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ZHRO 9 October 2019 Planned Peaceful, Vigil Protest hindered by another protest
The ZHRO (Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation) planned weekly peaceful vigil protest at 429, The Strand London, was held on Wednesday 9th October 2019. It was a sombre and worrying day for all.&n...Published: 12 hrs ago | 31 | by ZHRO Team
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight Mnangagwa over talks
Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in m...Published: 21 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff rpeorter
Violence at Zanu-PF DCC elections
The Zanu-PF internal elections to select members of the district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) held in Harare at the weekend were marred by violence, intimidation and allegations of vote-rigging....Published: 22 hrs ago | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 — chara...Published: 22 hrs ago | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police recover anti-riot gear near Harvest House
POLICE yesterday recovered 210 anti-riot and 46 council police helmets which were hidden in a basement of Robinson House at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Angwa Street in Harare on Saturday. A...Published: 22 hrs ago | 7 | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot gear found near Harvest House
Police recovered 210 anti-riot and 46 municipal police helmets stashed in the basement of Robinson House at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Angwa Street in Harare on Saturday. Also recovered we...Published: 22 hrs ago | | by Staff reporter
Heroes Acre a satanic ritual site: Ndebeles buried there must be exhumed
Now that the so called Zimbabwe Heroes Acre has been exposed as a satanic ritual site, starting with Joshua Nkomo and uMama uMafuyane who was poisoned by Zanupf Women' s League members, all Matabeles ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 45 | by Israel Dube
'Friendly fire' leaves one dead as misdirected stone kills friend after beer tiff
A New Lobengula man, with the intention of hitting a drinking mate that he had been arguing with, missed the target and instead struck his best friend with a stone who died on the spot, before fleeing...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Defence of Regular Elections: The Right to Vote and Rubbishing the Election Sabbath
I am admittedly and violently against the Church proposed and so called Sabbath meant to give 7 years for Zimbabwe to get the political jigsaw puzzle right. The under pinning argument is that too much...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Sindiso Mazibisa
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 16:23hrs | | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Election dispute resolution in Zimbabwe
This paper on election dispute resolution (EDR) departs from the point that the electoral competition is often accompanied by disputes and tensions, as political parties and candidates jostle for powe...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Zesn
EU pushes for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
The European Union (EU) is ramping up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold much-needed talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. This comes as Mnangagwa is battling to put back ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2333 | by Staff reporter
Subversion suspects back in court
Members of shadowy anti-Government organisations who allegedly received training in Maldives with the intention to roll out violent demonstrations in the country and subvert a constitutionally-elected...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expects thundershowers
Zimbabwe is expected to experience scattered thundershowers accompanied by lightning, strong winds and hail in some parts of the country, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD)....Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
US blacklists Gupta family
The US Treasury announced sanctions against the controversial Gupta family and associate Salim Essa, it said in a statement on Thursday."The Guptas and Essa have used their influence with prom...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Expect lightning, strong winds & hail
Zimbabwe is expected to experience scattered thunder showers accompanied by lightning, strong winds and hail in some parts of the country, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD)....Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:40hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Minister fingered in machete wars
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube has been implicated in the often violent Mazowe illegal mining activities that have seen youth gangs popularly known as MaShurugwi, engaged in machete wars over gold...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Thief' spears man (65) to death
A 65-year-old man from Inyathi died after being stabbed three times with a spear by a suspected thief who had broken into his son's homestead and stolen four bags of cement. Acting Matabelelan...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa's letter: my reply!
Dear Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa, I was excited to read your letter on Bulawayo24.com yesterday dated October 8th 2019. My excitement comes not only from the content and dismay you highlighted but...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 14:23hrs | 6965 | by Nomazulu Thata
Supreme Court to rule on Chamisa's Presidency
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe is set to meet on October 17 in Harare to make a determination on the appeal case against Justice Edith Mushore's High Court judgment regarding the MDC leadership issue M...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 10:14hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family lives in fears, as member goes missing
A FAMILY from Bulawayo is living in fear following the disappearance of a family member in January this year, during a near uprising in the country over the hiking of fuel prices.The family of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 09:12hrs | 3562 | by Agencies
Police urge motorists not to park at secluded places
MATABELELAND South police have advised motorists not to stop at secluded places along the country's highways and around the border areas as they risked attacks by robbers.The police also warne...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA judge rescues foreign truck drivers
A SOUTH AFRICAN High Court judge has ruled against the sacking of foreign haulage truck drivers saying it was in breach of their rights not to be discriminated against on the basis of their social ori...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Nepotism and tribalism
Early this week Zimbabweans woke up to some very disturbing news – the nepotism which is rife at Town House as some MDC members of the Harare City Council are using their positions as councillors to...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:06hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Magombeyi 'abduction' - trouble looms for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's failure to investigate and bring to account, people linked to the abductions of two unionists, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi, trade...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 11:37hrs | 11862 | by newzimbabwe
Police intensify stop, search operations
BULAWAYO police have intensified stop and search patrols in the central business district (CBD) and in the residential areas following a surge in violent robberies, but went too far yesterday....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exhumation in the context of Gukurahundi and Ndebele thought
AS efforts continue to find closure to the Gukurahundi conundrum, hopes are being raised that there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. While people may be speaking freely on the subject, cl...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:01hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi
Agric preps begin
Government will start moving agricultural inputs for Command Agriculture to several parts of the country this week as it pushes farmers to plant early to maximise on imminent rains.Logistical ...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby who ran amok after catching wife with boyfriend sentenced
THE man who ran amok two weeks ago in Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo and bashed his estranged wife and her alleged boyfriend after he caught them red handed getting cosy in their house has been senten...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man poos in sitting room
A Nkulumane woman left a court shell shocked after revealing that she was tormented by her son who was in the habit of defecating in the sitting room, forcing her to clean up his mess afterwards....Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner bashes journalist in charge office
A 21-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner flew in rage and assaulted a freelance journalist in charge office at Mvurwi police station after being surrendered to the station by an angry mob who effected citizen ar...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drama as convict charges at magistrate, destroys property, court closes
A NOTORIOUS Kwekwe robber who was previously sentenced for 54 months on assault and two robbery could not stomach an additional 12 months of restitution of $61 026 to different people he robbed....Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
China - Zimbabwe's 40-year relations
ON May 15 1981, former president Robert Mugabe - then Zimbabwe's prime minister - held a meeting with legendary Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Beijing, China, which could have changed Zimbabwe's cour...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC should show maturity, respect for Mnangagwa
ON 15 September, just before he left the country for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Mnangagwa penned a congratulatory message to the main opposition Movement for Democratic...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
US ups economic war on Zimbabwe
The United States has escalated its political and economic war against Zimbabwe in the past few weeks, despite spirited efforts by the New Dispensation to re-engage on an equal footing with a vi...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Trevor Shiri
Chamisa's MDC reaches out to African Union
ZIMBABWE is facing a major socio-economic and political crisis which, if left unchecked, can spiral out of control, resulting in the loss of lives, the main opposition MDC has said in a cry to the Afr...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance walk of shame
THE MDC Alliance legislators' walk of shame in Parliament before President Mnangagwa's address on Tuesday is a tired and futile attempt at drawing unnecessary attention that no one needs at a time whe...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe coup announcer's wife gets death threats
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo and her team of commissioners have acquired firearms for personal security amid reports that they have been receiving ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dares Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday vowed that his party would defy bans against its demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to force political and economic reforms....Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Change is coming,' says Chamisa
Nelson Chamisa hailed the MDC as "the bravest, strongest and most consistent" party as the opposition movement marked its 20-year anniversary at Rufaro Stadium on Saturday.Chamisa said the MDC...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 17:56hrs | | by ZimLive
'Mnangagwa regime is shameless'
THE opposition MDC celebrated its 20th anniversary at Rufaro Stadium at the weekend. NewsDay senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga (ND) had earlier spoken to the party's youth Assembly chairperson Obey Sith...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe looked after his own
THE drums reverberated at the home of the late former President Robert Mugabe as boys from the Roman Catholic-run Kutama Boys High Mission sang in smooth innocent majestic voices to bid farewell to a ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa humiliates wife?
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has come under fire from many social media users after a video went viral of him arbitrarily grabbing a microphone from his wife, Sithokozile, while she was...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths vow Mnangagwa confrontation
MDC youth leader Obey Sithole has vowed continued confrontation with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in the wake of many foiled attempts by the main opposition to stage peaceful demonstrati...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by newzimbabwe
UN envoy: Zimbabwe's economic, political situation deteriorating
Zimbabwe's political and economic environment is deteriorating, causing anxiety as hopes fade for a long-awaited improvement in living conditions, a United Nations human rights envoy said on Friday....Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Al JAzeera
Government to start reconstruction of burnt shops
THE Government will soon start reconstructing and refurbishing business buildings destroyed during the ill-fated demonstrations, which were organised by the MDC-Alliance and some civic organisations i...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to start reconstruction of burnt shops
THE Government will soon start reconstructing and refurbishing business buildings destroyed during the "ill-fated demonstrations", which were organised by the MDC-Alliance and some civic organisations...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's revival hopes fade under Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's political and economic environment is deteriorating, causing anxiety as hopes fade for a long-awaited improvement in people's living conditions, a United Nations human rights envoy said on ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:08hrs | | by Reuters
MDC has overplayed protest card
WE learnt with interest of the opposition MDC's resolution to ambush the police and State security agencies by engaging in flash demonstrations at different locations at the same time in an effort to ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 18:56hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
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