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ZACC investigating Bulawayo City Council
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is currently investigating a number of local authorities on the country, ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure has said. In a telephonic i...Published: 21 mins ago | 36 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Suicidal Protest'
Protests are part of humanity as long as we have leaders and followers, the rich and poor and inequality. Protests can take any shape or colour and size. Zimbabwe was born out of a protest against Col...Published: 2 hrs ago | 625 | by Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
'SA leaders, including Mandela, toothless to solve Zimbabwe crisis' - Not true, especially of the big man
"So, why is it that Vorster could bring about real change, twisting Smith's arm to engage in negotiations with his liberation movement opponents that eventually led to a settlement and a transition to...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1025 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe and the Founders Sydrome (Foundiritis)
Let me introduce this article as an opinion piece by a pedestrian activist. I write from personal experience not other peoples lenses.l have been in the political field for a while now and with Covid1...Published: 9 hrs ago | 599 | by Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
We must Occupy the Decision making tables @40!
The truth has to be said when there is nothing much left to life to protect. Life is unbearably difficult for many of us and l have personally felt the de...Published: 11 hrs ago | 782 | by Ms Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
Chamisa's allies deny Sikhala support in his hour of need
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2806 | by Staff reporter
Social media alone won't bring change in Zimbabwe
EXACTLY four years ago, in an opinion piece run by The Guardian, I argued that social media activists in Zimbabwe faced an uphill struggle finding momentum to steer themselves towards the path of demo...Published: 12 hrs ago | 289 | by Bruce Mutsvairo
Labour organisations pile pressure on Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL labour organisations continue to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government demanding that it respects workers' rights.This follows the recent characterisation of...Published: 12 hrs ago | 610 | by Staff reporter
Abusive rogue regimes that violate international law shouldn't be allowed to hide behind 'protocol' and 'diplomacy'
When I was growing up, whenever an abusive husband battered his wife, the best she could do was either, keep quiet and accept her fate (even blaming herself as having 'deserved' the brutality as punis...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1076 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe security sector reforms debunked
US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array o...Published: 24 hrs ago | 6725 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs desert Sikhala
SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition's firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and d...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | 17162 | by Staff reporter
An MDC govt around 2025
WHILE the ruling party's nationalist project is by all means still holding forte, the centre is gradually disintegrating.On the other hand, the centreleft MDC's democratic project has been bas...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:24hrs | 3616 | by Robert Sigauke
Zimbabwe hopes fade under Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti yesterday accused Mnangagwa of blocking the SA delegation arguing there was no crisis in Zimbabwe.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last week appo...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hopes fade under Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE has failed to end the culture of human rights abuses witnessed under its former leader Robert Mugabe, while the optimism generated by the election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has faded, a...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must reclaim country from maniacs'
ZIMBABWEANS must unite to reclaim the country from "maniacs" who have not psychologically transformed themselves from liberation war guerrillas into civilian politicians, former Speaker of Parliament ...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Economic Freedom Fighters plots Beitbridge border blockade
OPPOSITION party Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (ZEFF) has revealed plans to mobilise its followers to blockade the Beitbridge Border Post on August 31 to protest against human rights violations b...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
SA lawyers sing for their supper against Mnangagwa
A SOUTH AFRICAN group of lawyers yesterday added its voice to the growing chorus of alarm on human rights abuses by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, chastising the Zanu-PF leader for ris...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
'SA envoys not obliged to meet political parties'
SOUTH African envoys who came to Zimbabwe early this week and delivered a message to President Mnangagwa from his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa had no obligation to meet opposition parties and civic soc...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 06:48hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Trip by South African envoys to Zimbabwe was a waste of jet fuel
A trip by South African envoys to Zimbabwe has been described as a "waste of jet fuel".A Zimbabwean journalist on the ground, who has been sought by police, said the engagement was confined to...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 18:56hrs | 3930 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at crossroads - The new Zimbabwe we crave for
An attempt to build one nationalist liberation movement failed in the 1960s when most of the nationalists of Shona extraction split from Zapu to form a pro-Shona Zanu which was largely mobilised...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:41hrs | 1865 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo
The reason why the special envoy from South Africa snubed the opposition revealed
The opposition was breathing fire over the snub by the envoys from South Africa. They were quick to spread wrong information and casting aspersions with sole aim of soiling the good name of Zimbabwe. ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 1425 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jubilation as court frees 7 accused of plotting to remove Mnangagwa
There was jubilation in the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ranks after a Harare court ended the prosecution of 7 activists who were accused of plotting to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa. ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 11:31hrs | 14454 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Disappointment of Ramaphosa's envoys and the Zimbabwean problem
Exciting it was when announced. Successful mission. Disappointing it was when it ended. This is a precise description of the South African President Ramaphosa appointed team of envoys and ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 2981 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl' says there is crisis in Zimbabwe
THE South African ruling party, African National Congress (ANC) has said Zimbabwe is in a crisis and millions of its citizens have lost their dignity hence the need for an immediate solution.L...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 5969 | by Staff reporter
SA's Mbeki once claimed there was no crisis in Zimbabwe - then hundreds of people were butchered... Ramaphosa needs to show real
Saturday 12 April 2008, will forever be the day that most Zimbabweans would wish had never happened, and will forever be embedded in their minds as the day that a prominent and respectable statesman h...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 20:53hrs | 804 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Ramaphosa has failed Zimbabweans' South African opposition party says
The decision by the Zimbabwean government to deny President Cyril Ramphosa's envoys an opportunity to meet with opposition leaders was not only disrespectful to the office of the African Union Chairpe...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3718 | by Democratic Alliance
Persons with disabilities concerned about Zimbabwe human rights violations
Zimbabweans had yet another opportunity to define their destiny as a collective when they exercised their constitutional right to choose a leader of their choice. The July 2018 elections had new conte...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 11:35hrs | 738 | by Tsepang Nare and Abel Mavura
SA envoys shows Chamisa the middle finger
SPECIAL envoys appointed by African Union chairperson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to probe reports of gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe jetted out of the country yesterday after a...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 7811 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says they are denied freedom to honour heroes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his administration had consolidated democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law in the pursuit of social justice, but main opposition MDC Alliance and othe...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Cancel African public debts, ethics committees of African scientists must be formed
The International Coalition Against the Coronavirus (ICAC) Africa has demanded the cancellation of African public debts and establishment of the ethics committees of African scientists before an...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 137 | by Stephen Jakes
Magufuli bans Tanzania's media outlets from broadcasting foreign content
Tanzanian government has officially banned all local media outlets from broadcasting foreign content without government permission.As crackdown on free press and dissident voices intensifies i...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 20:46hrs | 7135 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Ferret Force looking for Sikhala in a door to door operation, says Jonathan Moyo
Firebrand MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala who has gone underground but continues to use social media platforms to hound the Mnangagwa regime has been advised to the to leave the Dema area by...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 20:29hrs | 7582 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa decries 'divisive falsehoods' over rights abuse claims
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday called criticism of human rights abuses by his government "divisive falsehoods" and said his administration was under renewed attack from domestic and...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 19:42hrs | 2063 | by Reuters
Job Sikhala's open letter to President Ramaphosa
ON behalf of the people of Zimbabwe who have expressed themselves loudly on social media, and have expressed themselves on issues they want addressed legally, we are grateful that you have found it ne...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 1823 | by Job Sikhala
An MDC Government Around 2025
Whilst the ruling party's nationalist project is by all means still holding forte, the centre is gradually disintegrating. On the other hand, the centre-left MDC's democratic project has been bashed a...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:46hrs | 1457 | by Robert Sigauke
People must free themselves from ZANU-PF chains
To say our situation in Zimbabwe is not so different from the one Guatemala experienced is very wrong and lacks factual points.The Zimbabwean government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa mus...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:44hrs | 515 | by Leonard Koni
ZANU PF is not Zimbabwe - so there's no anti-Zimbabwe campaign!
Over the past month or two - ever since the announcement by some opposition political parties, as well as human and labour rights activists, of a planned national demonstration on 31 July 2020 against...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:40hrs | 4208 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC spoils for bare knuckle fight
A TOP MDC Alliance executive yesterday ruled out the possibility of entering into another South Africa-mediated government of national unity (GNU) and threatened to scale up mass protests to force out...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 12:03hrs | 4841 | by Staff reporter
New campaign targets 'looters diaspora children'
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean secessionist Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance leader Hloniphani Ncube has launched the #PunishZimLootersChildrenabroad to prod countries hostingZimbabwean top officials'...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 12:01hrs | 2678 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe activists decry ‘unprecedented clampdown' after arrests
INVESTIGATIVE journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has over the years leveraged his large social media following to share posts about human rights abuses and alleged government corruption.On June 20, ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 12:00hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop harassing workers
INTERNATIONAL trade unions have raised concern over harassment of workers' representatives by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as pressure piles on the Zanu-PF regime to respect human rights....Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:57hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's Zimbabwe intervention gets off to rocky start
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's cautious intervention in the current Zimbabwean crisis has got off to a rocky start, with the opposition warning yesterday that they will not be railroaded to accept any de...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 20:37hrs | 12770 | by Staff reporter
30 Bulawayo MDC Alliance activists flee city
MDC Alliance has claimed that 30 of its members have fled from their homes in fear of falling victim to the alleged on-going crackdown of opposition activists in the city.In recent weeks sever...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 20:37hrs | 3590 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa's advisor visits Jacob Ngarivhume's wife
A member of President Emmerson Mnangahwa's Presidential Advisory Council Shingi Munyeza paid a visit to the family of Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume on Sunday. Writing on Twitte...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 19:32hrs | 25082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa claims to be under siege
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says the government is trying to provoke opposition and civic society leaders into engaging in violence by pushing them into a corner through a crackdown by law e...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:28hrs | 7490 | by Staff reporter
UNcle Tom queries South Africa 'sham' envoys
Prominent South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane believes President Cyril ramamphosa's special envoys appointed to find ways of solving political problems in Zimbabwe are too compromised to lea...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2313 | by Staff reporter
Activist hounded over Mnangagwa song
Godfrey Kurauone, an MdC Alliance councillor in Masvingo, is languishing at Masvingo remand Prison awaiting trial and his alleged crime is singing a derogatory song. Prosecutors say Kuraone must go to...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:25hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Online #ZimbabweLivesMatter campaign jolts Mnangagwa govt
STUNG by the impact of an online campaign by Zimbabweans to raise awareness about alleged human rights violations in the country, top government officials are fighting back with claims that gory image...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:23hrs | 9933 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rhetoric inflammatory
In a week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to "flush out" his political opponents, a young Bulawayo woman was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and badly tortured. Twenty-three-year-old...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:21hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
It is very much in SA's interest to ‘interfere' in Zimbabwe
For about 20 years South Africa has watched, rarely exerted pressure, and in some instances aided and abetted, the tragedy Zimbabwe has become.South Africa is now home to millions of Zimbabwea...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:20hrs | 423 | by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
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