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Magombeyi's abduction requires a firm 'Jamal Khashoggi-style' solidarity response
The recent abduction of the acting president the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) Dr. Peter Magombeyi should be a wake up call for all Zimbabweans to finally stand strongly together again...Published: 19 mins ago | 41 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2374 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chombo's health deteriorates, denied passport to seek medical attention in abroad
FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday said his health was deteriorating and needed urgent medical attention abroad, but a Harare magistrate again denied him his passport to enable him to t...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2645 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lines up events to celebrate Mugabe's life
ZANU-PF has lined up a number of events to celebrate the life of the nation's founding father former, President Robert Mugabe, until the day of the burial at the national Heroes Acre. Presiden...Published: 5 hrs ago | 527 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's children salutes Mnangagwa's govt
The late former President Robert Mugabe's children, Mrs Bona Mugabe-Chikore and Mr Robert Mugabe (Junior), yesterday saluted the Government and everyone who has stood with them in their time of mourni...Published: 5 hrs ago | 947 | by Staff reporter
‘We'll be watching' – a reporter's fraught return to Zimbabwe after 16 years
The immigration officer lifted his stamp to put the visa into my passport and I heaved a sigh of relief. But then my passport was taken by a smiling woman who asked, "Have you been to Zimbabwe before?...Published: 5 hrs ago | 562 | by Andrew Meldrum I Associated Press
Zanu-PF commends ANC for memorial
ZANU-PF has hailed the African National Congress for holding a memorial service in honour of former President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday in Durban, South Africa. Speaking at a Press briefing soo...Published: 5 hrs ago | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to de-racialise land ownership
Zimbabwe says its land ownership rights will no longer take race into account as the southern African country continues to craft policies that seek to depart from those set under the Robert Mugabe reg...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2933 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pisses on the graves of Provincial and District Heroes Acres
I was recently at the Harare Provincial Heroes Acre to put flowers on the grave of one of my relatives and what I saw shocked me. There was a half drunk middle aged gentleman casually urinating on the...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3303 | by Zororo Shumba
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 20 hrs ago | 910 | by Daniel Itai
Mashaba refuses to apologise for deadly xenophobic violence
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has said he has "nothing to apologise for" following a spate of xenophobic attacks in the city. Mashaba was being interviewed by CNBC Africa and asked whether...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2603 | by AFP
New Zimdollar the worst-performing currency in the world
If you thought Argentina's currency crisis was bad, spare a thought for Zimbabwe.Measures to protect the Zimbabwe dollar - including sky-high interest rates - seem to be coming to naught....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:41hrs | 2473 | by Bloomberg
Riot police block doctors from marching to Parliament, standoff ensues
Doctors protesting the abduction of a union leader have been met by a line of police in Harare as fears grow about government repression.The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association says its pres...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:34hrs | 2199 | by Associated Press
Mugabe's funeral fuels tensions due to traditional beliefs, rituals
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been p...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:20hrs | 3645 | by AFP
Churches lose confidence in Mnangagwa economic policies
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) yesterday said they have lost confidence in the current economic reforms being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration amid a d...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:15hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was offered refugee status
The late former Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe was offered a place of refugee by various Presidents after the November 2017 coup his nephew Patrick Zhuwao says. Writing on his website Zhuw...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 10:20hrs | 9523 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mbeki's 'lies' about Mugabe exposed
I was, like many, I guess quite disgusted by the revisionist narrative ANC is trying to peddle. As for Ramaphosa, I am not surprised because he actually was never part of uMkhonto weSizwe. If anythin...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1941 | by Dr Brilliant Mhlanga
UK, US wanted South Africa to help remove Mugabe from power
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has used the KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress (ANC)'s memorial service of the late former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe to recount how the British a...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 633 | by AFP
Mugabe's son-in-law acquitted
The late former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore has been acquitted at the Harare Magistrate's Court after a High Court judge threw away the lower court's verdict to dismiss his appl...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF fights over another corpse
RELATIVES of the late Dominic Martin Mavhunga husband to minister of state for Provincial Affairs in Mashonaland Central, Monica Mavhunga are breathing fire after Zanu-PF and their in-laws allegedly h...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup leaders forgiven
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvimba yesterday said they had pardoned those who removed former President Robert Mugabe from power through a military coup in November 2017 to foster national healing.S...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
African Dream boat spurs growth at Kariba Airport
THE Kariba Airport has started witnessing growth in passenger traffic following the launch of the African Dream boat in Kariba Dam in 2017, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has revealed....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC slams Mnangagwa for spending on 'funny' Mugabe museum
THE MDC Tuesday slammed government for dedicating loads of taxpayers' money to construct a burial shrine for late former President Robert Mugabe.At a party media briefing, MDC secretary for he...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1058 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa scholarship bosses arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested three Government officials for allegedly abusing the Presidential Scholarship Programme. Deputy Director Scholarships in the O...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe churches call for independent probe into abductions
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) on Tuesday warned that citizens are facing "the highest level of vulnerability" because of a failure by authorities to investigate and punish crimes against righ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 96 | by ZimLive
Mugabe's body expected in Harare today
THE body of the country's founding father and national hero, former President Robert Mugabe is expected in Harare today in the afternoon, family spokesperson Mr Leo Mugabe said yesterday. The ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki honour Mugabe at SA memorial
THE African National Congress (ANC) yesterday held a memorial service for former President Robert Mugabe in KwaZulu-Natal and described him as an African statesman who played a key role in the liberat...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki hails Mugabe as a true African patriot
Former president Thabo Mbeki has lauded the work done by former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, calling him a combatant and true African patriot."He was a great patriot, a defender of Afri...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 22:10hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Govt pisses on the graves over Mugabe
I was recently at the Harare Provincial Heroes Acre to put flowers on the grave of one of my relatives and what I saw shocked me. There was a half drunk middle aged gentleman casually urinating on the...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 12:24hrs | 4238 | by Zororo Shumba
ZANU PF scores own goal
Yet another own goal scored by Ruling ZANU PF, its Media Ministers and high profile stooges. #A1AALL Instead of addressing the e...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:50hrs | 2088 | by ZHRO Team
Mnangagwa, Mugabe T-shirts divide mourners
ZANU-PF factional fights nearly marred former President Robert Mugabe's largely low key funeral wake at Murombedzi Growth Point in Zvimba yesterday as the late leader's followers protested against dis...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport facelift 10% complete
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has indicated that modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is on course despite the worsening economic challenges.The p...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa apology for xenophobia welcome
WE welcome the public apology issued by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the African continent for the recent wave of xenophobic attacks on foreigners of African descent in his country. The ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 225 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Zvimba bid Mugabe farewell
Scores of people gathered at Murombedzi Business Centre and former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba yesterday to bid farewell to the African icon. Speakers described former Presi...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party speaks on abducted doctor
At around 10pm, Saturday 14th September 2019, state agents armed with automatic weapons abducted Dr Peter Mugombeya, President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) in Budiririro, Harar...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 03:57hrs | 1579 | by ZCP
Chiwenga to kick out Mnangagwa?
Recuperating Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is reportedly going to use the country's dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC), to forcefully kick out President Emmerson Mnangagwa from...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:16hrs | 23511 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
No to Mugabe mausoleum
The Zimbabwe Campaign for Good Governance (ZCGG) would like to express its displeasure and dismay over the proposal to build a MAUSOLEUM for Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre. The Symb...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:14hrs | 3196 | by Morgan Changamire
Work on Mugabe's grave house begins
The construction of a mausoleum for former President Robert Mugabe has started, with preparatory work at the site under way, while work on the design is still to be completed. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4504 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa arm-twisted Mugabe family to force Heroes Acre burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government used strong-arm tactics to force Robert Mugabe's family to lift their objections to his burial at the National Heroes Acre burial, it was reported on Sunday....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4774 | by ZimLive
Ramaphosa revisits booing nightmare during Mugabe funeral
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa has revisited his unfortunate Saturday experience in front of thousands of mourning Zimbabweans who booed him for continued xenophobic attacks on foreigners in ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:07hrs | 2198 | by newzimbabwe
Chief Zvimba blasts Mugabe's nephew
Chief Zvimba has blasted some relatives of former President Robert Mugabe who are trying to politicise his burial while tainting President Mnangagwa's name. Speaking to The Herald on the sidel...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:06hrs | 3386 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Memorial: Family reflects on 'empty' stadium
While the Zimbabwean government and former President Robert Mugabe's family had indicated plans to take his remains to Zvimba, his home village following his Saturday funeral, this was ditched on Sund...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:03hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Anger over Mnangagwa regalia as Mugabe's body goes to Kutama
The body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6, arrived in his home village on Monday for a subdued farewell at a dusty sports field after a weekend state funeral with Af...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:03hrs | 3822 | by AFP
Zvimba chiefs felt betrayed over Mugabe controversy
The late former President Robert Mugabe, who passed on 10 days ago, has courted controversy even in death with speculation over his burial, place of burial and his place in the history of Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:50hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to roll out more demos
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC is priming its membership for another wave of demonstrations to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to urgently address the country's deteriorating so...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:49hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:48hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
In Pictures: Ramaphosa sends envoy to Nigeria over Xenophobia
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a special envoy to meet Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari over the recent xenophobic attacks that saw the West African nation repatriating some of its...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 21:23hrs | 738 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu PF has no reason to destabilise Zimbabwe' - has, insatiable greed for power and loot
Zimbabwe is a failed state. The last two weeks following the late Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe's death have provided the international community with some gruesome details of the coun...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 17:42hrs | 1505 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The scourge of stage-managed abductions
In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2723 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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