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Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4255 | by Staff reporter
Ndabaningi Sithole Foundation salutes Joshua Nkomo
Founding ZANU President Ndabaningi Sithole's foundation has issued a statement remembering the death of the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo.In a statement released on Wednesday, the Foundati...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 13:29hrs | 1317 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NGO director imprisoned over anti Mnangagwa slur as Haruzivishe, Masaraure are freed on bail
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Tuesday condemned Epraim Mutombeni, the Director of Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Community Development (MACRD), a local non-governmental organisation, to prison afte...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 09:39hrs | 2987 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa abducted, dumped near railway line
MDC Alliance youth chairperson for Goromonzi South, Davison Chamisa, who claims abduction by suspected state security agents in Ruwa Sunday, has been found, with claims of being drugged and dumped som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1897 | by newzimbabwe
Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, the economy is in decline, deprivation continues, with ordinary citizens yearning for reprieve from the challenges to do with daily survival.Grace KwinjeThis is ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3037 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8940 | by Staff reporter
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2749 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Mutsvangwa disowns Twitter account
War veteran's leader Chris Mutsvangwa Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa has disowned Twitter accounts in his name saying they are creations of self-exiled G40 kingpin Jonathan Moyo.This comes after ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:47hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over constitution overhaul
The government's push to overhaul the constitution only seven years after it was adopted was met with fierce opposition during the countrywide public hearings organised by Parliament.President...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:42hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Incwadi ebhalelw' aMahlabezulu le iziNduna zomdabu
Ngiyalibingelela lina bakaMakhobolondo, lina beSilo uLobhengula kaMzilikazi kaMashobane kaMangethe kaZikode kaKhumalo kaMntungwa kaMbulazi kaNdabezitha, lina bondlela zimhlophe induku zibomvu ngegazi ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 390 | by Nkonzo kaMathanda
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:05hrs | 1244 | by Toby Sithole
Is Zimbabwe on the brink of becoming a dictatorship?
Barely a month after three MDC-Alliance cadres, legislator Joanna Mamombe, youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were arrested and mysteriously went missing under police custody; two more b...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:41hrs | 1263 | by Prince Njagu
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 289 | by Toby Sithole
Khupe must stop rewriting history
A DANGEROUS narrative being pushed by the Thokozani Khupe-led group that they are the legitimate founding members of the MDC should be challenged strongly, because it is incomplete and, therefore, mis...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1436 | by Chofamba Sithole
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 794 | by Tawanda Majoni
Lieutenant Colonel Sithole dies
Lieutenant Colonel Edson Sithole, who died in Bulawayo on Saturday last week, was declared a liberation war hero and buried at Nkulumane Provincial Heroes Acre on Wednesday. He was 61. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths fight for the Mugabes, want IOC to expel Kirsty Coventry
MDC Alliance youths have implored the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expel Sports minister Kirsty Coventry from the organisation over her alleged farm grab.Coventry, who was elected ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 2454 | by Staff reporter
Bedside trial for battered MDC activist
A HARARE magistrate Monday conducted a hearing for MDC Alliance youth activist Womberaishe Nhende on the latter's bedside.Nhende, the opposition party's national youth assembly deputy spokespe...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Slain man's family pushes for private investigator
HE family of a Bulawayo man fatally shot by the police in May, is pushing for the involvement of private investigators in the matter after expressing fears that there "is something the police want to ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chocking justice system, says Biti
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of using the justice system to harass and intimidate political opponents while turning a blind eye on high level corr...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer faces 20 years in jail
PROSECUTORS yesterday said prominent lawyer Thabani Mpofu faced up to 20 years in jail if convicted of charges of corruption and defeating the course of justice he is facing.Mpofu, who is also...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:55hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens lockdown
ZIMBABWE yesterday tightened the COVID-19 lockdown in major cities, with police and army blocking motorists and commuters from entering central business districts around the country after infections t...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7185 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: MDC Youth leader Obey Sithole arrested
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Chairman, Tererai Obey Sithole has been arrested and is currently detained at Harare Central.Police last month hinted they wer...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 14:25hrs | 4590 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Human rights commission paralysed
FOUR Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) commissioners have retired with immediate effect leaving the commission without a quorum to execute its mandate. Dr Ellen Sithole, Dr Joseph Kurebw...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube leaves Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
Former Executive Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube has exited the Human Rights Commission after Commissioner after his term as a Commissioner expired on 7 May 2020. The Commis...Published: 29 May 2020 at 16:18hrs | 2571 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 522 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man kidnaps and rapes ex-lover
A Bulawayo man recently broke into his ex-lover's home and kidnapped her before raping her.This was heard by the Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja when Quincy Manda (37) appeared befor...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2875 | by Stephen Jakes
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' wife
A Hwange man who suspected that his wife was cheating on him beat her up after he saw a text message allegedly coming from a boyfriend. Mavuto Sithole (37) of Number S9 Makwika Village, Number...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Raila Odinga set for Sithole foundation launch
FORMER Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga will deliver a keynote address to honour the late nationalist and one of the Zanu founders Ndabaningi Sithole in a virtual launch of a foundation to honour hi...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean graduate killed in chilling murder in SA
In a chilling case of murder, Agnes Guni (25) a recent Animal Science graduate from the Midlands State University was killed in South Africa, her body cut into pieces using a grinder and then wrapped ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:43hrs | 4862 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youth leader 'fears' for own life
MDC Alliance youth leader Obey Sithole insist abductors are after his life.Sithole said the suffering MDC Alliance youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri Joana Mamombe and Netsai Marowa are praying fo...Published: 22 May 2020 at 21:11hrs | 2933 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Embarrassed Mnangagwa's regime must stop illegal arrests of youth leaders!
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has noted with great concern an ongoing blitzkrieg by some notorious law enforcement agents as a veneer to cover up for their g...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:00hrs | 2083 | by Stephen Jakes
Latest on MDC Youth leader who was arrested by armed police
MDC Alliance Harare Provincial Chairperson Stanley Manyenga who was arrested by armed police on Wednesday was charged with contravening COVID-19 lockdown regulations including public violence followin...Published: 21 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4071 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare hit by crime wave amid COVID-19 lockdown, residents organise neighborhood watch committees
The current lockdown currently underway to fight coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in crime as people are hard-struck to make a decent living in Harare. Residents took to social media time...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1673 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
MDC youth leader to be 'abducted next'
MDC youth leader Obey Sithole has sensesionally claimed that he is next to be abducted after the alleged abduction of their three youth leaders recently.Sithole said he was pained to see Cecil...Published: 18 May 2020 at 22:45hrs | 4739 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mujuru biography opens can of worms
The recently published biography of Solomon Mujuru really opened a can of worms as it really showed who he was and the effects of his alleged semi illiteracy. According to the former minister in Mugab...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:05hrs | 6629 | by Phosiwe Ncube
There is a method to the MDC's antics
If personal emotional disposition lingering on the vile side could miraculously turn into reality, then the world must stand ready for an implosion that will usher in the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 765 | by Ranga Mataire
Bulawayo police assault victims identify Shona cop tormentors
The court case involving police officers who are accused of brutally assaulting two women from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo was further postponed, Friday, with the lawyers representing the latter c...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2376 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1618 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 395 | by Fay Chung
Mnangagwa put under spotlight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under global spotlight, with Western embassies raising the red flag, after three MDC Alliance youth leaders allegedly went missing on Wednesday follo...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 6396 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police probe 6 rogue officers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has reportedly begun disciplinary action against its officers recently arrested for assaulting two women from Cowdray Park high-density suburb in Bulawayo on charges of vi...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Abduction fears as police deny arresting Joana Mamombe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has dismissed reports that the MDC Alliance members who include Johanna Mamombe, Obey Sithole, Ostallous Siziba, Stanley Manyenga, and Justin Chidziva who were involved in...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:52hrs | 3008 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family buries wrong corpse
A BINDURA family on Tuesday buried a wrong corpse following a case of mistaken identity.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case."I can conf...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 3274 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF curse haunts MDC' Jonathan Moyo says
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the position of Secretary-General is an albatross on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and it takes its roots from ZANU which had problems with its Secretary G...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4793 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: MDC Youths demonstrate in Harare
MDC Alliance Youth Leader Tererai Obey Sithole led his youths into demonstrating at Harare"s Warren Park against lockdown shenanigans, hunger and poverty in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 13:50hrs | 6129 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Senior cop under investigation over Cowdray Park police brutality
Investigating officers handling the matter in which six police officers allegedly brutally assaulted two Cowdray Park women during the lockdown period have agreed to investigate a high ranking police ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 14:54hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Harare MDC MPs show Mwonzora the middle finger
Warren Park legislator Shakespear Hamauswa says all Harare members of parliament have pledged undying loyalty to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. In a statement issued on Monday, Hamauswa said, "Tod...Published: 11 May 2020 at 17:46hrs | 4702 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's suicidal response to internal storms
Following the March 31, 2019, Supreme Court ruling which declared that the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa's ascension to the leadership of that party in 2018 was unprocedural, there has been turmoil in th...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2011 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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