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State-assisted funeral for former ZPRA commander Mbedzi
GOVERNMENT has accorded a State-assisted funeral for liberation war stalwart and former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) regional commander for the Northern Front Three (NF3), Joseph Mbedzi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA commander Mbedzi was a brave, committed freedom fighter
JOSEPH Mbedzi pseudo name Sibuko who died at Mvurwi Hospital recently belonged to a rare breed of freedom fighters who despite the odds heavily staked against them put their heads on the block all for...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
The alternative Sona by Trevor Ncube
DEAR compatriots, comrades, and friends.Since independence in 1980, our nation has experienced moments of joy punctuated with anguish and trauma.The dream of our liberation struggle of...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 279 | by Trevor Ncube
A paranoid government seeking to legislate 'patriotism' is a danger unto all citizens!
So, the government of Zimbabwe has finally decided to stubbornly proceed in enacting the controversial 'Patriotic Act'.Only this time s...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 16:44hrs | 499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 1037 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Mnangagwa must call war veterans to order
WHILE it is a public secret that Zimbabwe is a democracy where freedom of expression and freedom of thought are enshrined in the Constitution, it defies logic that a person who left the comfort of his...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 457 | by Mambo Dari
Bulawayo's iconic Post Office Gardens crumble
A gaping hole now exposes the western part of the Post Office Gardens. It is perhaps ironic that a building also known as the War Memorial Park or the Cenotaph, now looks like it was the victim of a n...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:37hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Bloodshed of Zimbabwe's past elections has citizens bracing for what's to come next year
"Just thinking of voting causes me to become more afraid," Maxwell Tauro told The Globe and Mail. I might be met with bullets. I'm just fearful that I might get shot like my son."With a new el...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:40hrs | 349 | by Jeffrey Moyo for The Globe & Mail
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist faces 10 years in UK jail
CCC has been left with egg on its face after a United Kingdom-based activist was convicted for inciting public violence in Zimbabwe, a charge the party wants to take lightly in Zimbabwe, and now faces...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Armed robberies shoot up in Zimbabwe
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the sharp increase in the crime rate is a national security threat that is also scaring away potential foreign investors.Kazembe was speaki...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sweats over armed robberies
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that armed robberies are now a menace, saying there is need for re-training of police officers to deal with the scourge before it spirals out of control.Speaking ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF is bribing CCC bigwigs
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday made sensational claims that Zanu-PF was bribing his lieutenants to destabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections.In a c...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 4948 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born UK soldier missed Buckingham Palace shift after too much booze
A member of the Grenadier Guards missed his entire shift protecting Buckingham Palace after drinking too much rum and falling asleep on the floor, a court martial was told.Lance-Sergeant Farai...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 2842 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga put his head on the block for Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was the then commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, put his head on the block to rescue President Emmerson Mnangagwa before handing him power after the 2017...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:54hrs | 2316 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe securocrats asked to account for proceeds of DRC war
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has challenged securocrats to account for "proceeds" from Zimbabwe's participation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war of the late 1990's....Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga challenge fails to materialise
Zanu-PF on Saturday declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its candidate for next year's presidential election, hoping to banish speculation that his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, would challenge hi...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 16:25hrs | 7179 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1288 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2135 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Russia embassy shooting victim a soldier who wanted AK47 to fight touts
A man shot outside the Russian embassy in Harare on Wednesday night is a Zimbabwean soldier who wanted an AK47 to use in a fight with touts at a taxi rank, ZimLive reported.The 24-year-old man...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:14hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets civil servants
Zanu-PF appears to be going for broke ahead of the 2023 general elections and has reportedly targeted civil servants, including members of the security forces to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 4457 | by Staff reporter
Tough time ahead for 'zvakarongeka' Ncube
EARLY last year Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube made the infamous statement "zvakarongeka", loosely translating to "all is in order" as far as the country's financial reserves ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Man in Zimbabwe army uniform shot outside Russian embassy in Harare
A man was shot and rushed to hospital on Wednesday night after allegedly trying to disarm a security guard at the Russian embassy in Harare, witnesses said.Police were called to the embassy on...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | 4362 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs law for complaints against security forces
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted into law the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Act, which paves the way for people to report acts of misconduct by security services.The law ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 20:59hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
A case for Zimbabwe defence forces
DEFENCE and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri made very disturbing comments this week on the situation in our army barracks where hunger has apparently set up base.C...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Zimbabwe army barracks
MORALE has reportedly hit rock-bottom in the army as the country's soldiers wallow in poverty and are having to make do with inadequate rations and uniforms, NewsDay can report.This was reveal...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
+3 500 delegates expected at Zanu-PF congress
THE 7th Zanu-PF National People's Congress opens in Harare tomorrow with more than 3 500 delegates expected to attend the event running under the theme: "Building a Prosperous Zimbabwe, Leaving No One...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
+3 500 delegates expected at Zanu-PF congress
THE 7th Zanu-PF National People's Congress opens in Harare tomorrow with more than 3 500 delegates expected to attend the event running under the theme: "Building a Prosperous Zimbabwe, Leaving No One...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers fed isitshwala and beans, publicly ridiculed
THE dire state of government finances has now come into perspective with Cabinet ministers warning of crisis situations in key security services such as the military and the police as Treasury swung t...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 5961 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | 19005 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes to congress amid power struggles, widening rifts
Zanu-PF is going to its 7th elective congress which will, among other expected outcomes, choose the party's first secretary and president, at a time the coup coalition which catapulted President Emmer...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:27hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to make a public apology for his role in the Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa in a closed-door meeting with chiefs on Monday at Bulawayo State House pledged to make a public apology for his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide if the traditional l...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:23hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa ever learn, reform?
IN terms of the constitution, Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections will be convened either in July or August. Already, it seems inevitable that the Gukurahundi genocide could turn out to be one of Matabe...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:19hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Wave of armed robberies hits Zimbabwe
There's been a spike in armed robberies in Zimbabwe.Police say criminals are being tempted by cash as people and businesses are not banking their money. Analysts say the situation may ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 10:16hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi under fire over 2018 army shootings
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has written to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi demanding answers on the compensation of August 1, 2018 army shooting victims.Six people were fatally shot a...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere dared to challenge Mnangagwa
The ruling Zanu-PF party has dared exiled former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere to come back home and challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next year's polls.The party's info...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 9686 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle smugglers shoot Zimbabwean soldier
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) considers himself lucky to be alive after cheeky vehicle smugglers pumped eight rounds of ammunition into his body after being cornered at an undesignated ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Cop, soldier up for US$1,3m robbery
A CRIMINAL Investigations Department (CID) officer and a soldier appeared before Harare regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday facing charges of robbing ABC Auctions of US$1,3 million.C...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers' involvement in armed robberies worrisome
THE arrest of three soldiers in a foiled armed robbery recently following a movie-style shoot-out has again brought to the limelight the involvement of rogue elements of the uniformed forces in violen...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Statement celebrating World Teachers Day
The 5th of October is World Teachers' Day. The Gambia - Zimbabwe friendship association celebrates and appreciates all teachers around the world. We are proud of Teachers in Africa and in partic...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 07:19hrs | 244 | by Kemo Bajong
Zimbabwe deploys military in newfound oilfields
ZIMBABWE'S military incursion into the Mashonaland Central province for a routine training exercise is part of efforts by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to familiarise itself with the area as the S...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:43hrs | 19129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Soldier dies, 3 arrested in robbery shootout
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) died on Saturday night, while three others were arrested during a shootout with police in Birchenough Bridge following a botched armed robbery at Nehanda b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
Former ZNA captain sues for unlawful detention
THE Bulawayo High Court will on October 11 hear the case of former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, Solomon Ndlovu who sued businessman Osfael Mazibuko for loss...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
ZNA soldier killed in armed robbery attempt
A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) soldier was shot dead by police detectives pursuing a gang of suspected armed robbers, who included three other army officers, in Birchenough, Mutare.The now dec...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:48hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Football Club bounces back
HWANGE Football Club are officially the Zifa Southern Region Division One champions after they defeated Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery Stadium to earn promotion to the Premier Soccer League....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 14:04hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arms smuggling saga deepens as new details on the deal emerge
THE recent saga involving the botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines is deepening as it takes a new political twist amid fresh details.Those close to Pres...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3510 | by Staff reporter
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