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Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys Chiwenga to spearhead special mission
President Mnangagwa has deployed Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga to spearhead the monitoring and implementation of strategic projects that are expected to have a telling effect on the economy a...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
8 million Zimbabweans in need of assistance, says Unicef
ZIMBABWE has an estimated 7,9 million people, including 4,1 million children, that are in need of urgent life-saving health services and humanitarian assistance due to multiple hazards brough about by...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:26hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Cop top rights violators
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) was behind 50% of all human rights violations targeting mainly the opposition MDC Alliance party lead by Nelson Chamisa last month, a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) re...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:16hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T a Zanu-PF surrogate,' says Chamisa aligned MDC veterans
MEMBERS of the MDC Veterans Activists Association (VAA) have joined civil society organisations and opposition parties in condemning the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for supporting Zanu-PF in passing th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe hands over property to chopper crash victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) yesterday handed over household property worth thousands of dollars to the Fenyere family, whose house was razed to the ground by flames when the Agusta Bell 412 (AB 41...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Ugandan former child soldier turned rebel commander jailed for 25 years for war crimes
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, said Domini...Published: 06 May 2021 at 13:13hrs | 1548 | by Staff Reporter
We are vindicated!!! Mwonzora is indeed a Zanu puppet: MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDC VAA)
The MDC Veterans Activists Association faced a salvo of accusations and insults from the varakashi cyber bullies and The doggie sycophants for condemning the MDC-T's unholy tag team with ZANU PF...Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2657 | by Mandava Blessing
What you need to consider before hiring a slip and fall attorney
Getting serious injuries due to someone else's negligence is always stressful. This is because you need to be hospitalized and it can drain you financially because of the inability to continue working...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:22hrs | 259 | by Staff writer
Bulawayo water points record spike in violence
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has decried the sharp increase in cases of violence at water points in Bulawayo.This was revealed yesterday following a survey conducted last...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:24hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Solutions to eliminating the demon of tribalism
The demon of tribalism that has affected the Ndebele nation since 1980 can be eliminated from Zimbabwean society. Hate and resentment between the Ndebele and Shona will not solve any challenges faced ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 13:51hrs | 1053 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Zimbabweans blamed for SA xenophobic attacks
ZAMBIAN opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has blamed Zimbabweans for xenophobic attacks suffered by some of their less fortunate compatriots in neighbou...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:15hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Battle for Zimbabwe's rural votes kicks off
THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections - triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu-PF which has always dominated...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1926 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe deserves justice, not mercy
BRITISH actress Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker has found her voice. For more than 30 years, she has been known as Thandie Newton, an anglicised version of her name. The missing "w" was dropped careles...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi and Enos Nkala learnt lifetime lessons; Israel Dube my reply!
The first time I agreed with Israel Dube about facts in our mainstream politics. Let me make it clear however, that I am not appealing to Israel to drop death threats hanging on my throat: I have been...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 12:48hrs | 3529 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean secrets leaked to a high profile sexivist
Zimbabwe has once again woken up to some Twitter messages sent by the ever attention seeking Susa Mutami. It is important to understand who Susan Mutami is. She is if you remember the official mistres...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 7399 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
No free ride for MDC defectors, says Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION members who defect to Zanu-PF will have to undergo re-orientation training at Zanu-PF's Chitepo School of Ideology for them to toe the party line. This was disclosed yesterday by Zanu-PF se...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Let us stop child sacrifice
The death of a child of any age is devastating. The pain and anguish can be compounded when the death comes at the hands of another human being. Parents and family members can face many complicated is...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 11:18hrs | 499 | by Heaven Munyuki
Funeral parade for copter crash victims
A funeral parade to honour two pilots and a technician who died in a helicopter crash in Goromonzi last week will be held by the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) on Friday. The pilots are Wing Comm...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over State-sponsored rights violations
A HUMAN rights organisation has raised a red flag over arbitrary arrests, torture and assault perpetrated by security agents after it recorded 47 detentions of civilians and 35 cases of torture in its...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns the death of helicopter accident victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is in mourning after the horrific accident that claimed the lives of two pilots and an aircraft technician.The pilots who perished are Wing Commander Thomas Tin...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
National Youth Service (Zimbabwe) a disservice!
The re-establishment of the National Youth Service in Zimbabwe is uncalled for and an unnecessary disservice. It is totally against ubuntu and the rule of law. The youth militia, infamously known as t...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 09:24hrs | 915 | by Inhokomo Yesizwe SikaMthwakazi
View from Up Here: Gukurahundi Genocide: An Open Wound Part 1
Gukurahundi is a thorny issue for our leaders. They do not want to talk about it, neither do they want it discussed. The objective is to relegate it to the dustbins of history. But can a nation move o...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 888 | by Peter Muzira
Zimbabwe's first female helicopter fighter pilot dies in crash
Zimbabwe's first female combat helicopter pilot was killed in a fiery helicopter crash in Arcturus, 32km east of Harare, on Friday.Thirty-year-old Flight Lieutenant Annita Mapiye, who has flow...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:45hrs | 4937 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @ 41: The victim's lasting solution to the Gukurahundi Holocaust
Zimbabwe is still at rail-road crossing with regard to the Gukurahundi genocide whose resolution remains elusive forty-one (41) years on. The signage is unambiguously restricting any break-through wha...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 641 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'Chamisa, Biti destructive,' says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE'S President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for unity as the country marked 41 years of independence on Sunday.But the president also accused the opposition leader of being destructive, and...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:54hrs | 2383 | by Staff reporter
Identity theft fraudsters arrested
Fraudsters responsible for the identity thefts that allowed them access to WhatsApp groups and EcoCash accounts of others to con people into foreign currency deals had not hacked into the phones of th...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
7 robbers pounce on Gweru family
Seven unidentified men pounced on a Gweru family where they robbed and rapped two females yesterday in Gweru.Jabulani Matsveru (51) was seated with her daughter Dephane Matsveru (18 ) and her ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4212 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Robbers storm Zanu-PF official's home, burn his backside
POLICE in Mutoko have arrested five suspected armed robbers who besieged the home of a top Zanu-PF official and renowned businessman, Zano Kahuni, and tortured him with a hot iron before robbing him o...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Varakashi: New agents of terrorism
THERE'S a big, big omen of nasty things to come. The Zanu-PF government wants to revive the Green Bombers.You will remember the youth training programme at the turn of the new millennium....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:25hrs | 643 | by Tawanda Majoni
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | 181 | by Amnesty International
The lame duck approach to gukurahundi genocide: A case of stitching rear opening of alimentary canal to cure diarrhoea
As Zimbabwe celebrates what it calls independence, forty-one (41) years on, government's lame duck approach to the resolution of the gukurahundi genocide disappointingly remains the case of stitching ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | 239 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Thousands denied citizenship in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's discriminatory citizenship laws have rendered thousands of people stateless and pushed them to the fringes of society, depriving them of access to education, healthcare, and housing, Amnest...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:39hrs | 4049 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance... a hallmark of political Ponzi schemes
MDC activist, Freeman Chari, launched an initiative to raise salaries for the so called "political detainees" in Zimbabwe and he indicated that the campaign has raised over US$400 already. The MDC All...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:20hrs | 942 | by Uncle Shumba
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Landmark ruling on vehicle plates
GOVERNMENT has been ordered to reimburse motorists who paid for new vehicle registration plates in foreign currency since July last year, but failed to get them.In a landmark ruling on Wednesd...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Petition launched against reintroduction of 'green bombers'
ZIMBABWEANS have started an online petition against government's planned reintroduction of the controversial National Youth Service Training Programme in the country.This comes after governmen...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
2 pupils murdered, dumped in a toilet pit
TWO Grade 1 pupils from Mbaza Primary School in Nyanga were allegedly killed on their way from school on Tuesday and their bodies were dumped in a disused toilet pit about 2km from the school....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:57hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3178 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans pool resources for detained Zimbabwean activists
A GROUP of Zimbabweans based in North America have started a fundraising drive to assist detained civic and political activists and their immediate families with financial and material resources to en...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party
A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secessi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1752 | by Thandekile Moyo
Fake soldiers on the prowl, says ZNA
ARMED criminals masquerading as soldiers and police officers are on the prowl across the country where they are carrying out well-co-ordinated armed robberies.In a statement yesterday, Zimbabw...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer's bid to close down digital banking platforms flops
A HARARE lawyer's attempt to have all mobile-based digital banking platforms of FBC Bank closed after an imposter used his name to fraudulently open an account with the bank for criminal activities, f...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Be wary of bogus soldiers, says ZNA
A group of armed robbers masquerading as members of the Zimbabwe National Army and Criminal Investigation Department detectives is on the prowl, robbing people using fake search warrants. The ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Rape clinic launches 72-hour campaign
THE Adult Rape Clinic (ARC) has launched a campaign that encourages victims of the crime to seek medical assistance within 72 hours to protect them from contracting HIV/Aids and pregnancies. T...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Opposition offenders are no special citizens
Following the recent sentencing of MDC Alliance activist, Makomborero Haruzivishe to an effective 14 months in prison for inciting public violence, there were mixed reactions from across the political...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 11:46hrs | 1158 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 974 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 4013 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
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