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BREAKING: Court bans pupils, teachers from attending ZANU PF rallies
The High court of Zimbabwe has granted application by the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) to implement an order barring pupils and teachers to be forced to attend political rallies and ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3514 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare men abducted from their homes at midnight over #shutdownZimbabwe
Human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has shared on Twitter a photo of young Harare men who were allegedly abducted from their homes at midnight last night by masked men in plain clothes carrying AK47 rifl...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 18:59hrs | 16742 | by Ndou Paul
PHOTOS: Evan Mawarire being arrested
Photos of #ThisFlag leader Evan Mawarire being arrested have emerged. He has not been formally charged but reports say he might be charged with inciting public violence....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 11:35hrs | 4778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calls for diaspora protests at Zimbabwe embassies
Pro-democracy groups called on Zimbabweans in the diaspora to stage protests at the country's embassies after the Harare regime shut down the internet as it launched a crackdown against civilians....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 862 | by newzimbabwe.com
WATCH: Zimbabweans confront soldiers with body of slain man
Brave Epworth residents this morning marched to an army barricade carrying aloft the coffin and body of a man shot on Monday during protests against a sharp fuel price hike....Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 5418 | by ZimLive
Panic as soldiers storm houses; assault men and women
Panic gripped the whole country as soldiers are reported to have stormed residential areas and dragged people out of their houses before beating them up and arresting them following Monday's vio...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | 5024 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Massive protests shut down Zimbabwe
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WATCH: Harare's 2KM fuel queue; the longest in the world
Harare yesterday ahd one of the longest fuel queues in the world with eye witnesses say it stretched up to 2 KM.Commenting on the video Human Rights lawyer David Coltart said, "Is there anyone...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:26hrs | 34275 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teachers engage in nationwide strike
Teachers have indicated that they will not be reporting for duty on Tuesday as schools open citing incapacitation.In a message to its members the Zimbabwe Teachers Association encouraged its m...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 06:13hrs | 4391 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Protesting teachers set free
NINE leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) were on Monday 7 January 2019 set free after they were arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers as theyembarked ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 19:27hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's limited options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remain numerous avenues and options for...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | 5106 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Coltart tears into Mthuli Ncube's committee
Veteran MDC leader David Coltart has dismissed the nine-member foreign currency allocation committee appointed by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube announced last nigh...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 09:21hrs | 10129 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe bond notes under siege
The bond note is increasingly suffering rejection from the corporate sector after Delta Corporation Limited went public on Wednesday saying it will be selling its products in hard currency.Del...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 19:31hrs | 6794 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is #failure itself' said Biti - true, but so are you, hence why all must step down now
Here is the thing; MDC Alliance members went into the 2018 elections knowing that Zanu PF would rig the elections; they did not mind that as long as they won a few gravy train seats. They did win a fe...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:52hrs | 3632 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Tsvangirai will be an albatross round your neck' Dell predicted - he was right, now it is ED and Chamisa
"Morgan Tsvangirai a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell in a leaked cable."He...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:32hrs | 4326 | by Wilbert Mukori
Police arrest teachers again
Amalgamated Teachers Uninion of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) members have been arrested again on Tuesday after being released on Monday when the state refused to press charges against them. Nine members o...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1419 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Great leaders have vision!' twittered Chamisa - alas, you don't even have common sense!
"The SECRET to a GREAT NATION is VISION, LOVE and HUMILITY by its leadership. Arrogance is always ignorance disguised as invincibility. Weak leaders boast and divide. Strong leaders reach out to unify...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 20:08hrs | 3823 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Behold the new!' empty MDC A slogan - as it too failed to demand verified voters' roll
"Anyone who means well for this country would agree that only dialogue can serve our people from the unpalatable suffering, preserve peace and avoid yet another elite implosion," argued MDC Alliance s...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 08:52hrs | 738 | by Nomusa Garikai
Munyeza, a discredited Chamisa will never make illegitimate ED legitimate - stay to your branch
Brazilians are some of the most artful football players, football is the nation’s greatest passion and it shows. There was one occasion, a few years ago, when the Brazil National team looked...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | 2234 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Biti still banned from addressing gatherings
MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti whose bail conditions were relaxed Wednesday is however, still barred from addressing journalists and political gatherings.The court on Wednesday 12...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:10hrs | 696 | by Ndou Paul
Biti bail conditions relaxed, passport returned
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Wednesday 12 December 2018 ordered authorities to return the passport for human rights lawyer Tendai Biti and title deeds to his residential property, which were being held as pa...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 15:56hrs | 2738 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa chides Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has chided President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF over alleged attempts to take away citizens' freedoms through a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the preside...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 19:49hrs | 9591 | by newzimbabwe
Don't be left holding an empty bag
WHAT has emerged from the hearings into the events of August 1 has shown that the setting-up of the commmission of inquiry was the right step in the circumstances.The hearings have amply demon...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1855 | by Conway Tutani
Motlanthe blocks Col. Elliot Piki
Rtd Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Piki was blocked by the Motlanthe Commission from submitting his evidence after being told the Commission had closed doors for the public interviews, human rights l...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 08:33hrs | 4764 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AG Machaya shreds Justice Mangota's ruling on 1 August killings
Attorney-General Prince Machaya has said without the express authorisation of the President, the Minister of Defence cannot unilaterally deploy soldiers to assist police.He was com...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:19hrs | 3315 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi commission accused of shutting out victims
THE Gukuruahundi massacres yesterday dominated deliberations at the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) symposium currently taking place in Bulawayo, with participants accusing the Nat...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa never ceases to shame the devil
Strive Masiyiwa, the Econet Wireless founder, has always been his own man.With all his wealth, Masiyiwa does not get ahead of himself. His public persona is that of gentility — that social s...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 2687 | by Conway Tutani
Strive Masiyiwa riles Chamisa's bootlickers
TELECOMMUNICATIONS magnet and billionaire, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is sincere about turning the country's fortunes while calling for the removal of sanctions imposed ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 4109 | by Staff reporter
'Strive Masiyiwa must come back to Zimbabwe if it's so good,' says Coltart
Former education minister and MDC Alliance bigwig David Coltart has challenged the Econet founder and executive chairman Strive Masiyiwa to put his feet where his mouth is.The ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 7396 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now ready to 'form transition authority' with ED - ED is illegitimate and must step down
"The only way forward is for a political dialogue with ZANU PF and it is not about the creation of another Government of National Unity (GNU), but we need to have a Transitional Authority which mechan...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 6390 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tesla pfee in Zimbabwe
Among the many vehicles Zimbabweans have been importing is the country's first Tesla electric vehicle, a model X automobile that has sparked debates on social media. Zimbabweans have taken to ...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 20:22hrs | 8978 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU, why spare Bulawayo council over rates hike
That the United States has not seized a great opportunity to walk the talk on its human rights mantra shows that things are not what they appear to be.It was always too much to expect US Presi...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:32hrs | 535 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe inflation hits 155%
Government has triggered a storm after forging ahead to effect a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions through a process legal experts say is unlawful.This comes as financial in...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 13:07hrs | 7714 | by Staff reporter
2% tax headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government violated the law by gazetting a legal instrument that put into force the 2 cents tax on electronic transactions as part of a cocktail of austerity measures, f...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:55hrs | 2316 | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting and U-turn Minister is Asia begging for funds - no, first sort illegitimacy
One can see why few people would ever refuse to be appointed minister in Zimbabwe; the country is the poorest in Africa and yet it has the most well-travelled officials in the whole world. The...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 09:18hrs | 2107 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC MPs walk out of parliament - another grand gesture comparable to Smith black MPs stooges
"Opposition legislators (Thursday) walked out of Parliament at 16:20 hours after the deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Muzenda ejected Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala over "unparliamentarily con...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 20:41hrs | 3045 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jonathan Moyo defends Coltart
Self imposed exile former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has leaped into MDC Alliance senior official David Coltart's defend on accusations that he was a Selous Scout during the liberation war...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | 3174 | by Stephen Jakes
Dabengwa, not Jonathan Moyo, is the brains behind POSA
ZAPU leader Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has revealed that he is the brains behind the original Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Bill but former President Mr Robert Mugabe refused to sign it because it was ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's '0% political skills' certainly working
While cholera is highly infectious, positivity can be as contagious too as a counter-measure along with medicinally treating the actual disease.Posted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who has a ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 3650 | by Conway Tutani
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Anger on social media over Mugabe, Grace chartered flight
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily on social media after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly chartered a plane for former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who flew to Singapo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:25hrs | 4238 | by Staff reporter
Let's give Mnangagwa a chance to turnaround Zimbabwe
For a long time, Zimbabwe was a country in the wilderness with little taking place, but since November 24, 2017 when President Mnangagwa took over the levers of powers, things started to tick. He emba...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 237 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2952 | by CONWAY TUTANI
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remains numerous avenues and o...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1090 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Let's give Mnangagwa a chance to turn Zimbabwe around
For a long time, Zimbabwe was a country in the wilderness with virtually nothing taking place, but since 24 November 2017 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the levers of powers things starte...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:16hrs | 2484 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa bomb blast probe raises questions
Police are still to make inroads in their investigations into the White City Stadium bomb blast in June in spite of claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the suspects are now known.Polic...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Coltart hails Mnangagwa's Cabinet moves
Zimbabwe's most decorated sports person, Kirsty Coventry, was yesterday appointed Sport minister, in a move that won President Emmerson Mnangagwa several accolades across the political divide as well ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strikes gold in Zimbabwe's 'Golden Girl' Kirsty
Zimbabwe's most decorated sports person, Kirsty Coventry, was yesterday appointed Sport minister, in a move that won President Emmerson Mnangagwa several accolades across the political divide as well ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1420 | by Staff Reporter
'Business is unsettled,' says Chamisa
There are three things one could have predicted with 100% certainty six months ago:1) That Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance will take part in this year's elections even th...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:07hrs | 3740 | by Wilbert Mukori
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