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Escalating tensions and Crisis in Zimbabwe
Dear EditorPlease publish my article on letters to the Editor section.Zimbabwe is in the middle of a crippling economic and hunger crises. Some 2 million people are facing starvation a...Published: 56 mins ago | 57 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Temba Mliswa to expose criminals around Mnangagwa
Firebrand Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has threatened to expose corrupt officials in the current President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. In a tweet posted on Saturday Mliswa sai...Published: 1 hr ago | 1100 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Whose rights are infringed upon by peaceful protest?
It is interesting listening to official mouthpieces or reading from the State-controlled press. But there is always a better or subtle way of spinning.According to the official line, peddled b...Published: 3 hrs ago | 476 | by Editorial - Newsday
'No need for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda (VM) says security sector reforms are not necessary because it is comprised of people who fought in the war of liberation.In a wide ranging interview...Published: 3 hrs ago | 408 | 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: 3 hrs ago | 892 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties rap MDC-Alliance over demo
Political parties have rapped MDC-Alliance for its attempt to hold violent demonstrations in Harare yesterday, saying protests were irrational given that President Mnangagwa had created a dialogue pla...Published: 4 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Spooks in dramatic bid to arrest former Vice President Mphoko
Investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Friday made an attempt to arrest former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko but he refused to leave his house with them, dramatic vid...Published: 16 hrs ago | 5303 | by ZimLive
'Mnangagwa more cruel than Mugabe,' says Chamisa
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing his nemesis as more cruel than former President Robert Mugabe.Addressing the media Friday afternoon afte...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2929 | by Staff reporter
80 MDC activists arrested
THE MDC Friday claimed 80 of its followers were arrested by police in different parts of Harare in the wake of a foiled anti-government protest that had been organised by the main opposition for centr...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa 'We will remain in the streets'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that a protest called off by the police on Friday was only a "teaser", as he vowed: "We will remain in the streets....Published: 16 hrs ago | 6083 | by Reuters
Buyanga refutes accusations of land graft in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption drive has sucked in a businessman from that country who is based in South Africa, but the well-established entrepreneur denies any wrongdoing.Reports from that count...Published: 18 hrs ago | 427 | by ANA
'Mnangagwa worse than Mugabe ' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is worse than his predecessor Robert Mugabe in the abuse of human rights.Chamisa was responding to actions by the police in...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1958 | by Staff Reporter
Rhodesian days are back in Zimbabwe
This is a litmus test for democracy. We have prophets of doom who have already forseen the negativity of holding a peaceful demonstration. The rule of law must be observed and it is the duty o...Published: 20 hrs ago | 791 | by Leonard Koni
WATCH: Mnangagwa laughs at those afraid of being beaten
A video has emerged of President Emmerson Mnangagwa laughing at those afraid of being beaten. It is not clear as to when and where the video was recorded and whether it is not a doctored video....Published: 20 hrs ago | 10149 | 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: 22 hrs ago | 5181 | by Reuters
Bulawayo march to proceed, says Biti
Justice Joseph Musakwa on Friday threw out the MDC's urgent chamber application seeking to lift a police ban on demonstrations intended for Harare on the same day.Police used truncheons to bre...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3125 | by ZimLive
BREAKING: High Court bans MDC demonstration
High Court Judge Justice Justice Musakwa has dismissed an MDC Alliance an MDC urgent chamber application to seeking to overturn a prohibition order by the police blocking a planned anti-Presiden...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3245 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police defy Mnangagwa, ban MDC demo
POLICE have banned the planned demonstration by the MDC which was set for this Friday, defying President Emmerson Mnangagwa who gave the nod for the opposition to proceed with its protest.The ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2301 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to pay respects to Morogoro explosion victims during Tanzania visit?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit the town of Morogoro in Tanzania to pledge solidarity and offer condolences following a fuel tanker explosion that claimed 70 lives.The presid...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:30hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presents new coup-proofing measures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent - is coup-proofing his regime by giving the security forces preferent...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Army boss sidelined over audio
The commander of One Presiential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesda...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional
At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objecti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 97 | by Veritas
Zimbabwe finds a new ally in the UAE
ZIMBABWE is going through an unbelievable socio-economic crisis and is slowly reaching a tipping level. With skyrocketing inflation, a biting forex crunch and failing institutions among the myriad iss...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa government blames G40 for activists' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has blamed an apparent abduction attempt on some rights and opposition activists on a Zanu-PF faction once led by Grace Mugabe, wife to ousted President Rober...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 310 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa pleads with Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday made a last ditch call to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to call off today's demonstration that many fear could degenerate into total chaos instead calling for "peac...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has last laugh as economic crisis reaches breaking point
The fault lies entirely with the ruling Zanu-PF party, which has lost its legitimacyWhen Zimbabweans are expressing nostalgia for Robert Mugabe you know things must be bad. Yet it is now commo...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 475 | by www.msn.com
Mnangagwa okays MDC demo against own government
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given the MDC the green light to stage a protest against his own government's poor handling of the national economy which, according to the main opposition party, has ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 632 | by newzimbabwe
Serbian political activist Popovic denies claims he is in Zimbabwe
Srdja Popovic, the Serbian rights activist credited with helping bring down the regime of Slobodan Milosevic and inspiring the Arab Spring has denied claims by the Zimbabwe government that he is in th...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 288 | by ZimLive
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 | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads for Sadc Summit
President Mnangagwa will tomorrow join fellow Sadc leaders for the 39th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government scheduled to take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this weekend.The Pre...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bounces back
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe reporte...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 5632 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
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 | 353 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Mnangagwa ally dismisses abuse of office charges
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has dismissed as unfounded allegations that he criminally abused office by importing over 100 personal car...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
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 | 85 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to implement Motlanthe recommendations in September'
GOVERNMENT says it is currently seized with the modalities to implement a wide range of reforms recommended by various election observer missions and the Kgalema Motlanthe commission of inquiry appoin...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Churches meet Chamisa over protests
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) on Wednesday met MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to discuss, among others, the party's planned protests after voicing concern over potential outbreak of violence....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 3481 | 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 | 153 | 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 | 646 | by BBC
Mnangagwa's govt probes 'abduction, torture' of members of the public
THE Government is investigating alleged human rights violations following the "abduction and torture" of members of the public by unknown people recently. In a statement yesterday, Information...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:04hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Of enemies of democracy and lovers of money
Today, the Nelson Chamisa-led is set to stage a protest in Harare over almost everything that the opposition party's members could think of. Some of its members such as secretary for public se...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:59hrs | 322 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Commissioners to investigate Obert Mpofu named
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has constituted a Commission of Inquiry to investigate Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu and other individuals fingered in corrupt dealings by the ZANU-PF Y...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begs to Chamisa to call off protests
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday made an eleventh-hour pitch to his main opposition rival Nelson Chamisa to call off protests planned for Friday and meet him for what he described as "peaceful...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 19:38hrs | 1752 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa top aide implicates Cabinet Secretary in duty-free vehicle import ring
Douglas Tapfuma, a top aide of President Emmerson Mnangagwa facing corruption charges, on Thursday implicated Chief Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda.Prosecutors say Tapfuma, while working as ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 19:34hrs | 5888 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe Communist Party statement on MDC demonstrations
We note that the Movement for Democratic Change has exercised its constitutional right to organise a series of political demonstrations across the country over the high cost of living. We also note st...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1740 | by ZCP
'The world is watching Zimbabwe' ex-British Ambassador says
Ex-British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton says he is praying for the nation of Zimbabwe as the country heads towards a period of mass protests called by the opposition MDC beginning Friday Augus...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 15:40hrs | 4679 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Heavily armed police patrol Harare
Heavily armed Zimbabwe Republic Police details were reportedly seen in Harare on Thursday in anticipation of the much hyped MDC demonstration slated for Friday. The police were clad in the rec...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 11:57hrs | 8264 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Police unearth MDC plot to commit violence'
Zimbabwe police say they have gathered intelligence that the MDC Alliance wants to unleash violence when they take to the streets in their anti President Emmerson Mnangagwa demonstrations.In a...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 10:00hrs | 4178 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa invites Nelson Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a passionate plea to the opposition MDC to dump the protests and engage in a dialogue process towards finding a solution to the nation's crisis. Posting o...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 8571 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa in desperate call
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a last ditch effort to persuade the opposition MDC Alliance not to go ahead with their planned anti government demonstrations on 16 August.In an early Twi...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | 7279 | by Staff Reporter
Kidnappings raise tension in Zimbabwe
Suspected security agents abducted and tortured an MDC youth leader and a pre-democracy activist in pre-dawn raids yesterday- further raising tensions ahead of tomorrow's mass protests against Preside...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
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