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What happened to Zimbabwe - how could a principled Chimurenga/Umvukela produce such an uncaring rogue and brutal regime?
Last night (2 August 2020), I did something I had ceased doing in quite a long time - watched something on the state broadcaster, ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation), other than the news and some ...Published: 1 hr ago | 289 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Covid 19 deaths and infection figures sparks a lot of fear: ICAC
A non-governmental organisation - International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) South African Chapter leader Chanda Chose has said the inflated figures around the Coivi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1061 | by Stephen Jakes
'Civil servants salary gap a security threat'
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou yesterday warned that the huge salary gap between the security sector and other arms of the public service was a serious securi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans see little change after leadership shift
WHEN the late Robert Mugabe was ousted as President of Zimbabwe in a coup in November 2017. many in the country hoped or an end to the repression and mismanagement that had characterised his 37 years ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks now overdue, says Hlatshwayo
THE much anticipated political talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are now overdue and remain the only solution to Zimbabwe's socio-econom...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1574 | by Staff reporter
West lacks moral high ground to lecture us on human rights
There were many lessons from the total failure of the Western instigated July 31 regime change planned demonstration. The first lesson that must have dawned on local opposition, including their Wester...Published: 8 hrs ago | 97 | by Ranga Mataire
Fuel smuggling ring busted
Multiple fuel smuggling scams are being run in Zimbabwe with cheap fuel being smuggled from Mozambique, sometimes mislabelled to avoid customs duty, and sold or re-exported for hard currency while fue...Published: 8 hrs ago | 422 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba thanks Zimbabweans for boycotting 31 July mass protests
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has thanked the people of Zimbabwe for allegedly snubbing the 31 July mass protests. The planned mass protests were squashed by state agents who invad...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 14:40hrs | 4046 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We are tired of being abused: Sikhala
MDC Alliance deputy chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said people are tired of being abused by the Zanu PF government which instead of taking time to listen to the people's concerns it oils its repressive...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 12:15hrs | 3352 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora's fight with Chamisa not personal
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says his fight with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is not personal, but is fuelled by his desire to instil constitutionalism in the opposition.Mwon...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3070 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans still have a right to protest
Trade unions, political groupings and civil society organisations called on the public to take to the streets on July 31 to protest against economic mismanagement and public corruption.Some of...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:24hrs | 189 | by Veritas
Covid-19 delays jatropha energy project comeback
The outbreak of the corona virus, or Covid-19, has delayed the anticipated revival of the jatropha energy project in Zimbabwe.In 2017, the Zimbabwe government announced that it had rekindled t...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 114 | by Green Energy Zimbabwe
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Violent clampdown unmasks Mnangagwa's govt
The crackdown against activists behind the July 31 protests has exposed a government that is afraid of its own people and makes a mockery of claims that Zimbabwe turned a new chapter during the coup t...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka/Sesjikile leader explains no-show at #31July protests
#TAJAMUKA/SESJIKILE leader Promise Mkwananzi has claimed most organisers of last Friday's anti-corruption protests decided to go into hiding as a plan of action, and not derail their growing fight aga...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a fool, says Julius Malema
OUTSPOKEN South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a fool who uses heavily armed State security forces to brutalise u...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 2806 | by Staff reporter
13 arrests as army, police quash demo
PEACEFUL protesters, among them prominent novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, were arrested yesterday as heavily armed soldiers and police crushed the planned pro...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 131 | by Panashe Chigumadze
Colonel Mugwisi buried
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) director of public relations, Colonel Overson Mugwisi, was a hardworker and remained loyal to the liberation war before and after independence, Minister of State for Hara...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Lavish party from hell triggers Covid-19 panic after two deaths
THE Bulawayo City Health Department has instituted an investigation after claims that a dozen of people who attended a lavish and wild birthday party thrown by a city socialite and businessman last mo...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3748 | by Staff Reporter
'Death is Upon Us', The Question is Who is Next?
We underestimated the COVID-19 crisis, it is now upon us. Our people are dying, it might be you or me next. Your Excellency, Mr President Sir family and friends are being turned away at hospitals beca...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 08:55hrs | 8824 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town dispersed by police
About 150 people protesting outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town were told to disperse by the police on Friday.When they refused, the police went to their cars to fetch their equipmen...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 4001 | by Staff reporter
Master Ndo unmasked
UNTIL now his whereabouts had been unknown despite his fame in the early 1990s going far and wide, with even some of his peers literally worshipping him. In late 1995 at the age of 22, he, tog...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 5677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begs health workers
Health workers should put the nation first in the fight to contain Covid-19, President Mnangagwa said yesterday when assuring them that Government was attending to their grievances. In a movin...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 6763 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa staves off threat to his rule for now
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of any significant pub...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:58hrs | 9762 | by Staff reporter
Tsitsi Dangarembga 'arrested'
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, filmmaker, Gender and cultural activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has tweeted that she has been arrested in the capital, Harare....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 12:29hrs | 3807 | by BBC/AFP
LIVE Update of #31July protest
AS ORGANISERS of the anti-corruption march remained defiant and insisted that today's planned protests will proceed despite a military clampdown, Bulawayo24News will be giving live updates of the situ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 10872 | by Staff reporter
Noic, Sakunda sucked in US$17m loan scandal
EXPLOSIVE details show that the state-owned National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) was advanced by Sakunda Holdings US$17,5 million of a US$22,75 million loan agreement to buy out Lonmin's 50%...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3792 | by Staff reporter
Security forces clear city centre ahead of planned protests
SECURITY forces cleared people off streets in central Harare yesterday and forced shops to close, a day before planned anti-corruption demonstrations.The demonstrations against corruption in g...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:55hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Protests will go on, organisers insist
ORGANISERS of the anti-corruption march remained defiant and insisted that today's planned protests will proceed despite a military clampdown.#Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi, who is on the ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
US embassy warns its citizens to stay off Zimbabwe streets
THE United States embassy in Harare on Wednesday urged its citizens to avoid the streets today so that they are not caught up in violent confrontations between the government, opposition and ruling Za...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
MSU postpone examinations due to protests
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) was forced to postpone examinations for final year students yesterday as panic gripped the Zanu-PF government ahead of the planned anti-government demonstrations schedu...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa struggles to sell stake in Liquid
THE coronavirus pandemic is hampering efforts by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to sell a stake in Africa's largest fibre company.Masiyiwa is seeking buyers for 20% to 34% of Liquid Te...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:39hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Protests: Army takes charge
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army and the police yesterday shut down the central business districts (CBDs) of major cities and towns, kicking out civilians and barricading all roads into city cent...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 4356 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to put down protests
AHEAD of tomorrow's planned mass demonstrations, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned that security forces will deal robustly with all unsanctioned protests, the Daily News reports.This com...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on activists intensifies ahead of July 31 protests
POLITICAL activists in Bulawayo have said the alleged abduction of opposition political party members and activists is an attempt to close the democratic space and clamp down on dissent.The ab...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
No power cuts till year end, industry assured
INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant increase in demand for el...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Security forces on high alert
SECURITY forces are on high alert and will be out in full force with adequate manpower to thwart any illegal protests meant to destabilise the country. Police yesterday said people should go a...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Nurses' strike illegal, says HSB
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has slated the month-long industrial action by nurses as illegal saying they rushed to withdraw labour without sufficient notice. HSB, through the Attorney-Gene...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF suspends Chizema
ZANU-PF yesterday suspended the party's secretary for Health Cleveria Chizema for further investigation after the security department presented a report on how internal forces are fomenting discord in...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Police uncover demo plot
POLICE yesterday unearthed a plot by some vigilante groups linked to the country's opposition parties to commit acts of banditry that include burning service stations and barricading roads to trigger ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Is someone poisoning our Generals?
What is happening to our Generals? Could there be a strange omen befalling our decorated and gallant sons or could it be the hand of God as Diego Maradona would put it?I have been thinking and...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:32hrs | 5939 | by Alex Muzuva
Zanu-PF chefs plotting against Mnangagwa, Chiwenga
ZANU-PF has accused some of its top leadership of sowing seeds of division between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga by propagating coup rumours.Acting Zanu-PF p...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:09hrs | 8533 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'opposition parties are terrorists'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has described MDC Alliance and all opposition political parties backing the Friday demonstrations as terrorists seeking to subvert the Constitution and usurp power illegal...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:05hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Don't wear party regalia on July 31
ZANU-PF acting deputy secretary for youth affairs Tendai Chirau yesterday claimed his party had unmasked a plot by protesters to use Zanu-PF regalia to cause anarchy during tomorrow's planned protests...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
'Avoid use live ammunition on protesters'
HUMAN rights groups have challenged the government to desist from using live ammunition on defenceless demonstrators, arguing that disproportionate force was unlawful."Security forces must not...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:02hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
SADC lawyers blast Mnangagwa
REGIONAL lawyers have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of creating an environment of fear among citizens through wanton violation of people's rights.The Southern African D...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:01hrs | 4184 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF trade insults
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as a "terrorist organisation" and a "bloodthirsty" regime planning to spill the blood o...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against demos
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that the security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public h...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Police warn demonstrators
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned unruly elements inciting people to engage in acts of violence in an illegal demonstration tomorrow that stern action will be taken against them. M...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:51hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
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