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Zimbabwe Communist Party statement on Monetary Policy
The underlying position of the ZCP on any government policy declaration including this one is neither to automatically oppose nor to automatically endorse. Our task is to defend the interests of the w...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1215 | by ZCP
Mawarire wants treason charges tossed
ACTIVIST cleric Evan Mawarire ramped up pressure on prosecutors Wednesday after his treason trial failed to take off.Through his lawyer, the cleric gave the State a notice to challenge further...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 213 | by newzimbabwe
Latest on Evan Mawarire's treason trial
#This Flag founder Pastor Evan Mawarire's trial was yesterday moved to 19 March after the state indicated that it was not ready for the trial.Mawarire is accused of two charges 1) plotting to ...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 427 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army vows 'snap search for its uniforms'
IN a move that could raise fears of a fresh crackdown, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has said it will flush out "rogue members of society" using military regalia and other material that resembles a...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 14:38hrs | 1743 | by newzimbabwe
Looting cases clog Bulawayo courts
The recent fuel riots have left the justice delivery system in Bulawayo creaking under a deluge of cases which have forced the government to dispatch additional magistrates and prosecutors to the City...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:03hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, the Statesman versus Chamisa, the charlatan
"A Statesman thinks about future generations, while a politician thinks about winning the elections" so goes the popular saying. This adage rings true to the Zimbabwean scenario.When there was...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:29hrs | 4542 | by Elijah Chihota
Masvingo humbled by turnout at Mnangagwa's rally
Thousands of Zanu-PF supporters thronged Rutenga grounds in Mwenezi East, Masvingo on Saturday for President Mnangagwa's "Meet the People Rally" much to the chagrin of the prophets of doom who had sai...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:59hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo barred from visiting MDC Alliance looters at Bulawayo prison
STAFF at Mlondolozi Women Prison in Bulawayo on Saturday barred MDC national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo and her delegation from visiting party members incarcerated at the penal facility.Khum...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 349 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa to bring everyone to Harare for a Mother of All Demonstrations
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said that President Mnangagwa has no choice but to dialogue with the opposition, adding that his party is planning crippling demonstrations to force the President to the ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was duped by Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa revealed yesterday that his revered late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai, had died a bitter man after he was allegedly duped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his all...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2960 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to bring everyone to Harare for a Mother of All Demonstrations
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said that President Mnangagwa has no choice but to dialogue with the opposition, adding that his party is planning crippling demonstrations to force the President to the ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 10:07hrs | 12441 | by Staff reportet
Chamisa rejects 'meaningless' dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would not be bulldozed into "a meaningless dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, vowing that any talks with the Zanu-PF leader to resolve ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1400 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Morgan Tsvangirai: A lasting epoch in the national story
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, my boss for 10 years until he died last year on 14 February on the day the power of love is celebrated worldwide, was not a persona but a gargantuan political moment whose i...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1070 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers
I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2856 | by Terence Simbi
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai memorial march banned
POLICE have reportedly declined to approve the opposition MDC's application to stage a peaceful march in honour of the party's late founding leader and former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa losing grip'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is losing his grip on power less than two years after taking power in November 2017 in a military assisted transition, human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:00hrs | 7890 | by newzimbabwe
President ED unapologetic after the murder of 17 and alleged rape cases
President ED has embarrassed our women. While being interviewed in Addis Abbaba, he told the reporter that he needs to see the graves of the murdered Zimbabweans in order to accept that the Zimbabwe N...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1553 | by Don Chigumba
Minister vows more arrests over deadly January looting
THE government has vowed more arrests in connection with the deadly January protests which were sparked by fuel price increases announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Human rights organisat...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 262 | by newzimbabwe
Clerics caution Chamisa, CSOs
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 3727 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown alarms Amnesty
A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other serious human ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 402 | by Amnesty International
Chamisa digs in on Mnangagwa talks
Pressure mounted on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa last week to engage in dialogue to solve the country's worsening economic and political crisis.Chamisa ignored ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance official confesses
A TOP MDC-Alliance official has conceded that his party was part of the organisers of the January protests that rocked the country resulting in the barricading of roads, destruction of infrastructure ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | 4473 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana urges NGO ban for dabbling in Zimbabwe politics
ZANU-PF politburo member, Absolom Sikhosana says government should ban all Non-Governmental Organisations operating in the country claiming they were dabbling in national politics on behalf of the opp...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:53hrs | 540 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa advised to abandon toxic politics
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:44hrs | 6124 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 6401 | by Staff reporter
Is the 'Croc' all talk and no bite?
The first few weeks of the year in Zimbabwe have been quite eventful, for lack of a better word. We have gone through a national shutdown, where the country was temporarily sent back to the Stone Age,...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2643 | by Thabani Mnyama
Anti-Mnangagwa global campaign launched
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has launched a global campaign seeking to pressure the Zimbabwean government to stop its clampdown on trade union rights in the troubled country....Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2777 | by newzimbabwe
It's most dangerous not to know where we are
It's self-evident that the situation in Zimbabwe is very much unsettled at the moment, but to go on to deconstruct it and reconstruct it to suit one's political narrative of the present is mendacious....Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 386 | by Conway Tutani
Puppets polluting Harare, Caracas
Before making his transition to our ancestors on November 15, 1998, the revolutionary Pan Africanist organiser Kwame Ture warned Africans everywhere with his rather unique blend of passion and caution...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 379 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Austerity shocks to subside in 6 months
Painful shocks from ongoing economic reforms will substantially subside after six months, as the period prior coincides with the implementation of most interventions Government is instituting to stabi...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is insicere and selfish'
Mnangagwa's dialogue is an in-genuine, insincere and selfish attempt to save face for his gross failure to implement his much touted reforms; political, economic, constitutional and governance reforms...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3193 | by Makomborero Haruzivishe
Fresh cracks emerge in Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Fresh fissures have emerged in the ruling Zanu-PF, with disgruntled members of its youth league passing a vote of no confidence on their leader Pupurai Togarepi and four other members of his executive...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 15:05hrs | 7004 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets support from DA to attack Zimbabwe?
The events of the last weeks have been knee shacking and deeply depressing. The peaceful demonstrations in Zimbabwe were hijacked by the regime change financiers. The onslaught Zimbabwe received from ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:26hrs | 7317 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa says climate necessary for dialogue not in place
A FRESH political crisis may be brewing in the country after opposition leader Nelson Chamisa snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's talks-about-talks gathering at State House yesterday, as authoritie...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 3560 | by Staff reporter
Opposition, West respect Zimbabweans' vote
On 30 July 2018, Zimbabweans went to the polls looking for their best foot forward. While the other 22 Presidential aspirants laid bare their intentions during electioneering, the incumbent and ultima...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:11hrs | 3824 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Cosatu's ShutDownBeitbridge demo flops, only 76 attends
A bid to block Zimbabwe and South Africa's border by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday hit a brick wall after their request to protest inside the border area was turne...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Anti-Mnangagwa demo in Beitbridge border
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Beitbridge border showing solidarity with the leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions who ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:30hrs | 12405 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fears shutdown 2
JITTERY authorities are bracing for another mega protest by angry labour unions and the opposition — who fear that authorities are planning to tighten the country's repressive laws to stop a repeat ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 13:00hrs | 14599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenged to immediately send soldiers back to their barracks
Rights groups have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately send the country's soldiers back to their barracks, amid heart-rending claims of continuing savage beatings and harassment of ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 12:57hrs | 5533 | by Staff reporter
Unions pile pressure on Mnangangwa's government
International labour unions are ratcheting up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the recent arrest and harassment of labour activists, saying his administration must respect workers' r...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces global isolation
Workers' unions from Botswana, Nigeria and South Africa have threatened to lobby the international community to shutdown Zimbabwean embassies over alleged human rights abuses. This came after State se...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
SA Trade Union to shutdown Beitbridge border
The' Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) will stage a solidarity march with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions on Wednesday."The protest comes as Trade Unions in SouthAfric...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 8795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Debunking the Chamisa's political persecution claims
Following the violent and destructive protests of January 14 , which were called for by the MDC Alliance, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and some civil society organisations ostensibly t...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:49hrs | 231 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Police block ZCTU boss's release
BAILED Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general, Japhet Moyo is still languishing in remand prison after police have indicated they were still holding on to him over a different offe...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 380 | by newzimbabwe
Wutaunashe raps ZCTU, civil society
Faith for the Nation Campaign national chairperson Reverend Andrew Wutaunashe has castigated the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and other civic organisations for causing deaths and destructi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU training youths in violence and destabilisation tactics?
THE MDC Alliance is using the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) platforms to train youths in violence and destabilisation tactics in order to render the country ungovernable and effect regime c...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:45hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Mayor arrested
Chitungwiza Deputy Mayor Jabulani Mtunzi was arrested on Sunday night by suspected members of the military Intelligence and the Law and Order officers.Human Rights Lawyer and MDC official Job ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 2448 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army abductions, torture raise political temperatures
After spending two weeks in hiding, MDC activist Julius Chogodora believed he had escaped a deadly clampdown by security forces that followed protests that rocked Zimbabwe a fortnight ago.One ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2163 | by Staff reporter
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