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Mamombe, Chimbiri approach ConCourt
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have filed a notice to apply for referral of their matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).The two stand accused of ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
High Court ends Makomborero Haruzivishe's incarceration
Prominent MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was granted bail by the High Court on the last of his three pending criminal cases on Friday - ending his nearly 10-month pre-trial incarceratio...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa warns Chamisa
Zanu-PF national acting political commissar, Patrick Chinamasa Saturday made a chilling warning to MDC Alliance activists against intimidating its members who defect to the ruling party.Chinam...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa desperate for international community support to remove Zanu PF
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is on a diplomatic charm offensive to ensure that he wins the impending 2023 polls.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjTLBpyxX4Zimbabwe has frosty rel...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 18:34hrs | 26 | by Chamunorwa Guzha
Chamisa's MDC, Zanu-PF in violent clashes
VIOLENT clashes, pitting Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance activists, left scores of people injured after ruling party supporters attempted to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Z...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police inaction worrying
POLICE inaction on the recent attack of opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is not only worrying, but points to an uneven political playing field that could turn bloody ahead of the 2023 ele...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC activists application for exception dismissed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception by five MDC Alliance activists accused of violating COVID-19 regulations.Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe, Stanley Manyenga, C...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses MDC Alliance activists' application
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Taurai Manwere yesterday dismissed five MDC Alliance activists' application for exception to the charges where they allegedly staged an unsanctioned demonstration during ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF alliance exposed
THE opposition MDC Alliance and civic society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused the police of working with Zanu-PF to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Masvingo pro...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa labels attack on convoy 'primitive'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday labelled an attack on his convoy a day earlier "primitive" as Zanu-PF denied responsibility.Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo p...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio acquitted
THREE MDC Alliance activists, who were arrested and arraigned before the courts for criminal nuisance, were yesterday acquitted by Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko.Kudakwashe Butau, Ngonidzash...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Army, police jam Harare
ARMED military and police officers yesterday cordoned off Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) headquarters and jammed streets in Harare to prevent a possible MDC Alliance protest over the commission's...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 MDC Alliance activists want charges dropped
FIVE MDC Alliance youth members, who are being accused of violating COVID-19 regulations after they held a protest against government's alleged failure to cushion the public during the lockdown, have ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
War vets expose Zanu-PF terror campaign
DISGRUNTLED veterans of the 1970s liberation war yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government of neglecting them, in a development signalling deepening ructions in Zanu-PF....Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa told to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s government has been asked to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents. In a statement issued by Heal Zimbabwe Trust to mark the Internatio...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 09:52hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Funding the grassroots will make the difference in the 2023 elections
2023 is around the corner and if we do not start organising ward, town and city in Zimbabwe, we will heard into a shocking election just like what happened in 2013. Let's not be overconfident that peo...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Deborah Harry
State attempts to force trial of MDC trio
THE State yesterday tried to force the trial of three MDC Alliance activists arrested for allegedly faking their abduction by suspected State security agents in April last year.Harare West MP ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists trial in false start
THE trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joanah Mamombe and her co-accused Cecilia Chimbiri, Takudzwa Ngadziore and Tapiwa Chiriga on allegations of flouting COVID-19 regulations failed to kick off yester...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grieving MDC Alliance activist arrested during father's funeral
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance executive member Netsai Marova, who lost her father on Sunday, was arrested the same day at around 10pm at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while allegedly welcoming...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh charges for Marova, Chimbiri
MDC ALLIANCe activists Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri have been summoned to court to answer fresh charges of inciting public violence after they allegedly called for President emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is a terrorist organisation, claims Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday branded the MDC Alliance a terrorist organisation that was "pro-violence" and "anti people".Mnangagwa's remarks made at the launch of empowerment program...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 MDC Alliance activists' trial postponed
MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe and six other party activists including Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova yesterday successfully applied for postponement of their matter where they are accused of viol...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba case stokes fire
TOP human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called for investigation and suspension of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwana over his alleged meeting with one of the judges assig...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance veterans condemn 'captured' justice system
THE MDC Alliance Veterans Activist Association (VAA) yesterday blasted the country's justice system saying it was compromised to the extent that innocent people clocked several years in jail without p...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC duo acquitted after 8 years in jail
THE Supreme Court yesterday acquitted MDC Alliance activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere of the murder of a senior police officer after it ruled that their conviction by the High Court wa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Court exonerates MDC Alliance trio
HARARE magistrate Barbara Mateko on Wednesday exonerated three MDC Alliance activists, Terrence Manjengwa, Blessed Changara and Barnabas Gura, on charges of breaching COVID-19 regulations.The ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists arrested in for staging protest in Mutare
Several Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Mutare on Tuesday after staging an illegal march and forcibly opening two flea markets that were shut down by the local authority last year as a safety meas...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio halts High Court proceedings
HARARE West MP Joanah Mamombe and MDC Alliance activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova yesterday successfully applied for stay of proceedings at the High court, pending determination of review of...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff report
High Court stops Mamombe, Chimbiri trial
THE High Court yesterday stayed the trial of MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova which a Harare magistrate was insisting should start despite the...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio seeks magistrate, prosecutor recusal
MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova have filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to stop their trial.The trio is accused of publis...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mamombe trial
BRITAIN says it is following closely the trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other activists for allegedly faking their abduction.Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists' 'fake' abductions trial opens
The trial of MDC-Alliance members Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova on allegations of faking their abductions sometime last year opened yesterday despite the trio's spirited efforts to...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Chamisa says they've changed tact
Nelson Chamisa the opposition MDC Alliance leader says his party has tightened the criteria used to select parliamentary and local authority candidates to avoid infiltration by "fortune seekers" who d...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4 | 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
Cop piles misery on injured MDC Alliance activists
AN investigation officer in the matter involving MDC Alliance youths, one of whom was allegedly burnt with suspected sulphuric acid on the face while in police custody, yesterday said he did not know ...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activist burnt with acid in police cells
ONE of the two MDC Alliance activists arrested last week soon after attending party vice-chairperson Job Sikhala's trial in Harare, claims he sustained facial burns when suspected State security agent...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police brutalise MDC Alliance activists
Two MDC Alliance activists were badly tortured by police in Harare following their arrest while attending a court appearance by the party's vice-chairperson Job Sikhala last week.Lengwani Mavh...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance... a hallmark of political Ponzi schemes
MDC activist, Freeman Chari, launched an initiative to raise salaries for the so called "political detainees" in Zimbabwe and he indicated that the campaign has raised over US$400 already. The MDC All...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:20hrs | | by Uncle Shumba
Zanu-PF Midlands breaks COVID-19 rules
Zanu-PF senior officials have continued to defy COVID-19 regulations after over 300 party members gathered for a district meeting in Gweru last Thursday, where they were celebrating the alleged defect...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 MDC Alliance activists denied bail
FOUR MDC Alliance activists were yesterday denied bail by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after they were arrested last week for chanting opposition party slogans inside court premises during the sen...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance activists denied bail
Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has denied bail to four MDC Alliance activists who were arrested last week for chanting slogans at the Harare Magistrates Court.Vimbai Tome (51), Kudakwashe...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
At least 10 killed as Mnangagwa dialed up rights abuses in 2020: Amnesty International
Zimbabwean security forces killed at least 10 people last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to step up human rights violations, deploying agents to abduct and tortur...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Journalist assaulted by cops outside court
HARARE journalist Samuel Takawira was Tuesday morning assaulted by police while filming a group of police officers who had been deployed at the Harare Magistrates' Court where MDC Alliance activist Ha...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF commandeered touts, makorokoza to pose as MDC Alliance defectors'
MDC ALLIANCE in Midlands has accused Zanu-PF of mobilising touts and artisanal miners commonly known as makorokoza to pose as genuine opposition party members who were defecting to the governing party...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to stop MDC persecutions
THE opposition MDC Alliance and political analysts yesterday said Zimbabwe should expect the worst in terms of arrests and conviction of opposition activists as the country approaches the 2023 harmoni...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activists stage a flash demonstration
SUSPECTED MDC activists Thursday staged a flash demonstration outside the New Government Complex which houses the justice ministry offices in central Harare to demand to the resignation of Justice Min...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among worst 2020 human rights offenders, U.S. report finds
Zimbabwe was among some of the worst human rights offenders last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime continued to unleash violence on opponents and activists with impunity, an annual assessm...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK minister for Africa condemns harassment of MDC activists
UNITED Kingdom Minister for Africa, James Duddridge yesterday condemned the continued harassment of opposition activists in Zimbabwe.In a tweet, Duddridge called on the Harare government to re...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists arrested
POLICE in Raffingora, Saturday, disrupted an MDC Alliance meeting before arresting three of the opposition party's officials for convening a gathering in violation of Covid-19 prevention regulations....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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