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Dangarembga decries state 'chokehold'
A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they end...Published: 9 mins ago | 4 | by Reuter
Sikhala threatens 5 day protest
THE organisers of the abortive July 31 protest say they will roll out five days of demonstrations next week against alleged wanton looting and corruption. Last Friday, government unleashed the...Published: 15 mins ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu clocks 19th day in quarantine, joins Twitter
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, who is in self-isolation, says he will use his new twitter handle to engage on the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the country and has since claimed more t...Published: 15 mins ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Doctors seek urgent meeting with Mnangagwa
MEDICAL doctors are seeking an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of the spiralling cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports.In addition...Published: 16 mins ago | 25 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor denied bail
Urban MDC-A Ward 4 Clr Godfrey Kurauone, who is facing charges of criminal nuisance and barricading traffic along Mashava-Zvamahande road on Friday, has been denied bail.Clr Kurauone yesterday...Published: 16 mins ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
Caf thinks Chiyangwa is Zifa President
CAF has distanced itself from an embarrassing condolence letter signed by its president Ahmad Ahmad and addressed to Phillip Chiyangwa as Zifa president.The letter mourning the death of former...Published: 17 mins ago | 26 | by Staff reporter
Malawi President distances himself from #ZimbabweLivesMatter
The newly elected President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera, has distanced himself from a Twitter account in his name which has been posting a series of tweets in solidarity with the victims of human r...Published: 46 mins ago | 372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: General Chiwenga appointed Minister of Health with immediate effect
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Vice President Constantino Guchuya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga as Minister of Health and Childcare with immediate effect.The message was announced by...Published: 2 hrs ago | 4699 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Rhodesian-style terror tactics condemned
The Zimbabwe Communist Party has condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa way of dealing with activists and journalists in the country labeling it a Rhodesian terror tactic style. The General Se...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1409 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: EFF theatens to mobilise 50 000 South Africans to close Zimbabwe Embassy
Economic Freedom Fighters Secretary of International Relations says his party will be organizing a about 50 000 South Africans to shut down the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa if Zimbabwe does ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 4762 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fires warning shots...threatens to flush out dark forces
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to flush out the bad apples who have been on relentless effort in undermining the efforts done by his government to revive the economy. Speaking in ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 6622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prophets Magaya and Makandiwa urged to speak against human rights abuses
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya and his counterpart UFIC leader Emmanuel Makandiwa have been urged to add their weight in calling for the respect of human rights in Z...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2636 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'We will remove ZANU PF out of power' EFF leader vows
Economic Freedom Fighters Deputy Commander-In-Chief Floyd Shivambu has threatened that his party will remove ZANU PF out of power if the party continues undermining human rights of Zimbabweans. ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 7974 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Mnangagwa state of the nation address - 4 Aug 2020
Presidential address on way forward regarding the COVID-19 pandemic...Published: 9 hrs ago | 6290 | by Staff Reporter
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter trends on Twitter
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: 10 hrs ago | 4833 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora shuts out Khupe
MDC-T acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly shut out acting party president Thokozani Khupe and her loyalists from Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (previously known as Harvest House...Published: 10 hrs ago | 8478 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 2462 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 427 | by Staff reporter
Govt tightens screws on urban councils
GOVERNMENT has tightened screws on all urban councils, demanding information on all residential stands acquired by councillors as it moves to unearth land scandals.In a letter dated July 27 an...Published: 10 hrs ago | 798 | by Staff reporter
Land reform beneficiaries must compensate ex-farmers
GOVERNMENT'S US$3,5 billion compensation offer to former commercial farmers dispossessed of land during the land reform programme has raised a lot of anxiety within and outside the country's borders, ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tests positive for Covid-19
ZANU PF Harare South Member of Parliament Tongai Mnangagwa has become the first prominent person in the country to announce testing positive for Covid-19.Mnangagwa, nephew to President Emmerso...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4207 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 1426 | by Staff reporter
NRZ finally cancels DIDG tender
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe has finally cancelled the US$400 million recapitalisation tender that had been awarded to the Diaspora Infrastructural Development Group (DIDG) in partnership with So...Published: 10 hrs ago | 961 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers, police brutally assault Chitungwiza mayor
Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko was on Sunday evening allegedly assaulted by four soldiers and two police officers on his way to park his vehicle after rushing to a local clinic with a resident who n...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1478 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address the nation on Tuesday morning
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to address the nation on Tuesday morning, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation has said. In a tweet, ZBC said, "ON stand-by for Presidential address to the...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4902 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Church leaders in renewed drongo call for Mnangagwa and Chamisa dialogue - make rational call or shut up
The drongo, "nhengure" in Shona, is a loud quarrelsome black bird with a shrill loud cry to march. Many of Zimbabwe's church leaders have started behaving like the drongo in their repeated calls...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2676 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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: 22 hrs ago | 2584 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Church warns Mnangagwa
AMID the country's deepening political and economic crises, church leaders have once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to take the initiative to launch an inclusive national dialo...Published: 23 hrs ago | 10302 | by Staff reporter
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: 23 hrs ago | 8056 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa appoints top soldier as Ministry of Health Boss
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Air Commodore Jasper Chimedza as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care. He takes over from Agnes Mahomva who was moved to head...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 18:06hrs | 10305 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe celebrities call Mnangagwa to order
Zimbabwean celebrities and socialites have joined their social media counterparts to call for the President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop abusing human rights. Celebrities include broadcaster Mik...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 14:34hrs | 6380 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 30060 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere approaches Cyril Ramaphosa
Former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasulkuwere is seeking an audience with South African President and African Union Chairperson Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the Zimbabwean human rights situa...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 10:54hrs | 8287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South African celebrities take Mnangagwa head on
Top celebrities in South Africa have taken to social media to express their displeasure at the way President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is implementing a crackdown on opposition members, civic so...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 10:00hrs | 9015 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa, Khupe square off again
EMBATTLED opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rekindled his fight against rival MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe saying she no longer had legal grounds to claim leadership of the main opposi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 10950 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 5828 | 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 | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans see little change after leadership shift
WHEN the late Robert Mugabe was ousted as President of Zimbabwe in a coup in November 2017. many in the country hoped or an end to the repression and mismanagement that had characterised his 37 years ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Vandals worsen Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO'S water woes got worse on Friday after thieves vandalised Zesa powerlines at Inyankuni Dam Booster Station, cutting off supplies to the water pump.The city is currently on a six-day w...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mustn't politic, but engage health workers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's weekend call on striking health workers to return to their workstations as their grievances are "being looked into" doesn't sound genuine given government's lackadaisica...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks now overdue, says Hlatshwayo
THE much anticipated political talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are now overdue and remain the only solution to Zimbabwe's socio-econom...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter
MSU suspends final year exams
State University (MSU) has, due to the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, suspended final year examinations that were set to start today. On July 24, Government gave a directive to all te...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Master Ndo wasn't a thug, says Simango
CLAIMS that Pumula's mystic martial arts king Ndodana Gonde, better known as Master Ndo, was a violent street thug and gang leader, who took advantage of his karate skills to harass and terrorise inno...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:56hrs | 730 | 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 | 4754 | 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 | 499 | 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
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 | 3790 | by Staff reporter
Harare now Covid-19 epicentre
More than 1 200 people have now been infected by Covid-19 in Harare, the new Zimbabwean epicentre, after the dramatic jump in confirmed infections this weekend. Zimbabwe now has 3 921 confirme...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
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