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Fresh cracks rock Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
A STORM is brewing in Zanu-PF over the ruling party's newly-launched war veterans' wing - pitting many former freedom fighters against their national spokesperson Douglas Mahiya.This comes as ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:16hrs | 4412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe stages spellbinding show
UNITED STATES-BORN R&B star, Tinashe Kachingwe, on Wednesday night staged a scintillating live show during the Coke Studio Sessions on #BeApp. Her performance lived up to the promise she made earl...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets surveillance cameras in cities
Zimbabwe is planning to link its proposed National Data Centre with databases and information from the country's key economic players and state institutions as the country prepares for the creation of...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:48hrs | 5596 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Is Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse - yet again?
The three women were in tears, distraught, and seemingly faint with hunger, as they sat in filthy prison uniforms in the dock in a magistrate's court in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, waiting to hear if ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 4275 | by Andrew Harding
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2837 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Army, police blockade Bulawayo, MDC Alliance come up with theories
BUSINeSS came to a standstill in Bulawayo yesterday after police supported by the army drove people out of the city centre in an early morning operation believed to be clearing the way for the MDC fac...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes emotional plea for forgiveness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made an emotional plea for forgiveness when he officiated at the National Day of Prayer in Harare yesterday.In his surprisingly impassioned prayer at Sta...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 10434 | by Staff reporter
Couple arrested for sharing Mnangagwa's 'nude' picture on WhatsApp
A PHOTOSHOPPED nude picture of Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa shared on WhatsApp has landed a husband and wife in trouble.Sarudzayi Ambiri Jani, 38, and Remember Simbarashe Ncube, 34,...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1170 | by Staff reporter
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 793 | by Tawanda Majoni
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
Chamisa's youths fight for the Mugabes, want IOC to expel Kirsty Coventry
MDC Alliance youths have implored the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expel Sports minister Kirsty Coventry from the organisation over her alleged farm grab.Coventry, who was elected ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's prayers answered
GOVERNMENT'S renewed crackdown against critics has caught the attention of the United Nations which has expressed its desires to send a team of experts to Zimbabwe to assess the country's deterioratin...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 19586 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa seeks divine help as crises mount
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead a national day of fasting and prayer to seek divine intervention to deal with the country's worsening health, hunger and economic crises.Hopes that Mnang...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 5381 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House is MDC-T citadel, says Khupe
MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe does not harbour a secret mission sponsored by Zanu-PF to weaken the opposition MDC Alliance party and destroy the political career of its leader Nelson Chamisa....Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:46hrs | 3224 | by Staff reporter
Roki hits back at critics
Talented vocalist Roki real name Rockford Josphat says he is not moved when some people brand him a wasted talent or druggie because all of it is founded on misjudgement.The past two weeks hav...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial owner has close ties with President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, diplomats stage-managed abductions for United States 10-month scholarship'
GOVERNMENT yesterday claimed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Western diplomats, human rights doctors and lawyers had connived to stage manage the recent alleged abduction and torture of...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 3773 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono fears for life
OUTSPOKEN journalist and government critic, Hopewell Chin'ono Thursday said he was now living in fear for his life after a furious Zanu-PF spokesperson singled him out for continuously spotlighting on...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 401 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans cries for US$ return
THERE is growing pressure on the government to ditch the collapsing Zim dollar and reinstate the multi-currency system, anchored by either the United States dollar or the South African rand, to stem t...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 915 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
US taunts Zimbabwe for celebrating American demos
ZIMBABWE is one of the three American adversaries gloating over the riotous situation sparked by last week's police killing of a black American, a top American politician has said.Violence has...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 1343 | by newzimbabwe
Buyanga exposes the Mnangagwas
SOUTH AFRICA based Zimbabwe millionaire, Frank Buyanga says the recent corruption storm involving President Emerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins vindicates his earlier claims the first family was a crimin...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:39hrs | 3620 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni 'not silenced, but in mourning'
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has not been silenced by his dethronement as a traditional leader, but is in mourning, his spokesperson Nothiwani Dlodlo said yesterday.The f...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Matanga sacking
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for the expulsion of Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for failing to catch criminals linked to continued abductions on government c...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1669 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 696 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2592 | by Staff reporter
Scapegoating Africans as a lazy lot unable to use land
THE war of words against African holders of land continues unabated as government finds itself in an embarrassing situation after the land reform programme of the year 2000. In an extremely disquietin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:39hrs | 239 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, social media and the new dispensation
On May 13th three MDC-Alliance members, Cecilia Chimbiri, Netsai Marowa and legislator for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe were allegedly abducted after staging a flash demonstration in Harare...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:27hrs | 863 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7913 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 exposes false prophets'
CHEGUTU gospel musician Isaac Muchaita has described the current national lockdown as God's way of punishing false prophets in the country.Muchaita, who is also a preacher, said the gospel had...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:33hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa using coronavirus as cover for arbitrary rule
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa "opened an avenue to arbitrary rule" when he extended the coronavirus lockdown for an indefinite per...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1804 | by Staff reporter
Zapu scorns 'useless' ex-secretary general Absolom Sikhosana
OPPOSITION Zapu has slammed late Zanu-PF politburo member Absolom Sikhosana for being a "useless and harmless" man who did not deserve to be conferred with the highest honour of the land.Sikho...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1272 | by newzimbabwe
Credibility zero - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Nobody anywhere believes in the corrupt and violent Zimbabwe government - not even its 'all weather friends' like China and South Africa, who will no longer lend it money. The Vigil suspects that Zanu...Published: 17 May 2020 at 19:08hrs | 786 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 805 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Investigate all the abductions
Zimbabwe is back in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after three MDC Alliance activists were allegedly abducted and tortured following their arrest for taking part in a protest in Harare.Ha...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:33hrs | 774 | 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 | 705 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1212 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Push to stop by-elections
THE Zanu-PF government is reportedly pushing to do away with by-elections and allow political parties to choose a replacement in the event a legislator is recalled from Parliament or dies, saying its ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Second-hand clothes ban sparks outrage
NOMORE Nsingo has for the past eight years been surviving by selling second-hand clothes at one of Mutare's busiest informal markets.Nsingo, like most Zimbabweans running informal businesses, ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Chinese help in Zimbabwe's Covid-19 fight raises suspicions
China is publicly handing out money and equipment to help fight the spread of coronavirus in Zimbabwe. But Beijing's generosity has made some very wary.Until now most in Zimbabwe have accepted...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:27hrs | 4091 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana denies Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight Jihadists in Mozambique
INFORMATION Ministry permanent secretary has denied swirling reports President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight to northern Mozambique to help fight an Islamic insurgency that erupted a...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 787 | by newzimbabwe
There is no other way than a National Transitional Authority in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2016 the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) has argued consistently for a process leading to the establishment of a National Transitional Authority (NTA). We have done this for no ulterior mo...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 5348 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
Zimbabwe carries out fresh Covid-19 tests
Zimbabwe on Friday said it had carried out fresh tests on six people that tested positive for coronavirus in Harare following an ‘unusual clustering' of cases.The previous day, the Ministry ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 17:52hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni claims Mnangagwa govt abusing public funds to fuel MDC feud
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has lashed out at the Zanu-PF led government for allegedly abusing public funds to fuel divisions within MDC through financing an opposition facti...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1578 | by newzimbabwe
'Zimbabweans politicians using COVID-19 for electioneering'
POLITICIANS have been accused of using the COVID-19 pandemic for campaign purposes, where they are doling out goodies to the needy as they appeal to the electorate.Politicians from across the ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:33hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
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