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Asking Hichilema to honour campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia
This is Jason Mwanza (see image attached), a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia. He has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks now. His offence? Conducting a peacefu...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1621 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Bogus chief's messengers arrested
SEVEN daring Nyanga villagers who allegedly masqueraded as Chief Saunyama's messengers, issuing counterfeit summons to villagers to appear before the community court, were recently nabbed and arraigne...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Zambia to criminalise the use of US$ in local economy
Zambia's central bank published plans to criminalize the use of foreign currency in the local economy amid the biggest rally in the kwacha in four months.The southern African nation has faced ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 08:46hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt declares war against barons
THE government has issued a stern warning to land barons invading private and State land in Harare South and other provinces saying their days are numbered.Illegal land invasions have resulted...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of Zimbabwe marriage certificates invalid
HUNDREDS of marriage certificates that were issued after September 2022 may be "null and void" because they cite a no longer valid law, it has emerged.On May 27, 2022, President Emmerson...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:38hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Vendors threaten to sue HCC over violence
INFORMAL traders have threatened to sue the Harare City Council (HCC) for using severe force during raids against suspected illegal vendors.This follows a video circulating on social media sho...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman hires hitman to kill child
PROMINENT Headlands businessman, John Madondo, who operates shops at Eagle Nest area, is embroiled in an attempted murder for rituals storm after he allegedly hired a villager to kill a person and bri...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkomo fumes over PVO Bill
OPPOSITION Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has rapped the Zanu-PF government for pushing for the enactment of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill that he described as retrogressively against...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's assault trial finally comes to an end
Tendai Biti's four-year-long assault trial has finally come to an end with Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro expected to deliver judgement on February 15.This came after Biti completed his...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP bans police officers from sports betting after viral picture
Police officers found betting face arrest in a new crackdown ordered by police chiefs, ZimLive can reveal.The move appears to be a response to a viral picture of two uniformed police offers ph...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bad parenting fuels juvenile delinquency
WHAT happened to good parenting?Many people are curious about this issue in the wake of incidents where young people are found in violation of the law.Recently, minors, some as young a...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 9 | by Veronica Gwaze
'Tribalism dividing Zimbabwe'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has lamented rising tribalism among Zimbabweans who are increasingly identifying themselves as either Shonas or Ndebeles.Nkomo blamed the ruling Zanu-PF party fo...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Council by-laws to criminalise land barons
THE City of Harare is crafting by-laws to provide for the criminalisation of land barons wreaking havoc in the capital including parcelling out land on wetlands to desperate homeseekers.Land b...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools warned against forced uniform sales
THE Government will invoke Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000 against any school which forces parents and guardians to buy uniforms exclusively from the schools.Although the Ministry o...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stole X-Mas
THE year 2023 is ending in the same manner it began: inflicting more hardships on the people of Zimbabwe and with no solution in sight.It has been an annus horribilis of epic proportions. The ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies hunt for Biti, Welshman Ncube?
THE crisis in the opposition CCC is deepening and broadening, with senior members and advisors to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa publicly firing political salvos and diatribes interpretively directed to...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wary of CSOs, teachers' unions
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused unions representing teachers and civil society organisations (CSOs) of acting as conduits for funnelling illicit funds from the West to topple the government....Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, Machaya defend Patriot Act
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney-General Prince Machaya, have came out in defence of the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act saying it does not violate huma...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti fallout downplayed
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has watered down rumours of fissures in the party following the recalls of Members of Parliament and councillors.Tshabangu, the party's self-appo...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC crisis deepens
THE crisis in the opposition CCC is deepening and broadening, with senior members and advisors to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa publicly firing political salvos and diatribes interpretively directed to...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accused of blocking nurses from taking jobs abroad
Struggling to survive on her meagre salary, Zimbabwean nurse Jane decided to start a new life abroad but, one year after landing a job in Britain, she is still waiting to pack her bags.Jane is...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights
SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.T...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 8 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zimbabwe govt urged to criminalise enforced disappearances
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to domesticate the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances.Harare signed the international statute...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will always know Sadc troika knows Zanu-PF cheated
SO, the much-anticipated results of the recently-held Zimbabwe presidential elections are officially out.Zanu-PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was announced winner over his main rival, Citizen...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadc observer report a run away 'gun'
THE choice of words by the Sadc observer mission bordered on incitement, propelling a legitimacy crisis with the potential to harm the country. The report was by any standard a threat to human and nat...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Dr Matthew Mare
V11s saga: Polling agents under siege
State security agents have been accused of haranguing polling agents and observers whom they are allegedly forcing to amend V11 forms used in last week's elections amid allegations of rigging....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
It is time for Mnangagwa to go
This is the perfect time for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to go. Leadership is not his forte. He does not have the dexterity needed to govern a country. The past five years testify of his failure which...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:03hrs | | by @maximilianlion
Zimbabwe dismisses false reports on elections
GOVERNMENT has dismissed preliminary reports by some observer missions alleging that Zimbabwe's elections this week were compromised.This comes after the Sadc and European Union observer missi...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Arrested ERC, ZESN observers ordered to lie on stomachs for three hours'
A Harare magistrate's court was Friday told of how 39 election observers seized Wednesday night by AK assault rifle wielding police officers were made to surrender their phones and passwords and furth...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
51% voters willing to be bribed in Zimbabwe
A RECENT study by a local think-tank, Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe (PPRIZ) shows that 51% of citizens are willing to be bribed to influence who they vote for.As the country...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Suicide now associated with cyber-bullying
Worldwide cyberbullying has been associated with suicide among school children in several recent cases, a phenomenon that has been newly termed cyberbullicide. With access to modern technology and the...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:23hrs | 7 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Journalism is not a crime'
ZIMBABWE Media Commission (ZMC) executive secretary Godwin Phiri has urged police not to criminalise journalism, but treat it as a noble profession.Phiri made the remarks during a ZMC election...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exposing Western duplicity over criminal law amendment
WHILE Zimbabwe's promulgation of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act has sparked criticism from Western forces, a similar law has been silently embraced in the United Kingdom, exposing the ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Zvamaida Murwira
'Zimbabwe's Patriot Bill' threatens rights, freedoms, UK one is fine?
THE international community has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for signing the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill into law.The Bill, commonly known as the Patriot B...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hypocrites: Britain's new 'Patriotic Act'
The UK government has enacted a National Security Act which creates a host of draconian offences for unpatriotic conduct against Albon's homeland, criminalising, for example, the engagement by its cit...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:43hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
UN commission condemns Zimbabwe's 'Logan Act'
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has added to the chorus of condemnation on Zimbabwe's enactment of the Patriotic Act, which criminalises the act of demonizing the country and presc...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Patriot Act' jeopardises electoral processes,' says foreign funded NGO
THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says the passing into law of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill, popularly known as the "Patriot Act", will negatively impact on electora...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to repeal the 'Patriot Act'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will repeal new clauses in the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act that criminalises criticism of government once the party is elected into power....Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt must seriously reconsider 'Patriot Act'
Of major concern is that this is happening a few weeks before Zimbabwe holds a crucial national election.THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is deeply concerned about the passing into law of the ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition chair decries signing of Patriotic Act into lawCrisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chair, Peter Mutasa has lamented the enactment of the Patriotic Act which he said ha...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International throws toys out of the pram over Zimbabwe patriotism law
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the controversial Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill into law, and this has raised tensions between Zimbabwe and the West and pro-Western organ...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 17:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Open Society Africa Programmes Director says Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Act' is invalid ab initio
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga says the new "Patriotic Act" - which basically is an amendment of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act - signed into law by President Emmerso...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus operators bend the rules, flout BCC by-laws
WITH the words "Inter Africa" inscribed at the back, a silver Toyota Quantum vehicle makes a sudden stop and a tout bolts out, approaches two women and asks where they are travelling to. The tout tell...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs Zimbabwe's 'Logan Act' into fully fledged law
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law that prohibits citizens from criticising the government, defying wide appeals for him to spare the nation of a piece of legislation viewed repressive by o...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian MPs back tougher anti-gay legislation
The lead sponsor of an amended bill warns that the country will target US economic interests if Washington sanctions officialsGhana's parliament has unanimously passed a motion to further tigh...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife
WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous chal...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders lie about Logan Act to justify 'Patriotic Bill'
ZIMBABWEAN leaders have been misleading the public and the world that the "Patriotic Bill", which amends the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act to criminalise locals' connivance with foreign g...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa in PR nightmare
MINISTER of information, Monica Mutsvangwa, had a public relations nightmare, melting under intense pressure, failing to enunciate and defend the country's policies and legislation.Mutsvangwa ...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
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