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Mnangagwa's PR bid a futile exercise, say analysts
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to employ a public relations consultancy firm to lobby for the scrapping of United States sanctions is futile as the real solution lies in imp...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Time to feed hungry nation, not globetrotting
THE government is appealing for US$3,2 billion emergency assistance in the middle of a drought which is set to worsen the vulnerability of long-suffering Zimbabweans, the majority of whom are already ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:07hrs | 136 | by Owen Gagare
Cop 'killer' protestor on the run
ONE of the two men who was allegedly part of a group of rogue protestors who stoned a police officer to death during violent demonstrations in Bulawayo has skipped bail and is now on the run. ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:56hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans counting the cost of removing Mugabe
IN AN ideal world, the fall of Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe was supposed to usher in a period of sustained economic growth and prosperity.Mugabe, 95, was toppled by his loyalists in ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:39hrs | 4983 | by Brighton Khumalo
Chamisa's supporter turns up dead after January 24 kidnapping
The body of a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party supporter kidnapped days after fuel protests shut down the country in January has turned up at a mortuary in Chitungwiza, his devastated family...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:34hrs | 8059 | by ZimLive
Prison officer re-arrested on fresh public violence charges
Police in Gweru have re-arrested a prison guard based at Whawha Security Prison in Gweru on fresh charges of public violence, despite his acquittal on similar charges last week.Gweru provincia...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:04hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 964 | by Human Rights Watch
'RTGS dollar to gain value'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the country's financial situation is improving with the newly introduced RTGS dollar set to gain more value on the back of on-go...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 2509 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's behaviour invites sanctions
WITH respect to the elections of 2018, it is obvious to all, except those in Zanu-PF, that there were multiple breaches of the Electoral Act and our new Constitution.That Zanu-PF cannot see th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 733 | by Corruptionforce
Zimbabwe hits Mugabe replay button
The Zimbabwe government has scored a first for the country. But it won't win any applause for this milestone. Our tiresome neighbour has managed for the first time to charge a woman with treason....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 824 | by Peta Thornycroft
Woman shoplifter pulls a shocker
A 38-year-old Mutare woman left workers at a local wholesaler stunned after she stole heavy duty vehicle batteries which she unbelievably stashed under her armpits and walked out of the shop unnoticed...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe freed on $3,000 bail after 6 days in prison
The High Court ordered freedom for MDC MP Joana Mamombe on bail Friday, following her arrest on March 2 over an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Bail wa...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 458 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Warrant of arrest for violence ringleader
Harare magistrate Mrs Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday issued a warrant of arrest on Obert Masaraure, who is suspected of being one of the ringleaders of the MDC-Alliance-instigated violence that rocked t...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Zanu-PF bigwigs looted $1 million ZINARA funds
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe as well as top ZANU-PF leader went on a looting spree and stole over $1 million funds from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA), according to a report by ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:25hrs | 8747 | by Staff reporter
A time to impose sanctions on America!
America has imposed a new set of sanctions that must run for the next 12 months against Zimbabwe. This is not new. America has been doing this for the past 18 years since Zimbabwe took the bold but lo...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 14:47hrs | 2071 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Trump punishes Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe coup
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been pushing for re-engagement and better relations with the United States, seems to be faltering in his bid after the western country extended sanctions against ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 5122 | by Staff reporter
Mphokos free
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela and his wife Nomagugu, were yesterday freed following the withdrawal of their fraud and extortion charges by the State. The Mphokos w...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:52hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
Judas has plenty cousins
Regime change instigators have picked pawns from among our own who are now bidding for their masters. Indeed where government is lagging behind we must constructively and progressively point it out, a...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 15:57hrs | 566 | by Tondo Chinehsha
Mthuli Ncube guilty as charged
Community Water Alliance is greatly disturbed by Hon Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube's disregard of his constitutional duties when it comes to loan agreements and guarantees.We read with sadn...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:40hrs | 2641 | by Community Water Alliance
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit probes PSMAS
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special unit on anti-corruption is investigating alleged rampant abuse of funds at the government-owned Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) amid claims that top...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:55hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe courts politicised, militarised'
Recent mandatory jail sentences of rioters which range from one year to 5 years are stiffer compared to those imposed in Smith's regime, lawyers and analysts contend.The harsh sentences being ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:03hrs | 279 | by Maxwell Sibanda and Tarisai Machakaire
Zupco deal unsustainable
Last month, government allowed a fleet of private buses to join forces with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) in servicing cities and towns so as to counter the high transport costs that w...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vs Mwonzora
German dictator and NAZI supremo Mr Adolf Hilter once told his Gestapo these famous words "If you loose you don't need to be there to explain".Zimbabwe politics is no longer the same since the assumin...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 12:42hrs | 4134 | by Nkosana Malinga
'White foreigners looting Zimbabwe gemstones'
FOREIGNERS from countries outside Africa are looting Zimbabwe's gemstones and smuggling them through Zambia, a mines sector official has said.Briefing guests at a Zimbabwe Miners Federation me...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1405 | by newzimbabwe
Mahiya charged for trying to topple Mnangagwa's govt
Activist Rashid Mahiya has been arrested and charged with subversion following violent anti-government protests that rocked the country last month, his lawyer said on Tuesday.Mahiya is directo...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2441 | by AFP
'ShutDownZimbabwe' mastermind remanded
Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe chairperson Rashid Mahiya appeared before Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa today charged with subversion following violent demonstrations that rocked the country in January. ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:35hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in trouble
EDITOR,We support the rule of law and sovereign constitutions. We thank the USA for its contribution to democracy in Zimbabwe. We, who are living and working in South Africa, are here because ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:24hrs | 2978 | by Corruption force
Mahiya 'the January looting mastermind' arrested
One of the alleged masterminds of violent protests that rocked the country last month, Rashid Mahiya who is the chairperson of Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe, yesterday handed himself over to police and...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Ncube et al on yet another 'global roadshow' to lure investors - whilst Zim remains a pariah state, will lure no one
The real tragedy in Zimbabwe is that we have a regime that knows it will never ever be held to account for anything and so it has said and done as it jolly well pleased. It has made promises only to b...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1035 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Power hungry' Chamisa makes bizarre power-sharing demand
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threatened mass action and to "shutdown" Harare if President Mnangagwa does not agree to a power-sharing arrangement. Mr Chamisa is calling for ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Callistus Ndlovu's hero status angers Zapu
The honouring of the late former Cabinet minister Callistus Ndlovu as a national hero has left the Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) seething with anger - as it sees him as "a...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 19:27hrs | 3040 | by Staff reporter
Cross, Ncube's reforms will never deliver economic prosperity not as long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state
"People of Zimbabwe deserve a new day" wrote Eddie Cross in Bulawayo24. Mr Cross was writing about Zimbabwe's economic chaos, the country has already claimed the position of being the poorest ...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 9501 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU lifted sanctions to join in looting of diamonds - not fooled by elephant dung smelling hyena
When the EU Foreign Ministers decided NOT to impose new and tougher sanctions on the Mnangagwa regime for failing to hold free, fair and credible elections last July and for using excessive violence ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 17:10hrs | 2967 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's utterances have Mugabe's yesteryear echoes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent utterances that government would take unspecified action on lawyers providing free legal advice and doctors voluntarily attending to victims of last month's viole...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:11hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans disillusioned with the 'new dispensation'
MORE than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 202 | by Ray Matikinye
MDC-T welcomes POSA repeal
THE pariah image still haunting Zimbabwe in the West can easily be sanitised by making sure that the country's Constitution is religiously obeyed and upheld, opposition MDC-T said.Led by Thoko...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:00hrs | 189 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe Communist Party statement on Monetary Policy
The underlying position of the ZCP on any government policy declaration including this one is neither to automatically oppose nor to automatically endorse. Our task is to defend the interests of the w...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1279 | by ZCP
'Police raided my groceries'
An Advanced Level student who is part of eight suspects arrested for looting at Choppies Supermarket in Luveve suburb yesterday claimed that police raided groceries that had been sent by his mother fr...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 16:59hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF only listens to violent rebellion!
The recent violent protests that rocked most Zimbabwe cities between 14 and 16 January 2019, have offered enough proof that the only way the ZANU PF regime will ever seriously listen to the people's g...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 1315 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Mnangagwa's sincerity sways EU
There has been a lot of debate around President Mnangagwa's honesty with regards to his promise to respect the rights of citizens, end Zimbabwe's international isolation and achieve a middle income st...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 7660 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Soldiers and police should be alert for any violent demos
Many businesses that were prejudiced of more than $500 million in damages and unrealised earnings following last month's violent demonstrations organised by the MDC Alliance and backed by some NGOs, a...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:24hrs | 1668 | by Editorial - The Chronicle
Looting cases clog Bulawayo courts
The recent fuel riots have left the justice delivery system in Bulawayo creaking under a deluge of cases which have forced the government to dispatch additional magistrates and prosecutors to the City...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:03hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, the Statesman versus Chamisa, the charlatan
"A Statesman thinks about future generations, while a politician thinks about winning the elections" so goes the popular saying. This adage rings true to the Zimbabwean scenario.When there was...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:29hrs | 4906 | by Elijah Chihota
'EU sanctions will spur Zimbabweans to bust sanctions' - nonsense just what we need
"Zimbabweans should not be distracted from their focus on turning around the economy by the country's enemies threatening to effect and strengthen illegal sanctions on the country," wrote the Chronicl...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1108 | by Nomusa Garikai
From the sweat of our brow we shall win
To the young and indeed restless political leader of the majority urban netizens, its not about anything but regime change. If its anything to do with the stratospheric prices of goods and ser...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 246 | by Tondorindo. Chinehasha
Prophet Makandiwa warns Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention in Zimbabwe should there be any more bloodshe...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:18hrs | 7017 | by Staff reportet
Prison officer up for public violence
A 29-YEAR-OLD prison guard based at Whawha Security Prison in Gweru appeared in court last week facing a public violence charge after he allegedly took part in last month's violent protests against fu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of consensus fomented govt ructions, discord'
OF late, there have been contradictory statements coming out of the Information ministry and other government departments regarding various programmes and policy issues. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Ev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance threaten to unleash more protests
THE MDC party has threatened to unleash more protests as part of efforts to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently engage with opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa to resolve the ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
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