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Progressive Zimbabweans in Zambia to shutdown Beitbridge border post
Progressive Zimbabweans in Zambia are mobilising for protests which could shut down the country's busiest border post Beitbridge over Zimbabwe's disputed August polls.President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:42hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 6 shutdown leaves Zimbabwe short of power
Zimbabwe's diminished electricity supply can be attributed to the temporary closure of Hwange Unit 6, as disclosed on Tuesday. This coal-powered generator was taken offline for maintenance last Friday...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:53hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Protesters plan Beitbridge Border Post shutdown
Zimbabweans in South Africa are mobilizing for protests that could disrupt operations at the Beitbridge border post, the country's busiest crossing, in response to concerns about Zimbabwe's dispu...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2410 | by Staff reporter
Wanted Mkwananzi still to report to police
Police yesterday said they were still looking for former Tajamuka leader and newly appointed CCC spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi for defaulting court proceedings over a case of public violence he was f...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 13:30 CCC update
Good afternoon. In the past few hours, CCC presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa cast his vote at Kuwadzana primary school in Harare. Meanwhile, I gave an update to the press on voting irregul...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:30hrs | 132 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 535 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
State of the race - Two days to go
There are just two days to go before voting commences in Zimbabwe's harmonized general elections. Polls open at 07:00 on Wednesday 23 August and close at 19:00. 6.6 million Zimbabweans are expected to...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 13:47hrs | 14 | by Dr. Tapiwa Shumba
Elections can lead to conflict if they are not free and fair
At least two dozen presidential, national, regional and local elections are held across the African continent each year.The sometimes fierce electoral competition, a history of violence or vot...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by The Conversation
American is paying billions to Russia's nuclear agency while the two countries are in conflict over the war in Ukraine
It should be a startling fact that the U.S. is paying billions to Russia's nuclear agency while the two countries are in conflict over the war in Ukraine.Nuclear power companies rely on cheap ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:31hrs | 5 | by Erick Matotoba
PPC grim warning for Zimbabwe operations
SOUTH Africa's biggest cement producer PPC, which has operations in Zimbabwe, has warned that its headline loss per share from continuing operations will widen to between 7,75c (Rands) and 8,25c to en...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers' union calls for a schools shutdown on June 16
Zimbabwean teachers' unions have declared "incapacity" after their salaries were wiped out by a dramatic loss of value by the Zimbabwe dollar. They are demanding a review of their monthly sala...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil society approaches AU
A GROUPING of civil society organisations, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), has taken the country's human rights fight to the African Union, predicting a bloody election due to the gov...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Winky D clash in Bulawayo
Zanu-PF members are reported to have commanded Winky D to alter his playlist by not playing songs that speak to social injustice and maladministration of the country at his recent show in Bulawayo....Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will wake up after elections…well, hopefully!
Yesterday, during a relative's burial, I had a wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, family, neighbors and people from all walks of life. In these interactions - especially wit...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jacob Ngarivhume convicted over 2020 'shutdown' tweet
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has been convicted of public violence incitement charges stemming from a July 2020 tweet in which the opposition politician called for a national shutdown in...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 20:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
Why did Al Jazeera even bother about Zimbabwe looting?
AS I was walking in Kwekwe's central business district last Friday, I came across an avid reader of my articles, whom I know very well.He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposi...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
This and that with Mal'phosa: Ngayende ngabude! What?
Malema is very crafty, just like that red fox, neh? He has outsmarted everyone this time around. He can hide behind load shedding, rise in crime, Phalaphalagate etc as reasons he wants Ramaphosa gone....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:34hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?
As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BCC engages Zesa on power cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has engaged Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) to give them advance notices of at least an hour before power cuts, to enable procedural shutdown of pu...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stranded at Beitbridge
THERE was chaos at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday as hundreds of Zimbabwean cross-border traders had their goods confiscated after they were caught up in a rush to leave South Africa amid growing di...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa crushes EFF shut down with military hand?
The movement of travellers at the Beitbridge border post continued uninterrupted at yesterday, even though South Africa's opposition party EFF had threatened to shut down the economy in that country....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's real surmame revealed
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has claimed that the real surname of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is Mennel. Malema was speaking during the #EFFNationalShutdo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:22hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA transport minister forced bus companies to ditch R1 million gig with EFF
EFF leader Julius Malema has accused newly appointed transport minister Sindi Chikunga of forcing bus companies not to honour their services to the party, saying the party paid over R1 million to hire...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
EFF shutdown knocks the rand
The JSE was lifted by rand hedges and precious metals miners on Monday, amid global jitters over recent banking crises abroad, with the rand showing some pressure. This was as the EFF pressed ahead wi...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema holds 'the most successful shutdown ever in the history of struggle in SA'
EFF leader Julius Malema has claimed success in his party's bid to shutdown the country to protest against President Cyril Ramaphosa's incumbency and the energy crises in the country.Speaking ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean consulate in Johannesburg closed during SA National Shutdown
THE Zimbabwean consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has indicated that it would close its offices today for security reasons after Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Front (EFF) declared a national ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Is White monopoly capital turning against its own in SA?
PAUL Mashatile was sworn as South Africa's deputy president on March 7 alongside other new ministers in a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle. The Cabinet reshuffle was necessitated by several factors, amo...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:02hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
WATCH: Operation Dudula leader threatens to arrest Julius Malema
Activist and former Operation Dudula movement leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has threatened to "arrest" EFF leader Julius Malema if he "does not work within the boundaries of the law" on March 20. ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may suffer an internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE may suffer an internet shutdown in the 2023 general election, just like Uganda and Zambia in 2021. In 2019, Freedom House rated Zimbabwe as a "not free" country with a 28% global freedom scor...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Phillip Anjorin
Students shutdown NUST
Students barricaded gates and forced a shutdown of the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo on Monday to protest a shock fees increase.The university later abandoned the n...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare taps run dry
HARARE City Council has announced the imminent shutdown of water production at its treatment plants due to lack of aluminium sulphate."The city would like to notify you that due to critically ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Malema threatens to reclaim hijacked flats in Hillbrow
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Sello Julius Malema has threatened to take over all the hijacked buildings in Johannesburg and to clean up the town accusing people who stay there of land damage. ...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malema threatens to shutdown South Africa
EFF leader Julius Malema has threatened to unleash the "mother of all protests" which he said would bring South Africa to a standstill on March 20, as the opposition pressurizes the government to end ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A random 10 political questions that will make 2023 an uncertain year
As the euphoria of the New Year begin to fed away, we have to wait to see whether it's clear that the trends we have been seeing over the last few decades show no signs of slowing down. You might say ...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:08hrs | 2 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Nationwide protests for Job Sikhala called
Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume has called upon Zimbabweans to engage in a nationwide protests in solidarity with Job Sikhala, the Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) vice national chai...Published: 03 Jan 2023 at 08:40hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
If Zimbabweans are serious about change then 2023 should be a year of action!
In this world, only a fool expects their aspirations and goals to just fall onto his laps - as if manna from the heavens. Anyone who genuinely supposes that their dreams and objectives will be...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans' inaction against Sikhala's unjust continued incarceration is greatest threat to activism!
A tyrant will always be a tyrant - and, like the proverbial leopard, foolhardy for anyone to expect him to change his spots.It is, therefore, incumbent upon the people being oppressed to stand...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 09:38hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's forex auction shutdown inconsequential'
THE end of year closure of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign exchange auction for close to a month will not affect the market because most companies are self-sustaining, analysts said yesterd...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No funding for power imports'
ZIMBABWE could be headed for darker days as Energy and Power Development minister Zhemu Soda yesterday revealed that there was no immediate funding to ease power outages.Zhemu revealed this af...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Does the Zimbabwe opposition stand any realistic chance of winning 2023 elections?
This is the million dollar question - which has been on the lips of many, and the source of much debate, in Zimbabwe. What I see, though, is that most of us are living in a delusional world - ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:08hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe turns to Zambia for power bailout'
ZIMBABWE is reportedly negotiating with neighbouring Zambia for additional power imports following indications that the country's Kariba Power Station could soon be switched off due to low water level...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power crisis to worsen
MAJOR blackouts are imminent after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) ordered power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), to suspend power generation at Kariba South Power Station....Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa ordered to shut Kariba South till January
ZESA has been ordered to shut down Kariba South Power Station until January having exceeded its water ration with the little left in Lake Kariba above the power station intakes now reserved for Zambia...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe's visit to UAE surveillance expo ahead of 2023 raises eyebrows
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently dispatched Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe (pictured) to attend a digital surveillance event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid indications that the Zim...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:22hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WATCH: Prophet warns sangoma who sells Jezebel oil
South African based leader of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi has warned that he will spiritually shutdown the business of a trending Zambian herbalist who is distributing Jezeb...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 13:31hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hope for Zimbabwe lies not in the opposition but in the citizenry standing up for themselves!
As I am writing this article in the early morning, I am standing in front of the main lounge window - looking outside at school children and workers rushing to their various stations.In my tho...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 11:51hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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