Search / Allan moyo
Mnangagwa entrenches authoritarian rule
THE incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe this week has all but confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's unwillingness to reform as his regime continues to use lawf...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:36hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa a lost cause?
One of Barack Obama's contribution to US foreign policy was the encouragement of a class of liberal whites and blacks with absolutely first-class brains, but above everything else, loved their subject...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 446 | by Ken Mufuka
UZ student activist granted bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student and activist, Alan Moyo, who has been in remand prison for 75 days for allegedly calling for a revolt against the government has been granted $10 000 bail by the High Co...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Rights defenders engage UN, AU over student activist's detention
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have pleaded with the United Nations (UN) to rein in President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop human rights abuses and end the prolonged detention of student activist Ala...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Allan Moyo's bail hearing deferred to tomorrow
Obey Shava, lawyer of incarcerated University of Zimbabwe student leader Allan Moyo, says the bail hearing has been deferred to tomorrow because the state says it has not read the record and is theref...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 11:49hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora a puppet of Zanu-PF
As we draw near 2023 elections, there are going to be many surprises and the one surprise would be the walloping of Mr Douglas Mwonzora and signing off his political carreer.You can't be calle...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:18hrs | 4255 | by Leonard Koni
Allan Moyo a fly tackling bull buffalo
MR President, then there is the little issue of Allan Moyo, a 23-year-old University of Zimbabwe student arrested in December last year for allegedly calling for a revolt to oust you from office....Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy scolds Mnangagwa's govt over Mamombe, Chimbiri 'persecution'
THE United States Embassy in Harare has slammed the Zimbabwean government for continued ‘persecution' on MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri, among other govern...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 4283 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu demands leader's release
THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has demanded the immediate release of University of Zimbabwe student and pro-democracy campaigner Allan Moyo, who has clocked more than 50 days in detenti...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
The new dispensation now the new error
In November 2017, the military replaced the late Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time confidante Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and declared that Zimbabwe is “Open for Business” bu...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:18hrs | 952 | by Leonard Koni
MDC Alliance youths in flash demo demanding Sikhala release
DOZENS of suspected MDC Alliance youths on Monday staged a flash demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice offices at New Government Complex in Harare demanding the release of party chairman Job S...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Human rights activists demand release of UZ student who called for Mnangagwa ouster
THE hardest part about being a parent is watching your children go through difficult and rough experiences and not being able to do anything for them.Such is the feeling of Jephias Moyo, whose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:08hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts curtailing the right to liberty
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is concerned by the continued weaponisation of the judiciary by the State which continues to use judicial capture to persecute opposition and civil society activist...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:49hrs | 95 | by Crisis Coalition Zimbabwe
Student who called for Mnangagwa's ouster denied bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student Allan Moyo was Thursday denied bail by High Court judge, Justice David Foroma.Moyo (23), a leader of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), is facing a c...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
'Imprisonment in COVID-19 era is death sentence'
LOCAL think-tank has described imprisonment in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 era as "a death sentence" due to the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the country's correctional facilities....Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:02hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF to blame for COVID-19 deaths'
MDC ALLIANCE vice-president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of deliberately imprisoning opponents and critics in COVID-19-infested jails as a way of exterminating the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
UZ student gives minister ultimatum
ALLAN Moyo, a University of Zimbabwe student, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
Biti claims Mnangagwa want to exterminate rivals through COVID-19
MDC ALLIANCE vice president Tendai Biti has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government of deliberately imprisoning opponents and critics in Covid-19 infested jails to try and exterminate them throu...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2989 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa is weaponising COVID-19
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, currently cracking down on political and civil society activists, is "weaponising" Covid-19 against its opponents in...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 18:45hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
Allan Moyo's bail appeal postponed to Friday 22 January
Allan Moyo's bail appeal was postponed to Friday 22 January 2021 by High Court Judge Justice Davison Foroma. During the application for postponement, the state requested more time to enable it...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group decries abuse of criminal justice system
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has expressed concern over what they called an apparent trend of manipulation of the criminal justice system to punish dissent through prolonged and und...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons a death trap, says EU
THE European Union has raised a red flag over the continued incarceration of journalists and opposition leaders in Zimbabwe, as well as the poor state of the country's prisons which it described as de...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Student languishes in jail after calling for revolution against Mnangagwa
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) student Allan Moyo, arrested early last December after calling for a revolt against President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains in prison as his court records were incorrectly rec...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Rule of law now a pipe dream, says ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace project (ZPP) has castigated government over the recent arrest of civil rights and political activists, saying the move shows lack of respect for democracy and the rule of law....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa revolt call lands man in trouble
A 23-YEAR-OLD Harare man was arraigned before the courts on charges of inciting public violence after he allegedly called for commuters in the city centre to revolt against President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's protest leaders call for dialogue
IN A significant change of tactic - amid the ongoing crackdown on dissenting voices in the country by authorities - two prominent personalities linked to the foiled July 31 mass protests are calling f...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:09hrs | 2742 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala in police custody
MDC Alliance national vice chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested in Tynwald, Harare, after several days of evading law enforcement agencies who were keen to interview him on allegations of in...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka/Sesjikile leader explains no-show at #31July protests
#TAJAMUKA/SESJIKILE leader Promise Mkwananzi has claimed most organisers of last Friday's anti-corruption protests decided to go into hiding as a plan of action, and not derail their growing fight aga...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
'Take Zanu-PF's threats seriously'
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to rise ahead of Friday's planned protests, analysts have warned the organisers of the demonstrations to take Zanu-PF's warnings about the mass actions se...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Police keen to interview activists
POLICE are keen to interview some political activists including MDC Alliance vice chairman Mr Job Sikhala. Other activists being sought by cops are Mr Makomborero Haruziviishe, Godfrey Kurauon...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:17hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says July 31 will proceed as planned
MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who is currently in hiding, says that the anti-government demonstrations would go ahead despite the crackdown by authorities on some of the organisations. ...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 16:53hrs | 3097 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance shows police the middle finger...vows to defy ZRP directives
MDC Alliance has written a letter to Zimbabwe Republic Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi informing him that its members will not be reporting to the police after an advert was cir...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 12:12hrs | 5151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala in hiding after Mnangagwa unleashes CIOs on him
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has allegedly deployed several teams of intelligence officers to hunt down MDC Alliance deputy national chairman Job Sikhala, who has gone into hiding ahead o...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:36hrs | 4335 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu, Sikhala, Tajamuka leader on the run?
Police are hunting more than a dozen opposition politicians and activists, seeking to foil planned anti-government protests on July 31.Police on Monday said they were appealing for information...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:37hrs | 4349 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for Job Sikhala and 12 other opposition activists
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a statement appealing to the members of the pub;ic to assit in locating the below mentioned political and civic society activits:Makomborero...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 18:01hrs | 5078 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC-Alliance official in court
MDC-Alliance Harare provincial chairperson and Ward 23 councillor, Stanley Manisa Manyenga (38) appeared in court yesterday on allegations of participating in illegal demonstrations held by members of...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Wave of arrest in Zimbabwe as authorities clamp down on dissent
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have stepped up their onslaught against dissent after arresting a total of 47 people in one day for allegedly participating in anti-government protests over the country's worsen...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 08:52hrs | 3600 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa's shooting inquiry a PR stunt'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commission of inquiry into the August 1 army shootings that left seven people dead and a dozen others injured in Harare is just an international public relations stunt t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T officials in fist fight over seat
Violence broke out at an MDC-T rally in Masvingo Central constituency at the weekend, as party officials jostled for the ticket to contest the seat in next year's general elections.The violenc...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:59hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T holds provincial polls in Masvingo
Following the suspension and expulsion of provincial executives aligned to the renewal team, MDC-Tsvangirai faction has rushed to conduct provincial elections in Masvingo to fill up the gaps on 4 ...Published: 07 May 2014 at 14:22hrs | 2383 | by Tafara Shumba
MDC-T primary and confirmation results update
The MDC-T primary elections and the confirmation processes were held in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces over the weekend and below are the results of the exercise:Masvingo ProvinceGutu ...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 13:56hrs | 5584 | by Ndou Paul
MDC-T poll victory celebrations turn tragic
Primary elections victory celebrations for MDC-T winning candidate, Allan Moyo turned tragic on Saturday after one of his hired vehicles ran over and killed a party official while skidding in Masving...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 14:52hrs | 4846 | by Staff reporter
No miracle votes for Prophet Angel's sister in MDC-T primaries
Spirit Embassy founder Uebert Angel Madzanire's sister Mercy Madzanire Nongera lost her bid to represent Masvingo Central constituency after she lost the MDC-T primary elections on Saturday.Th...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 17:39hrs | 3611 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T primary elections update
THE MDC-T confirmation exercise and primary elections in Manicaland and Masvingo saw a number of sitting parliamentarians being rejected by their constituencies.Four sitting legislators out of...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 03:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T youths to contest party primary elections
AT LEAST 180 MDC-T youths have received the green light to contest party primaries alongside 1 200 other parliamentary aspirants from the main and women's wings to represent the party in the forthcomi...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 07:19hrs | 3078 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T sitting MPs face stern test from aspiring candidates
Incumbent legislators from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T party face a stern test from aspiring MPs in party primary elections following completion of the vetting exercise last week....Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 19:30hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
