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• July 14, 2020

  Zimbabwe Reacts Angrily to Planned Public Protest Over Zanu PF 'Misrule', Corruption

  “… It’s not about corruption. It’s an unconstitutional plan to seize power and give it to the unelected.”

• July 10, 2020

  Zimbabwe Planning to Tighten COVID-19 Lockdown As Mass Public Protest Over Economic Decay Looms

  “I urge the party (Zanu PF) to continue to be in the forefront of raising the awareness levels in our communities of the dangers of this pandemic. The recent rapid spike of infections requires that we make another review of the lockdown of the Covid19 lockdown measures."

• July 09, 2020

  RBZ Designates Zimswitch National Payment Platform for Money Transmission, Mobile Money Providers

  In a statement, Governor John Mangudya of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said all money transmission agents should be connected to Zimswitch no later than August 15, 2020.

• July 09, 2020

  South Africa Disco Queen Patricia Majalisa Dies

  “It is with sadness, regret, anguish and sorrow that I announce the passing of the Disco Queen, Patricia Majalisa. Her untimely death has left us and tens of 1000s fans around the world in shock.

• July 07, 2020

  Zimbabwe President Fires Minister Moyo Over Shady Coronavirus Deal

  In a tweet today, Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said Dr. Moyo has been removed from the post of cabinet minister with immediate effect.

• July 06, 2020

  MDC Alliance, Several Opposition Parties Backing Push for Mass Protests in Zimbabwe

  “They want to show the government that they are not happy with what is happening in Zimbabwe. Most people are saying something should be done as they can’t afford to have food on the table, pay electricity and water bills and other issues.”

• July 02, 2020

  Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T Recalls 8 MDC Alliance Legislators

  MDC presidential spokesperson, Khaliphani Pugeni, told VOA the recalled eight senators “had defected to the MDC Alliance.”

• June 26, 2020

  Zimbabwe Shuts Down Mobile Money Platforms, Stock Exchange Over 'Illicit' Foreign Exchange Deals

  In a statement, the Ministry of Information said the measures are “intended to deal with malpractices, criminality and economic sabotage.”

• June 26, 2020

  Malawi State Official Says Mutharika Has Conceded Defeat, Moved Out of Presidential Palace

  "At the moment unofficial figures indicate that they have about 61.26% of the total votes while the DPP/UDF Alliance has about 38.1%. At the moment there is total excitement in the country."

• June 23, 2020

  Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T Recalls 9 MDC Alliance Parliamentarians

  This comes barely two weeks after High Court judge, Joseph Mafusire, made a provisional order stopping the Khupe MDC formation from refilling positions left vacant by the recalling of four legislators.

• June 20, 2020

  Zimbabwe's Health Minister Arrested Over Coronavirus Shady Deal

  According to the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Moyo was arrested Friday and is likely to appear in court Saturday to face charges of abuse of office.

• June 18, 2020

  Health Workers Down Tools Amid Zimbabwe Economic Crisis

  The bread basket for a family of six as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe is now pegged at ZWL8,500. The current ZWL3,000 salaries can’t sustainably take care of the families of health care workers under the prevailing socio-economic situation.”

• June 17, 2020

  Zimbabwe Govt Increases Civil Servants' Salaries After Soldiers, Nurses Public Protests

  In a statement, the Ministry of Finance said civil servants’ salaries and pensioners’ allowances will be adjusted upwards by 50% with immediate effect.

• June 16, 2020

  Soldiers, Police Deployed in Bulawayo Amid Fears of Planned Public Protests Over Economic Decay

  According to residents, armed soldiers and members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police detained several people and beat up those who questioned their motive in blocking them from accessing cash in banks and buying food supplies.

• June 10, 2020

  Zimbabwe Security Forces Dismiss Coup Attempts on President Mnangagwa

  “For the avoidance of doubt, there is no coup in the making, nor is there any form of Transitional Authority of Inclusive Government that is contemplated by the New Dispensation, except in the fertile imagination of the purveyors of this false narrative.”

• June 10, 2020

  United Nations Experts Urge Zimbabwe to End Abductions, Torture of Opponents

  “Under the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, which includes enforced disappearance and violence against women, Zimbabwe must take all measures in its power to prevent such abuse, to investigate suspected violations, and to bring any perpetrators to justice.”

• June 05, 2020

  MDC Alliance: Armed Soldiers, Police Helped Khupe's MDC-T to Invade Our Headquarters

  “The soldiers severely assaulted our security personnel who were manning the building. The youths locked themselves in the building, refusing to leave. The MDC Alliance secretary general Mr. Chalton Hwende immediately attended the scene and tried to make a police report."

• June 05, 2020

  Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T Takes Over Morgan Tsvangirai House

  According to some MDC-T activists, several party members visited the office Thursday evening in Harare, which was being used by Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance, and asked the youth found in the building to leave.

• June 04, 2020

  Zimbabwe Minister Says 3 MDC Alliance Activists Stage-Managed Abduction, Torture

  "... We cannot forget that the opposition in Zimbabwe is in the habit of staging fake abductions and disappearances ahead of major international events in order to force Zimbabwe onto those agendas in a negative way.”

• June 03, 2020

  Zimbabwe Police Arrest MDC Alliance Youth Leader

  "Sithole is charged under Section 7 of the Criminal Code which related to participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, for breaching Section 5 of Statutory Instrument 99/2020 (the COVID19 Regulations) which prohibit public gatherings that exceed 50 people.”

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