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The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Hunger lashes Zimbabwe soldiers, police
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has raised grave concerns about the deteriorating environment in which the country's military and police are having to operate because of funding shortages, the Daily News re...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1837 | by Staff reporter
Rein in Chamisa's legislators
Mr Speaker Sir Parliament's Rules and Orders Committee's decision to constitute a Privileges Committee that will investigate possible breach of Parliamentary procedures and etiquette by MDC-Al...Published: 16 hrs ago | 259 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Chamisa dares authorities
In a fresh test for the country's jittery authorities, who stand accused of brutally clamping down on the opposition in recent months, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday announced a series of meeting...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:40hrs | 7223 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatened with arrest
Government has threatened to arrest MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and other opposition officials pushing for the ouster of President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power.Information deputy minister Energ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's current environment not ideal for social dialogue
SINCE the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe's government has been confronted by restive workers and their leadership from different labour unions, either threatening industrial action or alleging incapa...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 184 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Zanu-PF must introspect, address bread and butter issues
THE ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 18th Annual National People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East province next week amid a plethora of challenges confronting the country and re...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 151 | by chronicle
US ambassador wants to force Zambia to accept gays
The United States ambassador to Zambia has cancelled a public appearance for safety reasons after threats were made against him for saying he was "horrified" by the sentencing of a local gay couple to...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:34hrs | 2248 | by Associated Press
Namibian army steps in
Namibia media have announced that the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has upheld its decision to beef up security to its highest level until further notice.This it says is necessitated by serious...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 21:01hrs | 22138 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldier jailed one year
A ZIMBABWE NATIONAL ARMY sergeant was sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting a couple at Yolanda Bar.Tinashe Madiro, 34, pleaded guilty on all charges when he appeared before Harare ma...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:49hrs | 2359 | by Staff reporter
Health crisis moves from tragedy to farce
GOVERNMENT has failed to solve its impasse with medical doctors, who have withdrawn services from the country's major hospitals for 89 days today. While the country's health delivery system remains in...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Serial thief threatens to burn police informant
A MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly threatening to burn a woman's house and a bar where she works after she allegedly directed police officers who wanted to arrest him to his house. ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:36hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
ZUJ grumbles over state sponsored violence against journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has registered its outrage at the increasing number of Press Freedom violations and threats to the safety and security of journalists in Zimbabwe.ZUJ sa...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 19:25hrs | 803 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa presides over ZNA graduation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday presided over the graduation ceremony of the Joint Command and Staff Course No.32 at the Zimbabwe Staff College in the capital.Speaking during the grad...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2435 | by Staff reporter
10 endangered animals that are being saved by Zoos
In zoos all around the world, endangered species are being eased back from the brink of extinction. As the wildlife of earth continues to struggle more than ever in the fight to survive, some species ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:54hrs | 999 | by Staff writer
Mliswa to mobilise public to beat up Zanu-PF and MDC MPs
NORTON legislator Themba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday threatened to mobilise the public through social media to protest in Parliament and beat up legislators for wasting taxpayers money after Zanu P...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 6869 | by Staff reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere to lead Mnangagwa ouster?
Saviour Kasukuwere the exiled dark horse of Zimbabwean politics has remained deafening silently amid a rapid rise and popularity of a pro Kasukuwere movement dubbed the Tyson Wabantu movement. T...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 15:47hrs | 10187 | by Dr S J Utete
Senior doctors withdraw labour in solidarity with fired junior doctors
Zimbabwe's public hospitals face a complete shutdown after specialist senior doctors on Tuesday announced that they would stop attending to emergencies in solidarity with over 400 doctors sacked for g...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 20:12hrs | 2241 | by ZimLive
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa again
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 7053 | by Staff reporter
Harare council threatens striking nurses
HARARE City Council has threatened to withhold salaries for striking nurses and take disciplinary measures because their job action was illegal, NewsDay revealed.About 600 council nurses are on st...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela urged to come and bury his father...safety guaranteed
Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner Dr Qhubani Moyo has urged the leader of Mthwakazi Liberation Organisation Paul Siwela to come home and bury his late father King Siwela who passed away on Monday....Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2027 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panic as CIO,army and police bosses meet in Harare
The Joint Operations Command met on Monday to discuss the security concerns in the country a source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation revealed. The meeting which was supposed to...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 15:06hrs | 38970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere gets military backing?
The country has seen a hive of activity in the security sector as high ranking members of the military command element engage in meetings to chart the way forward for Zimbabwe as the nation grows wear...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 10:21hrs | 17504 | by Peter Moyo
Zimbabwe army threatens
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) will remain committed to undertaking training needed to meet threats from hostile elements using violence to disturb peace, ZNA Commander Lieutenant General Edzai Chim...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 4066 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army on high alert'
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) will remain committed to undertaking training needed to meet threats from hostile elements using violence to disturb peace in the nation, ZNA Commander Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Man abducts sick wife, demands sex
A MAN from Hwange District stunned hospital officials at St Patrick's Hospital when he stormed the institution and attempted to kidnap his ill wife who was admitted, arguing that he wanted to take her...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:14hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
US plot to fund subversive NGOs exposed
Fresh evidence has emerged of yet another plot by the United States to fund opposition-linked civil society organisations to destabilise the country through sustained civil unrest.The Sunday M...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:05hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa will be arrested'
AS POLITICAL tension continues to rise in the country amid growing criticism of the authorities' brutal handling of dissenters the government warned yesterday that it would arrest opposition leader Ne...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 4791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3149 MSU graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today capped 3149 graduands at the 20th congregation of the Midlands State University (MSU) graduation ceremony in Senga, Gweru.Of the 3149 graduands, 771 were post-graduate studen...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2213 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's wife must step back
Barely two years into her husband's tenure as president, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has diminished the little dignity she enjoyed having come into the comforts of State House on the back of a milit...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:57hrs | 3398 | by Edmund Kudzai
Let's give the MPC time to deliver
The newly constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had its inaugural meeting on the 28th and 29th of October 2019. This was another milestone for the Central B...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 12:41hrs | 1549 | by Nathan Chikara
Mass resignations hit Zinara
At least 12 top executives have resigned from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in protest over alleged interference, endemic corruption, harassment and threats from some board member...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 4590 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1094 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Convicted January protest victim appeals to human rights lawyers
I have been following Mr Future Banda's case. He is 36 years old with two children, from Entumbane in Bulawayo. He was arrested on the 25th of January at the instigation of Mr Prayford Sibanda who own...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1019 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Policy inconsistency dogs economy
ZIMBABWE is again back in the jaws of policy inconsistency and discord, which characterised the late president Robert Mugabe's administration, pushing away foreign direct investment as a result, analy...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 81 | by The Standard Editorial comment
Deluded govt wants to invite back Zim doctors in diaspora, yet can't even care for local practitioners
This has been one of the most deluded weeks for the Zimbabwe government - even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards - firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economically ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2748 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Cyber security vital for investment'
INCREASED public and private sector collaboration is required in creating a secure digital environment for the sustenance of business investments and consumer protection, Information Communication Tec...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala will never ever leave Zimbabwe because of Mnangagwa regime
I have received a number of inquiries from countless members of the press, colleagues, sympathisers and friends about my attitude towards my indictment for trial from 27 January to 30 2020 at the Masv...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 15:32hrs | 3236 | by Job 'Wiwa' Sikhala
Zimbabwe runs out of contraceptives
Public hospital doctors have lashed out at the Health Services Board (HSB) for firing 77 doctors since Tuesday.Addressing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) members and the media at...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Suffering and oppressed Zimbabweans need to emulate doctors' fearless trailblazing protracted struggle for a better life
There is one very pressing - not to mention, extremely embarrassing - question which Zimbabweans who travel throughout the world are always confronted with every time we encounter foreign nationals: "...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:54hrs | 1428 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Acid test for Mnangagwa's tolerance to dissent
POLICE have given the green light for government workers to demonstrate for higher wages in what is seen as an acid test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tolerance to dissent.The police nod ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:20hrs | 6652 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'national interests' can't be defined by ZANU PF alone, but by national consensus
In recent days - especially, after the botched 25 October 2019 anti-sanctions march, in which very few people heeded government's calls for the nation to come out in full force to demonstrate against ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1072 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu-PF, govt must pay ZBC for live broadcasts'
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the struggling State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) must be supported through the fiscus and that it must be paid for outside coverage of national ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
We won't watch people die, says Mpilo boss
MPILO Central Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has said his staff will continue to attend to patients seeking medical services despite the ongoing strike by some doctors.In an int...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe threatens to expel U.S. ambassador
Zimbabwe on Thursday threatened to expel the United States ambassador to Harare in a new low in diplomatic relations between the two countries.Zimbabwe accuses the United States of imposing "i...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 1574 | by ZimLive
Unites States ignores Zim threats
The United States has ignored threats by Zimbabwe's foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo against its ambassador Brian Nichols on Thursday. Moyo made veiled threats against Nichols whom he ac...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 17:38hrs | 3283 | by Staff Reporter
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6722 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi threat to take down Nehanda statue from Bulawayo arts centre
A showdown is looming between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) following the secessionist party's threats to remove First Chimurenga heroine Mbuya Nehanda's statu...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 3293 | by newzimbabwe
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