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'Dump bond notes'
Zimbabwe should dump its discredited bond notes and real time gross settlement (RTGS) system and re-introduce the United States dollar as a way of solving the country's fragile currency situation and ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1160 | by STaff reporter
Mnangagwa warn plotters
Serious fresh ructions have emerged in Zanu-PF, resulting in two prominent members of the former liberation movement revealing explosive details over the past few days of an apparent plot to topple Pr...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Report on how soldiers tortured and killed citizens
Complainants and witnesses who spoke to the Zimbabwe Human RightsCommission highlighted that armed soldiers and police visited their homes starting the evening of Monday 14 January 2019. They re...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2578 | by ZHRC
More evil to visit Zimbabwe under Mnangagwa
THE ousting of former President Robert Mugabe by political and military elites will result in more of the same abuse of Zimbabweans unless the Sadc joins forces with world powers to effect real change...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1524 | by Mondli Makhanya
Mnangagwa's fuel price hike done illegally
LEGAL think-tank, Veritas yesterday said the now infamous fuel price hike announced by government a fortnight ago was illegal as the prices were fixed by Energy minister Joram Gumbo instead of the fue...Published: 10 hrs ago | 821 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU boss arrested over deadly looting protests
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has been arrested in connection with wild protests that rocked parts of the country during a national job stay away called by the...Published: 10 hrs ago | 175 | by newzimbabwe
Coup threat forced Mnangagwa to cut short his foreign jaunt
A THREAT of an internal revolt and possibility of a military-led ouster reportedly forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his foreign jaunt and return home, as his close allies - ministers a...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2808 | by Staff reporter
Police block Bulawayo Gukurahundi march
ANTI-RIOT police in Bulawayo Monday blocked dozens of survivors of the 1980s Matebeleland and Midlands Gukurahundi massacres from presenting their court petition calling on authorities to open an inqu...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1700 | by newzimbabwe
MDC MPs meet over persecution
THE opposition MDC will today hold an urgent caucus meeting to discuss the arrests of several of their legislators over the weekend and persecution of several others who have now gone into hiding afte...Published: 10 hrs ago | 515 | by Staff reporter
Rogue protestors cop 'killers' in court
TWO men alleged to be part of rogue protestors who allegedly stoned a police officer to death during violent demonstrations in Bulawayo have appeared in court. Charles Thomas, (54), of Njube s...Published: 10 hrs ago | 646 | by STaff reporter
'Restraint by Zimbabwe security forces saved lives'
In the face of widespread media reports and commentary condemning the military and police responses to the violence unleashed on innocent citizens last week by some local and international bodies that...Published: 11 hrs ago | 426 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabwean President surrounded by vultures masquerading as patriots
There has been serious abuse of political power and government by individuals who are surrounding the president. People have worked their way to the top in order to oil their pockets and mouths. ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 17:56hrs | 12663 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa govt riots explanation laughable'
Questions have been raised over government's claims that police and army deserters were responsible for the riots and mayhem that characterised a three-day stay-away, which reportedly led to the death...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
When selfish goals stand in the way of national interests
The violent protests that took place in Zimbabwe between 14 and 15 January 2019 reminded me of a story about two people who were tied to opposite ends of a room with a bowl of food in the center and g...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:56hrs | 823 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Private media now working against the government of Zimbabwe
The recent shutdown which was called for by Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its partners has put the private media into overdrive of painting a gloomy picture of Zimbabwe locally, regiona...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1584 | by Chrispen Chebundo
ZANU PF bribes MDC officials to oust Chamisa
ZANU PF has approached some officials of the opposition Movement for Democratic change in a bid to ‘buy' them to contest Nelson Chamisa in the forthcoming Congress penciled for 2019.The reve...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:44hrs | 5971 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The impeachment of President ED is long overdue
If Terence Mukupe and Justice Mayor Wadyajena are not ignorant, they are stupid. Removing a sitting president from power via parliament is neither a crime nor a sin but a manifestation of democracy. A...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 3277 | by Don Chigumba
Povo must be clear what they want out of street protests - draining of political sewage swamp
"This is a foolish idea!" I wrote on 17 November 2017, to discourage the ordinary Zimbabweans planning to march in support of the military coup the following day."The ZDF coup is about the fac...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 588 | by Wilbert Mukori
The horror Zimbabwe govt is hiding behind blackout
Hundreds of people, including children as young as 10, have been killed or beaten in Zimbabwe in recent days in a crackdown the regime has tried to hide by shutting down the internet and deporting for...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 954 | by The Times (UK)
6 burnt to death after accident
SIX people, two of them believed to be children, were yesterday burnt beyond recognition when their car burst into flames after veering off the road and hitting a tree at the 259-kilometre peg along t...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe soldiers, police killed no one'
ACTING Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has revealed he was not anxious to deal with security details accused of killing more than 12 people during last week's violent fuel protests, but sought to na...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Police officer killed during violent protests buried
A POLICEMAN killed by rogue protestors in Bulawayo during violent demonstrations instigated by the MDC-Alliance and its allies in civil society last week, was on Saturday buried at his rural home in M...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut short his international re-engagements efforts in Europe and will return home today to attend to the economic situation in the country in the wake of violent prote...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 11009 | by Staff reporter
Emotions charge up as Army victims are buried
Emotions were highly charged up over the weekend as three of the reported twelve army victims were buried. One was laid in Harare, one in Marondera and another in Chimanimani.During th...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 07:19hrs | 3372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa skips Davos, returns to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again
Zimbabwe's president he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum after a week of turmoil in which activists have said at least a dozen people have been killed in a government crackdown....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 9974 | by AFP
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 | 6784 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | 6053 | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 2129 | by Staff rpeorter
Police armed with assault rifles set up road blocks to hunt protesters
The ZRP manned checkpoints on many main roads on Saturday, searching vehicles for protesters allegedly involved in recent anti-government demonstrations.A crackdown by security forces has been...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1609 | by AFP
'Mnangagwa crossed the line and change is nigh,' declares Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday attended the burial of Kelvin Tinashe Choto, a 22-year-old man shot by the military during fuel protests on January 14, before declaring: "Change is nigh!"...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | 8302 | by ZimLive
More shutdown heroes emerge
WHILE most businesses in Bulawayo's western suburbs were destroyed by hooligans under the guise of protests, citizens will give credit to some business people who like a group of brave vendors and tou...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2850 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tourism sector counts losses in the wake of protests
ZIMBABWE'S tourism industry stakeholders say the three-day shutdown that brought business to a standstill severely affected the sector, especially in terms of booking cancellations.The shutdow...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:43hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 306 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Looting spells death for Zimbabwe retailers'
BUSINESSES that were broken into, looted and sometimes burnt down during the recent nationwide protests might not be able to rebuild, restock and reopen, business leaders have said.Last week Z...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings
Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's n...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa has nothing to do with last week's massive protests
The MDC says it has nothing to do with last week's massive protests which brought the country to a standstill for at least three days. Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets across the country i...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Jason Ziyapapa Moyo
ON Tuesday marks 42 years since the death of Zapu Vice-President Jason Ziyapapa Moyo (JZ) in a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. JZ Moyo became the Secretary of the new ANC of Southern Rhodesia, which wa...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 316 | by Rtd Brig-General Mazinyane
'Is Mthwakazi Independence Achievable?'
Mthwakazi Research Institute, registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in South Africa, through a research that lasted for 3 months, from October 2018 to December 2018, answe...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 311 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
30 cops injured during riots
AT least 30 police officers were attacked, while some female cops were reportedly indecently assaulted during the recent violent demonstrations in Bulawayo last week.Some of the officers were ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
'Information as a threat to national security'
We publish the full presentation by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare last week....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 345 | by Senator Monica Mutsvangwa
Mnangagwa forges ties with Azerbaijan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev yesterday initiated the first high-level contacts between the two countries when they met in Baku close to the Caspian Sea shorelin...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's violence streak
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa - who is easy bedfellows with the NGOs who are doing his bidding - has even been intimating that the MDC-Alliance has the capacity to take up arms.Duri...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Plot to embarrass Mnangagwa in Switzerland
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding his planned trip to the World Economic Forum (Wef)'s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, next week - amid Zimbabwe's worsening politica...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:17hrs | 8685 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to dump Davos tour
OPPOSITION Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BAZ) leader, Noah Manyika says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should abandon his foreign tour and return home to personally deal with citizen unrest that has elicited...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:06hrs | 640 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe protest death toll from riots rises to 12
As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week's deadly riots - human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the cla...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:55hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
'Third hand behind Zimbabwe disturbances'
The government has confirmed the presence of a third hand in the well-choreographed violent disturbances and acts of sabotage by the motley host of opposition outfits led by the MDC Alliance, Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:50hrs | 2145 | 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 | 922 | by Staff reporter
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | 9478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa - the face of a pathetic coward!
Do we all remember when we little children, and we could not sleep with the light off - otherwise, we would start seeing monsters and ghosts that were not there!That shadow of that tree outsid...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 9499 | by Taurai Pachena
Death penalty should be abolished in Zimbabwe
Laws and statutes play a pivotal role in the way disputes among people are settled. It is therefore incumbent upon every country to lay down its own justice delivery system to fulfil the mandate of up...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | 224 | by Joyce Chigiya
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