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Lawsuit against Mnangagwa dismissed
A HIGH Court bid to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sign into law a charter outlawing the abduction and torture of government critics and activists has been dismissed, with the court saying it c...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 916 | by Rigid Kondongwe
Mnangagwa in strategic retreat as Chiwenga faction blocks 2030
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly under intense pressure from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his military-backed faction within Zanu PF to abandon his aspirations for a third term an...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:57hrs | 5817 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe unfazed by anti-sanctions protestors at embassy
The newly appointed US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, has downplayed the significance of anti-sanctions protestors camped outside the US Embassy in Harare, describing the group as being "just...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 11:54hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime told to end State sponsored abductions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been urged to end State-sponsored abductions, arbitrary arrests, detentions, and torture of opposition activists and human rights defenders.This c...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:56hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1844 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Vapostori garments steal the show at cricket match
The Mbare Musika market in Harare was unusually vibrant as the Zimbabwe national cricket team, the Chevrons, faced India at the Harare Sports Club. The city became a sea of white garments, as supporte...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Losing candidate continues with charity work
Pardon Tapfumaneyi, an aspiring Independent candidate for Mpopoma/Mzilikazi constituency, remains committed to his charity work in the area despite relocating to the United Kingdom. Speaking t...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How shadowy group FAZ was formed
A new report has revealed that Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi, Deputy Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), and his close family members established the Forever Associates Zimbabw...Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:16hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gate-crashes US's sanctions Press briefing
Zanu-PF yesterday accused the United States of shutting the door for engagement after its members were barred from gate-crashing a Press conference where US embassy officials were explaining the new s...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
US slams door on Mnangagwa
UNITED States Senate Foreign Relations member Jim Risch and analysts have said the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights violations is a damning indictment of his...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants all sanctions removed
THE piecemeal removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States has been described as a step in the right direction, although the country prefers to have the illegal embargo completely rem...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
US makes piecemeal adjustments to Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United States yesterday made piecemeal adjustments to its targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe signalling the success of the country's engagement and re-engagement drive under President Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biden announces end of US sanctions regime on Zimbabwe
AMERICAN President Joseph Biden has announced an end of the superpower's sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.The historic move announced on Monday, signals an impending end to America and Zimbabwe's ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US issues fresh sanctions on Mnangagwa and 8 others, terminates 2003 curbs
The United States on Monday terminated a Zimbabwe sanctions programme and reimposed curbs on nine people and three entities, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, over their involvement in corruptio...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Leaderless citizens urged to rally behind Sikhala
CITIZENS have been urged to unite in calling for the unconditional release of Job Sikhala who appeared in court on Wednesday.The former Zengeza West legislator, who was on Wednesday convicted for inci...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalls dominated 2023 Zimbabwe Parliament
The ink on the electoral certificates for the Members of Parliament (MPs) had not dried when a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member, Sengezo Tshabangu, cracked the whip on legislators belonging ...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in UK pile pressure on Mnangagwa regime
A GROUP of Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom recently petitioned that country's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, calling on Britain to use its diplomatic links to engage Harare authorities over the abduct...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs booted out of hotels
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators were yesterday ejected from Parliament after they broke into song protesting the swearing in of their recently elected colleagues, in particu...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabweans to petition British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
A group of Zimbabweans based in the United Kingdom (UK) will this Sunday hand over a petition to Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak to put pressure on the Zimbabwean government to end the murder, abduction a...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist, kidnapped, tortured
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says one of its members, Sylvester Chiundiza, was abducted in Epworth and forced to drink "poison" on Wednesday.The CCC said Chiundiza was sn...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Resolve Gukurahundi to stop rights violations'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum says the culture of abductions, enforced disappearances and murder by State security agents will continue as long as the Gukurahundi issue remains unsolved....Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fear and intimidation cloud Mabvuku-Tafara by-election campaign
Political tension has intensified in the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency ahead of Saturday's by-election, prompting opposition candidate Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi to go into hiding.Kufahakutizwi, v...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zim police dismiss claims Masaya's killing was politically motivated
Police Spokesperson Paul Nyathi has rejected the allegations of abduction, torture, and murder made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in connection with the disappearance and subsequent death...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sakupwanya begs Mabvuku residents
Scott Sakupwanya, the Zanu-PF candidate for Mabvuku Constituency, known for his association with gold-rich endeavors, is earnestly appealing to residents in the high-density suburb to reconsider their...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ropes in war vets for Sakupwanya's campaign
Zanu-PF has gone for broke in its bid to win the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency in the December 9 by-elections, roping in war veterans and collaborators to campaign for the party's candidate, Pedzisai "S...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 10 | by Evidence Chenjerai
'Mnangagwa's govt plotting to lock me up'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change candidate for Mabvuku in the forthcoming by-elections, Fabion Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, says he has exposed a plot by Zanu-PF candidate Pedzai Sakupwanya and the state m...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Catholics Bishops in Zimbabwe wades into Zimbabwe opposition factionalism
CATHOLIC Bishops in Zimbabwe have decried what they are terming a "new form" of post-election violence characterized by "recalls of the elected" political candidates in the Southern African nation....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa boasts of being Zimbabwe's 'CIO Godfather'
BY his own admission this week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the architect of Zimbabwe's brutal security system which has left a trail of human rights violations, abductions, forced disappearances ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC now wants Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue
The highest decision-making body of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is urging its leader, Nelson Chamisa, to engage in negotiations with President Mnangagwa. This directive emerged during the ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa shocked by Mnangagwa's silence
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa has expressed astonishment at the government's silence regarding an increase in politically motivated violence, particularly targeting CCC ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters say Zanu-PF's Sakupwanya responsible for murder of CCC activist
Scott Sakupwanya, the Zanu-PF candidate for Mabvuku Constituency, has been implicated in the abduction and subsequent murder of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Tapfumaneyi Masaya, accordi...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa strategising on how to stop the looming by-elections
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader by Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was making fresh deliberations on how to stop the looming by-elections from being held owing to escalating politic...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out
SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EU pokes holes into Mnangagwa election victory
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said Zimbabwe's August 23 and 24 harmonised elections were not credible due to a plethora of anomalies ranging from the curtailment of rights ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Widow of slain CCC supporter says she never assumed the worst
Maria Zhuwawo, the widow of the murdered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Tapfumaneyi Masaya, revealed that she initially held onto hope when her late husband went missing. She believed he...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC corners government over abductions, murder of its members
Members of Parliament from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) criticized the government for the sluggish progress in investigating the escalating cases of alleged abductions and murders of opposi...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi quizzed over abductions
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have taken government to task over police's seemingly lackadaisical approach towards investigating politically-motivated abductions, enf...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pleads with Mnangagwa
The leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, has urgently appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the scheduled December 9 by-elections, citing the recent trag...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 12:46hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Israeli supporting embassies say saddened by Masaya murder
The US and UK embassies in Zimbabwe say they are "alarmed" and "saddened" by the abduction and callous murder of CCC activist Tapfumanei Masaya by suspected state security agents weekend.Posti...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC accuses Zanu-PF of turning voting into life-or-death issue
Gift Ostallos Siziba, the deputy spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe of transforming the act of voting into a life-or-death situa...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC's by-election candidate considers boycotting
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) candidate for the Mabvuku Constituency by-election, Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, is contemplating withdrawing from the December 9 race following the abduction and mu...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC blood-letting continues
THE CCC yesterday recalled another 13 National Assembly members and five more Senators as the blood-letting continues unabated in the opposition party, taking the total recalled legislators and counci...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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