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Smart Express driver locked up
THE Smart Express bus driver who fled the scene of the accident that killed 46 people – 45 of them on the spot – and later handed himself to police was on Monday denied bail by a Rusape magistrate...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2862 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Peace Committee on Vova Mine mediation exercise
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in partnership with the Churches Convergence on Peace (CCOP) and Zimbabwe Christian Council (ZCA) has met various stakeholders in Gwanda, Matabe...Published: 19 hrs ago | 341 | by Staff reporter
MDC supporters in court for assault
FIVE suspected MDC Alliance supporters allegedly assaulted a soldier in Kwekwe, accusing him of shooting and killing civilians on 1 August during skirmishes that broke after the party's supporte...Published: 19 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Killer security guard jailed six months
A CHIPINGE security guard who in the course of duty, shot and killed a thief will taste freedom after the Mutare High court dropped murder charges and alternatively convicted him of culpable homicide ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 426 | by Staff reporter
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 19 hrs ago | 936 | by Staff reporter
Skeletons tumble as MPs begin investigation
FORMER Mines deputy minister Freddie Moyo has become the latest politician to be linked to the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), a development that left the lives of thousands of famil...Published: 19 hrs ago | 750 | by Staff reporter
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 19 hrs ago | 320 | by Staff reporter
Charm money turns into problem snake
A BINGA man who was troubled by a snake with supernatural powers that he got from an inyanga heaved a sigh of relief when it was killed by a local prophet.Zaman Mwembe (35) and his wife Cation...Published: 20 hrs ago | 607 | by Staff reporter
Why has the West Nicholson accident not yet declared a national disaster?
President Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to families of 42 people who died on a Brooklyn Express bus which caught fire near West Nicholson in Matabeleland South Province on Thursday night ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 20:11hrs | 3785 | by Staff reporter
'Stupid' Zimbabweans outraged by Chamisa slur
Zimbabweans across the country have expressed outrage over MDC president Nelson Chamisa's statement where he called August 1 protestors "stupid."Government has charged dozens of people with pu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:49hrs | 4638 | by Staff reporter
August 1 Commission names spokesperson
Veteran broadcaster and former ZBC Radio Services general manager John Masuku has been tapped as the spokesperson of the independent commission installed to establish what happened before an army crac...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:47hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa already under arrest?
DEFIANT MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said he is not fazed by arrest threats made by security service chiefs saying he is ready for whatever the Mnangagwa regime is planning."Let them do what ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | 5393 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa has problems, Chamisa has answers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the economic and political paralysis in Zimbabwe can be resolved through dialogue between his party and Zanu-PF.Zimbabwe has been on edge since President Emmerso...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1385 | by zimlive
Chamisa trying to douse the 'stupid' flames
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday apologised to his supporters, families and victims of the August 1 fatal shootings, for describing the demonstrations which led to the killing of six victims by the...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:52hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
DNA profiling to identify burnt accident victims
GOVERNMENT will undertake DNA testing to identify victims of the accident that occurred near West Nicholson who were burnt beyond recognition on Thursday night. The National University of Scie...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:35hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife?
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally alleged that Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife at a date not revealed. The firebrand pol...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 03:56hrs | 6881 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa mourns Gwanda bus disaster victims
President Emmerson has issued a condolence message mourning the victims of the bus disaster that occurred in Gwanda on Thursday night. At least 42 people were feared dead. Said Mnangagwa, "I w...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 13:33hrs | 3287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 5025 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa must show maturity
The previous comments by the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is indicative of deficiency of capacity to occupy the apex office. How dare a president of a party who is aspiring to usher this g...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:44hrs | 5229 | by Isaac Nkomah
Chamisa regrets insulting his supporters
MDC leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has backtracked on the remarks he made about his supporters who demonstrated on August 1 demanding the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release results for the president...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:51hrs | 10095 | by Staff reporter
Doctors nail Zimbabwe army in killings
ZIMBABWE'S military was responsible for the fatal shooting of six civilians, some of whom had nothing to do with the post-election protests that erupted on August 1 in Harare, the Zimbabwe Association...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will face Motlanthe only if Mnangagwa also testifies
MDC LEADER Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday he would only testify before an inquiry into post-election violence that killed six people in August if President Emmerson Mnangagwa did the same.MDC...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | 4687 | by zimlive
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 814 | by Enos Denhere
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 940 | by Aljazeera
Zimbabwe police open murder dockets into August 1 'army' killings
POLICE say they have instituted investigations into the killing of six civilians during the August 1 post-electoral violence in what could further rile the opposition which claims a government cover u...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 5588 | by newzimbabwe
I survived military shootings says British journalist
A British journalist Jason Burke has claimed that he survived the 1 August bloody election violence that left 6 civilians dead when the military was dispatched to restore law and order in the st...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | 6186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7425 | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi son now seeking political asylum in Zimbabwe
AN adopted son of the late Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, Abhallha Mone Moussa Moummare, is now considering seeking political asylum in Zimbabwe after spending three years in remand prison without tri...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3329 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrest imminent?
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' gold panners granted bail
THREE of the 11 illegal gold panners who allegedly ganged up and killed a rival in a mine claim conflict in Vhovha area of Colleen Bawn in Gwanda, have been granted $100 bail each pending trial by the...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 4914 | by Staff reporter
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: MDC Chamisa youths had a pistol and killed 2 people
EX-MDC MP Gabriel Chaibva returned Tuesday to haunt his erstwhile colleagues through sensational claims they armed some party youths to kill two people during the August 1 post-electoral violence....Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:38hrs | 5554 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa fears army backlash
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respon...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 4075 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces arrest
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 2521 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over military, police testimonies
OPPOSITION parties, civil society and ordinary people reacted with outrage to the testimonies of military and police bosses who tried to exonerate themselves from the post-election violence in which s...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030. This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabil...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 208 | by Emerson D. Mnangagwa
'MDC youths killed 2 people on 1 August'
Former MDC Spokesman and Leader of an NGO called Free & Fair Foundation Gabriel Chaibva has sensationally claimed that MDC youths had a pistol and since they did not know how to use it...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 7579 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chigumba testifies the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba testifying before the commissionThe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 Post-Election Violence continued today wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:33hrs | 3301 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: General Sibanda nails MDC Alliance?
Zimbabwe Defence Force Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda believe President Emmerson Mnangagwa authorised the brutal clampdown at the end of which at least six people were dead and dozens other...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:22hrs | 4540 | by Staff reporter
Controversial Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, the use of live bullets to kill civilians is according to our Army General 'an appropriate force'. This is the minimum best option available in Zimbabwe to maintain order, 'to kil...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1168 | by Isaac Nkomah
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2573 | by zimlive
MDC fears for Chamisa's life
The MDC yesterday said it feared for the life of its leader Nelson Chamisa, whom it claimed has narrowly escaped kidnapping by suspected State security agents over the weekend. But the governm...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 2408 | by Staff reporter
Biti, prosecutor nearly trade blows in court
MDC vice-chairperson Tendai Biti and State prosecutor Michael Reza nearly exchanged blows in court yesterday after Reza accused the former of playing a role in the post-election violence that saw seve...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 5587 | by Staff reporter
Tenant kills 89-year-old landlord
GWERU police have launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old man who allegedly attacked a couple with a machete and killed his 89-year-old landlord at Roylands Farm in Gweru recently.Provincial poli...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe soldiers did not kill civilians on 1 August'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not kill any civilian during an operation aimed at restoring order in Harare's central business district following violent demonstrations that resulted in the death of ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Suicide after lecturer 'beds student's girlfriend'
A FINAL year Local Government student at Midlands State University allegedly hanged himself from the roof truss at his lodgings in Nehosho area in Senga early yesterday morning for unknown reasons. ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
ZNA August 1 murders questions!
The ZRP Police Commissioner has told the International Inquiry into the ZNA murders of civilians that he asked the VP to deploy the Army because ZRP thought the demonstrators wanted to march to State ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:58hrs | 5225 | by Ndaba Nhuku
Passerby killed as cars collide
FIVE people were injured yesterday when a Bulawayo-bound Extra City Bus from Victoria Falls veered off the road and overturned while a pedestrian died in Bulawayo when two cars collided at an intersec...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 17:30hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
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