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BREAKING: MDC Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo goes into hiding
The National Chairperson of MDC Tabitha Khumalo has reportedly gone in hiding after she was tipped that armed members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces and CID Law and Order section were on their way to ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 6653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo looting had SA flare
Analysts and politicians in Bulawayo have hailed the significant uptake of the national shut down in the second capital, noting that citizens in the city heeded the call due to the unacceptable levels...Published: 9 hrs ago | 5609 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesman scorns Chamisa's devil pastor-ship
THE deadly military and police crackdown against protestors over the past week which left at least 12 people dead was just a "foretaste of things to come", President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman has...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3938 | by newzimbabwe
Mutsvangwa leads dramatic plot to oust Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF rebels have initiated a process to recall President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the presidency, ZimLive can reveal.At least 35 Zanu-PF MPs met at the party's headquarters in Harare on Frid...Published: 11 hrs ago | 17752 | by ZimLive
More shutdown heroes emerge
WHILE most businesses in Bulawayo's western suburbs were destroyed by hooligans under the guise of protests, citizens will give credit to some business people who like a group of brave vendors and tou...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2099 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka leadership goes underground
Organisers of last week's three-day stayaway have gone into hiding together with some opposition MPs as the crackdown by state agents continues.Promise Mkwananzi of the social movement, #Tajam...Published: 12 hrs ago | 879 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protesters overrun police station
Eighteen protesters who allegedly invaded and caused damage to a police in station in Marondera on Thursday appeared before magistrate Ignatius Mugova facing charges of public violence.Some of...Published: 12 hrs ago | 769 | by Staff reporter
Let the walls come down
The recent shutdown in Zimbabwe stirred a lot of reflective moments as I took time to engage some critical thinking and problem-solving mechanisms in a bid to find solutions that could address our bro...Published: 12 hrs ago | 205 | by Cynthia C Hakutangwi
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: 12 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
Fuel deliveries resume
FUEL deliveries at service stations have resumed after being temporarily halted for about a week owing to the violent protests that rocked the country, a Cabinet Minister has said.In a telepho...Published: 12 hrs ago | 415 | by Staff reporter
'Information as a threat to national security'
We publish the full presentation by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare last week....Published: 12 hrs ago | 272 | by Senator Monica Mutsvangwa
'Chamisa and his allies will be held accountable'
The opposition should stop claiming that the orgy of violence it unleashed last week is related to the fuel price review, and should instead expect to be held fully accountable for injuries and loss o...Published: 12 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over Internet blackout
Two civic society organisations have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court following a government decision to completely shut down the Internet twice in a week, following a three-day ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 6966 | by Staff reporter
Panicking Zimbabwean shoppers besiege supermarkets
Hundreds of panicking shoppers yesterday thronged supermarkets and engaged in panic buying after some of the country's leading retailers opened their doors to the public following three da...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:49hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top ally ordered Internet shutdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally and State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube has, again, ordered a complete Internet blackout amid fears that the move was aimed at camouflaging gross human r...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:32hrs | 836 | 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 | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo rejects ZimInd story
Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo has dismissed a story in yesterday's edition of the Zimbabwe Independent which insinuated that he said the ruling party was prepared to...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:11hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 645 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Protests left a trail of destruction. But Zimbabwe's problems remain the same
BULAWAYO - A military crackdown compounded by a partial internet black-out has ended violent protests triggered by fuel price hikes announced by Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, but "nothing ha...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 290 | by Divine Dube
Rights lawyers challenge Zimbabwe internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), in conjunction with the Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe chapter (Misa-Zimbabwe), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel all the ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 3092 | by Staff Reporter
VPN searches in Zimbabwe surge 1,560%
Zimbabweans are turning to VPNs to find a way around an apparent government internet shutdown, Zim Techreview reported. A...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 16:04hrs | 5608 | by Staff reporter
Government Internet Shut Down Justified
Shutting down of the Internet by government following the opposition's so called national shut down which led to vandalism of buildings and looting of shops is justified.Internet has been used...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 14:58hrs | 1581 | by Gift Mashoko
The case for the internet shutdown
The bygone violent and destructive protest stay away in most urban centres of Zimbabwe which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week triggered an internet shutdown since Tuesday morning. This was on th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:33hrs | 1757 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa loses credibility
GOVERNMENT is losing credibility in its fight to resuscitate the economy as evidenced by the three day national shutdown, which started on Monday, an economist has said.Since Monday, the count...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:23hrs | 3474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation shoots to 42,09%
ZIMBABWE'S inflation rose to 42,09% year-on-year in December, its highest for a decade, from 31,01% in November driven by increases in the price of basic goods, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:12hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Army, Zanu-PF role in protests exposed
A SERVING top military official and a police officer were yesterday unmasked as leaders of the deadly protests in the Epworth dormitory town, which led to the death of civilians and looting of shops....Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | 1880 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls for laws regulating social media
Developing countries should mitigate the negative effects of information proliferation by creating laws that regulate social media usage, entrenching accountability and sanctions for offenders, a Cabi...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:47hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
'Internet shutdown draconian'
Information, Communication and Technology activists have blasted government for shutting down the Internet saying the arbitrary action was ultra vires the constitutionally enshrined right to informati...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
How Facebook and Whatsapp fuelled chaos and confusion in Zimbabwe
The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook and Whatsapp. On the morning of January 14th 2019 a swelling mob of hundreds of angry residents flocked the towns filling the streets in the commercia...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:59hrs | 3352 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa maintains freeze on WhatsApp
ZIMBABWE'S paranoid government Wednesday restored the internet but kept social media sites blocked as tensions remained high in a country that has seen violent protests past three days.This wa...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2061 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zanu-PF behind acts of violence, says Court
ZANU-PF youth leaders were allegedly behind acts of violence and arson, including the burning of a Zupco bus in Harare on Monday during countrywide protests against fuel price increases, court papers ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1758 | 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 | 935 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Bulawayo loses property worth millions to violent protests
BUSINESSES in Bulawayo lost goods and property worth millions of dollars after violent protestors went on a looting spree and in some cases torched the buildings after looting. Supermarkets, s...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:12hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
25 Bulawayo violence ‘hooligans’ appear in court
TWENTY-FIVE suspected hooligans who are alleged to be part of a mob that unleashed violence in Bulawayo, burning cars, property and looting shops, appeared in court yesterday. The accused pers...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:12hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
'Violence won't revive Zimbabwe economy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for calm and peace in the country in the wake of terror attacks in the country instigated by the opposition, saying violence will neither revive the economy nor...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:09hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Stop using children to push political agenda
The hallmark of a functioning democracy like Zimbabwe is that in any election, citizens are allowed to make a free choice about who should govern them. The voters get as much information as they can. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:08hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe restores internet connectivity
Mobile networks and internet service providers in Zimbabwe have restored internet connectivity after a blackout that lasted more than 24 hours, ...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:29hrs | 6555 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa restores internet access
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has restored mobile data after a blackout that lasted more than 24 hours. The minister of State Security Owen Mudha Ncube instructed the internet shut...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:19hrs | 4642 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition official and former finance minister Tendai Biti has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the country's economic and political crisis, which has left three people dead...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 5539 | by Business Day
Calls for diaspora protests at Zimbabwe embassies
Pro-democracy groups called on Zimbabweans in the diaspora to stage protests at the country's embassies after the Harare regime shut down the internet as it launched a crackdown against civilians....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 867 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe kills commerce and lights, by killing the internet
WHEN the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pa...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to do a serious soul searching
What should government do to response to ongoing tensions between police officers the army and communities. Zimbabwe must sharply condemn the rioters for damaging private property and taking i...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 06:09hrs | 2056 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Internet shutdown is unconstitutional,' says Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's mobile phone networks and internet were partially shut down, with one industry source saying the systems had been jammed and many users were complaining of severely limited access.J...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:01hrs | 3671 | by Ndou Paul
Jonathan Moyo must be puking as Strive Masiyiwa's fortune rises to US$2.3bn
exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo last week made a jibe on telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa saying that Masiyiwa is a Bond-note billionaire, a reference to the local currency th...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:25hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
Econet declines to comment on internet shutdown
When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pa...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2440 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet shutdown confirmed
The government of Zimbabwe has reportedly instructed POTRAZ to shutdown mobile internet access for citizens so as to prevent them from communicating and organizing protests similar to the one that too...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:41hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
First total internet shutdown in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe on Tuesday experienced its first total internet shutdown since inception. The shutdown came after citizens on Monday used social media to organize protests that left about five people dead an...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:37hrs | 2284 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panic as soldiers storm houses; assault men and women
Panic gripped the whole country as soldiers are reported to have stormed residential areas and dragged people out of their houses before beating them up and arresting them following Monday's vio...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | 5035 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Things to remember
The craziness in some of us is that we are failing to find a fault in zanu pf and we praise and hero-worship their leadership. We even fail to see the human rights violations they have committed over ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:04hrs | 554 | by Clement Moyo
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