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Chamisa claims Africa's electoral system is a big circus
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has slammed Africa's electoral system as a "big circus if not an embarrassment to the continent", hence the recurrence of disputed polls.In his 50...Published: 1 hr ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 2 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for the orphan this winter
Very soon some orphans, lonely widows and the neglected elderly will be shivering like reeds in flooded rivers because of the cold. It is that time of the year when those in better situations should s...Published: 2 hrs ago | 46 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through alleged harassment.Harare West MP Joanna Ma...Published: 2 hrs ago | 352 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa says 'Africa must pursue economic integration'
President Mnangagwa has challenged Africa to pursue the vision of the founding fathers and promote economic integration and sustainable development for the continent. In his address to the nat...Published: 2 hrs ago | 63 | by Staff reporter
Kariba women under siege from baboons
Baboons are causing havoc to Kariba residents where women are major causalities in the resort town here.This has been part of challenges faced during Covid 19 lockdown that kicked off late Mar...Published: 12 hrs ago | 850 | by Naume Muza
Nick Mangwana our Joseph Goebbels: Where is Itai Dzamara?
Your nauseating article of today should put even Lucifer to shame. You must tell us where activist Itai Dzamara is. Is Itai Dzamara still stage-managing his ongoing abduction? If your government is go...Published: 13 hrs ago | 821 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulilima West MP distribute PPEs in Plumtree
Bulilima West Zanu PF legislator Dingumuzi Phuti today distributed personal protective equipment to frontline workers in various clinics in the district."Today I handed over sanitisers, fac...Published: 24 hrs ago | 288 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 4455 | by Staff reporter
Arrested journalists to spend four nights in remand prison
Two journalists arrested for trying to interview three hospitalised MDC Alliance activists will spend at least four nights in remand prison after they were denied bail yesterday.Frank Chikowor...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:55hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Suspends Energy Mutodi
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province has suspended recently sacked Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi from conducting any ruling party business in the province as he awaits disciplinary action...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Are the West suckers for cheap propaganda?
ONE question that people who accuse the Government of Zimbabwe of complicity in the alleged abduction and torture of citizens have not attempted to answer is: For what benefit?What does the Go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 226 | by Nick Mangwana
More trouble for Energy Mutodi
Woes continue to mount for dismissed Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi after Zanu-PF Mashonaland East issued him with a prohibition order.The decis...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Malaria cases go down
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo has revealed that malaria cases have gone down by 18 percent countrywide this week following government's interventions in hardest hit areas.The government has bee...Published: 23 May 2020 at 20:43hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 5815 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to arrest MDC officials' tormentors
CIVIC organisations yesterday called on government to institute thorough investigations into allegations of sexual abuse and torture of MDC Alliance officials by State security agents.Harare W...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:53hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopening date set
Zimbabwean universities will be re-opening from June 1, but only final year students will be on campus with the rest learning remotely using virtual and distance education and most activity online. By...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
Thieves crash in getaway car
TWO men from Bulawayo who were court on camera stealing from a vehicle in Gwanda were arrested after their getaway car was involved in an accident during a speed chase. Mpilwenhle Ndlovu (35) ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3788 | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi fire tender under probe over Banket hospital inferno
CHINHOYI - The Government has instructed a probe into Chinhoyi municipality fire brigade after it failed to react to put down ravaging fire that destroyed a drug room at Banket district hospital on We...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:31hrs | 445 | by Naume Muza
West advises Mnangagwa to talk to Chamisa
The United States of America and the European Union have implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myriad of challenges. In a joint statement, which was also supported ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 9345 | by Staff reporter
Father of MDC activist won't forgive brutal security agents
HENRY Chimbiri, the father of MDC-Alliance activist Cecilia Chimbiri (pictured), who was reportedly abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents, says he broke down when he first saw his 3...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (II)
IT is important to analyse why Zimbabwe was successful in the first two decades of Independence, and became a failure in the second two decades. One fundamental reason is that the whole nation was uni...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 897 | by Fay Chung
MDC-Alliance abductions unsettle top police officers
MISTRUST and suspicion have intensified within the police in the wake of the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC-Alliance youth leaders with panicky commanders this week taking extraordinary me...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 3532 | by Staff reporter
'Over-reliance on China to derail Zimbabwe recovery'
ZIMBABWE is highly exposed to any sharp economic slowdown in China due to what will likely be an overreliance on the Asian economic powerhouse for financial support.There are fears the escalating ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Operation Restore Legacy a failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dis-mally failed the litmus test. Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the proverbial suck...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 428 | by Leonard Koni
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 | 334 | 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 | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans billionaire's company takes over SA data centre
AFRICA Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg from Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank. The ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2604 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 positive cases rise to 51
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 infected people in the country has risen to 51 after three new cases were reported yesterday. According to an update issued by the Ministry of Health and Child...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, social media and the new dispensation
On May 13th three MDC-Alliance members, Cecilia Chimbiri, Netsai Marowa and legislator for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe were allegedly abducted after staging a flash demonstration in Harare...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:27hrs | 853 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
'EU and US light fires under Mnangagwa' over abduction - nothing to fear, umpteenth empty threat
"EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines!There is increasing pressure on the regime to explain the country's worsening human rights violations including the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:24hrs | 1901 | by Wilbert Mukori
Latest on MDC Youth leader who was arrested by armed police
MDC Alliance Harare Provincial Chairperson Stanley Manyenga who was arrested by armed police on Wednesday was charged with contravening COVID-19 lockdown regulations including public violence followin...Published: 21 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 3941 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'George Charamba, Mutodi plotted to remove Mnangagwa'
Former Herald Editor Tichaona Zindonga claims that Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba and ousted Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi plotted to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa work...Published: 21 May 2020 at 10:55hrs | 10177 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7726 | by Staff reporter
Artuz leader tortured over video of MDC abductees
AN Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) senior official has sued six men believed to be State security agents for torturing her in Domboshava over a video she posted on social media pr...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
Resident to sue military for assault
A BULAWAYO resident, who was allegedly assaulted by soldiers while queuing outside Econet Zimbabwe offices in Bulawayo during lockdown, has filed a notice of intention to sue the Zimbabwe National Arm...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa
THE international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:08hrs | 3439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in gunning totting storm
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tarirai, has landed himself in trouble after he reportedly fired into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to record the meter reading a...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 7345 | by Staff reporter
SADC says political situation in the region is relatively stable except for Mozambique
A communiqué released after the Sadc troika meeting concluded that the political situation in the region was relatively stable except for the situation obtaining in Mozambique."The Extraordin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Zimbabwe on Sadc agenda
THE opposition MDC Alliance has pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to put Zimbabwe on its agenda for the next summit, arguing that the situation in the country was ripe for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
Stocktheft suspect escapes from remand prison, rearrested
A NTABAZINDUNA stocktheft suspect who allegedly escaped from remand prison recently, has been re-arrested.Obvious Mnkandla (25) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Adelaide Mbewe last week cha...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa using coronavirus as cover for arbitrary rule
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa "opened an avenue to arbitrary rule" when he extended the coronavirus lockdown for an indefinite per...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Abducted MDC MP car at police, did the MP drive to the cop station to be arrested?
MYSTERY continues to deepen over the disappearance and torture of three MDC Alliance officials after NewsDay learnt that one of the abductees, Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe's vehicle was found parked ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 4513 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Police sued over Bulawayo man's lockdown death
Bulawayo resident Levison Ncube, 25, died from "subarachnoid haemorrhage and head trauma" a few days after police allegedly beat him for allegedly violating Zimbabwe' s Covid-19 lockdown rules in Apri...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urges police to arrest three MDC youths
IN A move that is likely to further stoke political tensions in the country, authorities are demanding the arrest of three MDC youth leaders who participated in a flash demonstration in Harare last we...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira: please keep quiet
I was pained to see your video that was commenting about the abductions of Honourable Mamombe, Chimbiri and Marova. What is intriguing is that you are saying the young women stage-managed their abduct...Published: 18 May 2020 at 18:36hrs | 3129 | by Nomazulu Thata
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