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Zesa to hike electricity tariffs in line with interbank rates
STATE power utility, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is mulling a tariff hike, it has emerged.This despite screams to the contrary following social media reports that Zesa was...Published: 7 hrs ago | 320 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa threatens to overthrow Mnangagwa's govt?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party will soon be exerting more pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government until they come to the negotiating table to resolve the countryﾒs ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 6497 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fire brigade defies odds
Zimbabwe's widely respected fire brigade usually tackles house fires and traffic accidents, but it became a symbol of the regime during anti-government demonstrations that turned into violent looting ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 880 | by Ben Sheppard I AFP
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 151 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
The voice of reason from an MDC veteran
Contesting a post in any political structure is legitimising the plebiscite processes.W inning a post in a Mass party is secondary but laying a democratic foundation. We need to leave a legacy for the...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1129 | by Henry Madiro
Robbers pounce on Buyanga's gold-carrying sports utility in South Africa
African Medallion Group founder Frank Buyanga has condemned the shooting of two guards after 10 robbers pounced on his Toyota Land Cruiser in an attempt to steal gold in Boksburg, South Africa....Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:50hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs warn that govt may have to exhume Cyclone Idia bodies
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Fury over burial of cyclone victims
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa descends in Bulawayo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will arrive in Bulawayo on Thursday to meet with the second largest City's Civil Society Organisations. The Ministry of information Publicity and Broadcasting serv...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1600 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa plans to stop using army in demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government's plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:10hrs | 6833 | by Staff reporter
This is not it Mr Mnangagwa!
LAST WEEK, at long last, seven long months after last year's August 1 killings that claimed at least six lives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa finally admitted he deployed the army on the fateful day....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4890 | by Editorial - Daily News
Mnangagwa to splash on riot gear
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government’s plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations. ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:41hrs | 7717 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP seeks removal from remand
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance) yesterday notified the court that she would demand her removal from remand if she is not given a trial date on her next remand date.Mamombe,...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1956 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe in the dock
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC-Alliance), who is facing charges of subversion, yesterday appeared in court, with her lawyer indicating his intention to file an application for the temporary...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 1441 | by Staff rpeorter
Crime in Harare increases
There appears to have been a major increase in crime, including violent crime, in Harare, judging by reports received by Safeguard Security from its customers and other sources.In an update to...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 14:31hrs | 3410 | by Agencies
Heal Zimbabwe speaks on the arrest of Rashid Mahiya
Heal Zimbabwe takes great concern over the allegations leveled against Rashid Mahiya who is the Executive Director of Heal Zimbabwe and the Chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. He was arre...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1442 | by Heal Zimbabwe
MDC told to divorce G40 members
Journalist Mr Brighton Musonza has called upon the leadership of MDC Alliance to disassociate themselves from the former member of a ZANU PF faction known as the G40.G40 was fronted by Exiled ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:28hrs | 7034 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Zimbabwe Army joins the masses
The Zimbabwe National Army has been commended for standing with the people during the trying times of Cyclone Idai that has left 98 dead and hundreds missing....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | 16717 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF mocks doctors...as Cyclone Idai kills 98
In a thinly veiled attack on the Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR), Zanu-PF has called on doctors to come out and help the victims of Cyclone Idai as they did to the victims of Shutdown Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 7336 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere threatens, Zanu-PF ruffled
THERE are real fears that both the ruling party and the country could be entering a new phase of significant political turmoil leading to the 2023 national elections, the Daily News can report....Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | 2677 | by Staff reporter
US 2018 Human rights report on Zimbabwe biased
Last week the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour released its 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. An examination of the report shows a fair vi...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:12hrs | 791 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa turns to rebels, as fight for MDC leadership hits the home stretch
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has effectively dumped his party long-standing Masvingo provincial chairman James Gumbi and thrown his weight behind a faction of returning rebels led by lawyer To...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | 5107 | by newzimbabwe
We cannot blame Nelson Chamisa without blaming all of us
We are under sanctions from the United States, the European Union and other Western outposts like Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and the ruin of the sanctions is without doubt. Our industr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2348 | by Reason Wafawarova
'More Zimbabweans in exile under Mnangagwa than there were during Mugabe's rule'
MORE Zimbabweans have been driven into exile by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration than under his predecessor former President Robert Mugabe, an opposition activist has said.Promise...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 473 | by newzimbabwe
Fuel prices up by 8 cents
Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | 1823 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 788 | by Ben Shepherd
Kasukuwere announces return to exile?
FUGITIVE ex-cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has virtually announced his return to exile through dismissive comments and threats targeted at President Emmerson Mnangagwa whom he describes as a dict...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:14hrs | 7802 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's PR bid a futile exercise, say analysts
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to employ a public relations consultancy firm to lobby for the scrapping of United States sanctions is futile as the real solution lies in imp...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamonds to be classified as conflict gems?
THE 69th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) has resolved to include a discussion on whether Zimbabwean diamonds should be classified as conflict gems during the inter-governmental organisation...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slides into new authoritarianism
The assessment of Zimbabwe's "Second Republic" under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been overshadowed by the violence of August 1 2018 and mid-January 2019. On both occasions, Zimbabwe's military in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:10hrs | 381 | by Derek Matyszak
Time to feed hungry nation, not globetrotting
THE government is appealing for US$3,2 billion emergency assistance in the middle of a drought which is set to worsen the vulnerability of long-suffering Zimbabweans, the majority of whom are already ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:07hrs | 137 | by Owen Gagare
Lumumba speaks on his support for Chamisa and Mnangagwa
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje says he is an ardent supporter of President Emmerson Mnangagwa although he is sold out to Chamisa also.Mutumanje cleared the air a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 13:11hrs | 7362 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to spy on NGOs bank accounts
GOVERNMENT has announced it will start spying on civil society organisations' bank accounts, in what it claims is aimed at plugging loopholes and stop the financing terrorism in the country.Pr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:05hrs | 3719 | by newzimbabwe
Cop 'killer' protestor on the run
ONE of the two men who was allegedly part of a group of rogue protestors who stoned a police officer to death during violent demonstrations in Bulawayo has skipped bail and is now on the run. ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:56hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Government values human rights
Human rights are defined as freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled, and these often include the rights to life, liberty, equality, freedom of expression and many others.The...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | 570 | by Peacemaker Zano
Biti opens up on Mnangagwa's 476 days in office
MDC Deputy National Chairperson Tendai Biti says Mnangagwa's 476 days since he took office after a bloody coup in November 2017 have been characterized by corruption, rape and killing.Said Bit...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 15:22hrs | 6326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans warned of Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai, which has reportedly killed 10 people in Mozambique is expected to hit the country this evening. In a statement, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the tropical...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:18hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
'ShutDownZimbabwe protest organisers liable to compensate victims'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday told Parliament that the Public Order Security Act (Posa) compels organisers of demonstrations to compensate for the loss of property and lives.His c...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:30hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs hail Mugabe as 'humane', slams Mnangagwa
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was more "humane" than current Zanu-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa, an opposition MP has said.Contributing to debate on Mnangagwa's statement notifying P...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1186 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa gives reasons why he deployed the army against rioters
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described citizens who demonstrated last August and January this year only to meet with live ammunition from the army as "criminals who had violated the rights of othe...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 2976 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 973 | by Human Rights Watch
'RTGS dollar to gain value'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the country's financial situation is improving with the newly introduced RTGS dollar set to gain more value on the back of on-go...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Police release MDC leader
The MDC National Spokesperson Cllr Jacob Mafume has been released by the police after spending hours being interrogated.Mafume was released without charge after police indicated they would cal...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2832 | by Mandla Ndlovu
November 2017: Wharton is being dishonest
This month former American Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bruce Wharton and former American Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield published an article on the Zimbabwe's 2017 transition from the old ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1491 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Police moves to ban machete gangs
POLICE in Matabeleland South have banned the public from carrying an assortment of material deemed dangerous that include machetes, okapi knives, swords, daggers, catapults, knobkerries and spears....Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:15hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Zimra avails $250 000 for border repairs
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) expects to spend $250 000 on repairing infrastructure at Beitbridge Border Post damaged by violent storms. Zimra's head of communications, Mr Francis Chi...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
'Scare tactics will not work'
The continued clampdown and arbitrary arrest of civic leaders and opposition Members of Parliament in the aftermath of the January 14 to 16 stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (Z...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | 825 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 588 | by Desmond Chingarande
Zimbabwe hits Mugabe replay button
The Zimbabwe government has scored a first for the country. But it won't win any applause for this milestone. Our tiresome neighbour has managed for the first time to charge a woman with treason....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 826 | by Peta Thornycroft
Zimbabwe army is untouchable, says Matemadanda
DEPUTY Defense Minister Victor Matemadanda wants government to arrest anyone who claims the army was responsible for rape and abuses during the violent protests that rocked the country in January....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1149 | by newzimbabwe
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