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Renewed EU sanctions dent Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive
THE decision by the European Union (EU) last week to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe drives yet another dagger in the heart of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reengagement drive, amid fresh allegations ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers must not enforce lockdown, says Veritas
GOVERNMENT should not use COVID-19 as an excuse to deploy soldiers to enforce lockdown regulations, legal think-tank Veritas has said.The think-tank said use of soldiers on policing duties was...Published: 5 hrs ago | 354 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among 7 African governments using Israeli cyber-espionage tools
As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in organising opposition movements. In response, several governments have at tim...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2236 | by Staff reporter
'MDCs, Zanu-PF fuelling political tension
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC parties have been accused of fanning violence through hate speech, thus entrenching fear in the electorate.This was revealed in a 2020 Hate Speech Report ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:56hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2985 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP protests abuse of agric inputs
ZANU-PF legislator for Magunje has taken Lands Minister Anxious Masuka over the continued abuse and mismanagement of farm inputs distributed to local farmers under government schemes.Speaking ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa haunted by army killings
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zimbabwe De-fence Industries (ZDI), a military-controlled company, over "persistent" human rights abuses by the Harare administration. ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:02hrs | 4173 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance official case deferred to today
MDC Alliance national council member Makomborero Haruziviishe, who was arrested on kidnapping allegations after he locked the doors at Impala Car Rental offices in protest at the company hiring its fl...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:59hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
EU renews sanctions against Zimbabwe - These measures do not affect the people of Zimbabwe?
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zanu PF led government while maintaining a targeted asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI).The Western bloc announced t...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:33hrs | 359 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
EU renews sanctions against Zimbabwe
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zanu-PF led government while maintaining a targeted asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI).The Western bloc announced t...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:38hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 499 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Rights defenders engage UN, AU over student activist's detention
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have pleaded with the United Nations (UN) to rein in President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop human rights abuses and end the prolonged detention of student activist Ala...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Stop giving despotics regimes in Africa a free pass
Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repressive, corrupt and inefficient, and they threaten Africa's chances of unleashing the productive potential of its youth, writes Nelson Chamisa....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 1593 | by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa.
Litmus test for Zanu-PF
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is likely to face a litmus test in the looming Murewa South by-election if Noah Mangondo, who was an independent candidate in the 2018 general elections, decides to contest....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2483 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2289 | by Staff reporter
No democracy works without dialogue
WHEN a President in the United States of America (USA) is set to address the nation, it is often report-ed that many citizens tend to go about their business and catch up with the address afterwards. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:12hrs | 426 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Omalayitsha block the Limpopo Bridge in protest
THERE was a two-hour standoff between border authorities from Zimbabwe and South Africa when scores of cross-border transporters, commonly known as omalayitsha, were refused entry into the country due...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 20:04hrs | 3877 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor guns for Chinhoyi mayor's ouster
ZANU-PF Chinhoyi Ward 11 councillor, Vorster Mashevedzanwa who contested and narrowly lost an election to choose a new mayor for the town last December, has lodged a High Court bid to stop the incumbe...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba's widow protests to God over hubby's death
THE widow of the late Douglas Nyikayaramba Saturday sobbed uncontrollably as her husband's casket was being lowered into the grave at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Nyikayaramba, Zimbabwe'...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:44hrs | 5132 | by Staff reporter
Villagers clash with police in a volatile gold rush
POLICE fired live bullets and teargas canisters to disperse angry villagers in the Wondedzo area in Masvingo North amid protests and clashes over illegal mining and looting of gold by Zanu-PF and stat...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
British officials owe Zimbabwean people an apology, says Moss
A FORMER United States State Department official says the British government should consider apologising to Zimbabwean people for supporting a failed bid to back Harare's debt arrears plan which under...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:55hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga a hero in the making
The Police Commissioner General Mr GodwinMatanga is a gentle giant but brutally effective. The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state sec...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3523 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'ZRP officers corrupt'
It is not arguable that Zimbabwe Republic police officers are the most corrupt people in the country.FOUR police officers in Bulawayo were arrested for demanding and receiving a posh car as a ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:10hrs | 1104 | by Shelton Muchena
Chamisa's supporters stage protest at ZEC offices demanding by-elections
Suspected MDC Alliance youths staged a flash protest outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) premises on Friday demanding the holding of by-elections.A few dozen opposition activists p...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
UN 'concerned' about Mnangagwa using COVID-19 as pretext to crack down on dissent
The United Nations Human Rights Office says it is "concerned" by a new Human Rights Watch report that says Zimbabwe's government is using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on freedom of...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2367 | by Staff reporter
SADC silence on trade in wildlife embarrassing
Why does it take people in power seemingly forever to accomplish something good for the people they serve and the wildlife they look after? Are our leaders so concerned with taking care of the...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 636 | by Emmanuel Koro
Will Mnangagwa go East as more sanctions come from the West?
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK's sanctions on his security chiefs.On Monday 1 February 2021, the U...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance duo granted $10,000 bail each
Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered release of MDC Alliance duo Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri on $10,000 bail each after hearing arguments by lawyers and NPA. The judge set aside refusa...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:49hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 8098 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC mum on UK based supporter's terrorism charges
MDC Alliance activist based in the United Kingdom, Martin William Chinyanga, will next year be tried by a British court on four charges of terrorism.Chinyanga was arrested by the British polic...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Pressure over Bulawayo water crisis shakes govt
GOVERNMENT has resumed work at the Bulawayo to Gwayi-Shangani Dam pipeline following pressure from Bulawayo residents, the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) and the Bulawayo Water Action ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1049 | by Nelson Chamisa
Countering reactionary and authoritarian politics in Africa
Africa cannot afford to continue with the authoritarian, dictatorial and despotic forms of governance that are predominant on the continent.Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repres...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 215 | by Nelson Chamisa
Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?
WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 424 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Funeral drama at cemetery
THERE was chaos at a Bulawayo cemetery yesterday when the family of a deceased injiva blocked undertakers from removing a coffin from a hearse in protest over the funeral parlour's refusal to allow th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 5579 | by Staff reporter
'Water woes man-made'
A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water.Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that "bore...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
The new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Zimbabwe puts sanctions in disarray
The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state security. If the president of Zimbabwe appoints cde Isaac Moyo who is currently the Director. General ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 14:16hrs | 4299 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police predict violent 2023 poll
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is anticipating increased political tensions and contestations ahead of the 2023 harmonised election following the continued political instability in the country sin...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume seeks bail relaxation
OPPOSITION Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has approached the High Court seeking relaxation of his bail conditions, arguing that he was risking contracting COVID-19 by regularly reporting t...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance cross swords over talks
ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC Alliance have crossed swords over the proposed dialogue to end the economic crises besetting the country, with the ruling party saying there would not be any talks outsi...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 6111 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents petition over unfinished dam
BULAWAYO residents have petitioned the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over water shortages, demanding to know when the Gwayi-Shangani Dam would be completed in order to address the perennia...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
'Obscenities shouting' Mamombe to spend another night in custody
DEFIANT MDC legislator Joanna Mamombe and activist Cecilia Chimbiri will remain behind bars for another night after their bail hearing was deferred to this Wednesday.Court sat late on Tuesday ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's UK re-engagement bid comes apart
ZIMBABWE'S attempts to restore normal relations with Western powers could be in jeopardy after British prime minister Boris Johnson's administration slapped sanctions on four top government officials....Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
UK targets Mnangagwa's security men
Britain on Monday announced its first set of designations of individuals under its Zimbabwe sanctions regime since leaving the European Union.State security minister Owen Ncube, police chief G...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths in flash demo demanding Sikhala release
DOZENS of suspected MDC Alliance youths on Monday staged a flash demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice offices at New Government Complex in Harare demanding the release of party chairman Job S...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Savanhu dies
EXPELLED senior Zanu PF official Tendai Savanhu has died.His death was confirmed Sunday evening by exiled former Zanu PF Politburo member and minister Saviour Kasukuwere and National Patriotic...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 10819 | by Staff reporter
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