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Brotherly advice to Hon Joanna Mamombe
In our families, communities, religious and political groupings and even at workplaces, people tend to be hesitant to tell each other the truth especially that which is deemed the unpalatable truth. H...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:51hrs | 2270 | by Harare West Constituency Voter
Malaba crisis: Ex-MDC minister, lawyers pile pressure on Mnangagwa
FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga, has ganged up with lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Valerie Ingham-Thorpe to challenge recent constitutional amendments which they s...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3791 | by Staff reporter
Chombo application dismissed, trial set
THE court yesterday dismissed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo's application for exception to fraud charges related to corruptly allocating land in Harare and Zvimba, but dropped five counts of...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku files ConCourt application defending Malaba, Mnangagwa
Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku drew fire on Sunday after taking up a case that seeks to nullify the High Court ruling that ended Luke Malaba's tenure as Zimbabwe's Chief Justice befo...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4699 | by Staff reporter
'Malaba's spirited fight has dented his dignity, legacy'
OPPOSITION POLITICAL analysts yesterday said the spirited efforts by Chief Justice Luke Malaba to remain in office have dented his dignity and legacy.Malaba has been fighting to retain his job...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:09hrs | 4042 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man files pro-Malaba appeal
A BULAWAYO man has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking an order nullifying a ruling by three High Court judges that sought to disqualify Chief Justice Luke Malaba from office.Mr M...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Fresh bid to rescue Malaba
A little known Zanu-PF youth league member on Friday filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application seeking to nullify a judgement that ended Luke Malaba's term as chief justice.Three Hig...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:08hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku blames lack of citizen activism for failing to block Amendment Bills - that's rich, who gave Zanu PF legitimacy
Professor Lovemore Madhuku, a constitutional law Professor and NCA presidential candidate in the July 2018 elections has expressed his doubts in the many legal challenges producing the desired result ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 21:08hrs | 989 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Challenging constitutional amendments a tall order'
CONSTITUTIONAL law expert Lovemore Madhuku has expressed scepticism over the success of legal challenges to amendments to the country's charter, saying that the only way to stop the amendments would b...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
16 Supreme, Constitutional Court judges file appeal
APPEALS filed at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court ruling nullifying the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office will be heard in due course, the Judiciary Services Commissi...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:36hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
'Malaba's case will definitely be heard'
APPEALS filed at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court ruling nullifying the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office will be heard in due course, the Judiciary Services Commissi...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:32hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
POLAD discusses electoral reforms
MEMBERS of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform yesterday met in Nyanga to unpack the draft Electoral Amendment Bill submitted to Parliament by civic society groups.They also interro...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Judge blasts Chombo
HIGH Court judge Felistus Chatukuta has hit out at former minister, Ignatius Chombo accusing him of abusing court processes through filing an "application for second revival of Temporary Variation of ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Professor Madhuku, thank you!
Professor Madhuku,I have just finished an article that comprehensively commented on a legal position regarding the exhumation of Robert Mugabe. Your legal stance is commendable, the widow Grac...Published: 27 May 2021 at 05:47hrs | 5127 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe reburial order outrageous and unlawful, says Madhuku
An order for the exhumation and reburial of former President Robert Mugabe issued by a traditional chief this week is "outrageous" and "defies common sense and logic," constitutional law expert Profes...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 6021 | by Staff reporter
'Supreme Court can hear Malaba appeal'
The fringe view that judges of the Supreme Court are disqualified from hearing the appeal challenging the recent High Court ruling nullifying the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's tenure by ano...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
State to respond to Chombo application
THE State was on Monday told to take seriously proceedings into the matter in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is accused of corruptly parcelling out State land and duping home-seekers th...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Judges have final say on Malaba case, says Govt
GOVERNMENT said it would leave Supreme Court judges to decide whether or not they could hear government's appeal against a ruling suspending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extension of former Chief Ju...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:12hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers major setback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to retain Chief Justice Luke Malaba following changes to the constitution suffered a setback after the High Court yesterday ruled that the top judge's term of offic...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignores noise over Justice Malaba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term by five years, defying pressure from critics who said the move created a constitutional crisis.The extension follows ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3712 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says Zimbabwe's proposed Patriotic Bill is dangerous
Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists feeling nervous.Constitutional ...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:44hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's plan to outlaw 'unpatriotic acts'
Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists feeling nervous.Constitutional ...Published: 12 May 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1546 | by BBC
Foreigner nabbed with $7m cocaine
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they arrested a foreign female on Monday 10, for attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of $7 million at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport....Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs unite over civil servants pay
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation".Civil servants are currently working a ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 12:51hrs | 5966 | 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 | 2584 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind Zanu-PF's renewed push for sweeping amendments to the constitution to put a leash on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is said to harbour ambitions for th...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:29hrs | 9316 | 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 | 4670 | by Staff reporter
Opposition worried about recurrence of Mugabe era barbarities
THE imminent return of the national youth service training programme has triggered jitters among many in the opposition who have bad memories of the project's cadets.The programme's recruits w...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Amend recall legislation, say lawyers
LEGAL experts have called for the amendment of section 129(1) (k) of the Constitution, saying recalls of legislators and councillors were an anathema to democracy.Under the section, legislator...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
'It is sink or swim time for the MDC'
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics.In addition, the MDC bo...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 2259 | by Staff reporter
Fear paralyses Zimbabwe opposition
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country's laws. ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
'Recall of MPs is Mugabe's baby,' says Madhuku
THE provision of recalling legislators from Parliament, which has been widely used in recent months to decimate the opposition MDC Alliance should never have found its way in the 2013 Constitution, Lo...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1175 | by Staff repporter
Chamisa's MDC lose funding case
HIGH Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has thrown out an application by the MDC Alliance which sought to bar the government from disbursing funds to the main MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora under the Poli...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 2953 | by Staff reporter
'Imposing sanctions on Zanu PF is no solution' - rubbish, punishment is one of tripod tenet on which rule of law stand
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!" Is rightly considered the "Golden Rule" because it is the fountain of all just, fair and peaceful human relations; the fountain on which human civi...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 10:35hrs | 465 | by Wilbert Mukori
COVID-19 vaccines face political haggling in Zimbabwe
A staunch supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance in Zimbabwe, 29-year-old Mateline Chiwandamira, is waiting for a signal from the party president, Nelson Chamisa, whether ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:32hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dream to end international isolation up in smoke
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's dream to end Zimbabwe's over two-decade-long international isolation suffered yet another blow after the United states gave a damning assessment of his government's huma...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:52hrs | 4846 | by Staff reporter
5 000 schoolgirls impregnated in January, February
When schools opened their doors for the new year on March 15 and March 22, a significant number of female learners did not turn up for classes, and there are now disturbing reports explaining why....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:20hrs | 833 | by Staff Reporter
Violence won't save MDC-Alliance from mass defections
THE MDC-Alliance is reeling from mass defections and recalls by rival formations, further weakening the troubled movement at a time when it should be tightening its belt ahead of the 2023 elections. E...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 441 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chebundo slams 'immature' MDC Alliance
FORMER MDC Alliance senior politician and ex-legislator Blessing Chebundo, who recently joined Zanu-PF, has described his erstwhile colleagues as a destructive and immature lot.Addressing Zanu...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2979 | by Staff reporter
Biti and his colleagues are no longer MPs, says Madhuku
There is no legal ambiguity whatsoever on the expulsion status of six MDC Alliance legislators, including party vice president Tendai Biti, following their recall last week, constitutional lawyer Prof...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 6653 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabweans against COVID-19 conspiracies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who received his first Covid-19 jab at a momentous occasion attended by different religious and political leaders yesterday, has called on the nation to shun conspiracy theories a...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:28hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Switch of bank accounts to Zimdollars valid, Supreme Court rules
Sums in accounts denominated in US dollars were legally converted to sums denominated in Zimbabwe dollars in terms of a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive when the local currency was reintroduced, the...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Biti's attack on people of Chipinge deserve utmost condemnation from all civilised people
Editor,The recent unsanctioned comments by MDC Alliance vice president, Tendai Biti, deserve utmost condemnation from all civilised people.The comments were not only offensive, but ver...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:48hrs | 549 | by T. Kandemiiri
The brutality of March 11, 2007 and its impact
Back in Zimbabwe, the struggle continues.The Save Zimbabwe campaign (SZc) is a broad coalition of organisations spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (CA).Its members include ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 460 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
'Zanu-PF ministers only interested in fattening their pockets'
THE recent increase in government's brutality against dissenting voices is nothing other than attempts by senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in protecting their ill-gotten wealth accumulated over years o...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa likely violated Constitution and must face the consequences
A major public controversy has erupted over the recent resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi over sexual impropriety scandals and President Mnangagwa not giving a public notice of the resignation...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 15:58hrs | 1990 | by Munyaradzi Gwisai
Tendai Biti implies that Chipinge is a habitat of witches, apologises
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti apologised on Wednesday over a stereotypical tweet suggesting people from Chipinge, Manicaland province, widely practiced witchcraft.Apparent...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 2651 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku assisting Mnangagwa escape consequences of breaching constitution
PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA BREACHED SECTION 96(2) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BY FAILING TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RESIGNATION OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KEMBO MOHADI: A Rejoinder to Professor Lovemor...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 18:14hrs | 2473 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Biti apologises for Chipinge witchcraft 'joke'
Tendai Biti, the MDC Alliance vice president, has given a half-hearted apology to the Chipinge people for calling them witches in his response to a comment by Professor Lovemore Madhuku.In the...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 17:30hrs | 1530 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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