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Minister Machakaire Just Discovered What the Rest of Us Live With

I saw the post on X just after 9 a.m., while waiting in a queue for my grandmother's antibiotics at a local clinic. The power had gone out, again. There was no doctor on duty, again. And someone's mother was crying in the hallway because s…

Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:13hrs | 230 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Govt cannot block the exodus of professionals through force

Let's not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want - but people will still find a way to leave this crumbling husk of a nation. This isn't just about migration a…

Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:09hrs | 386 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Prisons force inmates to buy uniforms

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) is facing severe financial constraints, forcing prisoners on remand to provide their own uniforms and prompting their relatives to supply blankets during the cold winter months. Governm…

Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:47hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police out in full force

AS the festive mood grips the nation police officers have been deployed to conduct a traffic blitz, stop and searches as well as motorised, cycle and foot patrols countrywide to curb criminal activities and traffic accidents.All Police com…

Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 06:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's tour de force

"It's in the bag," quipped one man as he gazed down at the sea of people that extended into the horizon during yesterday's Zanu-PF Presidential Star Rally in Mashonaland West province.There is a sense that the ruling party - riding on the …

Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Ferret Force busts car smuggling racket

A COMBINED team of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), military intelligence and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, known as Ferret Force, last week busted a car smuggling syndicate operating between South Africa and Zimbabwe.The syndicate…

Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Brig Gen (Rtd) Mabenge met apartheid to discuss how to deal with MK and ZPRA forces

According to declassified South African Military Intelligence documents the Late Brigadier General (Rtd) Benjamin Mabenge was part of the Zim commanders who met apartheid South Africa commanders in 1982 to discuss how to deal with uMkhontu…

Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Police in full force for festive season

Police are deploying officers over the festive season on highways and in residential areas, industrial sites and town centres to maintain traffic safety and ensure everyone follows Covid-19 regulations to minimise infections.In an intervie…

Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Air Force of Zimbabwe embracing technology

The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is fully embracing technology and widening its technological base in all areas in order to meet demands of the 21st century and effectively deal with emerging threats associated with digital age, Commander A…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa tells Ramaphosa to use a bit of force

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged South Africa to use "a bit of force" to bring sanity in the neighbouring country following a recent wave of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals that has so far claimed at least five lives.Mna…

Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's demos were supposed to be a show of force

MDC Alliance sought to flex their muscles through demonstrations since this mid month.   They were supposed to be a massive show of force to bring the nation to a standstill for the world to notice.  They were meant to force…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa in show of force to thwart MDC Bulawayo demo

Anti-riot police were out in full force in Bulawayo on Monday to thwart any attempts by members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stage its planned demonstration.Most parts of the city were under heavy police guard with securi…

Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Violent protests and use of force

REFLECTING on the tumultuous events of the past week makes one realise how so much can go so wrong in a very short time. What was touted as a shutdown/stayaway to protest the surprise 150% hike in fuel prices turned out to be a nationwide …

Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:11hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome

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 Permanent Secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana told the Bus…

Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 16:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF backers justify army use of deadly force

A public hearing on the August 1 violence entered a third day at a hotel in the capital yesterday, with Zanu-PF supporters claiming that the army cannot be blamed for the election unrest that turned deadly as soldiers opened fire on opposi…

Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Insult law still remains in force

While a number of citizens were arrested and dragged to the courts after being accused of undermining the authority of or insulting former President Robert Mugabe, even as he is gone, that law is still intact.Under Section 33 of the Crimin…

Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

If peaceful means to remove Zanu-PF are not working, why not adopting forceful means?

This message is directed to all political parties. There is no freedom which will come in a silver plate. Zanu has shown us that it won't accept defeat or allow democratic elections.We need leaders who are brave like the likes of  the…

Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 20:47hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Mugabe's brute force on show

HARARE came to a standstill yesterday, as President Robert Mugabe's government, in an unprecedented show of force, brought out its anti-riot hardware to ruthlessly crush a planned protest by opponents of his regime's introduction of a surr…

Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Brute force stifles "Zimbabwe shutdown'

A BRUTAL government crackdown that netted leading figures in the growing chorus of discontent with President Robert Mugabe's government resulted in a muted response to calls for yesterday's planned shutdown.Police on Tuesday rounded up #Th…

Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

No end to Cote d'Ivoire stand-off as Ghana now queries use of force

Cote d'Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo's stand-off with the world intensified today after Britain and Canada rejected his expulsion of their envoys, insisting they only recognise his rival.But with the crisis escalating as regional powers …

Published: 07 Jan 2011 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS

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ZESA to replace old prepaid electricity meters

Missing person alert

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Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

Lovers found dead in suspected murder-suicide

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Zimbabwe grain import ban affecting SA farmers

7 dead in Masvingo-Beitbridge road crash

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Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

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Statutory fees remain until laws are amended

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