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Zimbabwe @ 41: The victim's lasting solution to the Gukurahundi Holocaust
Zimbabwe is still at rail-road crossing with regard to the Gukurahundi genocide whose resolution remains elusive forty-one (41) years on. The signage is unambiguously restricting any break-through wha...Published: 10 hrs ago | 532 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Police block anti-Mwonzora protest
Police yesterday blocked MDC-T supporters from staging a demonstration against their leader Douglas Mwonzora whom they accuse of stealing $6 355 000 from party coffers.Mwonzora's former close ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2266 | by Staff reporter
JSC workers spy on judges, says Justice Ndewere
SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, yesterday gave evidence to the retired judge Justice Simbi Mubako-led tribunal investigating her suitability to sit on the bench, claiming that Judici...Published: 12 hrs ago | 704 | by Staff reporter
Top cop appeals to ZACC
Lawyers representing police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, have written to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (ZACC) saying the commission's investigator Mr Eric Chacha must recuse himself as he is allegedly...Published: 12 hrs ago | 464 | by Staff reporter
SMM loses mining claims
SMM Holdings administrator Afaras Gwaradzimba allegedly sold land under the company's mining leases, with the land set to be converted into residential stands. SMM, formerly owned by businessm...Published: 12 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga placed on Interpol Red Notice
Millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has been placed on Interpol's Red Notice at the request of Zimbabwean police, freshly-leaked documents show.The 41-year-old gold coins trader - who has sq...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2325 | by Staff reporter
Duo takes turns to rape woman on mountain
Two Bindura suspected robbers cheated death through mob justice after they allegedly broke into a couple's village hut, robb...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2608 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Ex-policeman turned serial armed robber seeks bail
One of the country's serial armed robber and former Masvingo Central police officer Rudolf Kanhanga alias Tapiwa Munatsi (29) who exchanged gunfire with a police crack team in an attempt to evade arre...Published: 23 hrs ago | 661 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe appeal hearing deferred
MDC-Alliance's Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri had their High Court appeal challenging the magistrates' court decision refusing them bail on the grounds of changed circumstances deferred to next we...Published: 23 hrs ago | 145 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parliament return stalled
PURPORTED People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Benjamin Rukanda has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court challenging Justice Amy Tsanga's ruling which nullified the exp...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 5434 | by Staff reporter
Delay in judges appointments deliberate, claims 'Rights defenders'
HUMAN rights defenders have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of deliberately delaying the appointment of Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges as he awaits the enactment of the Constitutional Ame...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:29hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T activist petitions for Mwonzora arrest
MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga has petitioned Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to arrest opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora for alleged theft of $6 355 000 from party coffers.According to the ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba threatened me, claims Justice Ndewere
EMBATTLED High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere says Chief Justice Luke Malaba threatened to drag her to a hearing if she failed to follow his instruction and deny bail to former Labour and Social W...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Way: Govt to challenge High Court ruling
GOVERNMENT has revealed plans to challenge last week's High Court ruling barring the Local Government ministry from renaming Bulawayo streets after President Emmerson Mnangagwa, among other heroes....Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Teachers are not enemies of State
THE government exposes its true nature with each pass-ing moment and not only does it make bold, dumb, illegal and reckless statements, but it does it with so much lack of thought and arrogance. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 617 | by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 6920 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs, police clash over gold claims
RULING Zanu-PF party officials in Gokwe North district have accused local police officers of leading an illegal mining syndicate and blocking locals and traditional leaders from mining following a gol...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Woman sparks gold rush
A gold rush spawned by discovery of ore by a woman in Gokwe North District has seen more than 8 000 people descending on Tongogara community a fortnight ago to illegally extract the mineral. ...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Parly okays scrapping running mate clause
The Second Bill to amend the Constitution sailed through the National Assembly yesterday after it got an overwhelming two thirds majority vote required for its passage. At least 191 MPs predom...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
SA, Zimbabwe cigarette price war escalates
THE seizure of a truckload of illegal cigarettes reportedly from Zimbabwe underlines the war raging between criminal operators in South Africa's illicit tobacco trade.Authorities confirmed the...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Second wife joins divorce proceedings
THE High Court has granted permission to a second wife to be part of divorce proceedings between her husband and his first wife. High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba accepted a joinder appl...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | 4549 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says Patriotic Bill mustn't be allowed
POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) member and opposition National Constitutional Assem-bly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has been critical of constitutional amendments which seek to grant President Emm...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for increased vaccine uptake
MASHONALAND West and Midlands provinces have recorded low vaccination uptake since the beginning of the exercise, with Health and Child Care Minister and Vice President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, calli...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Businessman reports 'connected' Bulawayo High Court Judge to JSC
Businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat has reported Bulawayo High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) alleging improper conduct after losing an appeal involving a US$1...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Mavima bullies Smeĺly, vows to send her to jail
Midlands Provincial Minister, Larry Mavima has come under fire from women groups for allegedly openly boasting causing recent arrest of Gweru busine...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 3213 | by Paul Ndou
View from Up Here
Zimbabwe independence is like the sun in the middle of winter. It struggles to come out of a heavy dark cloud. It is cold, yet it is hot. People yearn for its heat.What is the meaning of indep...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 08:11hrs | 465 | by Peter Muzira
LSZ deregisters Bulawayo lawyer for double-dipping
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has deregistered Bulawayo lawyer Llyod Manokore, who is also the founder of Manokore Attorneys DLA Piper Africa Zimbabwe, for double-dipping after representing two pa...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Opposition MPs confront Ziyambi
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has denied opposition claims there was selective application of the law in the country.Opposition MPs Wednesday accused government of arbitrary arrests and det...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:09hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs cry foul over forex accounts
Zanu-PF legislators say they are finding it increasingly difficult to conduct business because banks are rejecting their applications for foreign currency-dominated accounts citing sanctions by wester...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:28hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Why are you allowing Chief Justice Luke Malaba to be made a fool of?
When the present government successfully carried out its coup against the tyrant Robert Mugabe, I applied for a temporary position in public relations. I had lined up a group of professors, we had our...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1719 | by Ken Mufuka
Zimbabwe breaks law for US$50m Covid-19 vaccines loan
Zimbabwe has contracted yet another US$50 million loan from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to finance its Covid-19 vaccination programme despite government claims it is using internal res...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:15hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to proceed with Independence Day protest
FIREBRAND pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF MPs blocking from opening nostro accounts'
BUHERA South MP, Joseph Chinotimba says he and some other Zanu-PF officials were struggling to find a bank that could allow them to open nostro accounts due to sanctions imposed on them by the United ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:55hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
The lame duck approach to gukurahundi genocide: A case of stitching rear opening of alimentary canal to cure diarrhoea
As Zimbabwe celebrates what it calls independence, forty-one (41) years on, government's lame duck approach to the resolution of the gukurahundi genocide disappointingly remains the case of stitching ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | 236 | by Nhlanhla Moses
More trouble for Malaba as lawyers gird up for fight
TWO lawyer groupings, one in Harare and another in Bulawayo, are preparing to challenge the passing of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill in parliament last Tuesday, a move which pote...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:25hrs | 4202 | by Staff reporter
Court shoots down Mnangagwa road renaming
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re¬name Bulawayo city roads in his name has hit a snag after a High Court judge blocked the move.Last year, Local Government minister July Moyo ordered t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2054 | by Staff Reporter
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | 5175 | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign: Human Rights Orgs /institutions & Churches conflict of interest
Many doubting Thomases think that the Black lives Matter (BLM)campaign has no genuine cause. Some evil people who are proracist are trying to denigrate that campaign or vilify it, so that they d...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:36hrs | 363 | by Njabulo
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens grip on power
LAST week's move by the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) is a brazen attempt to consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power while emascul...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | 4544 | by Staff reporter
Idolisation of champions of corruption
We are just two days away from celebrating Zimbabwe's independence from the shackles of colonialism. For some painful years, we have been trying to decide how best we can fight the cancerous worm of c...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 252 | by Sharon Hofisi
Landmark ruling on vehicle plates
GOVERNMENT has been ordered to reimburse motorists who paid for new vehicle registration plates in foreign currency since July last year, but failed to get them.In a landmark ruling on Wednesd...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's proposed Patriotic Bill: Whither Zimbabwe at 41?
ACCORDING to the permanent secretary in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry Virginia Mabhiza, as quoted in The Sunday Mail on October 4 2020, her ministry drafted principles of a "Pa...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:42hrs | 183 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Residents should only pay for services provided
IN an article https://www.herald.co.zw/ councils-shoulder-blame-for-poor-service-delivery/ on November 15, 2019, Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe president and Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe was quo...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 132 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Govt not persecuting MDC activists'
GOVERNMENT is not persecuting or victimising political activists but applies the law indiscriminately with the legal system providing checks and balances, a Cabinet Minister said. Justice, Leg...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira applies for separation of trial
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira has applied for separation of trial in a matter in which she is jointly charged with ex-Public Service Commission (PSC) permanent Secretary Ngoni Masoka on cor...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5277 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3143 | by Staff reporter
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