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Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6259 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'Gukurahundi genocide fuelled regional illiteracy'
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands have blamed high il-literacy levels in the provinces on a cocktail of setbacks, chief among them the mass killings led by the North ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:08hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told that courts aren't the answer
EXILED former Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against perennially resorting to the courts to settle political problems rocking the oppositi...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 9335 | by Staff reporter
What is Khupe up to?
WEEKEND reports that the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe had claimed the MDC Alliance title exposes confusion in that party. It speaks to desperation on the part of the MDC-T to seek legitimacy. But to w...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3624 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu gunman was DRC war vet who dreamed of 'freeing Zimbabwe'
One of the Chivhu gunmen who shot dead a soldier was a Democratic Republic of Congo war veteran who often spoke of "freeing Zimbabwe", according to friends and family.Elliot Chihambakwe, of Gu...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 5843 | by Staff reporter
Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House
Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 2924 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4885 | by Staff reporter
Finding Zimbabweans in secret mass graves
ONE of my earliest memories is of violence and death.It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old.I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1622 | by Keith Silika
Mnangagwa tells Zanu-PF that 'soldier needed to silence nurses'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare that he appointed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to head the Health portfolio to sort out striking doctor...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 6704 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo cardiac ward in sorry state
THE cardiac ward at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo has virtually collapsed, posing a huge threat to the many patients living with heart complications referred to the southern region's biggest referral hos...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
When a Nguni Kingship chases his own agenda to undo other Ndebele Kings
We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride at the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by Zanu Government. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1836 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1168 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu PF has dismally failed
This is the second time now that Zanu PF has admitted that it has failed the nation and now appealing for patience and more time from the electorate to fix the mess.The Zanu PF acting Spokespe...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 2719 | by Leonard Koni
Kasukuwere, Mzembi to be extradited
FORMER Government and ZANU-PF officials who fled the country while facing criminal charges are set to be extradited to face justice back home, Government has resolved.Addressing the ZANU-PF Mi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
High noon for Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is actively pursuing criminals that have been evading the clutches of the long arm of the law for a long time.Their latest mission involved a joint operation with ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC reject claims it is training militias in Serbia, Moldova
The MDC Alliance has rejected Zanu-PF attempts to link the party to the shooting death of a soldier in Chivhu last week, and claims that Zimbabwe's main opposition party is training insurgents in Serb...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3593 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 'use courts not ZBC to prosecute #MDCTrio'
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has raised grave concern over how the state was handling the alleged abduction of three female activists from his party.The activists now stand accused of...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa issues chilling Chamisa, Biti warning
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and one of his co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti have been warned to stop behaving like little children and immediately close their party's violent cells before the...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police victims sue
Two human rights activists are suing the government demanding the enactment of an Act of Parliament to comply with a provision of the constitution which says there must be an independent body to recei...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe striking terribly hard in death
LAST week marked the first anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, independent Zimbabwe's first president. Arguably one of the world's most shrewd and controversial politicians, the "larger...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu soldier killer named
POLICE have named Elphas Jani (20) of Gutu, now deceased, as one of the gunmen who shot and killed Lance Corporal Lorance Mupanganyama, and injured Corporal Peter Zvirevo, in Chivhu last Saturday....Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 7887 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shooting: Details emerge
Chivhu residents were left in awe of the manner in which security services tracked, shot and killed two gunmen who had attacked two other soldiers on Saturday, killing one and seriously wounding anoth...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3170 | by Staff reporter
The desperacy of the MDCs unmasked
The opposition affiliated media was brimming with plastic assumptions and hightened verve in relation to the ANC delagation visit to Harare. Amidst the raveging Covid-19 pandemic, the ANC finds it fit...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 22:16hrs | 2916 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Energy Mavaza
Soldiers rob pedestrian at gunpoint
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members allegedly robbed a pedestrian of his US$200 after pointing him with an AK 47 and ordering him to surrender all the money he had.The matter came to ligh...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 21:37hrs | 5009 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Deputy Minister Matemadanda visits the Injured Soldiers in Hospital
The deputy minister of defence who is the ZANU PF Political Commisair cde Victor Matemadanda last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harar...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 1718 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 990 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bitter first anniversary for Mugabe
DESPONDENT and waiting in a long queue for daily food handouts from a well-wisher, Milka Mandimutsa gets nostalgic about Zimbabwe's autocratic and longtime ex-leader Robert Mugabe, who died a year ago...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shootings: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details on circumstances surrounding the weekend shooting incident that claimed the life of a soldier in Chivhu, about 140km south of Harare along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, have emerged....Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 11254 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds public on Chivhu shooting
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate anyone who attacks, harms or kills any member of the security forces and anyone who dares cross the line will be severely punished, President and Commander-In-Chief of the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
'Don't provoke Zimbabwe's security services'
THE deafening silence from church organisations following the killing of a soldier in cold blood in Chivhu and attempts by the opposition to protect the bandits portray their duplicity as puppets of W...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues a chilling warning
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning on persons found attacking members of the country's security forces.This follows the gunning down of Lance Corporal Lorance Mupangany...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 21:52hrs | 6471 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Soldier killers gunned down
THE two suspects in a shooting incident that took place in Chivhu, 140km south of Harare along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, resulting in the death of a soldier and another badly injured, were yesterda...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 11178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army revenges for the shooting of 2 soldiers
TWO yet to be identified people who shot Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers, killing one and seriously injuring another in Chivhu on Saturday were yesterday gunned down by security forces in a dram...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits injured soldiers
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harare, following a shootout with two assailants in separate i...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4696 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 893 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
EU will not renew budget support to Zimbabwe
Ongoing mismanagement and corruption mean it is "out of the question" that the European Union will resume aid directly to the government of Zimbabwe anytime soon, according to the bloc's ambassador to...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:28hrs | 2125 | by Vince Chadwick I Devex
Mnangagwa counters Chiwenga move
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut soldiers' extended retirement age from 70 to 65, effectively reversing an extension made by his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga in 2018.In August 2018, Chiwen...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 28790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa halts Gukurahundi hearing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday caused the postponement of a court hearing where survivors of the Gukurahundi massacres wanted to interdict him from tampering with the survivors' mass graves un...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
MRP petitions govt over police harassment
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned government to register its displeasure over harassment and physical abuse of Bulawayo residents by State security agents, particularly at roa...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesperson says SA is beset with its own problems
THE government reiterated yesterday that only Zimbabweans could resolve the country's myriad challenges, warning that it was futile for anyone to expect outsiders to lift the nation out of its current...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's military Presidium has brought economic growth, says Mohadi
VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has attributed what he found as economic success that Zimbabweans are enjoying to the impeccable military experience of the presidium led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:46hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo reveals his failed personal mission in ZANU PF government
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has revealed his failed personal mission that he undertook when he was in government.Moyo said his major task was to dig up Gukurahundi secrets. T...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 7844 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 276 | by Isdore Guvamombe
UK rejects request to compensate ex-Rhodesian soldiers
THE United Kingdom (UK) has declined to pay compensation to former Rhodesian soldiers saying it was not responsible for recruiting them and that the then Ian Smith regime weaned the country from the B...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:37hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12469 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
ED's human rights record as the president of Zimbabwe under scrutiny
Zimbabweans dotted throughout the world woke up on the morning of 14 th January 2019 not feeling particularly patriotic. Tired of long queues, runaway prices very grumpy not patriotic anymore. Very fe...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:12hrs | 4837 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Amanda Mavhaza
'Mnangagwa must apologise for Gukurahundi,' says Jenni Williams
UNDER FIRE Matabeleland Collective leader, Jenni Williams has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology over the Gukurahundi atrocities committed by government soldiers during ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2238 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe crisis is sapping Zanu-PF's supremacy
ZIMBABWE'S political and economic crises that have gone on for two decades are weakening Zanu-PF's hold on power and could soon have dire consequences on the ruling party, one of the country's leading...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3441 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, SAPS steps ups joint border patrols
The Zimbabwe Republic Police and their South African counterparts have intensified joint border patrols to curb border jumping and smuggling activities, which have been on the rise along the border. ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
The Comrades that saved ZPRA from demise
The political changes that flew in the face of the struggle during the seventies were largely influenced by the governments of front line states which arm-twisted the liberation movements in the name ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:52hrs | 1404 | by Irvine J. Sibhona
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