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Mnangagwa may not revenge against Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted he may not be entertaining any plans of seeking revenge against late former President Robert Mugabe's widow, Grace, who has tormented him before.In a sp...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 561 | by newzimbabwe
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5536 | by AP
Zifa pursue Mapeza
There are indications that Zifa are plotting to engage Norman Mapeza to take over as the Warriors coach in January after the former national team captain quit FC Platinum to take a break from football...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe not going into exile
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace Mugabe is not entertaining any plans to abandon the country and seek asylum elsewhere, a family spokesperson has said.Grace fell out with the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4625 | by newzimbabwe
Police officers in trouble for fraudulent cattle clearances
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Masvingo Rural Police station are in hot soup after they were implicated in the falsification of information on livestock clearance forms....Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is giving Mnangagwa a headache even in death
Even in death, former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe remains an Achilles' heel for his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy.Since 1977, Mnangagwa has been on Mugabe's side - first as ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:46hrs | 3246 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Equatorial Guinea President weeps for Mugabe
President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo shed tears as he signed a condolence book for the he late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who died on 6 September.Mba...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:34hrs | 5556 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Granny attempts suicide after being raped by Gumbura cleric
A 63-YEAR-OLD Chivhu woman attempted to kill herself after she was allegedly raped by a pastor belonging to convicted rapist Robert Martin Gumbura's RMG Independent End Time Message Church.Wal...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Man (29) fatally axes wife, 2 children
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Wedza fatally axed his wife and two children, one of them a one-month-old infant, before drinking a tobacco pesticide in a bid to commit suicide.Innocent Chakabuda of Pl...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 07:06hrs | 714 | by Staff Reporter
A tale of a lion, Mugabe!
"The tale of a brave man cannot be told by cowards, and the tale of an extraordinary man cannot be told by the ordinary." Nothing tells a tale of a brave man more than his actions. It is his actions t...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1614 | by Eric Shikobela
AUDIO: Energy Mutodi unearthes plot to oust Mnangagwa
Deputy Information Minister Dr Energy Mutodi warned young people to be alert and on the look out for Anti President Emmerson Mnangagwa elements who are harbouring Presidential ambitions....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 14:20hrs | 7813 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jacob Mudenda set to challenge Mnangagwa?
A section of the Matebeleland community has come out openly urging Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to challenge ED Mnangagwa for the position of First Secretary in the ruling party ZANU PF....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 14:10hrs | 8717 | by Thulani Gumede
Zanu PF hypocrites left in the bare as ED negotiates heroes acre for Mugabe
The former Zimbabwean opposition member of parliament Ambassador James Maridadi took the bull by the horns. ZANU PF should applaud him for that. He stated that "we Zimbabweans must be dignified and we...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 08:57hrs | 5877 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man axes wife, 2 children
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Wedza fatally axed his wife and two children, one of them a one-month-old infant, before drinking a tobacco pesticide in a bid to commit suicide.Innocent Chakabuda of Pl...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Of MDC anniversary, demos and US hand
Violence runs in the MDC's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), bearing footprints of the United States of America, which has been supporting the opposition outfit in a shameless regime change project, since ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 189 | by Elijah Chihota
Of MDC demonstrations and the US hand
The MDC demonstrations which were pencilled to start in Harare on 16 August and the spread to the rest of the country these past weeks should not be treated in isolation as a mere demonstration agains...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 15:25hrs | 1112 | by Elijah Chihota
It's time the opposition competed on ideas
A cursory perusal of last week's mainstream and online media publications painted a gloomy picture of the opposition's compound. In one online media story, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa is reported t...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 15:22hrs | 403 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Grace Mugabe told to apologise to Zimbabweans
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged former First Lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe to apologise to Zimbabwe for the words and deeds of her former ZANU PF allies. In a tweet on Tuesd...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 14371 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Russians sincerely grieved over dictator Stalin' they didn't know better, Zimbabweans have no such excuse
"On 5 March 1953 an event took place that shattered Russia - the death of Stalin. I found it almost impossible to imagine him dead, so much had he been an indispensable part of life," wrote Evgenii Ev...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 662 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Fresh twist to Mugabe burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been made to wait a little longer on his plans to have his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, buried at the national Heroes Acre - after the late Zanu-PF leader's family dela...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 9677 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa appeals to Mnangagwa over Rugare Gumbo and Mutasa
Norton Member of parliament Temba Mliswa has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reserve seats for founding ZANU PF members Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo during the funeral service of the la...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 23:03hrs | 8685 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Xenophobic attacks targeting Cyril Ramaphosa'
The recent wave of xenophobic attacks that is sweeping across South Africa may be funded by a faction of ANC that wants President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to fail political analysts have said. ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 8944 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe burial place row rages
A state funeral service for the late former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe will be held at a sports stadium in Harare on September 14 and burial will be a day later, but there is still not decision ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 17:47hrs | 3070 | by ZimLive
'Bob owes us an apology'
With every five years I stalled, post-uni, he stole a big piece of my future. Nothing is quite as harrowing as to lose something you cherish.All of us have suffered that deep sinking feeling -...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 944 | by Zifiso Masiye
Robert Mugabe a hero and a true patriot
On the fifth of September President Robert Gabriel Mugabe breathed his last breath. His journey ended at ninety five. This was a blessing from God. Mugabe remained a household name in the world. He is...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 22:41hrs | 861 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe's relatives divided over the location and nature of the funeral
Officials and family members are arguing over the arrangements for the burial of Robert Mugabe, the former Zimbabwean president who died in Singapore last week aged 95.High-ranking members of ...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 21:07hrs | 7612 | by Staff reporter
What happens to Grace now that Robert Mugabe is gone?
Zimbabweans may have mixed feelings about the death of Robert Mugabe: in the end, he was a brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the natio...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 20:51hrs | 5257 | by Farai Sevenzo and Tara John, CNN
'Mugabe was a brilliant man but complex man,' says Coltart
Tributes are being paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday.Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before he was overthrown by the military in 2017, died in a hospita...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 15:38hrs | 2296 | by ZimLive
Robert Mugabe: A leader loved and hated in equal measure by Zimbabweans
Longtime Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died. He was 95.Loved and hated in almost equal measure by Zimbabweans, the former teacher was best known for leading Zimbabwe to independence, ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 525 | by Compiled by Alet Janse van Rensburg
Poisoning fears spook Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE fear of poisoning has once again come to the fore within Zanu-PF and government circles following allegations by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's close associates that the ailing former Zimba...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2553 | by Staff reporter
Cash shortages choking tourism
ZIMBABWE Independent deputy editor Faith Zaba (FZ) last week attended the 2019 Africa Tourism Leadership Forum and awards at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) whose theme was "Stimulati...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the third force, what's the next move?
The MDC leadership is in a quandary after all of its lined-up protests were quashed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police last week. The demonstrations that were earmarked to take place in major towns of th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:11hrs | 6942 | by Thomas Mukandi
MDC and the season of disruptive demonstrations
After losing the 2018 Presidential race, MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa vowed to embark on nationwide demonstrations until he was declared the winner of that plebiscite. The MDC wants to use this tool to ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:35hrs | 279 | by Elijah Chihota
Trial date set for MDC chairperson and 5 party members
A trial date has been set for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Zivira and five other party members who were arrested in Bulawayo a fortnight ago....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:23hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
MDC National Chairperson and party activists are innocent
The MDC reiterates the position that the party's national chairperson Hon. Thabitha Khumalo who appeared in court today on trumped up charges is innocent and merely being harassed by this regime....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 12:24hrs | 1899 | by Daniel Molokele MDC National Spokesperson
Teenager beheads father, dumps body in a pit
Police in Wedza, Mashonaland East, have arrested a 19-year-old man who beheaded his father, wrapped his head in a plastic bag before throwing his dismembered body into a pit.The body and head ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya must stop misrepresenting us: Zipra war vets
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have distanced themselves from recent statements made by Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya and warned him to stop misrepresenti...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA plot to doorstep Mnangagwa at WEF summit
ZIMBABWEANS in neighbouring South Africa are reportedly mobilising to embarrass President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his delegation during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa summit scheduled for Cape T...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda to be arrested for corruption?
High level sources have revealed that a letter was written to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission urging them to investigate incumbent speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda over criminal abuse of of...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 16:57hrs | 10439 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Will Chiwenga be the saviour of Zimbabwe?
Social media is awash with ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga' s latest picture which stands as the only solid confirmation that he is recovering well. It is known that Chiwenga brought Mugabe...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | 12221 | by Israel Dube
Chipezeze called for Warriors duty?
WARRIORS' interim coach Joey Antipas is hoping for the regularisation of Macauley Bonne, David Moyo, Kundai Benyu and Brendan Galloway's documents to enable them to represent the country in the near f...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:15hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trio steals Botswana cattle
THREE people from Gwanda among them a 56-year-old woman have been arrested for allegedly stealing 52 cattle, 26 of them from Botswana. Nkosiyabo Gumbi (38), Nkosikhona Moyo (34) and Violet Khu...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Chiwenga 'reappears'
A picture of ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who has been away from public spotlight receiving treatment in China, has emerged amid indications that he is getting better. Former Za...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | 22460 | by Staff Reporter
Was the man who 'bribed' Ramaphosa murdered?
The Watson family has asked for space to grieve in the wake of the death of controversial businessman, Bosasa chief executive Gavin Watson, on Monday morning.Valence Watson, one of Gavin Watso...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4040 | by City Press
MDC lines up demos at growth points
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has shifted focus from major cities and now wants to carry out its anti-government protests at growth points and smaller towns starting this Friday.The opposition pa...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2420 | by Staff reporter
Water woes rock Insiza South irrigation scheme
WATER woes at Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matabeleland South, have reached breaking point amid revelations that supplies will be disconnected at the end of this month due to very l...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South urged to shun demos
MATEBELELAND South Provincial Affairs Minister Abednico Ncube has called on the province to ignore planned demonstrations by the MDC Alliance at the end of the week. In a Press conference on M...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
2nd coup afoot to remove Mnangagwa by August 2020 and, as with 1st, to consolidate dictatorship
"So dire is the situation and boiling tensions in the corridors of power, that Mnangagwa is said to have pleaded for a political grace period of until August 2020 to step down, as a faction aligned to...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:33hrs | 3595 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe police shoot down MDC-Alliance demo request
POLICE yesterday turned down the MDC Alliance Bulawayo province's intentions to hold demonstrations after the party failed to comply with the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) in its application. ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa presides over gross abuse of human rights'
During his first year as President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and a witch-hunt a...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 18:53hrs | 1222 | by Agencies
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