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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
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
Zimbabwe's human rights record spoiled by 'over politicisation' of issues
Jessie Majome, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), has emphasized the need for greater public education on human rights to enhance their appreciation and impact on improving li...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 08:15hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Founders High School acquires 72-seater bus
Founders High School in Bulawayo celebrated a significant milestone as it unveiled its first-ever 72-seater bus, marking a historic occasion since its establishment in 1952. The event was filled with ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:32hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge
Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the jud...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints former opposition MP as Human Rights Commission chair
Fungayi Jessie Majome, the former Harare West MDC-T MP, has been appointed as the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), effective immediately.The announcement was made by...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints his top prosecutor as new ZACC boss
President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Michael Reza as the new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson while former Deputy Minister Ms Fungayi Jessie Majome is now the Zimbabwe Human Righ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointment stirs controversy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of Deputy Prosecutor-General Michael Reza as new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson to replace Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, who is now Pro...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Time to re-energise the opposition
The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to att...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Suspected armed robbers acquitted due to 'shoddy police work’
Only two members of a seven-person gang were found guilty of carrying out a series of armed robberies in and around Karoi, revealing flaws in the investigations conducted by local police detectives....Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 17:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, councils partner in anticorruption fight
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has engaged local authorities in the fight against corruption.This was revealed by Zacc commissioner Jessie Majome during a three-day integrity w...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Human trafficking Zimbabwe cop faces probe
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched an internal investigation against a Chirundu-based officer who is facing a charge of human trafficking, NewsDay has gathered.Paul Chaza was recently g...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland's untapped acting talent impresses film producers
AUDITIONS for the upcoming Zimbabwean film featuring Tongayi Chirisa have closed with producers now finalising the selection for the lead role.Auditions for the film which is set to be shot in...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politics in generational transition
It seems there is a growth in the number of younger candidates being nominated to represent the parties in the upcoming polls.ONE of the most stubborn facts is that the old die, and the new are bo...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Ntando Dumani
Mnangagwa expands empire in Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, members of the First Family and his close allies, who include former State Security minister Owen Ncube, have amassed significant wealth in the form of immovable property...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zacc commissioner blames law
A COMMISSIONER in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), Jessie Majome (pictured), has conceded the institution's failure to nail down culprits that are abusing public funds and resources, bu...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA Labour Court sets aside dismissal of three Zimbabwe immigrant lecturers
The Labour Court in Gqeberha has granted four lecturers, who are foreign nationals, an interdict to set aside their dismissals by the Port Elizabeth TVET College's Iqhayiya Campus.In the written r...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabwe youth were to emulate yesteryear generation there would be a liberation struggle against our new oppressors
When we were studying George Orwell's masterpiece, 'Animal Farm', during our Ordinary Level English Literature - there were always some gnawing questions standing out in my mind.Were these pig...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 14:41hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC top officials fall for ZANU PF money
There are reports reaching this reporter indicating that some Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior members are stampeding for ZANU PF's stipends as the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 11:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers remain in custody
ELEVEN Karoi armed robbers who went on a rampage around the farming town were further remanded in custody by a local magistrate.Jessie Kufa remanded them until October 24, when the State is ex...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver jailed for stealing fuel
A HARARE truck driver has been jailed four years for stealing 43 652 litres of fuel worth US$40 814, and replacing it with water to hide the theft.Paul Mberi (51) was arrested at Chirundu Bord...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's backyard hit by fresh divisions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard, the Midlands province, has been hard hit by fresh turmoil after losing three crucial seats in last week's by-elections with rival factions blaming and threaten...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Zacc commissioner's probe tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by a further one month, the tenure of the tribunal set up in 2020 to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissione...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF terror gangs haunt Kwekwe
AT the turn of the new millennium, dozens of Zanu-PF supporters turned up at a newly built lodge, Jessie Gardens and the guest of honour was Owen Ncube, better known by his moniker Mudha Mugabe then....Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi suffers double stroke, mental health collapse
FORMER Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was hounded by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and senior officials from the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs following the submissi...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rally murder: 11 out
ELEVEN of the 16 youths who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter at a rally in Kwekwe, Midlands province, on Sunday have been released amid re...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police finger Zanu-PF in CCC Kwekwe violence
POLICE have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of perpetrating the weekend violence in Kwekwe which left two opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters dead and 17 others injured, with ei...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor General Hodzi quits
Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday resigned from his position on medical grounds, the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced.Chief Secretary to the President and Cab...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violence Rocks New Zanu-PF Mashonaland West PCC
VIOLENCE dominated the new Zanu-PF provincial joint council of the main wing, women's and youth leagues' inaugural meeting held in Chinhoyi Saturday.The meeting was meant to officially hand ov...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for 7th time
Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men's Ballon d'Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain's...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'High Court clogged with high-profile graft cases'
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) chief law officer Michael Reza says several bigwigs facing graft charges were resorting to taking their cases to the High Court in a bid to delay prosecution....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war propaganda has lost its aura
SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) seems headed towards the same route as other African liberation movements which delivered their countries from colonial rule but failed to deliver on the...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa extends tribunal tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by six months the tenure of the tribunal set up last year to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner Frank ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC crumbles under Cyril Ramaphosa
UNDER President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC seems to be falling apart. The once-glorious movement seems to be a former shadow of its past. These sentiments are shared by, among others, the staff ...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora labels Jonathan Moyo as yesterday politician
MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has mocked former Zanu-PF chief propagandist Professor Jonathan Moyo saying he was far from being clever as a political strategist.Mwonzora, whose party has a ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa did not assent to constitutional Bill?
THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has conceded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not assent to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill before it became an Act, paving way for a potentially int...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Race to 'save' Zimbabwe's constitution
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late Robert Mugabe via a November 2017 military coup, he promised to preserve the constitution and to respect the rule of law. Less t...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's appointment above board, court rules
When President Mnangagwa chose Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the Prosecutor General after asking the Judicial Service Commission for a second list of nominees he was exercising his constitutional discretion to...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ace Magashule suspension was a 'coup'
Mutumwa Mawere, a businessman and former ANC branch chairperson, has accused the party of effecting a "coup d'etat" for suspending secretary-general (SG) Ace Magashule.Mawere told a virtual si...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brotherly advice to Hon Joanna Mamombe
In our families, communities, religious and political groupings and even at workplaces, people tend to be hesitant to tell each other the truth especially that which is deemed the unpalatable truth. H...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:51hrs | | by Harare West Constituency Voter
Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba
Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matin...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police recruits to undergo victim-friendly training
POLICE recruits are now required to undergo mandatory victim-friendly training to enable them to appreciate human rights issues related to sexual abuse and gender-based violence (GBV).This was...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's desperate MP sues Mwonzora over constitutional amendments
MDC ALLIANCE Chitungwiza North legislator Godfrey Sithole has dragged MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora together with 67 other senators to the Constitutional Court seeking the rescission of the Constituti...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP sues Mnangagwa
CHITUNGWIZA North legislator Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for assenting to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill, which he argues was illegal...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops, prosecutors in acquittals storm
Corruption syndicates comprising police officers, prosecutors and magistrates are reportedly soliciting bribes from suspects before organising acquittals through sloppy investigations and prosecution....Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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