http://www.voazimbabwe.com/archive/headlines/latest/3152/4802.html Headlines http://www.voanews.com/img/voa/rssLogo_VOA.gif http://www.voazimbabwe.com/archive/headlines/latest/3152/4802.html en 2012 - VOA 60 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 01:37:45 +0200 Pangea CMS – VOA Tajamuka-Sesijikile Campaign leader Promise Mkwananzi is remanded in custody to September 12 on allegations that he set on fire vehicles belonging to the police and ZBC in public protests last week. Civic society groups prepare for a Wednesday nationwide shutdown to call for President Robert Mugabe to step down. And we will give you an analysis of the re-election of Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa. Please note that our English Show ended yesterday. We will now be broadcasting in Ndebele and Shona. Don’t forget to like our Ndebele and Shona Facebook pages and visit our websites. Ndebele Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/voandebele/?fref=ts Ndebele website: http://www.voandebele.com/   Shona Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/voa.shona/?fref=ts Shona website: http://www.voashona.com/ Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts Blessing Zulu and Gibbs Dube will be talking with listeners about protests that have rocked Zimbabwe as Zanu PF promises to crush any public march. What are your views on this issue? Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. The number again 001 202 465 0318.  Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!! http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-headlines-news/3484824.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-headlines-news/3484824.html Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:16:06 +0200 NewsHeadlines Angry protestors are burning tyres and throwing missiles at the police who have opened fire at the demonstrators. It is still unclear how many people have been injured so far and sirens of ambulances can be heard throughout Harare's central business district. Promise Mkwananzi and Sten Zvorwadza of Tajamuka-Sesijikile Campaign have been arrested, a few days before staging a protest to call President Mugabe to resign. And suspected Zanu PF youths yesterday burnt to ashes MDC-T youth Masvingo Provincial secretary's homestead in Chiredzi destroying property worth thousands of dollars. The family has been left homeless.  Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts Blessing Zulu and Gibbs Dube will be talking with listeners about today’s protest and other public demonstrations in Zimbabwe. What are your views on this issue? Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!! http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-headlines-news/3481920.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-headlines-news/3481920.html Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:11:29 +0200 Headlineshttp://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-headlines-news/3481920.html#relatedInfoContainer Police in Zimbabwe have arrested several people drawn from various church denominations protesting against the current harsh social and economic environment in the country. At the same time, opposition leaders say they are going ahead with a nationwide protest tomorrow against lack of electoral reforms in Zimbabwe ahead of the 2018 general elections. They claim that the current electoral system favors President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party, which has been in power for more than 36 years. The Zapu congress kicked off today with opposition leaders gracing the event in a show of solidarity amid moves by MDC formations, Zimbabwe People First led by Juice Mujuru and several others to form a formidable coalition to take on President Robert Mugabe's party in the 2018 general polls. Nelson Chamisa of the MDC-T speaks out about his controversial appointment as one of the vice presidents of the opposition party. And we will take a closer look at the impact of current public protests in Zimbabwe. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts of the Women’s Round Table Marvellous Mhlanga Nyahuye and Praxedes Jeremiah will be talking with listeners about rape, which is devastating girls and women in Zimbabwe. Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. The number again 001 202 465 0318.  Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!   http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3480391.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3480391.html Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:18:40 +0200 Headlines Police fire water cannons and teargas in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, to disperse an anti-government protest stated by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai. Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s shop has been looted. Anti-riot police have been deployed in Masvingo town in anticipation of a public demonstration to be staged by opposition parties demanding widespread electoral reforms ahead of the 2018 general elections. Zapu led by interim president Dumiso Dabengwa is expected to hold its first congress, a few years after the party left Zanu PF protesting against the marginalization of members of the party, which went into a unity accord with President Robert Mugabe’s party in 1987 following years of hostilities between the two former liberation movements. And this evening we will be featuring a Zimbabwean living in USA who is growing some crops normally found in the southern African country. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts Jonga Kandemiiri and Chris Gande will be talking with listeners about continuing protests in Zimbabwe amid allegations of police brutality. What are your views on this issue? Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!   http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-news-zimbabwe/3478751.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-news-zimbabwe/3478751.html Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:25:50 +0200 Headlineshttp://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-news-zimbabwe/3478751.html#relatedInfoContainer Some youth in Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo, have defaced Robert Mugabe Way sign posts and renamed the road Devolution Way as a form of protest against government's failure to devolve power to provinces, a provision enshrined in the country's supreme law. We will give you an update on popular prophet Walter Magaya of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries who allegedly raped a 25 year-old Midlands University student. Magaya is out of custody on $2,000 bail. Zimbabwe Rural Teachers Union abandon a 200 kilometer walk from Maramba Pfungwe district in Mashonaland East province to Harare claiming that their lives are in danger. And the Zimbabwe Olympics Committee speaks with Studio 7 about the poor performance of competitors in the just-ended Rio Olympics and the way forward. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts will be talking with listeners about unemployed Zimbabwean graduates, who have resorted to selling different goods to make a living. What are your views on this issue? Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. The number again 001 202 465 0318.  Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!   http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3476349.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3476349.html Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:53:56 +0200 Headlines Zimbabweans react to allegations that leader of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries, Walter Magaya, allegedly raped a 25 year-old woman. Two factions of President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party have clashed just outside Harare in a primary election to fill a parliamentary seat left vacant following the expulsion of war veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa from the former liberation movement for allegedly denigrating the image of the president and first lady, Grace Mugabe. About 18 opposition parties, including MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai and former vice president Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First, are crafting a coalition to take on Zanu PF in the 2018 general elections. We will take a closer look at the causes and symptoms of dementia and its effects. And Team Zimbabwe is returning home empty-handed from the 2016 Olympic Games. The three remaining Zimbabwean athletes were a big let-down as they failed to finish in the top 10 of the marathon with one of them failing to finish the race. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts will be talking with listeners about a coalition of opposition parties being crafted in Zimbabwe, which includes the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai and former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First. Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!     http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-zimbabwe-studio-7-news/3474742.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-zimbabwe-studio-7-news/3474742.html Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:37:39 +0200 Headlineshttp://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/headlines-zimbabwe-studio-7-news/3474742.html#relatedInfoContainer Some Ghanaians suspect that President Robert Mugabe cancelled his four-day visit to the country because of ill-health and social, economic and political problems back home.   Members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise stage a peaceful demonstration in Harare urging the government to meet its pledge of introducing free education at primary school level.   Protesting rural teachers are arrested in Mashonaland province and charged under the dreaded Public Order and Security Act for staging a 200 march to Harare.   Some people with disabilities are working hard in a way which is dispelling the myth that disability is inability. Safari Njema profiles two people with disabilities who have gone on to inspire their communities through self-reliant initiatives.   And there is still a medal hope for Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games. Marathon runners Wirimai Juwao, Cuthbert Nyasango, and Partson Ndlovu still carry Zimbabwe’s hopes for a medal when they take to the road in the 42 kilometre race this weekend.   Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter.   This evening on Livetalk our hosts Blessing Zulu and Gibbs Dube will be talking with listeners about alleged police brutality as state security agents have been dispersing peaceful marches using a lot of force.  What do you think about this issue? Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. The number again 001 202 465 0318.  Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!      http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/studio7---headlines/3471838.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/studio7---headlines/3471838.html Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:55:39 +0200 Headlines Tajamuka-Sesijikile Campaign holds a meeting with UNICEF officials in Harare following claims by the United Nations agency that it is illegal to use children in public demonstrations or any political protest. The family of abducted political activist, Itai Dzamara, recently featured children at Africa Unity Square who handed flowers and cakes to the police when it staged a public demonstration to mark 17 months of the disappearance of the leader of Occupy Africa Unity Square. Zimbabwean vendors march to a local police station to express their dissatisfaction with the manner in which they are being allegedly brutalized by the police. Members of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise today staged a peaceful demonstration in Bulawayo demanding that the government should introduce free primary education, starting this coming school term. Most farmers in Mashonaland West say they are ill-prepared for the 2016/2017 agricultural season. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. This evening on Livetalk our hosts of the Women’s Round Table Marvellous Mhlanga Nyahuye and Praxedes Jeremiah will be talking about peaceful demonstrations in Zimbabwe.  Participate by sending your messages on our WhatsApp number 001 202 465 0318. The number again 001 202 465 0318.  Please note that we are livestreaming on all Studio 7 Facebook pages. Stay tuned!!!!!!   http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3470361.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3470361.html Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:37:19 +0200 Headlines