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Mnangagwa admits deploying military crackdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the military crackdown against protestors last month.Addressing a rally at Rutenga in Masvingo Saturday, the Zanu-PF leader blamed th...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3346 | by Staff reporter
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported....Published: 7 hrs ago | 1994 | by AFP
Zimbabwean facing UK deportation says fears being 'killed' at home
A charity worker who cooks weekly meals for the homeless is at risk of being deported back to Zimbabwe and says he has no idea why.Sheffield-based Khuzani Ndlovu, 46, told Metro.co.uk he fears...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2282 | by Staff reporter
'Why we are talking to Mnangagwa'
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is one of the opposition parties that have embraced calls for dialogue by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is meant to address the country's political and economic ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 658 | by Staff reporter
Omkhula lament lack of arts promoters in Zimbabwe
South Africa-based Zimbabwean street comedians, Omkhula, say their fans in Zimbabwe should wait a little bit for shows as they are struggling to hold fort due to lack of promoters.Omkhula shot...Published: 7 hrs ago | 468 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 8 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
How cryptocurrencies can rescue Zimbabwe
On September 17, 2018 media houses were abuzz with the news that the then newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was considering cryptocurrencies as an option for Zimbabwe's economic turnaround...Published: 8 hrs ago | 179 | by Masotsha Charles Matlobo
MDC Alliance lie has no legs
A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them....Published: 8 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe moots stop and search roadblocks
GOVERNMENT is considering introducing stop-and-search security roadblocks on roads following a wave of armed robberies targeting cross-border buses plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa route.A num...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Banks plunge into fresh crisis
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) shot down an urgent request by commercial banks to raise interest rates and transaction charges at a crisis meeting held in Harare last week, arguing the move would ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rejects 'meaningless' dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would not be bulldozed into "a meaningless dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, vowing that any talks with the Zanu-PF leader to resolve ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Journalist's 'death' another hoax
Elizabeth Zimunda, the woman identified as a veteran journalist who was allegedly killed by security forces in Chitungwiza during last month's violent protests organised by MDC-Alliance and its associ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses hubby to family friend
THE old adage, "men can hurt my body, but women can scar my soul," is one of those undeniable truths all women experience but most easily deny.And in a typical "the man is mine fight" a Bulawa...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 136 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Mugabe Airways:- Malaysia rejects aircraft deal reversal
MALAYSIAN Airlines has turned down the Zimbabwean government's request to reverse a deal for the purchase of two Boeing 777 planes and threatened to take legal action for breach of contract, insiders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dismisses 'fake news' that 17 people died during protests
GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims by human rights groups that 17 people died during the deadly violence which rocked the country last month.The administration countered the reports Tuesday with ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 610 | by newzimbabwe
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1361 | by newzimbabwe
All aboard Zupco: Is this a rebirth or stillbirth?
This article is a follow-up to my previous one, Kombi nation: Re-imagining our urban transport system.In that article, I presented a number of options on how we could improve our public transp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1357 | by Mike Murenzvi
NGO withholds shooting victims' names
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has withheld names of the 17 victims of the security forces' extra judicial killings which occurred during last month's protests against fuel price hikes.Th...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's coup strategy exposed
FEAR of treason charges and a possible counter-coup that then Justice minister Happyton Bonyongwe tried to set up around now Agriculture minister Retired Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri spurred delic...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 4854 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Newsday lies over Kaitano exposed
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa and the privately-owned, opposition-leaning newspaper Newsday, peddled fake information about the death of Tinashe Kaitano, of Kadoma, in the recent anti-Zimbabw...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, NewsDay shamed
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and pro-opposition daily NewsDay peddled fake news about the death of Tinashe Kaitano of Kadoma in the recent anti-Zimbabwe propaganda campaign, The Herald report...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army creates temporary bases in suburbs
The presence of soldiers patrolling most high density suburbs across the country has instilled fear and uncertainty in citizens as some areas are reporting forced curfews.Coupled with this is ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 3510 | by Maxwell Sibanda
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2385 | by ZimLive
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' protestor in the dock
NON-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are cooking up figures of people who died during last month's MDC-Alliance-instigated violence were exposed after a man they claimed to have been shot dead&n...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai memorial march banned
POLICE have reportedly declined to approve the opposition MDC's application to stage a peaceful march in honour of the party's late founding leader and former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Another poacher shot at Mazunga Ranch
A poacher was shot and wounded by national parks and wildife authority rangers during a fire exchange at Mazunga ranch some 60km west of Beitbridge town.It is understood that the many who was ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:24hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to march for Mnangagwa on Mugabe's birthday
The Zanu PF youth league will on February 21 - the day former President Robert Mugabe turns 95 - march in Harare in show support to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Addressing about 300 district y...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna admits to killing more than once
A Zanu-PF MP once accused firing his gun during an election campaign has boasted that he has killed before.Dexter Nduna, the MP for Chegutu West, made the shock claim while threatening Norton ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:04hrs | 3725 | by ZimLive
'Mnangagwa losing grip'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is losing his grip on power less than two years after taking power in November 2017 in a military assisted transition, human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:00hrs | 7837 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: Jah Prayzah and Misred drop Kunerima video
Award winning super star Jah Prayzah on Monday dropped an official video for his song Kunerima which is part of his latest album Chitubu.The video features celebrated radio personality Samanth...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:36hrs | 5284 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Riot police sold a dummy
Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests.Apparently, the police were reacting t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed claims that the army raped women and killed people during recent protests over massive incr...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
US hunter kills two Zimbabwean elephants; claims self defence
AN American hunter who who shot dead two elephants with his friend has seen his company's website and social media sites swamped with furious messages.Photos of Mike Jines standing over the co...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2434 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe MPs in near fistfight
TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday during the sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy when Norton MP Temba Mliswa accused former Transport Committee chairperson, Dexter Nduna, of il...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe Remand Prison bans cooked food
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has banned visitors from bringing cooked food to inmates at Kwekwe Remand Prison at a time the institution is failing to provide standard meals....Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:40hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
55,6% of violence perpetrators were uniformed forces- NGO
Human rights watch dog, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (HRForum), in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Peace Project, have released a dodgy report revealing that 55,6% of perpetrators of violence in last...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:36hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Bosso drops Madeya
HIGHLANDERS will be loaning out goalkeeper Nedrick Madeya after securing the services of former Bantu Rovers and Bulawayo City's Wellington Muuya and ex-Mutare City Rovers' Alfred Chiname.Made...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:36hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube shoots down Biti's fear mongering attempt
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti yesterday sensationally claimed that government was planning to reintroduce a local currency this week, describing the purported move as "pure undiluted insanity"....Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Bus robbers jailed 51 years
THREE HIGHWAY armed robbers who targetted long distance buses have been jailed for a combined 51 years.Jabson Shonhe (39) of Chief Mkoka's area near Manoti, in Gokwe South and his accomplice F...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmer mistakes man for pig, shoots him
A 46-YEAR-OLD Shurugwi man was last Thursday shot dead after he was reportedly mistaken for a warthog by a farm owner.Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko confirmed the death of Go...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in gun suicide attempt
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo is battling for life in hospital after he shot himself on the chest in an attempted suicide. ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Minister vows more arrests over deadly January looting
THE government has vowed more arrests in connection with the deadly January protests which were sparked by fuel price increases announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Human rights organisat...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 261 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF back to old habits
Just under 14 months after assuming power from former president Robert Mugabe's rule, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from the...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers flood Zimbabwe schools
Armed soldiers are now a familiar sight at public schools throughout the country in the wake of an on-going strike by teachers, resulting in parents, guardians and learners living in fear.Teac...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:08hrs | 9041 | by Staff reporter
While Mugabe likened Commonwealth to 'Animal Farm' ,what can be said of the African Union?
African Heads of State have now gathered for the 32nd Ordinary Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.An honest observation would be to say a gathering of ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1890 | by AT Kadada
Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?
One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations,...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2558 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Army victims deserve justice
A fortnight after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to bring to book soldiers behind the wave of human rights violations that included murder, rape and abduction of civil society as well oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 358 | by Editorial - The Standard
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