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Obert Gutu urges humane handling of vendors' crisis
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) commissioner Obert Gutu has called for restraint and empathy in dealing with vendors, following the Zimbabwean government's order to remove them fro...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 07:02hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inches closer to rejoining Britain's colonies club
Zimbabwe's "remarkable democratic progress" has positioned the nation closer to rejoining the Commonwealth, the bloc's secretary-general, Ms. Patricia Scotland, has said.As Zimbabwe intensifie...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:20hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to work with Donald Trump
Zimbabwe is prepared to strengthen its relationship with the United States and work together towards a more peaceful and prosperous world, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced in a congratulatory me...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Lithuania donates Zimbabwe fire engines to Ukraine
Lithuania's recent decision to donate 17 fire engines, originally destined for Zimbabwe, to Ukraine has sparked outrage, with political analysts condemning the move as unlawful and discriminatory....Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 09:33hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Time to re-energise the opposition
The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to att...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
'Justice' eludes 2018 shooting victims
FAMILIES of the six people who were fatally shot by soldiers in the August 1, 2018 post-election violence say they are still waiting for justice five years on, with another round of polls less than a ...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties urged to shun violence
HUMAN rights' watchdog, 4HZimbabwe, has encouraged political parties to desist from politically motivated violence ahead of the August 23 elections.4HZimbabwe director John Muchenje made the r...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Peace commission knows nothing about attacks on Chamisa's supporters
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has blasted National Peace and Reconciliation Commissioners (NPRC), whom it has accused of turning a blind eye to violence meted on its supporters by Zanu-PF....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must vote against unpatriotic MPs
WE, the Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative, a non-partisan group of Zimbabweans living abroad, feel betrayed by Zanu PF parliamentarians and President Emmerson Mnangagwa for failing to amend the Electo...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 07:00hrs | 5 | by Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative
Chamisa, Mnangagwa to pay $20,000 to ZEC
YESTERDAY marked the closing of voter registration for the upcoming harmonised elections, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).As part of the nomination process, individuals vy...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'Gold Mafia' suspects' assets frozen
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has frozen the assets of four officials who are implicated in gold smuggling, money laundering, bribery and other corrupt activities whos...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media urged to promote peace during elections
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has crafted an elections conflict prevention strategy that will guide it and its stakeholders in coming up with ways to prevent violence during the for...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bolsters structures ahead of polls
The setting up of an Elders Council coming on the back of the intense cell verification programme has put Zanu-PF in good stead to win the forthcoming elections, analysts have said.Secretary f...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes Commonwealth inroads?
ZIMBABWE continues to make headway in its quest to rejoin the Commonwealth after a Cabinet minister was invited to attend the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations Ministerial Alliance for Dig...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Underfunding cripples NPRC'
HEAL Zimbabwe has decried lack of political will and under-funding that has grounded the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) national healing and reconciliation programmes.In i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF is bribing CCC bigwigs
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday made sensational claims that Zanu-PF was bribing his lieutenants to destabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections.In a c...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC proposes national peace pledge
THE opposition Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has proposed that the country must craft a national peace pledge targeting political parties before next year's polls to ensure they are peaceful....Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu under fire over sanctions remarks
NATIONAL Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) commissioner Obert Gutu has come under attack from Zimbabweans in the diaspora after suggesting that they will only be allowed a vote if sanctions i...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to realise peace, says sponsored NGOs
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) and religious groups yesterday said the country was yet to realise peace as human rights abuses and violence persists ahead of the 2023 polls.In statements t...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Climbing on rooftops' in criticizing Zimbabwe ruling elite is indictment on dictatorial regime insensitivity to citizens' cries
The past week in Zimbabwe was characterized by the fervent reprimand by two prominent individuals on citizens who ostensibly 'climb on rooftops' in condem...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 17:55hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Gukurahundi source of ethnic tension'
UNITED Nations experts on International Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination have said Gukurahundi remains a source of ethnic tension in the country.The UN said healing and cl...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Craft 2023 elections peace pledge'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has urged the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to ensure that a peace pledge is implemented before the watershed 2023 polls i...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not a peaceful country, says dodgy report
ZIMBABWE has been ranked 127 out of 163 countries in terms of being a peaceful nation by the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2022.The peace index was carried out through a survey by the Institute for...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Politicians inciting violence'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe accused political party leaders of inciting violence to destabilise the country ahead of the 2023 polls.Responding to questions in the Senate, Kazembe sai...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NPRC urges political parties to be tolerant
The National Peace and Reconciliation Council of Zimbabwe (NPRC) has started to engage all stakeholders to encourage peace and tolerance among all citizens as the nation gears up for the March 26 by e...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Time to close Gukurahundi genocide chapter, says Muzorewa
THE United African National Council (UANC) leader Gwinyai Muzorewa has called for closure of the Gukurahundi chapter in order for healing, reconciliation and unity to take root in the country....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
New voter registrants sceptical about violent-free polls
FIRST time voters have expressed concern over the possibility of violence ahead of the March 26 by-elections and 2023 general elections saying there have not been meaningful measures put in place to e...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rivalry rocks NPRC
Zanu-PF's factional fights have spilled into the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), where President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reconfigured the commission booting out a top commissioner ...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Gutu not welcome in Matabeleland'
HUMAN rights activists in Matabeleland have vowed to block National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) spokesperson Obert Gutu from visiting the region after his recent claims that Gukurahundi...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
The legality of the MDC-T
MUCH has been said about Nelson Chamisa still using the name MDC in rallying his supporters. Just on Monday there was a letter penned by one O Gutu. Gutu was saying Chamisa and Zimbabwe Electoral comm...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:36hrs | 14 | by Allan Mbire
Obert Gutu escapes gukurahundi activists' wrath
NATIONAL Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) spokesperson, Obert Gutu Wednesday survived potential humiliation from Matebeleland-based anti-Gukurahundi activists and political parties following...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not bother by Chamisa's absence from Polad, says Mugwadi
Zanu-PF says it is not bothered by the refusal by main opposition MDC Alliance to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform.Speaking during a virtual meeting convened by the Heal Zim...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was convinced: Only a united opposition will defeat ZANU PF at the polls
Since its inception in 2013, ZUNDE has been unfailingly committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe characterised by good governance and the rule of law. Fundamental to ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Denis Moyo Hunt
Gutu denies joining Zanu-PF
NEWLY APPOINTED commissioner of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), Obert Gutu has denied ever joining the ruling Zanu-PF party, adding that he only expressed the intention to do ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi gaffe haunts Gutu
NatioNal Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) spokersperson obert Gutu has been taken to the High Court over his statements downplaying the gravity of Gukurahundi.Gutu, a former MDC-T vi...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights wants Obert Gutu fired
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS) has approached the High Court seeking the dismissal of Obert Gutu from the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC).Gutu was appoin...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ask why Dumiso Dabengwa crushed ZimRights Gukurahundi investigations while Minister of Home Affairs!
While accusations are still hot on Obert Gutu, can we revisit our past and see where things went wrong for the victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands. I maintain that what Gutu uttered wa...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 13 | by Nomazulu Thata
Gukurahundi a very sensitive issue: NPRC
NATIONAL Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) deputy chairperson Lillian Chigwedere yesterday told Parliament that the Gukurahundi genocide of the 1980s was a very sensitive issue which still ne...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi a priority for the whole nation
AFTER attaining full independence in April 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of nation building but along the way, conflict was unavoidable in the young nation. Factors including tribalism,...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Gukurahundi is number one conflict'
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday said Gukurahundi is the "top conflict" that it is aiming to resolve while distancing itself from sentiments made by one of its commiss...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Ndebele Chiefs are the problem and Obert Gutu is the scapegoat
As far as I can remember, our Chiefs have been a problem since this country was colonized by "those without knees", the British colonial master. During the colonial times, the Chiefs were the better h...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
MLF happy that Obert Gutu has clearly shown the intentions of President Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
As MLF, we are glad that at long last, Obert Gutu has proved us spot on that ZANU and MDC share dog and puppy relationship. He has not only displayed how much he is not concerned about the welfare of ...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 10:49hrs | 5 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Chiefs want Gutu out of NPRC
MATABELELAND traditional leaders have called for the resignation of former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu from the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) claiming he was conflicted and t...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 17:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
IYS saddened by Obert Gutu's gukurahundi genocide remarks
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chairman Obert Gutu, was quoted on Tuesday saying that the Gukurahundi Genocide is a very small, tiny fraction of the various issues the Commission ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4 | by IYS
Khaliphani Phugheni pounces on the smaller fish but exonerates the mighty crocodile
It is not different: the modus operandi is the same: Phugheni sees no evil in Mnangagwa but sees loads of evil in Obert Gutu. This is the same with Jonathan who blamed Gukurahundi to Mnangagwa and les...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 14:16hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Obert Gutu calls Gukurahundi genocide 'a small tiny fraction'
Zanu-PF convert Obert Gutu, a member of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), was hauled over the coals on Tuesday after appearing to downplay the gravity of Gukurahundi, calling it...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu appointed NPRC spokesperson
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday appointed former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu as its spokesperson and chairperson for its complaints handling, investigations and l...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Timveos appointed PetroTrade board member
FORMER MDC Alliance deputy treasurer Lillian Timveos was yesterday appointed board member for PetroTrade a few months after she defected to the ruling Zanu-PF party.Timveos, who served as Midl...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Experts speak on Chief Justice judgment
The appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision blocking sitting judges from holding office after attaining 70 is expected to be lodged today. The Government is moving fast as th...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary captured now they have become judicial political activists
In every democratic space the Judiciary sits at the centre and the live wire of the democratic experiment. The Judiciary have a constitutional function of execution of laws respectively. It is the bac...Published: 16 May 2021 at 19:33hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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