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FILE: Eyewitnesses say police were checking vehicles for weapons on most major roads leading into the city. Picture: AFP

Emmerson mnangagwa

Riot police deployed in Zimbabwe ahead of planned stayaway

By Eyewitness News

Reports from towns and cities across the country appear to show that the situation is normal.

  • FILE: The man was arrested on Monday after he approached security officers guarding State House, in central Harare. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Zim man due in court after saying he wants to take over the country

    The 36-year-old former soldier is the fourth person who has tried to gain access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official residence in recent months.

    186 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Loftus stadium for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as the sixth democratically elected president. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Mnangagwa axes Zimbabwe's security minister over ‘inappropriate’ behaviour

    Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday sacked his state security minister Owen Ncube for "inappropriate" behaviour, his office announced.

    209 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Mnangagwa announces measures to curb ‘Omicron-induced fourth wave’

    Zimbabwe has been experiencing a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths, with more than 2,000 cases and 30 deaths reported on Thursday.

    219 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Zimbabwe judge tosses out president Mnangagwa 'nude' pic case

    Sarudzayi Ambiri Jani (39) and Remember Ncube (35) were arrested in June 2020 for sharing the image on a neighbourhood group in the southern border town of Beitbridge.

    270 days ago
  • FILE: People gather at the Joshua Nkomo statue ahead of Unity Day commemorations on 22 December 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to commemorate the killing that happened in Matebeleland in the early 80s. Troops from the notorious Fifth Brigade, trained by North Korean advisers, committed mass atrocities during the crackdown on a supposed rebellion in the western province of Matabeleland. Picture: AFP

    Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi massacre victims to be compensated

    From 1983, Robert Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained military unit to crack down on a revolt in the southwestern region of Matabeleland in newly independent Zimbabwe, say rights groups.

    351 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Echoes of Mugabe as Zimbabwe president entrenches power

    Critics see little difference between Emmerson Mnangagwa - Robert Mugabe's former deputy - and his ex-boss, accusing him of seeking to create a one-party state under the ruling Zanu-PF.

    432 days ago
  • Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa gets his COVID-19 vaccine on 24 March 2021. Picture: @edmnangagwa/Twitter

    Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa receives COVID-19 vaccination

    Wednesday marked the start of the second phase of the vaccine rollout that began last month and it's hoped this high-profile event will encourage others to receive the jab.

    501 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Mnangagwa’s govt trying to break up opposition MDC Alliance, says US

    In a statement, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that ZANU–PF was misusing the levers of government to silence its critics.

    502 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Mnangagwa relaxes Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown

    Infections and deaths from COVID-19 are coming down, at least according to official figures, with just 31 new cases reported on Sunday.

    524 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    EU renews arms embargo on Zimbabwe

    The EU said that a lack of political and economic reforms were allowing the humanitarian, economic and social situation to deteriorate in the country.

    534 days ago
  • FILE: Mnangagwa’s announcement of Nyikayaramba’s death was a grim reminder that COVID-19 was hitting Zimbabwe’s political elite hard. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Mozambique dies from COVID-19

    President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the death of Douglas Nyikayaramba at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.

    544 days ago
  • MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa with Job Sikhala in court. Picture: Twitter/@ZimLive

    Zimbabwe's outspoken opposition lawmaker freed on bail

    Job Sikhala, vice chairman of the main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-Alliance), was arrested on 21 August and charged with inciting the public to commit violence.

    684 days ago
  • FILE: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    Magashule-led ANC delegation to meet with Zanu-PF today

    Worsening economic hardships, the arrest of government critics, and a clampdown against planned protests have triggered a storm of criticism at home and abroad, but Zanu-PF insisted there was no crisis to discuss.

    698 days ago
  • FILE: Former first lady Grace Mugabe walks past a portrait of Robert Mugabe during the burial of the former Zimbabwe leader at his home village in Kutama, on 28 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Bitter anniversary in Zimbabwe a year after Mugabe died

    Robert Mugabe died on 6 September last year, aged 95 in a Singapore hospital, two years after he was forced to resign in 2017, and after 37 years in power.

    702 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Zimbabwe says foreign white farmers can apply to get back seized land

    Last month, Zimbabwe agreed to pay $3.5 billion in compensation to local white farmers whose land was forcibly taken by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era.

    705 days ago
  • Zimbabwe human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa (L) and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono (R) in court on 18 August 2020 . Picture: @ZLHRLawyers/Twitter.

    US, EU warn against Zimbabwe using coronavirus for crackdown

    The authorities have arrested several opposition activists and government critics in recent months, including opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono.

    709 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Loftus stadium for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as the sixth democratically elected president. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Zimbabwe government blasts 'evil-minded' archbishop

    On Friday, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) issued an unusually strong letter deploring the thwarting of anti-government protests on July 31.

    721 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Mnangagwa fires energy minister after 15 months on the job

    Fortune Chasi was seen as one of the more progressive ministers in the Mnangagwa cabinet, but a statement said that Chasi’s conduct was incompatible with the president’s expectations.

    723 days ago
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