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Commonwealth chief bids for Zimbabwe readmission despite rights abuses
Zimbabwe could be readmitted to the Commonwealth – despite concern over its human rights record – following support from Baroness Scotland, the organisation's controversial Secretary-General....Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:27hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu turn knives on Chivayo
Incarcerated businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu have raised concerns about their chances of receiving a fair trial, alleging that their case is rooted in political persecution. The duo is curre...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:21hrs | 2367 | by Staff reporter
Ex-employee wins lawsuit against Lobels
In a recent ruling, Magistrate Sharon Mashavira has ordered Lobels (Private) Limited to compensate former employee Hardlife Chauke with US$14,000 after he was wrongfully accused of theft and subjected...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
7 top rogue cops arrested, dragged to court
Seven high-ranking detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police's homicide unit in Bulawayo have been charged with theft, criminal abuse of office, and obstruction of justice following their alleged i...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:38hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist sues Kazembe over unlawful arrest
Human rights activist Robson Chere has taken legal action against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) Director General Elijah Chingosho, serving them ...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:07hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Safety of Zimbabweans in Botswana has been guaranteed
The safety of Zimbabwean nationals residing legally in Botswana has been guaranteed by local authorities following diplomatic discussions with the Zimbabwean Embassy in Gaborone. The Embassy intervene...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:47hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's covert operation targets dissent ahead of 2028 elections?
As Zimbabwe's political landscape heats up in anticipation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's potential power retention schemes, a covert operation reportedly aims to silence dissenting voices througho...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
The PVO Bill is a threat to Zimbabwe's democracy
The recent passing of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Bill by the Zimbabwe Senate has sparked widespread concern among civil society organizations and democracy advocates. The bill, w...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:07hrs | 374 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ngarivhume to appear in High Court for bail appeal hearing
Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of the opposition party Transform Zimbabwe, is scheduled to appear in the High Court tomorrow for a bail appeal hearing. Ngarivhume, a prominent activist known for his fea...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 11:46hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
UK House of Commons receives Mthwakazi petition on Zanu-PF threats
The United Kingdom House of Commons has formally acknowledged receipt of a petition from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), raising alarm over threats and human rights abuses allegedly c...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police record significant crime decline
Bulawayo police yesterday announced an eight percent decrease in crime across the province for the period between January and September, compared to the same timeframe last year. This decline comes de...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:45hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya bail hearing continues
The bail hearing for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Amos Chibaya continued yesterday, with the State vehemently opposing his release on the grounds that he poses a flight risk. Chibaya h...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo donates $250,000 to John Nkomo Trust, gifts Jabulani a bakkie
Wicknell Chivayo, a businessman closely associated with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made headlines with his recent philanthropic efforts, donating US$250,000 to the late Vice President John Land...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2620 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Activists remain silent after arrest and detention
Following their dramatic arrest on 31 July 2024, prominent activists Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, Samuel Gwenzi, and Vusumuzi Moyo have remained unwilling to engage with the media or other stakehol...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 13:26hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa no different from Ian Smith'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governance has come under fire for being increasingly repressive, drawing parallels to the oppressive regimes of late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and apart...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala warns Mnangagwa
Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has issued a stern warning to the ruling Zanu-PF regime, urging them to cease the continuous persecution of opposition activists. He emphasized that imprison...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:29hrs | 2201 | by Staff reporter
ZiG collapse linked to Mnangagwa SADC chairship?
During a recent Senate debate, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Senator Cecil Zvidzai urged Zimbabweans to confront uncomfortable truths about national issues impacting citizens' well-being. His re...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:14hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Mafia Tactics? Chinese family hounded by convicted Italian mafia boss as deportation mystery deepens
In a chilling escalation of legal and criminal misconduct, convicted Italian mafia boss Francesco Marconati has become the focal point of an international...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1413 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's regime is demonic, says Mzembi
Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has condemned the imprisonment of Ordinary Level student Nicole Chabata as "demonic" following her release from a 90-day remand prison. Chabata was arrested on Ju...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police and Zanu-PF lead in rights violations'
A recent report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) reveals a troubling surge in human rights violations across the country, with at least 213 documented incidents of harassment, intimidation, and unl...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:43hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national faces deportation from Zimbabwe
Chinese businessman Haozuan Song is currently detained at Harare Remand Prison and faces possible deportation to China over an unspecified offense, while his mother, controversial businesswoman Li Son...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 13:42hrs | 2881 | by Staff reporter
John Mbedzi declared national hero posthumously
President Mnangagwa has posthumously honored Beitbridge liberation struggle icon and former Zanu-PF chairperson for Matabeleland South, John Mbedzi, with national hero status.Mbedzi passed awa...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:02hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Relax security surveillance, Rwodzi tells Kazembe
Despite this year's Sanganai Hlanganani World Tourism Expo witnessing extreme hotel occupancy and overload, Tourism Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has appealed ...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:03hrs | 4323 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
17-year-old arrested in 800kg copper theft
Two suspects from Bulawayo, including a 17-year-old teenager, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing 759.5 kg of copper cables valued at US$15,190.Ishmael Mpala (27) of Emakhan...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 737 | by Sankara Bizela
5 years after Mugabe, repressive rule continues in Zimbabwe
Five years after the death of President Robert Mugabe, political analysts argue that Zanu-PF's authoritarian practices persist under his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Despite Mugabe's passing on Sept...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:01hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
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
The abuse of power in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government has been increasingly accused of using its legal machinery to silence dissenting voices and suppress freedom of speech.Activists and civil society organisations have been...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 262 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
High Court frees Dubeko Sibanda on $300 bail
High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero today granted bail to former Binga North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda, ending his three-week pre-trial detention. Sibanda was released on a US$300 bail....Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa 'free the activists' order comes to pass
In recent days, over a dozen activists have been released on bail after spending several weeks in pretrial detention. They were initially arrested for allegedly plotting anti-government protests surro...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:21hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Kwekweza, Chere, Gwenzi granted bail
The High Court has granted bail to three opposition activists, Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere, and Samuel Gwenzi. The three were arrested on 31 July 2024, alongside Vusumuzi Moyo, an artist and sound ...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:07hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Timba and 77 CCC activists acquitted
Zimbabwean veteran political activist and former minister Jameson Timba, along with 77 others, have been acquitted on charges of plotting public violence after spending nearly 80 days in detention. Th...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 14:08hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime told to end State sponsored abductions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been urged to end State-sponsored abductions, arbitrary arrests, detentions, and torture of opposition activists and human rights defenders.This c...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:56hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Ugandan released after spending 3 weeks in detention
Tom Ssekamwa, a 24-year-old Ugandan, was acquitted by a Masvingo magistrate after being held for three weeks on charges of criminal nuisance and violating Zimbabwe's Censorship and Entertainment Contr...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:10hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Rogue Zimbabwe police officers put on notice
Jessie Majome, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), has emphasized that law enforcement agents involved in unlawful arrests, detention, and brutality against civilians must be h...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:29hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe taunts jailed activists, defends clampdown on dissent
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe has subtly criticized Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa regarding the ongoing detention of pro-democracy activists and opposition supporters. Mutsvangw...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:49hrs | 292 | by Staff reporterq
Zimbabwean bishop deported from Nigeria
Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa of the United Methodist Church Zimbabwe was arrested and subsequently deported from Nigeria while on a mission to oversee the election of a new church leader. The inc...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bishop arrested in Nigeria
The wrangling in the United Methodist Church, Nigeria, has again taken a different dimension as a Zimbabwean bishop of the church, Eben K. Nhiwatiwa, was reported to have been arrested in Nigeria....Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 17:46hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume denied bail
Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of Transform Zimbabwe, and his alleged accomplice Kelvin Gonde have been denied bail by Harare magistrate Farai Gwitima. They face charges of disorderly conduct and pa...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:52hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Repression undermines Zimbabwe regime's credibility
Foreign funded Civil society organizations (CSOs) have criticized the ongoing repression of dissent in Zimbabwe, arguing that it undermines election integrity and impedes free governance participation...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:55hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Czech tourist arrested over video on Zimbabwe power outages freed on bail
Lukas Slavia, a Czechoslovakian tourist, was granted US$500 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after spending 20 days in pretrial detention. Slavia was arrested in Masvingo on August 1 for al...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:25hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa refuses to bow down to pressure
Former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resisted calls to step down from politics despite facing significant criticism. Amid a harsh government crackdown during the 44th Sadc Heads of Stat...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe a full-blown dictatorship'
Zimbabwe is being criticized for its increasing authoritarianism and interference with judicial processes, particularly in the context of recent arrests of opposition activists. Zanu-PF spokes...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 09:27hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF calls for release of jailed activists
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has suggested that the detained pro-democracy activists should be released now that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit has concluded. ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 11:09hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says detained activists can now be freed
The ruling Zanu-PF party has indicated that opposition leaders, activists, and human rights defenders who were detained in the lead-up to the 44th Sadc summit may be released now that the event has co...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:46hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is presiding over a mobster regime!
It has been confirmed.So, the ruling ZANU PF party can, after all, have its opponents arrested and thrown in jail on trumped-up charges.This shocking revelation was made by none other ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 639 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrested over 200 people during Sadc summit crackdown
Ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State summit, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a severe crackdown on suspected critics and opposition m...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:52hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Top CCC activist arrested at Beitbridge border post
Former Binga North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda was arrested on Saturday at the Beitbridge Border Post under unclear circumstances. His arrest was confirmed by Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) officia...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:52hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crackdown shows no signs of abetting
The Zimbabwe government's crackdown on critics ahead of Saturday's SADC summit showed no signs of abetting as more than a dozen activists were detained on Thursday and Friday, lawyers said.The...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 17:00hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
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