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CCC councillor arrested for illegal protest
Councillor Mmeli Moyo, also known as Bruce, from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo Ward 22, has been arrested for allegedly leading an illegal protest in the Nkulumane suburb. ...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:27hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
City Council defers vendor blitz
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has temporarily halted its plans to embark on an operation to clear and clean the city centre of illegal activities following advice from the security and intelligence comm...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:40hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Sphithiphiti Evaluator abused because of her pro-Zuma views
The 36-year-old woman identified as Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi and known as "Sphithiphithi Evaluator" on Twitter, has finally spoken out about her social media accounts, her political beliefs and her abu...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by The Star
Calls for Jacob Zuma's 3 children to be arrested
South African opposition party Democratic Alliance has issued a statement calling upon the South African Police Service (SAPS) to urgently expedite the arrests of 3 of jailed Jacob Zuma's children; Du...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 17:11hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government plots massive crackdown on businesses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government says it will viciously crackdown on businesses that may take advantage of the turmoil in neighbouring South Africa to "sabotage the economy" by hiking p...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Looting and burning are echoes of apartheid era and proof of SA's failure to make the quantum leap
"Before independence corruption was considered a bold and patriotic act especially as the corruption was considered an act of defiance against white colonial government. It is just that after independ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 18 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Business against MDC demo, police bans it
BULAWAYO police yesterday issued a prohibition order banning MDC's planned protests set for the city today and threatened a one-year jail term for those that defy the ban.The MDC had lined up ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Bulawayo vows to hold protests on Monday
THE MDC Bulawayo province has vowed to forge ahead with its planned protests on Monday.The opposition party failed to overturn a police ban on its Harare protests at the High Court on Friday....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC readies for provincial demos
MDC Midlands and Bulawayo provinces are readying their structures for the party's nationwide protests against President Emmerson Mnangawa's alleged mismanagement of the economy and unwillingness to re...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue: the panacea to Zimbabwe's economic and political fortunes
When the US Democrat Presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton lost the election in 2016 to Donald Trump she did not lose heart, but she put the United States national interests first and moved on. As an...Published: 02 May 2019 at 11:44hrs | 11 | by Elijah Chihota
Stay away and Looting in Zimbabwe: A narrative created to push for a national dialogue
Zimbabwe does not get tired to engage into processes that will help the corrupt and governance failures survive another day. As I write this article I have no doubt in my mind that what is happening n...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:10hrs | 4 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Gukurahundi memories ignited
For years, Bulawayo residents have been known to be easy-going when it comes to nationwide anti-government protests compared to Harare, which has somewhat emerged as the citadel in expressing grievanc...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 3 | by Limukani Ncube
Violent protests and use of force
REFLECTING on the tumultuous events of the past week makes one realise how so much can go so wrong in a very short time. What was touted as a shutdown/stayaway to protest the surprise 150% hike in fue...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:11hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome
MDC MPs, 21 others denied bail
MDC Alliance Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chiminya will spend another week in remand prison as police intensify a manhunt for two witnesses who allegedly fled after being intimidated by unknown people be...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut short his international re-engagements efforts in Europe and will return home today to attend to the economic situation in the country in the wake of violent prote...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hardest hit by the terror attacks
MORE than 300 suspected looters have been arrested in Bulawayo as police have intensified the hunt for hooligans who committed various crimes during the illegal stay away last week.Bulawayo pr...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
30 cops injured during riots
AT least 30 police officers were attacked, while some female cops were reportedly indecently assaulted during the recent violent demonstrations in Bulawayo last week.Some of the officers were ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police recover looted goods, culprits in court
POLICE in Bulawayo recovered property and groceries worth thousands of dollars in Entumbane suburb that were looted by violent demonstrators. The recovered goods include stoves, refrigerators,...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Protestors stopped Fire Brigade from putting out fires
MORE than 10 fire incidences caused by violent protestors were reported since Monday, with the Bulawayo Fire Brigade failing to attend to some due to threats against fire fighters in some suburbs. ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's terrorist acts won't work
THE criminal and terrorist activities instigated by the opposition and its surrogate organisations is an attempt, albeit futile, to plunge the country into civil disobedience in a sinister agenda to o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 5 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
Mugabe blasts opposition
Opposition parties and pressure groups thinking Zimbabwe is ripe for uprisings and hoping outside forces will intervene to topple Government are dreaming, President Mugabe has said.Addressing ...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:10hrs | | by Felex Share
Stop dreaming, Mugabe tells violence instigators
Opposition parties and pressure groups thinking Zimbabwe is ripe for uprisings and hoping outside forces will intervene to topple the Government are dreaming, President Mugabe has said. Addres...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
Gun wielding CIOs raid Paul Siwela's home again
Sad news reaching MLO is that On Saturday morning 27 August 2016 heavily armed members of Zimbabwe Republic Police Law and Order section and Zimbabwe s Central Intelligence Org...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Israel Dube
Burning & looting in Harare as MDC-T youths run riot
Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed, while two trucks belonging to police and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation were burnt to shells by MDC-T youths who ran amok in Harare yesterday ...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:03hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Joshua Nkomo writes Mugabe from London (1983)
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO 2 Stevenage Road East Ham E6 2WL London E6 2WL United Kingdom 7th June, 1983 INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGAB...Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 18:53hrs | | by SW Radio Africa
Christian vigilantes slash 10 children using machetes
Bangui - At least 12 people including children and a pregnant woman, have been killed by Christian vigilantes in the Central African Republic, a military source said Wednesday, amid rising fears of s...Published: 04 Dec 2013 at 09:32hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Xenophobic attacks in Duduza, South Africa
Johannesburg - Dozens of foreign-owned shops were burned and looted in Duduza on the East Rand, Johannesburg police said on Friday.The violence on Thursday was sparked by the shooting and wou...Published: 17 Aug 2013 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Joshua Nkomo (1983) Prophecy about MDC!!!
(Just Focus on Paragraph 94 if You Don't Have Reading Drive)INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of ...Published: 23 Dec 2011 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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