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Bruising battles in Zanu-PF DCC polls
THE stage is set for bruising battles as the ruling Zanu-PF conduct their much awaited district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections across eight provinces today.This comes as cracks have bee...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCCs process soiled by factionalism, name-dropping and tribalism
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, including Cabinet ministers, survived a nerve-racking and tension-filled process at the weekend as the ruling party chose candidates for its divisive district co-ordinating co...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporting prosecutor resigns
A prosecutor who was once forced to recuse herself from prosecuting an MDC Alliance MP has quit her job after standing for election in Zanu-PF internal elections.Namatirai Chipere is contestin...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2309 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self over cheating wife
A 44-year-old Binga man committed suicide by hanging in Chizarira National Park after he discovered that his wife was cheating on him with another man.Peter Ndebele (44) of Kamaziyo village un...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
Chief Chiwundura dies
CHIEF Tavengwa Zebediah D, better known as Chief Chiwundura passed on Wednesday aged 97.This was confirmed in a tweet Wednesday by Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Man beats 'promiscuous' sister to death
Chief A 27-year-old Gweru man has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his 16-year-old sister using a belt and a cord after accusing her of being promiscuous. At one time, Terrence T...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:17hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP acquitted on assault charges
GWERU provincial magistrate Tayengwa Sangster yesterday acquitted Chiwundura legislator Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) on charges of assault levelled against him in January last year.Chimi...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor arrested in Gweru
AN MDC Alliance Gweru Urban councillor, Danny Ndava and Chiwundura district party youth chairperson, Tendai Virimayi have been arrested for breaking Covid-19 restrictions and participating in an unsan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' wife
A Hwange man who suspected that his wife was cheating on him beat her up after he saw a text message allegedly coming from a boyfriend. Mavuto Sithole (37) of Number S9 Makwika Village, Number...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Witness in MDC MP case a 'CIO implant'
A STATE witness in a case of public violence involving MDC MP for Chiwundura constituency, Livingstone Chimina, was yesterday accused by the legislator's lawyer of being an implant of the Central Inte...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:36hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs force female students into relationships
TEACHERS and learners at Valaban College in Ward 16 in Chiwundura area are operating in fear of attacks by machete gangs, who invade the school going after female learners, school authorities have sai...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dates Midlands
Opposition MDC party leader Nelson Chamisa heads for the Midlands on Thursday where he is set to bolster the movement's support base by interfacing with elected lower-tier structures in the province....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
High costs hit police station project
A PROJECT to build a police station in Woodlands, Vungu, spearheaded by Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) together with community leaders, has stalled due to inflation that has deflated...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:50hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda spilled the beans on Zanu-PF poll rigging'
DEFENCE deputy minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda inadvertently spilled the beans on vote-rigging when he lashed out at his party's Midlands provincial leadership over poor pe...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:00hrs | 3058 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-sanctions march flopped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday left red-faced after only 7 000 people turned up for his much-hyped anti-sanctions march.Zimbabweans, battling skyrocketing prices, rising inflation ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 21:52hrs | 5478 | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands gears for 2023 elections
MDC Midlands has resolved to start conducting primary elections to choose party parliamentary candidates for 2023 elections as part of its strategy to wrest the rural vote from Zanu-PF.In the ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:42hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Boy (9) battling for life after axe attack
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy from Chiwundura is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital following an axe attack by an unknown assailant.Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Xo...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:29hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands on the mend
THE MDC Midlands has embarked on an outreach programme to mend cracks that emerged in districts ahead of the party's fifth elective congress with the major aim of winning the rural vote in the next po...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP builds police station
MDC legislator for Chiwundura, Livingstone Chimina, has embarked on a project to build a police sub-station in Woodlands in order to minimise criminal activities.When Southern Eye visited the ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 3204 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 14361 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
MDC MPs face fresh charges
MDC legislators Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff) and Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), who are facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, have been slapped with new charges....Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC burns in Chiwundura
The MDC Chiwundura district leadership wrangle is raging on following protests from lower structures against the leaders elected through consensus by ward chairpersons last week.Ahead of the p...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands to re-run district congress
MDC Midlands province has been ordered by the party's national organising committee to re-run district congresses where the electoral process was marred by irregularities.Takavafira Zhou, the ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:00hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backed, Mwonzora snubbed
MDC Midlands province has nominated party leader Nelson Chamisa for the post of president ahead of next month's elective congress, but denied secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora any post in the standin...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 3194 | by Staff reporter
More chaos visits MDC elections
CHAOS characterised the recently held MDC ward and district congresses in Midlands and Beitbridge where new structures were being elected ahead of the national crunch event set for May.Top par...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2279 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Mayor vows to make Midlands a no go area for Zanu-PF
ASPIRING MDC provincial chairperson for Midlands and Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe wants to close off President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home from Zanu-PF.Makombe told NewZimbabwe.com in an interview...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:02hrs | 544 | by newzimbabwe
3 MDC bigwigs eye Midlands chairmanship
THREE MDC top officials have thrown their hats into the ring to contest for the party's provincial chairmanship that is up for grabs next month, when structures gather at the elective congress in Gwer...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:18hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP removed from remand
GWERU magistrate Mildred Matuvi yesterday removed from remand Chiwundura legislator Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) and two other Gweru City Council employees in a case in which they are being accu...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP Chimina acquitted
Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) was last Friday acquitted on charges of inciting violence.Gweru provincial magistrate Charity Maphosa ruled that the State had failed to provid...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
15-tonne rock falls in Bikita
A HUGE rock estimated to weigh between 10 and 15 tonnes fell from Mapadza Mountain in Bikita on Saturday, sending the community into a panic mode as the incident came shortly after Cyclone Idai left h...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver's killer jailed
A suspected member of a four-man gang that allegedly kidnapped, robbed and brutally killed a Gweru taxi driver in December last year before dumping his body in a dam with his hands and legs tied, has ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not rest over Chiwundura'
Chiwundura legislator Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) has claimed that Zanu-PF activists had embarked on a smear campaign to "haunt" him after he defeated the ruling party candidate in last year's ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:01hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda makes ruling on MPs' arrests, Biti warns Zanu-PF MPs
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday ruled that the Parliamentary Privileges and Immunities Act must be amended in order to include clauses that MPs found on the wrong side of the ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 6885 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP acquitted
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday acquitted MDC Alliance Chiwundura legislator, Livingstone Chimina, who was being accused of inciting violence in the run-up to last year's electio...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist sues Gweru lawyer for US$2,7m
ZANU-PF activist and losing candidate in the ruling party primary elections for Gweru Urban, Tinomudaishe Chinyoka has filed a $2,7 million defamation lawsuit against Gweru-based lawyer Brian Dube....Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:19hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya trial set for Wednesday
The trial of MDC-Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who is being charged for inciting violence, has been set for Wednesday. Chibaya, who is being represented by Mr Reginald C...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance MPs trial dates set
THE trial of MDC-Alliance National organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, who is being charged for inciting violence, has been set for Wednesday.Chibaya, who is being represented by Mr Reginald C...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
On the run MDC MPs, not on the run, says MDC
THE MDC yesterday said its MPs Charlton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Joanah Mamombe (Harare West), and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North), who have been absent from Parliament, are not on the run and had...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:22hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Hidding MDC MPs left with 7 parliamentary sits or they lose their seats
Parliament has ignored the opposition MDC party's plea for guarantees that protect their MPs who are in hiding for fear of persecution over recent violent protests triggered by government's decision t...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 16:01hrs | 3467 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, Mnangagwa lawyers trade barbs
ACCUSATIONS and counter claims of assault have been traded in a slanging match between two lawyers in a case in which opposition MDC Alliance MPs are being tried for allegedly inciting last month's vi...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lawyer assaults MDC MP's lawyer in court
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer Tinomuda Chinyoka was arrested on Monday after a human rights lawyer who is representing several individuals detained during last month's fuel protests accused hi...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 5018 | by ZimLive
MDC youth leader's freedom bid deferred
RULING on the application for discharge by MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West legislator, Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, was on Monday defer...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 6596 | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands plots demo over Chibaya, activists detention
MIDLANDS South MDC members have threatened to stage a protest over the continued incarceration of party organising secretary and Mkoba MP, Amos Chibaya, Chiwundura legislator, Livingstone Chimina and ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:21hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs granted bail
MDC Alliance legislators Settlement Chikwinya (Kwekwe) and Lloyd Mukapiko (Mbizo) were last Friday granted $300 bail each by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese.Justice Makonese ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:09hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Debunking the Chamisa's political persecution claims
Following the violent and destructive protests of January 14 , which were called for by the MDC Alliance, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and some civil society organisations ostensibly t...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:49hrs | 234 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC Alliance MP remanded in custody
MDC-ALLIANCE organising secretary Amos Chibaya appeared in court yesterday facing fresh charges of plotting to overthrow the Government.Chibaya, who is the MP for Mkoba, was re-arrested on Tue...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:45hrs | 1632 | by Staff Reporter
Riot police crash Gweru lawyers march
RIOT police yesterday blocked Gweru lawyers from marching in protest against the alleged absence of rule of law and lack of independence of the magistrates' courts.The legal practitioners unde...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally granted $500 bail, rearrested on fresh serious charges
MDC-Alliance organising secretary Amos Chibaya was yesterday granted $500 bail on allegations of inciting violence and immediately rearrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the Government. ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:23hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya granted $500 bail
MDC Alliance national Organising Secretary Amos Chibaya who is facing inciting public violence charges was today granted $500 bail coupled with stringent conditions by Masvingo High Court Judge Justic...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 20:31hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
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