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15 beneficiaries of Mnangagwa amnesty rearrested for murder, robbery
At least 15 convicts who benefited from the Presidential Clemency Order last month have been rearrested for offences including murder and armed robbery.Last month, 4 270 prisoners countrywide ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning
HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty for rapists hitting victims harder
EMELKA (not real name) was only 11 years old when a 59-year-old villager forced himself on her. The villager repeated the attack several times, threatening to kill the young girl using witchcraft if s...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Mnangagwa
Some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week include child rapists, it has emerged.One fiend who raped a nine-year-old girl had served ju...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty beneficiary steals hat on way out of prison
A PRISONER on parole almost forfeited his freedom after he was accused of stealing a hat from one of the inmates who benefited from the Presidential amnesty.Forty-three prisoners in Beitbridge...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Why Ngarivhume matters: PART 1
This is the third week since Magistrate Faresi Chakanyuka sentenced Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume to an effective 3 years in prison for inciting public violence. Not only was t...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | 776 | by F Muridzo
Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty
AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Motorist points gun at traffic officers
Police have launched a manhunt for a motorist who allegedly pointed a gun at two Hurungwe District Council traffic officers who had attempted to clamp his car for dangerous parking on Tuesday in Magun...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume jailing sends shock waves
Six years ago President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to transform Zimbabwe's politics, which he said "had become poisoned, rancorous and polarising".After being sworn in to replace long time ru...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
SA's scrap of special work permits, Zimbabwe migrants will be exposed
Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to li...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1450 | by The Conversation
UK MPs want Mnangagwa invite cancelled
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom for King Charles III's coronation hangs in the balance after some parliamentarians in London demanded that he be barred over alleged human ri...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
ANC wants South Africa to withdraw ICC membership
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the ANC has again decided South Africa must withdraw its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC)."The governing party, the ANC, has taken t...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons death traps, says Guantanamo Bay detention camp handlers
A UNITED States embassy human rights report has described Zimbabwe's prison conditions as harsh and life threatening.In its latest report on human rights practices, the United States said pris...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 07:54hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt out to silence critical voices'
AMNESTY International says (AI) the conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere for "publishing falsehoods" is part of a wider plot by government to silence critical ...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:07hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt gags media over Al Jazeera exposé?
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba yesterday subtly gagged the local media from reporting on the Al Jazeera documentary exposing alleged money laundering and illegal smuggling of gold by Presid...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers support Mnangagwa's call for death penalty
In 2015, PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said he knows the tribulations faced by those on death row as he survived the hangman's noose when the Ian Smith regime sought capital punishment to stop him from fighting...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
As guns flow into Zimbabwe, armed robberies spike
CHRISTOPHER Holland believed he had done all he could to secure his home: two vicious dogs permanently stationed in the front yard and wall-to-wall security. But as he arrived home from work one day a...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ready for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit returnees
All officials in Beitbridge are ready to handle an anticipated increased human traffic at the border to facilitate a smooth return of their fellow countrymen at the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Pe...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Dzamara's wife demands answers 8 years on
The wife of "abducted" journalist-cum-activist Itai Dzamara's wife, Sheffra yesterday expressed disappointment over the failure by the State to provide answers to what happened to her husband who has ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-based NGOs in panic mode
A new law governing operations of non-governmental organisations is likely to be operational in Zimbabwe before year end.Predictably, there is uproar and panic in the NGO sector, including som...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 336 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe: Eight years on, authorities yet to give update on the disappeared journalist and pro-democracy activist
Eight years after journalist and pro-democracy activist, Itai Dzamara went missing authorities are yet to give progress report on their investigation efforts to ensure his family receives justice, tru...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 09:15hrs | 524 | by APO/Amnesty International
Parliament flags overcrowding in Zimbabwe prisons
Parliament on Thursday raised concern over overcrowding within the country's jails with Harare Remand Prison having the most inmates at 1,485 against a holding capacity of 900 inmates.Accordin...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
No evidence to convict '6.9kg gold smuggler' Henrietta Rushwaya?
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) top official Tawanda Zvekare has made startling claims Zimbabwe's prosecuting arm of the judiciary does not have enough evidence to secure a conviction against Zim...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 20:08hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crying out for political remaking
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, the refrain of the song Remake the World by Jimmy Cliff aptly portrays the magnitude of destitution that is prevalent among citizenry....Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 436 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's director for east and southern Africa, warned of dire consequences if the bill becomes law.Amnesty International, which has been advocating for a regim...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International pleads with Mnangagwa
A non-governmental organisation, Amnesty International, has pleaded with President Mnangagwa to reject the contentious Private Voluntary Organisation amendment Bill saying it shrinks the democratic sp...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must reject proposed new law that threatens rights and civic space
Responding to the Senate's passing of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Amendment Bill, which now awaits President Emmerson Mnangagwa's assent to become law, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty Internatio...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 222 | by APO
Zimbabwe police to 'shoot to kill' armed robbers
Police will bring the full force of the law to bear on those who possess unregistered firearms, as they will be deemed to have criminal intent to harm, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-Gene...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 21:26hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
1 000 robbers sent to prison
About 1 000 robbers were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for periods ranging from 6 months to 60 years during the first 10 months of the year, as the clampdown on rising cases of violent crime...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:54hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to train security guards
Private security guards will soon undergo basic formal levels of training by the police, as Government upgrades the industry following a recent rise in robberies through a review of the Private Invest...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sweats over armed robberies
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that armed robberies are now a menace, saying there is need for re-training of police officers to deal with the scourge before it spirals out of control.Speaking ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
List of people and organisations who participated in the sanctioning of Zimbabwe
FORMER Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, has published a long list of eminent opposition politicians he claims were at the forefront inviting "hurtful" sanctions on Zimbabwe.Last week,...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2766 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed after surrendering gun as security for soft drinks
Three Harare men's bizarre attempt to quench their thirst through surrendering an unlicensed firearm to a tuck-shop operator as collateral security for four borrowed bottles of soft drinks saw them la...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 20:23hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Drones help NRZ recover stolen equipment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recovered the bulk of its stolen equipment following the massive capacitation of its loss control unit in terms of human resources and acquisition of drones...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to abolish death penalty
GLOBAL human rights defender, Amnesty International has called on Zimbabwe to join 111 progressive nations which have abolished the death penalty as it constitutes the worst form of punishment against...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Man brandishes gun in Honda Fit skirmish
A Bulawayo man pointed a gun at another following a dispute over the price of a Honda Fit fuel pump.Police on Twitter, said Emmanuel Charuka (30) was arrested last Wednesday."The ZRP w...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
19 000 robberies, 3 500 murders rock Zimbabwe
Nearly 19 000 cases of robbery and over 3 500 murders were recorded in Zimbabwe between January 2020 and December 2021, official statistics show.Data obtained from the Zimbabwe National Statis...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:52hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Only 538 guns surrendered as amnesty ends
FIREARMS amnesty declared early August is set to end today, with 538 guns having been surrendered to the authorities.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August declared an amnesty on all illegal f...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
4 000 prisoners granted amnesty
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners to ease congestion in prisons across the country.Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Inf...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to search homes for illegal firearms?
POLICE will search premises where they suspect illegal firearms are being kept after today which is the Presidential Firearm Amnesty deadline.Those found with unlicensed firearms will be prose...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cabinet approves General Amnesty to decongest prisons
CABINET yesterday considered and approved the General Amnesty 2022 proposed by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.Dates for the release of inmates on amnesty will be prov...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Last chance to hand in unlicenced guns
CRIMINAL charges will be preferred against anyone found in possession of unlicensed firearms when a physical check to be conducted very soon on all residential and business premises where illegal fire...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe authorities must release opposition MPs
THE continued arbitrary detention of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson and Members of Parliament Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) is rev...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 447 | by SeeD
More guns surrendered as amnesty nears end
The number of unregistered firearms surrendered to police has now risen to 455 as illegal holders of guns continue to take advantage of the amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa.A total of 26...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi source of ethnic tension'
UNITED Nations experts on International Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination have said Gukurahundi remains a source of ethnic tension in the country.The UN said healing and cl...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'
We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was also known as Cde Mzandeki. Dr Mpofu who joined th...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
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