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The PVO Bill is a threat to Zimbabwe's democracy
The recent passing of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Bill by the Zimbabwe Senate has sparked widespread concern among civil society organizations and democracy advocates. The bill, w...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:07hrs | 382 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fictitious allegations against Sengezo Tshabangu
Below is a press statement released by the lawyers of the CCC interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu:Press Statement05 November 2023...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 18:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
The Government of Zimbabwe has officially become a tyranny - fraught with all the legislative tools to be justifiably labelled a pariah state.By the country's Parliament passing the much-loath...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's August 23 elections are already rigged
Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz) is, in deed, a new kid on the block, even though it's not that new.It's new in the sense that while it was established as a trust way back in 2012, it hasn...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:36hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
By the country's Parliament passing the much-loathed so-called ‘Patriotic Bill', Zimbabwe has effectively joined the unenviable international ‘Hall of Shame' - joining other nations, such as North...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shock as Chamisa acquires surveillance equipment to spy on CCC officials
Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has acquired electronic intelligence gathering capabilities to spy on members of his party and ZANU PFmembers ahead of the 2023 plebiscite....Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 15:37hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, patriotism cannot be legislated
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, with the noise surrounding the "sanctions on Zimbabwe" narrative increasing - as we draw closer to the October 25 "Sadc Anti Sanctions ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Tendai Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt to blame for donor dependency
AT a time the Zanu-PF-led Zimbabwe government is eagerly pushing the enactment into law of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill that has sent earth-shaking tremors down non-governmental orga...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must stop meddling in councils
IF it is, indeed, true that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has woken up to its folly of meddling in local authorities affairs as far as the problematic Pomona Waste to Energy deal betwe...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scandal-ridden company monitors Zimbabwe calls
THE company which installed a Telecommunications Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS) at the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe headquarters in Harare this week — Global Voic...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 20:42hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt snooping on citizens to quash dissenting voices
AFRICAN governments, Zimbabwe included, are using sophisticated surveillance equipment to snoop on citizens and to quash dissenting voices.This is contained in a report compiled by the Interna...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs spy bill into law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the controversial Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which passed through the Senate in July 2021 and was awaiting Presidential assent.Th...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Harsh cyber laws a human rights violation'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of pushing for enactment of harsh cyber laws to hide its human rights violations and consolidate power.Crisis in Zimbab...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
NGOs warn Mnangagwa's govt
THE rights of social media users in Zimbabwe are set to be violated if the government goes ahead with its plans to snoop on what citizens send and receive, particularly on the WhatsApp platform....Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt sets up team to monitor social media
GOVERNMENT has appointed a team to monitor what Zimbabweans post on social media around the clock, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said.Mutsvangwa was, however, quick to state that the ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt bought Israel made spy software?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration reportedly acquired the controversial mobile phone snooping equipment from Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, in 2019 for use by the Central Intellig...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army chef sidelined over nasty fallout with Mnangagwa's wife
THE commander of One Presidential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-Army fallout deepens
The fissures inside the beleaguered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government have deepened with the recent leak of an audio recording where First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa is heard accusing someone thou...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 11:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zec in fresh storm over polling booths
A WAR of words has erupted between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and political parties over the redesigning of polling booths for the upcoming elections, with stakeholders arguing that the n...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's fans blast Mutamba
Oliver Mtukudzi's fans took to social media to attack journalist Shepherd Mutamba, the author of Tuku Backstage books saying the publications are a case of sour grapes considering that the two used to...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Prostitute' accused of sleeping with son
A Bulawayo woman has approached the civil courts seeking a protection order against her lover who allegedly accuses her of prostitution and sleeping with her 20-year-old son.Lindiwe Sibanda cl...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
How nurses in Bulawayo can advance their careers
As nursing continues to evolve and improve in Bulawayo, nurses who work locally must keep up with developments or risk getting left behind. As a nurse, you can also improve with focus and dedication o...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 16:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
CIO, army snooping intensifies amid factional wars
STATE security agents, comprising the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and military intelligence, have increased surveillance on senior Zanu-PF and government officials, leaving them jittery an...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheaters hide infidelity in mobile apps
Whether specifically designed to help cheaters get away with their, extra-curricular activities or not, there's an unsettling array of apps out there being used by people wanting to fool their par...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Policemen severely brutalised
President Mugabe led State of the Republic of Zimbabwe has ideologically severely brutalised the role of the police force mobilising the force for political combat against the people it is suppo...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Mugabe's government to escalate social media blitz
After successfully and temporarily jamming the WhatsApp platform during Wednesday's nationwide stay-away, there are fears that government will intensify controls as we approach the 2018 elections, obs...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman bashed for snooping on hubby's phone
A Harare man assaulted his wife for accessing his mobile phone and going through his messages without his permission while he was asleep. Paul Nyambanyo (52) of Kambuzuma arrived home late and his wif...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
ZLHR joins press in celebrating Press Freedom Day
ZIMBABWE Lawyers For Human Rights (ZLHR) has said it joins all supporters of media freedom in commemorating World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2016 at a time when media practitioners and ordinary ...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe to create its own Facebook, Twitter look-alike
Social media use will soon be regulated in Zimbabwe, with the State already drawing up legal and policy instruments to govern information communication technologies.Local web developers are al...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
High Court drops bombshell - Hands off spouse's phone
A HIGH Court judge has ruled that it is illegal for spouses to pry into each other's cellphones without permission.Harare High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi said evidence obtained throug...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed 2 years for abusing 'peeping' niece
A 35-year-old woman who sliced her eight-year-old niece's buttocks with a razor blade for snooping while she was engaging in sex with her husband was recently sent to jail for a year-and-a-half....Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Security sector, media seek common ground
Government is crafting a strategy to manage relations between media and the security sector following run-ins between the two establishments.It also wants journalists to reduce conflict throug...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff Reporters
Mutasa ready to expose NIKUV scam
Former ZANU PF Security and Administration boss Didymus Mutasa says he is ready to offload NIKUV election rigging files to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai.When he was kicked out of the party...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 09:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Spike in trespassers at Mujuru farm a cause for concern'
People First has expressed concern at the increasing cases of intruders being intercepted at former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's Ruzambo Beatrice farm.The Standard reported that the Spokesper...Published: 10 May 2015 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intruders, including cop, caught at Mujuru's farm
Three intruders were on Friday morning caught at former Vice-President Joice Mujuru Beatrice Farm amid reports that suspected state security officials were constantly being intercepted at the pr...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 07:28hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
CIO agents arrested at Mujuru farm
As the savage assault on former VP Joice Mujuru and her perceived allies intensifies and gets dirtier, six people, two of them suspected to be members of the dreaded secret service, were allegedly ca...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Iran gives Mugabe Spy-Technology
The Islamic Republic of Iran, has reportedly granted as a gift to Zimbabwean leader, President Robert Mugabe's regime, a dreaded cocktail of cyber and surveillance technology, meant to keep Harare's ...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 07:49hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe 'confirms' illegal spying saga
First Lady Grace Mugabe has accentuated fears that President Robert Mugabe's government was illegally spying on certain politicians, the media and other citizens.This comes after the 49-ye...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was scared of Solomon Mujuru, claims war vet
Outspoken war veteran and former intelligence officer, Margaret Dongo, has made sensational claims that President Robert Mugabe was so scared of the late Solomon Mujuru that he allegedly watched helpl...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Could Edmund Kudzayi end up being indicted in the United States?
In view of these hacking confessions into gmail accounts, ( see newzimbabwe.com, 27/06/14) could Zimbabwe's Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi end up being indicted to stand trial in the United Sta...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:11hrs | | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
'Leave my lovers alone,' says Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday asked his detractors to stay off his social life and stop snooping around his love life and focus on turning around the economy which was on a free fall. ...Published: 09 Jun 2014 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Security company says iPhone bug can thwart device wiper
Boston - A German security company has uncovered a bug in the new iPhone's software that it said enables hackers to overcome a safeguard allowing users to remotely wipe stolen or lost phones.B...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 02:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim govt to spy on cellphones
GOVERNMENT has, with effect from today, permitted its security agencies to spy into people's telephone call records, text messages and Internet communication.This has been done through the e...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liz Tsvangirai seen with Morgan for the first time since CIO leaks
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has been seen in public with his wife, Elizabeth, for the first time since revelations that Elizabeth had made up with the father of one of her children a few weeks ...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO steps up snooping on Tsvangirai
STATE security agents have stepped up surveillance on former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai after initially withdrawing their services when the ex-premier travelled to South Africa last month, it ...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spies steps up mass citizen surveillance
President Robert Mugabe's government, through the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has stepped up mass surveillance on private citizens' lives, particularly those perceived as politica...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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