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Is it a crime to publish false news?
EARLIER this month, reports circulated on social media alleging that a police officer in Harare had struck a woman with his baton and killed a baby strapped on her back. The police issued a de...Published: 3 hrs ago | 515 | by Veritas
'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'
HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting chance against the respiratory virus.This f...Published: 3 hrs ago | 539 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 home remedies gain popularity
TRADITIONAL herbs and steaming have become popular home remedies against Covid-19 which has killed 772 people in Zimbabwe. Social media platforms are daily awash with messages on the efficacy ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 311 | by Staff reporter
Police descend on illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 80 vehicles for illegally transporting people in violation of lockdown regulations. The mushikashika vehicles as they are known, have topped the lis...Published: 3 hrs ago | 183 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga's lawyers dismiss death rumours
Frank Buyanga Sadiqi's lawyers have dismissed reports circulating on social media that the businessman died in a shooting yesterday.The story started with another businessman, Mutumwa Mawere, ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours overwhelmed by COVID-19
AS AUTHORITIES continue to battle to contain the deadly coronavirus, amid alarming deaths and new infections in the country, Zimbabwe's stretched funeral parlours say they are now being overwhelmed by...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disowns Oppah Muchinguri
THE government has been left embarrassed after one of its top most government officials, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri created a diplomatic headache for Zimbabwe by accusing China of creat...Published: 23 hrs ago | 6600 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri lets cat out of the bag
The ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was last night forced to issue a statement to rebut utterances purportedly made by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri in which she revealed that ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4984 | by Staff reporter
Confronting the scourge of persecution by prosecution
One of the most topical debates in national discourses in Zimbabwe over the last week has been around mechanisms to address and regulate the dissemination of false information and disinformation, in l...Published: 24 hrs ago | 110 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Gwaradzimba's death opens a can of worms
On the 15th January 2021 Zimbabwe lost another politician Ellen Gwaradzimba who was a Zimbabwean politician and Zanu-PF member. At the time of her death, she was Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mi...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 4596 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe now almost overrun by Covid-19 second wave
When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, most Zimbabweans never took it seriously. Many were misled by social media where it was peddled that Corona is only for whites and only comes in wint...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 2719 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
US$2,7m heist suspect killed in shoot-out, three still on the run
A suspect in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist died in Zaka on Thursday in a shoot-out with detectives, while three others appeared in court yesterday. So far, police have arres...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Covid-19 jab will be voluntary for Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe announced on Friday that taking a Covid-19 vaccine will be voluntary for its citizens as authorities ponder inoculation logistics following reports that the country will receive three million...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 2652 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo philanthropist found dead with hands and feet bound with rope
A BULAWAYO businessman and philanthropist was found dead at his house in Bellevue Tuesday afternoon, with his hands tied behind his back and his home ransacked.Mr Bevan Bernard Peters of Belle...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:58hrs | 6297 | by Staff reporter
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1257 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Sikhala says he has been arrested 65 times without conviction
INCARCERATED MDC Alliance vice-chairperson and Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala yesterday told the court that he had been arrested more than 65 times since 2000 and had not been convicted.S...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mother denies baby's death in Sikhala case
THE mother of the child who was reported by MDC-Alliance activists as having been struck to death by a police officer using a baton in Harare, denied that her baby was beaten to death during the incid...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 615 | by Mirian Mangwaya
Chin'ono denied bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been denied bail by Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube.Magistrate Ncube said there is overwhelming evidence against Chin'ono on a charge of communicating falsehood...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:26hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's corona deaths, infections keep soaring
CONCERNED medical experts have implored the government to follow the example of South Africa and close all its land borders, to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus in the country.Speaking ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:11hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala weeps in court, threatens a prison officer
INCARCERATED MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who is being charged on allegations of communicating falsehoods through social media, yesterday wept in court, lamenting that he was being abu...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:07hrs | 5872 | by Staff reporter
'Chin'ono faces 20-year jail term'
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono is likely to be jailed for 20 years if convicted for communicating falsehoods, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. This was revealed by an investigating officer from the ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Impact of new media on Zimbabwean politics
Recent events in the United States stimulated debate on cyber space. Social media has taken the world by storm, and the recent developments in the US have raised debate on the impact of the phenomenon...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 135 | by Livit Mugejo
Government to arrest those spreading falsehoods about Covid-19 and the vaccine
The CORONA VIRUS pandemic has shaken the world and gripped it with fear. In the last 24 hours I lost people very close to me due to COVID. there is no one who can say he does not know a family which l...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1230 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2461 | by Samantha Power
Mahere's lawyers demand identity of 'dead' child's mother
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere on charges of communicating falsehoods through social media yesterday told the court that they would want to know the identity of the woma...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:04hrs | 2906 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala disowns Facebook account
MDC ALLIANCE deputy chairperson and Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala yesterday challenged the State's bid to place him on remand, arguing that the Facebook account which he is alleged to have used ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Covid-19 cases reach 206
ABOUT 206 Mpilo Central Hospital healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 since April last year, amid fears of more infections owing to the rapid increase of new cases in the countrywide. A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
President E.D engage your political nemesis
ContextIn 1999, the then MDC leader and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, whilst he was addressing more than 20 000 supporters in Rufaro stadium, called for the ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:24hrs | 1271 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 982 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Son arrested for brutal Mangwe elderly couple killing
POLICE have arrested a son of a late prominent elderly couple from Empandeni in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South, for allegedly killing his parents. Lisani Nleya (45) was allegedly arrested...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:42hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to spend another night in custody
MDC ALLIANCE vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has been remanded in custody facing charges of publishing falsehoods.The politician-cum-lawyer appeared before Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna and throu...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 20:30hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Shooting of a bushbuck lands 4 in prison
Four Bindura men who shot and killed a bushbuck at Tsambe game park in Bindura were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday.The quartet Lovemore Kandiya (18), Hendrick Chitengu (44), E...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:25hrs | 1565 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hopewell Chin'ono to ignore bail application
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, arrested Friday, says he will not apply for bail as he wants to challenge the state to withdraw its charges against him.In a handwritten statement he handed over ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:06hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa's spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere arrested
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has been arrested and charged with 'publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state' for posting widely circulated video which purported ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:56hrs | 7466 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns on flooded rivers
Government yesterday warned people against crossing flooded rivers following a number of incidents of people being swept away or marooned. In a statement, Local Government and Public Works Act...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says arrests, torture won't deter it
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed that its supporters will not be distracted from their goal of unseating the Zanu-PF regime by State-sponsored arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora should promptly engage the ruling Zanu PF'
HOPE is high that Zimbabwe's much-talked about national dialogue could finally start in earnest this year, following recent political developments and hints to this effect by both President Emmerson M...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | 714 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Sikhala, Chin'ono charged under non-existent falsehoods law'
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala was arrested Saturday and charged with publishing falsehoods and promoting public violence the same charges laid against journalist Hopewell Chin'ono after th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala arrested
POLICE have arrested MDC Alliance top politician Job Sikhala outside the Harare magistrate's court.Sikhala, a lawyer, was part of the legal team representing freelance journalist Hopewell Chin...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 15:45hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Nurses are essential workers, the police must respect all essential workers
At around ten thousand strong, nurses are the backbone of the Zimbabwe healthcare industry, as well as its largest profession. Consistently ranked the most trusted profession in The world year after y...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 09:16hrs | 1321 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Iran's supreme leader bans Covid-19 vaccines from UK, US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech yesterday, the supreme leader said he has no...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Police hunting down Sikhala
Police yesterday arrested Chin'ono and were reportedly hunting down MDC Alliance national vice-chairperson Job Sikhala over their social media comments on a report claiming that a Harare police office...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:39hrs | 2933 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono arrested again
FIREBRAND journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been picked up by the police again, this time for allegedly falsely claiming police in Harare had struck and killed an infant with a baton stick.Chin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 16:53hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns detractors
ZANU-PF has warned some critics to stop lecturing the country's leadership on implementing Covid-19 lockdown measures. Self-exiled G-40 members have on a number of occasions attacked the rulin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
US election 'fraud' protests - 4 shot dead
Four people died and 52 were arrested, Washington DC's police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying president-elec...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 10:36hrs | 2634 | by Staff reporter
Police dismiss baby death reports
POLICE yesterday dismissed social media reports that a police officer based in Harare killed a nine-month-old baby with a truncheon while enforcing the lockdown measures in the city centre on Monday....Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:27hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealer 'killers' in court
THREE suspects, who allegedly killed an illegal fuel dealer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo for intervening in a street fight, have appeared in court. Clifford Sibanda (24) of New Lobengu...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Security guard 'killed' on mango tree
A SECURITY guard at Salgro investment in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central province died yesterday after he was seriously injured by an excavator which uprooted a mango tree he was on.Manyanga Tru...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 15:26hrs | 1888 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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