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PRESSURE on President Emmerson Mnangagwa escalated yesterday, with politicians and rights groups from the southern African region flagging the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe and worsening rights abuses ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 4275 | by Staff reporter
Calls for Chinamasa's arrest get louder
HUMAN rights lawyer Agency Gumbo has filed for the arrest of Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa for allegedly inciting ruling party youths to violently crush last Friday's protests....Published: 7 hrs ago | 3871 | by Staff reporter
Private doctors send distress call
DOCTORS in private practice have appealed for government and corporate sector assistance in the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) as they have been overwhelmed by patients turned away f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume's bail ruling on Thursday
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday postponed bail ruling for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume to Thursday.The two have been languishing i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 377 | by Staff reporter
EIU predicts tough times ahead for Zimbabwe
LONDON-BASED Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted a gloomy economic outlook for Zimbabwe in the next four years owing to failure by government to manage the tumultuous political and economic...Published: 7 hrs ago | 996 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border shut over 5 COVID-19 cases
BEITBRIDGE Border Post temporarily closed for decontamination yesterday after five employees of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) tested positive for COVID-19, amid unconfirmed reports that the c...Published: 7 hrs ago | 884 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police recover dumped, mutilated foetus
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of a mutilated newborn baby that was dumped at a house in Barbourfields last week.Provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Ba...Published: 7 hrs ago | 377 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misleading Mnangagwa, says Mashakada
FORMER Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada has accused Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation through his continued de...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealer's house up in smoke
MAFIOS Gomo, an illegal fuel dealer at St Alberts business centre in Mashonaland Central province accidentally burnt his home and daughter yesterday after he tripped and fell on a firewood heater whil...Published: 7 hrs ago | 549 | by Staff reporter
'Security sector hijacks Zimbabwe economy'
ZIMBABWE'S security sector has taken over control of all levers of the national economy, making it difficult to eliminate corruption as the "law does not apply to them", the Public Policy Research Ins...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Fresh fuel shortages hit Zimbabwe
FRESH fuel shortages have hit the country and in Bulawayo most service stations have been dry for the past week. A news crew took to the streets of Bulawayo and observed motorists queueing for refills...Published: 7 hrs ago | 577 | by Staff reporter
Ministry cracks whip on council land deals
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has directed all local authorities to submit information relating to land deals conducted under the current crop of Councillors whose tenure expires i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 187 | by Staff reporter
Motorists plead for fuel dual pricing
Government should come up with legislation that makes it mandatory for service stations to sell fuel in both foreign and local currency in line with the prevailing exchange rate, motorists have said. ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 370 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda speaks on demos
ZIMBABWE's laws are there to safeguard the rights of all citizens and not only opposition parties, Zanu-PF secretary for Commissariat Victor Matemadanda has said. Addressing a Press conference...Published: 7 hrs ago | 948 | by Staff reporter
10 more succumb to Covid-19 in one day in ZImbabwe
Ten more Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, the second highest daily toll after 12 passed on last Thursday, taking the death toll to 80 while 154 new cases were confirmed, all local infections, ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 539 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono and Ngarivhume to wait a few more days before learning their fate
Zimbabwean investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition party leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, are set to remain behind bars after the High Court delayed delivering its judgment.The pai...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealer accidentally burns house
AN illegal fuel dealer from St Alberts Business Center in Mashonaland Central province accidentally burnt his child and lost property worth thousands of United States dollars yesterday.Mafios ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 4075 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu PF cannot celebrate blocking July protests, given worsening economy, it is when, not if, for next protests
There is no doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cronies will view the nonevent July 31st Street Protests as a political victory. But if the truth be told, this is not even a Pyrrhic victor...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2540 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
BREAKING: Malema calls for the removal of Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema has called for the closure of the Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa until President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government upholds human r...Published: 20 hrs ago | 7910 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt's clamp down on protestors a recipe for disaster
The country's constitution allows people to demonstrate and express their grievances anywhere or whether such demonstrations have been called by self-styled activists or have been endorsed by oppositi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1528 | by Leonard Koni
PHOTOS: ZANU PF members call for Mnangagwa's ouster
A certain of ZANU PF members has demanded an extraordinary Congress to recall President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The call has been launched under a SAVE THE PARTY banner with the organizers saying ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 11:15hrs | 29442 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government must be taken to task over informal traders
Zimbabwe has been on an economic free fall since the turn of the millennium. The comatose economy led to most industries closing shop and as a result countless jobs have been lost. The persisting and ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1609 | by Nkosikhona Dibiti
'Civil servants salary gap a security threat'
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou yesterday warned that the huge salary gap between the security sector and other arms of the public service was a serious securi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5756 | by Staff reporter
Border jumping escalates at Beitbridge
THE number of desperate Zimbabweans using illegal entry points along the Limpopo River to access medical treatment and cheap basic commodities and drugs from South Africa has shot up, a Beitbridge leg...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Thuli Madonsela pokes big nose into Mnangagwa Zimbabwean affairs
Former Public Protector and founder of The Thuma Foundation Advocate Thuli Madonsela says the Zimbabwean government needs to be called to account for the recent arrests of activists following anti-cor...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 4691 | by Staff reporter
Local transmissions constitute 95% of Bulawayo Covid-19 cases
LOCAL Covid-19 transmissions have risen alarmingly in the country, constituting more than 70 percent of all cases, while they make up 94,5 percent of Bulawayo's infections. This comes at a tim...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
System glitch leaves scores of Zesa clients stranded
SCORES of consumers were left stranded in Bulawayo yesterday, failing to buy prepaid power tokens as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) online system had some techn...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
11 protesters challenge arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga and nine other political activists arrested in Harare over July 31 illegal demonstrations, are contesting their arr...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
2 Zanu-PF bigwigs in quarantine
TWO senior Zanu-PF officials are in quarantine in adherence to the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines after attending a global conference in Tanzania recently. The top officials are Se...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 3731 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling ring busted
Multiple fuel smuggling scams are being run in Zimbabwe with cheap fuel being smuggled from Mozambique, sometimes mislabelled to avoid customs duty, and sold or re-exported for hard currency while fue...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR secures release of protest detainees on bail
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 535 | by Stephen Jakes
FULL TEXT: Showdown between Malema and Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa
1. The Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Republic of South Africa read with consternation and utter disbelief the "EFF Statement on the Announcement by the President of Zimbabwe on Compensati...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 17:51hrs | 10491 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa goes after MDC councillors
President Mnangagwa's government has set the ball rolling to deal with corrupt councillors.In a letter addressed to all Town Clerks/Secretaries and Chief Executive Officers, the Secretary for ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 17:16hrs | 7475 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala aims to outshine Chamisa
MDC Deputy Chairperson, Job Sikhala, who is known for bragging that he is a better leader and a more effective activist than the MDC president, Nelson Chamisa, is reported to be desperately trying to ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 16:54hrs | 9343 | by Felix Kundishora
George Charamba thanks Zimbabweans for boycotting 31 July mass protests
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has thanked the people of Zimbabwe for allegedly snubbing the 31 July mass protests. The planned mass protests were squashed by state agents who invad...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 14:40hrs | 4153 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shutdown continues amid tension
Security forces for the third day running yesterday blocked people from entering business districts in major cities as authorities feared an uprising over corruption and misgovernance.Tensions...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 6960 | by Staff reporter
Doctors scoff at Mnangagwa plea
STRIKING doctors have vowed to press on with their job boycott despite pleas by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for them to return to work amid revelations that scores of people could be dying in their h...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | 3426 | by Staff reporter
July 31 exposed Mnangagwa
In order to legitimise anti-democratic politics, violence and human rights abuses to the world, Zanu-PF has gone back to its exhausted ideological settings.This follows a widespread call by ac...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:36hrs | 9706 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Mwonzora's fight with Chamisa not personal
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says his fight with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is not personal, but is fuelled by his desire to instil constitutionalism in the opposition.Mwon...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3273 | by Staff reporter
CIO bosses violated the constitution
ONE crazy thing happened last week. Not quite surprising, but shocking, nonetheless. A brazen case of crass impunity and criminality in the ruling Zanu-PF.The ruling party held a politburo mee...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1548 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabweans still have a right to protest
Trade unions, political groupings and civil society organisations called on the public to take to the streets on July 31 to protest against economic mismanagement and public corruption.Some of...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:24hrs | 191 | by Veritas
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
How white farmers clinched US$3,5 billion deal
GoVerNmeNt's decision to pay white former commercial farmers Us$3.5 billion compensation came after protracted negotiations starting from the late Robert Mugabe's time, it has been revealed.Pr...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda miners disarm police to release friend
SIX miners, among them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly attacking three police officers and damaging a vehicle they were using in protest to the arrest of their workmate.Tawanda Msima...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Borehole drilling scam surfaces
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans, who are in need of borehole drilling services are made to pay exorbitant charges in foreign currency or give away livestock by a cartel of companies suspected to be of foreign...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents hit back at BCC
RESIDENTs in Luveve, Bulawayo have castigated the city council for claiming that the typhoid and dysentery that recently hit the suburb has now being contained, with fewer cases being recorded in the ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares up 100%
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has increased fares for urban routes by 100 percent.According to the new fares, passengers will now pay $8 per trip for Zupco buses up from $4 whi...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Mahere and other political activists granted bail
ELEVEN political activists, including MDC-Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and others from different pressure groups, yesterday appeared in court facing a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zacc targets Gweru City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) will soon descend on Gweru City Council after councillors reported management whom they accuse of abusing council resources at the expense of service del...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
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