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• November 08, 2021

  Political Group Linked to Saviour Kasukuwere Says Attempts to Unseat Mnangagwa Justified

  “We have been looking forward for this case to be brought to court because this is what many people have been talking about over the past few years. Mnangagwa was not properly elected. He grabbed the people’s party. There are many things that were not done properly when he became the party leader."

• November 03, 2021

  Mnangagwa Says He Had 'Chat' With USA President Biden As Part of His West Re-engagement Agenda

  "I had an opportunity to chat with President Joe Biden and the spirit which he has towards Zimbabwe is totally different from what we see from the American Embassy in Harare …"

• November 02, 2021

  Mnangagwa Urges West to Remove Sanctions to Allow Zimbabwe to Implement Climate Change Programs

  “Zimbabwe has set an ambitious objective of reducing carbon emissions by 40% per capita by 2030. The removal of illegal sanctions which have been imposed on my country will go a long way in helping to enable the achievement of this target.”

• November 02, 2021

  Zanu PF Activists Throw Big Gig for Mnangagwa in Glasgow As Some Protest Against His Participation in Climate Change Summit

  “Zim1 safely in Scotland … Tonight there is a massive welcome party held in honour of HE President @edmnangagwa. Glasgow is the place to be as Zimbabweans from all corners of the UK attend this shindig and welcome their President. The party will spill over to the streets tomorrow ..."

• October 31, 2021

  Majority of Zimbabweans Say Government Mismanagement Not Sanctions Main Cause of Country’s Economic Problems

  In a survey involving 1,200 adult citizens conducted by an Afrobarometer team led by the Mass Public Opinion Institution, key findings are that two-thirds (65%) of citizens say the main cause of the county’s economic woes is government mismanagement.

• October 28, 2021

  United Nations Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Recommends Lifting of Sanctions Imposed on Zanu PF Officials

  “Over the past 20 years, sanctions and various forms of over-compliance with sanctions has had an insidious ripple effect on the economy of Zimbabwe and on the enjoyment of fundamental human rights, including access to health, food, safe drinking water and sanitation…”

• October 28, 2021

  Top U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member Tells Mnangagwa Govt to Implement Needed Reforms, Stop Anti-Sanctions Rhetoric

  Another year, another hollow anti-sanctions campaign from the gov’t of #Zimbabwe full of rhetoric instead of change. The U.S. is consistent & clear about the path to better relations. Stop the corruption. Stop the #humanrights abuses. Pursue real political & economic reform."

• October 27, 2021

  Zimbabwean Challenging Mnangagwa's Leadership Proves Zanu PF Membership

  "... How could I have contested in Zanu PF Parliamentary primary elections ahead of the 2023 elections if I wasn't a member of the party? They're just looking for ways to discredit my application but it'll not work.”

• October 26, 2021

  Zimbabwe Police Arrest, Detain War Veterans Demanding Increase in Pension Earnings

  According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), the arrested war veterans are currently detained at Harare Central Police Station, Rhodesville Police Station and Highlands Police Station.

• October 24, 2021

  Zimbabwe Opposition Parties Slam Zanu PF Youth for Proposing Mnangagwa 'Life Presidency'

  “How can a person above the age of 70 be given an extended presidential term. Mnangagwa is behaving like (former president) Mugabe. This is ridiculous. These youth should be fighting to be the next leaders and not pushing for a life presidency for such a person. They are crazy.”

• October 22, 2021

  Zanu PF Activist Pushing for Mnangagwa's Ouster Says His Elevation to Top Post Was Done by Close Friends, Not Party Supporters

  “We want to go back to the 2017 November party structures. We convene a meeting with the legal Central Committee members so that the issue of choosing the secretary and other members has to be put on the agenda of that meeting and then we chose the person that we want to lead us as Zanu PF ...”

• October 21, 2021

  MDC-T Activists Beat up Thokozani Khupe’s Former Bodyguard Claiming Massive Abuse of Party Funds by Mwonzora

  Kudzanai Mashumba was manhandled by MDC-T youth leader, Yvonne Musarurwa, and several others in Harare and beaten up for trying to expose what he alleges is mismanagement of funds by the party leader.

• October 20, 2021

  MDC Alliance: Zanu PF Activists Attacking, Blocking Chamisa Convoy in Manicaland Again

  In a tweet, MDC Alliance national spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, said, “President Nelson Chamisa and his convoy have been blockaded again by violent Zanu PF thugs as he travels in Manicaland.”

• October 19, 2021

  Bullet Rips Through Nelson Chamisa's Vehicle in Orgy of Violence in Zimbabwe's Manicaland Province

  “A bullet flew through one window of the vehicle carrying President Nelson Chamisa & out through the other. This attempted assassination & use of gunshots on President Chamisa’s vehicle & another that is part of his convoy are cause for grave concern."

• October 18, 2021

  United Nations Special Envoy in Zimbabwe Assessing Impact of Sanctions Imposed on Zanu PF Officials

  “It was a pleasure to welcome Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, to Zimbabwe. Her 10-day trip aims to assess the impact of punitive economic sanctions on ordinary Zimbabweans. These sanctions are illegal and hurt the most vulnerable in our society.”

• October 17, 2021

  Zimbabwe Teachers' Union Urges Unvaccinated Members to Report to Work Despite Govt's Threat to Sack Them

  "... As PTUZ we encourage teachers to be vaccinated but by no means should such encouragement be misconstrued for mandatory vaccination, but voluntary vaccination ..."

• October 15, 2021

  Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition: Current Political Violence Against Opposition Supporters Point to Bloody Election in 2023

  “We are reminded that Zanu PF has not reformed and continues to cling to power through violence and abuse of state security institutions."

• October 13, 2021

  Nelson Chamisa Says Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa Should Retire

  “He has been in government for a long time and now it’s time to leave. There are no jobs, there is no money, there is nothing to talk about in Zimbabwe. Vote for young people like me so we can revive the economy. Zimbabwe will be in better hands under me than Mnangagwa ... People are tired of him."

• October 12, 2021

  Zimbabwe Court Grants Order for Eviction of Invader Occupying Farm Owned by Son of Prominent National Hero, 2 Friends

  Dumisani Madzivanyati, who occupied the farm recently claiming that he had obtained an offer letter from the Ministry of Lands, has been ordered to leave the farm within 24 hours.

• October 11, 2021

  200 Zanu PF Supporters Attack Nelson Chamisa’s Advance Team in Masvingo, Several Injured

  “They stoned cars, barricaded roads with burning logs & assaulted members of our team who’ve now been hospitalized. Cars were seen ferrying the rented crowd and co-ordinating the attacks as violent thugs held up printed posters."

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