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Zimbabwe security sector reforms debunked
US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array o...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's sealed CR17 records create fertile ground for corruption
The sealing of the CR17 documents creates a fertile ground for the continuation of corruption, the EFF has argued in its application to the High Court in Pretoria. EFF secretary-general Marsha...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1398 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs desert Sikhala
Some MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala expelled from the party for his radical political activities and dogged opposition to ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 7689 | by Staff reporter
An MDC govt around 2025
WHILE the ruling party's nationalist project is by all means still holding forte, the centre is gradually disintegrating.On the other hand, the centreleft MDC's democratic project has been bas...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1966 | by Robert Sigauke
Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl' accused of breaching protocol
South African ruling party chairperson for international relations committee Lindiwe, Zulu ANC, Lindiwe Zulu, who on Tuesday insisted Zimbabwe was in a crisis, has been accused by Mnangagwa's spokespe...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2208 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hopes fade under Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE has failed to end the culture of human rights abuses witnessed under its former leader Robert Mugabe, while the optimism generated by the election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has faded, a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 437 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must reclaim country from maniacs'
ZIMBABWEANS must unite to reclaim the country from "maniacs" who have not psychologically transformed themselves from liberation war guerrillas into civilian politicians, former Speaker of Parliament ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 736 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Economic Freedom Fighters plots Beitbridge border blockade
OPPOSITION party Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (ZEFF) has revealed plans to mobilise its followers to blockade the Beitbridge Border Post on August 31 to protest against human rights violations b...Published: 5 hrs ago | 882 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health sector will never be same again, says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has assured Zimbabweans the country's health sector was geared for a strong bounce back following his recent appointment as substantive health minister.Spea...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1998 | by Staff reporter
'State, judiciary colluding to hide Chin'ono remand abuse'
THE State yesterday successfully filed an application that journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's case be held in camera, saying his evidence in court under cross-examination might breach prison security syst...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self over food
LUCIANO John (26) of Dawmil Farm, Bindura, committed suicide by hanging after a misunderstanding with his wife over food. When NewsDay arrived at the John's homestead on Monday, scores of peop...Published: 5 hrs ago | 629 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights challenges Mnangagwa's curfew
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has filed an urgent chamber application challenging the duskto-dawn curfew imposed by President Emerson Mnangagwa's government as a way of curbing the...Published: 5 hrs ago | 465 | by Staff reporter
SA lawyers sing for their supper against Mnangagwa
A SOUTH AFRICAN group of lawyers yesterday added its voice to the growing chorus of alarm on human rights abuses by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, chastising the Zanu-PF leader for ris...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Bail hearing for MDC youth leader deferred
INCARCERATED MDC Alliance youth national organising secretary Godfrey Kurauwone's bail hearing was yesterday deferred to today at Masvingo High court because the State had not responded to his applica...Published: 6 hrs ago | 151 | by Staff reporter
Africans should interfere in Zimbabwe politics, says Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl'
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) says there is a political crisis in Zimbabwe, which needs to be resolved by Africans through various processes, including attempts by President Cy...Published: 6 hrs ago | 890 | by Staff reporter
Police dismiss Jonathan Moyo lies
POLICE have dismissed claims by one of the G40 kingpins and self-exiled former Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo that some of its officers in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, were defying orders f...Published: 6 hrs ago | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails SA envoys
THE visit to Zimbabwe by three South African envoys helped put to rest social media propaganda from the country's detractors that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr...Published: 6 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
'SA envoys not obliged to meet political parties'
SOUTH African envoys who came to Zimbabwe early this week and delivered a message to President Mnangagwa from his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa had no obligation to meet opposition parties and civic soc...Published: 6 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
18 more die of Covid-19
Zimbabwe's health delivery system is being reformed and restructured, new Health and Child Care Minister Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday, promising a new era in healthcare. ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 618 | by Staff reporter
Trip by South African envoys to Zimbabwe was a waste of jet fuel
A trip by South African envoys to Zimbabwe has been described as a "waste of jet fuel".A Zimbabwean journalist on the ground, who has been sought by police, said the engagement was confined to...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3562 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at crossroads - The new Zimbabwe we crave for
An attempt to build one nationalist liberation movement failed in the 1960s when most of the nationalists of Shona extraction split from Zapu to form a pro-Shona Zanu which was largely mobilised...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1773 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo
Ramaphosa's emissaries will return to Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa's ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mphakama Mbete, has refuted claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa's special envoys snubbed the country's opposition and civil society organisations when they cam...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3914 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa should travel to Zimbabwe
African Union chairman and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa should travel to Zimbabwe and seek a solution to the ongoing human rights abuses and political paralysis, South Africa's main opposit...Published: 20 hrs ago | 438 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail hearing to proceed in secret
A bail application by journalist Hopewell Chin'ono will proceed in camera on Thursday after a magistrate on Wednesday upheld prosecution claims that his testimony could put the security of prison offi...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala throws Zimbabwe police in panic mode
The Zimbabwe Republic Police says it is worried that the MDC National Chairperson Job Sikhala is organizing popcorn protests all over the country. A secret police document posted b...Published: 24 hrs ago | 18644 | by Mandla Ndlovu
D-day for Hopewell Chin'ono
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is having his fresh bid for freedom heard at the Magistrate on Wednesday.He is appearing at Rottenrow Magistrates Court represented by senior journalist Beatrice M...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 10:24hrs | 4777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa Trade Union turns heat on Mnangagwa
The biggest single trade union in South Africa National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF has betrayed the revolutionary ethos and adopted...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:42hrs | 8476 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Disappointment of Ramaphosa's envoys and the Zimbabwean problem
Exciting it was when announced. Successful mission. Disappointing it was when it ended. This is a precise description of the South African President Ramaphosa appointed team of envoys and ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 2774 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mnangagwa spoils soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to continue improving security forces' working conditions in "recognition of the role and sacrifices" they have made "in the conduct of their duties".I...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 14303 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for MDC Alliance youth leader
INCARCERATED MDC Alliance youth organising secretary Godfrey Kurauone will today appear at the Masvingo High Court for bail hearing after he was denied freedom at a lower court last week in a case whe...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Mnanaggwa urged to amend laws
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF government has been urged to amend laws and enshrine the principles in the African Charter on Democracy and Governance (ACDEG) in order to improve issues of huma...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders push for border re-opening
VENDORS and cross border traders in Bulawayo who are facing starvation have appealed to the Zimbabwean and South African governments to partially re-open Beitbridge Border Post to enable them to resum...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:09hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
BCC rolls out e-learning facilities at schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rolling out e-learning facilities at its schools as learning institutions remain closed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.E-learning is seen as the o...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
No need to over-regulate political parties: Veritas
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has expressed concern over Cabinet's recent move to introduce another code of conduct for political parties, saying this would lead to over-regulation as the rules for politic...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Methodist Church Membership must be revoked'
A DISHEARTENED ordinary member of the Methodist Church has called upon the church's leadership to revoke President Emmerson Mnangagwa's membership from the religious grouping.The church member...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1158 | by newzimbabwe
Chin'ono makes fresh bail application
Political activist Hopewell Chin'ono is today expected to make a fresh bail application on changed circumstances on charges of inciting public to stage violent demonstrations on the July 31. C...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Civic group slams SA opposition
A local civic organisation has slammed South African opposition, African Transformation Movement (ATM), for claiming there were human rights abuses in Zimbabwe while turning a blind eye to the illegal...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers walk out in protest
THE defence team of suspended Supreme Court Judge Justice Francis Bere walked out of the inquiry last week protesting over the rejection of a request to have one of the tribunal members to recuse hims...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Prisons gets new boss
Deputy Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu has been promoted to Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) with effect from 1 November. Justice, Legal and Pa...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa betrayed as Biti throws his name for presidency 2023
The year 2020 has not been a good year for Nelson Chamisa the leader of a heavily fractured MDC A as he presides over a breaking up party. Nelson Chamisa had rode on the lightning of firm and glory as...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 00:32hrs | 15370 | by Masimba Mavaza
30 ZBC staffers test Covid-19 positive
ZIMBABWE's sole State broadcaster, the ZBC, announced Tuesday that 30 of its staff members had tested Covid-19 positive."The ZBC wishes to advise that 30 members of staff have tested positive ...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 22:49hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heaps praises on 'professional, peaceful' army
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday praised the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for "high professionalism and excellent service" adding they deserved "big compliment".He made the remarks in a m...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 22:49hrs | 1012 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa trashes govt critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as "renegades" bent on derailing the country's economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:59hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fights to end Zimbabwe's political crisis
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's special envoys arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and immediately went to work - meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country.Interesti...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:57hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commits to improving ZDF conditions of service
GOVERNMENT is determined to improve the salaries and conditions of service for defence forces as a recognition of the roles and sacrifices they make in their duties.Addressing the nation on th...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:56hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland- Zimbabwe border to be the most guarded in the world
For security reasons, Matabeleland and Zimbabwe aka Mashonaland should be separated by a border wall which is so high that even the eagle would not be able to fly over it.To be extra vigilant ...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:04hrs | 2470 | by Israel Dube
SA's Mbeki once claimed there was no crisis in Zimbabwe - then hundreds of people were butchered... Ramaphosa needs to show real
Saturday 12 April 2008, will forever be the day that most Zimbabweans would wish had never happened, and will forever be embedded in their minds as the day that a prominent and respectable statesman h...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 20:53hrs | 774 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
REVEALED: How Mnangagwa blocked Ramaphosa's envoys from meeting Chamisa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's Special Envoys Sydney Mufamadi, a former Cabinet minister, and Baleka Mbete, former Deputy President and Speaker of Parliament, were barred by President Emmer...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 19:17hrs | 7866 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mzilikazi gave the Shona a name to be proud of !!!
King Mzilikazi is highly credited to be one of the best ever rulers of Zimbabwe. He was able to plan a start and an end of a National programme producing a happily strong Nation with an identity. When...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 19:04hrs | 3172 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Nelson Chamisa special message to Zimbabwe Defence Forces
Today, the MDC Alliance joins the nation in commemorating our Defence Forces. It is 40 years since the Zimbabwe Defence Forces came into being through the integration of the ZIPRA and ZANLA liberation...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 17:19hrs | 4456 | by MDC Alliance
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