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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 | 458 | by AP
271 border jumpers nabbed
The South African Police Services in Limpopo province has arrested 271 border jumpers among them Zimbabweans and recovered smuggled cigarettes worth R2,2 million during the festive season.Prov...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 20:53hrs | 5427 | by Staff Reporter
Zim police urge citizens to be responsible on the roads
Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged Zimbabweans to be responsible on the roads and ensure that road safety is of utmost importance to every motorist.The Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-Ge...Published: 25 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 730 | by Staff Reporter
Rural transport operators hike fares
TRANSPORT operators plying rural routes have increased fares to capitalise on an increase in the number of people travelling to their homes to spend Christmas with their families. A snap...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:44hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns corrupt cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned police officers against demanding bribes from the public, insisting that those found on the wrong side of the law would be prosecuted. In his Christmas ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:41hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF banquet in deep sea of poverty
"ASI hauzive mota? (why are you acting like you do not know cars?)", a boy aged about seven nudges his friend who was seemingly mesmerised by a black Lexus sport utility vehicle that was driving past....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Muddy affair at Zanu-PF conference
HEAVY rains that are pounding Goromonzi have threatened to make the Zanu-PF 18th people's conference a muddy affair.The grounds where the conference will be held are waterlogged and muddy, for...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
How General Chiwenga disarmed policemen at Harare airport
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's security guards disarmed members of the paramilitary PSU - the Black Boots who were waiting at the Robert Mugabe International Aiport to arrest him in November 20...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:10hrs | 19640 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra moves to block smuggled vehicles
Zimra has intensified its crackdown on smuggled vehicles by blocking the cars in the system with a view to recover them. Last month, Zimra released a list of 433 vehicles detailing registratio...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Zimra recovers 81 smuggled vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered 81 of the 433 smuggled vehicles, of which 51 have since been cleared.In an interview on Monday, Zimra spokesperson Francis Chimanda said: "...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans arrested in SA for immigration violations
AT least 380 Zimbabweans and Malawians were recently arrested in South Africa for allegedly violating the immigration laws.They failed to produce documentation authorising their stay in South ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:14hrs | 4326 | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds of Zimbabweans found in hijacked Hillbrow building
Over 300 undocumented foreign nationals have been in a Hillbrow building, and three suspects have been arrested for hijacking the 21-storey building.The undocumented nationals, from Malawi and...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 14:08hrs | 5124 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, govt running scared, says Chamisa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC - after hundreds of police cordoned off the party's national headquarters in Harare....Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday shut down the MDC headquarters in Harare following the alleged discovery of 210 riot police and 41 municipal police helmets in a basement of a nearby building, but the opposition part...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:25hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
'Righteous' cop jailed
A POLICE Constable who recently opened up on corruption in the police force and tendered his resignation, has been sent to jail for communicating with the media without authority. Authorities ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa helped ANC comrades during Apartheid
Less than a month into Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, then African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo met with then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe over how the new nation would help the liberation ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:50hrs | 731 | by Isdore Guvamombe
UN probes Zimbabwe amid 'abductions'
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule this week flew into a storm as his visit coincided with the reported abduction of the acting presiden...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe delayed land reform for SA
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki said the late former President Robert Mugabe delayed embarking on the land reform programme to allow successful negotiations between the African National Con...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 06:50hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Ex-fighter sheds light on Mugabe's escape to Mozambique
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's life epitomises a journey well travelled, with cumulative substance offering new horizons where outspokenness made and indeed earned him the coveted place of being the darling ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa government dashes citizens' hope'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has decimated the trust and hope the people had in his administration through the economic meltdown and the brutal crackdown on dissent, the Zimbabwe Peace Project has sai...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 20:51hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans faking abductions'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday accused people who claim to have been abducted of being desperate attention-seekers, who would have been involved in domestic violence at their homes....Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Tearing down barriers for the growth of African rural e-commerce
The rise and growth of e-commerce in the world and primarily in Africa has created a lot of business opportunities, not only in urban but also in rural areas. The good news is that there is undoubtedl...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | 847 | by Josephine Wawira
'MDC Alliance protests are acts of banditry,' says Mangwana
THE government has come under pressure following allegations of abductions, torture and clampdown on pro-democracy activists in Zimbabwe, Blessed Mhlanga (ND) met government spokesperson and Informati...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:07hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
300 Zimbabweans nabbed in Musina blitz
ABOUT 300 people believed to be Zimbabweans were on Wednesday arrested around Musina, including the Beitbridge Border Post areas, for allegedly flouting South African immigration laws, officials in So...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 7958 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa to change tact on demos
POLICE yesterday sealed off Gweru after banning a demonstration organised by the MDC with the opposition party making a climbdown on its earlier position to defy the prohibition order.The part...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Harare businesses count losses after crackdown
Harare businesses were left counting their losses on Friday after a violent crackdown by police on opposition supporters left the city centre deserted.The majority of businesses did not open a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, torture, dragnet arrests amid vicious crackdown against dissent
Blessing Kunotonga is one of scores of opposition supporters left nursing serious injuries after state security agents launched a crackdown against the MDC ahead of the banned August 16 protests....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | 5721 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe in lockdown ahead of demo
TENSION and fear gripped Harare and other parts of the country yesterday amid a huge deployment of heavily armed soldiers and police ahead of a planned demonstration today by the opposition MDC to pro...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths to liberate Zimbabwe with guns?
MDC Youths Will liberate Zimbabwe using guns, a South African based Prophet has said. A prophecy uttered by Wiseman Promise of Living God Ministries and seen by this reporter said:The ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 14:17hrs | 4988 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police runs out of fine books
The Zimbabwe Republic Police National Traffic section has reportedly run out of admission of guilt books, creating a challenge that has seen motorists being referred from one station to another to pay...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2336 | by Staff reporter
Cops almost killed Sikhala?
MDC deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala's lawyer yesterday accused the police of torturing and almost killing him during the surprise transportation on Tuesday from Harare to Masvingo - whe...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7624 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells of 'horror' in police custody
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who appeared yesterday at the Bikita Magistrates' Court facing a treason charge, has recounted a horror tale at the hands of the police when he was nicodemously tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA transporters in route wars
There is a looming route war between Beitbridge-based Zimbabwean Cross-border Transport Association (ZCTA) and South Africa's Beitbridge Taxi Association (BTA) after the groups clashed over passengers...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:20hrs | 4033 | by Staff reporter
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1355 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
How to watch US Netflix in South Africa?
Who doesn't love Netflix? It's the leading name when it comes to online streaming services, with a whopping 150 million paid subscribers worldwide. It has a massive catalog of TV shows, documentaries,...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1566 | by Staff Writer
Police deployed to quell bloody gold wars
The government is deploying more police officers to mining areas to deal with the violent clashes between illegal miners popularly referred to as makorokoza. The deployment follows an upsurge ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:31hrs | 499 | by Staff Reporter
'New Binga-Karoi highway a game-changer'
ZIMBABWE'S tourism is a cash-spinning industry employing thousands and widely considered as one of the low-hanging fruits of this economy. However, it has not been spared by negative publicity in the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | 5320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police resurfaces with 24- hour roadblocks, on high alert
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is keeping a heavy presence in all possible hotspots, amid worries of wildcat demonstrations that could be triggered by the worsening socio-economic situation. ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3192 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri opts for out of court settlement
Exiled former police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 5515 | by Staff reporter
A potent enemy always lives within
Hallelujah. . . But wait . . . why was he killed in the first place?You see, over time, societies evolve into hierarchical and stratified communities that pit the powerful against the powerles...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 138 | by Bishop Lazi
Police deploy for holiday
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)has deployed officers on all the country's major roads and residential areas to ensure that Independence Day and the Easter holidays are accident and crime-free. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa dialogue laying ground for 2023'
NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has defended his participation in the dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he is contributing to nation building and laying the groundwork for credible elec...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's runaway prices good for malayitsha business
Towering piles of cooking oil, tyres, biscuits, microwaves and toilet paper filled a small and damp Johannesburg basement – all destined for Zimbabwe.The items are loaded onto trailers attac...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:35hrs | 6220 | by AFP
What should be done by government to Obviate Zimbabwe from economic collapse?
First and foremost what is it that we don't have? Is it a begging culture that is in us that we can't do without? We have plenty of suitable land for commercial purpose, minerals, recreational resourc...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:05hrs | 505 | by Elvis Dzvene
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 823 | by Ben Shepherd
'Power hungry' Chamisa makes bizarre power-sharing demand
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threatened mass action and to "shutdown" Harare if President Mnangagwa does not agree to a power-sharing arrangement. Mr Chamisa is calling for ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra set to rake in billions
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to rake in billions of dollars, thanks to an International Monetary Fund tool that puts the tax collector into the global-best category. Zimra has...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:32hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
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