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Zimbabwe to clampdown on imported vehicles
Government has begun mandatory inspections of all imported second-hand vehicles as part of broader assessments to curb the importation of substandard goods into the country.The scope of the ch...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:45hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 604 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 312 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa unwittingly creating a future president in Sikhala through his persecution!
This morning, my eyes could not move from the image of opposition activist Job Sikhala as he disembarked from a prison truck. This was on his arrival for his conviction hearing two days ago, w...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 19:32hrs | 2113 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Blitz against land barons divides Zanu-PF
In an unprecedented move, Zanu-PF recently issued a statement disowning some of its officials that were behind invasion of farms, especially in urban areas where they sold housing stands to homeseeker...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police intercept vuzu party message
POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a message circulating on social media inviting schoolchildren to a vuzu party in Parklands.Acting provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalan...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:44hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2150 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to contend with Zanu-PF factions jostling for power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final term is likely to be marred by intense jostling for power in Zanu-PF as warring factions jostle to position themselves for the control of the ruling party and the ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election re...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 728 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'FAZ heavily involved in electoral manipulation'
A recent study by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) found that the deployment of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) into Zimbabwe's electoral processes was a key part of Zanu-PF's electoral manipu...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 18:56hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF turns to dirty tactics
AN independent think-tank has exposed how the ruling Zanu-PF is increasingly employing "dirty" tactics against the opposition to manipulate electoral processes in its favour ahead of elections schedul...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd
WITH all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd.He will now put that charisma to the test in the general election o...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, a national embarrassment and huge shame on journalism!
Who can still remember the late great Bornwell Chakaodza?I can still see the images of the fiery no-nonsense renowned journalist and media lecturer - as he bombarded government officials on pe...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:06hrs | 17 | by by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SMEs seek Mnangagwa's intervention after clampdown by Zimparks
The Small and Medium Enterprises for ED and Bussinesses for ED have approached President Mnangagwa after Zimparks reportedly blacklisted them on all procurement bids.In a letter addressed to t...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:07hrs | 20 | by Desmond Nleya
The pitfalls of Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:22hrs | 29 | by Tawanda Majoni
The pitfalls of the 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 18 | by Tawanda Majoni
Jacob Ngarivhume convicted over 2020 'shutdown' tweet
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has been convicted of public violence incitement charges stemming from a July 2020 tweet in which the opposition politician called for a national shutdown in...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 20:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Without reforms, Zimbabwe's 2023 polls will be disputed'
Forty-three years after independence, Zimbabwe is still being engulfed by disputed elections and this year's elections might be the same if electoral reforms are not implemented, the Election Resource...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may suffer an internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE may suffer an internet shutdown in the 2023 general election, just like Uganda and Zambia in 2021. In 2019, Freedom House rated Zimbabwe as a "not free" country with a 28% global freedom scor...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Phillip Anjorin
US, UK to spoil Zimbabwe polls
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are determined to spoil the country's elections to isolate Zimbabwe on the international stage and in their subversive plots, they have roped in non-...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar haunted by trust issues
Zimbabweans across the country continue to lose trust in the local currency due to the rapid loss of value, meaning it cannot serve as the store of value and medium of exchange.According to th...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vicious crackdown on opposition part of Zanu-PF election playbook
THE arrest of Citizens' Coalition for Change parliamentarians Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya (pictured in khaki shirt) alongside other party members, including the elderly and juveniles, for ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police crackdown on Chamisa's CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) organising secretary Amos Chibaya and Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta were arrested in Harare yesterday alongside 23 other party members while attending an in...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pavements on Wednesday morning were generally empty
THE usually congested and chaos-filled Bulawayo pavements between 3rd and 6th Avenues were on Wednesday morning generally empty ahead of the blitz by the local authority to keep the City centre clean ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalization of innocent Zimbabweans by regime!
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe'.He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo Chiefs in trouble
Bulawayo Chiefs coach Thulani Sibanda has turned down a contract extension at the club amid speculation he is headed for Triangle.Impeccable sources told Newsday Sport that Sibanda met with th...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
MPs for sale, damnable loans
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, the Legislature ought to have felt unease about the impropriety of accepting housing loans from Treasury at a time hospitals are...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
1 000 robbers sent to prison
About 1 000 robbers were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for periods ranging from 6 months to 60 years during the first 10 months of the year, as the clampdown on rising cases of violent crime...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA raises dust
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged legislators to finalise laws relating to elections and the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Amendment) Bill, which has been criticised...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'40% Zimbabwean cars uninsured'
At least 40 percent of cars on Zimbabwe's roads do not have insurance cover, the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has said.ICZ spokesperson Ringisai Batiya said this has affected victims of...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
US NGO paints gloomy picture of Zanu-PF
A RECENT report by the World Justice Project (WJP) which ranked Zimbabwe among the world's most authoritarian states is a damning indictment on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lack of political will to...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UK warns Mnangagwa
BRITISH parliamentarians have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against his continued clampdown on dissent, and disregard for human rights, saying the world was watching.Mnangagwa's human ri...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:04hrs | 6 | by Staff rporter
Ramaphosa-Malema handshake impossible in Zimbabwe as EFF no threat to ANC rule!
As much as this may shock many - the African continent is full of 'democratic leaders' - but, there is always one catch......their tolerance and good-heartedness towards the opposition is on t...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Colonial mistress raises doubt over credibility of 2023 elections
British Peer Baroness, Kate Hoey has expressed doubt over the credibility, freeness and fairness of Zimbabwe's upcoming 2023 general elections in the wake of a clampdown on dissent.This comes ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to block toll gate passage of vehicles without Licence disks
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has announced that vehicles without valid licence discs will not be allowed passage through toll gates with effect from 1 October.This comes on t...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
EMA ropes police into blitz on vehicles without rubbish bins
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Agency (EMA) officials and police in Bulawayo on Wednesday embarked on a crackdown on all vehicles without onboard trash bags and bins.EMA officials and cops manned ro...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
100 pirate taxis impounded in clampdown
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded more than 100 pirate taxis and two buses for violating the traffic regulations and using undesignated areas in the city centre as pick-up and drop-off points...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt justifies clampdown on 'regime change' NGOs
GOVERNMENT has justified its decision to clamp down on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council meeting, alleging that the organisations were plotting t...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fresh bid to revive Zimbabwe mass protests
POLITICAL and human rights activists are mobilising citizens to stage mass protests against the deteriorating political and human rights situations in the country, where persecution of oppositio...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala living like a rat at Chikurubi Prison
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala says inmates in the country's correctional institutions were living under inhumane conditions cramped like rats.He challe...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC leaders go on mute while Sikhala pays the price of opposition in solitary prison cell
When Zimbabwean lawmaker Job Sikhala settles down to sleep at night, he does so on the floor of an ageing maximum-security prison in Harare.The 50-year-old opposition MP has been held in solit...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 15:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Mayor Wadyajena
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into a case involving cotton farming inputs which were stocked at a warehouse linked to Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Makeshift border footbridge demolished
Another makeshift bridge that was being used by smugglers and border jumpers to cross into Zimbabwe and South Africa, has been destroyed by the National Security Task Force (NTF) to curb illegal activ...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa reneges on inaugural pledges'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of fondly embracing rights abusers, contrary to pledges made when it assumed power via a coup in 2017....Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | | by John Mbizvo
Zimbabwe police raid and seize decoders
Police have seized dozens of pieces of illegal television equipment in the latest series of raids on content piracy operations.The recent operation in Harare saw eight retail outlets being rai...Published: 24 May 2022 at 15:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 13 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
148 unregistered private schools face closure
So far 287 of the 435 private schools found operating illegally in Harare at the beginning of the year have gone through the licensing and other requirements, and now the authorities are moving agains...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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