POLITICS

Madzibaba WeShanduko charged over Geza protests

Opposition activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as Madzibaba WeShanduko, appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai yesterday facing charges of incitement to participate in a public gath...

BUSINESS NEWS

Ex-combatants remanded over Geza protest

Ten veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle were remanded in custody yesterday after staging a demonstration in Harare last week. The ex-combatants, including Rose Chirenje (65), appeared bef...

POLITICS

60% of Zimbabweans feel unsafe protesting

At least 60% of Zimbabweans feel unsafe participating in peaceful demonstrations, according to the latest State of Peace Report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), which paints a so...

POLITICS

10 war veterans join Geza protests

Ten war veterans have been charged following a failed attempt to lead protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare, in what authorities say was linked to a call by former Zanu-PF Central C...

POLITICS

Geza's protest call flops

Most cities and towns across Zimbabwe were bustling with normal activity on Friday as citizens largely ignored calls by war veteran Blessed Geza to take to the streets in anti-government protests.Gez...

POLITICS

Chiwenga's ally mobilises protests to oust Mnangagwa

Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ally, Blessed Geza - the outspoken war veterans' leader and former Zanu-PF Central Committee member expelled from the ruling party in March - has called for mass...

POLITICS

Bulawayo residents protest alleged sale of Youth Sports Field

Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo have expressed outrage over reports that a local youth sports field is being sold for development, warning the move could deprive young people of a safe recreati...

EDUCATION

Headmasters in Zimbabwe join salary protest

In a rare show of unity, school heads have resolved to join teachers in demanding better pay, warning that they will not report for duty when schools reopen for the third term on September 9, 2025, u...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Villagers protest secretive timber tender in Zimbabwe

Villagers and local leaders in the Mabale area of Hwange District have voiced outrage over what they describe as a secretive timber harvesting tender awarded to Teak Baron (Pvt) Ltd by the Hwange Rura...

BUSINESS NEWS

Marange communities protest ZCDC retrenchments

Communities in Zimbabwe's diamond-rich Marange fields have launched a rare protest against the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), demanding an immediate halt to a retrenchment e...

POLITICS

Mthwakazi to protest at UN Office in Pretoria

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to stage a demonstration outside the United Nations (UN) offices in Pretoria this Friday, July 4, as the party intensifies its calls for justice over the Guku...

EDUCATION

6 UZ students arrested for protesting over lecturers' strike

Six University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested on Monday afternoon after staging a flash protest demanding urgent action to resolve a protracted lecturers' strike that has crippled academic ac...

POLITICS

Protesters in bid to stop Mnangagwa wife's UK visit

UK Protests Erupt Over First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's Planned Visit for African First Ladies SummitProtests have broken out across the United Kingdom in a bid to block Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia...

POLITICS

Protesters plan Beitbridge Border Post shutdown

Zimbabweans in South Africa are mobilizing for protests that could disrupt operations at the Beitbridge border post, the country's busiest crossing, in response to concerns about Zimbabwe's disputed A...

BUSINESS NEWS

Nust students protest over exorbitant graduation fees

NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students, who are expecting to graduate on November 8, have petitioned their administration over exorbitant graduation fees which they described as...

POLITICS

Chamisa vows to lead anti-Mnangagwa street protests

Nelson Chamisa on Thursday vowed to "lead from the front" in what he described as a "peaceful and radical" face-off with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to force him to yield to the MDC's de...

POLITICS

Chamisa failing to provide the much-needed leadership to trigger protests

AFTER failing to mobilise Zimbabweans for a crippling stay-away this week pressure group Tajamuka has joined a growing list of organisations that are pushing for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to le...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa thumbs nose at protest threats

BARRING threats of social upheaval, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared he is ready to stick it out and push with his reform agenda.Mnangagwa on Thursday told captains of industry meeting under ...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco farmers protest against buyer

THERE was mayhem at Agribank Mvurwi and Voedesel Tobacco Company on Wednesday afternoon after tobacco farmers failed to access their hard-earned money supposedly transferred into their bank accounts b...

Mnangagwa faces overthrow through citizen mass protests

MDC top official and legislator, Job Sikhala says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be forced out of power by disgruntled citizens before his five-year term ends in 2023.Sikhala, who is MDC deputy nat...

OPINION

Regulating the right to protest

One of the biggest duties and responsibilities of any government is the protection of its citizens and all those that fall within its jurisdiction. Ironically, that protection is from other citizens. ...

POLITICS

ZCTU, MDC threaten fresh protests

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition party the MDC and labour federation the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have both threatened rolling mass action "to bring independence" to the country.MDC leader N...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe tourism sector counts losses in the wake of protests

ZIMBABWE'S tourism industry stakeholders say the three-day shutdown that brought business to a standstill severely affected the sector, especially in terms of booking cancellations.The shutdown, which...

OPINION

Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow

ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...

POLITICS

More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe

DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...