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Machete wielding gang attacks mine
FOUR daring Mutare robbers are in the dock after allegedly using machetes and axes to attack security guards as Redwing Mine in Penhalonga in an attempt to gain entry.The gang of four consiste...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa approaches Sadc, AU on Mbeki, talks
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union (AU) in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the count...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1800 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals running mining, fuel cartels - report
THE influence of the military in Zimbabwean politics is reported to be on the ascendancy in politics, economy and government while the army generals have also been reported to be heavily involved in m...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 8097 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3159 | by Staff reporter
Resisting suppression is our generational duty
When justice is under threat it is the duty of every patriot to stand up against the perpetuation of injustice using any means necessary and unnecessary....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 295 | by Obey Sithole
Chamisa claims he did not grab power
Leader of the main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa claims he did not grab power in the MDC but stepped in after a vacuum was created following Dr Thokozani Khupe's six-month absence from party meetin...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 18:42hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
MDC supporters remember giant Tsvangirai
AMID the country's worsening political and economic crises, many Zimbabweans said yesterday that they remembered the enduring "humanity, heroics and patriotism" of the late opposition leader Morgan Ts...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:34hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
'Removing Mnangagwa not treasonous,' says Judge
The treason charge against MDC national deputy chairperson and Zengeza West Member of Parliament (MP) Job Sikhala has put the state and defense teams on a collision path over interpretation of subvert...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for fatally stabbing party goer
A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow party goer following a fight. Richard Mpofu of Robert Sinyoka Village pleaded not guilty to a murder c...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:17hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Passenger fatally stabs driver after 'uncomfortable ride'
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Filabusi has been arrested for fatally stabbing a man who had offered him a lift. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele con...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:16hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grilled over gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa had a torrid time Friday at the Bulawayo State House as members of the Matabeleland Civic Society demanded answers on how the government would bring closure to the Gukurah...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:09hrs | 134 | by newzimbabwe
Polad lines up peace rallies
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) is planning to hold peace rallies and conferences across the country, as part of efforts to build a conducive environment and facilitate healing for victims of vi...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:04hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
MDC's greatest misconception… that demonstrations and violence will lead to power
The violence-prone Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), since its introduction in the country's political arena 20 years ago has not been able to dislodge ZANU PF from its stranglehold on power and h...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1764 | by Dr Claver Nyuki
'Revolutions if don't chuck out leaders a.s.a.p' said G Orwell - 40 years, our supremacists still there
"Despite all the hurdles and all the barriers, Zimbabwe in 2019 leaped 15 places in the Global Ease of Doing Business rankings. As we look to improve this in 2020, privatisation is a big part of this ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 21:43hrs | 1224 | by Nomusa Garikai
Perence Shiri's bloody history detailed
Perence Shiri is a man who operated in the Gaza front line during the liberation war, this area was largely Mashonaland central, he became some sort of legend and hero in the Mashonaland Central provi...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 15:40hrs | 5949 | by Dr S Utete
By-Election results do not represent will of the people
The outcome of the recently held by-elections in Mwenezi and Kuwadzana does not reflect the will of the people of Zimbabwe as the elections were not conducted in a free and fair environment.Th...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 12:25hrs | 1621 | by People's Party
The people using Tsenengamu and Matutu exposed
The excitement caused by the press Statements issued by the former youth league leaders is short-lived and a none event. The behaviour of the youth was not only disgusting but indeed depressing and fl...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 4046 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man threatens to shoot employee for quitting job
A MAN from Figtree in Matabeleland South has appeared in court for allegedly threatening to assault and shoot his employee for quitting his job.Davison Masina (59) of Harrisvale suburb alleged...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is the godfather of Zimbabwe corruption'
MDC Vice President and legislator Tendai Biti has accused maverick business mogul and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kuda Tagwirei of capturing and running the country's Finance Ministry....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 21:29hrs | 4771 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lashed over limited reforms
AN INFLUENTIAL American think-tank has laid into Harare over the economic hardships that Zimbabweans continue to experience — which it says have worsened under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3040 | by Staff reporter
New research examines Mnangagwa's promises
A RAND Corporation research report by Alexander H Noyes assessing Zimbabwe after former President Robert Mugabe was published as part of the corporation's national security division on February 6, 202...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 945 | by Pearl Matibe
Kuda Tagwirei is Zimbabwe's de-facto Finance Minister, says Biti
MDC Vice President and legislator Tendai Biti has accused maverick business mogul and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kuda Tagwirei of capturing and running the country's Finance Ministry....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 3226 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas arrests top 2 500
At least 206 more illegal miners were arrested over the weekend, bringing to 2 529 the number nabbed countrywide under the ongoing "Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/No to Machete Gangs". The o...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Old guard, Zimbabwe military in firm control
A report just released by an organization based in USA indicates that there won't be any visible reforms in Zimbabwe in the next few years as the old guard and military are still firmly in control, mo...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 21:11hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vendor in court for booing police
A ZIMBABWEAN magistrate has freed on bail a man arrested for allegedly jeering police officers during a recent operation to rid the capital, Harare, of street vendors.Makomborero Haruzivishe, ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 15:27hrs | 1588 | by CAJ News
Man stabbed to death over transport fare
A 21-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man has been arrested for fatally stabbing a man, who had offered him a lift in a dispute over transport fare, with an Okapi knife.Matabeleland South provincial police s...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 15:09hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Matanga vows to crush machete-wielding gangs
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has vowed to crush machete-wielding gangs which have become a menace in Zimbabwe's mining areas.Matanga made the remarks at the weekend at Morris Dep...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 15:04hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'Economy threat to transitional justice'
THE deteriorating political and economic climate in Zimbabwe, coupled with the manipulation of the judiciary through constitutional amendments and selective prosecutions are creating a difficult envir...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:09hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Protection order over false rape report threats
A BULAWAYO man has been granted a protection order against his co-tenant who threatened to stab him and make a false rape report against him. Mr Ezekiel Phakathi said he was living in fear as Lovegirl...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
ZPP remembers January 2019 stay away violence
The Zimbabwe Peace Project in its latest Januiary 2020 report has remembers the January 2019 stay away which resulted to state sponsored violence that claimed 17 lives as the citizens took to the stre...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 12:17hrs | 439 | by Stephen Jakes
Court ends Haruzivishe's detention over public violence charges
HARARE Magistrate Wongai Muchuchuti has ended the detention of Makomborero Haruzivishe, a pro-democracy campaigner, who was arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and charged with incitin...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 11:24hrs | 354 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa warned
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF national youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risks being swept away by an impending revolution if he does not urgently dialogue w...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2726 | by Staff reporter
Cursed by time, imprisoned by lament
Trauma can be really traumatic.Its after-effects often stubbornly linger like a skunk's stench.It can also be both unforgiving and haunting.Bishop Lazi knows full well the colo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 73 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Matemadanda, Hungwe must be charged with treason'
MDC national vice chairperson and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has described his ongoing trial at the High Court on subversion charges as a persecution of democracy, saying the S...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4356 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in fight over married woman
A 42-year-old man from Gonde Village under Chief Chireya in Gokwe was stoned to death in a fight over a married woman.The matter which has sent tongues waging in Gonde Village happened last mo...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 10:00hrs | 3290 | by Staff reporter
Bashed man turns to the courts for help
A Bulawayo woman has reversed a popular perception that only men beat up women in relationships.Debra Shumirai Dzowa proved that violence was neither a women's problem nor a man's problem but ...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:56hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Ethiopia for AU Summit
President Mnangagwa arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday for the 33rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union. He was received at Bole International Airport by Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Ethiopia, A...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:35hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs congest prisons
Machete gangs that were arrested in mining areas across Mashonaland Central Province have resulted in overcrowding at Bindura Remand Prison, forcing at least 150 inmates to sleep outside the cel...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:30hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
'Stop mourning over sanctions,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should use its God-given resources, including the skills of its people, to develop the country and stop mourning the negative impact of sanctions imposed by the West, President Mnangagwa said...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 3689 | by Staff Reporter
Is Godfrey Tsenengamu challenging political patronage?
Instead of dismissing Godfrey Tsenengamu's proposals, I would say certainly our nation needs fresh thinking in order to move forward and that requires dialogue which must tap the vision of all Zimbabw...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:39hrs | 2143 | by Denford Madenyika
Designation: The new US weapon against Zimbabweans
The United States does not want to leave Zimbabwe alone and has upped its game by using designation of persons as a way of forcing the ZANU PF government to capitulate. In a strange development, the U...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1923 | by Elijah Chihota
Gwanda students turn to gold panning and macimbi harvesting
Female students at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo College in Gwanda have turned to gold panning and mopane worm harvesting in a bid to raise the soaring rental and college fees as the institution has threat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1326 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Chiwenga's wife freed on $1 500 bail
Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has this afternoon been granted $1 500 bail coupled with stringent conditions.Mubaiwa who has been in custody since la...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 15:31hrs | 5183 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells police to deal with machete gangs decisively
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the country's security sector to decisively deal with illegal gold miners and robbers who are terrorising Zimbabweans with machetes.Mnangagwa's direct...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
MDC senator threatens to burn Zec offices
MIDLANDS Senator Lillian Timveous (MDC Alliance) is set to appear in court today facing charges of threatening to destroy Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (Zec) offices in Zvishavane ahead of the July ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:24hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa a reformer,' says Misihairabwi-Mushonga
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (proportional representation) yesterday said the 2018 elections were handled better than previous elections and praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa as...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 4499 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Freddy courts controversy with 'drag queen' role
CAN someone please present gospel musician, Prophet Freddy, with his award for Most controversial gospel musician as he has already hogged the limelight again after appearing as a drag queen on his Zv...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Man knocks out mother-in-law's teeth in brawl
A 31-YEAR-0LD Guruve man was sentenced to 2 years in prison by a Guruve magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe today for kicking his mother in-law's mouth and removi...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 21:00hrs | 1503 | by Paul Ndou
Bar manager killed over empty bottle
POLICE at Kotwa Growth Point in Mudzi have arrested an imbiber who allegedly stabbed a bar manager with a pool stick after a misunderstanding over an empty beer bottle.Nyasha Mafuku (age not g...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife ordered to reside at 64 Folyjon Crescent, Glen Lorne
High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has altered Marry Chiwenga's bail conditions by ordering that she resides at number 64 Folyjon Crescent, Glen Lorne, Harare, until finalisation of a case where...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
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