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Murder accused Zanu-PF youth leader 'freed on Chiwenga orders'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga ordered police to release and apologise to Godwin Gomwe, the Zanu-PF Youth League chairman for Harare, after he was arrested over the shooting deaths of two peopl...Published: 7 hrs ago | 4914 | by ZimLive
Protests meant to topple Mnangagwa
EVENTS of Monday to Wednesday this week, which were characterised by wild acts of violence among citizens, were calculated to unseat the government, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Cain Mathema told f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3209 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Monetary Death Spiral
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pledge that Zimbabwe is "open for business" rings hollow. Indeed, many businesses in Zimbabwe are shuttered. An increase in government controlled fuel prices over the weekend has...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1332 | by Prof Steve H. Hanke
Zanu-PF responsible for terror, says Chamisa's MDC
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson, Nkululeko Sibanda has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga cannot be absolved from the reign of terror that happened in the p...Published: 8 hrs ago | 535 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand civil service overhaul
WAR veterans yesterday demanded an overhaul of the civil service, claiming there was adequate proof that some government workers were aiding the opposition by supporting protests.Addressing jo...Published: 8 hrs ago | 962 | by Staff reporter
Evan Mawarire challenges placement on remand
RIGHTS activist and #ThisFlag founder Evan Mawarire, who is accused of subverting a constitutionally-elected government after he supported calls for a stayaway to protest against fuel price increases,...Published: 8 hrs ago | 409 | by Staff reorter
Army, Zanu-PF role in protests exposed
A SERVING top military official and a police officer were yesterday unmasked as leaders of the deadly protests in the Epworth dormitory town, which led to the death of civilians and looting of shops....Published: 8 hrs ago | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri-Kashiri warns saboteurs
THE net is closing in on unscrupulous elements holding secret meetings aimed at toppling the constitutionally elected Government of President Mnangagwa, a Cabinet Minister has said. Minister o...Published: 8 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff reporter
MDC perpetrating violence, violating human rights
THE events of the past days since the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for mass protests and stay away, have not only been unfortunate but also turned out to be catastrophic. Th...Published: 8 hrs ago | 98 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Riots aftermath: Who pays the reconstruction bill?
The country was calm yesterday, encouraging a number of companies to open for business after three days of opposition-led anarchy in Bulawayo, Harare, Gweru, Gokwe, Kadoma and a few other places. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
9 facts, myths about Zimbabwe mayhem
On Monday and Tuesday, the opposition in Zimbabwe staged what they called a national "shutdown" which was supposed to be a popular mass protest against the Government over the rising cost of liv...Published: 9 hrs ago | 392 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Police should probe vandalism, looting
Whenever the bulls fight it is always the grass that suffers.The aforementioned adage is true as witnessed by the recent destruction of ordinary people's properties, including retail shops whi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with Western countries is dead
Zimbabwe is now entering unchartered waters following several deaths of innocent people and arrests of pro-democracy activists and senior opposition figures by security agents in the on-going clampdow...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 556 | by The Source News Agency
Zimbabweans march to ANC headquaters over Mnangagwa
A South Africa umbrella body of Zimbabwe Civic Society organizations has called upon all Zimbabweans to participate in a march to African National Congress Headquarters Luthuli House.The aim o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | 2995 | by Mandla Ndlovu
REVEALED: ZANU PF fingered in violent protests and looting
ZANU PF members have been fingered as the ring leaders behind the violent protests and looting that happened in some parts of Harare fueling speculations that the protests were hijacked by criminal el...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 08:49hrs | 3592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hundreds arrested in violent crackdown
HUNDREDS of demonstrators were arrested yesterday as the violent crackdown on protesters by State security agents continued, while unrest continued in most parts of the country for the third day of a ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:35hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF behind acts of violence, says Court
ZANU-PF youth leaders were allegedly behind acts of violence and arson, including the burning of a Zupco bus in Harare on Monday during countrywide protests against fuel price increases, court papers ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Court frustrates lawyers representing Zanu-PF youths
A HARARE magistrate was yesterday accused of not following procedure and frustrating lawyers who had volunteered to represent eight Zanu-PF youths accused of burning a Zupco bus and looting property d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
MDC denies hand in mayhem
MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya has rubbished government claims that the opposition party was behind the current protests sparked by last week's steep fuel price hikes."Here in ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:30hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku confirmed Bikita East harmonised poll winner
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Johnson Madhuku (Zanu-PF) as the legitimate National Assembly Member for Bikita East following his resounding victory during last year's harmonised election. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:18hrs | 5710 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa won't stampede into dialogue with Chamisa'
The ruling Zanu-PF party says it will not be stampeded into dialogue with the opposition MDC-Alliance which it accuses of instigating violence in major cities like Harare and Bulawayo on Monday, worki...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:15hrs | 7882 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's terrorist acts won't work
THE criminal and terrorist activities instigated by the opposition and its surrogate organisations is an attempt, albeit futile, to plunge the country into civil disobedience in a sinister agenda to o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 893 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Former Zanu-PF MP freed on bail
FORMER Mutare North Zanu-PF Member of Parliament Batsirai Pemhenayi, who was last week jailed four months for assaulting party members, has been freed. Pemhenhayi was freed on bail pending app...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:05hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls MDC to place national interest at the centre of its actions
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe's political opposition to place the national interest at the centre of its philosophy and actions. The President said this as he delivered a guest le...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:05hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths lead 'operation restore sanity'
FOLLOWING violent protests that rocked Mutare on Tuesday morning, a group of Zanu-PF youths were yesterday moving around suburbs removing boulders, tyres and other items used to barricade roads in an ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unleashes touts to punish supporters
It is unusual for a political party to threaten, assault and destroy the livelihoods of its own supporters and voters, but the MDC-Alliance has this week managed this by unleashing tsotsis and touts a...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:00hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to ignore Chamisa's MDC Alliance
Business and all other institutions have been challenged to shun the MDC Alliance's acts of hooliganism and take heed of the government security assurance to urgently open shops and allow people to sa...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:11hrs | 2542 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance distances self from looting
THE MDC Alliance is desperately denying its hand in the events despite a documented trail where its National Youth Assembly Secretary General, Lovemore Chinoputsa having issued a statement, calling pa...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:10hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa has turned a blind eye on Zimbabwe'
Brandishing a poster reading: "The untold suffering of Zimbabweans", a group of around 100 protesters demonstrated outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.The demonstrators...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 2935 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition official and former finance minister Tendai Biti has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the country's economic and political crisis, which has left three people dead...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 5348 | by Business Day
Mugabe-aligned NPF calls for Mnangagwa's resignation
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), which former president Robert Mugabe and his wife have voiced support for, has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign as protests over petrol prices conti...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 3133 | by African News Agency
'Looters not a threat to anyone,' says Amnesty International?
Amnesty International said it is alarmed by the repressive measures the Mnangagwa led Zimbabwe government has taken in response to the protests, including shutting down the internet to prevent people ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2373 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa doesn't expect any arrests
Nelson Chamisa's spin nurse Nkululeko Sibanda tells News24 that the attack on the MDC headquarters has been reported to the police but "we don't expect any arrests. The same thing happened on Septembe...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:42hrs | 4044 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF appoints provincial vice chair
Zanu-PF Midlands Province has appointed Ronald Robson Nyathi as the new provincial vice chair. This was announced by Midlands provincial chairperson Engineer Daniel McKenzie Ncube during a Provincial ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:31hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Dear President Mnangagwa, our demands are simple
Dear Mr President,Let's start by talking about what's important to Zimbabweans.The things Zimbabweans demand are not complicated. They are not anything out of the ordinary.They...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:58hrs | 7880 | by newZWire
PHOTOS: Zanu-PF offices burnt by protesters
PROTESTERS in Kadoma set the ZANU-PF offices on fire during the skirmishes which occurred countrywide.Local sources say protesters torched the ruling party's building in retaliation against ZA...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:45hrs | 4896 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy in hot spots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has deployed officers in all residential areas, shopping centres and the Central Business District to conduct patrols, surveillance and stop and search following some soci...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grinds to a halt
Anti-riot police here had to be called to disperse hundreds of disgruntled protesters who heeded calls for a national shutdown protest against deepening economic crisis in the country.The prot...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:22hrs | 2346 | by Staff reporter
Use Bicyles, says Mnangagwa ally
Outspoken Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi has told Zimbabweans reeling under the burden of fuel hikes to ‘use bicycles.'Commenting on his twitter handle on Sunday following threats...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's globetrotting won't resolve Zimbabwe's problems
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scale down on his foreign jaunts and look for home-grown solutions to the country's worsening economic woes.Mudz...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem over fuel price hikes
MOTORISTS, economists, opposition parties and the commuting public yesterday reacted angrily to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to hike fuel prices by 150%, which triggered a wave of price increas...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:06hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths dare MDC over protests
Zanu-PF youths yesterday threatened to take their MDC counterparts head-on if they protest against the recent 150% hike in fuel prices and the general economic meltdown in the country.Addressi...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:05hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rapped for pegging fuel prices at black market rates
ECONOMISTS and analysts yesterday said the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to peg the new fuel prices at the parallel market rates proved government's insincerity when dealing with the issue ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
It's more than winning an election
There are very important lessons which can be learnt from the recently held elections in DRC.I would like to congratulate Felix Tshisekedi leader of the Opposition for winning the DRC poll. Ku...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 06:57hrs | 770 | by Leonard Koni
'Mnangagwa should act or Zimbabwe will burst'
Having started the year engulfed with a myriad of problems - from fuel shortages, soaring prices of goods and services, shortages of drugs to labour disputes - the Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Edi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 5943 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-aide spills the beans
A former aide of ousted president Robert Mugabe has spilled the beans from his foreign base, saying Zanu-PF has serious divisions that do not always play out in public.Lawrence Kamwi, who serv...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 13549 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plan to revive Bulawayo falters
Industries in the second city are still battling to survive despite pledges by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to breathe life into what was once the hub of the country's economy.Ahead of the har...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru urged to join Chamisa
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's ex-ally Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has called on the National People's Party (NPP) president to dissolve her party and join the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC.Bhasikiti ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:29hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
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