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Patience Zirima travelled to London
Patience Zirima of Media Monitors (Zimbabwe) travelled to London to attend the Global Conference for Media Freedom on July 10 and 11. Here she reflects on what she'll take home from the event, which w...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Patience Zirima
Access to information, media freedom in the digital age
THE right to information and media freedom are critical components of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression, as defined by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is the "right...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 6 | by Patience Zirima
Looking for my mother
To whom it may concern,Hello, my name is Patience Chenjerai. I am in the process of looking for my mother whom l lost contact.From the age of 2 years. I am now 27 years old but has pro...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Patience Chenjerai
Africa Day: internet freedoms, a way to democracy
As we are in the spirit of embracing our 'Africaness', we must not forget the key tenets to democracy. Democracy entails citizen's participation in public affairs, with respect for different poi...Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:10hrs | | by Patience Sibanda
Institutions mandated to promote human rights & democracy urged to stay present, accessible, interactive online
In partial contribution to partnered investigation into the state of internet governance in Zimbabwe, ZDI and Media Centre released an advocacy paper titled 'Internet use for promoting human rights an...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Patience Sibanda
Constraints on the work of Human Rights & Democracy Defenders, internet freedoms core in democracy promotion.
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) in conjunction with Media Centre releases an advocacy report titled, 'How the right to be online has been assaulted in Zimbabwe: Consequences on the work of Human ri...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 18:46hrs | | by Patience Sibanda
Elizabeth Tsvangirai story: A true mirror of human rights encroachments faced by widows in Zimbabwe
The ill-treatment of widows was more like a norm in traditional Zimbabwean societies as people knew little on human rights; this has however, continued to trend even in our modern Zimbabwe. Human righ...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Patience Sibanda (intern at Zimbabwe Democracy Institute)
Open Letter to the President of Republic of Zimbabwe: Emmerson Dambuzo Mnangagwa
Ndebele people (all other tribes which are not Shona, as they have been classified as such) have always been treated like 2nd class citizens in a country that they belong to. How long are we goin...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 23:20hrs | 3 | by Patience Nomusa Mpofu
Prophet T.B. Joshua commended for donating 10 million Naira to less privileged Muslim community
General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua has been commended for donating the sum of 10 million Naira to the less privileged in the North in the spirit of R...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Patience Amaka
New confusion to wreck Mujuru's sympathisers
Recalling my elementary teacher, Mrs Choto in front of the blackboard in Grade One explaining how zero plus zero will always sum up to zero, her imagery is more vivid than ever if one takes a glimpse ...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 20:29hrs | | by Patience Rashai
Hell hath no fury like 'political elders' scorned
…. as Mutasa, Gumbo forages like headless chickenBattle lines were drawn when Zimbabwe People First (Zim PF)'s interim president Joice Mujuru expelled...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Patience Rashai
Open letter to Evan Mawarire
Dear "Your excellency", sorry Pastor. As I attentively listened to you, Pastor Evan during your seemingly polished and premeditated interview with one renowned lawyer, Fadzai Mahere, I couldn't he...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:19hrs | | by Patience Rashai.
Varsity education - a giant ponzi scheme
University education in yester Zimbabwe produced the crème de la crème of society; not because government evoked a bottle neck system, but like an ecosystem, the education system had a way of ...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 11:03hrs | | by Patience Rashai
Racism, Patriotism, Republican - Where do we draw the line
During the first Presidential debate night, the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton asked viewers to remember that her opponent had started his career with a 1973 lawsuit brought against him by the J...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 11:20hrs | | by Patience Rashai
Looking for my father or his relatives' whereabouts
I'm a woman aged 33 and married with 3 children. My name is Patience. My mother' name is Anna Simango from Chipinge Tamandai area but she passed away in 1993. My father used to com...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Patience
Teacher up for pupil abuse, threats
AN English teacher at Guinea Fowl High School in Gweru has been arraigned for ill treating a form two pupil.Thandiwe Ncube (48) who resides at Guinea Fowl teacher's cottages was not asked to p...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
3,000 teachers get housing stands
THREE thousand teachers in the Midlands province will soon get residential stands through a partnership between the Zimbabwe Housing Project Trust (ZHPT) and the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA)....Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Corrupt council cops jailed
TWO Kwekwe municipal police officers have been jailed for an effective one year for demanding and accepting a $10 bribe from a motorist whom they had apprehended for picking up passengers at an undesi...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Pair jailed for holding MSU students hostage
TWO Zvishavane men who held six female Midlands States University students hostage at their home and threatened to kill them before stealing electrical gadgets, have been sentenced to a combined 107 m...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Murder, suicide after stocktheft row
A ZVISHAVANE man allegedly killed his wife and then hanged himself at his in-laws' homestead following a domestic dispute triggered by the theft of his beast.Elliot Munikwa (44) of Nduna Village under...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Suicide after positive HIV test
A MAN from Gweru has committed suicide after testing positive for HIV.Leeroy Dzviti (34) of Old Ascot suburb hanged himself from a tree near a traffic circle along Shurugwi Road which is popul...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Grade Six pupil tests negative after HIV rape
AN HIV positive man from Zvishavane who raped a Gade Six pupil and tried to silence her with $5 has been jailed for 15 years. A medical report which was produced in court showed that the girl was not ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Prostitutes murder client for not paying for sex
THREE alleged prostitutes have been arrested for stabbing a man to death after he allegedly failed to settle a $10 debt for sexual services rendered by one of them. Police have since launched an appea...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Patience Mutsiwi
13-year-old HIV+ boy rapes 5 pupils, walks free
A FRAIL 13-year-old HIV positive boy from Zvishavane, who raped five pupils one after the other, yesterday walked scot free because of ill-health.The Grade Seven pupil from Kwirirai Village in...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Notorious armed robbers jailed 84 years
TWO notorious robbers who committed a spate of robberies at gunpoint in Kwekwe, have been sentenced to 84 years in prison.The duo committed 22 robberies between April and July last year....Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Duo exchanges stolen meat for beer
THE love for beer has landed two men from Gweru in jail after they stole meat from a parked car and exchanged it for a bottle of Gold Blend Whisky. Tinashe Mutondo (36) and Givemore Churu (24)...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Teen gets 15 years jail for granny rape
An 18-year-old Silobela man will spend the next 15 years in jail for raping his 85-year-old grandmother. The man from Rungu Village, Chief Malisa, Lower Gweru, was convicted on his own plea by...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Teenager rapes blind grandmother (90)
AN 18-YEAR old from Chiwundura outside Gweru took advantage of his blind 90-year-old grandmother's ill health to rape her once.The teenager who cannot be named for ethical reasons appeared bef...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Woman beats up boss over 4 months pay
A WOMAN from Lalapanzi has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after she teamed up with her husband to assault their manager who had not paid them salaries for four months. After the assault...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Police hunt for knobkerry 'killers'
POLICE are hunting for three men accused of hitting a Lower Gweru man with knobkerries, before fatally axing him on the head. Vusa Ncube (33) died due to suspected head injuries following a mi...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Convict's son beats up mom, lover
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Mvuma was yesterday handed a two-year wholly suspended sentence for assaulting his mother and her lover.A court heard how the teenager went haywire when his mother start...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Falling gate kills 10-month baby
A 10-month-old boy from Mkoba suburb in Gweru died of severe bleeding from the ears after he was hit by a sliding gate. The tot, Romeo Hokoza, died on Saturday afternoon after a sliding ga...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Man stabs wife over new shoes
A 36–YEAR-OLD Gweru man has appeared in court for stabbing his wife with a knife after suspecting that a new pair of shoes she brought home had been bought by her boyfriend. Samuel Chito...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
15-yr-old girl endures 8-day rape hell
A ZVISHAVANE man allegedly kidnapped his neighbour's teenage daughter and raped her in an eight-day hostage ordeal. Victor Beta, 36, of Kofi village under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane appeared ...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
10 years jail for 31km chase roadblock dodger
A PIRATE taxi driver who sped from a roadblock after hitting a traffic police officer and was arrested following a 31km high speed chase has been jailed for 10 years.Elisha Chidhimiri, 26, of ...Published: 27 May 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Pastor 'rapes', impregnates 2
A 60-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet for an apostolic church in Kwekwe allegedly raped and impregnated two congregants who have since given birth.Lawrence Gwaza appeared before Gweru Regional...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Teen rapes own grandmother (85)
A TEENAGER (name withheld) from Silobela raped his 85-year-old grandmother before promising to fetch her water the next day to buy her silence. The rapist, 18, of Rungu Village, Chief Malisa, ...Published: 21 May 2016 at 22:11hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
13 years for schoolgirl rape
A 23-YEAR-OLD Silobela man has been slapped with a 13-year jail term for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old school girl. Lungisani Moyo of Mvangeli Village under Chief Malisa who pleaded no...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:43hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Jailed armed robber gets additional 10 years
ONE of the robbers who wore army camouflage and police uniforms to terrorise businesspeople and white farmers at gun-point, will spend the next 63 years behind bars after a Gweru magistrate added 10 t...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Gweru mayor's bid for freedom hits brick wall
SUSPENDED Gweru Mayor Hamutendi Kombayi, his deputy Artwel Matyorauta and Town Clerk Daniel Matawu's bid for freedom has hit a brick wall after a court said they should stand trial on May 12. The thre...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 07:19hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Wife assaults hubby, mother-in-law
A MVUMA woman assaulted her husband and when he escaped to her mother's homestead, Siphilisiwe Chivasa, also attacked her mother-in-law accusing her of meddling in her son's marriage.Siphilisi...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Man rapes 2 daughters, silences them with sweets
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru allegedly raped his two daughters aged two and seven and gave them sweets to buy their silence.The accused (name withheld to protect the identity of the minors) ap...Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Patience Mutsiwi
Pregnant teen stabs man over $10 debt
A 16-YEAR-OLD pregnant girl has appeared in court for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old neighbour with a knife over a $10 debt.The girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity as a minor a...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:44hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Robber rapists get 108 years
TWO men, one in Bulawayo and another in Gweru, who robbed and raped women, have been sentenced to a total of 108 years in jail.Throwing the book at the rapists, magistrates said they were mons...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Thandeka Moyo and Patience Mutsiwi
Goods train runs over 'drunk' teen
A GWERU teenager was yesterday run over by a goods train at around 5AM at the Gweru Railway Station after he fell asleep on the railway line in an alleged drunken stupor. The teenager, who liv...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Senior army officer, wife killed in crash
A SENIOR army officer and his wife died when a truck rammed into their vehicle just outside Kwekwe City along the Harare- Bulawayo Road on Saturday. Colonel Charles Matema and his wife Patrici...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Patience Mutsiwi
'Armed rapist' introduces victim to dad
A MAN from Silobela man waylaid a 19-year-old woman and allegedly raped her at knifepoint in the presence of her sibling before force- marching her to his parents' homestead where he introduced her as...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 11:09hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Man rapes and infects niece rape with STI
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Lalapanzi has appeared in court for allegedly raping and infecting his 12-year-old niece with genital warts, a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI).The man, from Lower D...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Mum 'kills' two-year-old son to please new hubby
A WOMAN from Chirumhanzu allegedly killed her two-year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and in-laws. Hamandishe, 27, of Ritize Village, headman Chigegwe in Chirumhanz...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Pupil, 14, to abort
A GWERU magistrate has granted an application for the termination of a pregnancy by the parents of a Form Two pupil who was impregnated by her 30-year-old boyfriend.The 14-year-old girl had in...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
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