ISTANBUL – Nearly 3,000 soldiers are arrested and 2,700 judges fired in Turkey, after a coup attempt by a faction of the armed forces which left 161 people dead.
BULAWAYO – Scores of women protested against President Robert Mugabe under the #beatthepot campaign in Bulawayo on Saturday. Below are pictures of the event.
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has declared total war on Zanu PF, announcing plans yesterday to roll out fresh nationwide protests that are intended to force President Robert Mugabe out of office. Tsvangirai’s announcement came after the former prime minister in the government of national unity resumed work this week, after undergoing surgery in…
HARARE – Riot police yesterday fired teargas to fend off marauding vendors following the arrest of 13 officials and their chairman during clashes in central Harare. Vendors had gathered at Harare Town House where they were demonstrating against what they alleged was gross corruption by municipal police. Police last night did not confirm the arrests…
HARARE – The leader of #ThisFlag campaign Evan Mawarire has assured Zimbabweans that he is safe, amid fears he might be abducted. Speaking in a video a day after his release, Mawarire said he was at a safe location, after the court freed him of charges of attempting to subvert a constitutional government. “I want…
HARARE – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, in a move widely seen as solving his succession plan, has appointed Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri as vice presidents of the party as he prepares for the crunch 2018 elections. Announcing the appointments to the media at his Highlands residence in Harare yesterday, Tsvangirai said his party’s national…
HARARE – The Welshman Ncube-led MDC’s Women Assembly has strongly condemned police brutality on peaceful protesters throughout the country in the past week and the arrest of a number of activists, among them Pastor Evan Mawarire of #ThisFlag movement. “The violence meted out against protesters by the security forces including women and children which has…
HARARE – A Bulawayo-bound passenger train derailed this week on its way from Victoria Falls, due to a collapse of the railway system. The railway system had apparently been vandalised by gold panners mining along the line. The incident occurred just after Hwange around the Intundla area. Resultantly, the locomotive and two coaches of the…
HARARE – Long serving former secretary to President Robert Mugabe and his Cabinet — Charles Utete — has died after collapsing at his Harare home yesterday. He was 78. Family spokesman Tapiwanashe Bwakura last night told the Daily News that there were no firm burial arrangements as they were yet togroup, while giving time relatives…
HARARE – Viva Zimbabwe president and former Zanu PF youth leader Lumumba William Gerald Mutumanje, aka Acie Lumumba, yesterday challenged his placement on remand in a case he is accused of insulting President Robert Mugabe. Lumumba is facing charges of undermining the authority and insulting the president as defined in Section 33 (2) (b) of…
