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UZ offers 'poverty wages' to stand-in lecturers
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has come under fire after offering what critics have branded as "poverty wages" to temporary lecturers hired to replace striking academic staff demanding better pay and...Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:57hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
ZPP raises alarm over human rights violations
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), a prominent human rights watchdog, has reported that more than 1,000 Zimbabweans experienced violations of their fundamental freedoms in the wake of the March 31 prot...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:35hrs | 126 | 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
95 arrested over anti-Mnangagwa protest
Ninety-five individuals were arrested following an anti-President Emmerson Mnangagwa protest on March 31, 2025, at Robert Mugabe Square (Freedom Square) in Harare. The group is accused of participatin...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 12:39hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police break up flash protest
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have forcefully dispersed a group of protesters who had gathered at Robert Mugabe Square, also known as Freedom Square, to demonstrate against President Emmerso...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 10:39hrs | 2846 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Strategic Ambiguity, so near but so far
Addressing thousands of change champions on his last political rally at the Freedom Square, Chamisa highlighted to the CCC supporters that it was impossible for President Mnangagwa to rig the August 2...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa preparing next Zimbabwe Cabinet
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa exuded confidence as he promised to win tomorrow's harmonised elections telling thousands of his supporters yesterday that he has a...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Stafff reporter
Chamisa vows not to victimise Mnangagwa
If the confidence shown by the two main rivals in Zimbabwe's general elections is any indication, the country will see a very tight race this week.And if the energy shown by their supporters i...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 21:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'supporters' walk out on Mnangagwa
BY 8AM on Wednesday last week, Harare's usually bustling Mupendanhamo flea market was quiet and deserted.Hundreds of its mostly youthful informal entrepreneurs had been directed to shut down a...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa coronation day
NONE gave the Chevrons a chance against Pakistan in a Super 12 stage at the T20 Cricket World Cup currently underway in Australia. It is a biblical David v Goliath story and the Chevrons passed the te...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:40hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes to congress amid power struggles, widening rifts
Zanu-PF is going to its 7th elective congress which will, among other expected outcomes, choose the party's first secretary and president, at a time the coup coalition which catapulted President Emmer...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mnangagwa sleepless nights
THREE days before the 31 July 2018 general election, Harare erupted into a riot of colour as the top contenders brought their campaigns to a roaring crescendo.The capital city was hosting two ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nervous allies mobilising support for Mnangagwa
AMID worsening poverty, Zanu-PF will early next month splash millions on a solidarity rally for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose administration is accused of human rights abuses and failing to stab...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chibaya: MDC Alliance's uncelebrated hero
THE cold breeze swept across the small town of Chivhu, forcing the people to stay indoors. At midday, Garwe Stadium was empty, save for just a few people in red regalia occupying the upper stands....Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa carrying forward Tsvangirai's legacy'
THE late MDC-T and MDC Alliance leader Morgan Tsvangirai's family has endorsed the party's presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's candidature in today's polls, saying the youthful opposition leader ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa & Chamisa engage in show of force
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa wound up their campaigns by mounting massive rallies in Harare yesterday, ahead of tomorrow's watershed national elections - with both...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa to get money from Paul Pogba, says Biti
THE MDC Alliance has already received pledges of foreign direct investment and international financial support which will be honoured when the opposition coalition assumes power after Monday's crunch ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC broke, says Chamisa
MDC-T leader and Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa says the main opposition is broke.Chamisa was addressing tens of thousands of his followers who thronged his final campaign rall...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youth leader vows to defend citizens' vote
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Chairperson Happymore Chidziva aka leader Cde Bvondo vowed to defend citizens' votes while addressing a sea of people at Freedom Square in Harare yesterday....Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in final push
With election fever now truly gripping the country ahead of Monday's crunch national polls, Harare is the focal point of campaign stumps today by heavy hitters President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposit...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why I will beat Mnangagwa: Chamisa
A few months after taking over from MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa ran an impressive campaign for the presidency where he has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for h...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
When Chamisa lost me
Like many people, I had been looking forward to attending the MDC final rally in Freedom Square. To enjoy the atmosphere, hear the music and to listen to the inspirational final words before polling d...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 12:49hrs | | by Jealousy Dutiro
PHOTO: MDC Alliance supporters gather at Freedom Square
MDC Alliance supporters already gathered at Freedom Square in Harare ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 11:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa, Mnangagwa in final showdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will today address defining rallies of their political lives a stone's throw from each other ahead of elections on Monday.Mn...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police flood CBD
The Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday deployed its officers in huge numbers in Harare's Central Business District (CBD) and surrounding areas, to thwart a possible MDC Alliance demonstration which th...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hold 'Crossover To Victory Rally' two days before election
Biggest opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is set to hold his last campaign trail rally dubbed "The Crossover To Victory Rally" at Freedom Square in Harare on 28 July 2018....Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 11:19hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Unpacking the avarice behind the 23 Presidential candidates for July 30
Busha Joseph Makamba (FreeZim Congress)The little known Busha in the political circles of Zimbabwe's hot political environment successfully launched his...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 05:55hrs | 15 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa's weakness exposed
The poor turnout for a Zanu-PF march in Harare raises questions about how popular the party of ousted former president Robert Mugabe really is, and what this could mean for the elections slated for 30...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo launches #KwekweHimJuly30 against Mnangagwa
Former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has launched a hashtag titled #KwekweHimJuly30 against President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa had to shift constituencies and run for the Chirumhanzi Zi...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 20:20hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Chamisa piles pressure
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has accused Zanu-PF of plotting to rig elections through adulterating the voters' roll and tampering with the ballot papers using modern technology.Addressi...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Speaking up against Chamisa's hypocrisy
As an MDC supporter my whole life, I cannot keep quiet with the pure hypocrisy we are witnessing today.Indeed, if we were to create a new excerpt for the definition of ‘hypocrite' in a dicti...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 13:06hrs | 2 | by Faith Hope
Spare a thought for Tsvangirai's wife
There are reasons why every political party tries to have women in top positions. Most African countries are patriarchal.They believe men make the rules and women were created to serve men and...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by THANDEKILE MOYO
Plans to name road after Tsvangirai
Harare councillors have proposed to name one of the streets in the CBD after the late opposition MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai.Tsvangirai - who died last month aged 65 after a long bat...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
The voice of people is the voice of God
IN the tense moments of Zimbabwe's transition on November 20, 2017, then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote a letter to his former boss, President Robert Mugabe, from an undisclosed location turn...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Munyaradzi Ndovuyako Ziburawa
The voice of people is the voice of God
IN the tense moments of Zimbabwe's transition on November 20, 2017, then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote a letter to his former boss, President Robert Mugabe, from an undisclosed location turn...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Munyaradzi Ndovuyako Ziburawa
Tsvangirai ordained Khupe
MDC-T co-vice president Dr Thokozani Khupe has made sensational claims that the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai had told fellow co-vice presidents Messrs Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri that s...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FreeZim youth disowns John Chakasikwa
Freezim Congress Youth Assembly will like to dismiss the purpoted campaign flier of John Chakasikwa as the alleged Presidential candidate for Freezim Congress that is currently circulating on social m...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | 11 | by FreeZim
Trecherous road, tensions and eulogies:
The road to former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Buhera homestead is symbolic of his life - it meanders and is littered with potholes that have claimed many victims since time immemorial....Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 09:59hrs | 4 | by John Mokwetsi
Chamisa to suffer an embarrassing disappointing defeat
A Political commentator Livingstone Masamba has claimed that MDC-T Acting President Nelson Chamisa will suffer embarrassing and disappointing defeat if the congress is held."The 2013 ...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 10:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Elizabeth left soon after Tsvangirai's burial
Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Elizabeth was forced to leave Humanikwa village in Buhera soon after the burial of her husband unable to attend post-burial ceremonies after suffering relentless abuse at the...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PDP's statement on violence at Tsvangirai funeral
The People's Democratic Party joins the MDC-T and the MDC Alliance at large in appreciating the citizens who braved the weather to pay their last respects to our departed leader at the residence, at H...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 13:39hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Violent send off for Morgan Tsvangirai
With soaring freedom songs and poignant memories, tens of thousands of mourners yesterday paid tribute to opposition leader and freedom icon Morgan Tsvangirai at an emotional farewell in Harare, with ...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's mother snubs Freedom Square VIP seat
THE body of former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai arrived at his rural home in Humanikwa Village, Buhera yesterday afternoon ahead of burial today.Villagers and party supporters were at han...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai mourners shock Mliswa
Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has said he was surprised by the huge crowd that turned up to pay respect to the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday at the Freedom Square in Harare....Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 13:57hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tsvangirai memorial turns into Chamisa rally
THOUSANDS of MDC-T supporters thronged the open space in central Harare near the Rotten Row Magistrates' Court to bid farewell to the late veteran trade unionist and opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangir...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangira's Freedom Square last bow
The eulogies that were directed at the late MDC-T leader and former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai whose white casket stood like a colossus in a white minivan culminated in the moniker-Father of De...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Mudzuri, Elizabeth shut out at Tsvangirai funeral
THE late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's funeral proceedings continued to be characterised by drama, with his two deputies, Thokozani Khupe (pictured) and Elias Mudzuri seemingly frozen out at a fun...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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