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South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 402 | by Associated Press
President Ruto got away with murder in the ICC before
President Ruto thinks he can get away with any political conflict situation - even murder. We have more than 20 deaths resulting from serious demonstrations across Kenya. Listening to the exclusive pr...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:55hrs | 27 | by Nomazulu Thata
UN court to rule Friday in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
The United Nations' top court will issue a decision Friday on South Africa's request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza.The ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority
Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Nesrine Malik
Zanu-PF wades into Gaza genocide
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has hailed the South African government for its application to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague seeking the declaration of Israel's military assault on Gaza...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pentagon blocking prosecution of Russia by ICC as this could lead to prosecution of American soldiers
The Pentagon has been accused of blocking the sharing of US intelligence with the international criminal court (ICC) about Russian war crimes in Ukraine.The Biden White House and state departm...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
South Africa grants immunity to Putin
The South African has gazetted International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor's notice for the Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to be granted to all international officials at BR...Published: 30 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The tragedy of Zimbabwe
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere last week spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy - a major United Nations conference that shines a sp...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Fadzayi Mahere
Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop
A Dutch man suspected of fathering more than 550 children worldwide through sperm donations has been ordered to stop.The man named Jonathan, aged 41, could be fined more than €100,000 (£88,...Published: 01 May 2023 at 19:17hrs | | by Emily McGarvey
Meaningless ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukrai...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:14hrs | | by AP
What if US president is wrong on Ukraine?
Since the once great newspapers, the New York Times, the Washington Times and Los Angeles Times have been captured by the Democratic Party, they are all blowing President Joe Biden's narrative about t...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mahere, Gappah face off in court
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has dismissed an application by lawyer and writer Petina Gappah, who is seeking further particulars in a case she is facing a US$1 million defamation lawsuit....Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 10 | by Dumisani Muleya
'Ukraine President commits crimes against humanity' Jonathan Moyo says
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of committing crimes against humanity by recruiting civilians to fight Russia. Ukraine is currently recruiting civili...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 16:41hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Justice Mushore still Awol after ruling against Malaba
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is keen on establishing why High Court judge Edith Mushore (pictured) has not been reporting for duty for weeks on end, amid concerns over the safety and health o...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere-Gappah $1m defamation case takes new twist
THE case in which top lawyer and civil rights activist, Fadzai Mahere has filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit against another legal practitioner Petina Gappah, has taken a new twist.Gappah h...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ugandan former child soldier turned rebel commander jailed for 25 years for war crimes
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, said Domini...Published: 06 May 2021 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A new hope… President Mwonzora's to do list
With a flood of optimism being poured to the new MDC'T President Douglas Mwonzora from the majority of both the MDC'T standing committee and the supporters at large the young and charismatic leader sh...Published: 01 May 2021 at 10:57hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
A call to all Mthwakazi organisations to have unity of purpose
As I extend my greetings to you all, please note that I write to you as a citizen of Mthwakazi, whose identity, values, beliefs are Mthwakazian and whose allegiance is to Mthwakazi. What a journ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Samantha Power
Figtree Police in bid to arrest Mzila
Figtree police attempted to arrest ANSA Interim Leader Moses Mzila-Ndlovu (66) on August 22, Thursday afternoon. Mzila-Ndlovu says he requested the police to come to his farm Mapungubge Farm Technolog...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | | by Delinfa Hlabalingene
Mnangagwa must be taken to ICC, says Sikhala
THE opposition MDC has pleaded with the international community to haul President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the International Criminal Court and charge him for committing human rights abuses.Party...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa in the age of surveillance capitalism, neo-imperialism
One of my first lectures in graduate school was on how "enlightenment era" Europe imagined and mapped Africa. And some of the first maps were silent about the interior save for pyramids to the north, ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Omar al-Bashir flees to Zimbabwe?
A PRIVATE jet hired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from Dubai made a curious stop in Khartoum on Tuesday, raising speculation that Sudan's former leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir or his family could have...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi survivors perpetrators prosecuted'
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has been in the spotlight in recent days over its role in government's attempt to address grievances emanating from the Gukurahundi era, where a...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Zimbabwe media, scarfs, land reform and current affairs
THIS is a weird because some years ago, I worked for ZBC/ZTV. Then we would thrive and take pride in asking well researched questions, the most provocative questions, upfront and mix with questions in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by zimbabwedigitalnews
South African president faces a trial at the hague
The president of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa booked his ticket to the Hague for inciting violence against foreigners. The president made hate speech while he was addressing a rally.T...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
DRC: Bemba sues ICC for damages of up to $75 million
Bemba's lawyers on Monday said paperwork had been filed requesting compensation for unlawful detention, legal fees and losses due to the alleged mismanagement of assets seized by the court.The...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Clerics caution Chamisa, CSOs
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa advised to abandon toxic politics
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mmusi Maimane is a complete puppet,' says Obert Gutu
MDC-T Deputy President Obert Gutu has waded into the debate regarding South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane's impending visit to Zimbabwe, saying the Democratic Alliance leader is a "full-fled...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
DA's 'Uncle Tom' wants to meet Mnangagwa
South Africa - Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party, has written to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking a meeting over an on-going crackdown by ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:01hrs | | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF thanks ANC for demanding the removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has thanked its South African counterpart, the African National Congress (ANC) for the "bold standing in calling for unconditional removal of sanctions" imposed on that count...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 14:54hrs | | by IOL
Mnangagwa goes after killer soldiers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has succumbed to pressure from local and international human rights groups to rein in killer soldiers, and yesterday appointed a 10-member inter-ministerial taskforce to f...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA cranks up heat on Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe has once again attracted unwanted global interest in the wake of the trail of terror left by the country's security forces.In an unusually candid rebuke of Zimbabwe, President Cyril R...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa cranks up heat on Mnangagwa?
Zimbabwe has once again attracted unwanted global interest in the wake of the trail of terror left by the country's security forces.In an unusually candid rebuke of Zimbabwe, President Cyril R...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's move to go after rogue soldiers welcomed by analysts
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who first swept to power through a popular military coup in November 2017 - yesterday vowed to bring to book rogue members of Zimbabwe's gung-ho military who left a trail...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICC, a waste of African resources
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition political outfit in South Africa appears to have run out of steam and is seeking extra fodder to power its waning relevance. This week, the party hit the headlin...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Sydney Malunga's son speaks on Army killings
The internet shutdown has constrained the flow of news coming out of Zimbabwe but news is trickling out. There two serious and related matters:For the record I stand with the frustrated and hu...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Siphosami Malunga
Fake Magaya on the loose
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans may have fallen victim to a Facebook scam, where a suspected Nigerian scammer has been impersonating Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
If Mnangagwa gets away with it, then Kabila can too
WE knew, even before the first vote was cast, that Zimbabwe's election was marred by serious irregularities. These included, but were certainly not limited to: a partisan electoral commission; 250 000...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Simon Allison
Junta: Last kicks of a dying horse
Looking back at the removal of Robert Mugabe in November last year one can rightly conclude that was the demise of Zanu pf. Mugabe was Zanu pf and Zanu pf was Mugabe, the man was idolized like some de...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 21:15hrs | | by AT Kadada
UN delegation meets Chiwenga
A delegation from the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has paid a courtesy call on Vice President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga who is also the Defense and War V...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Matebeleland take Mnangagwa head-on over Gukurahundi genocide
TWO Matebeleland-based opposition parties have launched a campaign to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to provide restorative justice to victims of Gukurahundi before even consideri...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions suspended - Trump government
The United States recently pronounced that the sanctions against targeted Zimbabwe government Ministers will not be lifted anytime soon, not before the looming general elections and the apology from...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 22:24hrs | | by Antiletha Tshabangu, Political activist
Mugabe makes a fool of himself
It was Mark Twain who said it is always better to keep one's mouth shut and let people think that you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.Similarly, Jesus cautioned in the Book of...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mlalazi novel shows illegal immigrants' struggles
Zimbabwean writer and playwright Christopher Mlalazi has to date given us a taste of his imaginative writings in various forms but if one is to get a deep feel of an illegal immigrant's hope and disil...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
A NEW HOPE - Chamisa's to do list
New president's should move fast to give Zimbabwe hope by doing the 7 things belowWith a flood of optimism being poured to the new MDC'T president Nelson Chamisa from the majority of both the MDC'...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 17:57hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Zimbabwe general elections won't be free and fair
I challenge the military to assure the nation that indeed the pending general elections won't be marred by intimidation and violence. Listening to President Mnangagwa's speech after his inauguration w...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:38hrs | | by Zenzo Siziba
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