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What became of Zimbabwe's Patriotic Bill?
THE Zimbabwe government has made several attempts to close down the civic space in Zimbabwe through existing and new legislation. This includes some amendments to the Criminal Law Codification and Ref...Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 11 | by Nompilo Simanje and Otto Saki
Trevor Ncube says was ‘wrong' to back Mnangagwa, renews Chamisa criticism
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) owner Trevor Ncube has admitted he was "wrong" to assume President Emmerson Mnangagwa would govern better than Robert Mugabe.Ncube, one of Mnangagwa's biggest cheerl...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala challenges arrest
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala believes his arrest is unconstitutional as the law he is being charged under was struck off by the Supreme Court in 2014.Sikhala is being ch...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono to ignore bail application
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, arrested Friday, says he will not apply for bail as he wants to challenge the state to withdraw its charges against him.In a handwritten statement he handed over ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Police beat, arrest Tsvangirai's supporters and journalists
Zimbabwe Republic Police beat and arrested opposition activists and a journalist during a rally on Monday, witnesses said, as regional leaders met for a key summit.Harare riot police used bat...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 17:46hrs | | by AFP
Zim Mail female photographer released with swollen hand
The Zimbabwe Mail photographer arrested and beaten by police while covering an MDC-T youth demonstration in Harare today has been discharged without charge.The publication's editor Constan...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe journalists win free speech victory
Two Zimbabwean journalists won a victory for free speech on Tuesday when the Constitutional Court struck off a statute which made defamation a crime punishable by up to 20 years in jail.Deputy...Published: 22 Jul 2014 at 21:07hrs | | by AFP
More than 80 charged for insulting Mugabe
MORE THAN 80 people have been arrested on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe since 2010, human rights lawyers said yesterday.The revelations came on the eve of Justice minister Emmer...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sets up a 22-member Media industry probe committee
Media, Information and Publicity minister Jonathan Moyo on Friday said govt has set up a 22-member inquiry team to probe the Information and Media industry.Moyo said the team will touch every ...Published: 21 Dec 2013 at 03:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nyarota sues over 'the Gukurahundi brand manager' label
VETERAN journalist and former Daily News editor Geoffrey Nyarota has filed a $1 million defamation suit against Alpha Media Holdings over a letter to the editor published in the company's daily newspa...Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 03:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Constitutional Court
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the Constitutional Court's (ConCourt) ruling that section 31 (a) (iii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Re...Published: 21 Nov 2013 at 01:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's reputation must be protected, says Mnangagwa
LAWS criminalising the undermining of the authority of the President and communicating of falsehoods must not be revoked since they protect the reputation of the President and his office, Justice, Le...Published: 20 Nov 2013 at 00:50hrs | | by Court Reporter
Constitutional Court strikes down sections of Statute law
THE Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that sections of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act criminalising the undermining of the authority of the President and communicating falsehoods must...Published: 30 Oct 2013 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF officials sue NewsDay, claim $100 million
ZANU-PF Central Committee member William Mutomba and businesswoman Mrs Smelly Dube have filed a lawsuit against NewsDay, claiming $100 million in damages after the paper allegedl...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suspended NewsDay Editor speaks out
Suspended NewsDay editor Constantine Chimakure has broken his silence over allegations of unethical journalistic practice, saying "the truth will prevail".In a posting on his Facebook wall yes...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
NewsDay Editor suspended over claims 'Mugabe offered Tsvangirai VP post'
Owners of the NewsDay newspaper - Alpha Media Holdings - have suspended the paper's editor for allegedly failing to conform to "set ethical values".Constantine Chimakure was suspended with imm...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 19:21hrs | | by Nomalanga Moyo / SW Radio
Newsday editor Chimakure suspended Mbeki, Tsvangirai stories
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), the publishers of Newsday, have suspended editor Constantine Chimakure with immediate effect following the publication this week of two stories which the paper said did not...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai slapped with $500 000 lawsuit
High Court judge Justice Susan Mavangira on Wednesday referred to trial the defamation case in which a senior Zimbabwe National Army officer Colonel Christopher Mayoyo is suing Prime Minister Morgan ...Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 03:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA based tycoon guns for Zimbabwean presidency
South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman and academic, Mutumwa Mawere, has thrown his hat into the Zimbabwe Presidential race.Mawere, Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Ncube successfully filed presid...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe is always five or so steps ahead of his rivals
ZIMBABWE will go to the polls this year with the presidential election likely to be a fierce two-horse race between President Robert Mugabe and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai.Other presidentia...Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean conundrum: A critical test for SADC
When ECOWAS swiftly and effectively intervened in the Ivory Coast crisis, analysts said SADC leaders should have turned green with envy, in view of the ongoing problem in Zimbabwe.In a brillia...Published: 07 Jun 2012 at 05:21hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Diamond journalist spared weekend in jail, out on $20 bail
A NewsDay reporter, Moses Matenga who was on Wednesday arrested for having a suspicions stone at Marange Resources' diamond fields has been spared a weekend in jail after granted a $20 bail.Ma...Published: 09 Mar 2012 at 09:02hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Trevor Ncube appoints new editors at AMH
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publisher of NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and the Standard has restructured its senior editorial management, chairman Trevor Ncube announced on Thursday.Const...Published: 02 Feb 2012 at 22:27hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Story on Tsvangirai bribes mischievous
HARARE - On Thursday afternoon, I received a strange call from Tendai Mugabe, a reporter at The Herald.He asked me a weird question that I, together with the NewsDay Editor Brian Mangwende and...Published: 09 Jan 2012 at 12:40hrs | | by Stanley Gama, Daily News Editor
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