Arson attacks target opposition forces as Mnangagwa term-extension push escalates

By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Two suspected arson attacks in Harare early Tuesday have heightened fears of a coordinated campaign of intimidation against pro-democracy activists opposing the ruling party’s contentious Agenda 2030. Agenda 2030 is a plan widely condemned as an unconstitutional attempt to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule beyond 2028. One of the attacks […]

UZ lecturers arrested as police crush salary protest 

By Staff Reporter Harare – Police heavy-handedness was on display once again on Wednesday when they violently dispersed a demonstration by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers and arrested their leaders.   The detained Association of University Teachers (AUT) officials Borncase Mwakorera, Obvious Vengeyi, and Desmond Ndedzu were taken to Avondale Police Station.   The small but determined […]