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'Second Republic saw expansion of democratic space' boasted ED - didn't last, tyranny returned with a deadly bang!
"Mupakati anokubirwa nomutsitsi; akakupa chisvanda, anopendedza nenyika!" (A tyrant robs you by the bushel full; if he gives away a bowl, he will make a big song and dance of his generosity!) So goes ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 745 | by Wilbert Mukori
18 November 2017 - the day of Zimbabwe's delusional politics!
I have just been reading some testimonies from some of the people who partook in the 18 November 2017 mass protests against Robert Gabriel Mugabe's 37 year long tyranny - and the tremendous hopes that...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1446 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 5566 | by Staff reporter
'Aug 1 victims feared seeking help from State hospitals'
John Muza* left home on August 1 to purchase a new laptop in Harare's CBD after saving for more than six months.It was a poignant moment for him as a disc jockey (DJ) at a night club.M...Published: 15 hrs ago | 862 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 19 hrs ago | 312 | by Staff reporter
Journalist gets death threats over beef with Jah Prayzah
THE Sunday Mail Leisure Senior Reporter Prince Mushawevato has filed a police report following death threats, social media attacks and a close shave with angry Jah Prayzah supporters.The repor...Published: 19 hrs ago | 397 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa warns defiant Chamisa
An unmoved President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday insisted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must appear before the commission of inquiry investigating the deadly August 1 shootings, which left at leas...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:50hrs | 13740 | by Staff reporter
'Stupid' Zimbabweans outraged by Chamisa slur
Zimbabweans across the country have expressed outrage over MDC president Nelson Chamisa's statement where he called August 1 protestors "stupid."Government has charged dozens of people with pu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:49hrs | 4637 | by Staff reporter
'Arbitrary arrests, detention rise'
The month of October witnessed an increase in cases of arbitrary arrests and detention, the Human Rights NGO Forum has said in its Organised Violence and Torture Report for October.This follow...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:48hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
August 1 Commission names spokesperson
Veteran broadcaster and former ZBC Radio Services general manager John Masuku has been tapped as the spokesperson of the independent commission installed to establish what happened before an army crac...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:47hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi blasts doctors over 1 August killings report
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting Services has blasted the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) over the post election violence report that the doc...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:36hrs | 2231 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa already under arrest?
DEFIANT MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said he is not fazed by arrest threats made by security service chiefs saying he is ready for whatever the Mnangagwa regime is planning."Let them do what ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | 5387 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa has problems, Chamisa has answers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the economic and political paralysis in Zimbabwe can be resolved through dialogue between his party and Zanu-PF.Zimbabwe has been on edge since President Emmerso...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1385 | by zimlive
Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife?
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally alleged that Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife at a date not revealed. The firebrand pol...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 03:56hrs | 6881 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August killings: State tries to discredit doctors' report
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wishes to alert members of the public, the Mothlante led commission and all Zimbabweans that there are concerted efforts by the state media...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 18:45hrs | 4384 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Angry Chamisa throw the gauntlet at Mnangagwa and Chiwenga
An angry opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threw the gauntlet at both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga — challenging them to also testify at the official p...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:28hrs | 6336 | by Staff reporter
'1 August demo was planned by ZANU PF' says Mawarire
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealous Mawarire has alleged that the 1 August bloody demonstrations were a creation of ZANU PF and the protestors were ZANU PF members. Said Mawarire,...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | 4967 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa dares Mnangangwa, Chiwenga
An angry opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threw the gauntlet at both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, challenging them to also testify at the official probe...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:04hrs | 12846 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa regrets insulting his supporters
MDC leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has backtracked on the remarks he made about his supporters who demonstrated on August 1 demanding the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release results for the president...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:51hrs | 10093 | by Staff reporter
'Prosecutor Reza unfit for Biti trial'
A HARARE court yesterday declared State prosecutor Michael Reza unfit to preside over MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Tendai Biti's trial saying he overstepped his mandate as an impartial judicial offic...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' lives are not bargaining chips
TRUE to the base instinct of human nature - that subconscious urge or behaviour directed by primeval, animalistic, self-serving, and/or ignoble motivations - some people have quickly rushed to complet...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1053 | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa will not appear before the Motlanthe led commission of inquiry
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed he would not appear before the commission of inquiry on the August 1 shootings claiming the probe was misplaced and described as stupid the demonstrations over the ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Doctors nail Zimbabwe army in killings
ZIMBABWE'S military was responsible for the fatal shooting of six civilians, some of whom had nothing to do with the post-election protests that erupted on August 1 in Harare, the Zimbabwe Association...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs demand police visibility
CHIEFS in Matabeleland South Province have said police must be visible in mining areas following a spate of violent crimes in Gwanda and Esigodini mining areas that have resulted in the loss of life a...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu arrest warrant cancelled
A WARRANT of arrest which had been issued against former Minister of Home Affairs and Culture, Dr Obert Mpofu, for failing to attend court to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa decries abuse of democratic space
President Mnangagwa yesterday spoke out against people abusing the democratic space ushered in by the Second Republic saying such behaviour had no place in the new dispensation. Addressing a P...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lampoons supporters he incited
MDC leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, yesterday described the violent August 1 demonstrations by his supporters as stupid and uncalled for in a desperate attempt to cleanse himself of blame for the post-elec...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Biti gets top prosecutor removed
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of inciting violence in Harare following violent demonstrations on August 1, successfully applied for the removal of one of the best criminal ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws supporters under bus - #GodIsInIt
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threw his supporters under the bus and branded them "stupid" for undertaking an unnecessary demonstration that resulted in the death of six people and d...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will face Motlanthe only if Mnangagwa also testifies
MDC LEADER Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday he would only testify before an inquiry into post-election violence that killed six people in August if President Emmerson Mnangagwa did the same.MDC...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | 4686 | by zimlive
'Forgive Chamisa he is undergoing emotional trauma' says MDC youth leader
The Secretary General of MDC Youth Assembly Discent Bajila has claimed that Nelson Chamisa is undergoing emotional trauma after his alleged abduction attempt by the dreaded Central Intelligence Organi...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 16:48hrs | 8286 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa takes a swipe at 'Chamisa'?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has censured retrogressive, unpatriotic, selfish individuals who are bent on abusing democracy and not adhering to the dictates of the constitution.President Mnang...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 15566 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls August 1 demonstrators stupid 'rats'
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has ridiculed the demonstrators alleging that they engaged in rat demonstrations which is not synonymous with the nature and character of MDC.Chamisa was speaking ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:45hrs | 8870 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans demand more after Mugabe coup
As the country marks exactly a year since the military rose up against former president Robert Mugabe by way of a popular coup, long-suffering Zimbabweans say they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1599 | by Staff reporter
MDC blasts Prof. Madhuku
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has come out guns blazing against Profesor Lovemore Madhuku calling him a discredited commissioner who is not fit to be part of the Kgalema Motlanthe led ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:55hrs | 5038 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2100 | by MDC
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 693 | by Brian Maregedze
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 940 | by Aljazeera
Zimbabwe police open murder dockets into August 1 'army' killings
POLICE say they have instituted investigations into the killing of six civilians during the August 1 post-electoral violence in what could further rile the opposition which claims a government cover u...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 5588 | by newzimbabwe
I survived military shootings says British journalist
A British journalist Jason Burke has claimed that he survived the 1 August bloody election violence that left 6 civilians dead when the military was dispatched to restore law and order in the st...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | 6186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa not fazed by arrest threats
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he is unfazed by threats of arrest by the police and will continue to do his party work as usual.This comes after the acting officer commanding (crime) Harare, D...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7425 | by Staff reporter
African govts fight 'conflict diamonds' resolution
AFRICAN governments led by South Africa are fighting tooth and nail to stop the passing of a resolution by the Kimberly Process to expand the definition of "conflict diamonds", it has been learnt....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrest imminent?
POLICE say they are still clueless as to the identity of people who shot and killed six unarmed civilians in post-election violence on August 1, but warned they would soon arrest MDC leader Nelson Cha...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 4914 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa disbanded MDC militia?
Nelson Chamisa's MDC yesterday claimed it has disbanded a youth-led outfit called The Order of the Vanguard (Vanguard).Describing it as "an otherwise peaceful and disciplined team of MDC youth...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 14:17hrs | 5562 | by Staff reporter
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans weary of protests
Mark Twain once said 'it is easier to fool people than convince them that they are being fooled' and that is exactly the process a section of Zimbabweans are going through as MDC leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:00hrs | 1782 | by Caitlin Kamba
WATCH: MDC Chamisa youths had a pistol and killed 2 people
EX-MDC MP Gabriel Chaibva returned Tuesday to haunt his erstwhile colleagues through sensational claims they armed some party youths to kill two people during the August 1 post-electoral violence....Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:38hrs | 5554 | by newzimbabwe
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