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Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 3 hrs ago | 779 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo looting had SA flare
Analysts and politicians in Bulawayo have hailed the significant uptake of the national shut down in the second capital, noting that citizens in the city heeded the call due to the unacceptable levels...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2211 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa leads dramatic plot to oust Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF rebels have initiated a process to recall President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the presidency, ZimLive can reveal.At least 35 Zanu-PF MPs met at the party's headquarters in Harare on Frid...Published: 5 hrs ago | 11231 | by ZimLive
'Mnangagwa crossed the line and change is nigh,' declares Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday attended the burial of Kelvin Tinashe Choto, a 22-year-old man shot by the military during fuel protests on January 14, before declaring: "Change is nigh!"...Published: 5 hrs ago | 4186 | by ZimLive
Chamisa in failed bid to reignite Mnangagwa talks
THE MDC Alliance and its partners in the civic society instigated last week's violent demonstrations so as to attract the attention and support of the international community in its failed bid "for ta...Published: 5 hrs ago | 989 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of violence
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abrogating on his duties and resorting to violence in the face of demands by people that he fulfils his constitutional mandate....Published: 5 hrs ago | 594 | by Staff reporter
Gory tales of beatings, torture, anguish and military brutality
At the foot of a mountain lies a plot reportedly owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Kuwadzana Phase 3. The mountain has come to be called by the locals as "Gomo raMnangagwa" loosely translated t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets Gandawa clinic
ZANU-PF officials in Hurungwe are putting pressure on the local rural district council to grab a private clinic owned by former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa. The formal local MP ha...Published: 5 hrs ago | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 364 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mnangagwa must shoulder shutdown blame
There is a very real danger that Zimbabwe may be plunged into serious social and political unrest unless the leaders of this country stop acting innocent victims of non-existant political plots and in...Published: 5 hrs ago | 139 | by Editorial - The Standard
Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings
Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's n...Published: 5 hrs ago | 455 | by Staff reporter
Winky D goes into hiding
Multi-award winning dancehall musician Winky D is said gone into hiding after a suspected group of Zanu-PF activists visited his home, possibly to harass him, during last week's stayaway which left a ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 522 | by Staff reporter
Sharp divisions within Zanu-PF and government
There have been unverified claims of sharp divisions within Zanu-PF and government with sources saying the divisions would play out more openly in the near-future.Yesterday, Zanu-PF Harare pro...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's costly lie
The biggest lie last week was that the violence in urban areas were protests over fuel prices in particular and living costs in general, when in fact the protests were enforced by a small bullying min...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2076 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa has nothing to do with last week's massive protests
The MDC says it has nothing to do with last week's massive protests which brought the country to a standstill for at least three days. Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets across the country i...Published: 6 hrs ago | 335 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi hails Zanu-PF legislators
THE leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has praised the decision by Zanu-PF legislators to forego luxury vehicles opting that the funds be channelled towards development....Published: 6 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF urges members to defend the revolution
THE ruling Zanu-PF has encouraged its members to defend the revolution at a time when the country is under siege from rogue MDC-Alliance elements and its allies who instigated a damaging stayaway last...Published: 6 hrs ago | 225 | by Staff rpeorter
'Is Mthwakazi Independence Achievable?'
Mthwakazi Research Institute, registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in South Africa, through a research that lasted for 3 months, from October 2018 to December 2018, answe...Published: 6 hrs ago | 200 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
Zanu PF goes mad – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad', goes the old adage. It seems to be coming true in our new 'reformed' Zimbabwe so warmly welcomed last year by the UK government. The UK is not smilin...Published: 6 hrs ago | 335 | by ZimVigil
BREAKING: MDC leader's young brother abducted
Unknown men stormed the house of Chitungwiza North MDC MP Godfrey Sithole on Saturday evening close to midnight and abducted his young brother Kudakwashe Sithole as ransom. The state is continuing wit...Published: 17 hrs ago | 14406 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa puts Zimbabweans on thin ice
We would like to inform the Zimbabwean State security agents to refrain from going about abusing innocent citizens of this country over the source or the so called sponsors of the nationwide demonstra...Published: 19 hrs ago | 14910 | by Presia Ngulube
'Mnangagwa has no product to sell in Davos' says Dr Moyo - true, US$25 m for trip was wasted
In his interview with CNBC Africa Dr Nkosana Moyo got two things right:a) that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland was a waste of time and resources. "He goes to ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3837 | by Nomusa Garikai
Plot to embarrass Mnangagwa in Switzerland
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding his planned trip to the World Economic Forum (Wef)'s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, next week - amid Zimbabwe's worsening politica...Published: 23 hrs ago | 7767 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters in SA ask for ANC to step in
Concerned MDC Chamisa supporters on Friday called on the African National Congress (ANC) to intervene in Zimbabwe.Coordinator Tino Mambeu said they were sending South African President Cyril R...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1273 | by African News Agency
Violent Zimbabwe protest organiser goes into hiding
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa has gone into hiding after being linked to week's violent anti-government protests that left three dead and a trail of destruction coun...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2951 | by newzimbabwe
War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2293 | by Staff reporter
Govt employees abandon politicised clean-up campaign in Gutu
Civil servants who turned up to clean the streets of the sprawling town on January 04 abandoned the exercise after it became highly politicised.This was after Zanu-PF supporters showed up in t...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Another Grace Mugabe in the making!
So you are telling me that the whole acting president of the Republic of Zimbabwe failed to bring to an end the strike by the skilled labourers - I mean the junior doctors? But it took Auxilia a few h...Published: 23 hrs ago | 13380 | by Mapombi Adonha
Zimbabwe protest death toll from riots rises to 12
As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week's deadly riots - human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the cla...Published: 23 hrs ago | 886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe explains reason for blocking social media
The government says following the well planned violent demonstrations that rocked the country early this week, it was necessary to close the internet to reduce further harm that has so far cost the na...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1547 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF in crunch meetings over army killings
The ruling ZANU PF on Saturday allegedly convened emergency Provincial coordinating meetings in five provinces namely Mashonaland East, Harare, Bulawayo, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 14:27hrs | 10215 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe wheelchair-hound, Zimbabweans to foot $4m bill
THE taxpayer continues to foot former president Robert Mugabe's medical bills, as it emerged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government gave the deposed strongman US$4 million to cover his hospital exp...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:59hrs | 8620 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC won't compensate anyone
MDC Alliance said it will not compensate anyone for the damages incurred during the national stay-away.The party's vice president Morgen Komichi told the Daily News that his party was not behi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:58hrs | 6672 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP jailed 4 months
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Mutare North Batsirai Pemhenayi has been sentenced four months in jail for the assault of Zanu-PF Manicaland official Mike Madiro's aide during last year's party primary ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top ally ordered Internet shutdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally and State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube has, again, ordered a complete Internet blackout amid fears that the move was aimed at camouflaging gross human r...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:32hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
ED stop talking and start acting
Just like in the era of Mugabe, the current government is doing it all again. The yardstick of success for our governments seems to lie on how many people become poorer than richer- in other words era...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 419 | by Dr Takesure Tazvishaya
Khaya Moyo rejects ZimInd story
Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo has dismissed a story in yesterday's edition of the Zimbabwe Independent which insinuated that he said the ruling party was prepared to...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:11hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP applauds Zimbabwe soldiers
The MDC-Alliance instigated violent protests witnessed early this week had nothing to do with an increase in the price of fuel or high cost of living among Zimbabweans, but part of the broader attempt...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 639 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Zimbabweans need to find each other as a nation
As we begin 2019, there are key lessons from the coup and Zimbabwe's post-coup experiences. The key lessons going forward relate to ethical leadership, public sector performance management, service de...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | 91 | by Brian Kagoro
Mnangagwa's soldiers in Boko Haram-style invasions
AT a private hospital in Harare on Wednesday, a mother lay between her two children, all writhing in pain from injuries sustained when masked soldiers attacked their home Boko Haram-style.Afte...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | 8846 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 413 | by Cephas Msipa
A responsible govt cannot ignore Its citizens Mnangagwa has failed us
The recently held national shutdown that went full scale from the 14th to the 17th and has not completely ended today is a clear warning of what angry citizens can do. The government cannot continue t...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:36hrs | 293 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Plot to oust Chiwenga thickens
The factional fights between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmerson are far from being over with revelations that some ZANU PF Youth aligned to President Mnangagwa have been target...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:25hrs | 22236 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Protesters shot at close range, eyes gouged'
SUSPECTED protesters during this week's three-day national stayaway were allegedly shot at from close range, with some having their eyes gouged, NewsDay Weekender reported.The atmosphere in th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2241 | by Staff Report
The mother of Crisis Coalition leader Rashid Mahiya picked by soldiers
I am writing this piece to request Zimbabweans to pray for Crisis Coalition leader Rashid Mahiya and his mother. Rashid Mahiya's mother was picked by the soldiers today when they failed to loc...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 6506 | by Don Chigumba
'Army murders and rapes citizens during internet shutdown' Jonathan Moyo says
Professor Jonathan Moyo claims that on Friday during the internet shutdown managed to talk to MDC Vice President Morgan Komichi to ascertain the damage that is being done by the security forces during...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 17:00hrs | 19302 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More MDC leaders arrested
The opposition MDC has reported that Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya was arrested on Friday while the trial of Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was fast tracked.They stand accused of inciti...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:56hrs | 9156 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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