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8 millions of Zimbabweans still need of food aid
A staggering eight million Zimbabweans remain in urgent need of food assistance following severe crop failures caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon and an extended drought that disrupted food pro...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:13hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs wreak havoc in Bulawayo
Fear and frustration are mounting across Bulawayo as machete-wielding gangs continue to terrorise residents in several suburbs, leaving a trail of violence, injury, and trauma in their wake.Ov...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:37hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Wave of terror in Entumbane as machete gangs attack residents
A terrifying crime wave has rocked Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb, where six residents were brutally attacked by armed criminals wielding machetes and an axe in a series of violent incidents along the ra...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:58hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
MK23 forces South Africa and allies out of DRC
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced the withdrawal of its peacekeeping mission from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), citing the need for a strategic reassess...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 14:37hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to chair high-level SADC meeting
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders will convene a virtual extraordinary summit on Thursday to address the worsening political and security crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of C...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:02hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
SADC and EAC join forces to address DRC security crisis
Efforts are underway to restore full control of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to its central government as SADC and the East African Community (EAC) prepare for a joint Extraordinary Summit i...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:27hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to Chair SADC Extraordinary Summit on DRC Security Crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), is set to preside over an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare t...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 07:00hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's food crisis set to worsen
Zimbabwe is grappling with worsening food shortages as more than half the population faces hunger due to delayed rains and the ongoing effects of drought. The situation is expected to persist during t...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 14:39hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Robberies, muggings escalate in Bulawayo's dark suburb
The ongoing shortage of tower lights in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb has become a significant contributor to the surge in criminal activities, particularly muggings and robberies, leaving residents ...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Sadc extends DRC mission
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit concluded last night in Harare, commending peaceful elections in Botswana, Mauritius, and Mozambique while expressing grave conce...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:19hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Why would Mnangagwa risk destroying Zimbabwe's stability for a measly two-year extension?
As the ZANU-PF National Conference unfolds in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe finds itself embroiled in a deeply troubling debate. Prominent voices within the ruling party are pushing for President Emmerso...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 09:40hrs | 700 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Of all the don'ts, send Mnangagwa begging UNGA for US$5.8b food aid for SADC; he's eyeing 'pound of flesh' cut for himself
Of all the SADC leaders to be begging for food aid on behalf of SADC, Emmerson Mnangagwa would be the last leader anyone would choose to do it!"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 12:38hrs | 724 | by Wilbert Mukori
Of all the don'ts, send Mnangagwa begging UNGA for US$5.8b food aid for SADC; he’s eyeing 'pound of flesh' cut for himself
Of all the SADC leaders to be begging for food aid on behalf of SADC, Emmerson Mnangagwa would be the last leader anyone would choose to do it!"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 23:01hrs | 771 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa takes SADC's begging bowl to UN General Assembly
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the urgent plea for assistance from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), seeking support to combat th...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:30hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe army generals fired over housing corruption
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), which brings together the country's army and air force wings, has fired three senior military commanders at the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) over a multi-million-dol...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
SADC mum on Congo election irregularities?
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday refused opposition calls for a re-run of disputed elections, as the main observer mission reported "numerous irregularities" that c...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Equip Zimbabwe police to do their job well
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told us this week that crime, particularly armed robbery, in Zimbabwe had now reached colossal levels that it is bordering on being a real national security threa...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
African leaders shun Ukraine's Zelensky
Only four out of 55 leaders reportedly listened to President Zelensky's virtual address to the African UnionJust a handful of African heads of state tuned in to personally listen to Ukrainian ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:51hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
US funded NGO's call for SADC intervention in Zimbabwe
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has implored the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) to intervene in the current deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe.In a letter yesterda...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health/Security crisis looms at Chikurubi Prison
A health hazard is looming at Chikurubi Maximum Prison with reports that the facility is holding 2 508 prisoners against a holding capacity 1 360 inmates. This means that the prison has 1 148 ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:13hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans eating less as economy deteriorates
THE widening gap between prices of food and stagnant wages has led to 44% of poor households in the urban areas spending more of their incomes on food, from 16% in 2016, a USAID official has said....Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots opposition clampdown
THE panicky government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly put its security arms on high alert as part of measures to clamp down on leaders of opposition parties, non-governmental organisat...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa forces Khupe to postpone MDC-T congress
The MDC-T faction led by Dr Thokozani Khupe says it has been forced by security considerations to postpone its extraordinary congress which had been planned for April 7 in Bulawayo. Dr Khupe's spokesm...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi origins: myths and reality
THE fundamental precondition for understanding Zimbabwe in the 1980s - and beyond - is to recognise the supremacist mentality that has underwritten Zimbabwean nationalism since its development in the ...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 13:05hrs | 1 | by Stuart Doran
Millions face starvation while Mugabe enjoys holiday - PDP
The delay by the government in declaring a national disaster and making an appeal to the World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance in order to feed millions of starving Zimbabweans due to the poo...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 12:18hrs | | by Jacob Mafume, PDP National Spokesperson
Zimbabweans skip meals to save scant food
Villagers in Zimbabwe are skipping meals and foraging for wild fruit as food stocks run out after a poor harvest blamed on drought and controversial land reforms."Even if the children complain...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 17:03hrs | | by AFP
Mugabe leaves for SADC Summit
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in South Africa where he will attend the SADC Troika Summit to be held in Pretoria on Monday.President Mugabe, who is accompanied by the Minister of Pre...Published: 14 Sep 2014 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Somalia offers open amnesty to al-Shabab
Somalia's government has offered an open amnesty to al-Shabab fighters after the rebels made a surprise withdrawal from the capital, Mogadishu, over the weekend."We offer an amnesty - put down...Published: 10 Aug 2011 at 05:12hrs | | by
Military men can also be political men!
Calls for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe by America and fronted here by the regime change functionaries betray unparalleled hypocrisy especially on the part of the US.While they are vocif...Published: 15 Jul 2011 at 03:37hrs | | by Tendai Moyo
MDC-T Minister says Zimbabwe still unsafe for failed asylum seekers
Zimbabwe is still unsafe for returning asylum seekers, Home Affairs Minister, Theresa Makone says.Speaking during her recent April visit to the United Kingdom, Theresa Makone (pictured) said ...Published: 14 Jun 2011 at 05:56hrs | | by .
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