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MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 7 hrs ago | 718 | by Staff reporter
Christians betraying Jesus by selling out oppressed Zimbabweans to tyrannical regime
As the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sweeps through the world in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, one can not fail to witness the amazing phenomena of Christians - especially, musicians and...Published: 19 hrs ago | 414 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pair in court for ivory possession
Two men from Mutoko were remanded in custody Wednesday when they appeared in court facing charges of unlawful possession of ivory.The two are Peter Kachere (46) and Vambayi Chiripanyanga (37)....Published: 19 hrs ago | 196 | by Naume Muza
Mokoomba stirs magic on stage
INIMITABLE Afro-fusion outfit Mokoomba on Monday night justified their profile as the country's biggest music export with a matchless stage performance during the Africa is Mother Live Concert to mark...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Another MDC Youth leader arrested by armed police
MDC has reported that its Harare Province Youth Organising Secretary LovejoyChitengu has been picked up from his home by armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic PoliceAccording to MDC, th...Published: 26 May 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 517 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa lashes African leaders
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on African leaders to stop silencing citizens and undermining human rights and democracy as the continent commemorated Africa Day....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
24 months jail for killing gold ore thief
A security guard from Kwekwe has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for fatally shooting a suspected gold ore thief once in the head with a Vanguard rifle. Francis Dhlamini (43) appeared before Bul...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
2014 MDC camps may need mediation
TWO camps have emerged from the MDC-T 2014 structures following the mooted Supreme Court ruling for the MDC-T 2014 structures to organise an extraordinary congress to elect a replacement for the late ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1858 | by Kaitano
Robber in court for $979 899 gold heist
A MAN from Pumula South in Bulawayo, who was part of a five-member gang, appeared in court on Thursday facing armed robbery charges involving 1 170,30 grammes of gold worth almost $979 899.The...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to rout Zanu-PF, Chamisa's MDC in Parly by-elections, claims Mwonzora
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T has enough muscle to thrash both Zanu-PF and Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance in by-elections expected soon following the recall of four MDC Alliance MPs.The claim was mad...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 4861 | by newzimbabwe
Jesse Nyakudya: Teenage drumming sensation
All she saw four-year-old toddler pummel her pots as though they were a musical drum set. None of it made sense at that point. But as the boy grew, it became clear Jesse Nyakudya was a drummer-in-the-...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:13hrs | 732 | by Busisani Ncube
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 156 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Pressure to arrest MDC officials' tormentors
CIVIC organisations yesterday called on government to institute thorough investigations into allegations of sexual abuse and torture of MDC Alliance officials by State security agents.Harare W...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:53hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique's problems are ours too
A FEW months ago, I travelled to Mozambique. I was struck by the stark dichotomy on one hand between the unmistakeable sense of optimism which is palpable when you talk to the local intelligentsia and...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1442 | by Brezh Malaba
Chamisa bags 2014 MDC structures
HE fight for control of the country's main opposition party took a new twist yesterday, with 151 out of a possible 200 members who constituted the MDC-T 2014 national council structures rallying behin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 5904 | by Staff reporter
Thousands flee homes as Islamic terrorists takeover parts of Mozambique
Thousands of Mozambican residents of Cabo Delgado have fled their home after the region was by Islamic terrorists who are engaged in a fierce war with contract killers led by former Zimbabwean army Co...Published: 21 May 2020 at 15:35hrs | 16507 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Embarrassed Mnangagwa's regime must stop illegal arrests of youth leaders!
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has noted with great concern an ongoing blitzkrieg by some notorious law enforcement agents as a veneer to cover up for their g...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:00hrs | 2078 | by Stephen Jakes
Latest on MDC Youth leader who was arrested by armed police
MDC Alliance Harare Provincial Chairperson Stanley Manyenga who was arrested by armed police on Wednesday was charged with contravening COVID-19 lockdown regulations including public violence followin...Published: 21 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 3976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Armed police arrest MDC Youth leader
Reports coming from Harare indicate that Armed members of the Republic Police have arrested Harare Province Youth Chairperson Cllr Stanley Manyenga at his Waterfalls home....Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:40hrs | 8835 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SADC says political situation in the region is relatively stable except for Mozambique
A communiqué released after the Sadc troika meeting concluded that the political situation in the region was relatively stable except for the situation obtaining in Mozambique."The Extraordin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Zimbabwe on Sadc agenda
THE opposition MDC Alliance has pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to put Zimbabwe on its agenda for the next summit, arguing that the situation in the country was ripe for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans escape from South Africa jail
FOUR prisoners, among them three Zimbabweans awaiting trial, are on the run after escaping from their remand holding cells at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Services facility in Pretoria, South Afr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:54hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa's scathing letter to Mnangagwa
Sir, I address you, not because you personally abducted, tortured and sexually abused JOANA MAMOMBE, CECILIA CHIMBIRI and NETSAI MAROVA. Neither do I address you because I know or am in other way conn...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:59hrs | 7814 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Abducted MDC MP car at police, did the MP drive to the cop station to be arrested?
MYSTERY continues to deepen over the disappearance and torture of three MDC Alliance officials after NewsDay learnt that one of the abductees, Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe's vehicle was found parked ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 4528 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hosts Sadc summit
HARARE will today hold a one-day extraordinary Sadc Troika Summit of Heads of State and government to deliberate on the security situation in Mozambique, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday....Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri calls Mwonzora to order
TOP MDC politician Elias Mudzuri has called Douglas Mwonzora to order, telling the reinstated MDC-T secretary general to stop recalling more opposition MPs from parliament, adding this defeated the ov...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 6720 | by newzimbabwe
Police sued over Bulawayo man's lockdown death
Bulawayo resident Levison Ncube, 25, died from "subarachnoid haemorrhage and head trauma" a few days after police allegedly beat him for allegedly violating Zimbabwe' s Covid-19 lockdown rules in Apri...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 2498 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana death 'shakes Zanu-PF'
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said the late national hero Absolom Sikhosana was a dedicated and loyal cadre with unquestionable credentials. He made the remarks yesterday while delivering a condolen...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 2989 | by Staff reporter
How Dabengwa Made me a Freedom Fighter - Confessions of a Zipra Cadre
I must have been 15 years old herding cattle EMlageni near Siwubu along the Manzamnyama river in 1967. I remember the year very well. It was a very hot day and it was schools holiday. So, it was aroun...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1292 | by ZAPU Department of Information Publicity and Marketing.
Hypocrisy and more power inspired hypocrisy
iN the centre of harare there is a world-famous building named Karigamombe which is Robert Mugabe's example of self-glorification at the expense of a man named Joshua Nkomo, who was considered by Muga...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 228 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Army generals pay tribute to national hero Masuku
THE late national hero, Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku has been described as a steadfast, humble and hardworking soldier who gave his life to the country.The Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana declared national hero
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared Absolom Sikhosana, a Zanu-PF Politburo member who died yesterday a national hero.Sikhosana (70), who was also acting Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo Pro...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt censures Chamisa
The leader of a faction of the MDC, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has to "disengage from abusive politics" of taking improper pot-shots at the Head of State, President Mnangagwa, and instead join efforts to figh...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:17hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
The Zanu PF affair is a curse to Zimbabwe
Immediately after the 2018 harmonised elections, Zapu in consultation with a number of Civic Organisations issued a statement calling for an all-inclusive dialogue that would culminate in the creation...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:21hrs | 684 | by Mark Mbayiwa Zapu Treasurer General
Please help, our daughter has been brutally assaulted by Zimbabwe Secret Service: Joanne Mamombe our girl-child!
Is this the rogue government that begged funding for coronavirus from international donors just last month of April, asking for forgiveness from the western donors for their past actions and insulting...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:24hrs | 5028 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1614 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
The utter madness of power
POLITICIANS in this country can be remarkably naive. Long before Covid-19 unleashed mayhem upon God's green earth, there was lots of excited chatter in opposition circles over calculated moves by "the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:12hrs | 787 | by Brazh Malaba
South Africa arrests foreign security guards
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority of South Africa recently reported that it made a surprise arrest of about 13 people at Randburg after a surprise visit at Spar, a car dealership and ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:54hrs | 7773 | by Mandla Ndlovu
18 MDCA Mutare City Fathers and Mothers backs Chamisa
Eighteen MDC Alliance councillors in Mutare has declared their support for for their leader Nelson Chamisa.Mutare MDC Alliance Council Chief Whip Edson Kalulu said May was a voluntary referend...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:34hrs | 1885 | by Stephen Jakes
'Tsvangirai was bruised in quest for democracy' says Hakata - Sure, US$4m mansion bribe knocked him out cold
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "Dictatorship is a political system characterized by a single ruler, the dictator, or a group of governors (e.g. a party, a junta or a family) whose power is unlimited. ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1534 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa should take some life and death lessons from Sudan ...Zimbabweans should brace for sleepless and massive demostrations
A year ago, protests triggered by a deepening economic crisis broke out in the Sudanese town of Atbara and quickly swept across the country. Four months later, the persistent demonstrations would lead...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 2558 | by Knowledge Hakata
Plan to cancel by-elections undemocratic
GOVERNMENT'S bid to cancel by-elections and have political parties choose a replacement in the event a legislator is recalled from Parliament or dies should be rejected with vehemence. It is surely no...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Jailed robber's wife hides gun in field
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare woman, believed to be linked to armed robbers, was arrested for hiding a gun in a maize field at her residence in Hatfield acting on instructions from her husband, who is at...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Pair up for $1m armed robbery
TWO Bulawayo armed robbers have appeared in court facing charges of stealing property and cash worth $1 041 996 in two house raids.Peter Ngwenya (52) and Thulani Ncube (39) were not asked to p...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Urgent Need for African Governments to Upgrade the Health Systems
Amid multifold theories and disinformation spreading around the COVID-19 in Africa, it is important for African governments to consider strengthening the existing health systems and infrastructures, a...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:24hrs | 152 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Armed robbers steal gold worth $1 million
FIVE armed robbers who were travelling in a Honda Fit followed a haulage truck, which was coming from a mine in Filabusi before they attacked and robbed the driver of 1,17kgs of gold worth $1 million ...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets court reprieve
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday obtained a provisional High Court order halting the disbursement of $7.5 million under the Political Parties Finance Act to the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T a...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:22hrs | 7385 | by Staff reporter
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