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Zimbabwe security services on high alert
Security services in Zimbabwe are on high alert to ensure public safety, with the government assuring both citizens and visitors of a secure environment for socio-economic activities, Minister of Home...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:42hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'mischief makers' cautioned afresh
Law enforcement authorities have issued a stern warning against individuals organizing unsanctioned protests and those engaging in disruptive behavior on social media, vowing to crack down on such act...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 05:43hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Harare churches, schools face closure
The Harare City Council has announced plans to shut down illegal churches and other indoor gatherings operating without Certificates of Place of Assembly, urging operators to comply with safety regula...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:48hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politician arrested for 2019 anti-government protests
Police have arrested Goromonzi West losing candidate for the 2023 elections Tineyi Munetsi for allegedly participating in an anti-government protest back in 2019.The incident has been describe...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 16:36hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police intercept vuzu party message
POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a message circulating on social media inviting schoolchildren to a vuzu party in Parklands.Acting provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalan...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops thwart efforts to block Mnangagwa's inauguration
Police on routine patrol early Monday morning thwarted efforts by a few scattered small groups of opposition supporters to block some roads leading to the inauguration of President Mnangagwa at the Na...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn troublemakers
In a statement on the eve of the elections, Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga warned political parties and civic organisations against inciting the public.Police warned on Tuesday they will...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The stakes will be high in Zimbabwe's elections
After the general election in Nigeria in February, the next most significant election in Anglophone Africa will be in Zimbabwe in July or August.There is huge interest in the conduct and outco...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect leaders arrested
Police have arrested two Johane Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect leaders from Hurungwe for convening a gathering in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations.Officer commanding Hurungwe distri...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rural female teachers demand equal space
RURAL female teachers under the Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) and two other civic society organisations have launched a platform to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa's admi...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 600 lockdown arrests in one day
MORE than 2 600 people were arrested countrywide on Saturday for violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations.Among the 2 687 people, 1 274 were arrested for unnecessary movement and 1 002 for not ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police revoke churches gathering permission
POLICE have revoked the permission which had been granted to churches intending to hold crossover gatherings into the New Year saying every other gatherings including the use of fire crackers, skiddin...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 300 new Covid cases
Zimbabwe registered 300 new coronavirus cases and one death on Wednesday as police announced a ban on all New Year celebrations, including all-night prayers and musical gigs.Covid-19 cases and...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC demos won't be allowed to cause anarchy
The MDC has set a date for their demonstration for the 29th of November 2018 and we hear planning and mobilising of its supporters is currently underway. The purpose of the demo is said to be, to prot...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Gift Mashoko
Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora speaks on MDC demos
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has called upon the MDC members to join the demonstrations despite governments warning that they will respond harshly...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Trevor Ncube, Cain Mathema clash over demos.
Media mogul Trevor Ncube has clashed with Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage over the later's statements that the government will crush any demonstration organised by the opposition. ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:30hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Anti-Mnangagwa protests to be crushed'
Government has put in place security measures to deal with malcontents planning to disturb the peace prevailing in the country through illegal demonstrations, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minis...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 04:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns against demonstrations
The Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Ambassador Cain Mathema has warned some political leaders and civic organisations planning to unseat a constitutionally elected government through i...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU's demo quashed by police, 100 people arrested
A demonstration called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions yesterday was quashed by police and close to 100 people, including the organisation's seven leaders, were arrested for taking part in th...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warns against illegal gatherings
POLICE yesterday warned members of the public against holding unsanctioned political meetings under the guise of prayer sessions in breach of the law.In a statement, police said such unsanctio...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mafios dares his accusers
Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere and his brother, Itai Dickson Mafios, the party's provincial chairperson in Mashonaland Central, are in the eye of a storm following accusations that the...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midlands defies Kasukuwere
ZANU-PF Midlands Province has dismissed the suspension of provincial chairman Kizito Chivamba as null and void, arguing that his ouster was unconstitutional and not procedural.The province sai...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I will pass the baton to a new generation,' says Tsvangirai
BELEAGURED MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he will not cling to power, but won't be pushed out through clandestine moves.Tsvangirai, who was suspended by a faction led by secreta...Published: 02 May 2014 at 04:09hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's May Day Message
IntroductionToday is that day again when we salute and pay tribute to the workers worldwide, when we remember their sacrifice and their blood, sweat and...Published: 01 May 2014 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police warn against illegal gatherings as MDC-T maps way forward
POLICE have warned politicians and the media to desist from inciting lawlessness intended to cause chaos and mayhem in the country during the post-election period. Chief police spokesperson Senior Ass...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 05:02hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Police break up late night MDC meeting
Police yesterday arrested an MDC activist who organised a meeting with 100 other supporters in the dead of the night in Mbare.Police stormed the house in Vito Street, National, broke up the m...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 04:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri threatens crackdown
Police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri yesterday vowed that the force will continue its crackdown on non-governmental organisations and civic groups to desist from nefarious activities that thr...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
The MDC coalition
Can the macs unite, maybe. If case they do, who is going to be what. Maybe Tendai biti, but how........It all started with a Tweet from Khumalo Senator Mr David Coltart who also doubles up...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 14:51hrs | | by BusaniI Ncube
MDCs to defy police and stage rallies
The two MDC parties in the ruling GNU have said they are proceeding to stage a rally and internal party meetings in Bulawayo and other areas on Saturday calling for more democracy, amid worries o...Published: 09 Mar 2011 at 10:24hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
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