Zimbabweans criticise finance minister on social media
By: News24Zimbabweans on Friday took to social media to express their anger after the country's finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa announced a series of fiscal undertakings, as he admitted that the...
View ArticleMugabe unveils new statue of himself as Zimbabwe endures economic crisis
By: The TelegraphPresident Robert Mugabe has unveiled a 3.8-metre statue of himself at the same time as Zimbabwe suffers its worst economic crisis in years.The cartoon-like statue depicts the...
View ArticleChinamasa plan to save cash - but will Mugabe agree?
By: News24Cash-strapped Zimbabwe is increasingly looking like a sinking ship - but one man is desperately trying to bail water.Thing is, will President Robert Mugabe let him?Presenting a mid-term...
View ArticlePlan to cull civil service by firing 25,000 'unworkable'
By: TimesLiveTendai Biti, the former finance minister in Zimbabwe's now-defunct government of national unity, has slammed plans to cut the size of the cash-strapped country's civil service and to trim...
View ArticlePoliceman fatally shot after 4 elephants discovered poisoned
By: News24HARARE: A policeman has died after he was accidentally shot in western Zimbabwe during a chase of four men suspected of killing elephants with cyanide, a conservation group said on Monday.The...
View ArticleSculptor defends himself after Mugabe's statue is mocked
By: AFPMandela accepting "Swing Me Mama" by Dominic BenhuraHARARE: A top sculptor defended himself on Monday after his official statue of President Robert Mugabe was widely criticised as a caricature....
View ArticleSA refuses to release Zimbabweans arrested in August returning home;...
By: The CitizenSOUTH Africa: The detention of nine Zimbabweans who were returning to their home country in a minibus taxi last month was lawful, as they were undocumented, the department of home...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Father of Zim boy fed liquid dishwashing soap at crèche wants...
By: AgenciesJOHANNESBURG: The principal of a Kempton Park crèche will be charged after she allegedly fed dish washing liquid to a five-year-old boy as a form of punishment earlier this year.This...
View ArticleGovernment bans opposition protests - again
By: AgenciesHARARE: The authorities on Monday again announced a ban on opposition protests through October 16, state television reported.The decision comes less than a week after Zimbabwe's High Court...
View ArticleOpposition parties vow to proceed with Saturday protest for election reform
By: ReutersHARARE: Zimbabwean opposition parties will on Saturday hold protests throughout the country with or without police clearance to press the election agency for free elections in 2018,...
View ArticlePolice to ban protests in Harare for a month
By: ReutersHARARE: Police police plan to ban public demonstrations in the capital for a month, according to a public notice issued on Tuesday that opposition lawyers said marked a slide towards a...
View ArticleMDC-T: Fresh ban on protests ‘the last kicks of a dying horse’
By: AFPMDC-T secretary general Douglas MwonzoraHARARE: Police have announced a fresh ban on protests in the capital Harare, state media said on Tuesday, in another attempt to end demonstrations against...
View ArticleOpposition: Zimbabwe fast becoming a police State
By: ReutersPOLICE plan to ban public demonstrations in the capital for a month, according to a public notice issued on Tuesday that opposition lawyers said marked a slide towards a police...
View ArticleWho could be Zimbabwe's next president?
By: CNNAt 92, Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for longer than most Zimbabweans have been alive, taking office in 1980 after a brutal war and negotiated peace deal.In his early years in power, Mugabe...
View ArticleNo crisis in Zimbabwe, says SA’s foreign minister
By: African News AgencyPRETORIA: The South African government has on Tuesday, played down what is widely regarded as a growing crisis in Zimbabwe, noting that the Zimbabwe government has claimed it has...
View ArticleHigh Court frees #Tajamuka protest leader on bail
HARARE: Zimbabwe's high court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of protest leader Promise Mkwananzi ahead of mass anti-government demonstrations planned later this week.Mkwananzi, one of the...
View ArticleChinamasa on the ropes as Cabinet drops week-old plan for job and bonus cuts
By: ReutersHARARE: The government says it has dropped plans to cut public sector jobs and bonuses less than a week after they were announced, as activists called for more protests against economic...
View ArticleSA: Bodies of Zimbabweans recovered from disused mine
By: AgenciesJOHANNESBURG: Late Tuesday night, two more bodies were recovered from a disused mine shaft at Langlaagte in Johannesburg, bringing the total number of illegal miners who've died there to...
View ArticleCivil servants step up Chinamasa pressure
By: Source.co.zwHARARE: Civil service labour union, the Apex Council, on Wednesday said it rejected Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s “insensitive” proposals, to reduce spending by cutting salaries...
View ArticleZESA warns of new power cuts, as insolvent parastatal fails to pay suppliers
By: Source.co.zwHARARE: State power utility, Zimbabwe Energy Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC), says the country faces power cuts because it owes suppliers over $734 million.Zimbabwe,...
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