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Police summon more Zapu leaders over hospital demo
POLICE in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Tuesday summoned more Zapu leaders on charges of holding an unsanctioned demonstration at the Catholic-run St Anne's Brunapeg Hospital recently.Zapu ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 354 | by Staff reporter
Army, police predicament recipe for disaster
IT is quite unfortunate that Zimbabwe's army and police personnel find themselves in this very sorry state whereby they are reportedly practically starving while wearing faded uniforms and using antiq...Published: 10 hrs ago | 620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police forcefully disperse opposition crowd
Riot police armed with baton sticks and tear gas used force to disperse opposition MDC supporters who had gathered at the party headquarters to listen to a speech by party leader Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1846 | by Rangarirai Kudakwashe Chivaviro
Mnangagwa's 'end is nigh' says Chamisa
Police on Wednesday used batons, tear gas and water cannon to beat up and disperse MDC supporters who had gathered outside their party headquarters in the capital to listen to a speech by their leader...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:22hrs | 5104 | by Staff reporter
Biti slams 'amateurish' accounting
Former finance minister Tendai Biti said the omission of Chinese development assistance in the 2020 budget statement was "amateurish" after China made a strong protest on Tuesday.The Chinese e...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:21hrs | 2887 | by ZimLive
OK supermarket brings in casual labourers from Harare?
Members of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) staged a protest outside OK supermarket along 6th Avenue and Lobengula Street, popularly known as Egodini on Wednesday, alleging the company's management recr...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:52hrs | 5921 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Evan Mawarire acquitted
The legal system of Zimbabwe has cleared the #ThisFlag leader Pastor Evan Mawarire from the crime of subversion that he was facing since the violent protests. Mawarire was arrested and a...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 16:00hrs | 1890 | by Mandla Ndlovu
OK Zimbabwe tribal tendencies stink
Today members of Mthwakazi Republic Party protested at Ok Supermarket in Bulawayo's Lobhengula street, following the company's failer to respond to the letter previously written by the party's Bulaway...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 13:44hrs | 4690 | by Mbonisi Gumede
Zimbabwe govt should stop regarding suffering citizens as 'enemies of the state', but address our legitimate grievances seriousl
This morning I was pondering over the forthcoming 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (running from 25 November to 10 December), when I was immediately reminded of a distributing story a...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 12:16hrs | 1551 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South Africa offers to mediate in Zimbabwe political crisis
South Africa announced a major recalibration of its Zimbabwe diplomacy on Monday with a new push for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition rival, Nelson Chamisa.Internat...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2082 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu I ZimLive
Mnangagwa to reform at his own pace
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he will implement political and economic reforms at his own pace, and insisted that the impetus for change and reform comes from within.In ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
2 years on, Mnangagwa remains steadfast
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he will not waver in his determination to work and achieve the goals and dreams of millions of Zimbabweans who marched in 2017 in a series of events that gave birth to the...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:48hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
This is how Zimbabwe has changed since I became President
TWO years ago, on November 18th, 2017, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets in the spirit of peace, unity and hope, calling for a new start. For a new Zimbabwe. Coming into...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:47hrs | 877 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Don't blame Mnangagwa for Mugabe's failures - George Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has said it is funny that some Zimbabweans want to blame his boss for all the country's economic problems when most of them have root in for...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:21hrs | 3173 | by Staff Reporter
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2616 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
PROPHECY: Mass bloodshed to take place in Zimbabwe
Divine Kingdom Baptist Ministries Pastor Ian Ndlovu has issued a chilling prophetic warning to Zimbabweans to watch and pray after mass bloodshed during the period of November and December. Pa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 10:36hrs | 12999 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Passports printing shoots up to 2000 per day
GOVERNMENT has started capacitating the department of the registrar general responsible for printing of identity and travelling documents and citizens need to be a bit patient before things return to ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 4258 | by newzimbabwe
Zapu condemns police clampdown
Zapu has condemned an alleged police clampdown against villagers in Mangwe after the community staged a protest against the alleged unfair recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg Hospitals.T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
MDC demonstrates at Warriors match
AFTER being denied a chance to protest by police with the latest being at Thursday's 2020 budget presentation, MDC youths ambushed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime by demonstrating as the country...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:56hrs | 848 | by newzimbabwe
Man killed in dispute over music
A MAN from Binga fatally struck his nephew following a row over music, which the now deceased kept on changing.This was heard when Nkululeko Munkombwe (25) appeared before Bulawayo High Court ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
POSA now history
Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA), which has been signed by President Mnangagwa into law, is expected to open up democratic space by entrenching the right to demonstrate and present petitions,...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Josphat Ngulube convicted over January protests
PROMINENT Bulawayo activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat Ngulube was yesterday convicted of torching three cars, destroying a precast wall and breaking several windows at a...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:17hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1895 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZAPU statement on the nursing recruitment saga
ZAPU has been seized with a fact finding mission for the past 4 weeks following an outcry from the citizens of this country over the recruitment of student nurses. The loudest protestations were from ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3572 | by ZAPU Presidency
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls teachers boycott ZimSec exam
TEACHERS at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls on Wednesday stayed at home citing incapacitation at a time they were expected to supervise a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordi...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.All...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Bosso travel to Zvishavane
HIGHLANDERS FC make the short trip to Zvishavane tomorrow hoping to spoil FC Platinum's title chase in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Mandava Stadium. With Bosso chasing a top-eight fin...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
No doctors, no currency Zim heading for total collapse
The main functions of the Zimbabwean government are not to: Check and challenge the work of the Government (scrutiny) Make and change laws (legislation) Debate the important issues of the day (debatin...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 22:06hrs | 3843 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Chamisa, Mwonzora power struggle is a staged-managed sideshow
THE alleged tussle for power between opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and former secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is nothing but a staged-managed sideshow to destabilise the MDC, the party has said....Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:43hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politically disorganised
The recent claims by MDC that they have dropped the challenge of 'illegitimacy' of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that they have been capitalising on since he assumed office in 2018 clearly reveals how ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 14:41hrs | 1912 | by Peacemaker Zano
Is Biti crafting the US Policy on Zimbabwe?
A well placed source close to Tendai Biti has revealed that the MDC Co-Vice President actually crafts US policy on Zimbabwe.According to the source, the US Embassy regularly consults Biti on w...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 11:59hrs | 2496 | by Felix Kundishora
'Soft genocide underway in Zimbabwe'
A ZIMBABWEAN living in the diaspora has castigated government's move to fire nearly 300 medical doctors from their jobs.Netsai Makarichi, a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom, said the mov...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Mass resignations hit Zinara
At least 12 top executives have resigned from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in protest over alleged interference, endemic corruption, harassment and threats from some board member...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 4507 | by Staff reporter
War vets boss in trouble for scorning anti-sanctions march
A WAR veterans' provincial leader in Masvingo is in trouble with colleagues after he openly dismissed a recent government sponsored anti-western sanctions national protest that was presided over by Pr...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1459 | by newzimbabwe
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1747 | by Learnmore Zuze
January protests convict seeks reprieve
A BULAWAYO man, who was sentenced to four years in jail for looting during the January protests, has approached the High Court appealing both his conviction and sentencing.Future Banda was arr...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipras dismiss Jonathan Moyo on Cain Mathema
Former Zipra fighters have dismissed Jonathan Moyo's protest over the removal of Cain Mathema by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the Home Affairs Ministry as spitting on the 1987 Unity Accord....Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:34hrs | 7316 | by Staff Reporter
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2846 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Sinking ship
With almost half the population now registered for food aid, the government is taking decisive action to deal with the threat - not by providing food for the people but by fattening up the army and po...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1877 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Convicted January protest victim appeals to human rights lawyers
I have been following Mr Future Banda's case. He is 36 years old with two children, from Entumbane in Bulawayo. He was arrested on the 25th of January at the instigation of Mr Prayford Sibanda who own...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1016 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Mnangagwa's govt accused of tribalism over nurses saga
The government has been accused of perpetuating tribalism through the recruitment of student nurses from outside Matabeleland for training at major hospitals in the region.Bulawayo residents h...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a police State, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has chided President Emmerson Mnangagwa for putting the country into a de facto state of emergency and his reliance on the police to stifle dissenting voices again...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1061 | by Sports Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has all but trashed re-engagement drive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has effectively abandoned its international re-engagement agenda as evidenced by public confrontations with the European Union (EU) and United States, rem...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe - Not as simple as many think
IF one wishes to understand the issue of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe, they first have to stop thinking in binary terms by assuming that the restrictive measures affect only a few people, or that the...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:16hrs | 912 | by Zechariah Mushawatu
Diplomats 'disappointed' with Mnangagwa admin
DIPLOMATS attached to Zimbabwe from Sadc, African Union (AU), Europe and Asia are highly disappointed and concerned about the course Zimbabwe has taken under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Polad members just in it for money
POLAD, your silence when Zanu PF continues to abuse the people of Zimbabwe is astonishing. One of the latest cases of abuse is the distribution of food aid donated by the United Nations in a partisan ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:59hrs | 249 | by Kennedy Kaitano
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