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Jonathan Moyo exposes Al Jazeera documentary 'lies'
According to Alexander James, the Al Jazeera journalist who narrates the 'Gold Mafia' documentary, small-scale miners produce half of Zimbabwe's gold, but @ReserveBankZIM does not have enough money to...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 20:00hrs | 1989 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's shutdowns not the best protest strategy
WORSENING economic conditions, coupled with growing unemployment as most Zimbabweans struggle to eke out a living in the informal sector are among the major reasons why this week's shutdown flopped....Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:42hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Pachedu's shutdown suffers monumental flop?
EFFORTS by political and civil society activists to bring Zimbabwe to a standstill Monday flopped dismally after the majority of people went on their normal daily routines.Harare was a beehive...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:49hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Women's League conference preps pace up
Preparations for the Zanu-PF Women's League elective conference to be held next month are gathering momentum, with leaders calling for unity among all members.The conference is scheduled for J...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:40hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
SHUTDOWN ZIMBABWE: Team Pachedu to be sued for damages
Chapter 2 Movement is a watchdog founded to safeguard and ensure that the National Objectives as enshrined in chapter 2 of the country's constitution are adhered to and respected. We believe t...Published: 06 May 2022 at 13:29hrs | 5133 | by Chapter 2 movement
Latest update on today's Shutdown Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean from all walks of life snubbed the #ShutdownZimbabwe call by Tajamuka/Sesijikile which was set to commence on Monday till Friday. Reports coming from Hara...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 12:11hrs | 24258 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teachers distance themselves from Monday shutdown
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has distanced themselves from a nationwide shutdown Zimbabwe campaign which is set to happen tomorrow. The shutdown is led by Tajamuka. ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 18:13hrs | 5918 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCTU denies hand in planned ShutDownZimbabwe protests
LABOUR federation, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has dismissed messages circulating on social media linking it to a "shutdown" of the country on July 1.A pamphlet that has gone...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 2863 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe Army hunts for Tajamuka leader
Former student leader and Spokesperson of Tajamuka Promise Mkwananzi says Military Intelligence Department has flagged his name at all borders and immigration officers have been given strict instructi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:43hrs | 5549 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tajamuka to shutdown Zimbabwe for 1 week?
A social media message that is in circulation since Thursday indicate that pressure group Tajamuka intends to shutdown the country for five days next week.The message cautions citizens against...Published: 26 May 2019 at 09:54hrs | 27510 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tajamuka to #Shutdown Zimbabwe again
Social Movement Tajamuka/Ses'jikile has threatened to unleash a wave of protests against the Emmerson Mnangagwa government if he fails to arrest the increase in basic commodities. In a stateme...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 25948 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mocks doctors...as Cyclone Idai kills 98
In a thinly veiled attack on the Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR), Zanu-PF has called on doctors to come out and help the victims of Cyclone Idai as they did to the victims of Shutdown Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 7865 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Unions pile pressure on Mnangangwa's government
International labour unions are ratcheting up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the recent arrest and harassment of labour activists, saying his administration must respect workers' r...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces global isolation
Workers' unions from Botswana, Nigeria and South Africa have threatened to lobby the international community to shutdown Zimbabwean embassies over alleged human rights abuses. This came after State se...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deployed in Bulawayo to contain protests?
There are unconfirmed reports that members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces were deployed in Bulawayo on Monday to assist anti-roit police contain the protest that brought business to a halt in the enti...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Activist calls for massive uprising in Bulawayo
Losing Bulawayo South MP Candidate Josphat Mzaca Ngulube (pictured) has called for all citizens of Bulawayo to engage in a massive uprising dubbed #ShutdownBulawayo on the 16th of January....Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:28hrs | 8210 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shutdown Zimbabwe being organised for Mnangagwa, Chiwenga to go
Some sections of Zimbabweans are organising a #ShutdownZimbabwe protest on March 8 to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies Kembo Mohadi and Constantino Chiwenga to go for failing to ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | 23717 | by Stephen Jakes
Protesters #shutdown Zimbabwe Embassy in London AGAIN!
Protesters organised by Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) kicked off another Wednesday Vigil at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London.The - ZHRO Wednesday Vigil, which began on Wednesday 27th...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | 6564 | by Kingtone Jambawo
Mawarire acquitted
#ThisFlag movement leader Evan Mawarire was today acquitted of charges of inciting public violence and disorderly conduct at the University of Zimbabwe.Mawarire's lawyer Harrison Nkomo yesterd...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 15:31hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Activist Tiringindi appear in court over Shutdown protest
A Masvingo Human rights activist Prosper Tiringindi (28) who was arrested on July 6 over the Shutdown Zimbabwe protest on Friday appeared in court facing charges of disorderly behaviour at a public pl...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Another #ShutDownZimbabwe2016 set for August 3
Yet another Shutdown Zimbabwe protest is being organised by the intellectuals, the unemployed graduates who are roaming the streets across the country because of the Zanu PF and President Robert Mugab...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZimRights irked by increase in human rights violation
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said it is troubled by level of the terrible breakdown in the rule of law and gross violation of human rights in Zimbabwe fuelled by police detail...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 05:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why the 'Shutdown Zimbabwe' protest may be running out of steam already
Many people saw last week's the country wide protests as the beginning of a revolution that will not stop until Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies are finally driven out of their offices. These people's d...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 19:02hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
We won !!! We matter !!! He's free !!!! Yes !!!!!!! - tweet after Mawarire release
The crowds came with their iPads, smartphones and their Zimbabwean flags in support of a detained pastor few had heard of four months ago.And as darkness fell on Wednesday, some lit candles....Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Munyeza calls on church to rally behind Mawarire
Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe president Shingi Munyeza has called on the church to rally behind #ThisFlag leader, Evan Mawarire, saying he represents the millions of Zimbabweans bearing the brunt...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:45hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
'Let's all shut down' Zimbabwe - Mawarire
Freed pastor Evan Mawarire is not letting government off the hock as he has issued fresh call to shutdown Zimbabwe.Mawarire was released Wednesday evening after being detained for organising a...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Shutdown Zimbabwe' fails to start
A planned two-day strike in Zimbabwe failed to start Wednesday when schools and businesses opened normally and police deployed throughout the capital, a day after a key protest organizer was arres...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lets free ourselves from this detector - Musewe
Political analyst Vince Musewe has called for the people of Zimbabwe to continue to shut down the country in protests against the dictatorial system of the ruling Zanu-PF until they free themselves an...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC official urge all Zimbabweans to join tomorrow strike
The MDC led by Welshman Ncube's official Discent Collins Bajila has urged all Zimbabweans to join in the stay away to push the ruling Zanu-PF to bow to pressure and implement policies which will e...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 21:42hrs | 2109 | by Stephen Jakes
#ThisFlag Pastor had been on the run since last week
EVAN Mawarire of the shadowy #This Flag campaign has handed himself to the police who were looking for him for inciting violence following the abortive July 6 "shutdown Zimbabwe" campaign.Sour...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 12:39hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe advised to quit power now
President Robert Mugabe, who is facing growing resistance from Zimbabweans to his 36 years in power, has once again been advised to quit high office and appoint a successor, to avoid plunging the coun...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another 'Shutdown Zimbabwe' planned for Wednesday and Thursday
Another stay-away is planned for Zimbabwe on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Evan Mawarire. He is the pastor who is playing a key role in articulating online many Zimbabweans' frustrations ov...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor Evan Mawarire not speaking for everyone
The individual or individuals behind the "flag movement" or whichever name they prefer to be known by, have issued a statement of what they claim are "citizens' demands" to the Government of Zimbabwe....Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1736 | by Bernard Bwoni
'Shutdown Zimbabwe' only the beginning
July 6 2016 marked a turning point in the history of Zimbabwe. The citizens of an angry nation staged a mass stay-away, with most businesses in the capital, Harare, closed, in protest at the governmen...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 10:03hrs | | by Evans Mawirire
Mugabe's Zanu-PF brawls over strike
As thousands of Zimbabweans staged a general strike that shut down the country on Wednesday, President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu-PF lieutenants were trading poisonous accusations about wh...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Their Demands Are Far Less Than Mthwakazi Expectations
Mthwakazi Republic Party's vision is to see a free Matabeleland, we are advocating for the Restoration of Mthwakazi. MRP believes in on abilities and driven by a shared vision amongst Mthwakazi people...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 10:57hrs | | by MRP
14 white Zimbabweans arrested over #Shutdown Zimbabwe protest
Police yesterday arrested 36 people for staging illegal demonstrations in various parts of the country, including 14 white Zimbabweans and a Belgian national who were nabbed in Victoria Falls....Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:54hrs | 2352 | by Staff reporter
Shutdown Zimbabwe was a resounding success. What is next?
This is the THE big question on everybody's mind. I do not know who is organising the protests but here is my suggestion for the next step. Every protest should have an identifiable aim. The aim of th...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 18:51hrs | | by Mlungisi Moyo
Shutdown Zimbabwe protests underway in Bulawayo - No Kombis
The #ShutdownZimbabwe protests are underway in Bulawayo. The commuter omnibuses are off the roads in most townships. Some people who rely on public transport are stranded by roadside....Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Are the Police friends or enemies
It was with a lot of interest that I read a message from a high level ZRP officer that is circulating on social media. It raised a lot of interesting points that are worthy of discussion....Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 16:10hrs | | by Mlungisi Moyo
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