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Zimbabwe police put elections command centre under lockdown
Police have blocked some major roads around Harare's central business district as tension continues to build over the just ended elections.The roads that were blocked are those leading to the ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
They want Chibaya in jail says Mahere
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere reckons the State is itching to lock up party organising secretary Amos Chibaya following his Saturday arrest alongside 25 ot...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC made loud splash in 2022
THE dawn of 2022, January 24 to be precise, marked the birth of a new political party, the Citizens' Coalition for Change, which has outdone itself in terms of branding and publicity in just one year....Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police thwart Chamisa rally
THOUSANDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters turned Marondera into a sea of yellow in anticipation of a rally that was eventually thwarted by armed anti-riot police officers at Rudhaka ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Mnangagwa's arms deal saga
A highly placed source in the Joint Operations Command (JOC) in Harare has refuted reports that the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently purchased about 3 343 AK-47 assault rifles and a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 16:12hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba exposes military response to protestors
Self-styled Communications strategist William Mutumanje has warned Zimbabweans that the Zimbabwe military has called in reserves to assist in restoring law and order after the Monday violent protests ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police fire teargas at gospel musician's house
Police on Moday fired a teargas at the flat of gospel musician Lorraine Maplanka Stot. Lorraine was indoors with her husband and children.Writing on Facebook Lorraine said, "Police are heartle...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC joins #ShutdownZimbabwe protest
The MDC organizing secretary Amos Chibaya has called upon the structures of his party to join the three day mass protest organized by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions."Noting the arroganc...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 12:26hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa should face justice for crimes against humanity
There is an Shona adage: 'mhosva hairovi', which loosely translated means, 'no one can evade the tentacles of justice'.We have witnessed around the world, numerous people being charged, tried ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Zimbabwe military should abandon Mnangagwa-Chiwenga junta, and stand with the people
As the nation of Zimbabwe commemorated Defence Forces Day on 14 August, it is quite saddening and troubling that the country's military that is supposed to be the people's protector, has, over the cou...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
From whose hands will their blood be required?
Part One Wednesday, 1st August 2018 will forever be a day to forget for many Zimbabweans who found themselves in the Harare City Centre that fateful aft...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 23:19hrs | 1 | by Patrick Tendayi Huni
Zimbabwe elections already disputed?
The MDC Alliance at a press conference announced themselves the winner of the elections and called on ZEC to speed up the results announcements. Speaking for the party, Tendai Biti, who is rep...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Water canons deployed in Harare?
Water canons deployed in Harare, #Zimbabwe. ...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Arrest Chihuri and wife
The retired Commissioner General of Police, Cde Dr Augustine Chihuri must face imminent justice for the crimes he committed whilst in office which tarnished the image of the organisation resulting in ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 13:41hrs | 3 | by The Duly Attested
The Victor Matemadanda story
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa running under the theme, "Zimbabwe: The Morning After", one of those events that you would expect after th...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
People salutes the ZDF but still calls for Zanu-PF to go
Saturday 18 November marks the end of of Robert Gabriel Mugabe who has been tormenting the children of Zimbabwe since 1980. He has been a "goblin" which haunts the whole family "Zimbabweans" while he ...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 10:19hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Reform the police force
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is the national police force of Zimbabwe, known until July 1980 as the British South Africa Police.The force consists of at least 40,000 officers and is head-quart...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 17:40hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
UK Diaspora storm the Zimbabwean embassy in London
Staff at the Zimbabwe embassy in London had to run for cover after a group of Zimbabwean protesters stormed the embassy demanding that "Mugabe must go".The invasion took place on Wednesday 27t...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 21:17hrs | 23 | by Kingstone Jambawo
KFC apologises for Bulawayo fcuk up?
THE official opening of the United States-headquartered fast-food concern, KFC in Bulawayo under its local franchise, KFC Zimbabwe did not go well Saturday as police clashed with Bulawayo residents wh...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police cause violence at KFC Bulawayo
Heavy police, CIOs deployed at KFC with dogs and Israeli made water canons, over a hundred job seekers chased away. MRP secretary for Bulawayo Province arrested and taken to Bulawayo central.M...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'silly twitter movement' can't be stopped
It is said of this season that you can cut all the flowers but you cannot stop spring from coming. And it's amazing, is it not, that what was in the early days described as a "silly twitter movement" ...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Fadzai Mahere
Police ready to pounce
Police seem to be ready to pounce at any demonstrators in Bulawayo as they are currently parking their water canons a the city hall in anticipation of riots erupting....Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Viciousness and brutality have never defeated a people's revolution
I had no plans of writing an article today, but what spurred me to do so was that I have just been watching Sarafina, a touching 1990s movie on the ordinary people's fight against apartheid in South A...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 14:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Makokoba burning
Water canons and riot police have been deployed in Makokoba.Tyres have been set alight by residents....Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 11:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Police deploy water canons on Harare protestors
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has deployed water canons in Epworth, Harare....Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Thousands gather for massive protest in Harare
Thousands of people mainly MDC-T supporters are slowly swelling at the assembly point for a massive protest in Harare.Most of them are dressed in the MDC-T trademark red regalia.MDC-T ...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
President Robert Mugabe a hypocrite par excellence
It took President Robert Mugabe only 24 hours to apologise to the war Vets for being tear gassed and sprayed with water by the police for participating in an unsanctioned meeting. Is it su...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 22:32hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mugabe a leader of G40- MDC-T official
An MDC -T official Chalton Hwende has said President Robert Mugabe is a leader of the G40 faction that is why the war veterans were beaten by the police during their demonstration in Harare on Thursda...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Protestors clash with military police in Egypt
Thousands of protestors clashed with military police on Friday before the Ministry of Defense in Abbasiya district in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, wounding 59 people from both sides, state-run Nile ...Published: 05 May 2012 at 00:35hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Top Cosatu official arrested in Swaziland demonstration
Manzini - Swazi police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a pro-democracy march on Wednesday, arresting a top South African union leader who was going to address the crowd, a protest organis...Published: 07 Sep 2011 at 14:21hrs | | by AFP
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