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Zimbabwe scores badly on questionable global rights index
Zimbabwe continues to slide deeper into repression and deprivation, with a damning new report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) revealing widespread violations of civil, political, and...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1516 | by Paul Siwela
Tagwirei-linked firm in Zisco 'asset stripping orgy'
The much-hyped takeover of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) by Kuvimba Mining House has failed to change the fortunes of the steelmaker amid allegations that the firm linked to businessman ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zimbabwe diplomats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rallied Zimbabwe diplomats in foreign lands to step out of their comfort zone and work hard to build a positive image of the country after years of international isola...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Nelson Chamisa: A Beacon of Hope or a False Dawn for Zimbabwe?
Nelson Chamisa, the charismatic leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party, the leader of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has long been a popular figure in the country's political landscape. His ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Trevor Machete
A free and fair election will heal Zimbabwe
The Zanu PF's government crack on the opposition, abuse of human rights, and failure to embrace and tolerate divergent views makes it harder for the party to appeal both to regional and international ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 21:27hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
CCC Mthwakazi: kick out Shona supremacist Chamisa and declare Matabeleland independent, ignore Welshman apology
Nothing pains us more than seeing fellow Matabeles being humiliated, dehumanised, abused and used as voting cattle in the Zimbabwe election booths by opportunistic Zimbabwe opposition parties that do ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:46hrs | 21 | by Israel Dube
'Drunk' Christopher Mutsvangwa denies that Zimbabwe is a province of South Africa
Whatever ZANU-PF mouth piece, Christopher Mutsvangwa, was drinking from a white cup during his interview with Newzroom Africa, it is a highly intoxicating substance like alcohol. No sober person can d...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 17 | by Israel Dube
Kasukuwere presidency bid revives Zanu-PF factional battles
The decision by former Zanu-PF minister Saviour Kasukuwere to run for the presidency has rattled the ruling party as it is a reminder of the unsolved issues since the takeover of power by President Em...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere US$ 1 billion cheque towards Matabeleland genocide compensation mind blowing
We note that Saviour Kasukuwere has made history by becoming the first Zimbabwean politician of Shona origin to find it appropriate not only to recognise Matabeleland genocide but to pay reparations t...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
British obsession with Zimbabwe politics nauseating
It is election time again in Zimbabwe and the British are at it again, pushing a narrative to discredit the August 23, 2023 harmonised elections, because it is clear Zanu-PF is winning.It seem...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 15 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Kasukuwere: Ndebeles amongst noise makers in Zimbabwe?
A wannabe Zimbabwe President who turns a blind eye on Matabeleland restoration cause is making a fatal political miscalculation which may lead to unprecedented political upheaval.As we navigat...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:46hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Joshua Nkomo's son says 'It will be a big mistake to vote for Zanu-PF'
ZAPU leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has criticised how Africa is divided, allowing imperial interests to divide the continent while misgovernance and abuse of human rights by post-independent governments...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
UK to grill Mnangagwa
THE United Kingdom (UK) has said it will take President Emmerson Mnangagwa to task over the worsening human rights situation in the country during his visit for King Charles III's coronation.M...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must allow the opposition to campaign freely
A democratic Zimbabwe cannot be built on undemocratic processes like violation of the constitution, continuation of Zanu PF poor policies, violence, lack of respect of the rule of law and abuse of hum...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Sikhala case clouds Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission bid
UNITED Kingdom (UK)'s House of Lords member Kate Hoey has said Zimbabwe must not be re-admitted into the Commonwealth club over the country's deteriorating human rights record and continued detention ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Biti accuses businesswoman of forging Harare Airport Road documents
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has accused a controversial Harare businesswoman of forging documents that saw the construction of the incomplete Harare Airport Road being granted national project...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 17:24hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Respect Gwenzi
The alternative Sona by Trevor Ncube
DEAR compatriots, comrades, and friends.Since independence in 1980, our nation has experienced moments of joy punctuated with anguish and trauma.The dream of our liberation struggle of...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Trevor Ncube
Zanu-PF must stop spreading violence
The political tension in the country has reached another level and this has been proved by the acts of alleged Zanu-PF members who recently disturbed a Citizens Coalition for Change election watch pre...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Nurses desert Harare Council clinics
HARARE City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.Mayor Ja...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aggression won't build Brand Zimbabwe
FOR the umpteenth time, Zimbabwe this week launched Brand Zimbabwe, bringing into sharp focus why the country is endlessly rebranding, having last done so only four years back when it unveiled the "Zi...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pleads with SA
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called on South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and other political parties in the neighbouring country t...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans plot demo at UN
A GROUP of Zimbabweans in the United States are plotting to protest over lack of electoral reforms and abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe during next month's United Nations General Assembly.The...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law led SRC must wake up and smell the coffee
THE latest response by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to the public discourse on Zimbabwe's suspension by Fifa has put to rest the false and misguided narrative by the Sports and Recreati...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka: a harmful violation of spouse's rights
Harmful traditional practices have led to the abuse of human rights and abuse of women. These include genital mutilation and child marriages that have infringed on the rights of women, however, the us...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 67 | by Mashudu Mambo
Zanu-PF imploding now?
IN 2016, the late President Robert Mugabe reacted angrily to details contained in a document titled, Blue Ocean — Taking Back Zanu-PF, and labelled war veterans backing his successor Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa scuttling Gukurahundi resolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa undermined the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) by setting a parallel structure with traditional chiefs from the Matabeleland region in trying to resolv...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims Zanu-PF 'upholding constitutionalism' as war vets charged
Tyrant Emmerson Mnangagwa made a bizarre claim on Thursday that he was "upholding constitutionalism."On a day 40 war veterans were taken to court later than the constitutional limit of 48-hour...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy to meet Chamisa?
THE Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Commission (OHCHR) has invited submissions from various stakeholders for the United Nations special rapporteur Alena Douhan, who is on a 10-day vis...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Violence: Zanu-PF in pole position
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has emerged as the leading perpetrator of human rights violations following intra-party violence during its internal elections that left some of its members hospitalised, a la...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa to turn Around Zimbabwean fortunes
MDC-A President Advocate Nelson Chamisa is being seen as the beckon of hope by many Zimbabweans. The current and previous ZANU PF administrations have dragged the once prosperous country into the mud....Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 10:46hrs | | by Prince Njagu
Rights groups take action
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a conglomeration of over 80 civic society organisations (CSOs), is mobilising citizens to speak against abuse of human rights and other malpractices on public affa...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over minister's £330 000 super car
Revelations that an unnamed Zimbabwean government minister is importing a luxurious Rolls Royce Phantom worth £330 000 from the United Kingdom have sparked outrage from local and British activists....Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora finding out that his ruse fools no one
THOSE who have mastered the art of gambling know very well that when a gambler says to look carefully at the cards when shuffling, there is something that they are doing that they don't want you to ob...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 polls
THE once prosperous Zimbabwean economy is now at its weakest point, with low investment, low exports and massive debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort to eradicate it....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:36hrs | 3 | by LK
Inhlokomo YeSizwe takes to the streets
A newly formed pressure group has hit the ground running literally speaking. Inhlokomo YeSizwe will be joining the Solidarity March on 8th of this month as roads lead to the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pret...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:58hrs | 2 | by Bokani Mlindelwa
A political crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 election
The once prosperous southern African country's economy is now at its weakest point with low investment, low exports and very high debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort bein...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:05hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Mapfumo calls for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED United States- based Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician and human rights activist, Thomas Mapfumo, has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene and stop what he calls an...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora sweats over 'Zanu-PF links'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora and his party are struggling to shake off the Zanu-PF tag that is stalking them since the ouster of Nelson Chamisa as the party's president.Since the Sup...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 38 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 5 | by Livingstone Kazizi
The World Will Never Be The Same After January 2021
After President Donald J. Trump has been declared the winner of US Presidential elections and sworn in on 20 January 2021 as the new President, I foresee total chaos and massive trail of destruction f...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:30hrs | | by Israel Dube
Judge reverses Mtetwa barring from representing Chin'ono
HIGH Court judge, Happius Zhou has set aside a ruling by Harare magistrate, Ngoni Nduna barring top human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa from representing investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono w...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Militarisation worse in post-Mugabe era'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has used the military to infringe on the rights of Zimbabwean citizens and the media, far more than his late predecessor, Robert Mugabe, a fresh report by the Zimbabwe Dem...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will diplomacy without reforms work for ED?
THE appointment of Zimbabwe's ambassador to Malawi Hilda Suka-Mafudze as the African Union ambassador to Washington does not only raise Zimbabwe's flag higher, but presents an opportunity for Africa a...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'SADC leaders to get tough on Mnangagwa'
SADC leaders have decided to take a strong action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ZANU PF government, Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has claimed. Writing on micro-...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MPs now recognises Mnangagwa, demands Zoom connection
OPPOSITION MPs have demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be connected to Zoom so he could hear legislators' concerns during live debates in the house.This came after outspoken Mbizo MP Set...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police victims sue
Two human rights activists are suing the government demanding the enactment of an Act of Parliament to comply with a provision of the constitution which says there must be an independent body to recei...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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