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Tension grows as government clamps down on dissent
Teargas and truncheons returned to Zimbabwe's cities in recent days, as protesters took to the streets to express their discontent at the deteriorating economy.Protests began on August 16 in H...Published: 31 secs ago | | by Staff reporter
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1144 | by Michael Mhlanga
Namibian expert raps MDC-Alliance
The MDC-A has become panicky as signs of economic stability, which naturally undermines its relevance, begin to set in, a Namibian-based economist has said.Dr Drian Kashkongo, a lecture at a u...Published: 9 hrs ago | 990 | by Staff reporter
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 10 hrs ago | 238 | by Bishop Lazi
Man murdered outside MDC office
Police are investigating after a man was killed outside a constituency office of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Kwekwe on Friday.Officers responded after reports of a man lying de...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 17:51hrs | 7669 | by ZimLive
2 die in Birchenough road accident
TWO people died on Tuesday when the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a bus which had encroached into its lane along the Birchenough-Mount Selinda Road.M...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Bees sting woman to death
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman from Tsholotsho, who is a stroke victim, died on the spot after being stung by a swarm of bees that attacked her and her mother. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chie...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman brutally killed in UK
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds, inflicted allegedly by her husband. Essex police reported that a murder probe has si...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya arrested over anti-Mnangagwa demos
MDC-Alliance organising secretary and Mkoba legislator Amos Chibaya was yesterday arrested for failing to comply with a prohibition order issued by the police and upheld by the High Court against his ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Minister Cain Mathema professes ignorance of rampant abductions
GOVERNMENT is unaware of any cases of abductions despite the numerous claims from prodemocracy groups as well as the opposition, Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema said Thursday.Numerous oppos...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 163 | by newzimbabwe
SADC must sanction Mnangagwa
SADC must sanction Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for gross human rights abuses and for proscribing the rights and freedoms of assembly and speech that are permissible under the country's Constitution....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:13hrs | 2680 | by MDC
Man stabs wife 15 times, kills himself
A man from Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central stabbed his wife 15 times with a knife before drinking poison in a domestic dispute over allegations of infideli...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 10:41hrs | 4122 | by Staff Reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil service top heavy, bloated
GOVERNMENT admitted yesterday that it was bloated, had a top-heavy structure, with some key departments manned by second-class professionals owing to poor salaries and conditions of service.Th...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza rejected Warriors job, why is it that ONLY Mashonaland coaches are given that chance?
NORMAN MAPEZA was offered the chance for another romance as the Warriors coach, ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with the coach ready for a return to the ultimate job in domestic football. Howe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman killed in United Kingdom
Celebrated former radio presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has posted on social media that a Bulawayo woman was allegedly killed by her husband in the United Kingdom. Posting on Wednesday Sibanda s...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2630 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Signs of economic resuscitation rattle MDC
Indications of economic stabilisation currently being witnessed in the country have distressed the MDC, which for a long time has been using the challenges as their trump card, a Namibian based econom...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:59hrs | 2183 | by John Sigauke in Namibia
Man 'kills' cousin, pretends to be an informant
A TOUT from Bulawayo allegedly beat his cousin to death with an iron bar and made a false police report that he had found him dead.Makhosi Ncube (33) is suspected to have killed Keith Ramjis (...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1160 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 4915 | by ZimLive
Chamisa's hired soldiers caught with their pants down
The demonstrations in Harare on the 16th August 2019 have exposed many stake holders. There were people who were so much waiting for these demonstrations each one with his own ulterior motive. The...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:23hrs | 11894 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | 1060 | by Nicholas Ncube
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | 391 | by Cliff Chiduku
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1991 | by Thulani Nkala
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 | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Why protests are important
LAST night as I was scrolling down latest postings - usually not very useful except for banter and comic relief - on our WhatsApp chat group feed with former journalism training classmates, I came acr...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:55hrs | 588 | by Dumisani Muleya
Cops hunt for murder suspect
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have launched a manhunt for an elderly man from Shayabvudzi village, who allegedly killed his wife following a domestic dispute and went into hiding since last w...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Form 4 pupil found hanging at Bulawayo beerhall
A FORM Four pupil at Msiteli High School was found hanging from a roof truss at a beerhall near his home on Friday in a suspected case of foul play. Nhlanhla Radasa (17) of Bulawayo's Ts...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
African push for lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
A group of 16 African countries has called on the US and EU to "immediately lift" economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.The policy was hurting the region, said Tanzania President John Maguful...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 196 | by BBC
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 | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties stoke fears of upsurge in HIV cases
The raging phenomenon of wild parties organised by teenagers, where sex orgies and alcohol binges are commonplace, is stocking fears of a surge in new HIV infections in Bulawayo.The National A...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 534 | 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 | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law guns for Zifa board
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has made damning corruption allegations against the Zifa board, accusing the Felton Kamambo-led football association of gross incompetence, mismanagement and...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:46hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army is not a Salvation army' - Police ruthlessly crush MDC demo
ARMED police ruthlessly clamped down on protesters who gathered in Harare city centre for the Free Zimbabwe peace march organised by the MDC yesterday using teargas, water cannons and batons on suspec...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Go home Nero! The demons are with you
We are told sister Piri, as Prisca Mupfumira was known in her close circles, is demanding too much luxury behind bars. Yes, she has not yet been convicted, but it could be her insatiable quest for swa...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Journalists crowd a police victim insteading of helping
An image of journalists surrounding a victim of police brutality after the August 16 skirmishes in Harare has gone viral. The image shows the photo journalists shooting pictures instead of che...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2742 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa celebrates Marikana 'tragedy'
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Marikana massacre commemoration tweet has been met with a number of negative responses, with most replies saying it was ironic that Ramaphosa would send out such a tweet....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:05hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
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 | 5647 | by Reuters
Robert Mugabe's resignation letter disappears
Former President Robert Mugabe's resignation letter has disappeared from parliament where it was placed for safekeeping a weekly paper Zimbabwe Independent has reported. Quoting sources the pa...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | 4059 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Zimbabwe tycoon left for dead in SA
Simon Rudland, co-owner of the Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation and a member of the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), was seriously injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Johann...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
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
Barbarians, be warned!
There is a sense of foreboding regarding the planned demonstrations by Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance. This is because everyone knows that "success" of the demos - measured in terms of attracting ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 247 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa threatens to unleash army on businesses
As the military government becomes clueless on how to control the wayward economy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reverted to what he knows best, the military – as he has threatened the business c...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 364 | by Makho Precious Moyo
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 | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in lockdown ahead of demo
TENSION and fear gripped Harare and other parts of the country yesterday amid a huge deployment of heavily armed soldiers and police ahead of a planned demonstration today by the opposition MDC to pro...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 169 | 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 | 725 | by BBC
Mnangagwa's son in-law fights for Chiyangwa
THE Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) have requested FIFA to use its powers, as enshrined it its statutes, to remove the entire ZIFA leadership from office and replace it with a normalisation comm...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:10hrs | 6209 | by Staff reporter
Beit Trust Scholarship application now open for Zimbabwean candidates
THE BEIT TRUST - SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: 2020 IN THE UK AND 2021 IN SOUTH AFRICA INVITATION TO ZIMBABWEAN CANDIDATES Every year, ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 19:52hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned against deploying army
Some sober minds must warn the present Zimbabwean political establishment. Especially the current Potestate, the Junta itself and the Commanders. The history of the world has many lessons to the effec...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | 5485 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
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