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Harare CID officers deployed to Bulawayo to thwart MDC demo
Police officers from Harare's CID Law and Order section were deployed to Bulawayo to quell violence in the second largest city, a Harare court heard.This was revealed by prosecutors at the Har...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1125 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Bulawayo magistrate quashes MDC Alliance demo appeal
MDC-Alliance's Court bid to quash a police order prohibiting their planned demonstrations, hit a brick wall after it was dismissed by the Bulawayo MagistrateOn Sunday, Officer Commanding Bulaw...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe troops and police deployed in force
Troops and police deployed in force in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo on Monday in a bid to deter a planned opposition march, three days after brutally dispersing a banned protest in the capital H...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2089 | by AFP
MOPA Bill outlaws protests
In light of the recent ban of the #FreeZimbabweMarch which was supposed to take place in Harare last Friday the 16th and today's protest ban in Bulawayo, the Local Solutions Council would like to warn...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1161 | by Darlington Nyambiya
'Army rigged Jonathan Moyo in 2013 elections'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed that the military was behind his loss in the 2013 election where the Tsholotsho North seat was won by the then MDC candidate Rosemary Nkomo. J...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3834 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance now a terrorist group
The ZANU PF youth league has described MDC Alliance as a terrorist group bent on collapsing the Zimbabwean economy through demonstrations.Addressing journalists in Harare on Monday, Zanu-PF yo...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3349 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, sa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt cracking down on Chamisa's MDC
Fearful authorities are intensifying their crackdown against the opposition, with police arresting a number of MDC officials at the weekend - in addition to banning anti-government protests that were ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Age of consent should be raised to 18, says Human rights lawyer
The Marriages Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament has managed to define who is a child in Zimbabwe, but there is need to close the gap between the age of sexual consent and age of con...Published: 18 hrs ago | 369 | by Staff reporter
Have we reached a political stalemate or are we just barren of new ideas?
On August 17, Harare was rocked by demonstrations organised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.More of these protests against deepening economic hardships are planned in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 209 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Business against MDC demo, police bans it
BULAWAYO police yesterday issued a prohibition order banning MDC's planned protests set for the city today and threatened a one-year jail term for those that defy the ban.The MDC had lined up ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 295 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-Alliance should not cry foul over the court decisions,' says Madhuku
Analysts have applauded the Bulawayo High Court for stopping MDC-Alliance demonstrations that had been set for today, saying the decision shows that the country's judicial organs are alive to the need...Published: 18 hrs ago | 520 | by Staff reporter
Sadc takes anti-sanctions fight to another level
President Mnangagwa attended the 39th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government which ended in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday. This was the second time that he has attended the Sadc Sum...Published: 18 hrs ago | 121 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Mnangagwa's govt stands firm on illegal demos
The illegal demonstration in Harare's city centre last Friday was a failed attempt at getting Zimbabwe on the agenda of the recently-ended SADC Summit in Tanzania which saw President Mnangagwa assume ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
Will the system change if Chiwenga collapsed and died today?
Good morning my dear friends, I have been reflecting like everyone else and I have realized that we are making the same terrible mistakes that we made with Robert Mugabe.I say so because we ta...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:56hrs | 9573 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Zimbabwe Constitution ignored
The Zimbabwe government has made it clear that the much-vaunted new constitution counts for nothing. The MDC fulfilled the legal requirement to inform the police before Friday's demonstration in Harar...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:45hrs | 1271 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Another blow for Chamisa's MDC
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned an MDC demonstration which was planned for this Monday.The Nelson Chamisa led party had planned similar rallies for Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 20:16hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to appeal against demo ban
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is set to launch an appeal against a prohibition order issued by police in Bulawayo barring the opposition party from staging a demonstration in the city on Mo...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 19:16hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses application to stop MDC march
The Bulawayo High Court has dismissed a chamber application brought in by a business consortium from Bulawayo seeking an order barring the MDC demonstration set for Monday.According to Justice...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 15:29hrs | 6584 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says despot Mugabe is better than Mnangagwa
Police on Friday assaulted and rounded up over 90 MDC supporters who had gathered in Harare for a peaceful march against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This followed a prohibition o...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 13:09hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for UN invasion of Zimbabwe
Former minister and Zanu-PF spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has called on the United Nations to invade Zimbabwe and protect citizens against state brutality suffered by MDC Alliance supporter...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 12:04hrs | 10821 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: MDC Bulawayo demonstration stopped
A section of Bulawayo business community has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court of Zimbabwe pleading with the court to ban the MDC demonstration planned for Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 9631 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fellow Zimbabweans, could you please help me find my young children who were abducted in UK?
I live in Swansea, and have lived there since 2007. In March 2008, l met a woman who comes from Swaziland and we were blessed with our first girl in January 2009.In 2012, we were blessed with a ba...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:17hrs | 2875 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Chamisa to intensify protests
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed that his party will intensify protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the police banned a demonstration that was scheduled for Harare last Friday...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:57hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, torture, dragnet arrests amid vicious crackdown against dissent
Blessing Kunotonga is one of scores of opposition supporters left nursing serious injuries after state security agents launched a crackdown against the MDC ahead of the banned August 16 protests....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demo: a bad govt and bad news
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrested power from Robert Mugabe with the help of soldiers in late 2017, he promised his government would give us the economy, economy, economy, and less of badass po...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | 232 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe and the crisis of one-sided democracy narrative
THE co-existence of political dissent is healthy for any political set-up. However, it is risky to reduce the density of political dissent to the narrowest of extremes of allowing certain political ac...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 88 | by Richard R Mahomva
Demonstrations disrupting flow of business
THE opposition MDC-Alliance has been busy plotting to destabilise the country through nationwide demonstrations.The organisers claim they are demonstrating against the country's economic condi...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 757 | by Staff Reporter
Why street protests don't work... How can so many demonstrations accomplish so little?
Street protests are in. From Cape to Cairo and Madrid to Moscow, in Hong kong it has taken ten weeks these days not a week goes by without news that a massive crowd has amassed in the streets of anoth...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:35hrs | 289 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Henry Olonga takes on Mnangagwa...again
Former Zimbabwe Cricket player Henry Olonga has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa head on over the popular video where the President is seen saying: We are the the police, we are the army, we are eve...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 7960 | by Mandla Ndlovu
To what end Mr Chamisa, does the end justify the means?
Dear Nelson ChamisaI write to you with a very heavy heart for ever since you usurped the MDC Presidency Zimbabwe has never known peace and thousands of people have been brutalized, hundreds ma...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | 1497 | by Munya Shumba
Woman scalds hubby for not picking her from church
A BULAWAYO woman allegedly severely scalded her husband with boiling water, peeling most of the skin from his body, in a fit of rage after he forgot to pick her from church.Mr Davies Chitagu h...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 13:24hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Escalating tensions and Crisis in Zimbabwe
Dear EditorPlease publish my article on letters to the Editor section.Zimbabwe is in the middle of a crippling economic and hunger crises. Some 2 million people are facing starvation a...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:48hrs | 253 | by Bigboy Sibanda
United Nations statement on MDC demonstration
We understand that today's planned protests in Harare have just been called off by the organisers, following a High Court decision to uphold a Government ban. The crowds that had already gathered were...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 2387 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Whose rights are infringed upon by peaceful protest?
It is interesting listening to official mouthpieces or reading from the State-controlled press. But there is always a better or subtle way of spinning.According to the official line, peddled b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 602 | by Editorial - Newsday
MDC Bulawayo vows to hold protests on Monday
THE MDC Bulawayo province has vowed to forge ahead with its planned protests on Monday.The opposition party failed to overturn a police ban on its Harare protests at the High Court on Friday....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2052 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'No need for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda (VM) says security sector reforms are not necessary because it is comprised of people who fought in the war of liberation.In a wide ranging interview...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:30hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo warned about planned demos
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to ignore demonstrations being planned by the MDC Alliance for the city on Monday. In January, the opposition party and its allies in the civic society organ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Failure of MDC Alliance protests good for nation
MDC Alliance's attempt to launch demonstrations in Harare failed spectacularly yesterday after the High Court upheld a prohibition order issued by police on Thursday night. The oppositio...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to unleash more violence
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash more violence in the streets after yesterday's planned illegal demonstrations failed to take off following a prohibition notice isued b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
ShutDownZimbabwe demo: 91 MDC fans caged
The Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday arrested 91 people in and around Harare in connection with an illegal demonstration that was organised by the MDC-Alliance. In a statement last night, po...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties rap MDC-Alliance over demo
Political parties have rapped MDC-Alliance for its attempt to hold violent demonstrations in Harare yesterday, saying protests were irrational given that President Mnangagwa had created a dialogue pla...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Britain and EU speak on Harare demonstration
The European Union and the British government have expressed dismay over the images from Harare showing a number of protestors being beaten by the police. EU posted on Twitter saying, "Very wo...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 12:30hrs | 13686 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
Government's deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional
At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objecti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 98 | by Veritas
Mnangagwa pleads with Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday made a last ditch call to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to call off today's demonstration that many fear could degenerate into total chaos instead calling for "peac...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
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