Russia and China on Wednesday vetoed a U.S. push for the United Nations Security Council to act on the Israel-Hamas conflict by calling for pauses in fighting to allow humanitarian aid access, the protection of civilians and a stop to arming Hamas and other militants in the Gaza Strip. The …

The family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife, teenage son and young daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a statement. It later …

Police yesterday urged all illegal firearm and ammunition holders to “voluntarily” surrender the weapons under the presidential amnesty. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner, Paul Nyathi, said individuals and companies with unregistered or smuggled firearms should make use of the presidential amnesty to regularise the possession of the …

South African opposition leader Julius Malema on Wednesday described Zanu PF as a “criminal syndicate” rejected by the people but still clinging on to power. The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s third largest party, told the SABC that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime was being kept in power …

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says by-elections to fill 14 National Assembly vacancies and 17 local authority seats are a ‘Muppet Show’ and his party will boycott them. Chamisa’s declaration in an interview released Wednesday could put him at odds with some of his party’s representatives who …

Zanu PF will hold its primary elections on November 1 to select candidates to contest for vacant seats in Parliament following the recall of opposition legislators by self-imposed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu. President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed that the by-elections will be held on December 9 …

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga says Zimbabwe has lost US$150 billion potential economic gain through over 20 years of western imposed sanctions. He was speaking at the Africa Unity Square in Harare Wednesday in front of a crowd comprising government officials, sympathisers and civil servants commandeered to boost numbers during the …

A 52-year-old man is among eight suspects arrested for various fraudulent activities, including an attempt to write an examination on behalf of another candidate, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said. The examination body said so far no candidate has had pre-access to the examination papers. The first arrest …

In a bizarre robbery incident, suspects on Tuesday discharged teargas at a Kadoma home to unsettle victims from whom they snatched US$10,500 cash and cell phones. Police said Wednesday that they were “investigating a case of armed robbery which occurred on 24 October 2023 at 7.30PM at a house in …

Zesa Holdings has warned Zimbabweans of crippling power cuts for the next 30 days owing to technical faults at the Hwange Power Station and a scheduled maintenance on one of the units. The development has seen Energy and Power Development minister, Edgar Moyo, pleading with independent power producers (IPPs) to …