VOA Zimbabwe Service

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• May 02, 2019

  Afrobarometer: Popular Support for Media Freedom Drops in Africa

  Prominent media watchdogs, such as Freedom House, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders, have documented increases in government regulations, censorship, and even violence against media actors in Africa and around the world.

• April 30, 2019

  Late Music Icon Oliver Mtukudzi's Will Grants Widow Daisy All Properties

  “I hereby bequeath all my properties, share and shares in any company or companies or entities to my wife Daisy Kudzai Mtukudzi born on the second of February 1959.”

• April 23, 2019

  'African Governments Violating Civil Liberties, Individual Freedoms'

  Cameroon shut down Internet service for months in the country’s anglophone regions, and Zimbabwe did the same in an effort to short-circuit opposition efforts to organize protests.

• April 03, 2019

  United States Provides Additional $2,5 Million for Cyclone Idai Victims

  “USAID will work through the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide immediate food assistance to approximately 133,000 individuals affected by the cyclone in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts. The contribution includes more than 2,000 metric tons of U.S. in-kind sorghum, vegetable oil ..."

• March 26, 2019

  UNDP: Cyclone Idai Affected Thousands of Zimbabweans

  In a statement, the UNDP said, it is also estimated 37 percent (121,000 people) of the rural population in Chipinge district require urgent food assistance, while 77 percent (114,000 people) are in need of food assistance in Chimanimani.

• March 06, 2019

  Chamisa Attacks Zanu PF's Moves to 'Derail' MDC Congress

  Chamisa told journalists in Harare today that “all these efforts to derail our Congress and aspirations of MDC members will not work.”

• March 05, 2019

  Zimbabwe Police Arrest Another MDC MP Amid Intensifying Crackdown on Govt Opponents

  Hwende, who is also the MDC’s national deputy treasurer, was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport barely three days following the locking up of Joanna Mamombe, the party’s MP for Harare West.

• March 04, 2019

  Trump Renews Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Top Zanu PF Officials, Companies

  “The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States ..."

• February 28, 2019

  Mnangagwa's Attacks on Human Rights Activists Worrying Zimbabwe Lawyers

  “The statement by the president is the latest in a series of attacks against lawyers representing individuals arrested and charged with committing several offences during the anti-government protests held in January 2019. ZLHR is extremely concerned about the safety of its lawyers ..."

• February 26, 2019

  Zimbabwe Police Arrest Top International Trade Unionist

  “… We fear he is being processed for deportation. We, nevertheless, sincerely hope that this will not be the case … Mr. President, we ask that your government take the necessary steps to ensure that comrade Kwasi Adu-Amankwah is released and allowed to continue with his mission."

• February 10, 2019

  Zanu PF Youth: We Were Given Army Uniforms At Ruling Party Offices

  According to the privately-owned Standard newspaper, Shepherd Magorimbo, who was arrested in Harare while dressed in an army camouflage after allegedly robbing some people in Harare, is facing charges of armed robbery.

• February 06, 2019

  'Zimbabwe Army Should Go Back to Barracks Before Any Political Talks'

  "The army needs to be withdrawn from the streets. The army needs to be removed from playing any law enforcement role in this country because that is unconstitutional and it also creates a situation of fear. The people who were detained need to be released.”

• February 04, 2019

  Zimbabweans Living in South Africa Tell VP Chiwenga to Go Back Home for Medical Care

  “Why is he here. He must go back home. We don’t want him here. He has also been terrorizing our doctors and nurses who were on strike demanding better working conditions and salaries in United States dollars.”

• February 04, 2019

  FC Platinum Bite The Dust, Face Elimination from CAF Champions League

  The Zimbabweans are now bottom of the four-team table with one point, four points behind joint leaders Orlando Pirates and Esperance, and three points behind third-placed AC Horoya.

• January 31, 2019

  South Africa's Democratic Alliance Not Scared of Zanu PF 'Rants' on Party's ICC Moves

  “The DA wishes to reaffirm once more that the unlawful actions of the Zimbabwean government against citizens merit immediate and strong action, not the quiet diplomacy President Ramaphosa has adopted...”

• January 24, 2019

  Zimbabwe President Declares Late Afrojazz Music Maestro Oliver Mtukudzi National Hero

  Talks are currently underway between the government and the late singer’s family about laying him to rest at the National Heroes Acre.

• January 18, 2019

  Zanu PF Activists Facing Charges of Violence, Arson Linked to Nationwide Protests

  Zanu PF youth leader for Ward 40 in Whitecliff Benson Bhobho appeared in court Wednesday together with his colleagues Charles Bengeza, Shylock Chihuri, Emmanuel Chari, Cassim Muzhingi, Noleen and Rumbidzai Dulana.

• January 13, 2019

  Petrol, Diesel Prices Go Up in Zimbabwe As Cash Crunch Grips Nation

  “With effect from midnight tonight, a fuel pump price of $3.11 per litre for diesel and $3.31 per litre for petrol will come into effect. These prices are predicated on the ruling official exchange rate of 1:1 between the bond note and the US dollar."

• January 11, 2019

  Suitcase Full of $150,000 Stolen at Mugabe's Residence

  Constancia Mugabe (50), Johanne Mapurisa (50) and Saymore Nhetekwa (47) appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Felix Mawadze on Wednesday and were granted $2,000 bail each.

• January 09, 2019

  Zimbabwe Civil Servants Threatening to Go On Strike Over Low Pay

  In a statement signed by Cecilia Alexander, chairperson of the Apex Council representing all civil servants, the government workers said they are failing to make ends meet due to the current harsh economic situation in the country.

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