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Mamombe's accomplices acquitted
Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe was ordered to present her defense after the close of the State's case, while her co-accused Cecilia Chimbiri, Lovejoy Chitengu, and Stanley Manyenga were acquitt...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police impunity laid bare
POLICE deputy commissioner Stephen Mutamba was added to the list of individuals reeling under the United States (US) sanctions in a move that bolstered the long-held view that the Zimbabwe Republic Po...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe feigning illness to delay trial'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has claimed that Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (Citizens Coalition for Change) has been employing delaying tactics in the finalisation of her "fake abduction" ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe case postponed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday postponed to October 13 the case in which Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) is accused of faking her own abduction.Mamombe, who appeared before...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri to remain in custody
MDC ALLIANCE Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe and the party youth league member Cecilia Chimbiri will remain in remand prison after the High Court postponed the hearing of their bail application ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe trial date set
The trial date for MDC Alliance's Joana Mamombe and seven other political activists who are charged with participating in an illegal demonstration sometime in May last year, has been set for next mont...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over State-sponsored rights violations
A HUMAN rights organisation has raised a red flag over arbitrary arrests, torture and assault perpetrated by security agents after it recorded 47 detentions of civilians and 35 cases of torture in its...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans pool resources for detained Zimbabwean activists
A GROUP of Zimbabweans based in North America have started a fundraising drive to assist detained civic and political activists and their immediate families with financial and material resources to en...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC enjoys pressing self-destruct button
Last week, the social media was abuzz with the news of the defection of two senior MDC Alliance members, Blessing Chebundo and Lillian Timveous, to Zanu-PF. In response to the development, the...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mamombe press conference snubbed
Harare West legislator, Joana Mamombe's press conference which was aimed at calling for the release of Makomborero Haruzivishe, has been snubbed by many who called the legislator to order and lead the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:27hrs | | by Political Writer
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | | by Miriam Mangwaya
High Court relaxes MDC trio bail conditions
HIGH Court judge Justice Edith Mushore yesterday relaxed bail conditions for MDC Alliance Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe and her co-accused Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova in a case in which...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe a metal case, says Chinotimba
BUHERA South legislator Joseph Chinotimba yesterday caused a storm in Parliament after he described Harare West Legislator Joanah Mamombe as mentally ill.Chinotimba made the remarks after Mamo...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe summoned to trial for 'unnecessary movement'
POLICE have summoned MDC Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe to stand trial for allegedly violating a government ban on unnecessary movement during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations Apr...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe trial date set
HARARE West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance)'s trial for breaching the national lockdown regulations will commence on November 24.Mamombe faces charges of contravening section 4(1)(a) o...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill Mamombe faces Parly recall
MDC HARARE WEST legislator Joana Mamombe is facing a recall from Parliament after doctors confirmed that she suffers from mental illness. On Thursday ZANU-PF legislator for Mberengwa North Hon...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blocks debate on Mamombe incarceration
OPPOSITION MDC legislators this week unsuccessfully tried to bring the case of incarcerated Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe up for discussion in bid to get the youngest MP in the National Assembl...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs confront Mudenda
MDC Alliance MPs on Tuesday confronted National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda over the continued incarceration of Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe.The embattled Mamombe was earlier this ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe challenges imprisonment
OPPOSITION Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance), who was remanded in custody by a Harare magistrate who wants her examined for mental illness by two government doctors, has approached ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe should undergo mental exam'
THE State yesterday indicated that it wants MDC-Alliance member, Joana Mamombe, to be examined by two Government doctors to ascertain her mental condition after her doctor indicated that she was suffe...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa appoints Jessie Majome
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in former Harare West legislator and a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Jessie Majome as one of Commissioner for the Zimbabwe A...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
MP Mamombe must carry her cross: Court
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC-Alliance), who is facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutionally elected government after participating in last January's deadly violence, had her app...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff repoirter
Masendeke detective wants top job
A former top police officer says he deserves to be appointed among the new commissioners for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) because he was behind the arrest of notorious criminals Elia...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Harare West MP seeks removal from remand
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance), who is accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally-elected government after addressing a Press conference during the protests organised by the ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi goes scot-free
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has not been censured for allegedly threatening to his kill his ex-wife and damaging her property because no police report has been made a week after the shocking incident,...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Of a book on democracy and democracy hypocrites
Last week MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa was on cloud nine when he officially co-launched with former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo the book, Democracy Works – Re-wiring politics to Afr...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC MP seeks removal from remand
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance) yesterday notified the court that she would demand her removal from remand if she is not given a trial date on her next remand date.Mamombe,...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe in the dock
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC-Alliance), who is facing charges of subversion, yesterday appeared in court, with her lawyer indicating his intention to file an application for the temporary...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 4 | by Staff rpeorter
Mawarire freedom bid flops again
#THIS Flag Movement leader Evan Mawarire on Tuesday failed in his bid for freedom after his application for refusal of further remand was thrown out.Mawarire is being charged with subversion, ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Tension mounts as MDC Youth leadership battle rages
Tension has surfaced between members of the Movement for Democratic Youth Assembly (MDCYA) as there is jostling of power ahead of the elective Youth Congress penciled for 22-24 May 2019.An MDC...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa MP's freedom bid flops
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application filed by Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe (MDC Alliance) challenging her placement on remand, where the MP claimed that she was unlawfully a...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira seeks ConCourt relief
Former cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira has applied for referral of Section 174 (1) a and b of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act chapter 9.23 which speaks to criminal abuse of office as a...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress countdown: Chamisa out of his depth
The MDC Alliance elective congress has been pencilled for 24 to 26 May after many months of wishing it away to buy time on the part of that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa.Since seizing the lea...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC @19: A lamentation over the death of democracy
This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing the event over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While t...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe 2018 elections marginalised women
The recent general elections in Zimbabwe provide a classic case study for marginalisation of women in key political process in any given country. The elections, in which women were largely condemned t...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 15 | by Makho-Precious Moyo
Justice Chigumba the Iron Lady of Zimbabwe election
On 30 July, Zimbabwe went to the polls which were tightly contested with a registered record of 23 Presidential hopefuls. Of these, there were two top horses, President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU PF) an...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 14:18hrs | 2 | by Elijah Chihota
Majome hails Harare West residents for supporting her
Harare West legislator for MDC-T Jessie Majome has hailed residents for supporting her even if er party had ditched her in the run up to the primary elections."I am deeply touched by your supp...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T Harare West MP refuses to step down from contesting the seat
MDC-T Harare West legislator Jessie Majome who is contesting the seat as an independent candidates after fissures escalated over imposition of candidates in the party has refused to listen to calls by...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 10:38hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Majome files to run as an independent candidate
HARARE West legislator Jessie Majome (MDC-T) has filed her nomination papers as an independent candidate but pledged to back MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa in the upcoming general ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC dithers as election date nears
THE countdown to the July 30 harmonised elections enters the homestretch today when the Nomination Court sits to accept successful candidates countrywide. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and s...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Women MPs savage Mliswa
Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa (independent) on Wednesday attracted the wrath of female MPs after saying most of them were useless, wasting taxpayers' money and only good at wearing make-up and wig...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female MPs only good at wearing make-up and wigs, says 'sexiest' Mliswa
NORTON legislator Mr Temba Mliswa on Wednesday attracted the wrath of female MPs after saying most of them were useless, wasting tax payers' money and only good at wearing make-up and wigs.Mr ...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries - Part II of II
This article was originally published by ZOOMZimbabwe.com While the grassroots are eyeing the July elections, the top officials are eyeing the December...Published: 27 May 2018 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Mudzuri slams imposition of 'rich strangers' in MDC-T
MDC-T deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri yesterday confirmed the chaos rocking the party's process to select representatives ahead of national elections, alleging imposition of "rich strangers" a...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Majome speaks out
MDC-T Harare West legislator Ms Jessie Majome yesterday opened up on the abuse she has suffered in the opposition party, saying some party officials were saying she was old and must go herd donkeys in...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reaches out to Majome
MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi has said Harare West legislator Jessie Majome, who has opted out of the primary election race citing irregularities, jumped the gun because she did not wait for...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jessie Majome accuse MDC-T leadership of betrayal
HARARE West legislator Jessie Majome has accused the MDC-T leadership of betrayal, a day after her shock withdrawal from the opposition party's primary elections.In an exclusive interview with...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 28000 register to vote in Harare west
Harare West Legislator Jessie Majome has said over 28000 people have registered to vote in this year's election."Well done Harare West for registering to vote during ZEC's mobile voter registr...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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