Politics
Politics
Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren’t working
Since the November 2017 coup that toppled Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and the elections in 2018, the regime of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has forged two forms of rule. These have been based on coercion on...
Govt tells West to go hang- show some respect
Zimbabwe yesterday told the West to go hang after heads of missions from Western countries criticised the government over the way it handled demonstrations organised by the opposition Movement for...
Zimbabwe still has a lot to fix
Zimbabwe’s rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap from which there’s little chance of escape. If they implement the...
MDC to meet tomorrow to review strategy in view of government ban on demos
Zimbabwe police today blocked a street protest for the third time in five days, as the main opposition party said hopes were vanishing that the government might become more tolerant...
Moyo defends brutal police clampdown on MDC demo
FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Sibusiso Moyo Tuesday defended the brutal crackdown on protesters who had defied police and went ahead with an MDC demonstration that had been banned for security reasons...
Zanu PF youths blast US ambassador for ‘meddling’ in Zim politics
THE Zanu PF youth league has accused US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols of sponsoring terrorism in the country and further called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reign in on...
MDC accuses SADC of behaving like a record stuck in a groove after it endorses Mnangagwa
The Movement for Democratic Change has accused the Southern African Development Community of behaving like a record stuck in a groove after the regional body congratulated Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
Gvt deploys security forces in Bulawayo to prevent banned march
Troops and police were out in force in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo today to prevent a planned opposition march, days after brutally dispersing a similar banned protest in Harare....
Zimbabwe has a plan to end 20-year standoff with creditors
Zimbabwe’s government has said it’s ready to settle with global lenders, sell assets and make the difficult spending decisions needed for financial recovery. But with opposition protests against plunging living...
Chamisa vows more protests despite Harare ban
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has vowed his party shall organise more protests despite a police ban – later endorsed by the courts – on a demonstration the main opposition had...
Zimbabwe police arrest 128 demonstrators
As many as 128 people were arrested by Zimbabwe police as supporters of the country’s main opposition party protested about the economic crisis in the southern Africa nation, a lawyers’...
Chamisa to ask Russia and China for help
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), intends to pay visits to Moscow and Beijing to seek help in settling the political crisis that...
Mnangagwa says he will not dance to Chamisa’s tune
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the doors for national dialogue are wide open but he will not dance to Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa’s pre-conditions for dialogue. Responding to...