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ZANU PF, A reminder that roles can change, and the law applies to all
One reality continues to echo loud and clear, positions of power are not permanent and the law does not discriminate. The incarceration of former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi is a typical ex...Published: 9 hrs ago | 285 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Democracy under siege
Zimbabwe's democratic space faces significant challenges, rooted in decades of authoritarian rule by the ZANU-PF party, which has governed since 1980.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in power...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 513 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe police under fire over fresh allegations of brutality and abuse
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is under intense scrutiny following a series of incidents that have raised serious concerns about heavy-handed tactics, including alleged killings, torture, and assa...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:09hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga clash over war veterans as succession battle intensifies
The war veterans' constituency has emerged as a crucial battleground in the escalating political succession struggle between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, as th...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 16:34hrs | 2522 | by Staff reporter
Targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services: A disturbing trend in Hillbrow
A disturbing trend has emerged in Hillbrow, where police are targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services, arresting them, and demanding bribes ranging from R1500 to R3000. This practice has left...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 761 | by Anonymous
South Africans languish in Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has told IOL that scores of South African nationals are languishing in Zimbabwe's Harare Remand Prison, awaiting deportation, after they were arrested for breachin...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to interface with war veterans
All roads lead to the City Sports Centre in Harare today as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to meet thousands of war veterans in a major empowerment interface, where he will hand over mining equip...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:42hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Matthew Takaona arrested by Ferret team
Veteran journalist and opposition activist Matthew Takaona has been arrested by members of the Ferret team, a joint police and intelligence unit, while participating in a community road safety initiat...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 1998 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala to launch a book
Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and human rights defender Job Sikhala is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Footprints in the Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala on 27 June 2025,...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 21:35hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Cop flogs suspect to death at station
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Ruwa, Constable Prince Ndavambi (Force Number 078641D), is at the centre of a serious investigation after allegedly beating a suspect, Blessed Bel...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
What value systems, dignity and integrity does Mnangagwa know? Stuff and nonsense!
In Shona, I would have said: Ndiko kunonzi kujairira Vahnu uku! This man can just open his mouth wotanga kubukura, ogo bukura ogo bukura! A Portuguese adage says: even a small ass can do it if a stoma...Published: 29 May 2025 at 21:32hrs | 771 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZHRC concerned over prolonged stays in prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), in line with its Constitutional mandate, conducted a human rights monitoring visit to Harare Remand Prison on April 29, amid concerns over the prolonged de...Published: 27 May 2025 at 20:41hrs | 295 | by Stephen Jakes
Police accused after handcuffed body found buried in pit latrine
Zimbabwean police have launched an investigation following the grim discovery of human remains buried in a pit latrine near Malalume Clinic in Bulilima District, close to the Botswana border. The rema...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:40hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Court interpreter arrested over US$200 'bribe'
A court interpreter stationed at Mbare Magistrates Court appeared before a regional magistrate this week after he was allegedly caught soliciting a bribe to influence the outcome of a criminal case....Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:15hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
MRP leader's brother arrested for insulting Mnangagwa
Dinginhlalo Moyo, the Brother to Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has been arrested and is set to appear at Plumtree Court tomorrow in what the party has termed Frivolous and Vexatious...Published: 21 May 2025 at 10:11hrs | 1009 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimra impounds buses from Beitbridge border post
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has announced it is impounding buses cleared at Beitbridge Border Post for reinspection due to a surge in smuggling activities at the country's busiest entry poi...Published: 18 May 2025 at 12:14hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Trio defrauds Econet US$54 800
Three airtime vendors from Mutare have appeared in court facing allegations of stealing US$54,863 through a sophisticated EcoCash airtime scam after allegedly discovering a system loophole that allowe...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:15hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
ZRP constable arrested for assaulting superior at roadblock
A police constable stationed at ZRP Charandura has been arrested and is currently in custody after allegedly assaulting his superior during a night roadblock operation along the Harare-Masvingo Highwa...Published: 13 May 2025 at 13:22hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
2 Britons remanded in Zimbabwe over drug trafficking charges
Two British nationals accused of drug trafficking in Zimbabwe will remain behind bars after a Harare court deferred its ruling on their bail application, leaving them to endure more nights in remand p...Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:03hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Man regrets affair with 'married' woman
A 31-year-old man from Chitungwiza, Tatenda Makosa, says an affair with a woman he believed was married has turned his life into a legal nightmare - leading to arrests, time in jail, and a string of a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:57hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal
A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:58hrs | 2421 | by Roland Mpofu I iol
Who Owns the Future When the Youth Are Just Campaign Props?
Every election season in Zimbabwe brings with it a familiar theatre: politicians parading youth like trophies, cladding them in party regalia, praising their energy, and promising them a future that n...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:21hrs | 175 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Protesters in bid to stop Mnangagwa wife's UK visit
Protests have broken out across the United Kingdom in a bid to block Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, from attending a high-level African first ladies summit scheduled for next month in Lond...Published: 05 May 2025 at 15:47hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora slams Mnangagwa third term bid,
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has issued a stern warning against attempts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally permitted two terms, saying the move would drain an ...Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:05hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Woman kidnapped, detained for 4 days
A 30-year-old woman from Ushewokunze was allegedly kidnapped, drugged, and held captive for four days in Mutorashanga after boarding an illegal commuter vehicle (mushikashika) in Harare, police have c...Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:03hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala barred from seeing incarcerated Blessed Mhlanga
Opposition politician Job Sikhala was yesterday barred from visiting incarcerated HStv senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga at Harare Remand Prison, with prison guards citing instructions from "above" as...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:45hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Mutare pharmacist deregistered
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has revoked the trading licence of prominent Mutare pharmacist Douglas Nzombe Chiutsi, following a series of offences committed during his tenure as ...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:42hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife faces UK protests
Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is set to face a storm of protests and tough questions when she visits the United Kingdom in June, amid growing outrage over human rights abuses and the contin...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:13hrs | 1596 | by Staff reporter
Jonny Oates demanded stern action against Mnangagwa's govt
The plight of incarcerated Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga sparked fiery debate in Britain's House of Lords on Thursday, as Liberal Democrats peer Lord Jonny Oates demanded stern action against ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:09hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Albert Nguluvhe: Loyalty, courage and dedication in the shadows of power
In a political landscape often defined by betrayal, opportunism and shifting loyalties, Albert Nguluvhe stands out as a rare embodiment of courage, principle and unwavering dedication to duty. His sto...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:17hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga takes freedom bid to the Constitutional Court
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been detained for over a month, has filed papers seeking the Constitutional Court's intervention to challenge the law under which he was ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:08hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt spy, accomplices in court for airport human trafficking
The trial of government spy agent Moses Mutambai and his four alleged accomplices is set to begin on April 16, 2025, following charges of facilitating the illegal entry of undocumented Ethiopians into...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:07hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
March 31 protest suspects denied bail
A group of 98 activists arrested on March 31 for allegedly participating in an anti-government demonstration have been denied bail and remanded in custody until April 24. The protest, reportedly organ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa insult prisoner released
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has dropped charges against Alfred Ngonidzaishe Machakaire, a 34-year-old man from Gowo village in Chiendambuya, who spent more than a month behin...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:19hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
17 Malawians to spend over two weeks in Zimbabwe jail
Seventeen Malawian nationals arrested on Sunday for entering Zimbabwe without valid travel documents have been remanded in custody until April 16 as authorities seek a Chewa interpreter to assist with...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp give away protestors
The majority of the 107 suspects arrested in connection with Monday's anti-government protests were identified through digital surveillance of WhatsApp group chats and social media activity, police ha...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:17hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Arresting protesters in Zimbabwe exposes an Illegitimate government that fears its own people
Fear breeds monsters, and these monsters, in turn, seek to instil fear in others.Those who seek to instil fear in others are often the most fearful themselves.The recent arrests of at ...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 16:58hrs | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Judge condemns inhumane prison conditions
A High Court judge has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and prison authorities to ensure that inmate holding cells across the country, specifically at Mutare Central Police Station and Mutare Rem...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges CIO Deputy Director-General?
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director-General, retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi, has reportedly been informed of his appointment as the country's next ambassad...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:57hrs | 11983 | by Staff reporter
Police deny claims woman at protest was undercover cop
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has denied claims that a woman filmed during the March 31 protests in Harare was an undercover officer gathering intelligence on demonstrators and journalists....Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 15:40hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail at High Court
High Court Judge Gibson Mandaza has dismissed a bail appeal filed by detained Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, ruling that there was no compelling argument to overturn the findin...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 18:14hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
British man killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-run
A 79-year-old British man, Edgar Riches, was killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle from Kenyan President William Ruto's motorcade in Nairobi on Thursday.Riches, a charity worker...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 19:33hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Regime change Khama refused entry into Angola
Angola is under scrutiny after denying entry to several senior African political figures who were set to attend a conference hosted by the country's main opposition party, the National Union for the T...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 09:51hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zambian couple arrested for attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children
A Livingstone couple has been detained after allegedly attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children, aged between 4 and 12 years into Zambia.Humphrey Likando (62) and Maggie Phiri (51) of D...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 12:39hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell fires up Zimbabwe's succession battle
It was a war veteran and senior Zanu-PF member named Blessed Geza, also known as "Bombshell", who launched a verbal offensive against Mnangagwa.A long convoy of armoured personnel tanks rollin...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:16hrs | 3839 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillor arrested over Mnangagwa WhatsApp video
Chivhu ward 12 councillor, Ishmael Maukazuva, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been arrested for allegedly forwarding a WhatsApp recording of a woman using vulgar language to i...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 06:49hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo eventually led to unfounded accusations that he had been responsible for Chitepo's death, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Chitepo was killed b...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 18:22hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF in the Zimbabwean authoritarian context: A case of captured popular opposition leadership1. Introduction...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 09:34hrs | 2015 | by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge
Mthwakazi activist appears in court over school protest
A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhulile Jele, appeared at the Plumtree Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a disorderly conduct charge after protesting at a local school over the alleged ...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:14hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
The weaponization of the law and relentless persecution of dissent in Zimbabwe's 'Second Republic'
THE persecution never appears to end. The recent arrest of and denial of bail to renowned journalist Blessed Mhlanga has brought a disturbing trend in Zimbabwe to the fore. Since the a...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:09hrs | 360 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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