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Trump points finger at Democrats over latest assassination attempt
The Republican candidate believes that incendiary rhetoric by his opponents may have contributed to the second attack on his lifeFormer US President Donald Trump has suggested the rhetoric com...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 13:06hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra member declared national hero
General (Retired) Makhethi Ndebele, also known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, has been declared a national hero. Mpofu, a former member of the Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:25hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for Jack Mpofu recommended
Bulawayo province has recommended that former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) High Command member and pioneer liberation fighter Makhethi Ndebele, known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, be de...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:15hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
The mirage of mystery break-ins at high places in ZImbabwe
SINCE his rise to power in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been the target of several mysterious attacks by unknown assailants.Despite police investigations, the perpetrators of the...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 249 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Comedians target 'wealth' around Wicknell Chivayo
COMEDIANS Doc Vikella and Bhutisi, known for their ties to Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF, are trying to get a piece of the action from big spender Wicknell Chivayo. Doc Vikella is known for ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chinese military donation to Zimbabwe raises eyebrows
A RECENT donation of Chinese military hardware to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has raised eyebrows as the Asian superpower pushes to further its interests in Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa re...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe takes delivery of military hardware from China
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday received military hardware from China in what could open gates for further Chinese military expansion in the Southern African region.The eq...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:20hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Jonathan Moyo unearths Chamisa's Chekuseri strategy
Former Zimbabwean government minister and academic, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has exposed what he describes as a fraudulent and criminal legal strategy employed by the smaller faction of the Citizens C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:54hrs | 6 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Insimbi ZeZhwane's triumphant return
AMID a palpable buzz of anticipation, over 2 000 fans packed Palace Hotel Gardens on Friday last week to witness a triumphant comeback by Insimbi ZeZhwane, just three months after the tragic loss of t...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Russy on fire
Mvurwi-based disc jockey Russell Chimota popularly known as "DJ Russy" in the arts industry is in his best form so far.The popular DJ Russy is currently riding high at Tam-Tam pub and grill in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:22hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is 'useless, spineless', must resign says South African billionaire
Calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign are mounting, though he is showing signs that he is not fazed.This time South African billionaire Rob Hersov has said Ramaphosa was an embarrassme...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's Indonesia visit sends shivers
REVELATIONS Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, currently in Indonesia, will hold talks with an arms manufacturing company to buy military hardware for Zimbabwe have sent shivers down the spine of th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa agents hunt for Jonathan Moyo
From fierce clashes in the Zanu-PF politburo meetings after a bitter political fallout over a hotly contested leadership succession during the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule to resorting t...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Chamisa alleges assassination attempts by Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE'S opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, believes that the country's ruling Zanu-PF has decided to assassinate MDC-A leader Nelson Chamisa because all its other effort...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Government's propaganda wheels coming off
The exhibition of lies, disinformation, misinformation and malice are major political diodes driving Zanu PF's propaganda machines.Zanu PF government has the tendency of always majoring on lie...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:20hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Euro 2021, what to expect from this year's tournament?
When will Euro 2020 (2021) start, who will be the first to meet on the playing field, who, according to experts, can win this year, and which footballer will be recognized as the best bomber?...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
Funeral at 'killer's' house
THE family of a murdered Bulawayo man held his burial service at their neighbour's home in Pumula South suburb yesterday accusing them of fatally beating him. Blessing Zikhali (30) died on Wed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abduction skeletons tumble
A FORMER MDC official, Nqobizitha Khumalo, who is now with the People Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how the opposition party has been faking abductions and causing terror in the country through ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions frustrating Mnangagwa's plans to upgrade riot gear'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi last week told the Senate that there was need to upgrade anti-riot gear in the country during debate in Parliament on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa), w...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Sytaff reporter
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1 | by Cliff Chiduku
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTO:Mnangagwa gets new armed briefcases
A photo of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s security details carrying suspected rifle bags has surfaced online. Mnangagwa is seen walking in the middle surrounded by members of the dread...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Patrick Zhuwawo speaks out
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Patrick Zhuwawo says the G40 organized million man march events were aimed at initiating a transition from old leadership to a new breed of dynamic young leaders who wil...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 09:32hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga and Mnangagwa's fight reaches boiling point
The country's presidency is now reportedly paraplegic thus causing tectonic divisions in government, amid disclosures that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his second in charge, Vice President, Rtd Ge...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
ED now faces tough political choices
AS Zimbabwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequen...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa faces riots, palace coup and impeachment
AS Zimbababwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's power obsession in hunger-stricken nation
THE acquisition of a huge assortment of weapons and ammunition at a time the country's economic crisis is deepening is reflective of government's misplaced priorities, as well as President Emmerson Mn...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Protestors beware, new ZRP combat gear
The police are stopping at nothing as they prepare to quell looming street protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over the fast deteriorating political and socio-economic condition...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares for ruthless demos crackdown
AFTER subjecting more than a thousand regular police officers to paramilitary training, purchasing an assortment of weapons, including AK assault rifles and sniper rifles, government has moved to acqu...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youths spoil for a fight
ZANU-PF youth leaders say they are ready to counter anti-government protests planned by opposition and civic groups, setting the stage for a bruising political fight.They also alleged a sinist...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police buy 4 000 AKs, sniper rifles
POLICE have acquired an assortment of weapons - including 3 343 AK-47 assault rifles and about 600 sniper rifles - as they prepare to quell looming street protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deny, deflect and divert: Zanu-PF's flawed approach to governings
When the news that the Association of Rural Teachers of Zimbabwe (Artuz) boss, Obert Masaraure had allegedly been kidnapped, brutalised and left for dead first filtered in, the government and by exten...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
New twist to Mnangagwa's arms deal saga
A highly placed source in the Joint Operations Command (JOC) in Harare has refuted reports that the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently purchased about 3 343 AK-47 assault rifles and a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 16:12hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa buys 3 343 AK-47 and 600 sniper rifles to crush protests
The Zimbabwe Independent has reported that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government through the Zimbabwe Republic Police have purchased weapons which include 3 343 AK-47 assault rifles an...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 12:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Chiwenga's soldiers killed two Israeli snipers
Commandos under the command of Vice President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga are reported to have killed two Israeli bodyguards who were guarding the then Minister of Finance Ignatius Chombo's house dur...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 14:27hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Prosecute killer soldiers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa deserves praise for keeping his word that he will make public findings of a commission of inquiry into the cold-blooded murder of protestors by soldiers on August 1 even w...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Editorial - the standard
Fortune Charumbira in delirium about Gukurahundi
Provocative and desperate attempts to hoodwink the world on Gukurahundi by Zanu-PF surrogates such as Fortune Charumbira will never weaken or derail the struggle for justice by the genuine victims of ...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Motlanthe commission: Too little, too late
MDC Alliance leaders appeared before the Kgalema Motlanthe-led commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings and the presentation by Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa left the commissioners in awe....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Wilton Machimbira
Mnangagwa gets shootings inquiry report
THE Commission of Inquiry into the post-election violence of August 1 that claimed six lives in Harare and left 22 injured yesterday submitted the executive summary of its report to President Emmerson...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shock as Linda Masarira exposes MDC youth militant trainings
MDC Alliance youths received training in Zambia and South Africa to rise against the Government in the event that they lost the July 30 harmonised elections, the Commission of Inquiry into the violenc...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa sent in killer soldiers: Obert Mpofu
ZANU PF secretary for administration and former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu yesterday told the commission of inquiry investigating the post-election violence of August 1 that the soldiers who al...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Recorded Chamisa phone call 'admitting he lost the election' surfaces
FORMER home affairs minister Obert Mpofu has claimed that snipers were likely placed on top of Harare buildings on the day post-election violence rocked Harare, leaving six people dead and several oth...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 16:15hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Top CIO operative Moyo dies
A senior officer in the President's Office and war veteran Austin Peter Moyo has died.He was 62.Moyo, whose war name was Madayiza, was involved in an accident last Tuesday and succumbe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga back from Russia
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga is back home from a two-day visit to Moscow, Russia.In Moscow, the Vice President delivered a special message to the Russian government and ...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Five years of peaceful storm
"I cannot vote for my tormentors. Never!"Of the thousands of statements made this election year, Robert Mugabe's openly paraded acrimonious divorce with his childhood love and avowed life part...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:58hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
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