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Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1076 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Only UN can deal with Gukurahundi'
The United Nations is the most suitable organ to bring the controversial Gukurahundi issue to finality as domestic instruments are not fit to address the issue, a United Kingdom conference recently he...Published: 6 hrs ago | 586 | by STaff reporter
'MDC has militant army deserters'
Commander of the Presidential Guard, Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe says the MDC Alliance has a militant wing that probably consists of army deserters and they were in action during the Augu...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3369 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August killings: I invited the army says police boss Matanga
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has detailed how the army got involved in the 1 August post-election violence that left 6 civilians dead after been gunned down by members of the Zimbabw...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2511 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 7 hrs ago | 738 | by Staf reporter
Commonwealth refuses to endorse Mnangagwa election victory
The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards.The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe wh...Published: 13 hrs ago | 10690 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti back in court
On Monday, the trial of opposition political party leader Tendai Biti commenced at the Harare Magistrates Court. He is being represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights members Beat...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Update on 1 August killings
As the Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence hears evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police today we give you an update of the hea...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3598 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Deadly violence after lobola money disappears
AN injiva who had just arrived from South Africa allegedly thumped his relative with a log and he died a few hours later following a row over R2 000 meant for lobola that allegedly went missing from h...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1811 | by Staff reporter
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1374 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe commission probe team inspects Zanu-PF HQ
Commissioners inquiring into the post election violence this Sunday inspected the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare, one of the places affected by the August 1 skirmishes.The commission sought to...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:19hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi pushes for Chamisa, Mnangagwa deal
Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader Bishop Dr Nehemiah Mutendi has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and all opposing voices for the go...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:14hrs | 6453 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe Commission meets ZDF, Police tomorrow
THE Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence will hear evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police tomorrow.President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:30hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora speaks on MDC demos
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has called upon the MDC members to join the demonstrations despite governments warning that they will respond harshly...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 08:07hrs | 2077 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa ally makes history
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made history by becoming one of the only two women who occupy the Defence portfolio in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region.Ac...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:46hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
Latest on 1 August killings Inquest
The Kgalema Mohlante led Commission of inquiry on Saturday landed in Mutare to conduct the inquest meetings.Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum correspondent gave us the updates on what transpired...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 13:03hrs | 7513 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man goes berserk, attacks wife at court
A 44-year-old man went berserk yesterday and attacked his wife in the glaring view of court officials after he lost a $42 000 maintenance case.Livieson Pamuchigere slapped and attempted to str...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:57hrs | 2451 | by Staff reporter
Marange diamond comes under the spotlight in Brussels
Human rights abuses in Marange and plans by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to rope in artisanal miners risk putting the country on the agenda of the Kimberley Process Certification S...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 2976 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Loser's one punch 'kills' gambler
A "SORE-LOSER" in Matobo District allegedly felled a gambler he had lost money to with one punch, leading to the man's death in hospital three days later. Lizwe Mlalazi (37) of Bhalagwe villag...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | 427 | by Staf reporter
'MDC want to unseat elected ED' - who elected him, even ZEC failed to verify its own result
President Mnangagwa rigged the 30 July 2018 elections cocksure his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would deliver economic recover. Sadly, that has no happened, the flood of investors has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:43hrs | 4355 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabweans should shun MDC demonstrations
At a moment when the economy is facing temporary economic challenges, the opposition has decided to politicise the situation, blaming Government for failing to redress these challenges. It has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 09:53hrs | 3456 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Zimbabwe's 'Black Gold', no rush plus capital wagging State's tail
THE government of Zimbabwe held a Press conference at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa initially announced that a private company, Invictus, had made oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani district. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 348 | by Takura Zhangazha
Give peace a chance
The immediate past government of Robert Mugabe assembled a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) mandated to investigate and make recommendations on past injustices in Zimbabwe. The need...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1118 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Defining and identifying the new leadership trajectory in MDC-T
The last days of President Morgan Tsvangirai will always be remembered as the episode when the truth was the biggest casualty as the succession debate moved from his office to his death bed. After a w...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2109 | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda
Trevor Ncube, Cain Mathema clash over demos.
Media mogul Trevor Ncube has clashed with Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage over the later's statements that the government will crush any demonstration organised by the opposition. ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:30hrs | 3324 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Husband 'killer' claims dead man stabbed self
A 27 YEAR-OLD Beitbridge woman who allegedly killed her 50-year-old husband by kicking him on his privates before finishing him off by stabbing him with a kitchen knife during a fight over money for r...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
'Anti-Mnangagwa protests to be crushed'
Government has put in place security measures to deal with malcontents planning to disturb the peace prevailing in the country through illegal demonstrations, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minis...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 04:02hrs | 7649 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu issued with a warrant of arrest
FORMER Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest by a Bulawayo magistrate after he failed to attend court to testify in a case where Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhla...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:27hrs | 6641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns against demonstrations
The Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Ambassador Cain Mathema has warned some political leaders and civic organisations planning to unseat a constitutionally elected government through i...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 6185 | by Staff reporter
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 402 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
Motlanthe Commission chief witness attacked
One of the key witnesses in the Kgalema Motlanthe led Commission of Inquiry Makomborero Haruzivishe has reported that he has been attacked by six unknown assailants in Harare. "I have just be...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 19:30hrs | 5541 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCTU demo: Ruling today
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leadership and some activists who appeared in court on charges of organising illegal demonstrations last week have applied for refusal of placement on rema...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:22hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa guns for Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday started mobilising his supporters for a proposed march to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for allegedly rigging the July 30 elections....Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:07hrs | 5087 | by Staff reporter
The view from up here
Stalin's Chicken Part One: The case of Zimbabwe Just as axiety.org describes Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Jos...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 19:03hrs | 1195 | by Peter Muzira
Sanctions a convenient scapegoat for Zimbabwe’s political elite
One of the issues that has dominated the Zimbabwe political landscape for a while is the matter of sanctions, with campaigners for their removal saying they are holding back Zimbabwe, but I argue this...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 17:48hrs | 616 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa must appear before Inquiry into August killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must appear before the Kgalema Motlanthe led commission of inquiry probing the post-election violence which left six people dead and several others injured in Harare on 1 ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:29hrs | 2294 | by newzimbabwe
ZCTU leaders ask court to drop public violence charges against them
SEVEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders on Tuesday 30 October 2018 petitioned a Zimbabwean court seeking an order dropping public violence charges against the unionists after arguing th...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:47hrs | 467 | by Stephen Jakes
'Motlanthe commission a public stunt'
The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of pulling a publicity stunt by bringing to Bulawayo the commission of inquiry hearing into the post-election violence that led to...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu victory a reflection of the turning political landscape
One primary reason why young people are cynical or even repulsed at the thought of politics is because of its mental turn off.Watching your entire future being plundered by some old out-of-tou...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:27hrs | 1112 | by Roy Muroyi
Mnangagwa's aide in stormy farm wrangle
Deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga, has been embroiled in a nasty farm wrangle in Bindura, following a boundary dispute which has spilled into the High Court....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:01hrs | 1907 | by Staff Reporter
Strive Masiyiwa backs 'sincere' Mnangagwa
ECONET founder and executive chairman Strive Masiyiwa has said he believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa is sincere in what he is trying to do to turn Zimbabwe's crippled economy around.Speakin...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1842 | by newzimbabwe.com
Duo murders colleague over $100
Police in Mashonaland Central arrested two artisanal miners in Nyakapupu, Guruve under chief Bepura who allegedly murdered their colleague after accusing him of stealing US$100 last week.Brian...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 19:18hrs | 1344 | by Simbarashe Sithole
National Hero's son calls for an International Gukurahundi Commission of Inquiry
Siphosami Malunga the son of the late National Hero Sydney Malunga has called for an International Commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi massacre that claimed the lives of an estimated 20 000 peo...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 16:21hrs | 2133 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC at 19: A trail of destruction and failure
Naturally in life when a person turns 19 he or she is considered an adult as he or she can exercise their right to vote, marry and be employed without violating any laws such as child labour. This is ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 15:39hrs | 1111 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa's crackdown on dissent stepped up
THE Police have stepped up their crackdown against perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after arresting and charging a Bulawayo man with undermining his authority.Wisdom Mkwanan...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bravado and inauguration ceremony
THE farcical "inauguration" of MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as president of the country during the party's 19th anniversary celebrations in Harare at the weekend did more harm to the troubled oppositi...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:21hrs | 2105 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe must be laughing as military junta fails & falls apart
When they violently seized political power through a military coup, it was as if they were saying to former President Robert Mugabe, we want you to live and see how things are done as far as running&n...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 07:39hrs | 12658 | by Israel Dube
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