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The weaponization of the law and relentless persecution of dissent in Zimbabwe's 'Second Republic'
THE persecution never appears to end. The recent arrest of and denial of bail to renowned journalist Blessed Mhlanga has brought a disturbing trend in Zimbabwe to the fore. Since the a...Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:09hrs | 360 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ruling in Joana Mamombe and others' case deferred
Harare Provincial Magistrate Mr. Taurai Manuwere has postponed the ruling in the case involving CCC legislator Joana Mamombe and her co-accused to June 13, as one of the defendants is currently taking...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lessons for Nelson Chamisa
UNIVERSITY of Cape Town-based constitutional law expert Justice Alfred Mavedzenge has rallied the Zimbabwean opposition led by politician Nelson Chamisa to take lessons from events in Senegal that res...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:50hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Music that doesn't speak for the oppressed is not really music!
Of late, we have witnessed divided opinions on our music legend Winky D (Wallace Chirumiko).This is on account of his recent songs, which have mainly touched on the social injustices faced by ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why did Ngarivhume spend 8 months in jail without prima facie evidence?
Finally, Zimbabwe opposition activist Jacob Ngarivhume has been released from jail. This was after languishing behind bars for the past eight months – as part of a three-year sentence in Apr...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 16:38hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa boasts of being Zimbabwe's 'CIO Godfather'
BY his own admission this week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the architect of Zimbabwe's brutal security system which has left a trail of human rights violations, abductions, forced disappearances ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's warrant of arrest cancelled after showing up in court
CCC legislator Joana Mamombe appeared in court today and successfully had her arrest warrant revoked. Mamombe is currently facing charges related to fabricating abductions. The warrant was issued afte...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 16:44hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to hold elections under alarming human violations, claims Amnesty International
ZIMBABWE's July 2023 general election will be held under a five-year systematic, brutal crackdown on human rights, restrictions on political opposition gatherings, violent suppression of protests and ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Colonial masters say Mnangagwa's despotic rule is worse than Mugabe
MEMBERS of the United Kingdom's House of Lords have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's so-called second republic as worse than that of Robert Mugabe in terms of authoritarian rule and repression...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Revai Chimbiri not off the hook yet
While Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Joanna Mamombe and fellow party activist Cecilia Chimbiri were still busy celebrating their acquittal and freedom, the National Prosecuting Auth...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 16:02hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mamombe and Chimbiri acquitted
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Joana Mamombe and fellow party activist Cecilia Chimbiri heaved a sigh after the High Court found them not guilty of faking their 2020 abduction.Th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 17:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's passport request dismissed
OPPOSITION legislator, Joana Mamombe currently facing a slew of criminal charges had her request for temporary release of her passport dismissed because her co-accused skipped the country after applyi...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe takes Sikhala's case to British Parliament
EXILED opposition activist Makomborero Haruzivishe took the matter of Job Sikhala's prolonged political imprisonment to the British Parliament on 19 April 2023, hoping to increase international awaren...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 20:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's passport application dismissed
The application by CCC Member of Parliament Joana Mamombe for the temporary release of her passport to visit Kenya for a training conference has been dismissed by Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanj...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Jamwanda
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lawfare bogs down CCC in courts
IT was a busy week at the courts for Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) officials, with Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala being denied bail for the fourth time in the case that he is being accused...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti files for ConCourt referral
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti has completed giving evidence for referral of his matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on a charge of verbally assaulting a Russ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa activists abduction trial stopped
THE High Court has stopped the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri accused of faking their abduction before publishing falsehoods.This has ...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 20:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa activists 'disappointed' as freedom bid fails
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Joana Mamombe, and counterpart Cecilia Chimbiri were Monday left disappointed after the court threw out an application for discharge in a case of allege...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri put to their defence as discharge application dismissed
A court in Harare on Monday dismissed an application by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) duo Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri for discharge at the end of the prosecution case in their ongoing tri...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri fake abduction case winds up
THE deputy chief magistrate Faith Mushure is expected to hand down her ruling in a case Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri are being accused of fabricati...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 17:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction
The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their a...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Police trying to cover up Mamombe, Chimbiri abduction'
POLICE have been accused of trying to cover up the abduction of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri who were found dumped in Muchapondwa village in Bindur...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe nailed by owner of the Mercedes Benz in fake abduction trial
NEW details emerged yesterday during the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members Joana Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are accused of faking their abducti...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Witness in Mamombe, Chimbiri falsehoods case vanishes
A police officer who is set to stand as a witness in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri are being accused of publishing falsehoods has va...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
CCC members trial postponed again
A State witness at the trial of CCC activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri on charges of faking their abductions sometime in 2020 could not attend court yesterday as she was ill, forcing the mat...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri reject incriminating POTRAZ evidence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have opposed the admission of fresh evidence by a Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, 5 others get April 21 trial date
The trial of Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and five other Citizens Coalition for Change activists for breaches of Covid-19 regulations will get underway on April 21.Mamombe, 28, is jointly cha...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC duo reveal abduction ordeal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have revealed horrific accounts of torture, including being forced to sing war songs and drink each other's urine by th...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mamombe, Chimbiri never said they were abducted
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, Joana Mamombe and Cecellia Chimbiri have made an about turn, sensationally claiming in their defence outline that they never communicated with anyone tha...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exiled CCC activist seeks virtual trial
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Netsai Marova, who is believed to have skipped the border, has requested Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to set up a virtual court trial after a Harare m...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri trial postponed to Friday
LAWYERS representing activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri on Wednesday successfully sought the postponement of their trial to Friday to allow their clients to retrieve a video aired on ZBC abo...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe feigning illness to delay trial'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has claimed that Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (Citizens Coalition for Change) has been employing delaying tactics in the finalisation of her "fake abduction" ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | 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
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
Mamombe's application dismissed
ACTING Chief Magistrate Mrs Faith Mushure on Friday dismissed MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri's application for the quashing of charges of faking their abductions saying she h...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri seek exception
MDC-Alliance members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri now want the courts to drop their charges of allegedly faking their abduction in May last year.Mamombe and Chimbiri, through their lawye...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe trial moved to January
MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, yesterday failed to appear in court for their hearing on allegations of faking their abductions sometime in May last year, after they both all...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe case deferred
THE matter in which MDC-Alliance members are facing charges of staging an illegal demonstration during the national lockdown period sometime last year in Harare, was yesterday deferred to December 7 t...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's fake victimhood, internal ructions and sanctions
Over the years, the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction has perfected the art of creating stunts to attract the West's attention in the vain and ill-placed hope of besmirching President Mnangagwa and to wrin...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 14 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa's govt, Chamisa's MDC in fresh abduction war
GOVERNMENT and the MDC Alliance are embroiled in a fresh abduction war as Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday accused the opposition of making fake claims that its party vice-president Ten...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, MDC dismiss Biti abduction claims
Both the police and the MDC-Alliance have dismissed social media reports that MDC-A vice president Mr Tendai Biti was abducted at his Harare home on Monday.Social media stories had indicated M...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Government's propaganda wheels coming off
The exhibition of lies, disinformation, misinformation and malice are major political diodes driving Zanu PF's propaganda machines.Zanu PF government has the tendency of always majoring on lie...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:20hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's party attacks the police
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has attacked the police for not being objective in their dealings with the party since the political violence and...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 16:47hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa's MDC not cooperating with police
The MDC-Alliance is refusing to co-operate with police detectives assigned to investigate claims that the vehicle carrying party leader Nelson Chamisa was shot at, with no one in the group of vehicles...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacked again?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was yesterday blocked again by some Zanu-PF youths and security details at Troutbeck turn-off in Nyanga when he was on his way to Ruwangwe, a day after a suspected a...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | 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
MDC in fresh sanctions shocker
THE opposition MDC Alliance party led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has been burning the midnight candle, fervently agitating for economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to stay as the p...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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