Violence breaks out during Mnangagwa rally in Bindura
Chaotic scenes were seen during the ZANU PF rally where president Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a rally after people who were forced to attend attempted to leave the venue while the president was addressing. Sources say people attempted to leave but the military and the police using police dogs and baton sticks also blocked them […]
Zanu PF jobs galore claim, silly joke in sea of poverty
“Clearly, finding real criminals is not as easy as throwing spikes on the roads, waylaying drivers at traffic intersections, and extorting random old lady drivers for money.” Zimbabweans were excited to learn this week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had created 60 000 new jobs since the start of the year just like the US$1 billion […]
Thousands of deaths haunt President Mnangagwa before Zimbabwe election
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to seal his position in a July 30 election is meant to mark a break with Robert Mugabe’s violence-tainted rule. But massacres that took place decades ago are coming back to haunt him. Mnangagwa, a longtime Mugabe lieutenant who took over after a coup last year, narrowly avoided a grenade […]
Zimbabwe Defence Forces press conference full text
Ladies and gentlemen, I have invited you to Defence House, for a press conference on the role of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) in the forthcoming harmonised elections all in an effort to inform your future reporting. Let Me begin by giving you a short brief on our role in the elections before I raise […]
Zimbabwe under Mugabe’s Zanu-Pf reign of terror – Zim had lowest life expectancy in the world
Mugabe’s reign of terror: In 2007 Unreported World travelled through Zimbabwe dodging President Robert Mugabe’s security forces, meeting members of the political opposition, women who said they had been tortured and families struggling with an inflation rate of 2,000 per cent. Among the worst hit were children in the countryside orphaned by the Aids pandemic, […]
On the ground, Zimbabweans tell of hopelessness ahead of elections
Seven months into the new presidency, and just a month before elections – the first without Robert Mugabe since independence – Zimbabweans are telling a story of lost hope. “What difference does it make? I don’t expect the elections to change anything for me. I am just here trying to make ends meet and look […]
‘There will never be a coup again in Zimbabwe,’ says VP Chiwenga
Zimbabwean Deputy President Constantino Chiwenga has reportedly assured citizens that the military would never interfere with the country’s politics again – after it helped oust former president Robert Mugabe in November. According to NewsDay, Chiwenga said the ruling Zanu-PF party had created a situation which became bad for the country, thus, forcing him, as the […]
Bomb Attack – ‘If It Was Mugabe, Many Would Have Been Arrested and Tortured’
Five days after last Saturday’s attempt to assassinate President Emmerson Mnangagwa injured 49 people, two of them later losing their lives, no arrests have been made and, unusually, no reports of people being rounded up for questioning either. Police have said nothing else after calling a press conference Sunday where they appealed for information and […]
‘Zanu PF has no election violence policy’ says Joseph Tshuma
ZANU PF central committee member and legislator for Mpopoma-Pelandaba constituency, Joseph Tshuma, has dismissed opposition claims that the ruling party was behind most cases of political violence recorded in the country ahead of next month’s general elections. Tshuma, instead, challenged the media to name and shame the real merchants of violence to facilitate ease of […]
