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HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has condemned security forces’ brutality saying heavy-handedness on protesters does not fix the economy. This comes after Zimbabwe witnessed one of its first ever deadly anti-government protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, which has allegedly claimed more than 12 lives after security forces launched a crackdown on protesters…

HARARE – Victory World International Ministries church leader Paul Sanyangore is facing jail after a satellite transmission company Viewsat Limited (Viewsat) filed an application for civil imprisonment in a bid to push the pastor to pay a $12 000 debt. According to the summons filed in December last year, Sanyangore is owing a total of…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts will suffer a huge blow as calls for the United Kingdom (UK) government to withdraw its foreign aid and support to Zimbabwe’s mount. This comes as UK has been aiding Zimbabwe for years now with 3 000 bicycles being donated last week to girls who walk between five…

HARARE – South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa to take urgent steps to stop the on-going crackdown against dissenting voices by Zimbabwe’s security forces. The party also warned ominously that should Ramaphosa fail to intervene in the matter decisively, the DA would soon call upon the International…

HARARE – Serious fresh ructions have emerged in Zanu PF, resulting in two prominent members of the former liberation movement revealing explosive details over the past few days of an apparent plot to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power, the Daily News can report. So serious is the plan to remove Mnangagwa from power, that…

HARARE – Questions have been raised over government’s claims that police and army deserters were responsible for the riots and mayhem that characterised a three-day stay-away, which reportedly led to the death of at least 12 people. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, police spokesperson Charity Charamba told journalists deserters were behind the riots. This…

HARARE – As government battles to contain growing civil unrest in the country, the nation’s biggest teachers’ union — the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) — says its members will go on strike with effect from today, due to the worsening local economic rot. Zimta’s announcement yesterday was made as other unions also warned that they…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his planned trip to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (Wef) in Davos, Switzerland — which starts tomorrow — and will return back to the country this morning to deal with Zimbabwe’s growing political and economic crisis, the Daily News can report. The under pressure Zanu…

HARARE – Retailers have promised that prices will not be going up as long as government expedites the rebate system which provides tax relief to registered businesses. This comes after people besieged retail shops engaging in panic buying after retailers opened their doors to the public following three days of closure due to the crippling…