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Chiwenga faction blocks Mnangagwa's bid to extend presidency
A fierce power struggle within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has escalated, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction retreating after a failed attempt to extend his presidency beyond 2028. The co...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:10hrs | 3154 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction attacks Mnangagwa allies?
Tensions within Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party are reaching a boiling point as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's military-backed faction takes a hard stance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 15:02hrs | 4848 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Chair's offices petrol bombed
The business offices of Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairperson Goodwills Masimirembwa were petrol bombed by unknown assailants in Harare. The attack occurred at the premises housing the Zimbabwe Instit...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:38hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
18 illegal miners who petrol bombed a mine denied bail
Eighteen illegal gold miners who caused mayhem at Rosa mine in Chiweshe last week by destroying property and severely injuring people we...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:11hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa a 'hypocrite' who can't preach tolerance when Sikhala is jailed, says Sybeth Musengezi
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu-PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, has once again dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa over hot coals labelling him a hypocrite, who was unqualified to speak of political tolerance when h...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns
A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal C...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pastor survives an arson attack
Villagers from Enaleni area in Bubi ward 1 were left shell shocked after unknown assailants petrol bombed a local pastor's house.The pastor, Ephraim Ndlovu who is also the Habakkuk Trust Commu...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Shun violence, says Chief Charumbira
Chiefs' Council president fortune Charumbira on Saturday urged his subjects in Masvingo to shun political violence ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.He was speaking at the burial of 85-ye...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2008 terror leader dies
ZAKA residents say they are not sorry about the recent death of a Zimbabwe National Army colonel, Christopher Rufu Mayoyo, who led a murderous terror campaign against opposition supporters in the dist...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Malema shuts down Clicks' stores
SOUTH AFRICA - One of the country's leading pharmaceutical retail giant, Clicks, is currently embroiled in a racial storm following an online advertisement it aired last Friday.The ad describe...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:57hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Chief Ndiweni's life in danger time now ripe for citizens' intervention
I used to undermine the supernatural powers of God but after the confrontation between ZANU PF youths and a defenseless Chief Ndiweni I am over-confident that God is the savior for the oppressed and d...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:17hrs | 2 | by Don Chigumba
'MDC has no hand in sanctions'
The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with journalist, and human rights advocate Grace Kwinje who is the MDC Alliance's European Union representative based in Brussels. S...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF celebrates terror leader return
ZANU-PF last week threw a lavish party to welcome back its official after he was released from jail, having spent 14 years behind bars for killing an MDC activist in the run-up to the 2002 general ele...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reorter
Violence runs in the MDC Alliance's DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is defined as "a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organi...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Father kills 5 children with petrol bomb
Five children were burnt to death at Churu farm on the outskirts of Harare on Wednesday night when their father who separated from their mother petrol bombed the house in which they were sleeping....Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T: A tradition of political violence
As the pre-election season rolls on, the MDC-T leader, Nelson Chamisa continues to address people as both that party's leader and the MDC Alliance presidential elections candidate. He has so far held ...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 16:20hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Heal Zimbabwe riled by increase in human rights violations
Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) has been riled by the increase in cases of politically motivated violence in some parts of the country.The trust said cases of violence are being recorded in both urb...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF official's house petrol bombed
The house of a Zanu-PF Provincial Commissar for Harare Kudakwashe Damson is reported to have been petrol bombed by yet unknown suspects.This was twitted by Zanu-PF patriots on Wednesday....Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
4 beheaded sisters buried
The four Gokwe sisters who were beheaded and burnt in a petrol bombed hut by unknown assailants were buried yesterday in a touching ceremony.The Dlomo girls, who have been identified as Peculi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri blames Zanu-PF for arson attack
MDC-T co-vice-president, Elias Mudzuri has blamed Zanu-PF members for the alleged arson attack at his bar in Harare on Tuesday night."For me, this is nothing less than malice. It cannot be the...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T car torched
The burning of a truck belonging to MDC-T in Kuwadzana, Harare, in the early hours of yesterday could be an "inside job" carried out to smear the Government and elicit sympathy from foreign donors, so...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti's home destroyed in arson attack
PDP President Tendai Biti's homestead in Murewa was on Sunday night razed to the ground in a suspected arson attack.Although no-one was injured in the arson attack, all the property at the hom...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by PDP
Bikita West a hotbed of violence- Heal Zimbabwe
Heal Zimbabwe trust has said there is escalating violence in Bikita west ahead of the by elections as parties jostle to replace expelled MPO Munyaradzi Kereke who is serving ten year jail term for rap...Published: 29 Dec 2016 at 04:17hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Petrol bomb suspect facing murder charges
43 year old illegal gold panner, Garikayi Zvavada who petrol bombed his girlfriend and her cousin in Ascot, Gweru over the weekend is now facing murder charges following the death of the two victi...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renamo a Security Threat to Zimbabwe
Recently Zimbabweans were alarmed by claims that Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) is training some misguided Zimbabweans to embark on acts of banditry in their peaceful country. One, Jeff Judah...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 15:31hrs | 2 | by Chadzimura Mhute
Zanu PF looters think they are above the law
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has always maintained that there is no one who is above the law and that the country's Constitution should be respected by all citizens.The Constitution of ...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by PDP
Man's throat slit in revenge
TWO years ago, Joseph Rikhotso’s jealous wife petrol bombed the family home of his alleged girl friend.And last Tuesday, he had more bad luck when his son’s throat was slit by an unknown m...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 12:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Petrol bomber' in court
THE suspect in the petrol-bombing of a school administration block in Kwekwe reappeared in court yesterday after his initial appearance at the weekend. One of the teachers at Manunure High School, Pat...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
School petrol-bombed
A school in Kwekwe was on Monday petrol-bombed in an act parents suspect was carried out by some among the local staff to destroy evidence of abuse of funds.In a midnight foray, property at Ma...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor hires hitman to kill his congregants
A hit-man allegedly hired by pastor and founder of Gospel of the Kingdom Ministries in Chitungwiza narrated in court last week how the "man of the cloth" assigned him to eliminate his congregants for ...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 05:42hrs | 3 | by Lovemore Meya
Rival gang petrol-bombs house
Property worth thousands of dollars was reduced to ashes yesterday when a house in Dzivaresekwa Extension, Harare, was allegedly petrol-bombed in a suspected case of arson by members of a rival housin...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 05:24hrs | | by Lawrence Chitumba
Analyst mocks ZBC over Nkomo stories
Political analyst and Gwanda resident Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo has lashed out at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) for failing to give an account of all Vice President Joshua Nkomo's life...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 06:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF youths declare war on MDC-T and Mujuru allies
There has been a wave of intra and inter-party violence in the last few weeks in some of the constituencies that have pending by-elections.Zanu-PF youths have declared war on the opposition Mo...Published: 07 May 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's cars petrol bombed in SA's xenophobia violence
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Renewal Team to honour Tsvangirai's slain aide
The MDC Renewal Team Mashonaland East chapter will on Easter holidays unveil a tombstone of the late MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai's aide and election agent Talent Mabika who died after being petrol bo...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why we laughed when Mugabe collapsed
We all have elderly people in our lives that we love and care for dearly. None of us would make fun of them if they stumble, trip or fall over. So how come the 91-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Rober...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 09:50hrs | 2 | by Lance Guma
Petrol bomb attack kills 5
IN a bizarre arson attack, a Chipinge man last Wednesday ruthlessly killed five people - among them three family members - and injured two others after he petrol bombed the house they were sleep...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 11:59hrs | 3 | by Liberty Dube
MDC Tsvangirai celebrates the 'Spirit' of Nelson Mandela
The MDC T South Africa Province and President Tsvangirai join South Africa and the rest of the...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Senior citizen 'petrol bombed' in Pumula
A 70-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb was almost burnt to death after unknown assailants allegedly threw a petrol bomb into her bedroom while she was sleeping last Wednesday night....Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man (35) killed by his own bomb in Sauerstown
A MARRIED Bulawayo man was burnt to death when he allegedly petrol bombed a house while trying to kill his estranged girlfriend in Sauerstown suburb yesterday.Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Richa...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 05:46hrs | | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Tsvangirai's wife angered by MDC-T leadership fight
CHIWESHE - MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's wife Elizabeth Macheka yesterday said her husband's feud with secretary-general Tendai Biti was against the wishes of the people who died while fighting fo...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Mandela's ANC was buried with him' says Malema
Johannesburg - The ANC of Nelson Mandela died with him, EFF leader Julius Malema said on Sunday."Nelson Mandela's ANC, the real one, was buried with him. Now it's just Zuma's African National ...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 18:29hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai devastated by graffiti
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's morale was reportedly shattered when he saw the graffiti at the Bulawayo provincial offices calling for his ouster.Bulawayo provincial leaders allege...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Ex-MP store petrol bombed
A PETROL bomb was allegedly thrown inside a bottle store belonging to former MDC-T National House of Assembly member, Gabriel Ndebele, in Bidi village, Matobo South in a case of suspected arson....Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 15:39hrs | | by Lulu Brenda Harris
MDC-T official's shop petrol bombed
MDC-T Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson Mr Godfrey Chimombe's shop in Bindura was petrol-bombed yesterday morning as infighting within the party escalates.Four petrol bombs were thro...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 06:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Tendai Biti plots splinter party
Speculation is mounting that Tendai Biti, Secretary General of the MDC-T, could soon lead a breakaway party following a recent visit to South Africa, The Zimbabwean reported. The Zimbabwean...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 20:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sipepa Nkomo blasts MDC-T leadership over violence
MDC-T national executive member Dr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo yesterday took a swipe at his party's senior leadership following a spate of violent attacks on senior members.MDC-T dominated headlines ...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Nqobile Tshili
Dr. Tsvangirai: A Democrat par excellence
The events that unfolded in the past week is at variance with the ideals and beliefs of MDC, as well as that of our dear loved President, Dr. Morgan.It is totally absurd for the Renewal clique...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Lft Gen Simbarashe Mujeye
'My wife and children are now scared,' says Tendai Biti
MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti whose house was petrol bombed yesterday says his wife and children are now scared."All I can say at the moment is that violence is unacceptable especially ...Published: 26 Feb 2014 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's house bombed
Tendai Biti's home was petrol bombed early this morning with the MDC-T Secretary General and his family said to be inside. Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were at the scene inv...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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