Social media networks like WhatsApp, Facebook and Tweeter have of late been awash with messages inciting a 'Nation wide shutdown' on 6 July in protest of the Zanu PF government.A group called Tajamuka has been cited by the police as one of the sources of the messages, urging members of the public to go on a mass strike.Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charamba yesterday read the r

Bulawayo residents have expressed sympathy and support for the Harare protestors with claims that on Wednesday,July,6, a similar protest will be held in the city.In Bulawayo yesterday it was business as usual with commuter omnibuses plying their usual routes without any disturbances.Although there had been reports circulating on social media that commuter omnibuses would stop carrying passengers

Chiefs have said they want their salary increased to the level of Judicial Service Commission personnel, arguing that they they handle matters that are similar to magistrates and judges duties.Contributing during a seminar on the Law and Procedure in Local Courts in Gweru yesterday, traditional leaders drawn from the country’s 10 provinces said they were being forced to dig deep into their pocke

President Robert Mugabe's government has been recommended to re-engage the international community so as to attract investment that will aid the ailing economy, the International Monetary Fund has said.IMF Resident Representative in Zimbabwe, Christian Beddies told the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Annual Congress in Victoria Falls last week that the country needs to address the existing

Aice Lumumba, former Zanu-PF stalwart who was wanted by the law for insulting President Robert Mugabe with the F-word handed himself over to the police and is set for trial today. Lumumba, faces charges of undermining the President as defined in Section 33 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.Lumumba, who was in the company of lawyers, surrendered himself at the Criminal Investiga

HARARE- A protest against the Zimbabwe Republic Police's use and abuse of power on the roads was met with brutality, with the police attacking the protesters and arresting more than 30 people yesterday. Roads were blocked in Ruwa, Zimre Park, Mabvuku, Tafara and Epworth using bricks, logs and granite rocks while others were burning tyres. Scores of people, including school children were left stran

National Railways of Zimbabwe workers staying in company house will not pay rent until they start receiving full salaries, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Labour and Social Welfare has recommended.The committee also suggested that the ailing parastatal should sell some of its assets and the Government should capacitate it to pay workers.Moving a motion on the NRZ report, chairperson of th

BEITBRIDGE - Protesters arrested after the riot in Beitbridge on Friday were brought before the courts for trial over the weekend.Seventeen suspects appeared in court yesterday charged with public violence. Among those who appeared in court were two men from Bulawayo – Nqobizitha Mazibeli (26) and Njabulo Ndlovu (30) and Thomas Mweya of Masvingo.Others are: Hitherton Shoko (44), Daniel Gumbochum

Aice Lumumba has become a wanted man by the police after he insulted President Robert Mugabe with the F-word when he launched his Viva Zimbabwe party last week.The Zimbabwe republic police claims it has alread prepared a docket for Lumumba's arrest after chunning out an insult to the president in public.According to reports from a weekly publication, Lumumba's family members claim that he was alle

BEITBRIDGE Town is likely to lose thousands of dollars in reparations following the Friday demo which left public and private property at the border damaged. Angry protesters ran riot and reportedly destroyed  property worth thousands of dollars prompting the Zimbabwe government to deploy the army with helicopters and canons to calm the situation. The uprising was sparked by the government de

Police are tracking down protestants that were involved in last Friday's Beitbridge riot, with 71 arrests already made.Authorities suspect the involvement of a pressure group called "Tajamuka" in the Friday protest.The characters under scrutiny were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the the hashtag “Tajamuka”, while others had professionally printed banners denouncing Government’s decision to

RIOT police today reportedly forced innocent residents from the troubled Beitbridge border town to clean up a trail of debris left by angry demonstrators on Friday(yesterday).The protests, which had not been authorised by the police, left Beitbridge streets barricaded with stones and burning tyres.Sources told Bulawayo24 today (Saturday) that police had coerced residents and some travellers to cl

THE strife and chaos at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday ended like a Hollywood film with the Zimbabwe army deployed to restore order at the border.  Following a day of running battles between police and angry civilians protesting against the controversial ban on imports (Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016), security details manning the border finally conceded defeated as rioters continued to ca