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Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's liberation pilgrimage
In my previous instalment in this publication, I indicated that Zimbabwe's independence history is connected to that of all post-colonial African nations. Likewise, Africa's liberation is also grounde...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:58hrs | 143 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Senior cop nabbed for demanding US$300 bribe
A bribe-taking Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer Sergeant Seventeen Patrol (34) based at ZRP Nyamapanda station has been arrested for abuse of office charges after he allegedly demanded US$300 fr...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1505 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole/ Tarisai Mudahondo
Police on high alert
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday.This comes after President Emmer...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Police warn lockdown violators
POLICE have warned the public, including visitors to the country, to comply with COVID-19 safety and health measures during the Easter holidays or face arrest.In a statement, national police s...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:24hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt one of the worst in the world'
THE United States has adjudged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as one of the worst administrations in terms of human rights violations in the world.This came out in a report titled 4...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
Reckless drivers to lose licences
RECKLESS drivers who routinely violate road regulations will have their driver's licences revoked under a new system set to be introduced by the Government soon.Authorities are preparing to ro...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
'Security agents worst human rights violators'
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has exposed State security agents in the country as the worst violators of human rights in the month of February.The report released on Satur...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot at lockdown violators
POLICE in Mvurwi on Monday had to shoot at alleged violators of Covid-19 lockdown measures to stop them from fleeing.No one was injured.The alleged violators were gathered at a homeste...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:17hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors decry police harassment
INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo are complaining of police brutality amid claims that some law enforcement agents are demanding bribes to allow them to operate in the cityduring the lockdown.S...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Police holding cells 'super-spreaders'
POLICE holding cells in Zimbabwe could be Covid-19 super-spreaders owing to the conditions at most of the country's police cells.Standardpeople yesterday witnessed Covid-19 violators, most of ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:51hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police impound 95 cars
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 95 vehicles from motorists, including pirate taxis, for defying the level 4 lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country has of...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Police issue fresh warning to curfew violators
POLICE have stepped up their clampdown on people violating the current dusk-to-dawn curfew - warning that only those providing essential services would be allowed passage at roadblocks during curfew h...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound curfew violators' cars
POLICE yesterday warned violators of the 6PM to 6AM curfew, saying that they will be out in full force to ensure full compliance with lockdown regulations. Both defiant motorists and pedestria...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Police descend hard on curfew violators
Police are tightening enforcement of the curfew, at present between 6pm and 6am, and those breaking it now have higher risk of arrest and impoundment of any vehicle they might be using. Only e...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Police descend on illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 80 vehicles for illegally transporting people in violation of lockdown regulations. The mushikashika vehicles as they are known, have topped the lis...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police deploy water cannons
POLICE in Bulawayo have upped their fight against lockdown violators by deploying water cannons in the central business district to disperse loitering people.This comes after police said nearl...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 3673 | by Staff reporter
We look up to the MDC Alliance
After successfully submitting my doctoral disquisition in October 2019, I thought of taking a three-month break as I waited for my examiners' feedback. This meant travelling to South Africa where my w...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2820 | by Mutsa Murenje in Queensland, Australia
Mnangagwa's govt has no strategy beyond lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has no comprehensive Covid-19 plan beyond the strict 30-day lockdown triggered by a recent spike in cases, spelling trouble in the health sector for his broke...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:38hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group blasts Chiwenga's 'elitist' lockdown measures
BULAWAYO pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu says the current Covid-19 lockdown measures recently announced will not achieve desired results because of government's elitist approach to the situation....Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown violator rams into police drums
POLICE officers manning a roadblock in Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after a speeding motorist ploughed into barricades resulting in his car veering off the road and uprooting a street light. ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, police leading human rights violators'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have been ranked top in the violation of human rights which occurred in December last year, latest findings by the Zimbabwe Peace Projec...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
$7bn for Covid-19 response
Government has set aside $7 billion for the heightened fight against Covid-19, with authorities yesterday calling for the tightening of restrictions to control the geographical spread of the virus. ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
President Mohadi warns violators
Security forces and health officials will be on high alert to ensure full compliance with Covid-19 regulations and curtail crowding of people at supermarkets and water points among other areas, Acting...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Police boss 'savagely' assaults teacher over curfew violation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer-in-charge at Zaka police camp has earned public scorn after he allegedly beat up a teacher for allegedly violating the Covid-19 curfew regulations.As...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 17:01hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
US demands free 2023 Zimbabwe elections
THE United States yesterday said Zimbabwe should complete its electoral reform process to set the stage for free and fair 2023 general elections.The US also castigated Zimbabwe for indefinitel...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 4107 | by Staff reporter
What next after anti-sanctions march?
ZIMBABWE on Saturday held an e-gala in Bulawayo to demand the removal of sanctions imposed by the West over human rights violations. Several Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and African U...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe cops throw teargas into a bus
PASSENGERS, among them elderly women and children were Monday forced to scramble out of a fully loaded 75-seater bus at a Harare Showgrounds bus stop after a female police officer discharged a tearsmo...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:27hrs | 3589 | by Staff reporter
US keenly watching Mnangagwa
THE United States government says it is keenly watching how President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was upholding constitutionalism, basic human rights and the rule of law.The statement ...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
'Catholic priests statement crafted by MDC'
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that a recent hard-hitting letter written by Catholic Bishops was full of MDC Alliance vitriol, raising suspicion it could have been written by opposition party leaders Nelso...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2380 | by Staff reporter
Police call for attitude change
POLICE have raised concern over the reckless behaviour of some members of the public who continue to violate the Covid-19 lockdown regulations. As at yesterday, 133 407 people had been arreste...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:11hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's address of the nation inhumane: MDA leader
Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance leader Hloniphani Ncube has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's utterances on the so called state of the nation address are inhuman, not presidential material, incisive a...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1027 | by Stephen Jakes
'State-sponsored violence peaked in July'
THE month of July marked a peak in State-sponsored human rights violations on defenceless citizens, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) noted in its latest report released this week.In the report...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:11hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests leaders flee their homes
MANY leading players in the planned month-end anti-government mass protests have fled their homes as raids on their residences by suspected State agents continue.This comes as authorities and ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 7386 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's gvt is shooting itself in the foot'
THE government is scoring an own goal by being seen to be cracking down unjustly on the organisers of the planned July 31 mass protests and other critics, political analysts and rights groups told the...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:31hrs | 3295 | by Staff reporter
'July 31 protesters will be jailed'
AS THE economy continues to tank amid rampant public sector corruption, opposition parties have upped the ante by mobilising for July 31 anti-government protests.Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyam...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4217 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to handle 31 July protesters as terrorists'
JITTERY authorities have once again warned the opposition and civil society groups planning to hold unsanctioned mass demonstrations on July 31 that they will be treated like terrorists and likely end...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
186 arrested in Nkayi for breaking Coronavirus regulations
Zimbabwe Republic Police in Nkayi have reported that they have arrested 186 people for violating COVID-19 lockdown measures.According to the police the arrested persons were found carrying out...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 15:26hrs | 1420 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe arrests 100,000 for 'violations' of lockdown measures
More than 105,000 people have been arrested in Zimbabwe since March for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, police say.Around 1,000 were arrested in the last two ...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to stop at nothing in arresting corruption, SB Moyo
President Mnangagwa, at the coming in of the new dispensation, pledged to fight corruption and true to his word, the Government will stop at nothing in arresting graft and dealing with economic sabote...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police top list of rights violators
HUMAN rights lobby group, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the government of fostering tyranny masked as enforcement of lockdown to curb the spread of COV1D-19 as human rights violation cases ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 09:36hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
MDC Allaince laments doggy govt behaviour in dealing with human rights violators
MDC Secretary for International Relations Gladys Hlatshwayo has lamented the doggy behaviour of the ruling Zanu PF government in dealing with the human rights violators making them to go scort free af...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1502 | by Stephen Jakes
'Army, police receiving lockdown bribes'
MEMBERS of the military and police countrywide are reportedly receiving cash bribes from lockdown violators during deployment, findings by a regional civic society group have revealed.The rese...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Slain lockdown violator's family sues govt
RELATIVES of a Bulawayo man who succumbed to police assault injuries on the first day of the national lockdown in March have filed a notice of intent to sue the government for the incident.The...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt agonises over lockdown violations
GOVERNMENT has threatened tough measures on lockdown violators, especially in high-density suburbs. Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said there was concern over illegal parties and sheb...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
800 plus vehicles impounded for violating Covid-19 regulation
A TOTAL of 14 774 people were arrested countrywide for violating Covid-19 orders since the beginning of the lockdown period on March 31. Statistics obtained from the Police General Headquarter...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:39hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Residents squeal over army torture
CHIREDZI residents are now living in fear of army brutality as soldiers patrolling the streets late at night are beating up people and taking some of them to unknown destinations.The soldiers ...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:15hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aide threatens state clampdown on lockdown violators
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide George Charamba has threatened that government would be forced to take extraordinary measures if the people continue to ignore the 21-day lockdown rules.Mna...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Charamba threatens state clampdown on lockdown violators
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide George Charamba has threatened that government would be forced to take extraordinary measures if the people continue to ignore the 21-day lockdown rules.Mna...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:50hrs | 2461 | by Moyo Roy
Cops descend on lock-down violators
POLICE have, as per their recent warning, increased the number of roadblocks in the country - stopping and sending back both motorists and passengers in Zupco buses without a good reason to be on the ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 12:03hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
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