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UK 'interference' in US election complaint filed
The UK's ruling Labour Party is interfering in the US presidential election, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign team has alleged in a complaint filed over alleged meddling by a ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 14:04hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement on Wednesday. Three of those killed are commanders, and seven other soldiers...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Rupert Murdoch to wed Roman Abramovich's former wife
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for a sixth time, it emerged on Thursday, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist.Murdoch's office announced that the 92-year-old is set to ma...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 14:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
All systems go for polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalised the deployment of polling officers and materials across the country paving the way for a smooth voting process tomorrow.Citizens will vote...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Stafff reporter
UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease
UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infe...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 43 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe can never hold credible elections without leadership being publicly questioned for accountability
This morning I was watching a lively Sky News interview with Dominic Raab, the British Deputy Prime Minister, whereby he was being grilled over many topical issues affecting his country.As I w...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:28hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Maybe Zimbabweans are okay with their suffering!
Tune in to any international news channel, and one encounters citizens of various nations around the world taking a firm stand against their pain and suffering endured as a result of unbearable econom...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:04hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UK Rwanda asylum-seeker flight cancelled after European court ruling
A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.The number ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
UK sends asylum seekers to Rwanda
The British government was to send a first plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda yesterday despite last-gasp legal bids and protests against the controversial policy.A chartered plane was to...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Newton axed from film after furious bust-up with Channing Tatum
LINE of Duty actress Thandiwe Newton has been axed from the new Magic Mike film after a bust-up with Channing Tatum — about the Oscars slap.Witnesses said the row on set escalated to "astoni...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Illusions of democracy, statesmanship
LAST week CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was pontificating about the sovereignty of Ukraine, railing against the Russian special mission into its neighbour as a travesty that trampled on international s...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Invasion of Ukraine was inevitable
DEVELOPING the future of knowledge involves understanding the "relationship between what we know and what will happen, for the purpose of improving both, for everyone".This endeavour demands a...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
The Invasion of Ukraine was Inevitable: Understanding Russian Concerns and the Folly of Western Diplomacy
Developing the future of knowledge involves understanding the ‘relationship between what we know and what will happen, for the purpose of improving both, for everyone'.This endeavour demands...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Arthur G.O Mutambara
Marc Holtzman: His axis with Mnangagwa and CBZ Bank
ON Monday last week - 15 November - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa travelled with a delegation of senior government officials and top business executives to the Intra-African Trade Fair in Du...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banker in failed West Ham bid
A LONDON-BASED Zimbabwean investment banker was part of a failed bid by a high-powered consortium, which wanted to take over high-flying English Premiership club West Ham United, in a deal worth about...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Jamwanda
Victoria Falls drying up: Where is the alarmist journalist hiding now?
It happens often during the dry season. Someone snaps a picture of the dry rock wall, on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls, and claims with shock that the mighty Falls are drying up and there is almo...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
The West's hypocrisy exposed as pregnant journalist gets arrested for incitement in Australia
The world was shocked as an Australian woman was arrested in her pyjamas and very pregnant on camera in front of her two minor children and her partner. Australian police in Ballarat Victoria arrested...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 19:52hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Job Sikhala faces a death penalty for treason
Former president Mugabe once said of Madhuku "that once he is broke he provokes the law enforcement so that when he is arrested his sponsors will vilify Zimbabwe and consequently pour money to his poc...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa promised a 'Zimbabwe you want' but has failed to deliver
Last year, during Zimbabwe's national elections, the ruling party erected dozens of banners all over the country, emblazoned with lofty promises and a giant photo of the man who won that contest, Emme...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:37hrs | 2 | by John Sparks
Handing over the baton to new blood in Bulawayo province
The Bulawayo Provincial Executive.Dated 05/04/2019Ref: Handing over the baton to new blood in Bulawayo Province.Att.The chairperson.I write this article full of happiness a...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 09:04hrs | | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda
Mnangangwa's burden of reform
Many who wish the President of Zimbabwe well - and these are the majority that voted for him in elections a short seven months ago - want ED Mnangagwa to succeed and carry out reforms that usher in th...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa's aides in turf war
A war of words that erupted between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's propagandists could be indicative of a major turf war among key actors in his administration.Last week, Mnangagwa's spokesper...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 3 | by The Guardian
Policeman shown on Sky News arrested
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been arrested for misconduct after he was shown in a video broadcast on Sky News assaulting a civilian.Following the video broadcast, Preside...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe police claims Sky News video shot in 2016
The Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Charity Charamba, at a news conference today, claimed that a Sky News video of a police officer and a soldier assaulting a handcuffed man was shot in 2016....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer arrested after Mnangagwa speaks out
The Zimbabwe Republic police has announced that it has managed to locate the police officer who was caught on camera by Sky News abusing a citizen."The Zimbabwe Republic Police has made inroad...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil servants give Mnangagwa 48-ultimatum
Public sector unions on Monday gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest follo...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Reuters
'Mnangagwa 'faking' concern over police brutality'
OPPOSITION parties reacted with fury Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to suggest that he was not aware of the that police and soldiers were beating up civilians around the country....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe under coordinated media attack
A coordinated media attack on Zimbabwe is underway, as Western and local private media have ratcheted negative stories about the country to frustrate President Mnangagwa's re-engagement and investment...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'appalled' by SkyNews report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has ordered the arrest of members of the security forces who were caught on camera beating up a young man they had arrested.In a tweet he said he was "appa...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by BBC
Tajamuka leader to storm police station with grand entrance
Leader of social group Tajamuka/Sesjikile Promise Mkwananzi says he is considering storming the Harare Central Police station in the company of lawyers and the media so that the whole world sees...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:57hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa is lying' says Dzamara
Activist Patson Dzamara says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is insincere when he says he will make sure that the security forces who are beating, killing and raping citizens will be arrested.Dza...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:09hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa angry about army killings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reacted angrily to the reports by Sky News which showed security details abusing citizens. Mnangagwa said the behaviour by security forces is not consist...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 09:59hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe does not need an inclusive Govt
President Mnangagwa made it clear, in an interview with Sky News on Monday, that it is not necessary for him to form an inclusive government after his electoral victory last week.In saying tha...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Editorial - The Chronicle
MDC-Alliance not ready for real power
One of the major advantages of the first-past-the-post electoral systems is that coalition governments are the exception rather than the rule. Proportional representation electoral systems tend to gra...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Editorial - The Herald
Chamisa readies Constitutional Court challenge to election
The country's main opposition party will make a statement on Tuesday about its plans to challenge the country's election results in the courts, though it believes the judicial system is biased against...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa rules out GNU
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out the possibility of an inclusive Government when he appoints his new Cabinet after inauguration expected in the next few days.Mnangagwa is of th...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 06:07hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
'We are going to have to go to war against ZANU-PF' MDC supportes say
Following the ZANU-PF party being declared the winner of two thirds of the seats MDC supporters vented their frustration on the streets before being violently, and fatally for others, suppressed by ar...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa praises 'father of the nation' Mugabe
Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa praised outgoing leader Robert Mugabe as "the father of the nation" during his inauguration address on Friday."Let me at this stage pay t...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa to compensate white farmers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his government is committed to compensate those who lost their land during Zimbabwe's land reform programme.Mnangagwa said the land reform programme was u...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots to make decision about Mugabe Friday
In an interview with Sky News interview, Zanu-PF's UK representative, Nick Mangawana, has said that tomorrow (Friday), the party's grassroots will make a decision regarding Robert Mugabe.https...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe has fled to Namibia - Sky News report
There were reports that President Robert Mugabe has negotiated with the country's military for his wife Grace to leave the country and obtain "safe haven", possibly in neighbouring South Africa, in re...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hostage situation at UK shopping mall ends
Officials say the hostage incident at a bowling alley near Birmingham has ended with the arrest of a gunman.The West Midlands Ambulance Service said two people who had been held hostage at a b...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 20:38hrs | | by AP
President Robert Mugabe will not be Buried at National Heroes Acre
It became clear to some of us a long time ago that Mrs Grace Mugabe would become the next President of Zimbabwe while her husband Robert Mugabe shall retain the Presidency of Zanu-PF indefinitely....Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 18:41hrs | 2 | by Paul Siwela
Keeping ZDERA alive
A key strategy of imperialism is raising false dust so as to cloud national focus and vision. Or to blur a clear identification and knowledge of who the real enemy is. History, including our own, is r...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Should sex robots be banned?
W24.co.za columnist asks if a human can develop an emotional relationship with an inanimate object, and...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 12:27hrs | | by Lili Radloff
The lawful offenders in opposition ranks
The opposition forces fronting the regime change agenda have never embraced the tenets of democracy, at the core of which is the need to uphold the constitution so as to facilitate the prevalence of l...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Sambulo Vuma
WATCH: People flee Zimbabwe as unrest grows
People flee Zimbabwe as unrest grows and the government threatens major crackdown. (c) Alex Crawford Sky News...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 15:56hrs | | by Sky News
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