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The crackdown last week on protests in Zimbabwe is a foretaste of how the government will respond to future unrest, the President’s spokesman George Charamba said, fuelling concerns that the…

Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi once asked: “What use is democracy to a man with no shoes?” According to Andrew Morton in his book Moi- the making of an…

Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has dismissed reports that were circulating on the social media that she had resigned is disgust at the violence and brutal treatment of protesters during…

Zimbabwe Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry is allegedly under pressure from some close family members and citizens to resign from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. This follows the brutalisation of people during…

The United States embassy in Harare has called on Zimbabwe’s security forces to respond to civil unrest professionally and with respect for human life and constitutional rights. It also called…

Zimbabwe has restored internet services shut down on Tuesday morning until yesterday evening but has ordered service providers to continue blocking major social media platforms like Facebook, twitter, whatsapp and…

Zimbabwe is going through the "necessary austerity" at the moment, but it will achieve "beautiful" prosperity in future, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said in Russia yesterday. "Of course, reforms are…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa today lamented violence in the country, saying it was "not the Zimbabwean way". In a statement on his official Twitter account — captioned "we are one nation,…

Eddie Cross was right. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration have the right intentions to revive the country’s economy but their public relations is lousy. For a team that knows…

Streets were mostly quiet today in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and second city Bulawayo as banks, schools and businesses stayed shut, a day after deadly protests over economic hardship and a…