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Judge condemns inhumane prison conditions
A High Court judge has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and prison authorities to ensure that inmate holding cells across the country, specifically at Mutare Central Police Station and Mutare Rem...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP calls for ban on reporters
Zanu PF Buhera West MP Tafadzwa Mugwadi has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba to ban journalists from covering events and functions at State House.In a fascist inp...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings back 'Green Bombers'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially reinstated the National Youth Service (NYS) program yesterday, encouraging young people to embrace the controversial initiative, which he portrayed as a continu...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:54hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in UK pile pressure on Mnangagwa regime
A GROUP of Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom recently petitioned that country's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, calling on Britain to use its diplomatic links to engage Harare authorities over the abduct...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:35hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist deported from UK on time to go and vote in Zimbabwe
LAWYERS representing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Tafadzwa Chivaura, confirmed Sunday that he was due for deportation in the evening,Chivaura, former MDC youth trea...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has unleashed a reign of terror, claims opposition leader
SOUTH Africa-based opposition leader Herbert Chamuka says Zanu-PF has unleashed 2008-styled violence against opposition parties around the country in a bid to deny them political space ahead of the 20...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fighting Mnangagwa
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna says the police have questioned his legitimacy as legislator and vowed to back the opposition in attempts to eliminate Zanu-PF making Chegutu distr...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally who was once arrested for murdering MDC activist, nominated for ZEC post
FORMER Kwekwe town clerk Emmanuel Musara, who is also a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been shortlisted for possible appointment as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) post....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fierce contest for Harare Central seat
MURISI Zwizwai of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, Norest Marara of the MDC-Alliance, Loice Magweba of Zanu PF, Linda Tsungirirai Masarira of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:13hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Police probes abducted MDC-Alliance activist
A 29-YEAR-OLD Masvingo MDC Alliance youth activist is under police investigation on charges of faking his own abduction barely a week ago, but the opposition party has rubbished the claims as ludicrou...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK terrorism trial of MDC activist starts; 'urged' bombing of Mnangagwa motorcade, Zanu-PF HQ
A Zimbabwean activist called on his followers to carry out terrorist attacks to overthrow his country's regime in a series of speeches, a court heard.William Chinyanga, 51, is accused of encou...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'No aid for villagers who mourned MDC activist'
Zanu-PF councillor for Ward 24 Gutu, Mathias Takamira Rashai has threatened to withdraw food and other Government aid from mourners who attended the funeral of an MDC activist killed during political ...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in fresh call for dialogue following murder of MDC activist - implement reforms, hypocrite
The sheer hypocrisy and duplicity of MDC leaders when it comes to dealing with the thorny issue of Zimbabwe's political culture of violence, never seize t...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 19:40hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC activist dies after being savagely assaulted by Zanu-PF youths
AN MDC Alliance activist has succumbed to injuries he sustained during a vicious attack by Zanu-PF youths at an event attended by the party’s leader Nelson Chamisa in Gutu, Masvingo recently....Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 07:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 32 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Nkayi villagers to name, shame violence perpetrators
VILLAGERS in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, have resolved to investigate and expose perpetrators of the 2002 to 2008 electoral violence.After compiling the names of the terror groups, the...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 6 | 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
US$12 000 compensation can't soothe activist for unjustified imprisonment
AT the age of 28, Linda Musiyamhanje was charged with the murder of a police officer and spent almost a year in prison.She left her two-year-old son in the care of her siblings and together wi...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira drags Chiwenga in the mud
Chickens have come home to roost for ZANU PF Masvingo Provincial Chairperson, Ezra Ruvai Chadzamira as he drags Vice President Constantine Chiwenga into t...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 00:36hrs | 11 | by Paul Ndou
Opposition intensifies use of lawfare to exert pressure on govt
In pursuit of their lawfare strategy designed to wield pressure on Government in an effort to paralyse the State, the MDC Alliance and its allied Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) intent to lodge a l...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Political 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
Suffering Zimbabweans not alone: UN Watch
UNITED Nations Watch executive director Hillel Neue yesterday assured Zimbabweans that they were not alone in their suffering amid human rights abuses perpetrated on political activists and civilians ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | 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
Swaziland born top human rights lawyer says Zimbabwe police should be sued
TOP human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa says police officers who take the law into their own hands through visiting forms of brutalities on suspects or turn some incidents into political cases, must ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Madzokere abandoned by wife
FREED MDC activist Tungamirai Madzokere carried a broken figure as he narrated how he only got to know his wife had abandoned their matrimonial home eight months ago.Dejected and seemingly out...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1 | 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
Malaba saga: Govt appeals to wrong court, claims MDC activists
GOVERNMENT has reportedly erroneously filed an appeal against the declaratur by the High Court in former Chief Justice Luke Malaba's case to the Supreme Court instead of the Constitutional Court (ConC...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hospital hails MDC activist
Mvurwi hospital has hailed MDC Alliance activist Thulan Mcumillan Ndlovu for recently assisting them with transport to carry their equipments from S...Published: 07 May 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
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
'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 | | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activist says, 'I will be back!'
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition party says the government is again cracking down on critics with a prison sentence given to 28-year-old Makomborero Haruzivishe. A court found him guilty of inciting violenc...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist jailed 14 months for inciting public violence
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has been sentenced to an effective 14 months imprisonment for inciting public violence and resisting arrest.Harare magistrate Judith Tar...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF dangling money to MDC activists'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC Alliance) was allegedly approached by Zanu-PF officials who dangled money to entice him to join the ruling party. The claim was made by former Zanu-P...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
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
EU condemns MDC activists' continued incarceration
THE European Union (EU) has urged the Zimbabwean government to desist from applying the law selectively following the continued incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe (Harare West)...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's' MDC implodes, Thanks to Zanu-PF
WHAT is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - looks set to blow Zimbabwe's opposition out of the political water.Acti...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'More MDC activists flocking to Zanu-PF'
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that his party is inundated with applications from MDC Alliance members seeking to join the ruling party after realising that the opposition p...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Obert Gutu
MDC activists sue police over nude pictures
HARARE West MP Joanah Mamombe and youth leader, Cecilia Chimbiri have slapped the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) with a $15 million lawsuit for circulating their nude pictures last year.Mamomb...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activists appeal to Malaba over delayed ruling
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has been asked to look into a year-long delay on pronouncement of judgment on an appeal by incarcerated MDC activists Tungamira Madzokere and Last Maengahama.The two ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist in court for kidnapping
MDC-Alliance youth activist and former Zimbabwe National Students Union secretary-general, Makomborero Haruzivishe, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of forcing his way together with others, ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UK exposes MDC Alliance violent streak
MDC-Alliance's violence and terror tendencies that have now found space on social media platforms have yet again hogged the limelight after a party activist with close links to the party leader Mr Nel...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ministers' evil deeds can't be forgotten
UK-based lawyer and one of the founding opposition MDC leaders Yvonne Mahlunge-Gwashawanhu, David Coltart's deputy then, says while people should upon death mourn Zanu-PF ministers like Joel Biggie Ma...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 16:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo names Muchehiwa CIO abductors, torturers
FORMER Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has published names of more than a dozen alleged intelligence operatives who he said took part in the abduction and torture of 22-year-old journalism student, Taw...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo claims to name Muchehiwa abductors
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has published names of more than a dozen people, allegedly intelligence operatives, accusing them of the July abduction and torture of 22-year-old university stud...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist's wife trial date set
THE trial of Gweru MDC Alliance activist Tamuka Denhere's wife, Lilian on charges of falsely claiming that her husband was abducted, is set to kick off on December 9.Lilian (38) of Mkoba 3, Gw...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
AG probes MDC activist's illegal detention
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Prince Machaya has reportedly launched a probe into the unlawful arrest and detention of MDC Alliance youth leader Godfrey Kurauone.In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawy...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Get your rent from Mnangagwa,' detained landlord told at police station
Glenview police station shocked Zimbabweans when they detained a 65-year-old widow accusing her of demanding rent from a tenant. Mrs Editor Mavaza was detained by Glenview police for demanding...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:16hrs | | by The Correspondent
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