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Soldiers beat up cops for failing to put on masks
There was drama in Chivhu yesterday when members of the Zimbabwe National Army stormed Seequick Shop and beat up two CID Police officers who allegedly did not properly put on their face masks....Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on security forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government is committed to improving the welfare of members of the security services. The President said this during the commissioning of 138 junior officers...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:12hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo quarantine centres riot
AGITATED inmates at Masvingo Polytechnic and Masvingo Teachers Colleges Friday clashed with members of the country's security services as they demanded to be given their test results and be releas...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:10hrs | 659 | by newzimbabwe
60-year-old granny enjoys primary school
It is at dawn and dawn is the obvious prelude to day. It is damn cold and a 60-year-old granny wakes up to prepare her grandchildren for school. At first she is slow moving, yawning, scratchin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:09hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Army, police flee Islamic terrorists in Mozambique
Mozambican military and police fled Macomia district after extremist Islamist militants launched a violent attack on Thursday, an online publication AFP reported on Friday morning.According to...Published: 29 May 2020 at 09:49hrs | 7746 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers injured in freak accident
SOLDIERS deployed to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown order in Mashonaland East province escaped death by a whisker on Monday after their truck veered off the road and landed on its side while chasing a ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
'Army, police receiving lockdown bribes'
MEMBERS of the military and police countrywide are reportedly receiving cash bribes from lockdown violators during deployment, findings by a regional civic society group have revealed.The rese...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mpilo's Solwayo Ngwenya over Coronavirus tweet
Mpilo Clinical Director Dr. Solwayo Ngwenya has invited widespread condemnation after he posted a vague message on social media insinuating that he had contracted the deadly coronavirus. Dr Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 22:25hrs | 1376 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4112 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
WATCH: Acting Binga District Development Coordinator manhandles journalist
A drunken acting Binga District Development Coordinator Farai Marinyane harassing journalists on Saturday in Binga. He missed an event and sent a representative on his behalf as he went on boozing spr...Published: 25 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 15413 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sikhosana was unhappy with the new dispensation
Revelations emerging following the death of Zanu PF Acting Bulawayo Chairman Absolom Sikhosana who was declared a national hero and buried in Harare is that he was confused and unhappy with the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:39hrs | 2907 | by Stephen Jakes
Resident to sue military for assault
A BULAWAYO resident, who was allegedly assaulted by soldiers while queuing outside Econet Zimbabwe offices in Bulawayo during lockdown, has filed a notice of intention to sue the Zimbabwe National Arm...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tighten Zimbabwe lockdown
Government is set to deploy more security forces on the streets in urban areas to tighten the extended lockdown as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus grows. This also comes as positive ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 6596 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7253 | by Staff reporter
The Dumiso Dabengwa story that I know
On the 23rd of May 2019, Zimbabwe lost one of its sons of contemporary revolutionary struggle against social, political as well as economic injustice since the early 60's.Coming from a ZAPU in...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:55hrs | 940 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Soldiers heavily assault a rural female teacher
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has issued a statement condemning the assault of its National Secretary for Gender and Welfare, Moreblessing Nyambara by a soldier on Saturday. ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 15:39hrs | 3731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Absalom Sikhosana died a bitter man'
The late ZANU PF Politiburo member Absalom Sikhosana died a disappointment man due to the developments that took place in the ruling ZANU PF party since the bloody coup that ended 37 years of Presiden...Published: 19 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 3998 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dr Joshua Nkomo and the Calamity of Honesty
Very few people in the history of mankind and Zimbabwe will match Dr Joshua M.Nkomo's selflessness and tolerance, commitment to equality and love of Zimbabwe. He was a man whose eyes refused to se...Published: 18 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2567 | by Mqondobanzi Nduna Magonya
Sikhosana death 'shakes Zanu-PF'
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said the late national hero Absolom Sikhosana was a dedicated and loyal cadre with unquestionable credentials. He made the remarks yesterday while delivering a condolen...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 2989 | by Staff reporter
How Dabengwa Made me a Freedom Fighter - Confessions of a Zipra Cadre
I must have been 15 years old herding cattle EMlageni near Siwubu along the Manzamnyama river in 1967. I remember the year very well. It was a very hot day and it was schools holiday. So, it was aroun...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1292 | by ZAPU Department of Information Publicity and Marketing.
Army generals pay tribute to national hero Masuku
THE late national hero, Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku has been described as a steadfast, humble and hardworking soldier who gave his life to the country.The Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Bindura man appeals for help after being assaulted by soldiers
A Bindura man who was recently assaulted by soldiers in the mining town (Bindura) for defying the country's lockdown is appealing for help to cater for his medical bills since he broke his hand....Published: 16 May 2020 at 21:44hrs | 3711 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
The Zanu PF affair is a curse to Zimbabwe
Immediately after the 2018 harmonised elections, Zapu in consultation with a number of Civic Organisations issued a statement calling for an all-inclusive dialogue that would culminate in the creation...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:21hrs | 685 | by Mark Mbayiwa Zapu Treasurer General
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1615 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Squabbles to weaken opposition movement
WIDENING fractures within the ranks of the opposition, which have culminated in four of its representatives being recalled from Parliament, will weaken the MDC in its various formations and retard the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 907 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 391 | by Fay Chung
Bulawayo police probe 6 rogue officers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has reportedly begun disciplinary action against its officers recently arrested for assaulting two women from Cowdray Park high-density suburb in Bulawayo on charges of vi...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Chief, residents sue over State brutality
A GWERU chief and two Bulawayo residents have filed notices of intention to sue the police and the army for damages after brutalisation by the security officers during lockdown. Trymore Nhari,...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Leonard Dembo
On a very beautiful Saturday morning in February 1982 I was very young by then but could understand and comprehend what was happening.My father used to have a record player which was like a sm...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1707 | by Leonard Koni
Soldier in court for biting off lender's nose
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) attached to the demining regiment in Dumisa, Chikombedzi, yesterday appeared beforeChiredzi magistrate Regis Mawarire facing two charges of biting ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Boy collapses and dies after being intimidated by soldiers
In a bizarre incident a boy in Mudzi North, Mashonaland East collapsed and died after soldiers allegedly intimidated him during lockdown.THis is revealed in the latest Zimbabwe Peace Project r...Published: 11 May 2020 at 14:47hrs | 916 | by Stephen Jakes
'ZANU PF is now a terrorist organisation' says Zhuwao
Former cabinet Minister Patrick Zhuwao says ZANU PF has now turned into a terrorist organization that feeds on the blood of Zimbabweans. Writing an emotive article on Sunday in his blog Zhuwao...Published: 10 May 2020 at 16:11hrs | 4126 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gen Mujuru heroism beyond reproach
Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa's critique on General Solomon Mujuru's biography "The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker" authored by Miles Tendi elicited ro...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1139 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mnangagwa deploys elite soldiers to Mozambique...urges SADC to send joint army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed a group of elite soldiers to assist the Mozambican government to fight against the Islamic insurgency that has captured a number of districts. The Zim...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:25hrs | 5434 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe stares at another war in Mozambique
THE Zimbabwean government has placed its security forces on high alert amid threats of infiltration along the border with Mozambique where Islamist fighters and opposition Renamo militia have escalate...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3950 | by Staff reporter
Chinese built 1 000 bed covid-19 hospital in 10 days: our isolation centres don't even have running water - after 6 months!
"The (Beitbridge Rainbow Hotel) Isolation Centre has no tap water because Beitbridge generally has a serious water crisis attributed to the inefficiencies of the local council. The borehole that the c...Published: 08 May 2020 at 15:02hrs | 988 | by Wilbert Mukori
Boy dies following threats by Mnangagwa's aides
AN eight-year-old boy from Mudzi district, Mashonaland East province, collapsed and died after being intimidated by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's security aides, a human rights lobby group Zimbabwe ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:38hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
Homeless troop back to CBD
HOMELESS people in Bulawayo, who disappeared soon after the announcement of the total national lockdown on March 30, are back on the streets capitalising on the Government's decision to downgrade to l...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:28hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt speaks on ZDF deployment
Government had today dismissed repeated allegations that it had deployed its army to Mozambique to fight some armed elements bent on destabilising that country.Defence and War Veterans Affairs...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:38hrs | 3882 | by Staff reporter
Illicit Beer Sales Compromise The Fight Against COVID-19
As with most things during the national lockdown period, the government has dithered, ducked and dived and virtually absconded its mandate, becoming a mere observer in the resulting melee for survival...Published: 06 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 919 | by Laiton Kandawire - Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Mnangagwa is his own detractor
THE deposal of former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017 was welcomed with song and dance. Citizenry thronged streets of Harare in joy, posing for selfies with soldiers and shaking hands with th...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1690 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Soldier arrested over US$60,000 robbery
A SOLDIER attached to One Commando Regiment allegedly led an armed robbery gang that pounced on a Madokero family in Harare last week and stole US$60 000 as well as various gadgets, a court heard yest...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:18hrs | 3104 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF calls for deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique
Ruling ZANU PF party has used its Twitter information portal @zanupf_patriots to call for the deployment of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces to Mozambique where Islamic insurgents are wreaking havoc. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 12:19hrs | 4637 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Walter Mzembi sings Ian Smith praises
Former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi says Zimbabweans enjoyed a better quality of life under the racist Ian Smith administration than under the black majority rule under President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 04 May 2020 at 15:03hrs | 2760 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Could There Be Any Hope for Education in Zimbabwe After Covid-19
The corona virus also known as covid-19 caused immediate stoppages of all activities of life as a whole hence formal education especially of children in schools and young people in tertiary institutio...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1167 | by Lovejean Ndlovu, Zapu Deputy Secretary For Education- NEC
Mnangagwa denies deploying Zimbabwe soldiers to Mozambique
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday denied allegations of deploying soldiers to Mozambique to help fight against jihadist terrorists.The allegations came two days after Mnangag...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4657 | by Staff reporter
There is no other way than a National Transitional Authority in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2016 the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) has argued consistently for a process leading to the establishment of a National Transitional Authority (NTA). We have done this for no ulterior mo...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 5338 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
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