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The closure of VoA Studio 7 is a victory for tyranny in Zimbabwe!
The oppressed people of Zimbabwe have lost another voice! The closure of the Voice of America (VoA), particularly its Zimbabwe-focused service Studio 7, marks a dark and devastating chapter fo...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:00hrs | 1096 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Voice of America dismantled over propaganda claims
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical".A White House statement said th...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 10:15hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
VOA journalist takes justice into her own hands in Bulawayo
Bulawayo-based journalist Annahstacia Ndlovu, a correspondent for Voice of America (VOA), was forced to take matters into her own hands last week when she encountered one of the men who allegedly assa...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:55hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Musk calls for shut down Voice of America, Radio Free Europe
United States billionaire Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has called for the shutdown of U.S. government-funded propaganda machines Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Voi...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 14:42hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya also used same forger as Gift Banda?
Former ZIFA vice president Gift Banda was granted US$500 bail by a Bulawayo court on Friday following his arrest for allegedly forging an Ordinary Level certificate.Banda, 55, walked the short...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:20hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
ZMC threatens to muzzle the press on Gukurahundi genocide reporting
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, says media houses which refuse to sign the controversial code of conduct produced by the commission and an unrepresentative...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:09hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 20 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe seeks to control Gukurahundi genocide coverage process
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chair Professor Ruby Magosvongwe says media houses which refuse to sign the controversial code of conduct produced by the commission and an unrepresentative clique ...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 20:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition astray?
On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoi...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:20hrs | 17 | by Ish Mafundikwa
America blasted for its double stadards on elections
Political analysts have sharply criticized the United States (US) for its disparate treatment of African nations, particularly in the realm of congratulatory messages following elections.The l...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 15:58hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
US diplomat outlines an ambitious vision for Zimbabwe
BOTTOM LINE- The US Embassy in Harare has identified the potential for Zimbabwe to become a growth hub for Southern Africa.- This is a curious conclusion to draw given the fact that Zi...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 18:33hrs | 30 | by Michael Walsh
Baby snatched by baboon survives after brave mum chases after animal
A mother has told how she chased after a baboon and forced it to give up its unusual prey - her 18-month-old son.Petronella Moyo was doing cleaning her house in West Nicholson on November 16 w...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Anti-Zimbabwe' journalists blocked from covering elections
Zimbabwean authorities have barred Voice Of America (VOA) journalists from covering Wednesday's general election in yet another incident involving purging of foreign media viewed unfriendly to the Zan...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 18:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
US doubts Zimbabwe will hold free and fair polls
In an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), US Department of State assistant secretary Molly Phee said there have been troubling patterns that affect the credibility of the polls.The Unit...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:23hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Court disputes have dampened the election spirit in Zimbabwe
The election spirit in Zimbabwe has been dampened by 133 election court disputes.There were also high court judgments, which barred independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere, and ...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Voice Of America journalist arrested over unlicensed drone in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Republic Police has detained Voice Of America journalist Columbus Mavhunga over an incident involving a drone.The police confirmed that investigations are being conducted in connectio...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T suffers big blow
The MDC-T on Tuesday lost its bid to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to register 87 of its aspiring MPs who were rejected by the nomination court on June 21 after failing to pay candidat...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 19:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sithole's family surprised by Mnangagwa's decision
GOVERNMENT's decision to not acknowledge or mourn late national hero Ndabaningi Sithole upon his death in 2000 had been hurting his family for the past 23 years, Sifiso Sithole Barrow has said....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
US embassy refuses to back down after spat with Zimbabwe
The United States embassy in Harare has refused to back down over tweets urging Zimbabweans to register and vote after its top diplomat was summoned to a meeting at the foreign affairs ministry on Tue...Published: 31 May 2023 at 20:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers cry for Indaba with Mnangagwa
THE mantra ‘‘leaving no place and no one behind'' as touted by the incumbent Second Republic Government in its national development policies must surely inspire all of us Zimbabweans to march into...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay barred from Zanu-PF congress over 'fiction articles'
Zanu-PF has refused to accredit NewsDay journalists to cover its elective congress which begins today in the capital.Party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said the party's politburo meetin...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't 'tag' journalists based on their media house
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has questioned ‘tagging' of journalists by naming their media houses in Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) accreditation cards saying this exposes them to harass...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC admits journalist assault by party security
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has admitted its party security assaulted NewsHawks journalist Ruvimbo Muchenje when the scribe was making her way into Gadzema Grounds, venue for party leader Nels...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC supporters attack 'independent' journalists
CCC supporters yesterday beat up two journalists that wanted to cover the party's rally addressed by Nelson Chamisa at Gadzema Stadium in Chinhoyi. News Hawks' Ruvimbo Muchenje and Voice of Am...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'There is room to improve conduct of elections' says ZCC – were rigged but will never admit, what a waste
In 2018 the EU Election Observer Mission stated in its final report that "the electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | 13 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Deutsche Welle
'West funding teachers unions to destabilise Zimbabwe govt'
Acting Public Service minister Paul Mavima on Wednesday accused foreign countries of funding teachers unions to destabilise the Zanu-PF government through recurrent salary strikes.In an interv...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, army inseparable'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it would continue banking on the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) for political survival because the two are tied together by the liberat...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa blasts Studio 7 for fronting American interference
Zanu-PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa has singled out The Voice of America (VOA) station popularly known as Studio 7, as a propaganda mouthpiece for the hostile American government.Chinam...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
South Africa shuts illegal immigrants from Covid-19 vaccination roll out
South Africa, which will take delivery of its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India on Monday, has sparked controversy after declaring it will exclude millions of undocumented immigrants from it...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by crisisgroup
Xenophobic attacks simmer up in South Africa
What started up as a mere smear on "foreign" truck drivers in Kwazulu-natal South Africa a few weeks ago has now turned into a national attack on foreigners.Yesterday a fire mysteriously set a...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:02hrs | | by Daniel Itai, Johannesburg South Africa
Abduction claims point to anti-Zimbabwe agenda
THE dismissal as falsehoods by a local non-governmental organisation some reports of abductions of civil society and opposition members allegedly by State security agents all but confirms a sinister a...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Editorial - Chronicle
NGO dismisses Zimbabwe abduction claims
FORMER Co-Minister of State for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration during the inclusive Government and founding member of the MDC, Mrs Sekai Holland, has said some reports of abduction o...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Mphoko flees poisonous injection
Zimbabwe's former vice president on Monday fled from anti-corruption after being tipped off that if he is detained, he will be injected with a poisonous substance.Phelekezela Mphoko, 79, who s...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Politicisation of food on the increase: ZPP
POLITICISATION of food aid is on the increase countrywide, with Zanu-PF activists and war veterans being mentioned as the chief culprits, the Zimbabwe Peace Project has said in its latest report....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZHRO walk for freedom 2019
The ZHRO leadership has advised that the Walk for Freedom 2019 will take place on the 10th of August 2019. The walk will be from Brighton to London. It will be a 105km walk. The dest...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 15:31hrs | | by ZHRO Team
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 129 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Mnangagwa wins approval ratings?
It was a twar. That is the colloquial term for Twitter "war" as social media users on the microblogging site call it. This time, beginning some 48 hours ago, Zimbabweans (or Twimbos) engaged in a "war...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions the ultimate disaster
On Wednesday March 20, The Washington Post published an article written by Tatenda Chitagu, Paul Schemm and Siobhan O. Grady entitled; "It was too late . . . Hundreds are dead as rescue efforts stall ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:34hrs | 2 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Chamisa to meet Mugabe at Blue roof in the next few days
The opposition MDC has confirmed that it's leader Nelson Chamisa will be meeting with former President Robed Mugabe in the next few days, zwnews has confirmed. Speaking on Voice Of America's S...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance row over contestable posts
A RIFT has emerged in the MDC-Alliance on which posts would be contested during the forthcoming congress with party president Nelson Chamisa's camp saying only four were up for grabs while secretary g...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC leader fears another party split
MDC-Alliance deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri yesterday said the forthcoming opposition party's congress in May could split the party due to factional fights. MDC-Alliance, led by Nelson Chamis...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa must continue travelling
When the US-EU imperialist media and propaganda apparatus looks back at this era, their expert historians, writers, and political pundits, will be forced to admit traditional white supremacist arrogan...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:07hrs | | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Strive Masiyiwa struggles to stomach criticism
In what started as a routine interview with continental business television channel CNBC Africa, Strive Masiyiwa, Econet founder and Executive Chairman describes the political changes being witnessed ...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 11 | by Willliam Muchayi
'I almost died for supporting Masiyiwa' says Top Journalist
Voice of America journalist Blessing Zulu has came out guns blazing accusing Strive Masiyiwa of re-writing history by saying no one stood for him when he was allegedly persecuted for seeking a Telecom...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa will not be tricked into a GNU with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he will not be "tricked" into a government of national unity (GNU) like what happened with the party's founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai, in 2008.Chamisa pou...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 15:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect the man on the street sir
The newly appointed United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Brian Nicholas had an interesting interview with one of the pirate radio stations, Voice of America, wherein he was very economic with the ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba
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