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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...

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Mugabe 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...

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Chinamasa 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...

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Plan 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...

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Policeman 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...

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Sculptor 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....

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SA 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...

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South 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...

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Government 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...

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Opposition 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,...

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Police 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...

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MDC-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...

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Opposition: 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...

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Who 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...

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No 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...

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High 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...

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Chinamasa 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...

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SA: 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...

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Civil 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...

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ZESA 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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