HARARE – In a stunning development that is likely to rock President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF further, Zimbabwe’s restless war veterans have met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai — as the palpable agitation for change in the country continues to gain momentum. The unexpected turn of events comes as Zimbabwe’s political landscape continues to…
HARARE – Radical pressure group — Tajamuka/Sesijikile — has declared that President Robert Mugabe will fall under the weight of planned demonstrations, predicting that the nonagenarian would be gone by December. The pressure group is playing a prominent role in the wave of anti-Mugabe protests currently sweeping across the country and is leading the organisation…
HARARE – Political activist Promise Mkwananzi was yesterday denied bail after Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe ruled that if released, he would not only interfere but “intimidate” State witnesses. The State has lined up police officers as star witnesses to give evidence against the accused. Mahwe further said the former students’ union leader was facing a…
HARARE – MDC youths said they will not back down on protests against President Robert Mugabe, despite spirited efforts by government to thwart them. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC youth leader Happymore Chidziva said “everyday, together with the party leadership, we wake up to find peaceful means and methods to remove Mugabe from…
HARARE – Pro-Zanu PF groups — Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborations Association (Ziliwaco) and the Business Community of Zimbabwe (BCZ) — have threatened to retaliate against protestors who have been demonstrating against President Robert Mugabe. Ziliwaco chairperson, Pupurai Togarepi, told the Daily News the demonstrating opposition parties must contest in the 2018 elections, if they are…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has dismissed claims by State media that the party is training youth “terror squads” to fight for regime change in Zimbabwe. The party’s spokesperson, Obert Gutu, said over the years, the MDC has been a victim of relentless and sustained State-sponsored “violence, thuggery and banditry”. “The fact of the…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s rift is set to widen further, as the escalating anti-President Robert Mugabe protests are likely to create more divisions within the ruling party, an Oxford-linked think tank, NKC African Economics (NKC), said. NKC’s analyst, Gary van Staden, said “we can . . . expect to see increased infighting and splintering of…
HARARE – Human rights groups have expressed concern over continued government threats and interference in the country’s autonomous institutions, whose independence is guaranteed by the Constitution. This comes as the State media has escalated calls for President Robert Mugabe’s government to muzzle the judiciary and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), as angry citizens crank…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairperson Temba Mliswa — who is standing as an independent in the Norton by-election — has challenged war veterans to show long-suffering Zimbabweans the way, as President Robert Mugabe has failed dismally. Mliswa told supporters at Kent Farm in the Norton constituency on Saturday that Zimbabweans are now…
BULAWAYO – It cannot be the equivalent of selling a 37-year-old jalopy, but it comes pretty close. In 2018, Robert Mugabe and his political party will be gunning for power for the umpteenth time since this former British colony achieved independence in 1980. Many thousands of lives were lost during the combat between the white…
