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Mnangagwa's wife faces UK protests
Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is set to face a storm of protests and tough questions when she visits the United Kingdom in June, amid growing outrage over human rights abuses and the contin...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:13hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Jonny Oates demanded stern action against Mnangagwa's govt
The plight of incarcerated Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga sparked fiery debate in Britain's House of Lords on Thursday, as Liberal Democrats peer Lord Jonny Oates demanded stern action against ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:09hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
ZPP raises alarm over human rights violations
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), a prominent human rights watchdog, has reported that more than 1,000 Zimbabweans experienced violations of their fundamental freedoms in the wake of the March 31 prot...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:35hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Albert Nguluvhe: Loyalty, courage and dedication in the shadows of power
In a political landscape often defined by betrayal, opportunism and shifting loyalties, Albert Nguluvhe stands out as a rare embodiment of courage, principle and unwavering dedication to duty. His sto...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:17hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga takes freedom bid to the Constitutional Court
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been detained for over a month, has filed papers seeking the Constitutional Court's intervention to challenge the law under which he was ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:08hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt spy, accomplices in court for airport human trafficking
The trial of government spy agent Moses Mutambai and his four alleged accomplices is set to begin on April 16, 2025, following charges of facilitating the illegal entry of undocumented Ethiopians into...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:07hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
March 31 protest suspects denied bail
A group of 98 activists arrested on March 31 for allegedly participating in an anti-government demonstration have been denied bail and remanded in custody until April 24. The protest, reportedly organ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa insult prisoner released
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has dropped charges against Alfred Ngonidzaishe Machakaire, a 34-year-old man from Gowo village in Chiendambuya, who spent more than a month behin...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:19hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
17 Malawians to spend over two weeks in Zimbabwe jail
Seventeen Malawian nationals arrested on Sunday for entering Zimbabwe without valid travel documents have been remanded in custody until April 16 as authorities seek a Chewa interpreter to assist with...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp give away protestors
The majority of the 107 suspects arrested in connection with Monday's anti-government protests were identified through digital surveillance of WhatsApp group chats and social media activity, police ha...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:17hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Arresting protesters in Zimbabwe exposes an Illegitimate government that fears its own people
Fear breeds monsters, and these monsters, in turn, seek to instil fear in others.Those who seek to instil fear in others are often the most fearful themselves.The recent arrests of at ...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 16:58hrs | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Judge condemns inhumane prison conditions
A High Court judge has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and prison authorities to ensure that inmate holding cells across the country, specifically at Mutare Central Police Station and Mutare Rem...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges CIO Deputy Director-General?
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director-General, retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi, has reportedly been informed of his appointment as the country's next ambassad...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:57hrs | 11742 | by Staff reporter
Police deny claims woman at protest was undercover cop
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has denied claims that a woman filmed during the March 31 protests in Harare was an undercover officer gathering intelligence on demonstrators and journalists....Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 15:40hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail at High Court
High Court Judge Gibson Mandaza has dismissed a bail appeal filed by detained Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, ruling that there was no compelling argument to overturn the findin...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 18:14hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
British man killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-run
A 79-year-old British man, Edgar Riches, was killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle from Kenyan President William Ruto's motorcade in Nairobi on Thursday.Riches, a charity worker...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 19:33hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Regime change Khama refused entry into Angola
Angola is under scrutiny after denying entry to several senior African political figures who were set to attend a conference hosted by the country's main opposition party, the National Union for the T...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 09:51hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Zambian couple arrested for attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children
A Livingstone couple has been detained after allegedly attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children, aged between 4 and 12 years into Zambia.Humphrey Likando (62) and Maggie Phiri (51) of D...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 12:39hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell fires up Zimbabwe's succession battle
It was a war veteran and senior Zanu-PF member named Blessed Geza, also known as "Bombshell", who launched a verbal offensive against Mnangagwa.A long convoy of armoured personnel tanks rollin...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:16hrs | 3826 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillor arrested over Mnangagwa WhatsApp video
Chivhu ward 12 councillor, Ishmael Maukazuva, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been arrested for allegedly forwarding a WhatsApp recording of a woman using vulgar language to i...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 06:49hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Cry, the beloved country
Zimbabwe, formerly one of Southern Africa's most promising countries, is today seen as a laughingstock throughout the region.It's really tragic that the Zanu PF leadership is just worried abou...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 13:36hrs | 295 | by Leonard Koni
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo eventually led to unfounded accusations that he had been responsible for Chitepo's death, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Chitepo was killed b...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 18:22hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF in the Zimbabwean authoritarian context: A case of captured popular opposition leadership1. Introduction...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 09:34hrs | 2008 | by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge
Mthwakazi activist appears in court over school protest
A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhulile Jele, appeared at the Plumtree Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a disorderly conduct charge after protesting at a local school over the alleged ...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:14hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
The weaponization of the law and relentless persecution of dissent in Zimbabwe's 'Second Republic'
THE persecution never appears to end. The recent arrest of and denial of bail to renowned journalist Blessed Mhlanga has brought a disturbing trend in Zimbabwe to the fore. Since the a...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:09hrs | 358 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe war vets start applying for loans
War veterans across Zimbabwe have begun applying for loans from the US$1.5 million revolving fund under the Presidential War Veterans Fund, which is now being disbursed across all 10 provinces....Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:57hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
South Africa launches countrywide blitz on illegal immigrants
South Africa has announced a nationwide campaign to flush out illegal immigrants, citing economic pressures likely to be worsened by recent sanctions imposed by Donald Trump's United States government...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 14:03hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Journalism is not a crime, but looting national resources surely is!
On Monday, February 24, 2025, Blessed Mhlanga, a senior journalist with Alpha Media Holdings, handed himself over to the Zimbabwe Republic Police at Harare Central Police Station.Hours later, ...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 22:04hrs | 622 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's liberation was the greatest farce of all time
The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow, but it needs to be taken if we are to heal our nation.Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, celebrated as a triumph over colonial oppression when independe...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 21:11hrs | 1156 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZINEF condemns arrest and detention of Blessed Mhlanga
The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) has strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist and HStv presenter Blessed Mhlanga, describing it as an attack on ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 19:47hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga detained over incitement charges
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga has been detained after surrendering himself at Harare Central Police Station on Monday morning.Mhlanga, who also heads HSTv, AMH's o...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 16:13hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Court kicks out Chinese company from villagers' land
The High Court in Chinhoyi has issued an interdict against Labenmon, a Chinese mining company, barring it from expanding its operations into a grazing area owned by two villages in Magunje, Hurungwe....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 19:19hrs | 13284 | by Staff reporter
Zinef condemns Mhlanga harassment
Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) chairperson, Dumisani Muleya, has condemned the police's pursuit of Alpha Media Holdings online radio and television HStv platform anchor Blessed Mhlanga. This ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:25hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Arrest of Blessed Geza wife
Zimbabwean police have detained Roseline Tawengwa, the wife of militant war veteran Blessed Geza, in an apparent bid to force the ex-combatant to surrender. Geza, who recently fled to South Africa, ha...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
Arresting officer fails to appear, trial postponed
The trial of three civic society leaders accused of protesting outside the Harare Magistrates' Court against the arrest of Jameson Timba and 78 other Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists has ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 14:19hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Buyanga in critical condition
Lawyers representing incarcerated businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi have raised concerns over the impact of his continued detention on his health. Reports from South Africa indicate that Buyanga has fa...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:03hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teacher and human rights activist struggles after 4 years without salary
Robson Chere, a 40-year-old trained teacher and passionate human rights activist, has spent the past four years without receiving a salary after the government halted his payments. As the secretary-ge...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:47hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Prof. Moyo's Political Career in Limbo
Discarded knowledgeable academic Professor Jonathan Moyo, who is currently eking out a life somewhere in East Africa's dungeons, has confessed that factional fights in his previous party exist and is ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 20:22hrs | 2429 | by Leonard Koni
Hero status sought for Chigudu
The ZANU PF Manicaland Province has formally recommended to the Politburo that Tinaye Elisha Nzirasha Chigudu be declared a national hero in recognition of his significant contributions during and aft...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:34hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lashes out at Geza's statements
The ruling Zanu-PF party has strongly condemned Central Committee member Blessing Geza for making "treasonous" and "outrageous" statements aimed at sowing division and causing alarm within the country...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:27hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
So war veterans get $7.50 whilst Zvigananda walk away with millions!
The insults against the people of Zimbabwe continue.The recent launch of the so-called Presidential War Veterans Fund by the Zimbabwean government exposes the deep contradictions, hypocrisy, a...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 22:41hrs | 1606 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU-PF, war veterans back Mnangagwa's term extension?
ZANU-PF and veterans of the liberation struggle have reaffirmed their commitment to the resolution passed at the 21st Annual National People's Conference, calling for the extension of President Emmers...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:44hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube mourns Glen View MP
Welshman Ncube, acting president of the Sengezo Tshabangu-led faction of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has expressed his condolences to the family of the late Glen View South Member of Parl...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:57hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe strictly enforcing anti-smuggling campaign in 1 region?
Presidential Affairs and Devolution Permanent Secretary, Engineer Tafadzwa Muguti, has applauded Bulawayo Metropolitan Province for spearheading the most effective anti-smuggling campaign in the count...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 17:39hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP dies
Glenview South Member of Parliament, Grandmore Hakata, has died. Hakata, a dedicated member of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), made headlines in the 2023 general elections when he ...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 18:44hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son files $500,000 lawsuit over rape allegations
Siqokoqela Mphoko, son of the late former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko, has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a relative who accused him of raping her then 12-year-old daughter, as deepening famil...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man beheads son in grisly axe attack
In a shocking incident that has left the Buhera community in Manicaland province reeling, a 32-year-old man brutally killed his teenage son in an unprovoked axe attack. The gruesome murder saw the boy...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:51hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA officials arrested for demanding, accepting US$1,500 bribe
Four Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials have been arrested for allegedly demanding and receiving bribes in connection with an anti-smuggling operation.The accused - Maguta Jonathan, ...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:33hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Drunken Zambian policeman freed 13 suspects to celebrate New Year
A DRUNKEN police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say.Detective inspector Titus Phiri was arrested after releasing t...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:18hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe intensify crackdown on smuggling
Zimbabwe is intensifying its efforts to combat smuggling along its border with South Africa, in response to significant revenue losses reported due to syndicates operating in the area. The national an...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:39hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
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