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Gukurahundi deployed on this day in 1983
January 20, 2025 marks the somber 42nd anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Zimbabwe's history - the Gukurahundi genocide. This atrocity, carried out by the North Korea-trained Five Brigade u...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:09hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Concerns raised over Gukurahundi hearings
Stakeholders have expressed concerns over the upcoming Gukurahundi hearings, expected to begin in the first quarter of this year, highlighting the need for transparency, inclusivity, and a clear budge...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:15hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide public hearings to start first quarter
Public hearings on the Gukurahundi conflict are slated to commence in the first quarter of this year, marking a significant step towards national healing and reconciliation. A designated Command Centr...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:02hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
China's meddling in Zimbabwe's internal politics unwelcome and against international law
China's actions in Zimbabwe are becoming increasingly disturbing, with its flagrant interference in the country's internal political affairs going beyond what is acceptable under international law. ...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 23:11hrs | 575 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga backers under siege over 2030
Rising tensions within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party have triggered a dramatic intervention by the politburo following reports of alleged targeting, intimidation, and discrimination of members oppos...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 11:17hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings set to begin
The much-anticipated Gukurahundi hearings, under the Matabeleland Peace-Building Outreach Programme, are edging closer, with the steering committee expected to announce the official start date soon. A...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slogan widens factional rifts in Zanu-PF
The controversial Zanu-PF slogan "2030 VaMnangagwa vanenge vachipo" (2023: President Mnangagwa will still be in power) has ignited factional divisions within the ruling party, exposing deepening crack...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:45hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors call for apology before it's too late
As Zimbabwe marks the anniversary of the Unity Accord on December 22, survivors of the Gukurahundi atrocities have renewed calls for justice, compensation, and recognition for the horrors they endured...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:16hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa grilled over illegal land allocation scandal
Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa faced tough questioning from the Harare Commission of Inquiry yesterday over allegations of involvement in the illegal allocation of over 5,000 residential stands and ...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:37hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa directed Harare's councillors to fast-track processes
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is appearing before the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the Harare City Council, chaired by retired High Court Judge Justice ...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 16:32hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council implicated in cattle looting scandal
The Harare City Council has been embroiled in a cattle looting scandal, with allegations surfacing that approximately 100 cattle are being illicitly removed from the city's paddocks each month....Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:50hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested with rhino horn parts at Harare airport
A 34-year-old Chitungwiza man, Cuthbert Maoko, was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for attempting to smuggle five rhino horn pieces out of the country. The incident occurre...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:16hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt procures vehicles to kick-start genocide hearings
The Government of Zimbabwe is in the process of procuring all-terrain vehicles for use during the Gukurahundi hearings programme, which is set to begin soon. The announcement was made yesterday by the...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:28hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga''s ex-wife seeks permanent stay of prosecution
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Mary Mubaiwa, has filed an application for a permanent stay of prosecution in her attempted murder case, where she is accused of attempting to kill the V...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 15:36hrs | 2592 | by Staff reporter
Fired BancABC managers threaten to wash 'dirty linen' in public
A bitter and escalating dispute between dismissed BancABC managers and the bank's leadership is threatening to destabilize one of Zimbabwe's leading financial institutions. The conflict, which involve...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:04hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Harare probe team's tenure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the governance of Harare City Council (HCC) by three months, allowing it more time to complete its probe...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:07hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man in court for defrauding Defence deputy minister
A 29-year-old man from Maglas Township in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a fraud charge after allegedly defrauding Zimbabwe's Defence De...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
BancABC uses 'dirty tactics' to silence bosses?
BancABC is engulfed in controversy, facing accusations of fabricating charges against at least nine top managers as part of a strategy to evade paying retrenchment packages, NewZimbabwe.com has learne...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:50hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Nurse arrested for forgery, theft
Harare nurse Rose Mhakayakora (45) appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraud after allegedly forging documents to claim US$2,503 from the National Employment Council for the Medical and Alli...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:44hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Ultimate Survivor: The nine lives of Wadyajena
JUST a few months ago, it looked almost certain that factional wars in Zanu PF had buried Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Yet, Mayor's detractors, especially in his turbulent Midlands Province, ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 20:02hrs | 924 | by Paul Ndou
Gono company directorship change case takes new twist
The trial of Clark Clever Makoni and his wife Beverly Aisha Ndonda Makoni resumed yesterday, with the prosecution alleging that the couple engaged in fraudulent activities by illegally changing the di...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:40hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Britain's interference in the US presidential election will backfire badly
Foreign interventions in elections or referenda rarely end well for the interventionists. In 2016, then US President Barack Obama foolishly lectured the British people on how they should vote in the u...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 986 | by Nile Gardiner
City Council committee Chairpersons lack basic qualifications
A commission of inquiry into the operations of the Harare City Council (HCC) has revealed that several committee chairpersons lack basic qualifications and a proper understanding of their roles. The i...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:13hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings stalls amid logistical challenges
The Gukurahundi public outreach programme, initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July 2024, has hit a major roadblock due to unresolved logistical issues.The programme, designed to prov...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 18:44hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
MRP threatens to disrupt Gukurahundi hearings
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has vowed to disrupt the planned Gukurahundi hearings if the perpetrators are not held accountable for their actions. The government has stalled the proce...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:46hrs | 862 | by Stephen Jakes
Nepotism, corruption mar Harare land allocations
A commission of inquiry into the City of Harare's financial management has revealed widespread corruption, nepotism, and favouritism in the municipality's land allocation processes. The commission, le...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:26hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Harare housing co-op leaders in land scam
Two leaders of the Simon Mazorodze Housing Co-operative in Harare have been implicated in a land scam involving the illegal conversion of land designated for schools and a clinic into residential stan...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:01hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos house in a mess again
Premiership giants Dynamos Football Club find themselves in turmoil once again, following the suspension of assistant coach Murape Murape, sporting director Richard Chihoro, and team physiotherapist A...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:11hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
American coup plotters sentenced to death in DRC
Thirty-seven alleged coup plotters, including three Americans, were convicted and sentenced to death Friday by a Kinshasa military court in a trial against the failed coup of May 19 in the Democratic ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi massacre survivors cry foul
For more than 40 years, Bongani Ncube and Patricia Baleni have carried the pain of losing their fathers in the Matabeleland massacres in which thousands of Zimbabweans were murdered in the 1980s....Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdow...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1069 | by Nkosi Moyo
'City of Harare now a crime scene'
The ongoing commission of inquiry into Harare City Council has uncovered alarming levels of corruption, with councillors and senior officials allegedly turning the city into a "crime scene."Th...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:10hrs | 3697 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man reports lawyer to Law Society of Zimbabwe
A Bulawayo resident has lodged a formal complaint alleging severe misconduct and unethical behavior within the legal system, specifically targeting a local lawyer accused of disrupting legal proceedin...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:03hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide hearings encounter another setback
The Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme, recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has already encountered another setback.The National Chiefs Council has revealed that crucial l...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:10hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Rand manipulators must be held accountable by Parliament
African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula has called for those responsible for the rand manipulation to face the wrath of the law.It is alleged that more than 28 banks conspire...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 14:33hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 360 | by Silas Nkala
Zimhbabwe tightens carbon credit trade laws
GOVERNMENT is in the process of tightening laws controlling carbon credit trade, Environment, Climate and Wildlife minister Sithembiso Nyoni has said.Speaking during Parliamentary public heari...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:53hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi tells people's chiefs to withdraw from Gukurahundi hearings
The secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has launched an online petition to prevent Matabeleland chiefs from leading the Gukurahundi hearings, a task assigned to them by President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Chief Bango protects his supper, threatens villager over Gukurahundi petition
Chief Bango of Matabeleland South has reportedly threatened a villager who circulated a petition on the Sontala WhatsApp group, calling for chiefs to be excluded from the Gukurahundi hearings....Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa expels Jacob Zuma from ANC
The African National Congress (ANC) of Cyril Ramaphosa has expelled former president Jacob Zuma.Zuma was hauled before the party's disciplinary committee after he publicly endorsed the uMkhont...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 08:17hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
SADC must kick out Zimbabwe for kiling and oppressing Matabeles
It is quite disturbing that members of the SADC region are falling over each other to condemn Israel for the war against Palestine while they wine and dine with the black apartheid government of Zimba...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 901 | by Israel Dube
Gukurahundi secrecy raises more questions
The public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres, launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, have sparked controversy and criticism. Former speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo expressed skept...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:09hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must return Zipra assets
Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans have criticized the government for retaining their properties, arguing that returning these assets should be a priority in addressing the Guku...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:11hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
No message yet for Chamisa: incoming US Ambassador
The incoming United States of America's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms. Pamela M. Tremont has claimed that the sending state (USA) has no message for former Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Advocate ...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1879 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
US Ambassador Tremont meets sanctioned Mnangagwa
The new United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms. Pamela Tremont, presented her credentials to President Mnangagwa on Wednesday, officially assuming her ambassadorial role after her initial nomination...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 16:10hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
Allow Mnangagwa to go and rest
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will not extend his term beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms, saying he will go and rest.This adherence to constitutionalism brings speculat...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop abusing Matabele genocide victims and pay US$ 100 billion compansation
It is very unfortunate that Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa pretends as if he did not see the Notice of Demand For The Restoration Of Matabeleland State delivered to the President's office by MLO President Cde ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1216 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa confronting the Gukurahundi ghost
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday initiated a Gukurahundi hearings outreach program led by chiefs from the Matabeleland region. The aim is to gather information about the atrocities that occurred...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should release the Dumbutshena, Chihambakwe reports
The government should release reports by two commissions that investigated the Gukurahundi genocide "as part of truth telling" ahead of new public hearings in Matabeleland which President Emmerson Mna...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
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