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Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa was placed in a suffocating environment
"I am advised, which advice I accept, that Nelson Chamisa was placed in such a suffocating environment that he had to conduct himself in the manner/way he did. I give him the benefit of the do...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:36hrs | | by Advocate Eric Matinenga.
Zimbabwe is one big Zanu-PF society
You guys are not serious at all!I told everyone who reads my social media as far back as April that there was a rift at the top of the opposition party after the deliberate but unstrategic mar...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 13:04hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa's CCC accuses Zanu-PF of rigging after Mudenda is re-elected Speaker of Parliament
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators were left frothing with anger after Zanu-PF's Jacob Mudenda was re-elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly with the opposition blaming the Clerk...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'
Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Z...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | 2 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Bid to reverse 2007 Harare land deal flops
A group seeking to reverse a 2007 land deal between Harare City Council and Augur Investments has, for the second time, failed to get permission to appeal against a High Court ruling dismissing it for...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt delay on Mwonzora case unnecessary, says Matinenga
FORMER Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga says the Constitutional Court's failure to deal with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's application to have the delimitation report...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's election lawsuit dishonest
ZIMBABWE'S former Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs minister, Eric Matinenga , a senior ex-MDC-T official, has described as "dishonest" the declaratur sought by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries
Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their ri...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 bribe-sniffing cops arrested
FOUR police officers have been charged with theft and criminal abuse of duty after being caught red-handed soliciting for a bribe from a motorist and stealing his phone in Harare on Thursday last week...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four in soup for masquerading as detectives
Four suspects were arrested yesterday for impersonating CID Drugs and Narcotics detectives. Liberty Chigwida(74), Nyaradzai Chikoore(37), Fungai Matinenga (32) and Savious Mbewe (46) are the four in c...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa's friends jostle for safe seats
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) heavyweights are reportedly jockeying for "safe" seats in the cities ahead of the 2023 general elections after the Nelson Chamisa-led party scored big in...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandipaka prepares for a Zanu-PF rematch in Buhera West
Former Chief Police Spokesperson and MP for Buhera West Oliver Mandipaka has started activities in the constituency he lost three years ago with word rife that he wants a comeback in 2023.Buhe...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Kika's lawyers ditches the case?
Lawyers for rights lawyer Musa Kika notify Constitutional Court they will not file papers or appear in court Friday after judges refused to recuse in challenge brought by Zanu-PF supporter Marx Mapung...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba case 'now lawfare' says Govt
THE battle to ensure Chief Justice Luke Malaba stays in office intensified yesterday, with top government officials describing the ongoing Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge as "lawfare."...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt judges to decide on Chief Justice Malaba
The Constitutional Court will now decide the validity of the High Court order blocking Chief Justice Luke Malaba from opting under the Constitution to stay in office for an additional five years after...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court judges to decide on Chief Justice Malaba
The Constitutional Court will now decide the validity of the High Court order blocking Chief Justice Luke Malaba from opting under the Constitution to stay in office for an additional five years after...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Race to 'save' Zimbabwe's constitution
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late Robert Mugabe via a November 2017 military coup, he promised to preserve the constitution and to respect the rule of law. Less t...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba
Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matin...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must lift by-elections ban'
THE government must lift the suspension on by-elections as the ban stifles democracy and violates the rights of Zimbabweans to express themselves politically, analysts contend.Statutory Instru...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge queries Job Sikhala arrest
THE High Court yesterday questioned the State if there was a legal obligation for incarcerated MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala to surrender himself to the police after they issued a press st...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail judgment reserved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, is applying for bail on charges of inciting public violence. Sikhala, who is re...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala denied bail
MDC deputy chairman Job Sikhala was denied bail on Thursday following his arrest on August 21 accused of incitement of public violence.Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube said Sikhala had been foun...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail ruling today
A HARARE magistrate is today expected to deliver bail ruling on MDC Alliance legislator Job Sikhala, who is accused of incitement to commit public violence.Sikhala, who is represented by Eric ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says he is an apostle of peace
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala says he has been critical of the government since he was 16 years old and would not flee the country despite the State's desire to persecute critics...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala claims he is being victimised over coup rumours
Through his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu, Sikhala said he even confronted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament for allegedly spreading the coup rumours.Sikhala is fighting for his release on...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail hearing continues
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala (pictured), who was arrested last month for allegedly inciting public violence, will today continue with his bail application before magistrate Laz...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala faces more pending cases
MDC-Alliance national vice chairperson Job Sikhala has two other pending cases under investigation at St Mary's Police Station, for assault and for contravening the Urban Council's Act, Harare Magistr...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala video clips viewed in court
TWO video clips were played in court yesterday showing MDC national vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, who is facing charges of inciting public violence ahead of the flopped July 31 protests, boasting tha...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala was arrested by 15 armed policemen
POLICE have released riveting details of how they allegedly arrested larger-than-life MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala last week.Among other claims, law enforcement ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State opposes Sikhala bail
The State yesterday opposed the granting of bail to MDC Alliance national vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, who is facing charges of inciting public violence ahead of the flopped July 31 protests....Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala formally placed on remand
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vicechairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday formally placed on remand after his application challenging placement on remand was dismissed by magistrate Lazini Ncube.Sikha...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says 'it's just political banter'
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, yesterday said utterances he is alleged to have made are just, but political banter synonymous with politicians....Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Sikhala
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who is currently in remand prison on charges of inciting public violence, is set to know his fate today after he challenged his placement on reman...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama as Sikhala shouts, 'where is my wife' in Court
There was a bit of drama in court as MDC Alliance National Deputy Chairperson and Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala starts shouting 'where is my wife' before he sits it the cou...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Police, Sikhala's supporters clash at court
POLICE and MDC Alliance supporters yesterday engaged in running battles outside the courts where party vice chairperson Job Sikhala was challenging his placement on remand after his arrest on allegati...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa, a case of illegitimacy, lies and stubbornness
The MDC is a party that has been dogged by controversy since its formation. First was the split led by the then Secretary General, Professor Welshman Ncube over the issue of participating in the 2005 ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 13:59hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa in catch 22 situation
MDC Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora has spilled the beans on how the defiant Nelson Chamisa and his cabal's ignorance of the legal opinion document on the late Morgan Tsvangirai's succession issue...Published: 14 May 2019 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC's future under threat
There are fears that this week's High Court ruling which nullified Nelson Chamisa's presidency of the MDC, exacerbated by the party's escalating infighting, could completely destroy Zimbabwe's main op...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership battle escalates dramatically
FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga advised the MDC leadership to ensure contestations for power which ensued following the death of founding party president Morgan...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sharpening swords against Mudzuri, Mwonzora
LAWYERS for the opposition MDC spent the better part of yesterday studying High Court Judge Justice Edith Mushore's ruling nullifying Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the party in order to give advice o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans find it hard to survive in the English culture
"Culture is the pattern of taken-for-granted assumptions about how a given collection of people should think, act, and feel as they go about their daily affairs"Culture is all socially transmi...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BREAKING: Court rules that blocking internet is illegal
The High Court has on Monday ruled that Minister of State Security in the office of the President Owen Mudha Ncube does not have the authority to issue any directives regarding the shutdown of I...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo's ally gets court reprieve
The High Court has cancelled former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa's indictment on corruption charges, describing the case of officials accused of abusing Zimbabwe Manpo...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Law Society wins tax exemption case
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has been exempted from Value Added Tax obligations from funds collected from its members' subscriptions, practising certificates and professional development programm...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gandawa wants Zimdef fraud charges dropped
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing criminal charges over the alleged abuse of the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), has applied to have the charges...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa dangles lump sum for war vets
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday dangled lump sum pensions and decent living conditions for veterans of the country's 1970s liberation war if they support him in...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Behind MDC Alliance's rented Bulawayo crowd
MDC Coalition leader Nelson Chamisa seems to be frantically employing antiquated political mobilisation strategies that could cost the Alliance heavily in the election.In my humble view, there...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Dr Panganai Kahuni
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