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Mzembi's fresh freedom bid ruling moved to Friday

The ruling on former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi's application challenging his placement on remand has been postponed to this Friday. Mzembi launched the bid last week after his bail was revoked due to his failure to appear in c…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businessman launches fresh freedom bid in South African

Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga, who has been in detention at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre for more than two years, has launched a renewed legal challenge for his freedom. Buyanga, arrested on November 10, 2022, following a re…

Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe sees 33% drop in media freedom violations, MISA reports

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has reported a significant reduction in media freedom violations in Zimbabwe, with recorded incidents dropping from 24 in 2022 to 16 in 2023 - a 33.3% decrease. This development aligns…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:20hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa praises Zimbabwe as freedom fighters' remains return

In a heartfelt tribute, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged Zimbabwe's significant contributions to the fight against apartheid during a ceremony on Friday, commemorating the repatriation of the remains of 16 anti-aparthei…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:24hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans should know that independence never guarantees freedom

This is a truth that has seemingly been lost on many people. For some strange reason, we appear to believe that the attainment of political independence by a country automatically translates into freedom for the nation's citizenry. There c…

Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 16:19hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mnangagwa tells Zimbabweans not to take for granted the freedom they enjoy today

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his Heroes Day commemoration message, urged Zimbabweans to appreciate the freedom gained after the countryâ€™s independence in 1980. He emphasized that the peace and independence being enjoyed today were ha…

Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 16:40hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter

Milan spoke against the policy of neo-colonialism in Africa

Two events were held in Milan in support of the peoples of Africa: inscriptions demanding the end of the policy of neo-colonialism on the continent were broadcast during laser shows.So, at first, a laser show with inscriptions in support o…

Published: 18 May 2024 at 19:41hrs | 218 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe least free in SADC according to US, Canadian NGO

ZIMBABWE's steady decline on The Human Freedom Index (HFI) has seen it slide to being worse than coup-ridden Niger and Gabon while taking the trophy for being the worst in Southern Africa.The report is co-published by the Cato Institute wh…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:43hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa is not the only one fighting for Zimbabwe's freedom!

In my 50 years of existence, I have come across my fare share of condescending statements and attitudes, especially so from the ruling elite in Zimbabwe. This was more prominent post-independence when the 'new' ZANU PF regime would portray…

Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 12:48hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe sees decrease in Media Freedom violations, says MISA

Zimbabwe is on the brink of an improved standing in the World Press Freedom Index rankings, provided the recent positive trend of reduced media freedom violations observed during the 2023 elections persists.The Media Institute of Southern …

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:34hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

What will freedom truly cost us?

In the depths of despair, there exists a flicker of hope. Or so we dare to believe. As a nation, Zimbabwe has been haunted by a tumultuous history, riddled with oppression, corruption, and a desperate thirst for power. The struggle for fre…

Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:32hrs | 114 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Zanu-PF allowed freedom of association?

MY heart bleeds to see a Zimbabwean fighting a fellow Zimbabwean because of political differences.We need unity, peace and progress.But how can we progress in Zimbabwe when one beats up a fellow countryman over political differences?The Co…

Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:53hrs | 23 | by Ruramai Kwangu

Sternford Moyo gets Freedom of the City of London

Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) board member and International Bar Association president Sternford Moyo has tonight been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, an award given to High impact International professional persons across th…

Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa activists 'disappointed' as freedom bid fails

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Joana Mamombe, and counterpart Cecilia Chimbiri were Monday left disappointed after the court threw out an application for discharge in a case of allegedly faking their own abduction.Deputy C…

Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Freedom Alliance plots 2023 election roadmap

FREEDOM Alliance (FA), a grouping of Matabeleland political and civic organisations, says it has embarked on initiatives to unite all progressive forces to ensure the Matabeleland region gets the right people elected into office in next ye…

Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Is this the Zimbabwe our Heroes and Heroines fought for?

From The 1964 Zidube farm battle in Kezi & The 1966 Senoia Battle in Chinhoyi, though others may beg to differ, the muzzle of a gun sounded its arrival on our motherland, our great grandparents, grandparents, fathers and mothers, broth…

Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 23:43hrs | 12 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube

Zimbabwe celebrates the honouring of a hero without bones

The 25th May 2021 marks the day the imposing wonderful statute of Nehanda Nyakasina is unveiled. Nehanda has become the symbol of Zimbabwe.s liberation struggle. She has cultivated the spirit of freedom in the hearts of many Zimbabweans. S…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 16 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Jailed Mthwakazi activists in freedom bid

LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court. The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the secessionist party members at the magistrate court…

Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

The Paradox of the Political Sounds of Freedom in Zimbabwe - Choosing between the Fist and the Open hand

Part 1 Is there an Issue? I dare to ask, Where are you going and where are you coming from with your political struggle? If one was to be presented with a brush to paint a picture of the political struggle in Zimbabwe, I am as sure as I am…

Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 09:35hrs | 18 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

'No freedom after expression in Africa'

A PRELIMINARY report on the implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), has revealed gaps in implementing the African Union charter on human rights such as freedom of expression and association.Pre…

Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hwende's bid for freedom flops

MDC Kuwadzana East MP, Charlton Hwende's request for freedom failed after Harare Magistrate Babra Mateko rejected his application against further remand stating that it was too early for him to protest.Hwende is facing charges of subversio…

Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:55hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

'Freedom that never was'

We continue chronicling the political life of Agrippa Samuriwo. The former Whawha detainee who tells our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati â€“ from his farm in Chitomborwizi, Mashonaland West Province â€“ circumstances leading to his arrest…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Part 2: The Victim and savior card

With all due respect, one must understand that the purported return of the savior was a staged coup. We, as a nation, had one goal in mind during the November 2017 period, to get rid of Mugabe and the suffering he brought on our nation. Ye…

Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:29hrs | 13 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya

The horror behind Zimbabwe's internet shutdown

I think of how famished for hope we were last year that most of us caressed the scars of Mugabe's noose on our strained necks and tucked the red razors of our bloody past - unpast under our tongues, clogged the streets in our best clothes,…

Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 10 | by NoViolet Bulawayo

One Night Stand

When we met at the bar last night, slurred speech and double vision had set in and it wouldn't have mattered to me if she had said she was a Zanu PF supporter - I still would have gone home with her. The glued-on red claws wrapped around h…

Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 235 | by JerÃ

Abuse of media privilege

WHENEVER people talk about the media and journalism, phrases such as "media responsibility," "media ethics," "objective reporting," "public interest," "national interest", or "balanced coverage" are often highlighted as part of media ethic…

Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Reason Wafawarova

Nomazulu Thata, not all Mthwakazi women are scared of their freedom like you

As I put this piece together in response to your article that appeared on Bulawayo 24 news on 18 September  2018, I'm shocked as to why you tremble in fear of freedom to the point of inviting others to join you in the wilderness of th…

Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:19hrs | | by Khohliso Maqhoba

Mwananga's type of freedom

I am not surprised when someone from DRC, a country that is yet to hold free and democratic elections comments that Zimbabweans have too much freedom which is being abused. Mr observer, when opposition are denied access to state media to r…

Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 19:23hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

Africa Day: internet freedoms, a way to democracy

As we are in the spirit of embracing our 'Africaness', we must not forget the key tenets to democracy.  Democracy entails citizen's participation in public affairs, with respect for different points of view. Living in a continent wher…

Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:10hrs | 154 | by Patience Sibanda

My Dream

I am a born-free, I may not have endured through the hard struggles my grandfathers lived through and also the glory days that they lived through afterwards. I hear stories of Bulawayo the Great Bulawayo the City of Kings and Queens, KoNtu…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 09:34hrs | 499 | by Ndabezinhle Ndatshi Nyathi

The UK is committed to media freedom and the protection of journalists

I've been lucky enough to meet many brave and innovative journalists whilst I've been the UK's ambassador to Zimbabwe. I'm only too aware that press freedom was severely threatened under Zimbabwe's previous government. In the years after 2…

Published: 03 May 2018 at 17:24hrs | 102 | by Ambassador Catriona Laing

The newfound freedom to speak our mind

The English writer George Orwell once famously wrote, "if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."We Zimbabweans understand the truth of this statement all too well. For years, we hav…

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1208 | by Mike, Harare

Zimbabwe at 38: Decades of Independence without Freedom

April 18 is an outstanding day for the nation of Zimbabwe, it is a day on which the land locked country is Southern Africa celebrate its hard-won independence. As such I join the entire Zimbabwean family, both home and abroad in celebratin…

Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 23 | by Tererai Obey Sithole

Health a thing of the past

When the term human right is mentioned, our basic instinct immediately associates it with freedom.This is relatively correct but in actuality the term human right is supposedly aimed at the government which is supposed to provide its peopl…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | 317 | by Daniel Itai

Freedom is important

I will always recall a statement in a national executive meeting of the MDC in its early days when one of our elder statesmen, who was a senior Zanla war veteran, stood up and simply stated "freedom is important". Just that he stated it as…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 07:23hrs | 18 | by Eddie Cross

Chombo, Chipanga fight for freedom

Former Finance minister Ignatius Chomboâ€™s bail hearing in the High Court was postponed again to today.His hearing is being heard together with that of ex-Zanu PF youth chairperson, Kudzanai Chipanga, who is being charged with publishing …

Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 14:08hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Muzungu's assets (poem)

Swallowed by the big bird Or shall I call it huge floating fish A new and strange sight; A big river with no banks The thought of freedom,  a closed chapter New food New faces New treatment New lifestyle New heavy jewelry; On necks, h…

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 06:53hrs | 185 | by Tsautsau Poseidon

One Zimbabwe One people! (poem)

Those who dedicated their lives,Who dedicated their lives for our Motherland,They took a thorny path to Independence,United they stood with will power to liberate us,They got it through thick and thin,Living a regreattable life of their ti…

Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 09:50hrs | 20 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa

Heroes never looked back! (poem)

Heroes never looked back,In their desire to liberate Zimbabwe,They took it forward like preying lions,They took the struggle to the top,Stiring those who had turned on their fearful hearts. The love to marry guns wedded in many,Beginning a…

Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 09:49hrs | 25 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa

The wet road to Zimbabwe freedom

The Zimbabwean diaspora gave ROHR activist Sipho Ndlovu a hero's welcome when he arrived at the Vigil after a marathon seven-day bike ride through England to raise money to stop political violence in Zimbabwe and teach people in the rural …

Published: 22 May 2017 at 13:43hrs | 1201 | by ZimVigil

On independence - black Zimbabwean remains poor, hopeless and oppressed

If we look deeper and further we shall be shocked that to this day the black Zimbabwean remains poor, hopeless and oppressed in his own country. On the social front the quality of life remains sub standard in general. On the political fron…

Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 12:38hrs | 191 | by Vince Musewe

Donald Trump: a reminder

Donald Trump should be reminded in strongest terms that he can never bypass human consciousness that rest squarely on freedoms of expression, human rights and dignity, by down playing the reality that the world has shrunk so much that it h…

Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 19:52hrs | 975 | by Nhlanhla Dube

Freedom now!

Political power without responsibility and principled leadership and is dangerous. Absolute power corrupts absolutely while absolute poverty disempowers absolutely.Zimbabwe is poised for fantastic state failure as the international communi…

Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 09:57hrs | 1544 | by Vince Musewe

A Consideration for Freedom and Independence for Zimbabwe Again

Zimbabwe politics has sunk into man hunt as a way to deceive none analytic masses into believing that may be one element in Zanu is better than the other. Suffice to say whether Joice Mujuru or Robert Mugabe for both their ills and mistake…

Published: 07 Apr 2015 at 08:39hrs | 314 | by Andrew Manyevere

In defense of the Arts, Humanities & Commercials and Matebeleland Freedom

In Defence of the Arts, Humanities and Commercials - Science Not the Only Route to Success and Freedom for 'Matebeleland'I once sat in and spoke at a major Strategic Review meeting of my two home districts of Bulilima and Mangwe (Bulilima-…

Published: 16 Feb 2014 at 12:41hrs | 1965 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Mr President, you can keep your Zanu PF and we will keep our freedom - War Veterans

This week President Mugabe called on war veterans to come back to Zanu PF saying their departure makes him cry. It is the crying part that prompted me to respond because in our culture you don't leave a king crying without attention.Mr Pre…

Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 02:06hrs | 5 | by Farai Mbira

Zanu-PF cannot stop the freedom train

"If you are a bully / I beg you look for me goodIf you are a bully, a folly, a bully / Treat me goodI'm like a steppin' razor / Don't watch my size, I'm dangerous"I open this article by quoting the wise words of the reggae maestro, Peter T…

Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 05:26hrs | 3390 | by Obert Gutu

Independence Without Freedom, Without Peace - 21st Movement

April 21st, 2012 will be Round 4 of the 21st Free Zimbabwe Global Protest demonstrations (or 21st Movement for short). The USA, London, South Africa and Australia have already confirmed that they will hold their largest demonstrations yet …

Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 01:24hrs | 4 | by Den Moyo Chairman of the 21st Free Zimbabwe Global Protest Movement

How Not to Promote Freedom in Africa

In a peculiar way, the fall of Zine Ben Ali, sole master of Tunisia for a quarter century, exposes the bankruptcy of a centerpiece of America's foreign policy, namely, our declared support for democracy.Two inspiring victories for liberty …

Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 14:36hrs | 8 | by Byo24NEWS | Roger Kaplan

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