A walk through the cities of Zimbabwe, a nation renowned for its resilient spirit and peace-loving nature, reveals a grotesque political atmosphere where intensified state crackdown on dissenters is unfolding. In street corners, commuter bus ranks, and vegetable marketplaces, whispers of state brutality grow louder day by day.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has handed brand-new off-road vehicles to journalists Zenzele Ndebele and Robert Tapfumaneyi, two media practitioners with long histories of facing harassment while reporting in Zimbabwe.
Retired military officers and former senior civil servants have urged Zimbabweans to organise and peacefully oppose Constitutional Amendment Act No. 6, describing it as an assault on the 2013 Constitution.
A Junior Parliament member's appeal for Wicknell Chivayo to buy cars and iPhones for young legislators has sparked widespread criticism over Zimbabwe's culture of entitlement.
The Deposit Protection Corporation has announced the first creditors' meeting for ZB Building Society following its placement under liquidation, with claims due by July 27.
