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The new dispensation is following footsteps of the previous regime
IN the next six weeks, it will be two years since the nation went into a frenzy celebrating the departure of the late former President Robert Mugabe. He had stayed in power for more than 37 years. His...Published: 28 mins ago | 14 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Declare Mnangagwa a terrorist
THE opposition MDC will submit a petition to the United Nations (UN) and international community asking them to designate President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party as terrorists for the killi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt panicky reaction to Dr Magombeyi abduction raises more questions
When we were kids, we used to enjoy a certain joke, in which a bus was stopped at a checkpoint, where police officers started searching all the bags in the luggage compartment, when they came across o...Published: 2 hrs ago | 986 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe abduction victim demands compensation
ELEVEN years since she was seized from her home at the height of former President Robert Mugabe's brutal repression of the opposition, Banket based MDC activists Violet Mupfuranhewe wants justice....Published: 3 hrs ago | 443 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's New York demo flops
A planned demonstration by the MDC-Allaince and other pro-opposition civic organisations flopped dismally here on Saturday, as the resurfacing of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president...Published: 3 hrs ago | 699 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abduction 'movies' sickening
Ever since suffering electoral defeat during the July 2018 general elections, opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance has dumped liberalism for anarchism, in fulfilment of party leader Mr N...Published: 3 hrs ago | 328 | by Lawson Mabhena
'Bhora Mugedhi Versus Bhora Musango' : The interface between football discourse and Zimbabwean politics
Football is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe and across the globe. It has been asserted elsewhere that the game is not limited to scoring goals on the pitch but that this also occurs in politics and...Published: 18 hrs ago | 930 | by Lyton Ncube Siya
Mnangagwa and Chamisa urged to emulate Tsvangirai and Mugabe
ZIMBABWE'S two main political actors Zanu PF's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa could easily resolve the country's political impasse if they take a leaf from the legacy of th...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1697 | by newzimbabwe
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 273 | by Reginald Nyathi
Magombeyi: Abduction mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) acting president Dr Peter Magombeyi deepened yesterday following revelations that doctors are investigating the possibility that h...Published: 23 hrs ago | 9392 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's life crystallises anti-hegemony fight
It is with sadness that this inordinate meeting is being convened at a time the continent and the rest of the world are mourning Robert Gabriel Mugabe's elevation to glory.His untimely departu...Published: 24 hrs ago | 147 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
'Prove abduction or go to jail'
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema, has said Government will not hesitate to introduce new laws to regulate social media and warned individuals making false abduction ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2747 | by Staff reporter
The truth about the 'abductions'
In a predictable fashion typical of a scripted docudrama, Zimbabwe woke up to the news of medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, having disappeared last Sunday morning. Dr Magombeyi is said to have...Published: 24 hrs ago | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes vote-buying claims
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has spread its tentacles to include a probe into vote-buying allegations raised by the opposition MDC in the just-ended parliamentary by-elections....Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube should learn a lesson
EVEN though High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou's ruling this week that the 2% intermediated transaction tax imposed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under a statutory instrument (SI) last year was ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 3716 | by Editorial - The Independent
Mugabe's legacy now source of competing narratives, polemics
FOLLOWING the death of former president Robert Mugabe in Singapore, competing and contradicting narratives around his divisive legacy have emerged, reflective of the enigmatic and complex personality ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Sorry Dr Magombeyi, your story does not add up
While we do not want to rush ahead of police investigations on the alleged abduction of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) acting leader Dr Peter Magombeyi, we cannot resist the clear obser...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:00hrs | 2585 | by Editorial - The Herald
Zanu-PF is the 3rd force, says MDC
THE political rift between Zanu-PF and the main opposition MDC continues to widen amid counter allegations centred on the series of abductions, torture and assaults on human rights activists and trade...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
'Abducted' and released Dr's saga rages on
Dr Peter Magombeyi, who was recently reported as abducted before surfacing on Thursday night, was yesterday attended to by a team of medical doctors from Government and his own doctors at a local hosp...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams doctors' strike
ZANU-PF has condemned the ongoing strike by doctors and other health workers, saying their unilateral decision to withdraw their services and suspend all Health Services Bipartite Negotiating Panel me...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zaka East by-election on today
All is set for the Zaka East parliamentary by-election today, with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(ZEC) yesterday saying it was all systems go for the plebiscite. The by-election will be held to fil...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Govt, private doctors examine Magombeyi
Dr Peter Magombeyi, who was recently reported as abducted before he resurfaced on Thursday night, was yesterday attended to by a team of medical doctors from the Government and his own doctors at a lo...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1461 | by AFP
Mugabe's troubled legacy
This name evokes emotions of anger, hatred, regret and revulsion to many. Yet it is also a name that draws a lot of admiration, satisfaction, pride and gratitude to others.In death, just like ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:16hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
The abductor of Dr Peter Mugombeyi exposed
The story that unfolded in Harare seemed tailor-made to stare and brew some ugly scenes in Zimbabwe. During a plan for a labour dispute and a demonstration by medical doctors in Zimbabwe D...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 18:08hrs | 15522 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Jonathan Moyo as dodgy as Jimi Hendrix' - David Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart says while former Zanu-PF spin doctor and minister Professor Jonathan Moyo is as "dodgy as Jimi Hendrix" with his checkered past, he can "play a mean guitar...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 17:25hrs | 3199 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official threatens to expose cash barons
Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has threatened to expose the name of two prominent individuals behind the spiraling exchange rate betwe...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 16:50hrs | 5492 | by Staff Reporter
Magombeyi 'abduction' script clumsy
...stinks of Uncle Sam's scent and his regime change runner boys A fortnight ago, no one knew who Dr Peter Mago...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 11:18hrs | 3584 | by Shongedzai Mugwagwa
MDC vow anti-Mnangagwa demos at UN GA - why bother, all know you are ones keeping him in power
Next week world leaders will be in New York, USA, for the annual UN General Assembly talk-shop. Yes, Zimbabwe's leader Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will be there with the usual large entourage of hanger...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:50hrs | 2605 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa urged to bury Mugabe's brutal legacy
THE United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has urged government to bury the late former President Robert Mugabe's legacy of brutality and bring to book those responsible for human rights ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe praises shows stupidity of hating each
JUST when you think the funeral saga surrounding the late former President Robert Mugabe is finally over, new twists and turns emerge.Not to mention that everyone - virtually everyone - wants ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2024 | by Conway Tutani
Zesn urges parties to invest in campaigns
INDEPENDENT election watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged political parties to invest in campaign processes to ensure a large voter turnout during polling elections.Zes...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Moving on from Mugabe era
BEING in Harare in the past two weeks has been quite an experience. The Robert Mugabe era has finally closed after his death in Singapore on September 6, even through he is yet to be buried.Bu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 299 | by Eddie Cross
Bulawayo poor voter registration a wake-up call to Chamisa's MDC
THE poor voter registration turnout that has been recorded in Bulawayo, with less than five residents taking part in the ongoing exercise each month according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 856 | by Editorial - Newsday
UN probes Zimbabwe amid 'abductions'
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule this week flew into a storm as his visit coincided with the reported abduction of the acting presiden...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Where is full judgment on 2018 electoral case?
ON August 24, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) handed down its abridged judgment in the electoral challenge case brought by the opposition candidate, Nelson Chamisa, against the ruling Zanu-PF's Em...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1813 | by Swikani Ncube
Mugabe is dead, but old men still run southern Africa
THE death of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (95) saw another of the first-generation leaders of newly independent southern African states leave the world stage.Southern Africa was the ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 555 | by Henning Melber
'Missing' doctor found alive
HARARE medical doctor Peter Magombeyi who was reported missing on Sunday, was yesterday found at Nyabira, some 20km from the city centre. Dr Magombeyi's alleged abduction and disappearance spa...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
UN special rapporteur in Zimbabwe, to meet Mnangagwa
United Nations Special Rapporteur, Mr Clément Voule is today expected to meet President Mnangagwa after being invited by Government to make an independent assessment of the country's achievements and...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Of human rights demands and regime change in ZImbabwe
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 162 | by Elijah Chihota
'Blanket ban on demos, unconstitutional'
A blanket ban on demonstrations violates citizens' rights to protest as provided for in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, a lawyer has said.Esau Mandipa, a legal practitioner and law lecturer at M...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 19:50hrs | 2402 | by Staff reporter
Doctors march to parliament
Over 200 doctors joined by other health workers marched from Parirenyatwa Hospital to parliament on Thursday to protest against the disappearance of the leader of their union.The march was all...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:52hrs | 3479 | by Reuters
MDC conspiracy exposed
The recent spate of alleged abductions in Zimbabwe has sent social media into over drive with opposition leaders, namely MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and his Spokesperson, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda laying th...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2510 | by Claver Nyuki
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | 4396 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa trials Mnangagwa in America
Angered by the continued harassment of its supporters, as well as the escalating abductions of government critics in the country, the main opposition MDC plans to hold mass protests against President ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:10hrs | 10058 | by Staff reporter
‘We'll be watching' – a reporter's fraught return to Zimbabwe after 16 years
The immigration officer lifted his stamp to put the visa into my passport and I heaved a sigh of relief. But then my passport was taken by a smiling woman who asked, "Have you been to Zimbabwe before?...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1303 | by Andrew Meldrum I Associated Press
Mnangagwa's Politburo, Youths League slam abductions
The ZANU-PF Politburo yesterday criticised the alleged kidnapping of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Dr Peter Magombeyi over the weekend, and called for security agencies to int...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance behind abductions
The quest for power should never ever replace our humanness and the inherent spirit of Ubuntu that is the hallmark of our people, either in their deeds or spirit. Such virtues that are found in Zimbab...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1745 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Of human rights demands and regime change
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1132 | by Elijah Chihota
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1039 | by Daniel Itai
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