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Mnangagwa's image dented by police brutality
The violent crackdown by the police on opposition activists that gathered in Harare on Friday awaiting a court judgement on a planned demonstration once again put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commit...Published: 21 hrs ago | 348 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, torture, dragnet arrests amid vicious crackdown against dissent
Blessing Kunotonga is one of scores of opposition supporters left nursing serious injuries after state security agents launched a crackdown against the MDC ahead of the banned August 16 protests....Published: 21 hrs ago | 133 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fakes kids' death for insurance
A KWEKWE-based teacher faked the death of his daughter and claimed $2 500 from an insurance company.As if that was not enough, soon after the money ran out, the teacher used the same trick and...Published: 21 hrs ago | 248 | by Staff reporter
Demonstrations disrupting flow of business
THE opposition MDC-Alliance has been busy plotting to destabilise the country through nationwide demonstrations.The organisers claim they are demonstrating against the country's economic condi...Published: 21 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fakes children's death for insurance
A KWEKWE-based teacher faked the death of his daughter and claimed $2 500 from an insurance company.As if that was not enough, soon after the money ran out, the teacher used the same trick and...Published: 22 hrs ago | 354 | by Staff Reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni an illegitimite Chief?
On Monday 19 August the people of Bulawayo have been asked to demonstrate against a court ruling on Chief Ndiweni. Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. However, is he ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:38hrs | 2310 | by Nicholas Ncube
ZANU PF youths in police uniform beat up Harare protestors?
Human Rights Defender Dr. Betty Makoni has alleged that some of the police officers that were deployed to crush protestors in Harare on Friday were ZANU PF functionaries given police uniforms. ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:23hrs | 5826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 Chiadzwa panners die in mine shaft collapse
THREE illegal diamond miners died in Chiadzwa on Wednesday night after a mine shaft they were working on at a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) field reportedly collapsed.Manicaland...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to unleash more violence
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash more violence in the streets after yesterday's planned illegal demonstrations failed to take off following a prohibition notice isued b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF optimistic of retaining Zaka East seat
The ruling Zanu-PF has officially launched the Zaka East by-election campaign, with the party optimistic of retaining the seat which fell vacant following the death of Caston Gumbwanda in June this ye...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 14:46hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bounces back
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe reporte...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 7620 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Zimbabwe is not Mthwakazi and Mthwakazi is not Zimbabwe
When the situation is good Mthwakazi people are told in the face that they are enemies of the State,that they must go back to South Africa. When it is bad, then they are a much needed piece to solve t...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 173 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Zimbabwe is not Mthwakazi and Mthwakazi is not Zimbabwe - MLF
When the situation is good Mthwakazi people are told in the face that they are enemies of the State, that they must go back to South Africa. When it is bad, then they are a much needed piece to solve ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 299 | by MLF
Mnangagwa warned against deploying army
Some sober minds must warn the present Zimbabwean political establishment. Especially the current Potestate, the Junta itself and the Commanders. The history of the world has many lessons to the effec...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | 5425 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Ambuya Nehanda's bones stuck in UK
The Executive Director of National Monuments and Monuments of Zimbabwe Dr Godfrey Mahachi will be the guest of honour at an Ambuya Nehanda Repatriation Conference that will be held on the 5th of...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:26hrs | 2124 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The economics of demonstrations
Demonstrations are a huge mark on a nation's economy. The average man is not aware of this. Maybe after reading this piece, the common man will be able to contextualize what a political demonstration ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1437 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Adjust all civil servants' pay, don't cherry-pick
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's overtures towards the military during the Defence Forces Day commemorations - on whose back he swept to power in November 2017 - should be extended to every government e...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 928 | by Editorial - NewsDay
Chamisa so obsessed with power
As Tsvangirai lay dying in a posh hospital in South Africa on a fully government funded health trip, against all African ways Nelson Chamisa was in the arms of the soon to be widow scheming on ways of...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 3051 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cops save 'unlucky' thieves
TWO men suspected to be behind a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in Bulawayo were arrested after their getaway car collided with a haulage truck during a high speed chase through the city centre o...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
US condemns abduction, torture of rights activists in Zimbabwe
The United States embassy in Harare on Wednesday voiced concern over the latest crackdown on pro-democracy activists by Zimbabwe's security forces ahead of a series of planned opposition protests....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:38hrs | 1188 | by ZimLive
Zimbabweans bracing for fresh unrest as Chamisa plan protests
Zimbabweans are bracing for fresh unrest after the main opposition party unveiled plans for a series of major rallies starting this week and unions called for strike action.Any demonstrations ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 17:06hrs | 2822 | by The Guardian
Beitbridge accident death toll rises
The death toll from the Beitbridge accident which occurred early Monday morning has gone up to eight, hospital sources have revealed.One of the four seriously injured passengers succumbed to i...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Council dolls stands to fallen hero's spouses
THE Beitbridge Municipality says it will offer families of fallen heroes of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle residential stands at half the normal price as an appreciation of their selfless sacrifices....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Good Samaritan stabbed to death
A GOOD Samaritan, who was assisting police officers to arrest an assault suspect in rural Marondera, was stabbed to death after manhandling the suspect.Kennedy Nyandoro (38) of Mudzimukunzi vi...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
6 die in Nkayi Road kombi crash
SIX people died while 20 others were injured yesterday when a kombi they were travelling in veered off the road before overturning at the 24km peg along Bulawayo-Nkayi Road in Bubi District. T...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC cross swords
DAGGERS have been drawn between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC over the latter's Friday protests, with Zanu-PF political commissar and Defence deputy mini...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:39hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe doctor's death a great loss'
The late senior medical consultant, Dr Kumbirai Mumbwandarikwa who died on the 11th of this month at his Borrowdale home after battling cancer has been described as one of the best medical practitione...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2108 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not want to be president
I know I will sound ridiculous, but it has been my observation that Chamisa does not want to be the President of Zimbabwe. What he really wants is to be coopted into a Government of National Unity (GN...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | 6350 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to shun violence, corruption
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday urged Zimbabweans to shun violence and corruption and focus their efforts in rebuilding the economy.The president made the remarks in his addr...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 958 | by Xinhua
Mugabe's doctor dies
Doctor Kumbirai Mubwandarikwa, who treated prominent liberation fighters including former President Robert Mugabe in colonial jails, has died. He was 78.His son, Joram, confirmed the d...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 13864 | by Staff reporter
The situation in Zimbabwe has moved to another level
"FELLOW Zimbabweans … the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe and his family are safe and sound an...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1928 | by Cliff Chiduku
Heroes' Day eclipsed by new lows
It is sad that the relevance of Heroes' Day has been obliterated by the new levels of suffering going on in Zimbabwe.It seems incomprehensible that any other matter can overshadow the levels o...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 633 | by Learnmore Zuze
Man stabbed to death over snooker game
A MAN from Plumtree has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his friend to death in a dispute over a snooker game. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo mourns Plumtree accident victims
Bulilima-Mangwe Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has mourned three accident victims who died in a horrific truck accident along the Plumtree-Brunapeg Road last week. The accident occurred at the 62-ki...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
The invisible professionals
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude and sideline them. There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1458 | by Wiseman Magasela
Jonathan Moyo's heroes day message to Zimbabwe
Former ZANU PF Politiburo Member Professor Jonathan Moyo says Zimbabwe needs to rethink the concept of the heroes acre because it is now branded as a partisan and tribal shrine that does not serve the...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 09:15hrs | 6620 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa plans to bring Zimbabwe to a standstill
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party wants to bring Zimbabwe to a virtual standstill with plans now afoot to take the planned August 16 protest to the rest of the country, NewZimbabwe.com has reported.W...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 4464 | by newzimbabwe
I'm my own man: Vincent Tsvangirai
MDC Alliance's aspiring Glen View South legislator Vincent Tsvangirai (VT) says Zimbabweans must unite to save the country from collapse. He expressed confidence that he will win the seat that was lef...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition must revisit campaign strategies'
POLITICAL think-tank, Local Solutions Council (LSC), has urged the opposition to re-look its electioneering strategies in rural areas to avoid continuous thumping by the ruling Zanu-PF party.L...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Bhalagwe heroes acre status rejected
A Matabelaland civic society organisation Ibhetshu lika Zulu has rejected the notion that Bhalagwe memorial site should be treated as a heroes acre. In a statement on Sunday issued by the Secr...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 20:48hrs | 2056 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa at ZCC shrine
President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited the ZCC Defe Shrine in Gokwe where the church had a meeting to commemorate the death of its founding father Bishop Samuel Mutendi. He was accom...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:33hrs | 6693 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa preaches unity, peace
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called upon Zimbabweans to remain united and fight for peace for the development of the country.President Mnangagwa was addressing Zion Christian Church congre...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:24hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA was empty promises and murderous defence of status quo – antithesis of what nation dying for
"Mnangagwa ndiChomugore!" (Mnangagwa is Chomugore!) was my instinctive response to President Mnangagwa's State Of Nation Address (SONA) yesterday.Chomugore was a mean old man who would ask you...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1475 | by Wilbert Mukori
Gold panner stabbed to death
A Kwekwe artisanal miner was arrested recently after he allegedly stabbed his colleague to death following a dispute over a cellphone and US$10 in Mazowe.Marshal Moyo (23), of Sesombe village ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 278 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Why Mbuya Nehanda is still displayed in a library
Those who are Christians they do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 936 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Military wants to see 'our' Zimbabweans united
On Tuesday, Zimbabweans will commemorate Zimbabwe Defence Forces' Day to celebrate the role played by the country's uniformed forces in protecting and guaranteeing the country's sovereignty. Last week...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Inside the 'secret' world of Gule Wamkulu
THE Nyau or Gule, popularly known in Zimbabwe as zvigure, are an enigma. Mystic, misunderstood and feared — their secrets have been hidden for centuries behind gory masks, cryptic dances and bizarre...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 186 | by Prince Mushawevato
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