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Zanu-PF, MDC councillors clash over street names
ZANU-PF and MDC Alliance councillors in Masvingo recently clashed over the renaming of city streets in honour of living and departed Zanu-PF luminaries, with the former walking out of a special counci...Published: 14 hrs ago | 256 | by Staff reporter
Junior doctors announce end to strike
Striking junior doctors will end a four-month strike after accepting an offer from a telecoms billionaire to pay them a monthly allowance of about $300 for six months, their union said on Thursday....Published: 14 hrs ago | 323 | by Staff reporter
Njube High School students' actions are true reincarnation and revival of 16 June 1976 Soweto revolutionary spirit!
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow female schoolmate - fleeing from a volley of fatal bullets being fired ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 11:36hrs | 1911 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
High Court stops Gumbura prison break trial
The High Court has blocked the magistrates' court from prosecuting jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura and six others on prison break charges until it rules on their review application for discharge. ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:00hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks erupt in SA after Zimbabwean man shoots cop dead
XENOPHOBIC attacks have erupted in Diepsloot, South Africa after residents stormed a police station Thursday morning demanding officers to hand over a Zimbabwean man accused of killing a cop last week...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 18:27hrs | 3134 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47hrs | 1289 | by Nelson Chamisa
Why we should not expect electoral or political reforms from a Zanu PF government
Someone said Zanu Pf is like a hyena ,to survive one has to cling on its back come what may.Falling to the ground is inviting a vicious attack. This can be likened to former Zanu Pf members who left t...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 18:04hrs | 1275 | by AT Kadada
Teacher flees after students protest
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has thrown its weight behind Njube High School biology teacher, Brian Mutsiba, who has gone into hiding after police in Bulawayo launched a manhunt to...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2807 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash more violence on the streets in 2020, the Harare Post can exclusively report.Addressing his party followers at Stodart Hall in M...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters not to be afraid of guns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday warned his supporters to prepare for more demonstrations to force political and economic change in a country lurching from one crisis to another.Chamisa ad...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 975 | by AFP
Chamisa wants dialogue with military
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he is ready to dialogue with his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa, but on condition the military is involved.Addressing his supporters at the launch o...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 3702 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows street protests on the way
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader said Tuesday he will roll out anti-government street protests this year, declaring that the collapsing economy will improve only if political issues, including a long...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:35hrs | 462 | by AP
Zimbabwe, US to continue talks, says Mohadi
Zimbabwe will continue to re-engage the United States despite the challenges that have affected the resumption of normal relations between the two countries, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has failed on human rights'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week released a damning report, describing Zimbabwe's human rights record as appalling despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reform pledges...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 300 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's MDC under siege
THE opposition MDC has claimed that it is now a banned political party in Zimbabwe and accused Zanu-PF of making Zimbabwe a de facto one-party State.MDC secretary for international relations, ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:53hrs | 743 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe faces serious political instability'
ZIMBABWE is highly likely to face serious political instability due to failure by the government to address challenges being faced by its people, a respected South African-based think tank has said....Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:45hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to close window for negotiations very soon
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will tell the nation on Tuesday that his party has tried negotiation to solve Zimbabwe's political impasse, but that the window "is closing fast".Chamisa was stopped ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:38hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Njube high school students demonstrate against school
Reports coming from Njube High School indicate that pupils from the school took to the street on Monday to protest against the increase of school fees from ZWL$92 to ZWL$440. A vid...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 11:00hrs | 7638 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIOs pounce on PTUZ leader
State security operatives reportedly pounced on Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou's office on Thursday last week following reports of his involvement in the planne...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2892 | by Staf reporter
'Mnangagwa in no hurry to fix economy'
As the world marks the 61st anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has lamented the deterioration in living standards, claiming that the Pre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 7801 | by Staff reporter
'Trump is a pierrot'
Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nati...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:20hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11973 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 17052 | by Staff reporter
Junior cops rebel over poor working conditions, police abort operation
A PLANNED police anti-riot operation in residential areas of Bulawayo was Thursday aborted after over 50 officers based at Mzilikazi Police Station rebelled in protest over poor working conditions, Ne...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 647 | by NewZimbabwe
Journalist acquitted on anti-govt protest charge
HARARE-BASED freelance journalist, Doubt Asima, who was arrested in August last year on public violence charges after he was found rendering first aid to an elderly woman during an anti-government pro...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1307 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1737 | by Simukai Tinhu
Court nullifies suspension of students 'protest' leader
THE High Court has nullified the suspension of a Gweru Polytechnic student who had been barred from attending lessons for allegedly inciting other students to protest over "exorbitant and substandard"...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:02hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, a coward politician
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has proved to be the most coward politician of all times as far as Zimbabwean political history is concerned. This follows his egocentric decision not to join other politica...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 13:56hrs | 5655 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Government controls fuelling the black market
Business at the country's parallel (black) market for foreign currency and other commodities has never been as brisk. Billions of dollars in local or foreign currency exchange hands on a daily basis i...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 3945 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe plays down snub at UK-Africa Summit
The United Kingdom has not invited Zimbabwe to the UK-Africa Investment Summit getting underway in London on January 20, dealing a major blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to end the country's...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1926 | by ZimLive
MDC, unions plan to defy state threats over demos
DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe once again following the threat by the MDC and labour unions to hold rolling anti-government protests around the country despite the State's stern warning against...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Police thwart MDC event scheduled for tomorrow
The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 16:01hrs | 3661 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tysonwabantu Movement Statement on ama Shurugwi
Lets unite in our numbers & confront massacre of our people by government sponsored Amashurugwi_Our movement has mandate to be a weapon in the hands of the oppressed people of Zimbabwe. We...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 18:26hrs | 3500 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Why the MDC will lose the 2023 elections
Each time the country approaches an election, the MDC goes full throttle lying to the electorate that they are the "party of excellence" and would win the elections despite doing absolutely nothing to...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:57hrs | 4578 | by Elijah Chihota
Why not Saviour Kasukuwere?
As 2020 begins it drags with it a nagging pertinent question which 2019 posed to our national politics; one we must reflect upon with all the hopes and aspirations a new year inspires. Why not Saviour...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 18:17hrs | 8956 | by Ntokozo Msipha
ZRP shot a vendor hides the case
It has come to our attention that on the 16th of September 2019 at around 18:40hrs some overzealous police officers fired live bullets randomly in the process shooting in the head a vendor Sinikiwe Nd...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:23hrs | 2114 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Police shooting victim appeal for help
A victim of police shooting that occurred during the protests on the day when a Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was jailed has appealed for assistance in funds so that she gets medic...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:15hrs | 2113 | by Stephen Jakes
Journalists suffer as Mnangagwa regime tightens grip
Fanuel Mapfumo has been unable to lift heavy objects since a Zimbabwe police officer fractured his left arm as he was covering a story last August.The 28-year-old journalist was filming a bann...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 3197 | by AFP
A villain or a custodian of Democratic ethos and principles: Case of Chamisa’s usurpation and consolidation of power in MDC
The foregoing discussion intends to showcase and highlight the rise of Chamisa in the opposition Movement. There has been a lot of debate and divided opin...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4672 | by Tendai Manika
United States withdraws its ambassador to Zambia
The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia following a row with authorities in the southern African nation after he criticised the jailing of a gay couple, embassy sources said on Monday...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 07:02hrs | 5005 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF under siege
THE ruling Zanu-PF party fears that the worsening economic crisis could be used to as an excuse to overthrow the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration by "foreign sponsored anti-government cam...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:17hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army defends $340k suit
THE Defence and War Veterans ministry and commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Edzai Chimonyo have filed court papers challenging a $340 000 suit filed by a Harare man who claimed he was assa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 18:23hrs | 3261 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt takes plunge to compensate white farmers
ONE of the most interesting developments in the recent budget statement is government's decision to compensate former white farmers after nearly 20 years following the 2000 land reform programme. The ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:39hrs | 169 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa rejects Chamisa talks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will not hold any talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa outside the platform he set up with fringe political parties that took part in last year's elections....Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:37hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire calls for mass demonstrations
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says Zimbabweans must engage in mass demonstrations to force the army to sit down and dialogue with political players to find a solution to the ...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 08:58hrs | 4290 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Unity brought development, must celebrate Unity Day' - yeah, but is the development
Propaganda is the art of presenting what you want people to believe is the truth and the reality, repeating it over and over again, and totally disregard the facts and mountain of evidence to the cont...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 19:29hrs | 925 | by omusa Garikai
MDC-A MP ejected from Parly for calling Chamisa 'His Excellency'
MDC Alliance Marondera Central MP Catson Matewu was on Tuesday ejected from Parliament for referring to his party leader Nelson Chamisa as "His Excellency."Matewu was debating in Parliament ab...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 18:38hrs | 4345 | by Staff Reporter
Mbeki is pushing MDC to join Mnangagwa in POLAD - no reforms will be implemented
Nelson Chamisa met former South African president Thabo Mbeki and this is what he had to say: "We want dialogue that is meaningful, where the political will to change for the benefit of Zimbab...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 19:12hrs | 6067 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1595 | by Wilbert Mukori
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