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UK's Reading honours Zimbabwean-born mayor
The recent election of Zimbabwean-born academic and social justice advocate Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles as mayor of Reading, a city in southeast England, has been hailed as a defining moment for Africans in ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 17:15hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Evicted Zimbabwean families brace for winter without shelter
With just a month ahead of the start of the winter season in Zimbabwe, the harsh reality of survival is hitting hard for Gogo Esther and other displaced families in Harare's Retreat and Waterfalls are...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR demands social rights for ordinary citizens
ON World Day of Social Justice, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said they stand in solidarity with ordinary citizens who are enduring unprecedented injustices, that are being perpetrated ...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:30hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
IOM launches first Global appeal for US$7.9billion
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched its first ever Global Annual Appeal for 2024, calling for USD 7.9 billion to support its operations and help create a system that realiz...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 15:19hrs | 18 | by Stephen Jakes
Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe's mother killed in Israeli attack
PALESTINE Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Tamer Almassri's mother has been killed in Khan Younis city in the Gaza Strip following an attack by Israeli forces.The killing of Ambassador Almassri's mot...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 35 | by Lansana Gberie
Zimbabwe adjudged as flood prone
ZIMBABWE has been added to Google's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Flood Hub platform which provides early warnings to people living in regions exposed to risk of floods.This comes at a time whe...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for end to Russia-Ukraine war
ZIMBABWE yesterday called for dialogue to end the Russia-Ukraine war which began on February 24.The country called for dialogue during the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bali, Indo...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa donates maize meal to Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday dispatched International Relations minister Naledi Pandor to hand over tonnes of maize meal and other donations to his Zimbabwean counterpart President...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sadc must intervene in Zimbabwe crisis
THE Centre for Democracy and Development hosted the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) in Maputo, Mozambique from March 23 to 26 during engagements with civic society organisations (CSOs) and church ...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
'Displaced people risk losing voting rights'
PEOPLE displaced from their original wards may fail to participate in elections if there are no proper voter education campaigns conscientising them on the need to update their voter registration stat...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC blasts govt for evicting Chiredzi villagers
MDC Alliance has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for plans to evict thousands of villagers from their long-held land in Chiredzi.Local government minister July Moyo las...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Millions of people forced from their homes face dual hardship of Covid-19
Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June 2020, according to a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centr...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
New emergency project to help displaced people in Zimbabwe fight COVID-19
Displaced people living in temporary settlements in Zimbabwe are to get help to protect themselves against COVID-19 in a new project led by education and sociology experts at the University of Notting...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:39hrs | 3 | by Agencies
'Mnangagwa to be overthrown through a coup before 2023'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be removed by a coup before he finishes his first term in 2023 political analysts have said.The analysts were commenting on the ongoing case against Job...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:55hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's govt must end forced displacements'
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has challenged the government to end forced internal displacements of citizens as Africa commemorated Africa Day.Africa Day was celebrated on Saturday ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Makorokoza shot dead
The dispute over the gold claims in Chegutu turned fatal last week when one man was shot dead after police tried to control a marauding crowd of approximately 3 000 artisanal miners who wanted to stop...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
China takes over Chimanimani roads rehab
THE Chinese government has offered to rehabilitate all roads washed away by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani at its own cost and has already contracted six private Asian companies to carry out the project....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tribute to Bishop Sibusiso Donga: An open letter from the border to all pastors
I HAVE been thinking of you dear pastors these past weeks, particularly following the death of Bishop Sibusiso Donga (pictured). The Christian church and Zimbabwe as a whole woke up rece...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Hlakanipha Mbongolwane
Roger Federer, Andy Murray in Idai relief
SWISS tennis superstar Roger Federer and Andy Murray have joined hands with the rest of the world in pulling together resources to help people affected by Cyclone Idai. Through his foundation,...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The storm that knew no boundaries
TROPICAL Cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the storm made landfall i...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Jennifer Fitchett
Chipinge MP's wife survived by climbing a tree
Chipinge South MP Enock Porusingazi said his wife only survived by climbing a tree.There are fears that the death toll is much higher as some of the worst affected areas had become inaccessibl...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 31, several displaced
At least 31 people have died in Manicaland's Chimanimani district as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.There are fears that the death toll is much high...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
African countries must step up their support for displaced people
With the Kampala Convention, African countries have taken the lead in promising protection and assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Norwegian Refugee Council calls on African leaders...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:33hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa flies out to Ethiopia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare this Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other heads of state and government from the continent for the 32nd Ordinary Session of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land for votes scam backfires
A Ward 2 Councillor is allegedly to have assured illegal settlers situated along Gwanda Road in Bulawayo that if they vote for him he will fix they legal status and make sure they become legal settler...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Parly holds hope of displaced people
A FORTNIGHT ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the first session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe, delivering a State of the Nation Address (Sona) that elicited various reactions a...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Francis Mukora
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
You are putting women and children in Mathebeleland at risk Israel Dube
Your article in Bulawayo24 on the 5th of August is a cause to be concerned about if one comes from this region. It felt as if you are already threatening war against the Mnangagwa regime. Did you and ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Let's protect our progress
On Monday 30 July Zimbabweans will head to the polls to choose their next government, with millions of voters desperate for a functioning economy. International election observers have been invited to...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Dr M Mavaza and Paul Mugari
Mutsvangwa warns diamond company
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa has warned the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) against neglecting communities they operate from as was the case with its predecess...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Health of migrant and refugees reaches apocalyptic proportions
Antwerp, Belgium-The health of migrants and refugees has taken apocalyptic proportions in Europe, Anne Buve who chairs the Scientific Committee at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgiu...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
War vets' families in dire straits
Richard Nyamadzawo's dream of becoming a medical doctor one day and save millions of Zimbabweans desperately in need of medical attention is dying faster than it was conceived.The 11-year-old ...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evicted Villagers suffer human rights violations
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has expressed concerns about the dire human rights situation at Manzou farm were families have been evicted and the Rivers farm where they have been relocated....Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
UN launch urgent assistance appeal for Zimbabwe's flood victims
THE United Nations has launched an urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance for hundreds of victims of flooding in southern Zimbabwe where Cyclone Dineo-induced rains left a trail of destruction....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches international humanitarian appeal
THE Government yesterday launched an international humanitarian appeal following floods that affected nearly all parts of the country's provinces and killed 246 people.At least 128 people ...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Relocate Beitbridge Border Post,' says Zanu-PF Senator
Manicaland Senator Judith Mawire (Zanu-PF) has suggested that people staying close to the Beibridge Border Post should be relocated to reduce rampant smuggling.She said houses are nearly 1...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 15:18hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwe Special Permits will not be renewed in 2017
The Migrant Workers Union South Africa official Ngqabutho Mabhena has said it appears the Zimbabwe Special Permits in South Africa will not be renewed in December 2017 which means that those wh...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZimRights join the world to celebrate 16 Days of Activism
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said it joins the world, especially women and educational rights defenders, in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Please stop disconnecting water in all cities of Zimbabwe! Water is a human right. Period!
Please dear citizens, pass this message to all city councils in Zimbabwe. A country that has 90% unemployment, where do they get money to pay water rates from? Has it ever dawned on the whole Mayor of...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 13:28hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Cameroon deports 2 000 Nigerians
Yaounde - Cameroon has deported more than 2 000 Nigerians who were living in the country illegally as part of new security measures intended to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, sources...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Tsvangirai's MDC-T accused of praising Bhasikiti
The Zanu-PF United Kingdom Chapter has accused the opposition MDC-T for now praising the former Minister of state for Masvingo Kudakwashe Bhasikiti of being a hero just because he is fighting against ...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 10:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers confront Mugabe
Relocated Tokwe-Mukorsi villagers have lashed President Robert Mugabe's government, appealing to the nonagenarian to visit the Chingwizi transit camp urgently to witness first-hand the dire condition...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum
Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in AfricaAs a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Sulaiman Momodu
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum, Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa
As a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little did he know he would call this country his home for the next 23 years. Today, still a refugee...Published: 06 May 2015 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Sulaiman Momodu
SA political parties fight over xenophobic victims' welfare
THREATS AND COUNTER threats have reportedly been issued by the ruling party African National Congress (ANC) to the victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa who are kept at Isipingo in Durban ...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 11:06hrs | | by Stevenson Jackson
700 xenophobic attack victims leave for Zimbabwe today
OVER 700 Zimbabweans displaced by the xenophobic attacks will leave Durban in South Africa today following successful documentation by embassy officials yesterday, while more are expected to trickle i...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Robin Muchetu
Zulu King face rights violation charge over xenophobia
Durban - Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights - this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union.Tim Flack, ...Published: 16 Apr 2015 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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