THE economic crisis is so vicious and acute he cannot save himself even if he resorts to violence again.Last week rumours swirled round Zimbabwe that Robert Mugabe, the 92-year-old president, had either died or been incapacitated. The government banned demonstrations after Mugabe’s-presidential aircraft had been diverted in mid-air to Dubai during a scheduled journey to Singapore. Then the man h
Zimbabwe’s military is fracturing along generational lines in a potentially dangerous turn for the southern African nation as President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party splits over who will succeed him.With Mugabe approaching his 93rd birthday and Zimbabwe’s economy imploding, some top military leaders are choosing sides in faction fights of the ruling Zimbabwe-African National Union-Patriotic F
A Harare fitness trainer has reportedly gone on hunger strike to push president Robert Mugabe to either resign or address the ever-deteriorating economic situation in the country, as protests against the 92-year old leader grow.Edson Munatsi (37) quit his fitness training job on Monday to stay in the streets on a hunger strike meant to force Mugabe heed calls for him to quit to save the country f
A 33-YEAR-OLD Epworth woman has been slapped with a nine-year jail term after she was convicted of sexually abusing her landlady's 12-year-old son.Chipo Mbaura was convicted of aggravated indecent assault by magistrate, Hosea Mujaya, who suspended three years of her sentence on condition of good behaviour.In her defence she said she had consensual intercourse with the minor, however, she will spen
TWO Gwanda activists, who allegedly taunted police officers labelling them as corrupt ahead of last Friday's foiled protest march, have been granted free bail and remanded to next Tuesday for trial.Oscar Zhou and Leonard Ndlovu denied the charge when they appeared before magistrate, Sheila Nazombe on Monday.They were arrested last Thursday for allegedly distributing flyers urging residents to take
THE bail hearing for MDC-T youth secretary, Kunashe Muchemwa, arrested in Bulawayo last week over his alleged links to the public violence that occurred in Harare a fortnight ago, will take place at the Harare Magistrates' Court today.Police allegedly picked up Muchema (34) after they had identified him through a photograph captured during the skirmishes. The picture shows Muchemwa and his alleged
THE opposition MDC-T has singled out the veil of secrecy shrouding President Robert Mugabe's health status as one of the factors that could easily stoke civil strife in the country if government continues to keep its citizens in the dark.MDC-T national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe yesterday told Southern Eye that the Zanu PF government was not doing Mugabe any favour by concealing details
MOST Zimbabweans still fear violence during elections while the country's electoral system does not allow opposition parties to campaign freely, a report by a regional think tank, Afrobarometer has revealed.Despite a marked improvement in public perceptions of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the country is still ranked below average in a survey conducted in 36 African countries."With rega
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday made an embarrassing climb down, admitting the terrorism fears they raised ahead of a People's Democratic Party (PDP) rally in the city were a hoax. The police now say the rally, scheduled for Sunday, can go ahead as initially planned.Chief Superintendent Mthokozisi Manzini Moyo, the police officer commanding Bulawayo West district, had on Monday banned the rally, clai
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru will this weekend head to Matabeleland South province where she has lined up campaign rallies in Ntabazinduna and Gwanda on Friday and Saturday, respectively.ZimPF's head of communications, Methuseli Moyo, yesterday said Mujuru's rallies would go ahead despite the police's "terrorism fears"."We are hopeful our rallies will go ahead as planned, bot
OUTSPOKEN war veterans' leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa has lashed out at President Robert Mugabe for allegedly plundering State resources trying to settle "senseless apostolic sect disputes" and allowing his hangers-on, led by First Lady Grace Mugabe, to go on a land-grabbing spree at a time the nation looked up to him for good governance.Mutsvangwa — a former Cabinet minister and firebrand Muga
ZANU-PF yesterday castigated MDC-T national executive member Eddie Cross whom the ruling party said wants to pretend to be closer to God after he recently published falsehoods around President Mugabe's health.In a lengthy article on his blog last Friday, Cross claimed that President Mugabe was incapacitated after allegedly suffering a stroke.Cross made startling claims in which he traced the Presi
A MEMBER of Parliament from Bulawayo has slammed the people of Matabeleland for riding on alleged marginalisation when they are not aggressive in grabbing available opportunities, opting instead to cross the border into South Africa.Zanu-PF Pelandaba-Mpopoma MP Joseph Tshuma said this yesterday at Inyathi Youth Centre in Mpopoma suburb during a meeting with pastors who lead churches located in his
FORMER Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Pupurai Togarepi says he respects President Mugabe's decision to replace him with his former deputy, Kudzanayi Chipanga, the State press says. Zanu-PF First Secretary President Mugabe confirmed Chipanga as substantive youth league secretary during the Youth League's National Assembly meeting in Harare on Saturday.Chipanga had been acting since the suspens
The Beatrice man who committed suicide on Monday by downing poison in court had told relatives and friends that he would kill himself in court in the event he was convicted for an offence he had not committed and that they should let cops and the complainant bury him so that they invoke ngozi. In Shona culture, ngozi is a spirit of the dead which 'rises' to haunt killers of the deceased. He succum
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