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'New GNU will address legitimacy deficit' argues Biti - he is still breathtakingly incompetent
Some of us castigated Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, Welshmen Ncube, David Coltart and the rest of the MDC leaders as "breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent" as far back as 2010; whe...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3568 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, EU envoy in public spat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threw away diplomatic etiquette and publicly censured EU ambassador Timo Olkkonen after the latter in his speech touched on the worsening human rights abuses in ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3058 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's government: The mask has slipped
In April last year, on these pages, I expressed concern at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government's obvious fascination with Rwanda and China.On the face of it, it seemed as if Mnanga...Published: 18 hrs ago | 853 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Abduction fears grip MDC members
THE MDC Bulawayo provincial executive has claimed that its members are now living in fear of abductions after three party activists were reportedly seized from their homes on Tuesday night and torture...Published: 18 hrs ago | 243 | by Staff reporter
Currency devaluation slashes Zimbabwe wages by 90%
Zimbabwe's rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap, from which there's little chance of escape.If they implement the polit...Published: 19 hrs ago | 520 | by Bloomberg
Comedian Gonyeti abductued and tortured
Bustoptv TV Comedian Samantha Kureya a.k.a. Gonyeti was abducted from her home by unidentified masked men with AK47 assault rifles on Wednesday night, reports from Harare have said.It is...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4093 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1153 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's govt frightened to the core, says Coltart
Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3322 | by Staff reporter
West steps up pressure on Mnangagwa
The government appears to have shot himself in the foot with its ongoing brutal crackdown against opposition and pro-democracy activists - possibly dealing a fatal blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:25hrs | 3878 | by Staff reporter
Europe sends a strong message to Mnangagwa
The Heads of the Mission of the delegation of the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, the Heads of Mission of Australia, Canada and the U...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 18:40hrs | 21345 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimdiaspora in final push
In one of the Largest planned peaceful demonstrations this year, the Zimbabwe Diaspora in the UK made so much noise, that, over 15 Police officers, including rapid response, Armed and West Minster Enf...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1927 | by Thabo Makuyana
Rural teachers chicken out
Following a brutal crackdown on MDC demonstrations by the police in Harare last Friday, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) yesterday announced that it had postponed plans to pick...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vows resistance against MDC 'regime change' plot
THE Zanu-PF youth league Monday vowed to resist what it claimed was a plot by the MDC to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government through attempts to stage anti-government demonstrations th...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:13hrs | 231 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa raises ante against Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has announced plans to visit Moscow and Beijing to seek help in settling the political and economic logjam gripping the southern African country, Russia...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plans to meet Putin over Zimbabwe crisis
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa intends to pay visits to Moscow and Beijing to seek help in settling the political and economic crisis gripping Zimbabwe, Russia's Sputnik ne...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:30hrs | 7874 | by Sputnik
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2408 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turning country into a graveyard
ZIMBABWE hit the headlines this week as the world pondered in stunned silence how a government big on rhetoric and dismal on delivery has spectacularly squandered the goodwill of the international com...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 540 | by Brezh Malaba
Mnangagwa's govt cracking down on Chamisa's MDC
Fearful authorities are intensifying their crackdown against the opposition, with police arresting a number of MDC officials at the weekend - in addition to banning anti-government protests that were ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1597 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Constitution ignored
The Zimbabwe government has made it clear that the much-vaunted new constitution counts for nothing. The MDC fulfilled the legal requirement to inform the police before Friday's demonstration in Harar...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:45hrs | 1337 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Gukurahundi victim documents horror story
A Bulawayo-based Gukurahundi survivor is engaging writers to document what he went through during the mass killings and says he wants to ensure the country's history is not distorted.Charles T...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to intensify protests
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed that his party will intensify protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the police banned a demonstration that was scheduled for Harare last Friday...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:57hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Harare businesses count losses after crackdown
Harare businesses were left counting their losses on Friday after a violent crackdown by police on opposition supporters left the city centre deserted.The majority of businesses did not open a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's image dented by police brutality
The violent crackdown by the police on opposition activists that gathered in Harare on Friday awaiting a court judgement on a planned demonstration once again put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commit...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, torture, dragnet arrests amid vicious crackdown against dissent
Blessing Kunotonga is one of scores of opposition supporters left nursing serious injuries after state security agents launched a crackdown against the MDC ahead of the banned August 16 protests....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 793 | by Staff Reporter
'Solve socio-economic crisis' prescribe UN - rubbish, treat disease, bad governance, not the symptom
Zimbabwe is a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs. The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has captured all state institutions so that the Police, Army, Judiciary, etc. are...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:48hrs | 314 | by Wilbert Mukori
United Nations statement on MDC demonstration
We understand that today's planned protests in Harare have just been called off by the organisers, following a High Court decision to uphold a Government ban. The crowds that had already gathered were...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 2441 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa 'We will remain in the streets'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that a protest called off by the police on Friday was only a "teaser", as he vowed: "We will remain in the streets....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 19:31hrs | 7011 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | 5639 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe on edge
With jittery police saying yesterday that they are anticipating violence in today's mass demonstrations by the MDC - setting the stage for potentially bloody clashes between security forces and protes...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Teacher walks with bullet lodged in backside
A SCHOOL teacher, who was shot by members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) during the August 1, 2018 protests, has been walking with a bullet lodged in his buttock after failing to raise cash to un...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised over abductions, torture
HUMAN rights and other civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on Sadc, African Union and the international community to rein in the Zimbabwean government as tensions rise over alleged abductio...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC vows to defy police ban on ShutDownZimbabwe protest
Zimbabwe's main opposition group has said it will hold anti-government protests in the capital Harare, in defiance of a police ban.The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has calle...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 723 | by BBC
MDC Alliance's R27 000 vanishes
MDC-Alliance's preparations for a demonstration next Tuesday reportedly in disarray after the disappearance of 27 000 Rand which was earmarked to cater for logistics for the day. The missing f...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:56hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
America issues statement on Zimbabwe
The United States of America Embassy in Harare has condemned the brutal crackdown on opposition members by suspected members of the Central Intelligence Organisation. The Embassy posted a stat...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 22:16hrs | 11842 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kidnappings raise tension in Zimbabwe
Suspected security agents abducted and tortured an MDC youth leader and a pre-democracy activist in pre-dawn raids yesterday- further raising tensions ahead of tomorrow's mass protests against Preside...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter
US condemns abduction, torture of rights activists in Zimbabwe
The United States embassy in Harare on Wednesday voiced concern over the latest crackdown on pro-democracy activists by Zimbabwe's security forces ahead of a series of planned opposition protests....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:38hrs | 1210 | by ZimLive
America concerned about Mnangagwa
The American Embassy in Harare has expressed concern over the brutal crackdown on opposition and civic society members on the eve of the much hyped August 16 demonstrations. In a statement on ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 18:58hrs | 8159 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Foreigners in SA panic as police besiege Hillbrow
Reports coming from South Africa's notorious Hilbrow suburb indicate that there was massive inflow of police cars from all over Gauteng that were descending at the local police station on Tuesda...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 17:31hrs | 5260 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo defiant
Professor Jonathan Moyo says no one will stop him from publicizing the evidence of the people killed by the Zimbabwe military during the November 2017 coup, August 1 killings and the crackdown o...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 15:52hrs | 5354 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Foreigners demonstrate in South Africa
Some foreigners in South Africa under the banner of The African Civil Revolutionary Movement have staged a demonstration against the South African government for its crackdown on illegal foreign...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 10:49hrs | 5155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
God doesn't carry a red political party card
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, which simply means He is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere in that order.His sheer preponderance as a Supreme Being means He cannot be app...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 364 | by Bishop Lazi
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 191 | by Prince Mushawevato
Mnangagwa in panic mode as MDC protest looms
The Local Solutions Council deduced that President Mnangagwa evidently panicked last night due to the impending MDC Protest when he impulsively arranged an incoherent televised State of the Nation Add...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:27hrs | 12279 | by Darlington Nyambiya
ZCTU urges Zanu-PF to respect people's rights
The ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has implored the Zanu-PF-led government to respect people's rights and stop using intimidation tactics and abductions ahead of next week's planned demonstr...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua takes one-man show to SA
COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube will be taking his one-man show to South Africa this weekend where he is billed to crack ribs at the ongoing One Night Stands Comedy Festival. The festival, which be...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF deploys soldiers in rural areas
Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that ZANU PF won the recently held by-election in Lupane through deploying thousands of soldiers who are acting as Heritage Officers. Posting on Twitter Moy...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 10:07hrs | 11227 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anger as August 1 victims mark first anniversary of deadly army clampdown
A year after Dzikamai Chivanga was shot by a soldier while in central Harare, the 26-year-old is still struggling with medical bills and can hardly walk.Chivanga is one of scores of people sho...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Who is a winner on Zimbabwe Sanctions?
This week has just ended with a government official retired general Anselem Sanyatwa and his wife Chido added to the sanctions list. This make him to be the first government official to be put into th...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1113 | by Tolexy Hups
Trump says Mugabe was better than Mnangagwa
The President Donald Trump led United States Government has said Zimbabweans lived under better conditions during former President Robert Mugabe's tenure than they are doing now under President Emmers...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 12:12hrs | 18769 | by Staff Reporter
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