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'Anti-Zimbabwe' journalists blocked from covering elections
Zimbabwean authorities have barred Voice Of America (VOA) journalists from covering Wednesday's general election in yet another incident involving purging of foreign media viewed unfriendly to the Zan...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 18:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ndebeles are actually Shona'
THE NDEBELE people of Zimbabwe are so ignorant of the fact that they are actually Shona to the extent that white people take advantage of their situation to cause divisions in the country, Zimbabwe He...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe and the fallacy of joyful impoverishment
I did not ask Uncle Bernard if he was a happy man in his living years. I loved him so much but could never quite connect with him on the fatherly level I should have. Yet I always watched him carefull...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 08:44hrs | 10 | by Tafi Mhaka
Regime Change Agents exposed
Regime change agents have been exposed after Last Maengahama, the former Director of the western sponsored controversial civic entity, Democratic Councils Forum, was fingered for violating importation...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 08:06hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Police summon MDC-T Renewal Team official
Police in Harare have reportedly summoned senior MDC Renewal Team official, Last Maengahama, to report at Harare Central Police Station today in connection with wind-up shortwave radio sets confis...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SW Radio is officially closing down on 10 August 2014
Today marks the end of an important era for SW Radio. SW Radio is officially closing down after 13 years of operation.The SW Radio has decided to stop broadcasting on shortwave and website upd...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim pirate radio to end shortwave broadcast on 18 July 2014
One of the pirate radios operating in Zimbabwe has announced that it will cease its shortwave broadcasts on Friday 18 July 2014.In a statement on its website, Gerry Jackson of SW Radio wrote, ...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:49hrs | | by Gerry Jackson
Voice of Zimbabwe shutdown galls ZBC board
The ZBC board has expressed dismay over the failure by the national broadcaster and Transmedia to solve transmission challenges that have bedevilled Voice of Zimbabwe (VOZ) in Gweru since October last...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZACRAS condemns arrest of Radio Dialogue manager
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (Zacras) has condemned the continued suppression of media in Zimbabwe following the summoning by the courts of Radio Dialogue production manager Ze...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US Ambassador explains US sanctions on Zimbabwe
TRANSCRIPT: U.S. Sanctions Policy & Continued Strong Commitment to the People of Zimbabwe (Interview)Harare, September 25, 2013: The following is a...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 17:22hrs | | by SW Radio
Zimbabwe electoral conditions severely compromised, says US group
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights says the electoral environment in Zimbabwe has been "severely compromised" due to a lack of compliance with the Global Political Agreement, as...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc warns Mugabe over political violence
The Sadc Troika met in South Africa yesterday, where they castigated violence in Zimbabwe.The leaders also urged the country to ensure that peace prevails ahead of the referendum and elections...Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 14:31hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Tsvangirai's ally predicts bloodbath in Zimbabwe
The co-Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone has predicted that Zimbabwe is headed for a bloodbath "unless the regional and international powers that be stop playing games. I said it before and I will ...Published: 09 Mar 2013 at 10:40hrs | | by Lance Guma
Police raid Radio Dialogue, production manager to appear in court
Zenzele Ndebele, the production manager of Radio Dialogue, a community radio station based in ZimbabweÂ’s second city of Bulawayo, is expected to appear in court on Monday, 4 March 2013 ...Published: 04 Mar 2013 at 05:23hrs | | by MISA-Zimbabwe
Zim police fighting a losing battle
LAST week, police announced that they have started a crackdown on those found in possession of shortwave radios that are not compatible with the country's licensed broadcasting stations.The cr...Published: 28 Feb 2013 at 07:15hrs | | by Fingaz
MDC-USA condemns the gruesome murder of Christopher Simbarashe Maisiri
The MDC-T in the United States has said the gruesome murder of Christpowers Simbarashe Maisiri - the 12-year-old son of an MDC-T activist - by ZANU (PF) demonstrates that Zanu (PF) has not changed an...Published: 26 Feb 2013 at 15:25hrs | | by Andrew Chaponda
Armed police raid Luveve MP's home
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday raided the home of Luveve MP, Reggie Moyo.Heavily armed police officers with a search warrant raided the residence of Moyo searching for subversive, military and c...Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 14:29hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Police bans distributing of shortwave radios
Zimbabwe Republic Police on Tuesday threatened to arrest anyone found distributing or in possession of shortwave radios."We have information that some people or political parties are engaging...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 06:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police block Gukurahundi commemorations
Police in Bulawayo have blocked Gukurahundi commemorations organised by a pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu, saying the event is likely to "open old wounds," the ...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 09:22hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Genuine Press Freedom - Not in Mugabe's backyard
Despite being hailed as a "liberator” in 1980, Robert Mugabe was named by the international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders as one of Africa's 7 worst pr...Published: 03 May 2012 at 08:57hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London,
'Puppet' Khama of Botswana invited American troops
BOTSWANA invited the United States to send troops to guard a transmission station used by the Voice of America's Studio 7 to broadcast into Zimbabwe, leaked diplomatic cables show.Zimbabwe's w...Published: 07 Sep 2011 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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