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Sanctions removal will leave Zanu-PF exposed, says Madhuku
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku has said the reason why he supports the removal of sanctions in Zimbabwe is to make sure Zanu-PF will be left with no excuses to ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3074 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira bail ruling rolled over
Harare City Council head of planning Priscilla Charumbira yesterday appeared in court on allegations of changing land use for open spaces and wetlands without following laid-down procedures.Ch...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 3760 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe suffers setback
A BID by Thokozani Khupe's MDC to challenge the High Court's jurisdiction in presiding over cases brought by recalled legislators was yesterday thrown out.Recalled MDC Alliance legislators Cha...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:20hrs | 8386 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Madhuku blast sanctions
ALL Zimbabweans, regardless of political affiliation, should on October 25 stand up and demand the unconditional removal of the unjust economic sanctions that have bled the country of billions and cau...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:34hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
'Remove clause on recalling of MPs'
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president Lovemore Madhuku has challenged political parties and ordinary citizens to call for the removal of a clause in the Constitution providing for the recal...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:02hrs | 5106 | by Staff reporter
Khupe chokes Chamisa again
UNLESS brawling MDC leaders end their futile wars soon, Nelson Chamisa will not be able to participate in the party's leadership contests when the court-directed extra-ordinary congress gets underway ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:29hrs | 6187 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moving towards establishing a one-party State
After casting his vote two years ago for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC), now Benard Mhere has grown bitter, accusing the ruling party of trying to destroy the MDC.Mhe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 18:02hrs | 5917 | by Anadolu Agency
Sikhala exhibiting leadership Chamisa is lacking
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, says the struggle for a just and better Zimbabwe for all will never be derailed by the alleged persecution of individuals like h...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:54hrs | 5287 | by Staff reporter
Journalists assaulted at Press conference
SEVERAL journalists were yesterday assaulted by suspected State agents while attending a media conference hosted by Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) president Takudzwa Ngadziore near Impala C...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
ZIST welcomes SA Envoy
Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking (ZIST) has welcomed the move by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa to send ANC delegation to 'politically problematic' Zimbabwe following a spate of allege...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 14:00hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue not GNU- ZIST
Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking (ZIST) director Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo says his organization is not calling for a government of national unity (GNU) but is seeking to find lasting solutions ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:42hrs | 966 | by Staff Reporter
Ngarivhume granted $50,000 bail
Organiser of the planned July 31 mass protests, Jacob Ngarivhume, has been granted $50 000 bail coupled with stiff conditions on charges of scheming against Government by the High Court.Justic...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:57hrs | 1876 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume in 4th bail bid
Incarcerated investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume who are being charged with inciting the public to commit public violence when they called for protest...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reaches into Mugabe's tool box
FROM a university student who was thrown into remand prison on suspicion that she passed a snide remark about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's poor performance, to police officers venting their anger on...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:20hrs | 3442 | by Moses Matenga
Court orders Beatrice Mtetwa prosecution
A magistrate on Tuesday ruled that Harare lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa should recuse herself from representing journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, citing her for "scandalising the courts."Magistrate Ngoni...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:17hrs | 2107 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionality of Chiwenga appointment as Health and Child Care minister
DEAR Cde President, THE legal fraternity was thrown into confusion last week when the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda announced the appointment of Vice-President C...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:35hrs | 396 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa jittery as pressure mounts
CORNERED President Emmerson Mnangagwa blocked envoys sent by his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa from meeting opposition political party leaders and civil society organisations fearing humil...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:08hrs | 11668 | by Staff reporter
To the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde ED Mnangagwa
RE: Legal Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Appointment of Vice-President Rtd Gen. CGN Chiwenga as substantive Minister of Health and Child Care.D...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 3099 | by Robert Sigauke, Political and Legal Commentator, Johannesburg
Zimbabwe and the Founders Sydrome (Foundiritis)
Let me introduce this article as an opinion piece by a pedestrian activist. I write from personal experience not other peoples lenses.l have been in the political field for a while now and with Covid1...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 23:46hrs | 798 | by Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
Lawyers walk out in protest
THE defence team of suspended Supreme Court Judge Justice Francis Bere walked out of the inquiry last week protesting over the rejection of a request to have one of the tribunal members to recuse hims...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga appointment as Health minister reckless, says Madhuku
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly party leader Lovemore Madhuku has described Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's appointment as Health minister as reckless, as he has no expertise in the ...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 3435 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga appointment illegal, says Veritas
LEGAL watchdog, Veritas says the appointment this past week, of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as substantive Health Minister violated national laws, contrary to claims by other legal experts the...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1111 | by newzimbabwe
Gumbura's rape jail sentence slashed
RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura on Wednesday had his jail sentence on four counts of rape reduced, but his legal team claims it was not enough and is now seeking to appro...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Dr Chiwenga's appointment is Constitutional
The appointment of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as Minister of Health sparked a legal debate erupted among legal experts on social media. However, knowledgeable top lawyers including Nelson Cha...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 22:19hrs | 5883 | by Staff reporter
Legal experts speak on General Chiwenga's appointment as Minister of Health
The appointment of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as Minister of Health sparked a legal debate erupted among legal experts on social media. The matter was started by MDC Secretary f...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 20:38hrs | 7255 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mr Mnangagwa: Are you not kicking the can down the road?
DEAR President ED Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, I hope I find you well. The political script playing out in Zimbabwe is quite familiar not only to me, but many other citizens now fed up with the ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:07hrs | 3735 | by Rashweat Mukundu
Don't trust Zanu-PF, says Madhuku
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has warned fellow opposition leaders against entrusting the ruling Zanu-PF with the role of promoting constitutionalism.Madhuku, ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:16hrs | 9649 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Chamisa mother's funeral
Tempers flared up in what should have been a somber moment when MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was burying his late mother in Gutu on Tuesday.Chamisa's mother collapsed and died in her gar...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 9325 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells mourners that he is unstoppable
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 7135 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says change was near and Mnangagwa's end was nigh
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1874 | by Clement Moyo
Madhuku blasts government on electoral reforms
National Constitution Assembly (ANC) leader Lovemore Madhuku has challenged the government on electoral reforms and recommendations of the Commission."I will speak as a politician and NC...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 23:06hrs | 2142 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Khupe changes congress date
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T was yesterday forced to change its extra-ordinary congress date from September 4 to July 31 following legal advice from its lawyer Lovemore Madhuku. The faction had to re...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2925 | by Staff reporter
Khupe in congress U-Turn
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has made a dramatic extra-ordinary congress U-turn after she rolled back the new dates she had set for the Indaba to the original July 31 date.This comes ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:03hrs | 6863 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's faction receives another morale-sapping blow
IT DOES not rain but pours for Nelson Chamisa's MDC faction, with the beset group receiving another morale-sapping blow yesterday after it lost the battle for the warring party's hugely symbolic natio...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 9268 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF schools inspector terrorising teachers
A ZAKA schools inspector, Lylletty Aleta Makomeke, who is also Zanu-PF councillor for Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) ward 5, has been accused of terrorising teachers for the past two years....Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2734 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa moves in to deal with his successor'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU PF party is pushing for the amendment of the constitution to deal with the succession plan that is provided by the constitution, Constitutional law expert Professor...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 12:16hrs | 17744 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2208 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is seeking to consolidate power through amendment'
PARLIAMENT last week embarked on nation-wide public hearings into Constitution Amendment (No 2) Bill to gather views of the people on the proposal to tinker with a number of provisions in the supreme ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 16:59hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
The mystery of Zimbabwe politics currently on display
ABOUT four months ago the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled in favour of Thokozani Khupe in a matter in which there was an argument relating to the legitimacy of her leadership of MDC (T) and Nelson Cha...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:39hrs | 537 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa told to stop it
RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations have ganged up to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government from rushing through a controversial constitutional amendment under the cover of...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 5935 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Harvest House fight
The High Court has reserved judgment in an urgent chamber application filed by MDC-Alliance to regain Harvest House following their recent eviction by MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe. The matter was h...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Khupe appeals to Supreme Court
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has appealed to the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that barred them from replacing two MDC-Alliance legislators Lillian Timveos and Thabita Khumalo after th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 3660 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC-T wants Supreme Court to rule on MPs
MDC-T has appealed to the Supreme Court challenging Monday's High Court decision to block it from replacing four legislators it recently recalled until their court application contesting the party's r...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10968 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
Mwonzora must listen to Komichi about quorum
REINSTATED MDC-T 2014 deputy chairman Morgen Komichi knows very well when meetings can make binding decisions, that is, when there is a quorum.Komichi is quoted by a local weekly publication s...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:28hrs | 3056 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Carnage looms in Chamisa camp, as Khupe wins right to recall MPs
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to bar the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T from further recalling his legislators from Parliament hit a brickwall yesterday after High Court judge Justice Tawanda Ch...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
Another Chamisa blow
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to save the beleaguered opposition has been dealt another blow after the High Court Friday ruled a party called by that name does not exist as a legal person w...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:44hrs | 3480 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance does not legally exist, says Court
MDC-Alliance does not legally exist as a legal person who can sue in court, and in the dispute of the MDC-T recall of legislators does not have the standing to sue, the High Court has ruled, suggestin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Polad wants abduction report made public
Members of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) have called on Government to investigate circumstances around the recent claims of abduction made by three MDC-Alliance officials and to make the findi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
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