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Zimbabwe army deserters fight deportation from Botswana
AT LEAST 300 Zimbabwean political refugees, some of them army deserters, are fighting imminent deportation from Botswana.They fled to Botswana in 2008 during a violent election season that for...Published: 15 hrs ago | 800 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Robber on bail survives city shoot-out
One of the armed robbers arrested following a shoot-out with police on Friday night after robbing a Harare businessman of US$10 000 had just been released in jail on bail pending appeal. Bless...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Soul Jah Love burial
ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love.W...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
A White City bomb victim's cry for help
LIKE many Zanu-PF youths, 34-year-old Coreen Mazokera felt duty-bound to provide ushering services during the ill-fated ruling party campaign rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulaway...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa haunted by army killings
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zimbabwe De-fence Industries (ZDI), a military-controlled company, over "persistent" human rights abuses by the Harare administration. ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:02hrs | 4153 | by Staff reporter
Should Zimbabweans give Mwonzora a chance?
After graduating with a Degree in Politics and Public Administration in (2016), I still find myself within the circles of thousands of unemployed graduates in our country. It's now five years while I ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 1583 | by Knowledge Hakata
Will Zimbabwe national army allow a civilian rule
Zanu PF without the army is like a shell. Our government institutions are heavily militarised from Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which runs elections, government schools, hospitals, universities a...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 09:59hrs | 2100 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 499 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
3 thieving soldiers denied bail in Chiwenga case
THREE soldiers accused of stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava have been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.Anesu M...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF without army is a shell
TO tighten the grip on State institutions, intelligence officers are deployed in communities to sniff out and monitor any malcontents and report on those going against government policies.In Z...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 241 | by Leonard Koni
Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?
THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and sa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1096 | by Eddie Cross
Police vehicle stoned
ZRP police officers pounced on Fex farm villagers in Mvurwi yesterday after their Toyota Revo vehicle's windscreen was stoned and shuttered.Sources familiar with the incident said the suspect ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 10:44hrs | 4828 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 more in court over Chiwenga property theft
ANOTHER soldier yesterday appeared in court on allegations of jointly stealing property worth more than $1,6 million from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens Farm in Domboshava. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Polad removed soldiers from the streets
IT was the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and not COVID-19 that caused the removal of soldiers from the streetsThe presence of soldiers on our streets had become a permanent feature followi...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2970 | by ZimSentinel
SA re-opens 20 land borders including Beitbridge
South Africa will reopen 20 land borders tomorrow, the country's Cabinet decided yesterday.The border crossings between South Africa and Botswana, Lesotho, eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Zi...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:34hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Minister of Defence Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri
Dear Mom,I know you are still in grief after losing Manicaland Resident Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and other close comrades like Nyikayaramba, Shiri, Zimhondi, Sibusiso Moyo among others to...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 17:19hrs | 3161 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Villagers clash with police in a volatile gold rush
POLICE fired live bullets and teargas canisters to disperse angry villagers in the Wondedzo area in Masvingo North amid protests and clashes over illegal mining and looting of gold by Zanu-PF and stat...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers hail withdrawal of police prosecutors
LAW experts have commended the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for withdrawing services of security officers serving as prosecutors following a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) order."The ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:23hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga a hero in the making
The Police Commissioner General Mr GodwinMatanga is a gentle giant but brutally effective. The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state sec...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3517 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nyikayaramba burial Saturday
National hero and Zimbabwe Ambassador to Mozambique Lieutenant General Douglas Nyikayaramba who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday will be buried on Saturday at the National Heroes' Acre....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:31hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to re-open Beitbridge border on February 15
South Africa is planning to re-open its land borders - closed for a month - on January 15, the same day that Zimbabwe is expected to ease its Covid-19 lockdown which was extended by a fortnight last w...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 3596 | by Staff reporter
G40 kingpins sing praise for Willowgate convict Shava
Newly-appointed foreign affairs minister Frederick Shava has won the praise of exiled G40 kingpins Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere despite being dragged online by critics, citing his role in the ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4658 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 8097 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 4110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man earns a living by breeding flies
A BINDURA man is earning a living through breeding flies as animal feed at a time flies are associated with unhygienic practices and condemned for causing diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
Judge overturns soldier's 15-year rape sentence
THE High Court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a soldier who was serving 15 years in jail for allegedly raping a sex worker and robbing her of $180 as well as her cellphone. Nkos...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect general citizens most, says MDC-T
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T has claimed that the targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe's top leadership were hurting the ordinary man in the streets.But the party's statement has been blasted by...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Colonial chains setback for Africa
Africans believe that the Western handouts and donations they get from the where the sun sets are done out of love, yet the opposite is true. ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 08:17hrs | 742 | by Shelton Muchena
Army brutality divides Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF is deeply divided over claims that soldiers were beating up people in GokweNembudziya with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, saying the claim was a ploy to tarnish ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 3302 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls on army to rein in rogue soldiers
MDC ALLIANCE has called on the army to rein in rogue elements within the security sector for terrorising civilians.This follows reports of acts of brutality visited on civilians by soldiers in...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reined in rogue soldiers, says Senator
ZANU-PF women's league commissar Maybe Mbowa yesterday said sanity had returned to her Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency after she alerted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the soldiers' brutality.M...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Police predict violent 2023 poll
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is anticipating increased political tensions and contestations ahead of the 2023 harmonised election following the continued political instability in the country sin...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chef 'exposes' army brutality
A ZANU-PF women's league executive member has unwittingly exposed human rights violations by the military and threatened to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and s...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:58hrs | 5985 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue is critical in the coronavirus fight
Despite promises of vaccines by the country's presidium, the nation remains worried by the coronavirus deaths and the number of new infections being recorded everyday. The situation in the country doe...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 08:17hrs | 436 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Zimbabwe army dismisses false media report of alleged villagers assault
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dispelled false allegations which have been published in the media regarding the involvement of soldiers in assaulting Mberengwa villagers.In a statement, ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Army, police prosecutors have 18 days to vacate courts
PROSECUTORS from the army, air force and police have 18 days to vacate the civilian courts, a development which will ensure that a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling of 2019 that barred them from ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 5933 | by Mutiusinazita
'Zanu PF is trapped and demanding negotiations at gun point' - how naive, it's povo that's trapped and dying like flies
There are some very confused people out there who are calling for political dialogue as the way forward but have no idea who should be demanding change much less what that change should be. All the ar...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:21hrs | 2827 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwean top security chiefs deserve sanctions from UK government
Dear Editor, I am more than happy by the stance taken by UK government to impose sanctions on the four Zimbabwe officials who masterminded the killing of the civilians in Zimbabwe soon after 2...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:15hrs | 2382 | by Esther Tafadzwa Munyira
Soldiers assault villagers after break-in at July Moyo's rural home
VILLAGERS in Humbani area, Mberengwa West, Midlands province, were allegedly severely assaulted last week by armed soldiers following a break-in at the homestead of Local Government Minister July Moyo...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 6881 | by Staff reporter
Army commandos beat up police in Beitbridge
TWO Beitbridge policemen sustained injuries after they were allegedly assaulted by the recently deployed army commandos.Detective Sergeant Albert Gonye and Detective Constable Kurai Marongere ...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 4864 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, Zipra mourn Nkomo
ZAPU and Zipra have said the death of Mafela trust director Zephaniah Nkomo has dealt a blow to efforts to rewrite the true history of the party which used to be led by the late vice-president Joshua ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:55hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Zimondi: A brave, ice-cool war commander
Major General (Retired) Paradzai "Tonderai Nyika" Zimondi was the pinnacle of ZANLA's military prowess.He commanded the ZANLA positional guerrilla forces during the battle of Mavonde, a.k.a Mo...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 416 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Chamisa movie on 'rigged' 2018 elections released
AMERICA just scraped through an election where the President of the United States and a radical sect of his colleagues and constituents incorrectly claimed that there was fraud that resulted in the Re...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1874 | by Slash Film
Beitbridge residents 'fed up' with the recently-deployed commandos
BEITBRIDGE residents are "fed up" with the recently deployed commandos from a crack Zimbabwe National Army unit and the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit from Chikurubi who they accuse of committi...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:01hrs | 3359 | by Staff reporter
Security forces move in to refurbish buildings
BUSINESS enterprises that were destroyed during violent protests in January 2019 are set to reopen after Government availed affordable loans to business owners, with security forces already on the gro...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
2019 protests: Affected businesses qualify for loans
BUSINESSES destroyed during protests in January 2019 qualify for affordable Government loans and now a team from the security forces is on the ground reconstructing destroyed and damaged buildings. ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's COVID-19 address 'empty' says Professor of epidemiology
Zimbabwean professor of epidemiology and biostatistics Shinga Feresu has attacked main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying his Covid-19 address today was "empty". Chamisa sai...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 18:42hrs | 3002 | by Staff reporter
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