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TPF blasts Zimbabwe security agents for suppressing dissent
The Patriotic Front (TPF) led by former commercial farmer Darrlyl Collet has blasted the security agents for suppressing dissent in the country.This comes in the wake of the police and the mil...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1825 | by Stephen Jakes
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter trends on Twitter
PRESSURE on President Emmerson Mnangagwa escalated yesterday, with politicians and rights groups from the southern African region flagging the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe and worsening rights abuses ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 4271 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume's bail ruling on Thursday
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday postponed bail ruling for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume to Thursday.The two have been languishing i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
Govt tightens screws on urban councils
GOVERNMENT has tightened screws on all urban councils, demanding information on all residential stands acquired by councillors as it moves to unearth land scandals.In a letter dated July 27 an...Published: 7 hrs ago | 731 | by Staff reporter
NRZ finally cancels DIDG tender
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe has finally cancelled the US$400 million recapitalisation tender that had been awarded to the Diaspora Infrastructural Development Group (DIDG) in partnership with So...Published: 7 hrs ago | 810 | by Staff reporter
Ministry cracks whip on council land deals
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has directed all local authorities to submit information relating to land deals conducted under the current crop of Councillors whose tenure expires i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 186 | by Staff reporter
10 more succumb to Covid-19 in one day in ZImbabwe
Ten more Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, the second highest daily toll after 12 passed on last Thursday, taking the death toll to 80 while 154 new cases were confirmed, all local infections, ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 537 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address the nation on Tuesday morning
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to address the nation on Tuesday morning, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation has said. In a tweet, ZBC said, "ON stand-by for Presidential address to the...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4812 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Church leaders in renewed drongo call for Mnangagwa and Chamisa dialogue - make rational call or shut up
The drongo, "nhengure" in Shona, is a loud quarrelsome black bird with a shrill loud cry to march. Many of Zimbabwe's church leaders have started behaving like the drongo in their repeated calls...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2652 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chin'ono and Ngarivhume to wait a few more days before learning their fate
Zimbabwean investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition party leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, are set to remain behind bars after the High Court delayed delivering its judgment.The pai...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Analysis of Dual Pricing Policy (SI 185 of 2020)
The Zimbabwean government gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 185 of 2020 on the 24th of July 2020. The latest regulation compels sellers of various goods and services to display, quote and offer price...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2500 | by Victor Bhoroma
Government must be taken to task over informal traders
Zimbabwe has been on an economic free fall since the turn of the millennium. The comatose economy led to most industries closing shop and as a result countless jobs have been lost. The persisting and ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1609 | by Nkosikhona Dibiti
Chamisa, Khupe square off again
EMBATTLED opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rekindled his fight against rival MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe saying she no longer had legal grounds to claim leadership of the main opposi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 10830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks now overdue, says Hlatshwayo
THE much anticipated political talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are now overdue and remain the only solution to Zimbabwe's socio-econom...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
MSU suspends final year exams
State University (MSU) has, due to the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, suspended final year examinations that were set to start today. On July 24, Government gave a directive to all te...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Covid-19 suspect dies
Villagers in Makakhavhule in Beitbridge's Ward 6 are in panic mode after a 51-year-old man who illegally returned from South Africa reportedly died of suspected Covid-19. The local Covid-19 Ta...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
Local transmissions constitute 95% of Bulawayo Covid-19 cases
LOCAL Covid-19 transmissions have risen alarmingly in the country, constituting more than 70 percent of all cases, while they make up 94,5 percent of Bulawayo's infections. This comes at a tim...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's fight with Chamisa not personal
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says his fight with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is not personal, but is fuelled by his desire to instil constitutionalism in the opposition.Mwon...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3273 | by Staff reporter
A passport is a privilege in Zimbabwe
I goT my current passport in 2016, three years after the election that ended the government of National Unity. This was also the year the government introduced bond coins and bond notes, and foreign c...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:29hrs | 769 | by Kudzai Mubaiwa
CIO bosses violated the constitution
ONE crazy thing happened last week. Not quite surprising, but shocking, nonetheless. A brazen case of crass impunity and criminality in the ruling Zanu-PF.The ruling party held a politburo mee...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1548 | by Tawanda Majoni
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Zesa boss suspended over graft allegations
ZESA Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended from office and will be blocked from accessing his office at the power utility's headquarters, the Minister of Energy and Power Devel...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
13 arrests as army, police quash demo
PEACEFUL protesters, among them prominent novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, were arrested yesterday as heavily armed soldiers and police crushed the planned pro...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
British MP calls for more sanctions against Mnangagwa
BRITISH MP and former anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has urged the British government to extend sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime because of "escalating human rights violat...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 134 | by Panashe Chigumadze
Govt makes it mandatory to test all corpses for Covid-19, virus kills 14 people in one week
AT least 14 people have died from Covid-19 on admission to health institutions across the country in the last six days with the Government making it mandatory for all corpses to be tested for the viru...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 730 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa chairperson suspended and banned
ZESA Holdings executive chairperson Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended and will not be allowed to enter the power utility's headquarters, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi said yester...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 960 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 death toll jumps to 76
COVID-19 cases continue to rise daily in Zimbabwe with the total number of people who have tested positive since March standing at 3 169 Friday.The death toll also rose to 67 after 14 new deat...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:52hrs | 3513 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa staves off threat to his rule for now
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of any significant pub...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:58hrs | 9803 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 deaths jump to 53
Fifty-three people have so far succumbed to Covid-19, although 924 have recovered from the disease, an update released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care last night shows."Today (yesterd...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stuck in SA just got a last-second reprieve – and 3 more months to leave
On Saturday, 1 August, Zimbabweans and a range of foreign visitors in South Africa would have faced being declared undesirable after having overstayed their visas.But just hours before that, o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:18hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army Spokesperson Colonel Mugwisi dies
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Director for Public Relations Colonel Everson Mugwisi has died. Mugwisi has been battling with an undisclosed illness for a while and had taken leave....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 13:58hrs | 8724 | by Mandla Ndlovu
LIVE Update of #31July protest
AS ORGANISERS of the anti-corruption march remained defiant and insisted that today's planned protests will proceed despite a military clampdown, Bulawayo24News will be giving live updates of the situ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 10898 | by Staff reporter
Noic, Sakunda sucked in US$17m loan scandal
EXPLOSIVE details show that the state-owned National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) was advanced by Sakunda Holdings US$17,5 million of a US$22,75 million loan agreement to buy out Lonmin's 50%...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3811 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans labour under Zanu-PF debt concrete slab
ONE thing that makes me smile when I think constitutional democracy an elected government that shows unwavering love for its citizens. In perfect liberal or social democracies, elected governments fea...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 251 | by Rejoice Ngwenya, Comaliso
Senior doctors down tools
SENIOR doctors yesterday downed tools, joining nurses who have been on strike for more than 40 days, a move that will add a strain to the country's already paralysed healthcare system.The stri...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Protests are a human right: UN experts
HE UN Human Rights Committee yesterday said protesters across the world had a right to protest even in the wake of COVID-19 as long as they adhere to requirements to protect themselves.In a st...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:51hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
US embassy warns its citizens to stay off Zimbabwe streets
THE United States embassy in Harare on Wednesday urged its citizens to avoid the streets today so that they are not caught up in violent confrontations between the government, opposition and ruling Za...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash probe delays Cassava financials
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL) has announced a delay in publishing its financial results for the year ended February 29, 2020 due to investigations into its subsidiary, EcoCash (Private) Lim...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:38hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Violence has no place in our civilised society
VIOLENCE, whether verbal, physical, emotional or psychological, should never any have place in a civilised society like Zimbabwe. Yet the use of State apparatus to perpetuate violence has been a defin...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:37hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Court halts $7.5m State funding for MDC formations
Neither MDC Alliance nor MDC-T can receive any of the $7.5 million political funding under the Political Parties Finance Act until a resolution on the ongoing legal battle over which formation is enti...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 3052 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a break
This Zanu PF government is a farce, a sham and a masquerade. The problem with this government is like a person who is going to the carpenter to pull their aching tooth. Imagine the type of a tool the ...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1413 | by Leonard Koni
Don't wear party regalia on July 31
ZANU-PF acting deputy secretary for youth affairs Tendai Chirau yesterday claimed his party had unmasked a plot by protesters to use Zanu-PF regalia to cause anarchy during tomorrow's planned protests...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF trade insults
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as a "terrorist organisation" and a "bloodthirsty" regime planning to spill the blood o...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF working on liquidating MDC Alliance'
MDC Alliance has accused Zanu-PF of using State machinery in its attempts to liquidate the opposition, party co-vice president Tendai Biti has claimed.Addressing the media Wednesday, Biti also...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1286 | by newzimbabwe
Civil servants struggle to use US$75 allowances
CIVIL servants are facing challenges utilising US$75 deposited into their accounts by Government as a flat non-taxable Covid-19 monthly allowance. The news crew understands that those who rece...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
'Security forces ready to deal with demos'
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public healt...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
White farmers to get US$3.5 b compensation - only objection, looters must pay not povo
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance which mandates Zimbabwe to pay white commercial farmers US$3.5 billi...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 369 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF rigged election and now rigging covid-19 data with tragic consequences
This Zanu PF regime blatantly rigging the coronavirus statistics with disastrous consequences to us all! "The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors a...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1641 | by Nomusa Garikai
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