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Zanu-PF denies reports of altercations at Annual Conference
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has firmly refuted claims of altercations at the 21st Annual National People's Conference, describing reports from independent media outlets as unf...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:42hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to 'declare your departure, or we expose you'
Veteran academic and political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on Saturday publicly issued a scathing critique of the embattled former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, urging him to step down and allow new lead...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 2376 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mboro's church set alight after school skirmish
Pastor Paseka Mboro's Incredible Happenings Church burned to the ground on Tuesday afternoon after a group of youths marched to its premises in Katlehong.Scores of schoolchildren bunked school...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:25hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Jameson Timba and his fellow CCC members
OPPOSITION CCC official Jameson Timba and 77 fellow party activists, arrested nearly two weeks ago in Harare for allegedly gathering "with intent to promote violence," have been remanded in custody un...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 15:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kaindu defends Muduhwa and Mbeba
HIGHLANDERS coach Kelvin Kaindu has come to the defence of his players' conduct after defenders Peter Muduhwa and Andrew Mbeba have been criticised for overly aggressive behaviour on the field of play...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of strategy in Zimbabwe opposition politics
ONE of the biggest issues that one must contend with in politics is that it is a contested space. Allegiances and goals are ever changing and there is, therefore, a need to be able to maneuver these c...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Mapfumo
Mnangagwa heads to DRC for Tshisekedi inauguration
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to join a dozen of Heads of State and Government to witness the inauguration of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) president-elect Felix Tshisekedi.Tw...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's detention justified claims Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday said the detention of former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala is justified and government will not relent on his continued incarceration.Sikhala h...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese military donation to Zimbabwe raises eyebrows
A RECENT donation of Chinese military hardware to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has raised eyebrows as the Asian superpower pushes to further its interests in Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa re...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Recalled Makone still running Harare'
RECALLED Harare mayor Ian Makone is still running the municipality behind the scenes advising his inexperienced successor Lovejoy Chitengu.Chitengu was recently elected mayor of Harare after M...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa learning that politics is not child's play
POLITICS is no child's play. The opposition CCC are learning that now, the hard way, and they rightfully should. There are always consequences for every action. Miscalculations can be extremely costly...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Angry supporters slam Chamisa?
Angry Members of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) expressed their dissatisfaction with Mr. Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition party, during his recent visit to Bulawayo. They accused...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean living in Israel says situation scary as defense forces, Hamas skirmishes intensify
A Zimbabwean resident in Tel Aviv described the tense situation in Israel as the country faces ongoing skirmishes with Hamas militants. The conflict has resulted in over 1,000 casualties, with 700 Isr...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold rush in Gweru suburb
Police in Gweru have cordoned off part of Mtausi suburb along the Gweru-Shurugwi highway after violence and skirmishes erupted from some artisanal miners following the discovery of gold deposits in th...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders issue apology
Highlanders have issued an impassioned apology to the Zimbabwean football family over crowd skirmishes that rocked the club's high profile premiership fixture with archrivals Dynamos just 33 minutes i...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 15:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No deaths at Barbourfields Stadium
Police in Bulawayo last night said they had not received reports of deaths related to an abandoned topflight match in the city despite social media users suggesting there had been fatalities.T...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing Mupedzanhamo'
HARARE Residents Trust (HRT) has berated the ongoing abuse of Mupedzanhamo flea market by alleged Zanu-PF-related space barons, saying the ruling party lacks the will to discipline the rogue elements....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bad Zimbabwe roads stall EU observers
THE European Union election observer mission in Zimbabwe says despite the bad roads in Matebeleland, the mission is determined to visit all areas in the region.The mission met journalists on F...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF forces informal traders to attend rally
The usually bustling Fifth Avenue vegetable market was deserted on Wednesday after informal traders were forced to attend a Zanu-PF rally in Cowdray Park.Large sections of the informal market ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 19:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police fail to hold Zanu-PF bigwigs accountable
POLICE in Manicaland and Gutu are shying away from arresting Mutare Central Zanu-PF candidate Esau Mupfumi and Zanu-PF parliamentary chief whip Pupurai Togarepi over incidents of violence against Citi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanla story on Salisbury fuel tanks is utter fiction
THERE has been a lot of confusion on the role ZIPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala State witness exposed
A state witness in a case in which Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala and former Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko face charges of disorderly conduct was exposed in court on Thursday for making contra...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF clash over voters roll
TEMPERS flared yesterday during the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Harare Metropolitan provincial multi-party liaison committee meeting after opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party ...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police get new directive to allow CCC rallies
Provincial police commanders have been instructed not to interfere with opposition rallies except in special circumstances, according to a leaked internal memo.The new directions came after po...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Post nomination report exposes Zanu-PF violence during process
AN observation report has exposed Zanu-PF intra-party violence that occurred during the nomination court processes after some disgruntled members in Mashonaland West tried to submit their selection pa...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles, shops torched as rival miners clash
THREE Honda Fit vehicles as well as a number of tuck-shops were set on fire in a fight between two rival groups of miners at Wanderer gold mine in Shurugwi.The incident happened on Friday when...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe police gear up for elections
GOVERNMENT is equipping police with adequate resources to deal with violence-related crimes ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections while police have set up a special investigative unit to deal wi...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lorraine Guyo sucked into Makhadzi attack?
Popular Zimbabwean socialite Lorraine Guyo has been sucked into the dramatic and unfortunate attack on South African songstress Makhadzi in Mutare on Saturday night.The attack comes after a pr...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 22:23hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Man killed in bar skirmish
A 22-YEAR-OLD Shurugwi man was fatally stabbed by a fellow patron after violence erupted in a drinking spot over a missing mobile phone.The incident occurred on 2 April 2023 around 7PM at Vill...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's rigging tendencies exposed
Zanu-PF's rigging practices in elections were seriously exposed during internal primary polls to choose candidates who will represent the party in the coming watershed general plebiscite. The party ha...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CCC nominees face axe'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday said it would automatically disqualify nominees implicated in violent skirmishes during the selection process held on Wednesday.Address...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries chaos, a harbinger for bloody polls
ALLEGATIONS of kidnapping, guns being fired at polling stations, torture, intimidation, rape and beatings were the order of the day ahead of the Zanu-PF primaries a fortnight ago as aspiring candidate...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party's candidates selection marred by violence
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s candidates selection process was marred by violence, reports of imposition of candidates and other malpractices.In Beitbridge West and at a...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trains police officers to deal with election riots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is training its officers to deal with anticipated election related violence and has further set up an internal committee to investigate poll based crimes.Thi...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF still deliberating on primaries outcome'
ZANU-PF is still verifying and assessing primary election results in all provinces and will give a detailed report once the process has been completed.Zanu-PF Political Commissar Mike Bimha co...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man takes on lion in survival battle
Just as Tachivei Machona Nebiri reached the crest of a steep ascent along the Charara Road in Kariba, he saw four lions, a female and three cubs, steal into a nearby thicket.Nebiri was taken a...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare manager in juju furore
DYNAMOS manager Richard Chihoro is likely to face disciplinary action over an alleged juju incident during the team's win over Hwange in their opening Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbo...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Huge outcry over CCC led city vehicle clamping fine
While the outcry over Harare City Parking's fines continues to grow and a Government investigation has opened, a motorist is trying to get the High Court to rule that Harare City Council has no legal ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor fights conviction at High Court
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and two others who were part of a group of 12 MDC-T members involved in violent skirmishes that rocked the opposition party in March 2018 have approached the High Co...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP hires militia to disrupt party meeting
Mines deputy minister and Sanyati legislator Polite Kambamura allegedly hired a militia to violently disrupt a Zanu-PF cell inter-district meeting at Nyimo business centre in his constituency yesterda...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to steal opposition members' IDs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly crafted a cocktail of anti-opposition strategies ahead of this year's polls, among them being to "steal" national identity (IDs) cards belonging to opposition p...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, army officers in violent clashes
VILLAGERS in the Chiadzwa area of Manicaland province this week clashed with soldiers and police officers manning the Marange diamond fields.The confrontation erupted at Chingome Business Cent...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case clouds Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission bid
UNITED Kingdom (UK)'s House of Lords member Kate Hoey has said Zimbabwe must not be re-admitted into the Commonwealth club over the country's deteriorating human rights record and continued detention ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala continues to sing the blues
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed Job Sikhala's application for exception in a case he is being accused of obstructing the course of justice.Sikhala, who is being represented by Jeremiah Bhamu...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's bid to have magistrate removed from case fails
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala, who is being accused of inciting public violence, had his application for recusal of the magistrate presiding over his case dismissed....Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Henrietta Rushwaya flees angry mob
There was chaos at Sandawana mine as thousands of artisanal miners bayed for the blood of Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya after they failed to agree on working conditions...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's 14 activists freed on $50,000 bail each
Fourteen Nyatsime residents charged with inciting violence were yesterday freed on $50 000 bail each by the High Court after spending five months in remand prison.They were being represented b...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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