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'Violence won't revive Zimbabwe economy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for calm and peace in the country in the wake of terror attacks in the country instigated by the opposition, saying violence will neither revive the economy nor...Published: 2 mins ago | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stop using children to push political agenda
The hallmark of a functioning democracy like Zimbabwe is that in any election, citizens are allowed to make a free choice about who should govern them. The voters get as much information as they can. ...Published: 3 mins ago | 2 | by Staff reporter
Violent protests rock Mutare
VIOLENT scenes rocked most parts of Mutare on Tuesday, with riotous protesters barricading roads, especially arteries that feed into the city centre from the high density suburbs. Although the...Published: 4 mins ago | 3 | by Staff reporter
Calm returns to Midlands
Calm returned to most parts of the Midlands province yesterday following opposition MDC-Alliance sponsored violent protests and looting of shops, especially in high density suburbs on Tuesday. ...Published: 4 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls MDC to place national interest at the centre of its actions
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe's political opposition to place the national interest at the centre of its philosophy and actions. The President said this as he delivered a guest le...Published: 6 mins ago | 6 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive prisoner arrested
Police have arrested one of the three hard-core criminals who escaped after they allegedly assaulted prison officers while in transit, before jumping off a moving prison truck. Timothy Muhari ...Published: 7 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths lead 'operation restore sanity'
FOLLOWING violent protests that rocked Mutare on Tuesday morning, a group of Zanu-PF youths were yesterday moving around suburbs removing boulders, tyres and other items used to barricade roads in an ...Published: 7 mins ago | 13 | by Staff reporter
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 8 mins ago | 11 | by Panganai Kahuni
Mnangagwa to probe NGOs inciting violence
THE EMMERSON MNANGANGWA GOVERNMENT has ordered non-governmental organisations to stop meddling in politics as it has opened investigations into allegations some NGOs funded and incited violent demonst...Published: 9 mins ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
CAF boss dumps Chiyangwa?
ONE-by-one, the powerful allies who propelled CAF president Ahmad Ahmad to power are either being pushed out of office or are now facing domestic boardroom uprisings to try and dislodge them from thei...Published: 10 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo shamed for peddling falsehoods
Self-exiled former Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo was yesterday shamed on social media after he posted foreign images of brutalised ...Published: 11 mins ago | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unleashes touts to punish supporters
It is unusual for a political party to threaten, assault and destroy the livelihoods of its own supporters and voters, but the MDC-Alliance has this week managed this by unleashing tsotsis and touts a...Published: 11 mins ago | 23 | by Staff reporter
Doctors in Zimbabwe train for seven years
Doctors in Zimbabwe train for seven years, including the two years of internship also known as housemanship, hence those calling themselves junior doctors are in fact, still students, the Zimbabwe Cou...Published: 12 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
SA backs new Zimbabwe currency
SOUTH Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said Zimbabwe is in a good position to adopt a new currency and that the regional giant would support its northern neighbour's efforts towards economic...Published: 13 mins ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown organisers to pay for damages, says Govt
Government yesterday said MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose pro...Published: 14 mins ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa talks up mega deals
Various major investment deals signed in recent months, including those being penned this week in Eurasia, are on course and are evidence of Government's determination to turnaround Zimbabwe's economy...Published: 16 mins ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
Details of violent crackdown by Zimbabwe security forces emerge
Scores of civilians including a prominent activist were detained on Wednesday and others were beaten, lawyers and witnesses said, as evidence began to emerge of a brutal crackdown on dissent by securi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1471 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa concludes Russia tour
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has wound up his Russian leg of the EURASIA tour with an address of the Zimbabwe Russia business forum organised by the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce.The ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to ignore Chamisa's MDC Alliance
Business and all other institutions have been challenged to shun the MDC Alliance's acts of hooliganism and take heed of the government security assurance to urgently open shops and allow people to sa...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2155 | by Staff reporter
600 arrested over Zimbabwe looting
600 people have been arrested following Monday's acts of hooliganism and looting and the government is urging all workers to return to work tomorrow as the situation has now normalised.The Min...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1888 | by Staff reporter
Rogue elements slammed for holding Zimbabwean citizens hostage
The last three days have been a tale of untold anxiety for many Zimbabweans as they were literally held hostage in their own homes by events that the government has described as terror attacks masterm...Published: 4 hrs ago | 721 | by Staff reporter
Brexit on track - Theresa May survives no confidence vote
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government from power, winning a no confidence vote by 325 to 306.Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP - who 24 hours ago rejected the PM's...Published: 4 hrs ago | 252 | by BBC News
Sydney Malunga's son speaks on Army killings
The internet shutdown has constrained the flow of news coming out of Zimbabwe but news is trickling out. There two serious and related matters:For the record I stand with the frustrated and hu...Published: 5 hrs ago | 3632 | by Siphosami Malunga
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 9 hrs ago | 6326 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for 'calm, peace'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for "calm and peace" as the southern African country entered its third day of protests over the recent fuel hikes.Writing on his Facebook page, the pres...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2204 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa has turned a blind eye on Zimbabwe'
Brandishing a poster reading: "The untold suffering of Zimbabweans", a group of around 100 protesters demonstrated outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.The demonstrators...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition official and former finance minister Tendai Biti has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the country's economic and political crisis, which has left three people dead...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3429 | by Business Day
'Mnangagwa bring back our husbands' Olinda Chapel fumes
I am extremely confused Mr President. Who is this post meant to benefit . You have blocked the internet for all Zimbabweans and therefore they can't see this? Is this "optics" for the international co...Published: 10 hrs ago | 13960 | by Olinda Chapel-Nkomo
Britain warns its citizens in Zimbabwe
Since 14 January 2019 there has been widespread disruption, including violent protests, in many areas of the capital Harare and the cities of Bulawayo, Kadoma, Mutare, and Marondera. Many shops and ot...Published: 13 hrs ago | 5315 | by UK gov
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe protests 'fizzling out'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday showed little concern about the deadly unrest back home as he continued his widely criticised state visit to Russia and met counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3514 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to buy 'State-of-The-Art' Russian arms
ZIMBABWE plans to continue its defence and security cooperation with Russia, but needs to build up funds to buy "state-of-the-art" Russian weapons, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told news agency Sputni...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2661 | by Sputniknews.com
Soldiers continue to patrol streets
SOLDIERS patrolled city streets in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, as clashes between protesters and security forces resulted in the deaths of at least five people, including a police officer.Dozens of p...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1821 | by aljazeera.com
Calls for diaspora protests at Zimbabwe embassies
Pro-democracy groups called on Zimbabweans in the diaspora to stage protests at the country's embassies after the Harare regime shut down the internet as it launched a crackdown against civilians....Published: 15 hrs ago | 837 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mugabe-aligned NPF calls for Mnangagwa's resignation
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), which former president Robert Mugabe and his wife have voiced support for, has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign as protests over petrol prices conti...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2360 | by African News Agency
'Insulting judges will not set aside court rulings,' Malaba tells Chamisa?
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba called Monday for "respect of legal processes and decisions", defiantly stating that insulting judges will not set aside court rulings.The country's top judge made th...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2540 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe crisis a warning to SA, says opposition leader
THE crisis in Zimbabwe should serve as a warning to SA that liberation movements still cannot be trusted to deliver, DA leader Mmusi Maimane suggested on Tuesday.Addressing the Cape Town Press...Published: 15 hrs ago | 862 | by Business Day
Latest update on day 2 of Army killings
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) have given an update on the state of the situation in Zimbabwe. They have released preliminary report of the injured and the deceased a...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Opposition leaders arrested as scores are killed' says Dzamara
Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe are reportedly being arrested by police and members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces as government is intensifying the crackdown on protestors who embarked on a violent na...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4139 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans need to do a serious soul searching
What should government do to response to ongoing tensions between police officers the army and communities. Zimbabwe must sharply condemn the rioters for damaging private property and taking i...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1951 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses losing millions as shutdown continues
Businesses in Zimbabwe are losing millions of dollars per day as a shutdown protest - called for by the country's biggest labour union body - continues over a sudden 150% hike in fuel prices. ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:10hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
'Internet shutdown is unconstitutional,' says Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's mobile phone networks and internet were partially shut down, with one industry source saying the systems had been jammed and many users were complaining of severely limited access.J...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:01hrs | 3231 | by Ndou Paul
'Looters not a threat to anyone,' says Amnesty International?
Amnesty International said it is alarmed by the repressive measures the Mnangagwa led Zimbabwe government has taken in response to the protests, including shutting down the internet to prevent people ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 2910 | by AP
SADC want Chamisa to lead new GNU - idiotic and dangerous fixation with recycling same deadwood
"A reliable source in the MDC standing committee who spoke to us on condition of anonymity revealed to us that the meeting between Ramaphosa and Chamisa was one of the series of meetings that have bee...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:13hrs | 2423 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
May's Brexit deal rejected by 230 votes
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting UK government in history, BBC reported.MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to rejec...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:03hrs | 878 | by BBC
Soldiers turn rogue and join protestors?
There are reports reaching us that some elements of the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police assigned to restore and order in high density suburbs of Harare and Bulawayo have gone r...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 19:39hrs | 6452 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa fires blank
Street protests are in from Cape to Cairo and Madrid to Moscow, these days not a week goes by without news that a massive crowd has amassed in the streets of another of the world's big cities. The rea...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 16:47hrs | 7533 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Econet declines to comment on internet shutdown
When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pa...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira blasts protestors
Spokesperson of the MDC-T Linda Masarira has condemned the violent protests that took place on Monday saying only dialogue is the solution to Zimbabwe's challenges."People have a right to peac...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 13:28hrs | 2820 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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