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Mkhwanazi gains public backing
South African KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has received an outpouring of public support after his explosive allegations implicating Police Minister Senzo Mch...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 16:01hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Blitz-krieg them all! A call for action against illegal urban operations
THE heading above no doubt encapsulates the concerns of law-abiding citizens, urging those in authority to swiftly root out the undesirable elements polluting our society - without further ado or unne...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:27hrs | 138 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mthwakazi rejects the genocide interviews: No justice under the perpetrator's gavel
The government of Zimbabwe has announced its so-called Gukurahundi Public Hearings, set to begin soon under the stewardship of none other than Chief Fortune Charumbira, a well-known ZANU-PF loyalist a...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 276 | by Fikile ka Malikongwa
The spectacular failure of ZANU-PF, ANC and Frelimo
Recently, heavy rains hit a town called Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. The resulting floods killed 49 people across the province, but Mthatha was the worst-hit. On the day of the flooding, there were re...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:50hrs | 108 | by Chris Kabwato
Mnangagwa regime's intolerance to demonstrations is what threatens peace and stability in Zimbabwe
Democracy in Zimbabwe is now in the intensive care unit! In any genuine democracy, demonstrations are a normal and indispensable part of life. They are a visible, collective, and power...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 12:13hrs | 673 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe police boss says he doesn't have authority to sanction protests
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba has firmly rejected claims that his office is responsible for authorizing or denying planned protests, including a nationwide demons...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 08:06hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
War veterans plot Zimbabwe-wide protests against Mnangagwa
War veterans, along with other discontented citizens, are set to stage a nationwide protest this Thursday in response to Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation.Earlier this month, the former ...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 10:52hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Residents decry surge in sex work in Bulawayo CBD
Residents of Ward 1 in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) are sounding the alarm over the increasing presence of sex workers between 8th and 9th Avenue and along Lobengula Street, expressing c...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police investigate disciplinary camps
Police have launched an investigation into the growing number of disciplinary camps popping up across the country, with a focus on a camp named Matrix, which has raised significant concerns. The camp,...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:53hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Govt condemns 'inhumane' Belvedere murambatswina
The Government has denounced the Harare City Council for demolishing houses in Ridgeview Belvedere, describing the action as "shocking, callous, and inhumane." The demolitions, conducted over the past...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:22hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Dear President Mnangagwa, I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. I write to you today ...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:55hrs | 1467 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Sikhala launches new movement
FORMER Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has launched a new movement, the National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), which he hopes will "free masses from political chains".The outspoken poli...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 12 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Anti-Mnangawa protests blocked by Zimbabwe police
POLICE have blocked planned protests by some members of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa.The party had asked the police for permission to peacefull...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should change strategy
Dear Mr [Nelson] Chamisa,I AM writing to you as a concerned citizen and a former supporter of yours. I voted for you in the presidential elections of 2018 and 2023, where the rigging of Zanu-P...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:31hrs | 15 | by Barnabas Musisinyani
Fictitious allegations against Sengezo Tshabangu
Below is a press statement released by the lawyers of the CCC interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu:Press Statement05 November 2023...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 18:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans petition Pan African Parly over Zim crisis
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa under the Sadc Citizens Democratic Society have petitioned the Pan African Parliament (PAP) compelling it to assist in resolving the country's political and economic crisis...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi quizzed over abductions
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have taken government to task over police's seemingly lackadaisical approach towards investigating politically-motivated abductions, enf...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC Elders acknowledge Tshabangu's grievances
Members of the Citizens Coalition of Change (CCC) Elders have acknowledged the existence of grievances within the opposition party that require resolution. However, they view Sengezo Tshabangu's initi...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 22:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hichilema convenes virtual Troika meeting to discuss Zimbabwe Election report
As the current Chair of the SADC Troika, Zambia recently organized a virtual meeting to address various regional issues, including the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) report on Zimbabwe's re...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa as Zambia tries to topple him
President Mnangagwa's government was particularly stung by findings of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (Seom) led by former Zambian vice-president Nevers Mumba.Pressure is mounting on Presi...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring CCC MP scuffled with police officers
A total of 40 Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have been arrested.CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere confirmed the arrest."I can confirm that 40 CCC members have been ar...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison boss shields partisan officer
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services has ignored a letter written to it by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights attorney Innocent Gonese over the misconduct of ZPCS officer Caroline Manjongo who ha...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers demand action against Zanu-PF prison officer
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) lawyer Innocent Gonese of Lawman Law Chambers (LLC) has written to Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu demandi...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffering from leadership crisis
THE recent fiasco surrounding General Notice 635 of 2023 has exposed a far-reaching crisis of competence, transparency, and accountability within our public information management system. As concerned...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Vinthoughts
Mwonzora claims high level engagements with CCC and Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora has claimed his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling Zanu-PF have been engaged in "high level" discussions since early last year....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections crucial test of Mnangagwa's Statesmanship
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, by now, most of the determined would-be contestants for public office are already geared for the imminent race. Although t...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:53hrs | 13 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Petitioners ropes in international stakeholders for Sikhala's release?
PETITIONERS, who want an end to the lengthy incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, have called for "urgent action" to rope in international s...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
55 000 petition Mnangagwa for Sikhala, Sithole release
ABOUT 55 000 Zimbabweans locally and abroad yesterday petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the second time over continued incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Si...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
48 000 petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
SOME 48 000 people comprising Zimbabweans and citizens of other countries have signed a petition calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's intervention in the continued detention of opposition legisl...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
30,000 petition Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been implored to set aside political differences with some opposition parties and end the incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over poorly done road in Bulawayo
AN uproar has erupted in Bulawayo after videos of a substandard road being constructed for a new housing development project surfaced on the internet last week amid revelations that the land developer...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
In defense of the Bulawayo parking system
Greetings to all the citizens of the Great City of Bulawayo: The City of Kings and Queens.We note with deep and grave concern as the Concerned Citizens of Bulawayo that there has arisen in our...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:38hrs | 16 | by Qaphelani Sikhangele Sibanda
Zimbabwe's problem is Zanu-PF's intimidation and kleptocracy, not the country's youth
THERE is a certain blindness in understanding the nature of Zimbabwean politics and elections if the problem is mostly attributed to an apathetic youth. A more analytical view includes other consequen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Tony Reeler
July Moyo reported to ZACC over US$9m tender scam
INDEPENDENT Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa has formally reported Local Government Public Works and National Housing minister July Moyo to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over a corrupt US...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Something stinks in Nelson's yellow shack
The fissures in the country's opposition party recently ruptured as Mr Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party going by the ideologically-barren name; Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), but ther...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Chamisa's lawyer piles pressure on High Court judge
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is piling pressure on embattled Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora, who is facing a series of accusations ranging from conflict of interest, judicial miscondu...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Pupils locked out of exam room
SEVERAL pupils at Mandwandwe High School in the Bulawayo suburb of Nkulumane were recently allegedly beaten and delayed by 15 minutes to enter their examination room after coming to school with plaite...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP offers personal equipment to clear Bulawayo refuse
Zanu-PF Bulawayo South legislator and businessman Raj Modi has offered a Tipper and Front-End loader to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to clear piles of uncollected garbage which has become an eyesor...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Flouting the RBZ interbank rate by Big companies
Dear Editor, I am surprised by the manner in which some companies are left flouting the interbank rate and yet the Governor ignores them just like that!Is he sincere in his talk t...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Wilfred Mazani
'Police won't relent in smuggling fight'
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police says it is descending hard on bus operators that are being used as conduits to smuggle goods and migrants into the country, depriving the State of millions of dollars in r...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Dozens arrested in bar raids
POLICE on Friday night arrested dozens of revellers in Bulawayo after raiding a number of night spots in the city that are flouting Covid-19 Level Two lockdown regulations.Although Bulawayo pr...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
We need to repair our sick politics
AS strange as it might sound or seem, you can be sure there is an imbecile somewhere in our beloved teapot-shaped country that is very unhappy the weatherman is forecasting we might have a very good r...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Bishop Lazi
Forced police transfers triggers anxiety over COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 455 police officers from various Criminal Investigations Department (CID) stations across the country, triggering an outcry.Some members of t...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent scenes unmasked the facade of South Africa's rainbow nation
With the country mopping up following violent protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the country finds itself divided not only by class but also among racial lines as tensions ran high in some communi...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 19 | by Manyane Manyane, Karabo Ngoepe, Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Zanu-PF would have to defy reality to win in 2023
When Zimbabwe enters the pre-election circus, usually two years before elections are due, and the Afrobarometer produces a survey, the only interest the survey generates is in the estimates of which p...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapses
Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed on Sunday, June 13, 2021, during a Defence Force Day event over "dizziness", the government has said.The President was forced to cut short his presence a...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Devolution helplessly biting the dust at Nkayi registry offices
Despite the unambiguous provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, devolution sadly remains a pipedream in the generality of the country. For purposes of particularity, t...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 13 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'Zanu-PF won't concede electoral defeat'
Zanu-PF will not concede to any electoral defeat as it fears being held to account for widespread human rights violations it is accused of committing over the past four decades.The claim was m...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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