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Muchinguri, Sanyatwe to pay army brutality victims US$38,000
A Shurugwi magistrate has ruled that Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe must pay a total of US$38,000 in compensat...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
No killing each other, please!
ON the morning of June 16, 1976 more than 20 000 students from Soweto township took to the streets protesting the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in all South African schools....Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under spotlight over police, army brutality
THE United States has raised alarm over continued perpetration of human rights abuses by members of the security sector whom it said were enjoying government impunity.In a 2021 human rights re...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chef in hot soup over army brutality remarks
MIDLANDS senator Maybe Mbohwa, who is also a senior Zanu PF official and women's league commissar, is in soup after she exposed cases of army brutality for which she will likely be dragged before the ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army brutality divides Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF is deeply divided over claims that soldiers were beating up people in GokweNembudziya with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, saying the claim was a ploy to tarnish ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chef 'exposes' army brutality
A ZANU-PF women's league executive member has unwittingly exposed human rights violations by the military and threatened to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and s...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to embrace constitutionalism
GOVERNMENT has been urged to protect citizens against State-sponsored abuses and to recommit to the values of good governance in order to improve people's lives.This was said by the Zimbabwe H...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Army brutality land Muchinguri in trouble
A Chinhoyi woman is suing two ministers and the police chief for $300 000 after she was brutalised by four soldiers at her home during the army crackdown that followed the violent January protests....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't shoot on Friday
The Vigil demonstrated on Saturday against the failure of the government to implement the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the army's murder of unarmed civilians during a de...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 18:21hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Bulawayo Residents relive army brutality
The brutality suffered by the people of Bulawayo at the hands of the military during the January demonstrations was relived on Wednesday through a documentary by journalist Zenzele Ndebele. ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 18:29hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga are scaring investors away
The recent military crackdown on Zimbabwean citizens is not only a grave infringement on the citizens' fundamental constitutional rights but it ultimately presents Zimbabwe as a volatile business envi...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Frazer Muzondo
When 45 Degrees falls to Zero, Freedom is nigh!
President Mnangagwa has pruned Mugabe Military and retired some acidic elements, and that does not mean that Mnangagwa is an angel. It is just that the law of conservation states that the total energy...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2 | by Multiverse Dungani
MDC calls on army brutality victims to seek treatment
THE MDC Veterans' Association (VA) has called on all victims of recent army brutalities to come forward and receive medical treatment to avoid long-term health complications.Remarks by the ass...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army brutality victim dies
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mutare man succumbed to internal injuries sustained after being assaulted by soldiers during the army crackdown on last month's countrywide protests.Noah Sahumbe (29), a Sa...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi defends last week 'security service heavy handed dealing' - defending the indefensible
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime are feeling the heat as more and more voices have condemned last month's Police and Army brutality and barbarism against the rioters and innocent Zimbabwean...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
Army must go back to barracks
The widespread reports of rape and unprovoked assault of citizens including women and children are very disturbing.Editorial - The StandardThe recent attacks follow the three-day natio...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff repporter
Parly urged to amend laws to tame police, army brutality
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has challenged Parliament to ensure that section 210 of the Constitution is implemented and enforced to reduce growing cases of civilians being victimised b...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victims tell tales of Zimbabwe army brutality
IN a shocking exposé, victims of the violent attacks by uniformed military and police officers have spilled more graphic details about how they werebludgeoned with blunt objects and torched with ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Theresa May lays clear conditions for Mnangagwa to access her £4billion pledge
In her Cape Town speech, the UK Prime Minister made clear her conditions for African countries that can potentially benefit from her government's "additional £4 billion programme of UK investment". T...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 13:34hrs | | by Fungayi Mukosera
Chamisa, a political orphan - Before Zimbabwe slides into civil war
The euphoria that trailed the ouster of Robert Mugabe was informed by the belief that it would turn a new page in the political history of Zimbabwe. The pledge of building a new Zimbabwe dominated the...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 18:14hrs | 4 | by Emma Emeozor
Mnangagwa open for tyranny
The Zimbabwe Vigil will be protesting against army brutality and the rigging of the elections in Zimbabwe from 2 – 5 pm on Saturday 4th August outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in London.We were ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil
The Zimbabwean church and our wicked ways - Magaya
The Zimbabwean Church and Our Wicked Ways: A confession on 31 October 2017 We, the church of Zimbabwe, recognise that the throne of God is founded on "r...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 07:54hrs | | by Bishop Ancelimo Magaya
Britain's vested interests in the newly independent Zimbabwe
THIS is the third in a series of articles of a detailed research paper by British academic Hazel Cameron on the state-sponsored killings of civilians by Zimbabwean security forces between 1982 and 198...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:57hrs | 8 | by Hazel Cameron ,British academic
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