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Botswana president rebukes leaders clinging to power
Botswana President Duma Boko has condemned leaders who attempt to extend their presidential terms beyond the established limits, boldly stating that such leaders are failures. His remarks came during ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:36hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security shake-up was a 'masterstroke'
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent security sector reshuffle, calling it a "masterstroke" that neutralized individuals who mistakenly beli...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:34hrs | 5332 | by Staff reporter
Increased police presence in following Geza's nationwide demonstrations
Following the call for nationwide demonstrations by war veteran Blessed Geza, the streets of Masvingo's central business district (CBD) and surrounding residential areas remain heavily patrolled by po...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 13:12hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
No exam paper leakages during June exams
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) confirmed that there were no examination paper leakages during the mid-year public exams held from May 27 to June 21, 2024. Over 32,000 candidates par...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora outfoxes rivals for MDC presidency
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Douglas Mwonzora appears to have outfoxed his competition ahead of the party congress as he emerged the sole candidate for the presidency the opposition party's national council me...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Court tosses Tsitsi Dangarembga freedom bid
Celebrated film maker and author Tsitsi Dangarembga will next week stand trial on public violence incitement charges after a Harare magistrate Thursday dismissed her application for discharge at the c...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:31hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
The heartbeat of a lost nation!
The first time I visited freedom park in 2009, I had mixed emotions about the past, the present and the future. The selfless sacrifices of the fallen heroes left me speechless. At that point I knew th...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 11:59hrs | 11 | by Eric Shikobela
Ex-Malawi MP shoots himself dead in parliament
A high-ranking former Malawian MP, Clement Chiwaya, has shot himself dead in an office in parliament.Mr Chiwaya, who was a wheelchair user after he contracted polio at the age of two, served a...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 cops, soldiers descend on Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army have deployed more than 400 officers from outside Beitbridge in a major clampdown that has seen hundreds of people arrested and fined in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to change tact on demos
POLICE yesterday sealed off Gweru after banning a demonstration organised by the MDC with the opposition party making a climbdown on its earlier position to defy the prohibition order.The part...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Latest on MDC protests in Bulawayo
Some parts of Bulawayo CBD were on business as usual on Monday morning with heavy security forces patrolling the streets. Other shops like Zapalala and Edgars remained closed .Police officers ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
There is no better dictator , one who comes after is worse
Comparisons between the junta leader and his predecessor have been made.People have come to the conclusion uncle Bob was better than his successor, the junta leader, Dambudzo Munangagwa. Dicta...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 22:00hrs | | by AT Kadada
Chiwenga fights for life, Zanu-PF bigwigs engineering a Chamisa
INTENSE jostling for the vice-presidency has erupted among Zanu-PF heavyweights at a time Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is battling for his life at a top Chinese hospital.This comes as i...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should now take Mnangagwa head-on
Nearly a year ago, on Nov. 21, the Zimbabwean armed force, toppled ex-President Mugabe from power, after a week of attempts to coerce him to resign from the presidency. The coup surprised many observe...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 20:04hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Hakata
Heavy security for Museveni in Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's government increased security to shield visiting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday, inconveniencing scores of Zimbabweans going about their own business in Harare's central bus...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Independence celebration flops
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to preside over a successful 39th anniversary of the Independence of Zimbabwe flopped after a massive rainfall scattered the attendees who filled about half of the N...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 12:21hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF & the proposed national dialogue is a valid arrest of a people's revolution
When EDfee arrived in Zimbabwe after a tamultous week of revolting by the peoples of the so called zimbabwe, he immediately shifted the mindset of the gulliable and politically feeble minds. He announ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:36hrs | 4 | by C.K.Nyoni
'Mnangagwa's call for dialogue was a trap'
When Mnangagwa arrived in Zimbabwe after a tumultuous week of revolting by the peoples of the so called Zimbabwe, he immediately shifted the mindset of the gullible and politically feeble minds. He an...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Crispen Khalipha Nyoni
UK piles pressure on Mnangagwa
Britain piled diplomatic pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt telling the Zimbabwean leader: "Don't turn back the clock."The Minister for Afr...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:00hrs | | by ZimLive
UK to suspend aid to Zimbabwe?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts will suffer a huge blow as calls for the United Kingdom (UK) government to withdraw its foreign aid and support to Zimbabwe's mount.This co...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | 1 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
CIOs stressing over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sweats over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference venue in lockdown
ESIGODINI, the venue of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference, has been placed under security lockdown ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit later this week, six months after he survive...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Women lose makeup kits to Mnangagwa's armed security'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally claimed that heavy security deployed to search people attending the graduating at Zimbabwe Open University on Friday lost pens...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 13:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa crackdown on money changers futile'
The crackdown on black market currency trading to curb a parallel market blamed for the spike in prices is not enough to address the problem, economists said yesterday.This comes as there has ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in colonial relics show
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official opening of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday turned into a public display of colonial regalia and trinkets in scenes that would fit well at Westminster A...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as Zimbabwe awaits Chamisa vs Mnangagwa ruling
ANXIETY gripped Harare and other parts of the country as the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) began the much-anticipated hearing to determine the case in which MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is con...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty rocks post-election environment
The peaceful atmosphere that prevailed on Election Day has been disturbed by the tensions that engulfed the nation after a deadly crackdown on MDC Alliance protesters in Harare.Habakkuk Trust ...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Heavy security at Mnangagwa rallies
"Once bitten, twice shy" has justifiably become the philosophy of Zanu-PF following the near catastrophe at the White City Stadium in Bulawayo on 23 June when still unknown people attempted to assassi...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How diamond smuggling is thriving in Zimbabwe
SITTING under a shade with eyes glued on a road in Mozambique's Manica town's affluent suburb, a group of five young men scans all directions for potential suppliers of diamonds.The street is ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:26hrs | 12 | by Wealth of Nations
Mliswa wants Mnangagwa to cut down on his motorcade
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut down on his motorcade and security to reduce government expenditure.Mliswa said Mnangagwa should shun the...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo humiliated in Banket
Contemporary musician Andrew Ngwenya, better known as Andy Muridzo, got a rude awakening over the weekend in Banket after angry fans chased him away for arriving at a fundraising show late.Peo...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's deep love for all things colonial
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has not hidden his disdain for everything associated with Zimbabwe's erstwhile colonial master Britain, especially since the turn of the century when his administration embarke...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso-DeMbare debacle, fans speak their mind
THE country's flagship football league flattered to deceive thousands of expectant fans that had thronged fortress Barbourfields and millions more following the action via telly, giving birth to a fie...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blacklist rowdy fans, ex-PSL secretary
Former Lancashire Steel and Premier Soccer League secretary Mwandibhuya Mutepfa has advocated for blacklisting of all rowdy football fans at stadiums.According to Mutepfa, banning such fans mi...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya shopping disrupted
Prophet Walter Magaya's attempt to shop at Century City Mall in Newlands Southe Africa was disturbed as people jostled in a sports shop to receive prayers.Among the people were employees of a ...Published: 03 May 2017 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe struggles to walk, snoozes in Ghana
President Robert Mugabe was this week once again the focus of international media attention after a video showing him apparently struggling to walk went viral on social media.He was also p...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in fresh health scare, Mphoko takes over
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe reportedly sneaked out of the country early yesterday for medical check-up in Singapore, with his entire family having already left on Monday, top government sources told N...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempted military coup is underway in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly reassured citizens early Saturday in Istanbul after a chaotic night in which factions of Turkey's military said they had taken control of the country. E...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by time
Parents burn school
Some parents in Kwazulu Natali are in trouble for allegedly burning two offices at school.Daily Sun reported that on Wednesday, matric pupils at Mvaba High School in Inanda, near Durban, were ...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Giving ZANU PF money is akin to funding 'terror'
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) notes the debate raised by the United States Senate Committee Chair on Foreign Relations, Senator Bob Corker's letter, to the Obama administration imploring them to...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 14:47hrs | | by Willias Madzimure - PDP International Relations Secretary
WATCH: Prophet Magaya causes stir in South Africa
There was pandemonium at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport when Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya landed in South Africa for a three-day crusa...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Zimbabwe to continue Pakistan cricket tour despite 'suicide bomb'
Zimbabwe on Saturday said it will continue its cricket tour of Pakistan despite an apparent suicide bombing leaving two people dead outside the stadium during a match between the two sides.Fri...Published: 30 May 2015 at 18:38hrs | 10 | by AFP
Suicide bomber kills 2 during a Pakistan-Zimbabwe cricket match
Islamabad - A Pakistani minister admitted on Saturday that a suicide bomber was responsible for an explosion outside Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium that killed two people during a Pakistan-Zimbabwe cricket ...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:52hrs | 9 | by AFP
Big Nuzz finally dates Byo
Durban based outfit Big Nuz is finally heading to Bulawayo in May, weeks after cancelling their show in the city due to xenophobic attacks in South Africa.The group cancelled the Bulawayo show...Published: 27 Apr 2015 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gumbura to face the music
Jailed rapist pastor, Robert Martin Gumbura, allegedly told other inmates that they were foolish for not breaking windowpanes to escape in protest against poor food at Chikurubi Maximum Security Pri...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Malema ties the knot under tight security
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Mantwa Matlalaunder heavy security.The private traditional wedding ceremony in Malema's home town of ...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tight security as Tendai Biti unveils new colours
MDC Renewal Team Secretary General Tendai Biti yesterday arrived at the team's all structures meeting held at the Harare Show Grounds under heavy guard.A team of bodyguards, apparently drawn f...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 15:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Helicopter crash pilot arrested
POLICE have arrested a South African millionaire running a game farm near West Nicholson, his lawyer has confirmed. Frikkie Lutzkie was arrested shortly after disembarking at Joshua Mqabuko Nk...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 05:06hrs | 3 | by Clemence Manyukwe
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