HARARE – Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding his planned trip to the World Economic Forum (Wef)’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, next week — amid Zimbabwe’s worsening political crisis, the Daily News can report. This comes as plans are afoot by Mnangagwa’s seething opponents to confront and embarrass him when he appears…
HARARE – As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week’s deadly riots — human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the clashes has risen to 12 — and that 78 people were shot during the protests. This comes as doctors on Thursday revealed…
HARARE – Activist Evan Mawarire who is accused of treason, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Lucy Mungwari applying to be placed out of remand. Mawarire who was arrested on Wednesday was represented by prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa who challenged the court to uphold liberty and human rights, citing that the State is playing…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s quest to have the economic sanctions imposed on the country by the West lifted is falling by the wayside every day because of his government’s actions on the ground. Mnangagwa and his government are fully aware of what is required of them to have the sanctions lifted, chiefly among them…
HARARE – The advent of new media brought in a wave of innovative approaches to the distribution and acquisition of knowledge. What the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is doing in shutting down the Internet in the face of growing criticism and social unrest is behind the times. The Fourth Principle of the Declaration of Principles…
BULAWAYO – Government has deployed the much-dreaded Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) in the city as part of its desperate move to contain the civil unrest that was fast getting out of hand. All roads leading to the city centre are being manned by heavily-armed military personnel checking the few vehicles making their way into the…
HARARE – Fuel shortages have hit most local authorities hard, with most of them now failing to discharge their service delivery mandates. Harare City Council (HCC) spokesperson Michael Chideme said Harare has received fuel stocks but does not know how they will restock once supplies are depleted. The threat to service delivery comes amid fears…
HARARE – With Zimbabwe’s Internet shutdown still partly in place, the Information minister says that the government has crafted a new law to curb abuse of the Internet . Zimbabweans were left without Internet for nearly 30 hours this week and the authorities have kept a block on social networking sites in an apparent bid…
HARARE – Two civic society organisations have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court following a government decision to completely shut down the Internet twice in a week, following a three-day stay-away called by labour unions early this week. In the application filed on Wednesday, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the…
HARARE – Two South African journalists were yesterday deported by Zimbabwean authorities amid fears government could be going in overdrive to stifle access to information. In a statement, Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (Maz), a group of different media organisations, expressed dismay at the stance taken by the government to deport E-TV journalists Aldrin Sampear and…
