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ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif fo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 476 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ignores Mozambique civil unrest
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit in Harare yesterday, where regional leaders largely overlooked the ongoing civil unrest in Mozambique, which has erupted ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 463 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents petition Mnangagwa over police corruption
Bulawayo residents have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in the alleged corruption involving police officers at two local stations, Queens Park and Khumalo, where they claim police...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 16:03hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Bribe-taking Zimbabwean cops suspended
Two Harare-based policemen have been suspended from duty following a viral video showing them allegedly accepting bribes from motorists along the Harare-Mutare Road, near the Mabvuku turn-off. Sergean...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:29hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Humanity is moving away from hegemony towards multipolarity
The world needs Russia and there is nothing Washington or Brussels can do about it, President Vladimir Putin told the Valdai Forum on Thursday. America and its allies are simply trying to go against t...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:41hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Mr. Mnangagwa, before talking about colonial reparations, why not pay Gukurahundi reparations first?
In a recent address at State House, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa renewed his call for former colonial powers to pay reparations to their ex-colonies, suggesting that such reparations could ...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 21:25hrs | 458 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu-PF ignores economy over ED2030 agenda'
The recently concluded Zanu-PF annual conference in Bulawayo has drawn sharp criticism from political analysts, who argue that the event underscored the ruling party's indifference toward Zimbabwe's e...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:55hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 410 | by Associated Press
Gukurahundi perpetrators are exposed and cited to clarify the 2017 coup!
That the General Chiwenga was cited in the genocide atrocities that took place especially in Matabeleland South is not a coincidence but well calculated. The Zanu PF conference was in Bulawayo, curiou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 1282 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZANU-PF's 'liberation' lie: The party never fought for democracy
In a recently circulating audio clip, a former senior Zimbabwean army commander made the shocking declaration that if there are any attempts to remove ZANU-PF from power, bloodshed will follow. ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 19:58hrs | 350 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby
Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 437 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25181 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zambia army recruits terrorise Mufulira residents
In a disturbing incident dubbed the "revenge of the ninja," a group of over 20 army recruits ran amok in Mufulira last night, attacking residents in retaliation for an earlier altercation involving tw...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 11:45hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
Nobel Peace Prize circus as Zelensky is nominated
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but he is not expected to win Reuters reported.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been nomi...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 15:29hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
'Iran's missile response to Israel justified,' says EFF
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a firm condemnation of Israel's continued aggression and illegal occupation in the Middle East. The party has expressed outrage over Israel's latest att...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 13:09hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi massacre survivors cry foul
For more than 40 years, Bongani Ncube and Patricia Baleni have carried the pain of losing their fathers in the Matabeleland massacres in which thousands of Zimbabweans were murdered in the 1980s....Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Rogue Zimbabwe police officers put on notice
Jessie Majome, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), has emphasized that law enforcement agents involved in unlawful arrests, detention, and brutality against civilians must be h...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:29hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
The Power of Nonviolent Resistance in Zimbabwe
No to third term. Zimbabwe's political landscape has long been dominated by fear and violence. For decades, the ruling party, ZANU-PF, has maintained its grip on power by instilling fear through a wel...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 16:09hrs | 364 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Go no further,'.. Muzorewa tells Chamisa
The opposition United African National Council (UANC) party leader, Gwinyai Muzorewa has this Friday urged former Citizens for Coalition Change leader, Nelson Chamisa to swallow his pride and accept t...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 17:21hrs | 2802 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabweans should know that independence never guarantees freedom
This is a truth that has seemingly been lost on many people. For some strange reason, we appear to believe that the attainment of political independence by a country automatically translates i...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 16:19hrs | 602 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 358 | by Silas Nkala
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1389 | by Paul Siwela
Zimbabwe military needs to transform from a ZANLA force to a national army
It is a well-known fact. Every country on the planet needs a defense force to safeguard its existence.In fact, there is no nation on earth that was not founded on the back of one...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 21:32hrs | 432 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Bango protects his supper, threatens villager over Gukurahundi petition
Chief Bango of Matabeleland South has reportedly threatened a villager who circulated a petition on the Sontala WhatsApp group, calling for chiefs to be excluded from the Gukurahundi hearings....Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should know that demonstrations at international events are nothing new
First of all, let's get one thing straight.There is a huge difference between a demonstration and a riot.I felt that I needed to clarify a misconception that, in my book, has been deli...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:40hrs | 890 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police officers terrorise villagers; abduct, torture suspect's wife
In their futile effort to apprehend a suspected thief who allegedly stole irrigation sprinklers, armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police dispatched from Rusape indiscriminately terrorise communi...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 1300 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Rusape
SADC must kick out Zimbabwe for kiling and oppressing Matabeles
It is quite disturbing that members of the SADC region are falling over each other to condemn Israel for the war against Palestine while they wine and dine with the black apartheid government of Zimba...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 897 | by Israel Dube
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop abusing Matabele genocide victims and pay US$ 100 billion compansation
It is very unfortunate that Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa pretends as if he did not see the Notice of Demand For The Restoration Of Matabeleland State delivered to the President's office by MLO President Cde ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1213 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa blames Gukurahundi genocide on the nation's 'detractors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday sought to wash blame for the massacre of thousands of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces four decades ago on the nation's "detractors" as he took p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:43hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims want apology from Mnangagwa
Survivors and victims of the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s have cautioned the government against dictating how this sensitive issue should be addressed, insisting that they are still alive to spe...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
President Ruto apologises for 'arrogant' Kenyan MPs
Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday apologized for the "arrogance and show of opulence" by legislators and ministers from the ruling party and promised action against "rogue" police officers who ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe effectively confirmed ZANU PF can't win free and fair elections!
The recent utterances by ZNA (Zimbabwe National Army) Commander General Anselem Sanyatwe were quite troubling on many fronts.The most obvious, of course, was the flagrant disregard for the sup...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:29hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's lawyer writes to Sanyatwe, demands Genaral sit down
Nelson Chamisa's lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has written to army commander Lt Gen Anselem Sanyatwe demanding that he retracts statements made at a rally where he vowed that 'Zanu-PF will rule...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 13:35hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs not fit to lead Zimbabwe genocide consultations'
TRADITIONAL leaders tasked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead Gukurahundi consultations are ill qualified to deal with the emotive matter, an academic Samukele Hadebe has said.Hadebe made...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should now see it's corruption, not 'sanctions', causing their suffering!
Zimbabweans has been engulfed in a seemingly unending debate as to what is the real source of their two-and-a-half-decade-long suffering.There have been two dominant narratives.Unsurpr...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 21:50hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Illegal regime change in Zimbabwe already happened in 2017!
Recent utterances by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have raised an issue that has bedeviled Zimbabwe for the past few decades. In his wild alle...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutsvangwas are dummy sucking cry babies!
It is intriguing to see how loud the cruel and oppressive wail when they are given the taste of their own medicine.We have seen the tears of the savagery late President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mug...Published: 27 May 2024 at 20:03hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube
Sikhala criticized ZANU PF repression and not Zimbabwe!
I do not know whether the ruling ZANU PF pretends to be dimwits or they are genuinely foolish.Honestly, it is very hard to understand why they can not make the distinction between Zimbabwe (th...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:10hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe army sued US$30,000 over 2019 shootings
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has been held accountable for the shooting of a civilian during protests over fuel price hikes in 2019, resulting in a successful lawsuit against the Defence ministry....Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, for war crimes....Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 16 | by Israel Dube
'No one will starve!' Zanu PF has never accounted for 40 000 + political murders much less indirect deaths
"As I stated in my recent declaration of a nationwide state of disaster due to the drought last week, our Zanu-PF government will not let anyone starve," Mnangagwa said."Our government is capa...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mr. Mnangagwa, fighting for independence doesn’t give you the right to oppress us!
He never tires reminding us!Zimbabwe's independence was fought for in a protected liberation struggle where thousands of innocent lives were lost.It was never given on a silver platter...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe army boss ordered to pay ZiG40,000 to torture victim
Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Anselem Sanyatwe have been directed by Harare magistrate Tamara Chibindi to compensate Muchademba Muponde of Glenview with ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Even Chissano knows Mnangagwa has failed Zimbabwe!
The visiting former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano made a very telling comment yesterday.He alleged that Zimbabwe was experiencing social and economic transformation, putting it ahead o...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to commission a shrine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow officially commission the Kamungoma Liberation War Shrine in Gutu district, Masvingo province.In a statement yesterday, Home Affairs and Cultural Her...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mercenaries fighting in Ukraine
FIVE Zimbabwean mercenaries are fighting for Ukraine, according to latest data released by the Russia Defence ministry, with one said to have since been killed on the battle field.But the figu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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