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US$1,4bn lithium project for Mutoko
South African conglomerate, the Moti Group is forging ahead with its planned lithium project at its 10 000-hectare site in Mutoko, Zimbabwe after receiving promising valuations on the venture's long-t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Property owners given ultimatum
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has issued an ultimatum to property owners to pay their bills or risk their properties being attached.HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo said the local authority was owe...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate challenges election results in court
The Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) House of Assembly candidate for Mutasa South constituency, Regai Tsunga, has initiated legal action by filing a petition with the Electoral Court to challeng...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:40hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: CCC 'legal case' for foreign run fresh election
NB: Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Below is the CCC 'legal case' against Zimbabwe's sovereignty, which calls for foreigners to organise and conduct fresh elections in Zimbabwe.The entire ...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 23:01hrs | 1913 | by Jonathan Moyo
Plot to ruin Mnangagwa's inauguration
When ZEC declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the 2023 harmonised general election on 26 August 2023, the constitutional clock started ticking in respect of at least two constitutional timelin...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 3054 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa faces 4 September deadline
Although the seven days within which anyone seeking to file a ConCourt application to overturn ZEC's declaration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the duly elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe expire ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 20:50hrs | 708 | by Jonathan Moyo
US court rejects Zimbabwe's bid to evade US$440m payment
A FEDERAL judge in the United States (US) recently tossed a bid by the Zimbabwe government to escape payment of some US$440.3 million compensation awarded to a European family over Harare's controvers...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gains majority of proportional representation seats in Matebeleland
ZANU-PF has clinched a majority of party proportional representation seats in Bulawayo and Matebeleland South provinces while the main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) secured mor...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Zambians came to observe Zimbabwe elections with a axe to grind
There are no matters arising from the preliminary reports by the Commonwealth and the AU election observers, pending the release of their final reports in two or so months.Otherwise, election ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1036 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's opposition parties slam 'uneven playing field' ahead of 2023 general elections
OPPOSITION parties in Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the lack of preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to deliver a free, fair, credible and uncontested outcome in the general ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zec put on spot over Mwonzora pullout?
LEGISLATIVE watchdog, Veritas, has called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to remove MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's name from the ballot paper for presidential candidates to avoid confusing...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Biti hit with costs for delaying US$1m defamation lawsuit
CCC politician Tendai Biti has been hit with costs incurred by Augur Investments and its owner Mr Kenneth Sharpe over the US$1 million civil lawsuit against him for allegedly defaming the land develop...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt shutters Kasukuwere's hopes
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has sounded the death knell on Saviour Kasukuwere's diminishing hopes of contesting the 2023 presidential election after dismissing an application filed by the exil...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 22:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa no saint, but Chamisa sleeping on duty'
WITH three weeks before Zimbabwe holds general elections on August 23, there is already a sense of déjà vu among those following the run up to the polls.This week, leading analysts said they...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Polling stations published, postal voting extended
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has identified and published 12 370 preliminary polling stations that will be used in the harmonised elections slated for August 23.The polling stations...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sham elections likely to spark uprisings - Analysts
THE failure by regional bodies to deal with disputed elections in Zimbabwe could lead to a possible revolution, a new report has warned.Zimbabwe will hold general elections on 23 August 2023 b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbavwe sleepwalks into another unfair, discredited election
AS Zimbabwe sleepwalks into yet another sham election, amid the brazen subversion of citizens' constitutional right to vote for representatives of their choice, the 23 August polls are already irretri...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists decry Zimbabwe's 'tainted' Judiciary
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court ruling that disqualified its 12 aspiring parliamentary candidates in Bulawayo.H...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere team itching for a fight
SAVIOUR Kasukuwere's campaign team has said they are mobilising for a mass demonstration in all the provinces adding that the litigation route has proved to be futile.Addressing the media in H...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to fight and fight hard
CITIZENS Coalition for Change has said they are prepared to fight hard in defense of their impending victory in this year's general election adding that so far there are clear indicators that the elec...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere back on ballot paper, says lawyer
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere is back on the ballot paper after his legal team successfully appealed the nullification of his nomination at the Supreme Court on Thursday....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere confirms receipt of Zimbabwe electronic voters' roll
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change has finally been availed with an electronic copy of the voters' roll by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), with a month remaining until the August general el...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zapu frets over move to disqualify its candidates
Former Zapu secretary-general Strike Mnkandla says a court challenge against his candidacy and other opposition candidates was a deliberate Zanu-PF strategy to eliminate challengers in the August 23 e...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you failed to uphold the Constitution
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, I have reason to believe there is overwhelming evidence that your presidential term was destined to be retrogressive. It has long been char...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Flurry of court cases casts shadow on August 23 polls
A string of court cases challenging processes leading to the August 23 elections has raised the spectre of Zimbabwe holding another disputed poll with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's challengers compla...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants 15 CCC candidates nullified
THE opposition CCC failed to meet the deadline to register 15 of its National Assembly Members in Bulawayo on June 21 and Zanu-PF is contesting the decision by the Zimbabwe Election Commission to exte...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police want to beef numbers for polls
THE Home Affairs ministry has approached treasury for funding to oil its operations ahead of the August 23 elections including recruiting more police officers, Parliament heard.Officials in th...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe continues fight in US courts to block payment of US$277m land reform suit
ZIMBABWE continues its fight in the United States (US) to block enforcement of a US$277 million arbitration award to a German and Swiss family which stems from the country's controversial land reform ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Moyo
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Musa Kika
High Court orders attachment of VFEX listed WestPro's land
A High Court judge has ordered the attachment of land belonging to Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) listed West Property Holdings (WestPro) to offset a longstanding debt with a contractor....Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman's bid to nullify divorce flops
A High Court judge has dismissed an application by a Mazowe woman to nullify her divorce from her late ex-husband.Martha Nyathi, nee Nyarira, an ex-wife to the late Chemist Nyathi, was contest...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs secretary in meddling storm
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji has been accused of meddling in a case where he made attempts to summon his counterpart, secretary for Local Government ministry Zvinechimwe Churu, on be...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman demands US$4 million from former partner
TOP banker and marketing specialist, Mr Douglas Mamvura, is demanding payment of US$4 million from his former business partner Mr George Manyere, over a deal involving the sale of shares of an investm...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 14:30hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa ratchets up political persecution, claims ZLHR
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Rights (ZLHR), an organisation that protects and defends human rights through sustainable litigation, has raised concern over the continued prosecution of perceived opponents ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police call for revival of fast track trial courts
THE Commissioner-General of police Godwin Matanga has called for the revival of fast track trial courts to speed up the finalisation of criminal cases and restore confidence in the justice system....Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patrice Motsepe, Katlego Danke actress in love relationship storm
Katlego Danke has denied "unfounded and malicious rumours" doing the rounds on social media that associate her with businessman Patrice Motsepe.The actress says she has enlisted the services o...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmer takes Zimbabwe land seizure fight to Supreme Court
A Gweru farmer, whose farm was seized by the government, has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court after the High Court dropped her challenge while claiming the case was too political to be handled ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer pleads for court protection against "antagonising" Ken Sharpe aide
Top lawyer Alec Muchadehama was forced to plead for court protection against controversial businessman Ken Sharpe's aide, Tatiana Aleshina who had turned abusive after he handed her a torrid time duri...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 22:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | 5 | by Jamwanda
Spar Zimbabwe should take full responsibility for heinous murder of its employee!
This morning, I had the inspiration to pen an article on an entirely different topic - which is in the same mould as my usual social justice advocacy on matters bedevilling ordinary Zimbabweans....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:48hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Operation Dudula takes to streets over Zimbabwe permit extension
Members of Operation Dudula demonstrated outside the high court in Pretoria on Monday in opposition to the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP) extension.The lobby group wants to join a court appli...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans appeal for legal fees
THE Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) says it has no funds to support its court challenge seeking an urgent order to assert the rights of children with parents that are in South Af...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Probe red flags Zec ahead of polls
Zimbabwe Civil Society Anti-Corruption Coalition (ZCSACC), a grouping of 22 organisations drawn from diverse sectors, has produced a damning report on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying t...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rights commission says to broke to monitor 2023 polls
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned that it may not be able to monitor the 2023 elections citing budgetary constraints.In a report presented in Parliament last week, the ZHR...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa MPs jostle for US$40,000 housing loan
PARLIAMENTARIANS are legally bound to service the recently extended US$40 000 residential stands loans at an interest rate of 5% for the next five years.Some MPs have offered vehicles as colla...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff rteporter
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