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Geza revolution - A catalyst for change
According to available reliable information about the protests that occurred on 31 March 2025, in Harare commerce was very unusual in the Central Business Centre and other parts of the country....Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 16:47hrs | 372 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's insatiable appetite for power a security threat
There are a number of issues that disturb the security of any nation. A nation's success depends largely on how it is governed. But for many nations in Africa, politics has been the most destabi...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 3 | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa must arrest corrupt ministers
IN Zimbabwe, it is very easy to stop corruption and demonstrations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not have to use brutal force and intimidation.Firstly, Mnangagwa should find out why...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:30hrs | 12 | by Community Podium
Letter to the people of Zimbabwe
Pamusoroi Dzimbabwe.Allow me on behalf of my president, the NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, and the nation of Zimbabwe, to convey our deepest of sympathies and apology, to the Ndebele nation, and a...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Julius Machingura
Police, army restore sanity in Beitbridge
THE Beitbridge Border Post chaos that dominated news headlines worldwide in the last week ended yesterday as the last in the long queue of south-bound vehicles were cleared into South Africa.T...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 2 | 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
Mnangagwa must beware of people power
Zimbabweans notice with sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs.On Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Zimbabweans too domesticated, but Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you
Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:27hrs | 2 | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you
Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Zanda Shumba
New dispensation a far fetched idea
The much talked about the new republic has dismally failed to live to the billing. The current political and economic challenges in the country has reached another level and with a lot of peop...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Gukurahundi library to be launched
Journalist Zenzele Ndebele says he is working on setting up a Gukurahundi library that will tell the story of the ethnic genocide that claimed close to 20 000 citizens of Matabeleland and Midlands. ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 11:52hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa is a worse devil than Mugabe
Mnangagwa took over the presidency of Zanu PF and Zimbabwe in the background of a November 2017 coup that toppled long serving president Robert Mugabe. The people of Zimbabwe and the inter...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:55hrs | 7 | by Frazer Muzondo
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's admission that he is the one who authorised the deployment of soldiers to quell street protests on August 1, 2018 and in January this year was brave but leaves neutrals ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 2 | by Viniel Deredza
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
'Pray without ceasing for peace and prosperity' argues Mnangagwa - no substitute for rule of law and competence
"It is my singular honour and privilege to be with you at this timely breakfast prayer for our nation, even as the Bible exhorts us in Thessalonians 5 verse 17 to pray without ceasing. Constant intera...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe military's brutal crackdown has shattered hope for peace after Mugabe
Things were supposed to be different in Zimbabwe after its former strongman ruler, Robert Mugabe, was deposed in a bloodless coup in 2017.But once again, people in the southern African country...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by vice.com
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
'Chamisa was behind shutdown,' says Mnangagwa's govt
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday claimed government's intelligence operatives had concluded that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party was responsible for the January 14 to 16 ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security services to use brutal force
The government has warned it will not hesitate to use brutal force on people who are out to destroy the country's security infrastructure.Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Perma...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 16:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
EFF condemns brutal army killings
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters categorically condemns the use of brutal force by government security services on innocent Zimbabwean citizens who were legitimately exercising their constitut...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 4 | by Innocent Ndibali
Cops in 16-man mine armed robbery
EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of gold, US$8 820, $6 800 bond notes and 2 1...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube must resign, demand teachers
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is calling on Zimbabweans, the employed and unemployed alike, to besiege Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's office on January 7, 2019 to demand h...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans thrown under the bus again
The much anticipated 2018 watershed harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have come and gone. The biggest losers in this election were the electorate. They are losers because most voters don't know what ha...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 2 | by Frazer Muzondo
Zimbabwe government under siege
The overbearing influence of the Zimbabwe National Army on the daily operations of the Zimbabwean government must stop forthwith. Cocky Chiwenga and other 'retired' army generals are covertly subjecti...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Frazer Muzondo
Harare is burning while ZEC holds onto Zimbabwe election results
There were ugly scenes that characterised the streets of Harare on the 1st August 2018. There were scenes that resembled a war zone. It resembled a country at war with its own citizens. The pre-electi...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Frazer Muzondo
Removing the political teeth of tyrannism
REMOVING THE POLITICAL TEETH OF TYRANNISM: Who among Zimbabwe political opposition coalitions shares a clear governance vision?...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 10:49hrs | | by Andrew Manyevere
Egyptian president vows 'brutal' response to mosque attackers
Cairo - An angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged to respond with "brutal force" against militants who massacred at least 235 people at a mosque during weekly prayers on Friday....Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 09:14hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwe is every dictator and tyrant's paradise
I can just imagine a gathering of all the dictators and tyrants who have ever lived on this earth, and they are asked which country would be the easiest to rule over - I bet most of them would choose ...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The man who fired live bullets above trainees
I first met Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa at Morogoro, which was a ZPRA training Camp in Tanzania. His pseudonym was Cassius Moya. Our group was composed of young men who had volunteered to join the armed str...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:30hrs | 11 | by Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane
Stop the fights, Mr Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe is 93. At that ripe age, he is surprisingly sprite and energetic, although he seems to have lost the touch and the magic that helped him steer the country during very difficult...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF 'connect' with voters through 20 kgs input - now demand 20kgs of reforms
ZANU PF politburo member and cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has admitted his party abuses government programmes to gain advantage over opponents he scorned for attempts to connect with land dependent ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 15:27hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe data price increase could be attempt to clamp down on social media
Zimbawe's new floor prices for data services could be an attempt to boost state coffers, or government's way of curbing free speech through social media, according to analysts.According to...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF will not change its violent means to remain in power- Eddie Cross
Bulawayo South legislator, Eddie Cross has said depicting from a senior Zanu PF official's remarks in Masvingo, it is clear that the ruling Zanu PF has no intentions of changing its violent means to r...Published: 04 Dec 2016 at 19:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Youth organisation blast Police over protests Ban, Brutality, Arrests and Detention of Activists
The National Association of Youth Organizations (NAYO Africa) an umbrella association of 184 youth organizations in Zimbabwe has condemned in the strongest terms the on-going police brutality and blat...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 07:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T 'disgusted' by ZANU-PF MPs
Statement The MDC T Caucus is appalled, dismayed and disgusted by the anti- people behaviour displayed by ZANU PF members of Parliament in walking out o...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by MDC Chief Whip, Hon. Innocent Gonese
Police to use 'brutal force' to secure peace, says Chihuri - means, to secure no-regime-change
Yesterday it was General Chiwenga who was threatening the street protestors with violence and today it is Police Commissioner Chihuri's turn."Safeguard the peace we have because when lost, it'...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe police to use brutal force
POLICE will not hesitate to use "force on rogue" elements bent on disturbing peace and tranquillity in the country, Commissioner- General Dr Augustine Chihuri said yesterday. He said those who wanted ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Church leaders not taking lightly Mugabe's warning
Church leaders have not taken lightly President Robert Mugabe's warning that the church must steer clear from politics, telling the 92-year-old leader to keep his hands off the "body of God".E...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri faces grilling over police brutality
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and members of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) are scheduled to meet tomorrow where the issue of widespread police heavy-handedness on civ...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe condemns police brutality.....its unconstitutional!!!
Heal Zimbabwe has expressed grave concern over the conduct of anti-riot police during the recent wave of protests that took place across the country in the past weeks.In a statement HZT said i...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 05:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
As Zimbabwe's culture of violence flares up, politicians pay lip-service but none really care
Pluralism, political tolerance of opposing opinion, respect of other people's right to a meaningful vote, etc.; these are not in our Zimbabwean political culture. Our political culture is founded on t...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 21:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Inspired by the Jacaranda, we won't give up
One of those things that linger in our minds even if we happen to be thousands of miles away from home, is the exquisite beauty of blooming Jacaranda trees especially in September and October, when ou...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 11:35hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
PDP condemns arrest of NewsDay journalists, police brutality
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) strongly condemns the continued onslaught on the media by the state following this week's arrest of two NewsDay journalists, deputy editor Nqaba Matshazi, reporter ...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by PDP
Mugabe's Zimbabwe slides into famine
Zimbabwe's schizophrenia is in vivid evidence on Friday afternoons in the capital Harare's leafy northern suburbs.At the Tin Cup restaurant round the back of the Chisipite Shopping Centre, whi...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 18:54hrs | 3 | by Newsweek
Vendors refuse to vacate CBD
Street vendors in Kadoma have vowed to continue operating at undesignated sites in the central business district saying they would only move out after government has provided them with formal empl...Published: 27 Apr 2015 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF gaining external legitimacy
Over the past few months, we have witnessed increased interaction between Zimbabwe and the external world.Several delegations from Western countries have been visiting the country prospecting ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 14:25hrs | | by Conrad Nyamutata
Botswana land belongs to 'AmaNdebele of Botswana'?
DR BOGA THURA MANATSHA gives a broader perspective on the troubled issue of land and bogosi in the North East District, some of which stem from the territory's erstw...Published: 13 Nov 2013 at 01:27hrs | 36 | by DR BOGA THURA MANATSHA
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