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'There are no angels in Zimbabwe, President!'
Kapish Sir, forgive the Chinese, but such erratic, gladiatorial and unhinged exuberance, exuding brute visceral and coming from any one never too shy to publicly comport embedded bats in belfry charac...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3668 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1288 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Chamisa's MDC deliberately tried to soil security forces'
The MDC ALLIANCE took issue with the security forces for failing to intervene when the MDC-T took over Harvest House and instead deliberately tried to sully the image of the uniformed forces by making...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume leading calls for the planned July 31 protests
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume, who has been leading calls for the planned July 31 protests, said the action they were taking would not be partisan."We are doing this for the gener...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants to kill Jonathan Moyo?
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried to assassinate him and he has evidence to prove it.Moyo made the claims as he reacted to reports...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 6941 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as soldiers engage in hair raising fight with Islamic terrorists
A shocking videos of Islamic terrorists fighting with Mozambican soldiers has gone viral on the internet. In the video, the national soldiers are seen in close combat with the extremist terror...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:35hrs | 7389 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police in distress
THE officer commanding police in Harare yesterday appealed to Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders to provide transport and accommodation to junior officers who are facing eviction from their rented ac...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:59hrs | 3172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt splurges millions on ambassadors' new cars
THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government has splurged millions to purchase top-of-the-range vehicles for nearly 50 ambassadors posted across the globe when the State is failing to pay agitated civil serv...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 3990 | by newzimbabwe
The truth about coup rumours in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is awash with speculation, innuendo and rumours of a coup following a statement against corrupt leaders by the army General during a burial of a national hero Nleya, with even left some...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:06hrs | 3546 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's political climate remains tense
WITH Zimbabwe's political situation remaining tense, the government is planning to introduce a new law which criminalises the spreading of falsehoods against key State institutions such as the militar...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
It's too risky for Mnangagwa to let soldiers go hungry
REPORTS that morale has hit rock bottom in the army make for sad and terrifying reading. Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation, coupled with a severe food crisis, hyperinflation and cash shortages p...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:25hrs | 6071 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers go hungry...criminal activities feared
Zimbabwean soldiers who were instrumental in effecting the November 2017 military coup are hungry and the government has been implored to step in and assist then to prevent the details from engaging i...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 14:27hrs | 5353 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1866 | by Clement Moyo
Chinese army begins Coronavirus vaccines
Chinese media has reported that the country’s military has approved a coronavirus vaccine for use for its soldiers. The said vaccine was created by the Chinese army research unit and a biote...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 12:03hrs | 3933 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army's morale at rock bottom
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri sensationally told Parliament yesterday that morale among members of the Zimbabwe National Army had hit rock bot-tom as a result of the failing economy and that many ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 12246 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to disarm 2 soldiers
A BEITBRIDGE man has appeared in court for allegedly attacking two soldiers controlling traffic at the border post before trying to disarm them in separate incidents.This was heard by Beitbrid...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
'Deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique dangerous lies'
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has described as dangerous rumours and lies, reports government has deployed Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers to Mozambique to help that country quell an...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1109 | by newzimbabwe
Drones to patrol Zimbabwe borders
DRONES will soon be patrolling the country's borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
We have no power, we are just civilians
I'm writing this to Emerson Mnangagwa, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of Central Intelligence Officer or whatever he or she might be called.Please do no...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 23:13hrs | 2540 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Coup fears allayed after 'unusual' army drills in Darwendale
UNUSUAL heightened activity at the Zimbabwe National Army's Mechanised Brigade in Darwendale, spooked government to spiritedly dispel swirling rumours of a brewing coup against President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3476 | by newzimbabwe
ZNA dismisses social media assault claims
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed social media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting c...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers up for a gold rush
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members and their five accomplices were arrested at a roadblock after they were found in possession of 50 kilograms of gold ore.Prichard Padzuru (30) a corpora...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 2998 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa courts unrest
Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands when the military ousted Robert Mugabe and installed Emmerson Mnangagwa as president. Two-and-a-half years later, the party is over.Mnanga...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 778 | by Bloomberg
Open letter to RBZ governor Mangudya
Dear Governor,I hope I find you well and in good spirits in your office on Samora Machel Avenue, Harare.My last article, Arresting Inflation in Zimbabwe, a couple of weeks back drew brickb...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 5106 | by Bart Star-James
Covid-19: 'The worst still to come'
DR Solwayo Ngwenya, a veteran medical practitioner is a worried man. He believes there seems to be lack of seriousness in flattening the coronavirus curve by the ordinary citizens and officials to an ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 171 | by Bishop Lazarus
Motlanthe Commission recommendations met?
GOVERNMENT has fully complied with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 post-election violence, a senior official has said.The Commission of Inquiry â...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's faction receives another morale-sapping blow
IT DOES not rain but pours for Nelson Chamisa's MDC faction, with the beset group receiving another morale-sapping blow yesterday after it lost the battle for the warring party's hugely symbolic natio...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 9236 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Brutality and Aggression against journalists by security forces must stop
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure the safety of journalists following the latest incident in which two journalists were tortured by soldiers and...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:44hrs | 444 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa loses Harvest House row
UNDERFIRE opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lost legal battle for control of the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, popularly known as Harvest House, after the High C...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:39hrs | 4903 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Teachers leader arrested over Monday US$ domonstration
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) President Obert Masaraure President has been arrested at Harare Central where he was summoned to appear by the CID Law and Order section. R...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 11:56hrs | 3665 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean black lives matter too
THE world was recently seized by a series of demonstrations dubbed Black lives matter triggered by the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in the United States of America.Th...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 325 | by Terrence Wuragu
'Kombi' operators turn vehicles to mobile stores
Known as kombis in Zimbabwe, commuter omnibuses are no more, but in residential areas they have resurfaced, with conductors this time not shouting out for passengers, but for customers to rush for buy...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1094 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu News
How General Philip Valerio Sibanda survived assasination attack
Commander Zimbabwe Defense Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda has relieved how he survived the assassination attack by the Rhodesian settler regime at Freedom camp in Zambia. Speaking durin...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 18:31hrs | 4235 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3160 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's solders fear crippling mass protests
THE security sector is on high alert, amid fears among authorities of crippling mass protests by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) - over the country's deteriorating economic situation....Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2816 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's security forces on high alert
The security sector is on high alert amid fears among authorities of crippling mass protests by the ZCTU. This comes after the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Association staged demonstrations in M...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 17712 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demonstrate...dump mock coffins on the streets
Zimbabwean teachers under the banner of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) took to the streets of Masvingo on Monday to protest against the meager salaries that the civil servant...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 11:49hrs | 5604 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Ramaphosa deploys soldiers to deal with Taxi drivers
President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa's government has deployed members of the South Africa National Defense Force to remove striking taxi drivers from the streets. ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 10:26hrs | 6746 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obadiah Moyo arrest drama: Details emerge
Government officials allegedly put pressure on police to release Health minister Obadiah Moyo after his detention on Friday over the $60 million Covid-19 medical supply scandal amid fears his case wil...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:47hrs | 9002 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP demands answers on army deployment
AN opposition MP has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa or Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri must explain to Parliament the deployment of the military across the country.The issue was ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:46hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Bring back rule of law to prosecutions
The judgement of the Honourable Chitapi J in the matter of [Saviour] Kasukuwere v Mujayi NO & Others (HH-562-19) (delivered on August 21 2019) is on the face of it scathing to the police, Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 277 | by Tazorora TG Musarurwa
Zimbabwe troops accused of disrupting the economy
Security forces have been accused of disrupting the economy through the chaotic implementation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations after they forced the closure of Bulawayo businesses without notice last...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:37hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Police, army cannot deny daylight atrocities
IF denials by the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police are to be taken for truth, our country has certainly become a dangerous place to live and invest in, where marauding bogus arm...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 967 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Chamisa cannot be barred from Harvest House
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has accused the government of wasting resources by deploying State security agents at Harvest House, the MDC headquarters now known as Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 8383 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions clash at Harvest House
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday claimed it had foiled an attempt to take over the contested headquarters Morgan Tsvangirai House (Harvest House) by members of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Allian...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2189 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt fears uprising'
CONTRADICTIONS have rocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with top officials giving conflicting explanations as to why heavily armed soldiers and police blockaded major cities between Monda...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3864 | by Staff reporter
ZNA dismisses online media lockdown claims
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed online media claims that the military took over Bulawayo on Tuesday, saying soldiers were on the ground complementing police to enforce national lockdown...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:33hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
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