presses for Gukurahundi compensation
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) wants the international community to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa to compensate Gukurahundi victims.There has been no redress to the 1980s mass kill...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic bill will isolate Zimbabwe from International community says opposition
THE Criminal Law Codification (Reform) Amendment Bill dubbed Patriotic Bill will be detrimental to Zimbabwe's aspirations of emerging from a pariah state, opposition senators have said.The Bil...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally 'defies' mining ban
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says no unity without true dialogue
CIVIC society and opposition political parties yesterday decried Zimbabwe's highly-polarised society which they say have rendered Unity Day irrelevant.Zimbabwe yesterday celebrated the 35th an...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
70% registered to vote, claims ZEC
More than 70 percent of Zimbabweans eligible to vote have registered and are already on the voters roll, the chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, has tol...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth readmission uncertain
ZIMBABWE'S bid to rejoin the Commonwealth will not be a stroll in the park, NewsDay has heard.The visiting Commonwealth team will assess the country's eligibility using a template which includ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter§
Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair wer...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
NGOs face the chop, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reaffirmed his government's resolve to abolish non-governmental organisations (NGOs) it deems "subversive" and "abusive" to citizens, while pretending to provide...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC seeks Parly recourse over bans
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will approach Parliament when it resumes sitting on August 16 over "systematic banning" of its rallies through unfair use of the Maintenance ...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean NGOs take Mnangagwa head-on
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a grouping of over 75 civic society groups, has threatened to organise large-scale protests in response to the persecution of human rights defenders.Th...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zec alters voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has altered the voters roll for various constituencies and wards in a move meant to correct errors.This comes after a number of civic society groups and...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's too late for Zimbabwe diaspora voters'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have decried the discrimination of diasporans who will not vote in the 2023 general elections because the country has not reformed its electoral laws.There h...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba threatens Harare mayor over Pomona deal
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has threatened Harare mayor Jacob Mafume with arrest for opposing Cabinet's decision to endorse the US$240 million Pomona waste management deal for the city....Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zec closes voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) closed the voters roll yesterday to pave way for the delimitation exercise.Delimitation of constituency boundaries is done every 10 years on a date set ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed security thwarted protests?
HEAVILY armed security detachments yesterday thwarted a nationwide shutdown called by university students, teachers and nurses.Government deployed armed security forces in the capital and othe...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why you should register, turn up to vote
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)rolled out the second phase of the biometric voter registration (BVR) process on the 11th of this month. After registering approximately 80 000 new voters in the...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Brighton Taruberekera
Electoral reform is not an event
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is the most criticised of all the five independent commissions. Some of the criticism is fair and deserved, but some of it is unfair because of misinformation.&...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Crackdown on NGOs could impact election observation
Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial Bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the country.According to senior go...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by IPS
Mixed reactions to Soda's utterances
CIVIC society groups and residents associations yesterday blasted Energy minister Zhemu Soda's utterances urging Zimbabweans to park their cars and use Zimbabwe United Passenger Company buses (Zupco),...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group holds Gukurahundi memorial, frowns at Mugabe Day
MATABELELAND pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Monday conducted a Gukurahundi memorial service at Bhalagwe mass graves in Kezi district at a time the State was commemorating Mugabe Day.Guku...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Investigation debunks story on Chinese mining investment in Zimbabwe
MUTOKO - A recent story published by the British newspaper, The Guardian, alleged that Chinese companies involved in granite mining in Zimbabwe have aroused fear and upset among local people.T...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proclaims by-elections for Tendai Biti's Parly seat
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is on leave until February 5, yesterday briefly cut his break to proclaim by-election dates for the six constituencies where polls had been suspended by the High Cour...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'lied' over Zimbabwe rights record: CSO
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused government of lying during a United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) meeting on the country's human rights situation.Zimbabwe's huma...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rights record under UN spotlight
ZIMBABWE's human rights' record will be under global spotlight next week during the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group meeting.The UPR worki...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bombing of Gukurahundi memorial plague censured
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) has strongly condemned the recent bombing of a Gukurahundi memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, describing the act as barbaric.It add...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC says sorry
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday admitted that it had deprived thousands of prospective first-time voters an opportunity to participate in the upcoming by-elections after it failed to...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
90 000 Zimbabwean border jumpers arrested in SA, deported
OUR warnings to South Africa about Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis were ignored.So say Zimbabwe labour unions, civic society groups and human rights activists.And now this has...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 17:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zacc doesn't have prosecuting power
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says its mandate is to investigate corruption cases and send the dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), so should not be accused of letting...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Voter registration centres not enough, says Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted that the available voter registration centres are not adequate and inaccessible to aspiring first-time voters.The admission comes after Zec...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN special envoy turns down Zimbabwe govt security
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan this week turned down offers by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to pamper her with executive luxuries as she began her 10-day mission in Z...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Polad takes publicity stunt to ZITF
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has taken its publicity stunt to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which began yesterday in Bulawayo, with principal actors saying they could not miss...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Coalition vs single party election approach
IN the past three weeks, I discussed the importance of reforms ahead of the 2023 elections. While the discussion is gaining momentum, it is yet to be matched by action on the ground.The object...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 9 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'West funding teachers unions to destabilise Zimbabwe govt'
Acting Public Service minister Paul Mavima on Wednesday accused foreign countries of funding teachers unions to destabilise the Zanu-PF government through recurrent salary strikes.In an interv...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MDC: A case of burning ambition, failed leadership
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as an opposition party from members of a broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "no" vote in the 200...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Cedric Steele
CSO engage volunteer teachers to assist rural young people with education
A Civic society group - Community Compassion Care Trust has engaged volunteer teachers in rural areas to assist young people on education especially with the subjects such as Maths, Science and Englis...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:47hrs | 30 | by Stephen Jakes
'Withholding COVID-19 allowances to unvaccinated workers illegal'
CIVIC society groups yesterday blasted threats by government to scrap insurance pay-outs for unvaccinated frontline workers saying these were tactics to enforce mandatory vaccination of civil servants...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
POLAD discusses electoral reforms
MEMBERS of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform yesterday met in Nyanga to unpack the draft Electoral Amendment Bill submitted to Parliament by civic society groups.They also interro...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on voter registration campaign
FORMER outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has rallied Zimbabweans to register to vote, arguing that voting the Zanu-PF government out of power was the only way to reverse undemocrat...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should embrace reform demands
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should embrace reform demands made by citizens and not rush to dismiss them at face value.If Mnangagwa were to take a cursory look at opposition parties and civic ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Ndabanengi
'Mnangagwa's new law will lead to another coup in Zimbabwe'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the now-defunct inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has predicted the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2, recently endorsed by lawmakers, will lead to another coup i...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parly under pressure to pass PFM Bill
LOCAL civil society groups are lobbying Parliament to pass the Public Finance Management Bill which will force public and constitutional bodies to implement recommendations arising from Auditor-Genera...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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