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When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4005 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa $720k richer as Mnangagwa's treasury releases $3.4 million to MDC
TREASURY has released $3,4 million to the opposition MDC under the Political Parties Finance Act.The money was released two weeks ago following months of bickering, with the opposition party a...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 10159 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana blames doctor's abduction on Mnangagwa attempted assassins
INFORMATION Secretary Nick Mangwana has blamed Saturday's abduction on doctors union leader Peter Magombeyi on what he termed third forces which he linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock escap...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:02hrs | 1192 | by NewZimbabwe
Fight over Zpra properties gets ugly
A prominent war veteran says he has been receiving death threats for campaigning for the return of properties seized by the government from war veterans.John Gazi, the chairperson of Nitram, a...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 5151 | by Staff reporter
The other side of Mugabe
In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour.When Mug...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 885 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Dictator Mugabe denied million a vote - now they can finally 'vote', by boycott his funeral
David Coltart has proven to be a confused, corrupt and incompetent opposition politician; the kind very nation dreads. Coltart was a senior member of the MDC during the 2008 to 2013 GNU and they faile...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 22:21hrs | 1431 | by Nomusa Garikai
Why chiefs are breaking ranks with Zanu-PF
The late Robert Mugabe's nearly four decades in power became possible because of a tight grip on the rural electorate where traditional leaders were a vital cog in mobilising votes for the ruling part...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 656 | by Silas Nkala
Flower hopeful for Zimbabwe's future after Mugabe's death
Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe cricket captain and England coach, hopes his country can emerge from "a quagmire of corruption" following the death of ex-president Robert Mugabe.Mugabe died o...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:42hrs | 315 | by PA
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 262 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mixed reactions to Mugabe death
ZIMBABWEANS and political leaders from across the globe yesterday expressed mixed reactions to news of the death of former President Robert Mugabe, with some describing him as a judicious leader while...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:11hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Condolences pour in for Mugabe
CONDOLENCE messages from across the world yesterday poured in following the death of former President Robert Mugabe with many describing him as an icon of liberation who dedicated his life to the free...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:09hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was a brilliant man but complex man,' says Coltart
Tributes are being paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday.Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before he was overthrown by the military in 2017, died in a hospita...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 15:38hrs | 2296 | by ZimLive
Mutodi apologises for controversial comments on Ndebele nationhood
Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi was forced into a climbdown on Wednesday after he withdrew controversial comments which critics said questioned the nationality of the Ndebele people....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 3222 | by ZimLive
Mutodi suffers backlash after he labels Ndebeles refugees
Deputy information minister Energy Mutodi received a backlash on Tuesday after appearing to suggest that Ndebeles were refugees in Zimbabwe.The gaffe-prone minister was calling on South Africa...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 2223 | by ZimLive
'Sham 2018 poll resulted in illegitimacy' CIZC finally admit - yet still can't resist urge to appease Zanu PF
It is heartening to see that organisation like Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition (CIZC) are finally calling a spade a spade! "The sham 2018 polls resulted in a serious legitimacy crisis that c...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 875 | by Nomusa Garikai
A history of abductions, assassinations in Zimbabwe
October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with othe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
'As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to ED, I'm staying put' - see speck in his eye but not log in yours
"As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to an illegal president (Emmerson Mnangagwa) then we (Zimbabweans in SA) are staying put and not going anywhere," twittered Kudakwashe KadenheThere is n...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2655 | by Nomusa Garikai
Welshman Ncube takes up Chief Ndiweni bail application case
The bail hearing for Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe set for Tuesday was postponed after the state prosecutor asked for more time to respond to his application.Instead, the matter sh...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:26hrs | 4423 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's bail application hits brick wall
The application by jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to get his bail pending appeal granted on Tuesday was frustrated by the State prosecutor who asked for time to respond to C...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 10:44hrs | 9472 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi documentalist Silonda dies
Former director of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Matabeleland chapter who played a pivotal role in the documentation of the Gukurahundi massacres by CCJP in the 1980s, Joel Buh...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs to learn and learn well
What President Mnangagwa needs to learn and learn well is the importance of being a president of a nation, particularly a jewel of the continent like Zimbabwe is to Africa. He needs to take stock and ...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:29hrs | 1805 | by Clemen Moyo
David Coltart rejects Doctorate Degree from Commonwealth University
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has snubbed the Honorary Doctorate that was extended to him by the Commonwealth University. In a letter of nomination the University had said, "As part of t...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 10:23hrs | 5810 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: MDC leader Amos Chibaya granted bail
The court has granted MDC National Organising Secretary, Amos Chibaya a bail of $400 bail and has been told that his passport remains with the police in Gweru and ordered not to interfere with witness...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 2786 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's advisors condemn attack on Coltart by police
Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council Trevor Ncube and Busisa Moyo issued condemnation on the assault of human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart on Friday by memb...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5002 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police State
Within days of President Mnangagwa lecturing the West about how 'the rule of law is sacrosanct' in Zimbabwe, the police in Harare arrested representatives of rural teachers for trying peacefully to pr...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:37hrs | 1481 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:50hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not committed to reform' America says
The United States has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not committed to reforms following a spate of kidnappings and torture of government critics in what observers have described as state repress...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 16:40hrs | 4371 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Coltart tortured
Human Rights lawyer Douglas Coltart was assaulted by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on Friday when he accompanied teachers from the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe to submit a p...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 16:26hrs | 5398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu-PF won people's mandate and will not share it with MDC' - illegitimate, rigged elections
Zanu-PF is treating the issue of the regime's lack of legitimacy and the MDC's call for a power sharing arrangement as if the two are one and the same thing."The people pronounced themselves a...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 682 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jacob Mudenda's scandals unpacked?
Who is Jacob Francis Mudenda? Jacob Francis Mudenda nicknamed "The Headmaster" in parliament and "Scania" in Matebeleland North is the current Speaker of the National Assembly. Born in 1949, M...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 05:56hrs | 5935 | by Nicholas Ncube
'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: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4156 | by Wilbert Mukori
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 | 3467 | by Staff reporter
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1992 | by Wilbert Mukori
Open letter to Jacob Mudenda: What was your role during Gukurahundi?
Hon Jacob Mudenda Sir, I would like to applaud you for your speech recently. In this speech Advocate Jacob Mudenda, you urge the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to advocate f...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:31hrs | 1091 | by Nicholas Ncube
Police ban anti-government protests in Gweru
Police banned planned anti-government demonstration in the Midlands city of Gweru on Tuesday, enforcing similar actions taken in Harare on August 16 and Bulawayo on August 19.The Movement for ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 593 | by ZimLive
'Zanu-PF is brazenly and openly rigging elections' - that has failed to deter MDC, why
"These are the wages of rigging by the military, which now rigs elections in the rural areas brazenly and openly. For ZANU-PF to keep winning, it needs the military to keep rigging, and the rural area...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 17:23hrs | 1395 | by Nomusa Garikai
'I'm Christian, we're all fallen people' said Coltart - feeble excuse for 20 years of betrayal, Judas repented
"The one central tenet of the Christian faith is that we are all fallen people," said David Coltart, MDC treasurer general."We have our weaknesses, but it also helped me understand some of my ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:53hrs | 1502 | by Nomusa Garikai
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
'Soldiers, Green Bombers dressed in police uniform'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC has sensationally claimed that soldiers and graduates of Zanu-PF's notorious National Youth Service, also known as Green Bombers, were on Friday dressed up in rio...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
'Park rigged elections and focus on new GNU' - no, Zanu-PF must step down and rigged elections is the gist
"I think both leaders have to park that issue (whether last year's elections were free, fair and credible and therefore Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are legitimate). In other words, Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2897 | by Wilbert Mukori
Obert Mpofu behind Chief Ndiweni jail sentence, claims Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart has described the case in which Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was jailed for 18 months as a political sham trial influenced by Zanu-PF and its...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:42hrs | 4944 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa need to compromise, says Coltart
MDC treasurer general David Coltart has said there is need for both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa to drop their hardline positions if genuine dialogue a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Anger over Ndiweni imprisonment
The imprisonment of prominent Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has been described as a "political sham" amid indications that his lawyers are preparing for an app...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:00hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
'Don't care how Zanu-PF got power, account for it' - too late, MDC gave them absolute power
"THIS is a message to those who currently hold power in Zimbabwe. I do not really care about how you got into this position, but now that you are there, we need to ask you what you are going to use th...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 15:54hrs | 3144 | by Wilbert Mukori
As long as culture of selling fellow blacks for piece of calico cloth remains, so will our troubles
As a people black Africans are dogged by self-hate. By God, we hate ourselves with a consuming passion! During the slave trade, one of the dark periods in black Africa, it was not the whi...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:22hrs | 391 | by Nomusa Garikai
No funds for political parties, says Govt
Government is still to disburse funds to political parties under the Political Parties (Finance) Act as it remains seized with availing basic commodities and cushioning citizens from the obtaining eco...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
'Did God instruct MDC to take power by force?' - God is NOT in this, 'be as shrewd as snakes' He warned
"One thing for certain, which the opposition should know, is that there is not going to be any transfer of power outside the elections. Their decision to participate in the elections that brought Mnan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 17:39hrs | 2417 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's MDC too broke to compete with Zanu-PF
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is too broke to fund its programmes without accessing finances under the Political Parties Finance Act hence was struggling to challenge the ruling Zanu PF party dur...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames Gukurahundi for Lupane loss
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart has blamed Gukurahundi for his party’s loss to Zanu-PF in the Lupane East by elections on Saturday....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2828 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel to be sold in US dollars
Finance and Economic development Minister Mthuli Ncube has given greenlight to companies who have foreign currency to purchase fuel and resell it in foreign currencies at their garages. Giving...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 22:00hrs | 17822 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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