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Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF babysitting a time bomb
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party, Zanu-PF, have a ticking bomb on their lap. And they look quite cozy with that.The so-called "mabhemba" wars - a group reference to violence involvin...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:11hrs | 998 | by Tawanda Majoni
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa to scrap running mate clause?
GOVERNMENT is considering amending the Constitution to remove a clause, which is set to come into effect in the next harmonised elections in 2023, that makes the post of Vice-President(s) elective....Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
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 | 841 | by Peta Thornycroft
500 communal farmers evicted
MORE than 500 communal farmers from Chivhunze Farm under Chief Bvute in Mberengwa have been served with eviction notices. The farmers were settled at the farm in 2009 and paid US$20 to the loc...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up inter-ministerial political reform committee
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday set up an inter-ministerial committee to lead political, electoral and legislative reforms in line with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry in...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on latest internet shutdown
The government has informed the nation that it is not responsible for the latest shutdown on internet services that was experienced on Monday throughout the country.Deputy government spokesper...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | 12232 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Callistus Ndlovu to be buried today
All is set for the burial of former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu at the National Heroes Acre today. President Mnangagwa last night vi...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1775 | by Staff rpeorter
Callistus Ndlovu's body arrives in Harare
The body of the late former cabinet minister Professor Callistus Ndlovu has arrived in Harare where a programme for its burial at the National Heroes Acre was unveiled.Some of the senior gover...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:01hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to fire incompetent ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu-PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands.M...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2742 | 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 | 219 | by Staff reporter
CIO dirty secrets exposed
A top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer has accused his bosses in the spy agency of victimising him because they fear he will expose their corrupt activities.Augustine Mutambu, the C...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3135 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from the 32nd ordinary session of the African Union assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which took a strong stand on reforming the continental body and it...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 18:11hrs | 4118 | by Staff reporter
Is the 'Croc' all talk and no bite?
The first few weeks of the year in Zimbabwe have been quite eventful, for lack of a better word. We have gone through a national shutdown, where the country was temporarily sent back to the Stone Age,...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2661 | by Thabani Mnyama
21 political parties embrace dialogue
Twenty one (21) political parties have embraced the path of dialogue created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the political parties dialogue banner to find lasting solutions to the country's chal...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 19:48hrs | 4196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rapped for dilly-dallying over Motlanthe recommendations
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has rapped government's lethargy in implementing recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 post-election violence in which military personnel shot a...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 10:21hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa government dogged by mistrust
A cloud of mistrust has reportedly engulfed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as emerging details allege that some ZANU PF members participated in the protests that turned violent to sab...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:42hrs | 6314 | by Alistair Nyakudya
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1279 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mnangagwa massive remodelling of the CIO
A clash is brewing between politicians and security chiefs about the handling of the security response to the aftermath of the violent protests that hit the country two weeks ago, Business Times has l...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 15:29hrs | 13553 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't hesitate shutting down Internet again
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi yesterday warned that government would not hesitate to shut down the Internet again if need arises and claimed Zimbabwean...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after killer soldiers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has succumbed to pressure from local and international human rights groups to rein in killer soldiers, and yesterday appointed a 10-member inter-ministerial taskforce to f...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up taskforce to implement Motlanthe recommendations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday established a task force to address issues raised by the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election fatal shootings by the military,...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 349 | by ZimLive
Energy Mutodi thanks soldiers for maintaining peace
The Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadacasting Sevices Energy Mutodi has paid gratitude to the members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces for maintain peace in the country amidst a multip...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:30hrs | 799 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa justifies Internet shutdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the blockade on Internet connections and social media services imposed during violent protests against the 150 percent fuel price hike does not mean he was intole...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: With this level of discord, is the centre still holding?
IN the past instalments, I have questioned the lack of clarity on the government's approach to reviving the economy.I raised this question because since Mthuli Ncube took over as Finance minis...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 449 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Chief Ndiweni calls for transitional govt
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has called for the formation of a transitional authority to resolve Zimbabwe's escalating economic and political crises, but said the ruling Zanu-PF p...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2161 | by Staff reporter
High Court ruling on Internet hailed
Information, communication and technology activists have welcomed the High Court's decision to have the Internet restored saying its shutdown violated the rights of millions of Zimbabweans.Gov...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:54hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
'If you arrest Chamisa, also arrest the Pope'
MDC Vice President Morgen Komichi says the government should proceed to arrest the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis if it was determined to account for leaders of the various groups that took...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:52hrs | 2574 | by newzimbabwe
'Heads will roll' after protest crackdown
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called violence by the country's security forces "unacceptable and a betrayal" following deadly protests last week sparked by a sharp fuel price hike....Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
MDC polishes art of violence
The blood thirsty opposition Movement for Democratic Change last week displayed its colours bare for all to see. Reports have it that eight civilians and a police officer have lost their lives so far ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 2039 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
ZCTU boss arrested over deadly looting protests
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has been arrested in connection with wild protests that rocked parts of the country during a national job stay away called by the...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | 239 | by newzimbabwe
MNOs restore full Internet services
THE High Court in Harare yesterday ruled that National Security Minister Owen Ncube had no authority to order a shutdown of Internet services. Service providers immediately restored services. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:04hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Court rules that blocking internet is illegal
The High Court has on Monday ruled that Minister of State Security in the office of the President Owen Mudha Ncube does not have the authority to issue any directives regarding the shutdown of I...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | 11582 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa govt riots explanation laughable'
Questions have been raised over government's claims that police and army deserters were responsible for the riots and mayhem that characterised a three-day stay-away, which reportedly led to the death...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court to rule on Internet suit
THE High Court in Harare will today rule on the legality of the Government's directive to mobile network operators to shut down all internet operations in the country during last week's violent demons...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 2166 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa in failed bid to reignite Mnangagwa talks
THE MDC Alliance and its partners in the civic society instigated last week's violent demonstrations so as to attract the attention and support of the international community in its failed bid "for ta...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:59hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC won't compensate anyone
MDC Alliance said it will not compensate anyone for the damages incurred during the national stay-away.The party's vice president Morgen Komichi told the Daily News that his party was not behi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:58hrs | 7109 | 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 | 7932 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers leave ugly terror trail
Horror stories are slowly emerging of how the country's trigger-happy security forces brutalised ordinary Zimbabweans this week - shooting 68 people and leaving dozens others requiring life-savi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:48hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Evan Mawarire remanded in custody to Jan 31
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by This#Flag leader Evan Mawarire challenging his placement on remand. Mawarire was arrested this week following the violence that rocked...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3607 | 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 | 6311 | by Staff reporter
'Overwhelming demand cuts off Zimbabwe internet'
Deputy information minister Energy Mutodi has denied that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration ordered the first internet blockade, clumsily claiming on national television that inte...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:19hrs | 7516 | 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 | 362 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC liable for stayaway damage'
GOVERNMENT has said the MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose prope...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:02hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga shuts down internet again
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Zimbabwe) has reported that government has again instructed Internet Service Providers to shutdown the internet services till further notice."Around mi...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 06:35hrs | 8890 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt should nip MDC, NGOs
The manner in which the violence rocking the nation is being handled by pro-opposition elements simply indicates an unparalleled determination to deliberately stir despondency in Zimbabwe and send neg...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:20hrs | 984 | by Jasper Hloka
MDC denies hand in mayhem
MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya has rubbished government claims that the opposition party was behind the current protests sparked by last week's steep fuel price hikes."Here in ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:30hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
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