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Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says partisan politics toxifying army
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday spoke out against the "partisan political toxification" of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and urged security forces to serve nati...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded NGOs sound alarm over Zimbabwe 2023 elections
THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has sounded alarm bells to regional bodies over possible violence as Zimbabwe heads for the 2023 general elections.Speaking to Newzroom Africa on Sunday...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'African dictators face resistance'
AFRICA is witnessing increasing resistance to autocratic regimes, Zimbabwe included, where opposition and human rights activists are taking to the streets at the risk of being arrested or shot, the Hu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to unleash the army if Zimbabweans misbehave
GOVERNMENT says it will unleash the army to ensure strict enforcement of COV-ID-19 regulations as infections continue to rise. Zimbabwe is in the grip of the third wave, driven by the Delta an...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 10:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt to unleash army for enforcement of strict COVID-19 regulations
GOVERNMENT says it will unleash the army to ensure strict enforcement of COVID-19 regulations as infections continue to rise.Zimbabwe is in the grip of the third wave, driven by the Delta and ...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials under fresh scrutiny
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's democratic credentials have come under fresh scrutiny after the ruling Zanu-PF revived its push for a law to punish "unpatriotic" Zimbabweans.Zanu-PF chief whip ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told that patriotism is a virtue
GOVERNMENT has been urged to desist from forcing citizens to give positive narratives about the country by enactment of laws but allow patriotism to develop naturally out of good governance.Th...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
No going back on strikes, says ZCTU
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) yesterday vowed to press ahead with the strike to force employers to pay United States dollar-denominated salaries, but police said they would crush any "il...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths turn Parly office into torture base
A ZANU-PF youth group known as Al Shabaab has grabbed Mbizo parliamentary constituency offices in Kwekwe amid reports that they are now using it as a torture base for opposition MDC supporters and for...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'No need for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda (VM) says security sector reforms are not necessary because it is comprised of people who fought in the war of liberation.In a wide ranging interview...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two MDC MPs acquitted
MDC Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya and his Redcliff counterpart, Lloyd Mukapiko, were yesterday acquitted of charges of inciting violence during the January fuel price hike protests.Kwekwe magi...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Judgment in MDC MPs violence case deferred
JUDGMENT in a case in which MDC Alliance legislators, Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo) and Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff), who are accused of public violence and inciting mayhem during the January fuel price h...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister, police boss sued for $500,000
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga face a for $500 000 lawsuit each for the arrest and harassment of MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya during the Jan...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
US tells Mnangagwa to stop interfering with trade unions
THE United States is concerned with the arrests by the Zimbabwe government of trade union leaders and interference in the labour unions activities, a US top government official has said.United...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC MPs face fresh charges
MDC legislators Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff) and Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), who are facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, have been slapped with new charges....Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rivals call for dialogue
Opposition political parties have renewed their appeal for inclusive national dialogue in the wake of the worsening economic crisis, with Nelson Chamisa's MDC party warning of calamitous demonstration...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC banks on 'Mnangagwa's failures' to retain Mutasa seat
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's continuous failure to solve the country's economy will hand the MDC-Alliance an electoral victory in the Mutasa Rural District Council ward 10 by-election slated for tom...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC buoyant ahead of Mutasa by-election
The MDC-Alliance says it expects to retain the Mutasa Rural District Council's (MRDC) ward 10 seat in a by-election set for May 11 after High Court judge Justice Isaac Muzenda dismissed an application...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt faces lawsuit for withholding Artuz leaders salaries
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) leaders are preparing a lawsuit against government after they have gone for three months without salaries.The salaries were withheld by th...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU leaders not guilty
Seven Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Union (ZCTU) leaders, who were being charged for inciting the January public violence, were yesterday acquitted by a Harare magistrate at the close of the State case....Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council to oppose MDC by-election challenge
Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC) has announced plans to oppose MDC Alliance Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Franck Chitembwe's High Court appeal against the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Com...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillor takes Zec to court
MUTASA Central ward 10 councillor Frank Chitembwe, whose seat was declared vacant following his incarceration for public violence, has filed an urgent High Court application seeking an order to set as...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh NGO's headache
THE European Union (EU) has announced a US$5,5 million funding facility for pro-democracy civic organisations in Zimbabwe, a development that will likely give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NGO challenges suspension
A MASVINGO-BASED youth Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD), whose operations in the province were suspended last week by the district a...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police face suit over protest killing
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, demanding compensation over a Chitungwiza man who was shot dead during the January fuel price hike protests....Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Discredited 'rights groups' seek audience with Mnangagwa
THREE leading international human rights watchdogs - Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam International (OI) - have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to meet hi...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands plots demo over Chibaya, activists detention
MIDLANDS South MDC members have threatened to stage a protest over the continued incarceration of party organising secretary and Mkoba MP, Amos Chibaya, Chiwundura legislator, Livingstone Chimina and ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs granted bail
MDC Alliance legislators Settlement Chikwinya (Kwekwe) and Lloyd Mukapiko (Mbizo) were last Friday granted $300 bail each by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese.Justice Makonese ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Riot police crash Gweru lawyers march
RIOT police yesterday blocked Gweru lawyers from marching in protest against the alleged absence of rule of law and lack of independence of the magistrates' courts.The legal practitioners unde...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa must find each other now
THIS is for the two protagonists of Zimbabwe's national politics — President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa: stop with the procrastination, swallow your pride and get with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:11hrs | | by Gabriel Manyati
Redcliff, Mbizo MPs approach High Court for bail
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Redcliff and Mbizo MPs, Lloyd Mukapiko and Settlement Chikwinya, have taken their freedom bid to the Bulawayo High Court.The two were arrested on January 17 on allega...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Kucaca Phulu slams Ziyambi
MDC national secretary for constitutional and parliamentary affairs, Kucaca Phulu, has rapped Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi for rubbishing Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) report on State-sp...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF extortion: MDC MP remanded in custody
CHIWUNDURA legislator Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) has been further remanded in custody to February 11 in a case where he stands accused of allegedly assaulting Zanu-PF youths who invaded Gweru'...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Commonwealth bid hits snag
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to rejoin former British colonies' club, the Commonwealth, as part of his re-engagement efforts with the West, appears to have hit a snag after the ex-colonial maste...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (11) goes missing during riots
A CHITUNGWIZA family is desperately searching for their 11-year-old son, Tinotenda Purumero, who went missing during last Monday's fuel price hike protests.His distraught father Herbert Purume...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans rejoice as internet services are restored
Zimbabweans rejoiced yesterday as blocked social media platforms were restored following a High Court ruling on Monday.The ruling follows a challenge by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights a...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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