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Chamisa to tour cyclone-ravaged areas
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly planning to visit the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Manicaland province this week for a first-hand assessment of the disaster and appreciate the needs of the ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 893 | by Staff reporter
Residents plot to petition Parly over baboon menace
RESIDENTS of Kariba have threatened to approach Parliament to register their complaints over the increasing baboon population in the area saying the apes were now a menace, especially in the residenti...Published: 15 hrs ago | 651 | by Staff reporter
'More Zimbabweans in exile under Mnangagwa than there were during Mugabe's rule'
MORE Zimbabweans have been driven into exile by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration than under his predecessor former President Robert Mugabe, an opposition activist has said.Promise...Published: 15 hrs ago | 412 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 583 | by Ben Shepherd
Mnangagwa opens up on past
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gave a rare personal insight into his early life, during which he was involved in subversive activities after seeing his dreams of becoming a pilot frustrated by...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts out Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned that he will not be arm-twisted to the negotiating table by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying the national dialogue will continue without him and will ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 13:22hrs | 8586 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere vows to take his fight to Mnangagwa
Fugitive former Cabinet ministers Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere, believed to be holed up in South Africa, are at the centre of an attempt to push for regime change in Zimbabwe to salvage their ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 04:57hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to spy on NGOs bank accounts
GOVERNMENT has announced it will start spying on civil society organisations' bank accounts, in what it claims is aimed at plugging loopholes and stop the financing terrorism in the country.Pr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:05hrs | 3699 | by newzimbabwe
Mwonzora not a Zanu-PF project, says Coltart
FOUNDING MDC member and human rights lawyer, David Coltart has dismissed claims by rival groups in the opposition, that former Nyanga North MP Douglas Mwonzora, is being funded by Zanu-PF to challenge...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 1878 | by newzimbabwe.com
Outcry over continued tax on sanitary wear
MDC-T Bulawayo Legislator, Ms Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, has called on the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development to uphold the policy on sanitary wear following reports that its importati...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:57hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs hail Mugabe as 'humane', slams Mnangagwa
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was more "humane" than current Zanu-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa, an opposition MP has said.Contributing to debate on Mnangagwa's statement notifying P...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1180 | by newzimbabwe
Chaos, manipulation rock MDC congress as Chamisa adopts Zanu-PF tactics
THE opposition MDC's elective congress roared into life this week with elections at lower structures, amid fist fights in some areas and claims of manipulation.Insiders who talked to NewZimbab...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1372 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa gives reasons why he deployed the army against rioters
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described citizens who demonstrated last August and January this year only to meet with live ammunition from the army as "criminals who had violated the rights of othe...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 2903 | by newzimbabwe
'Zanu-PF will not rest over Chiwundura'
Chiwundura legislator Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) has claimed that Zanu-PF activists had embarked on a smear campaign to "haunt" him after he defeated the ruling party candidate in last year's ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:01hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 964 | by Human Rights Watch
WATCH: Patson Dzamara speaks on Itai Dzamara
Activist Patson Dzamara says the Dzamara family is not in a position to put closure on the missing journalist-cum-activist Itai Dzamara until they see him alive or see his body.In an exclusive...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 2254 | by Mandla Ndlovu
November 2017: Wharton is being dishonest
This month former American Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bruce Wharton and former American Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield published an article on the Zimbabwe's 2017 transition from the old ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1490 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Gukurahundi commander hero status irks activists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under fire from Matabeleland activists for declaring the late Emilio Munemo a national hero despite his links to the Fifth Brigade, which is blamed f...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 159 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 578 | by Desmond Chingarande
Ex-Zanu-PF band leader gets death threats
Former Midlands province-based leader of the Zanu-PF-aligned band, Chimurenga IV, John Mutemeri (pictured), who ditched the rilling party to join the opposition MDC Alliance, has received threats over...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:13hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scoffs at Chamisa's tantrums
THE political mudslinging between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his arch-nemesis, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa continued Saturday after the Zanu-PF leader told the 41 year-old lawyer, his tantrums wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1908 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe rogue soldiers accounted for, claims Justice minister
In January President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised that members of the security forces behind human rights violations during the January 14 protests would be prosecuted.Mnangagwa made the pledge...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:07hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army is untouchable, says Matemadanda
DEPUTY Defense Minister Victor Matemadanda wants government to arrest anyone who claims the army was responsible for rape and abuses during the violent protests that rocked the country in January....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1146 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa throwing money down the drain'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is wasting money and time by hiring a United States (US) firm to help improve relations with Washington instead of implementing the necessary reforms that would enable the...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 2305 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi haunts Mnangagwa
More than 22 years after the Gukurahundi massacres ended, that sad episode in Zimbabwe's history continues to rear its ugly head with the deputy minister of Defence, Victor Matemadanda this week rushi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 4770 | by Staff reporter
Row erupts over 'Shona teachers' in Matabeleland on new list of recruits
A teachers' union on Friday expressed concerns that the government had recruited teachers who may not be conversant in the local languages to take infant classes in Matabeleland.The government...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1932 | by ZimLive
Hwende granted $3 000 bail
MDC Alliance deputy treasurer general Chalton Hwende, who is being charged with treason has finally been released by High Court judge Justice Moses Foroma on ZWR$3 000 bail coupled with stringent cond...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally acquitted
Kuwadzana MP Charlton Hwende (MDC), charged with treason this week, was freed on $3,000 bail on Friday – but a High Court judge ordered that he should stay away from social media as part of his bail...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1247 | by ZimLive
US voices new concerns over Zimbabwe rights abuses
The United States says it remains "seriously concerned" about human rights abuses by the Zimbabwe government, and will keep sanctions in place until President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government implement...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:08hrs | 1896 | by ZimLive
European Union speaks on Itai Dzamara
The European Union has called upon the government of Zimbabwe to reveal what happened to missing activist Itai Dzamara who was abducted by suspected members of the Military Intelligence Department on ...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 11:16hrs | 4544 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UK takes interest in MDC Alliance court cases
THE United Kingdom says it is following closely how the Zimbabwean government is handling the various cases of opposition legislators and pro-democracy defenders arrested and charged for participating...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has shown of tolerance,' says Trevor Ncube
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube yesterday pledged to play a critical role to ensure that the media is objective and works towards a positive goal for the benefit of everyone, especial...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe boss granted $1,000 bail
High Court judge Justice Moses Foroma yesterday released, on USD$1 000 bail, Heal Zimbabwe Trust director and chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, Rashid Mahiya, who is facing charges of a...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:26hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists chucked off farm
Zanu-PF activists who were at loggerheads over a piece of land at Kia Ora Farm, in Banket have been ordered off the property by Chinhoyi magistrate Letwin Rwodzi at the close of the court case....Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo spills the beans on Gukurahundi
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that he possesses more sensitive documents relating to the Gukurahundi massacre that was commandeered by President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 19:28hrs | 21938 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'ZANU PF killed Tsvangirai'
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has alleged that the late Veteran MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was killed by ZANU PF. Speaking at a press Conference in Harare on Wednesday Chamisa said, "Zanu pf ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 12140 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa expected in Zimbabwe on Monday
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected in the country next week on Monday for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC), which will among other things en...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:45hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Woman wants Matanga, Mathema jailed
Firebrand political activist Lynette Mudehwe has filed a court application demanding the incarceration of Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Commissioner-General of Police Godwin Matanga for faili...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:38hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Youngest MP Joana Mamombe imprisoned
Harare West Member of Parliament Joana Mamombe has been remanded in custody to 19 March as the magistrate insisted that even though the state witness was not eloquent, she was still convinced that the...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:39hrs | 6169 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt under fire over plans to scrap 'useless' degrees
CIVIC society, human rights groups and students have slammed government plans to scrap what it termed "useless" degrees from State universities, saying the move might impact negatively on those that h...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1577 | by Staf reporter
WATCH: Two arrested over viral cheating girl assault video
POLICE have arrested two men who shot a video while brutally assaulting a girl (15) for allegedly having love affairs with both of them at Phumuza village in Plumtree. The video which has gone...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's arrest above board
The arrest of MDC MP for Harare West Joana Mamombe during a parliamentary workshop in Nyanga at the weekend was above board as she was taken by police well after the august House's business, National ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:59hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Will Chamisa fall?
The forthcoming MDC congress is critical as it will settle once and for all, the legitimacy question dogging the leadership of Nelson Chamisa, political analysts have said.Chamisa assumed the ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:30hrs | 2911 | by Blessings Mashaya
Zimbabwe drifts towards online darkness
One year after jubilant residents celebrated on the streets of Harare when Zimbabwe's army removed Robert Mugabe from power, the country is in darkness.In January, after days of protests over ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:26hrs | 893 | by Ray Mwayera
90% Zimbabwean gays struggle to find love
ZIMBABWEAN gays and lesbians are finding it difficult to find love and most of them are reportedly living lonely lives, a gay rights activist has revealed.Gays and Lesbians Zimbabwe (GALZ) pro...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:04hrs | 2876 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF youth league boss points firearm at motorist
CONTROVERSIAL former Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth league executive, Davis Muhambi on Friday appeared at West Commonage magistrates' courts accused of pointing a firearm at a motorist.Muhambi was cha...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:01hrs | 765 | by newzimbabwe
Basic freedoms diminish under Mnangagwa reign
IDI Amin Dada Oumee (1923-2003), the late Ugandan dictator whose seven-year iron-fist rule gained notoriety for its sheer buffonery, brutality and repression, is infamous for coining the saying: "Ther...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:44hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Allow Mwonzora to challenge Chamisa
There is a credible challenge to MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa ahead of the May congress. Douglas Mwonzora — who retains a solid core of support and whose campaign paved the way for him to b...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:23hrs | 810 | by Editorial - Daily News
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