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Sharpe plots to bloc witness from testifying against him
Pokugara Properties, owned by controversial businessman Ken Sharpe, which caused the arrest of a State witness testifying against it for malicious damage to property has applied to have the same witne...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1114 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Biti chides July Moyo
PROMINENT lawyer, Tendai Biti, has shot salvos at Minister of local government, July Moyo, saying he is walking on slippery ground after the latter's lawyers applied for a postponement of a matter Har...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:38hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
'CCC slogan same as Zanu-PF's'
DEFENCE lawyers for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mkoba legislator Amos Chibaya and 24 other opposition activists who were arrested in Budiriro last weekend for allegedly disturbing public peace...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
'The Crocodile has not changed'
The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party has warned of violence and repression by the ruling Zanu-PF party to ensure victory in elections scheduled for later this year.In an interview wi...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala 'violence' video played in court
VIDEO evidence of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson Job Sikhala allegedly inciting public violence was yesterday played at the Harare Magistrates Court during his trial.Sikh...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
'Female CCC members fondled in prison vehicle'
LAWYERS representing 25 members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) who were arrested last week in Harare's Budiriro suburb have accused the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services wardens o...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, army officers in violent clashes
VILLAGERS in the Chiadzwa area of Manicaland province this week clashed with soldiers and police officers manning the Marange diamond fields.The confrontation erupted at Chingome Business Cent...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:20hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 966 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's teen activist trial to be held in camera
THE bail application for the 26 Citizens Coalition for Change activists including legislators Amos Chibaya (Mkoba) and Costa Machingauta (Budiriro) who are accused for gathering with the intent to cau...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:41hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears case by Zanu-PF activist that could upend delimitation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday began hearing an application by a Zanu-PF supporter seeking to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to restart the process of delimitation of constituency...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga should act on health licence fees
REGULATORY authorities are some of the major cost drivers of health service delivery in our country.With health financing mainly out-of-pocket, achieving universal health coverage (UHC) become...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 883 | by Johannes Marisa
Chamisa says politicians behind police brutality
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said securocrats in the country were being used by politicians to clamp down on civilians ahead of polls expected later t...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in 4ED nightmare
Zanu-PF has revealed that it is having sleepless nights over dozens of sprouting shadowy for-ED groups being formed to ostensibly buttress President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-election bid in general ele...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:24hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises to end 'terror tactics'
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has described an attack on a lawyer by police on Saturday as a "new low" for the country's checkered human rights record.In a statement, the LSZ demanded an i...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:24hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls corruption jolts July Moyo into action
LOCAL Government and Public Works minister July Moyo has recommended the Victoria Falls City Council to come up with a robust housing policy whose absence is fuelling the rampant illegal allocation of...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:27hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Lobels fires 400 employees for challenging sexual harassment
LOBELS Biscuits has dismissed more than 400 workers at its Belmont factory in Bulawayo for participating in demonstrations over sexual harassment , nepotism and low wages, among others.The wor...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
High School faces lawsuit over uniform
GOROMONZI High School faces a lawsuit after it barred two pupils it recently admitted for Form One over their parents' failure to buy school uniforms from the boarding school, at about twice the price...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 11:22hrs | 1063 | by Staff Reporter
Clergyman convicted over an anti-government protest
A 52-year-old clergyman and an apostolic sect leader, has been convicted over holding an anti-government protest.Kanyenzura Parere, a Bishop of Mirirai Jehovha Apostolic Church was convic...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:56hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections crucial test of Mnangagwa's Statesmanship
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, by now, most of the determined would-be contestants for public office are already geared for the imminent race. Although t...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:53hrs | 220 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Chat GPT: The AI revolution that could change the face of Zimbabwe's economy
As artificial intelligence technologies like Chat GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) become more widely adopted, there is growing concern about the potential impact on employment in various ind...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 14:20hrs | 1723 | by Taedzwa Chikono
Zec delimitation report challenger hounded
A Zanu-PF activist and former Zicosu president Tonderai Chidawa, who last week challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report, says he is being hounded by suspected...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Winky D manipulated Holy Ten into singing politics?
Hip Hop artist Holy Ten has suggested that Zim Dancehall star Winky D manipulated him into pushing his (Winky) political agenda by featuring him in his song "Ibotso".In an interview with Dj Ol...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 16:29hrs | 1215 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
ZANU PF affiliate wants Winky D music banned
An organisation linked to the ruling party ZANU PF has called for the ban of Winky D's music following the launch of his highly subscribed latest album Eureka.While addressing the media today ...Published: 03 Jan 2023 at 20:19hrs | 3191 | by Desmond Nleya
Strange sickness strikes Job Sikhala...colon cancer suspected
CCC lawmaker Job Sikhala has reported that he is suffering from a strange illness that is worrying him. In a letter from Chikurubi Maximum Prison Sikhala said he has been fearing to talk abiut...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 13:41hrs | 4151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Update on Sikhala trial
Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, Job Sikhala's court representative has provided new information regarding the CCC Legislator Job Sikhala who was arrested earlier this year.Trial for Sikhala has been ...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:08hrs | 1287 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa gives Zuma ultimatum
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his predecessor Jacob Zuma until Monday to withdraw his "abusive" private prosecution against him, failing which the unprecedented and politically explosive situation co...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3278 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers demand repeal of Mnangagwa insult laws
ZIMBABWE rights lawyers have want the government to repeal the law which criminalises insulting or undermining the authority of the President against citizens who express themselves on matters to do w...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala continues to sing the blues
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed Job Sikhala's application for exception in a case he is being accused of obstructing the course of justice.Sikhala, who is being represented by Jeremiah Bhamu...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga's ex-wife complains over magistrate
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga's former wife Chantelle Muteswa has filed a letter of complaint to Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, the Judicial Service Commission and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruptio...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 410 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Poem: Africa's Shining Star
A selfless, fearless human rights iconFor many a girl child, she is a beaconConsidered one of the bravest lawyers in Africa...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 21:51hrs | 348 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Zanu-PF sets rules, guidelines for affiliate organisations
ORGANISATIONS affiliated to Zanu-PF must be guided by the revolutionary party's values and ethos, the party's Secretary for the Commissariat, Mike Bimha, has said.Speaking after a meeting that...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala challenges splitting of charges as trial starts
OPPOSITION lawmaker Job Sikhala, currently locked up at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, on Monday pleaded not guilty when he appeared for trial before Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.Sikhala is o...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Staff exodus hits Zimbabwe's NPA, AG
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) acting director-general Nelson Mutonziwa has revealed that his office has been hit by a massive exodus of sharp legal minds due to poor remuneration and conditions...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial starts
CCC legislator Job Sikhala has today denied charges of obstructing police investigations into the alleged murder of Moreblessing Ali by her boyfriend and the violence that rocked the Nyatsime area som...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in eye of storm
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora's "unanimous" nomination as party president could be short-lived as one of his allies has approached the High Court challenging his nomination.MDC Allia...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Fresh voters' roll headache for Zec
A local independent election watchdog has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the High Court seeking an order directing the electoral management body to release a soft copy of the voter...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:14hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been sued over their arbitrary ban on a demonstration against the looting of diamonds in Marange and failure b...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officer faces grim prospect of his pay being garnished for torturing civilian
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer could soon have his monthly salary garnished to pay up ZW$400,000 damages to a Chitungwiza man, Ednock Dube, who he tortured for violating Covid-19 curfew regu...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates Buyanga arrest warrant
THE High Court has set aside the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for South Africa-based controversial businessperson Frank Buyanga Sadiqi.This follows an application by the National Prosec...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga seeks recusal of SA judge for throwing himself into proceedings
SOUTH Africa based property mogul, Frank Buyanga, currently locked up in a South African prison, has applied for recusal of High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda in a case he is seeking freedom....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:49hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
NSSA a curse upon pensioners and vehicle for fleecing Zimbabweans!
As Zimbabwe continues to spiral out of control in an economic vortex - sinking deeper into an abyss - numerous employees are getting laid off from companies without any terminal benefits, becoming mor...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 16:07hrs | 1221 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Marange villagers take police head-on
CHIADZWA villagers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have sued the police for banning a planned demonstration against the looting of diamonds and human rights abuses perpetrated by State security...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's persecution by courts painful and unnecessary, says top ANC official
ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize has weighed in on former president Jacob Zuma's impending return to prison, describing it as painful and an unnecessary punishment for an 80 year old.Mkhi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga further remanded in custody
CONTROVERSIAL South African-based Zimbabwe businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has been further remanded in custody to Friday or next Tuesday to allow South African authorities to verify his identity doc...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each
THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
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