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Shutdown continues amid tension
Security forces for the third day running yesterday blocked people from entering business districts in major cities as authorities feared an uprising over corruption and misgovernance.Tensions...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 7003 | by Staff reporter
Massive mealie meal and bread shortage looming in Zimbabwe
A massive shortage of mealie meal and bread is looming in Zimbabwe after security agents manning roadblocks are reportedly blocking delivery vehicles to supply retailers with the commodities. ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:23hrs | 1408 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 2938 | 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 | 173 | by Staff reporter
Essential service workers bemoan delays at checkpoints
ESSENTIAL service workers in Bulawayo using Zupco buses to report to work have expressed concern over delays at police checkpoints, where some of them have even been allegedly assaulted by soldiers de...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 204 | 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 | 761 | 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 | 411 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Armed sodliers take over major CBDs
Armed soldiers and police officers stormed Harare and Bulawayo on Thursday beating up people and shutting down shops. In Bulawayo, armed soldiers and police entered the Central Business Distri...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 12:38hrs | 7201 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Informal traders defy Mnangagwa
INFORMAl traders, who are currently unable to ply their trade on the capital's pavements, have invaded open spaces around industrial areas, mainly in Graniteside, posing a COVID-19 health hazard as th...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3887 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders arrested for lockdown violation
TWO church leaders in Gwanda have been arrested for holding a church gathering without the necessary requirements such as sanitisers and a thermometer as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covi...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Stiffer conditions to pass roadblocks
Police at roadblocks will now be seeking more detailed documentation signed by an employee's chief executive officer or general manager so that those legitimately going to work in an essential service...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Police empowered to impound vehicles
GOVERNMENT has gazetted a statutory instrument authorising law enforcement officers to impound vehicles being used to violate lockdown restrictions with owners or drivers of the vehicles liable to pro...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:26hrs | 6547 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus roadblock clearance letters to spread infections?
Academic and Development practitioner Innocent Batsani Ncube has questioned the government whether it had taken into consideration that the lockdown roadblocks clearance letters might fuel the spread ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 12:51hrs | 2951 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's lockdown is clumsy, weird
ONE thing that the "new dispensation" of President Emmerson Mnangagwa will always be remembered for with frustration and contempt is its clumsy articulation of policy.You would have thought th...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:15hrs | 5390 | by Tawanda Majoni
Police announce documents needed for citizens to pass through roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has specified the documents required for members of the public to pass through roadblocks and checkpoints in line with the COVID19 national measures announced by President...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 12:58hrs | 10302 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Curfew regulations clarified
THE gazetted legal statutory instrument amending lockdown regulations by setting the 6PM to 6AM curfew, now requires church gatherings, jogging, walking and cycling to take place not earlier than 8AM ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 5000 | by Staff Reporter
Police to impound cars not displaying registration plates
POLICE yesterday said they have launched an operation to impound all cars that move around without displaying registration number plates.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Police stations get POS machines
Almost all police stations now have functioning "swipe" machines for payment of admission of guilt fines, removing the need for cash payments and associated potential corruption. Unlike previo...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Where are we going as a Zimbabwe nation?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's political career is nearing an unpleasant end after a catastrophic leadership style.Mnangagwa promised to move mountains within days, but failed to move even an ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1115 | by Power Sanzu
Kombis use fake Zupco stickers
SOME commuter omnibuses have been operating using fake Zupco stickers to illegally transport passengers in the Midlands province but law enforcement agents have curtailed the challenge. Only Z...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe troops accused of disrupting the economy
Security forces have been accused of disrupting the economy through the chaotic implementation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations after they forced the closure of Bulawayo businesses without notice last...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:37hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's sex vendors on streets despite virus restrictions
Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe's sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning to defy the country's lockdown and return to the streets.Ris...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2030 | by AP
Roadblocks, tollgates should have bins: EMA
GOVERNMENT environmental overseer, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has said all roadblocks and toll stations should have bins to dispose of used personal protective equipment in light of the...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Army, police blockade Bulawayo, MDC Alliance come up with theories
BUSINeSS came to a standstill in Bulawayo yesterday after police supported by the army drove people out of the city centre in an early morning operation believed to be clearing the way for the MDC fac...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3742 | by Staff reporter
Police speak on Bulawayo, Harare roadblocks
POLICE are addressing complaints by Bulawayo and Harare residents who were blocked from going to work by security forces yesterday and on Monday. Yesterday morning scores of Bulawayo residents...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:39hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga outlines operational challenges
Police manning roadblocks and securing quarantine centres need more protective equipment, transport and allowances for food, with quarantine centres needing more lights and fencing, Commissioner-Gener...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for mass action
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has called for a mass stayaway throughout in country in protest over the flash roadblocks that are mounted by the details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 4291 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Security situation in Bulawayo as army, police takeover
Members of the Zimbabwe National Army have besieged Bulawayo CBD beating everyone who is inside. Reports that reach this publication say the operation began in the wee hours of the morning. Th...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 08:29hrs | 8339 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Soldiers takeover Bulawayo CBD
A joint operation by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and the military have launched flash roadblocks all over Bulawayo barring any civilian from entering the Central Business District. ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 35179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
47 truck drivers arrested
At least 47 drivers have been arrested for ferrying passengers in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations, with grain millers warning drivers that they face a mandatory 21-day quarantine. T...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lover nails Joanna Mamombe on 'abduction'?
ADDRESSING a press conference on Thursday last week, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe revealed that the vehicle driven by MDC-T Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe during ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 8433 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, diplomats stage-managed abductions for United States 10-month scholarship'
GOVERNMENT yesterday claimed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Western diplomats, human rights doctors and lawyers had connived to stage manage the recent alleged abduction and torture of...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 3776 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens lockdown
ZIMBABWE yesterday tightened the COVID-19 lockdown in major cities, with police and army blocking motorists and commuters from entering central business districts around the country after infections t...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7188 | by Staff reporter
'Truckers fuel border jumping'
THE Matabeleland South provincial task force on Covid-19 has called for strict supervision of cross-border truck drivers transporting goods following reports that some of them were assisting some peop...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Coup brewing in Zimbabwe?
THOUSANDS of workers have been inconvenienced after being ordered to return home by police and soldiers manning roadblocks in most roads leading into the Harare city centre.According to report...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 13:17hrs | 24644 | by Staff reporter
Security forces up lockdown enforcement
THOUSANDS of workers have been inconvenienced after being ordered to return home by police and soldiers manning roadblocks in most roads leading into the Harare city centre.According to report...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Army, police shutdown Harare...no civilians allowed into CBD
Reports coming from Harare indicate that a joint operation by the military and the police has seen the details manning roadblocks leading to the CBD and blocking civilians from entering while only all...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:42hrs | 4970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police ordered to descend hard on pirate taxis, kombis
GOVERNMENT has said police should come down hard on pirate kombis and taxis and also ensure there is tight security at quarantine centres. In Gweru, Bulawayo and other cities, private commuter...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:35hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe cursed?
Zimbabweans are so friendly and peace loving people, Zimbabweans are known for being some of the friendliest and most welcoming hosts in the world – there is no better place to experience this than ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:31hrs | 3509 | by Knowledge Hakata
Health experts fear spike in HIV infections
Informal traders in Marondera yesterday said the CoVID-19 lockdown restrictions were hindering access to life-saving HIV medication, particularly for those in rural areas, among other challenges....Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Health experts, CSOs warn of spike in COVID-19 cases
HEALTH experts and civil society organisations have warned of a possible spike in COVID-19 cases due to reckless behaviour by citizens who are moving around without masks and ignoring social distancin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:01hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Police have so far arrested 35 638 people for violating lockdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have said they have so far arrested 35 638 people for violating the lockdown.Through its twitter account, police confirmed that since the onset of the national loc...Published: 21 May 2020 at 15:34hrs | 329 | by Stephen Jakes
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7280 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Time to hold MDC leaders to account
IT was in 2000 when I had just begun my "A" level studies at Rupare High school in Bikita, Masvingo.We were going towards the 2000 parliamentary election. Zanu-PF had just lost a constitutiona...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2672 | by Moses Tofa
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 335 | by Peter Gambara
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