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Ramaphosa's Zimbabwe intervention gets off to rocky start
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's cautious intervention in the current Zimbabwean crisis has got off to a rocky start, with the opposition warning yesterday that they will not be railroaded to accept any de...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's shock move: Details emerge
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio following differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the sacked Obadiah Moyo's successor, it has emer...Published: 13 hrs ago | 17689 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer fears for Chin'ono's life
INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said they fear he could be poisoned in jail as authorities put restrictions on delivery of food from outside.Mtetwa said ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3307 | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll over Beitbridge fence
An investigation which revealed a litany of incompetence and wrongdoing in the emergency construction of a fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe has recommended disciplinary action against 14 govern...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Activist hounded over Mnangagwa song
Godfrey Kurauone, an MdC Alliance councillor in Masvingo, is languishing at Masvingo remand Prison awaiting trial and his alleged crime is singing a derogatory song. Prosecutors say Kuraone must go to...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1742 | by Staff reporter
Online #ZimbabweLivesMatter campaign jolts Mnangagwa govt
STUNG by the impact of an online campaign by Zimbabweans to raise awareness about alleged human rights violations in the country, top government officials are fighting back with claims that gory image...Published: 13 hrs ago | 7400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rhetoric inflammatory
In a week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to "flush out" his political opponents, a young Bulawayo woman was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and badly tortured. Twenty-three-year-old...Published: 13 hrs ago | 522 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries turns the corner
INGWEBU Breweries has returned to profitability following successive years of loss-making and is targeting to achieve revenue of US$24 million this year, the company's MD Dumisani Mhlanga has said....Published: 13 hrs ago | 517 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna and the liberation struggle
ONE of the country's longest serving traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in August last year, but when one mentions the Heroes Day, which the country w...Published: 14 hrs ago | 390 | by Staff reporter
Beyonce won't vote in Zimbabwe
The Bishop laughed his lungs out last week when he saw the desperate efforts of some activists who were trying to foist their latest hashtag movement on US singer Beyonce.There was a lot of eu...Published: 14 hrs ago | 303 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Motlanthe Commission wasted Zimbabwe taxpayers' money'
THE Motlanthe Commission into the August 2018 fatal shooting of seven civilians by the army was a waste of taxpayers' money as two years after it completed its work, the government is yet to implement...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:40hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt welcomes Ramaphosa's envoys
THE government says it will co-operate fully with the special envoys that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed as the regional power tries to help resolve the country's challenges....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Prophet DD Isaac launches Television station
Zambian-born International acclaimed preacher, entrepreneur and philanthropist Prophet DD Isaac is set to launch the much awaited Christian broadcast channel Destiny Delivery (DD) TV which will broadc...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 11:41hrs | 1118 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe did not condemn Ramaphosa when Marikana massacres happened, says Chinamasa
Zanu-PF has, however, reacted angrily to African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule's comments during a televised interview that the South African ruling party was concerned with ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:47hrs | 4748 | by Staff reporter
Another long weekend for Chin'ono, Ngarivhume
Zimbabwe 'crisis': UN steps inTHE United Nations says it is following the Zimbabwean crisis with concern, urging Harare to respect human rights amid pressure for the matter to be tabled at the glo...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweLivesMatter Twitter revolution: Boots still needed on the ground
THE year 2011 redefined the African Arab world. The world witnessed what generally became known as the Arab Spring. The revolutionary demonstrations were in the main led by tech-savvy youths on their ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | 372 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
WATCH:South Africa police fire rubber bullets at Zimbabwean protestors
South African police have fired rubber bullets at protestors who thronged to the Zimbabwe Embassy of Friday to demand that the government of Zimbabwe respect human rights. The demonstration wh...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 11:14hrs | 7877 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tagwirei business empire faces tough times
ZIMBABWEAN business tycoon Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, accused of capturing the state for personal gain alongside with the Presidium, has been slapped with sanctions by the United States government,...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 7282 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa breathes fire
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for labelling innocent citizens as terrorists after they expressed anger over his maladministration.Chami...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11393 | by Staff reporter
Charamba freaks out over 'racist' US sanctions
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba has accused the US government of racism after the superpower Tuesday slapped targeted sanctions on fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei for allegedly propping up a corrupt Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF squeals over Tagwirei sanctions
GOVERNMENT yesterday reacted angrily to the decision by the United States government to slap businessman and President Emmerson Mnangagwa ally's Kudakwashe Tagwirei with sanctions, claiming the move w...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of plotting against Mnangagwa
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 17:48hrs | 12580 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe and police Boss Godwin Matanga sucked in human rights abuses
The #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign has put Zimbabwe's internal security enforcers under scrutiny. The government is accused of abusing and stifling citizens human rights and liberties. The wo...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:35hrs | 3716 | by Alex Muzuva
Dead Zanu-PF funder removed from US sanctions list
THE US government has removed from its targeted sanctions list, late Zimbabwe businessman and Zanu-PF benefactor, John Bredenkamp and 20 of his companies.Bredenkamp died 20 June this year aged...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:13hrs | 4938 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu PF burns as bosses fight
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:37hrs | 7758 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens noose on opposition
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to suffocate opposition parties in the country by crafting tough laws that will regulate their operations.Mnangagwa's government is also drafting laws to...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:31hrs | 5047 | by Staff reporter
Charge against Mphoko vague and embarrassing, says Magistrate
A HARARE magistrate has ruled that charges levelled against former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko are vague and embarrassing.Mphoko is facing criminal abuse of office charges, where he alle...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:27hrs | 6025 | by Staff reporter
Former AAG deputy president petitions JSC over court judgment
FORMER Affirmative Action Group (AAG) deputy president Samuel Ncube has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to seek redress after losing a court case challenging the attachment of his hou...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Woman faces $250k adultery lawsuit
CHIPO Mudadi, a Chivhu woman, who is being sued for $250 000 in damages for engaging in an adulterous relationship with a married man, yesterday challenged the lawsuit in court.Chipo was slapp...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:20hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume distances self from twitter account
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume, who is accused of masterminding the July 31 protest, has distanced himself from a Twitter account which is in his name that allegedly called on Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:32hrs | 5629 | by Staff reporter
Pretoria rebuffs Malema's pleas
SOUTH Africa yesterday rejected calls for it to deal robustly with Zimbabwe, adding that relations between Pretoria and Harare were governed by international laws.In addition, the regional pow...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3544 | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga decries state 'chokehold'
A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they end...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1455 | by Reuter
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF-Vampires on the hunt, once again
Mnangagwa's attempt at a speech this morning is a sobering reminder of what a bloodthirsty vampire-like cult ZANU PF is. It is a retell of the popular folktale story in which the hyena, ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 15:27hrs | 1921 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mwonzora shuts out Khupe
MDC-T acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly shut out acting party president Thokozani Khupe and her loyalists from Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (previously known as Harvest House...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | 12096 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misleading Mnangagwa, says Mashakada
FORMER Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada has accused Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation through his continued de...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants salary gap a security threat'
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou yesterday warned that the huge salary gap between the security sector and other arms of the public service was a serious securi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:03hrs | 6213 | by Staff reporter
Border jumping escalates at Beitbridge
THE number of desperate Zimbabweans using illegal entry points along the Limpopo River to access medical treatment and cheap basic commodities and drugs from South Africa has shot up, a Beitbridge leg...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans see little change after leadership shift
WHEN the late Robert Mugabe was ousted as President of Zimbabwe in a coup in November 2017. many in the country hoped or an end to the repression and mismanagement that had characterised his 37 years ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Thuli Madonsela pokes big nose into Mnangagwa Zimbabwean affairs
Former Public Protector and founder of The Thuma Foundation Advocate Thuli Madonsela says the Zimbabwean government needs to be called to account for the recent arrests of activists following anti-cor...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 5087 | by Staff reporter
11 protesters challenge arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga and nine other political activists arrested in Harare over July 31 illegal demonstrations, are contesting their arr...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR secures release of protest detainees on bail
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 609 | by Stephen Jakes
How Tawanda Muchehiwa was tourtered by CIOs
Tawanda Mathuthu, the nephew of ZimLive Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu was abducted on Thursday, gruesome tortured and asked to drink his urine, it has emerged. Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jona...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 12:45hrs | 7055 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shutdown continues amid tension
Security forces for the third day running yesterday blocked people from entering business districts in major cities as authorities feared an uprising over corruption and misgovernance.Tensions...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 7063 | by Staff reporter
July 31 exposed Mnangagwa
In order to legitimise anti-democratic politics, violence and human rights abuses to the world, Zanu-PF has gone back to its exhausted ideological settings.This follows a widespread call by ac...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:36hrs | 9860 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda miners disarm police to release friend
SIX miners, among them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly attacking three police officers and damaging a vehicle they were using in protest to the arrest of their workmate.Tawanda Msima...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mahere and other political activists granted bail
ELEVEN political activists, including MDC-Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and others from different pressure groups, yesterday appeared in court facing a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zacc targets Gweru City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) will soon descend on Gweru City Council after councillors reported management whom they accuse of abusing council resources at the expense of service del...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zesa boss suspended over graft allegations
ZESA Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended from office and will be blocked from accessing his office at the power utility's headquarters, the Minister of Energy and Power Devel...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
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