August 24, 2023
Zimbabwe: 39 Arrested After Police Raid Hotel, Civic Society Offices - Human Rights Lawyers Say Group Held Incommunicado
A total of 39 civic society organisations' staff members were arrested yesterday evening after the police conducted raids at their stations in Harare. Read more »
August 23, 2023
Zimbabwe: Urban Areas Record Voter Suppression, ZEC Blames Court Cases for Delay in Ballot Paper Printing
Zimbabwe general elections commenced on a negative note after most polling stations across the country failed to start voting processes at 7 am with election officials saying they… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Defies Electoral Law - Campaigns August 22 Morning
ZANU PF on Tuesday held a campaign meeting at Gungauta village in Muusha area in Chimanimani West in defiance of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) 's directive that all… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Zimbabwe: Villager in Court for Defacing Mnangagwa Election Campaign Posters
A VILLAGER from Zvimba has been dragged to court for allegedly defacing over 20 election campaign posters with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's portrait. Read more »
August 21, 2023
Zimbabwe: Election Commission Declines Several Observer Applications
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has been accused of breaching the law after turning down local observer applications of pro-democracy campaigners ahead of Wednesday's… Read more »
August 20, 2023
Zimbabwe: 19 Police Recruits Arrested for Assaulting Civilians in Harare's CBD
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officers Friday night went berserk in Harare's Central Business District (CBD) as they indiscriminately beat people sending shivers down the spine of… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Zimbabwe: Police Block Mwonzora's Protest Over Absence of Electoral Reforms
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned a demonstration which had been planned by opposition Douglas Mwonzora led MDC party over lack of electoral reforms ahead of August 23… Read more »
August 18, 2023
Zimbabwe: 40 Opposition Activists Arrested Over Car Rally Remanded in Custody
A group of 40 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists accused of breaching the Maintenance of Order and Peace Act (MOPA) have been remanded in custody pending bail… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Zimbabwe: Relief for Chinhoyi Residents As Hotspot of Murders, Muggings Gets Street Lights
RESIDENTS of Chinhoyi's Hunyani suburb have heaved a sigh of relief following the installation of three streetlights along "the road of death" where many recent murders and… Read more »
Zimbabwe: CCC Supporter Chitsunge Was Run Over By a Truck - Police Boss Tells Election Observer Missions
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has said Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Tinashe Chitsunge who died following political violence in Glenview 7 recently,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: CCC Raises Red Flag - Accuses Police Bosses of Ordering Juniors to Vote Under Instruction, in Their Presence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised a red flag, accusing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) senior officers of ordering subordinates to vote under instruction and in their… Read more »
August 15, 2023
Zimbabwe: 40 Opposition Activists Detained - Police Say Convenor, Aspiring CCC MP Scuffled With Officers
A total of 40 Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have been arrested. Read more »
August 16, 2023
Zimbabwe: Minister Accused of Forging Zanu-PF Aspiring Councillors' Signatures in ZEC Nomination Fiasco
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has been fingered in a fraud storm amid accusations she forged the signatures of three aspiring councillors… Read more »
August 15, 2023
Zimbabwe: Churches Wary of Political Violence As Elections Loom
CHURCHES have raised alarm over the rise of political violence and intolerance as the country heads toward general elections. Read more »
August 13, 2023
Zimbabwe: Aspiring CCC Hurungwe East MP Cries Foul After Zanu-PF Activists Destroy Campaign Posters
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) Hurungwe East parliamentary candidate, Blessing Mandava is furious after hordes of his campaign posters dotted across the constituency were… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Zimbabwe: Police Raise Concern Over Night Political Rallies - Say Citizens' Security Compromised
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has warned political parties against holding rallies or door-to-door campaigns at night, saying such conduct puts citizens' lives in danger. Read more »
August 10, 2023
Zimbabwe: CCC Trio Jailed for Defacing Zanu-PF Campaign Poster, Head-Butting Opponent
A LOCAL magistrate has convicted three Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activists and sentenced them to four months imprisonment for destroying a Zanu PF campaign poster and… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chamisa Promises Political Prisoners, Sikhala, Ngarivhume Immediate Release in Party's Blueprint
Coalition for Change (CCC) on Friday launched the party's blueprint document titled "A New Great Zimbabwe Blueprint" Read more »
August 03, 2023
Zimbabwe: Opposition Member Stoned to Death By Zanu-PF Supporter in Glen View
A Citizens Coalition for Change supporter has been stoned to death by a suspected ruling party member in Glen View South, Harare . Read more »
Zimbabwe: Council CEO in Court for Diverting Devolution Funds to Build Personal Empire
HURUNGWE Rural District Council (HRDC) chief executive, Luke Kalavina and two senior employees have appeared in court following their arrest facing five counts involving fraud,… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: Double Candidates Saga - CCC Approaches Supreme Court - Seeks to Overturn High Court Ruling
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's dismissal of its appeal challenging double candidates recorded under the party's… Read more »
Zimbabwe: ZCTU Slams Five Years Imprisonment Sentence for Staging Strikes in New Labour Law
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has criticized the recently promulgated Labour Amendment Act for stipulating a sentence of up to five years in jail for organizing any… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Cries Foul, CCC Files Police Report as Campaign Posters Are Defaced
PARLIAMENTARY candidates for the Masvingo Urban constituency are crying foul over the illegal defacing of their campaign posters ahead of the crucial August 23 plebiscite. Read more »
August 01, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF's Raj Modi Candidacy Challenged - Applicant Says Deputy Minister's Late Nomination 'Unlawful'
DEPUTY Industry minister, Rajesh Modi who is vying for the National Assembly seat in the upcoming general elections had his nomination challenged for having filed his papers late. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Deputy Minister Rwodzi Has Her Way - Defiant Police Assistant Inspector Transferred Weeks After Being Ordered to Drop Criminal Investigation Into Zanu-PF Supporter
CHIRUMANZU South legislator Barbra Rwodzi has gotten a police Assistant Inspector transferred from his station, a few weeks after he stood up to her demands that a criminal… Read more »