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Sanef linked Press ombudsman sides with DA 'racist' who wanted to 'kill the k*ffirs'
Renaldo Gouws is not to everyone's liking. Like Marmite. So when IOL published a video clip in which he is seen and heard spewing racist hate speech, supporters and detractors of the controversial pol...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 17:23hrs | 419 | by Ombud Watcher for GroundUp
From Ramaphoria to Ramageddon
Many political observers have reacted with both "shock and awe" to the astounding performance of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party in one of South Africa's most contested elections.Indeed, to borrow...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 15:01hrs | 2 | by Sipho Seepe
I was a victim of circumstances, says visas 'scam' woman
A woman from Harare who recently gained notoriety on social media for allegedly deceiving Zimbabwean individuals seeking sponsorship certificates and visas to travel abroad has stepped forward to decl...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Mnangagwa son-in-law appoints AMH board rep
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son-in-law, Gerald Mlotshwa, who recently acquired shares in Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has appointed ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Medical xenophobia: It's time to level the power imbalance in healthcare facilities
I WAS extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of South Africa's Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba.So many things ran through my mind as I watched the video. Having watched her b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Shakira Choonara
Former Zimbabwe judge to join Kenya election petition panel
RETIRED judge and Alpha Media Holdings Ombudsman, Justice Moses Chinhengo will be part of a high-level panel that will hear the 2022 Kenya presidential election petition.Justice Chinhengo and ...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ Zimbabwe man (21) who died of HIV was neglected by healthcare staff
A 21-year-old man died due to neglect, after he was not given treatment for HIV while he was a prisoner at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Chelmsford, an inquest has determined. HIV is a "treatable" condit...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Namibian police accuse SA authorities of not cooperating in Ramaphosa farm theft matter
Namibian police have accused South African authorities of not cooperating in the crime that was committed at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.It is alleged that Namibian...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 11:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Namibians demand ombudsman investigate Geingob over Ramaphosa cover-up
The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is demanding the country's ombudsman, Basilius Dyakugha, launch an investigation into claims that President Hage Geingob is implicated in an alleged cover...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC fails to account for over US$12m availed to it
The Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has expressed concerns that in a contradictory and dramatic irony that has left the country in shock, the Z...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
The legality of the MDC-T
MUCH has been said about Nelson Chamisa still using the name MDC in rallying his supporters. Just on Monday there was a letter penned by one O Gutu. Gutu was saying Chamisa and Zimbabwe Electoral comm...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Allan Mbire
Bad deals hold back Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S development trajectory remains under threat from nepotism and corruption, the Zimbabwe Coalition for Debt and Development (Zimcodd) said last week.Zimcodd said this concoction of go...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested carrying 540kg of cannabis
A Zimbabwe Republic Police ZRP support unit officer was nabbed carrying 6 bags of dagga weighing 540 kilograms on Thursday.Constable Be...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean citizen kicked out of SA may return, court rules
Pretoria - A Zimbabwean citizen who had been kicked out of South Africa and deported back to Zimbabwe has received an early Christmas gift.At the time, Home Affairs had, out of the blue, 13 ye...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 12:21hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Trump hammers nail into coffin of US's fake democracy
WE all knew it was coming, and now it is here: an attempted coup. There is no other way to describe what US President Donald Trump did in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.Standing in the Eas...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:08hrs | | by Lowenstein
Buyanga in US$282 000 debt wrangle, faces jail
FLAMBOYANT businessman Frank Buyanga could land himself in jail after allegedly tactfully evading High Court-imposed civil imprisonment for the past three years over a US$282 000 debt he owes to a loc...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain to deport a Zimbabwean man blinded by a British prison
Sikhonzile Sibanda a Zimbabwean man who became blind while he was in prison in England is due to be deported from the UK on the fifth of April 2019. Sikhonzile who arrived in the UK IN 1998 was senten...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Alliance 'bullet train' political campaign
The MDC Alliance's "bullet train" political campaign has clearly been quick off the mark (no pun intended).Perhaps too quick off the mark to the extent that they had raked up in excess of 40 r...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Date set for Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF will hold primary elections on May 5 to elect council and National Assembly candidates who will represent it in the forthcoming harmonised polls expected in July, and has called for prospectiv...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF sets primary polls date
Zanu-PF will hold primary elections on May 5 to elect council and National Assembly candidates, who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised polls expected in July, and has called for pr...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC to push for land expropriation
The ANC caucus in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) wrapped up its three-day lekgotla on Sunday with a promise to pursue land expropriation, improve school infrastructure and ramp up law en...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 22:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We will defend ANC leadership with our lives'
Durban - Attention-seeking opposition parties should not attend the State of the Nation Address in future, President Jacob Zuma's son, Edward, said on Thursday evening.Defending his father...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:28hrs | | by Agencies
Claims that transformation has been slow are dangerous, says SA billionaire
Cape Town - Retail tycoon Christo Wiese is fed up with the rich getting the blame for South Africa's problems, ...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Saviour 'Tyson' Kusakuwere punches a youth member with a divastating blow
Saviour "Tyson" Kasukuwere punches a youth member with a devastating blow In the just ended Norton by-elections Kasukuwere set a group of vulnerable youths to commit acts of violence on peace loving p...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 22:56hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Khama is a US agent for regime change
Ian Khama's bizarre call for President Robert Mugabe to step down, evidently shows that there are some sinister forces behind him.Mr Khama might not know what he is doing and this might be the...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 07:32hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Stamping corruption needs a holistic approach
The Zimbabwe Ant-corruption Commission (ZACC) needs to step up efforts to deal with corruption which is threatening to tear and collapse the nation. ZACC is under mandatory obligation to prove its wor...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 11:46hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri
PDP offers real solutions to the cash crisis
In the recent weeks, the media, social and political conversations have been dominated by the ongoing dire cash crisis as well as the proposed disastrous returning of the Zimbabwean dollar alias ‘bo...Published: 11 May 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by PDP
SA ConCourt ruling on Nkandlagate - Zimbabwe should transform to a fully Constitutional Democracy
The South African Constitutional Court made a land mark ruling on Nkandla case fews weeks ago. By and large this episode donated a golden opportunity for us as Zimbabweans to introspect, ruminate and ...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 00:20hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira, Political Scientist
Cop implicated in drug case granted bail
A police officer accused of dealing in drugs was granted bail on Wednesday in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court.The New Era reported that Eric Basson, 30, was arrested on January 15 after ...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
More protection against reckless credit for SA consumers
The recent amendments to the National Credit Act, 2005 which came into force on the 13th of March 2015, has yet again heralded in a higher level of protection for South African consumers in the credit...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 13:31hrs | | by Sithandile Mpofu
Youths join Zapu as it gives them a fair and better deal
The move by MDC Youths to join Zapu was highly welcome and indicative of the fact that young people have finally realized that their future aspirations and social mobility can only be secured by Zapu'...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 10:13hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
'Trevor Ncube's Skyz FM driven by profit not development'
CARRYSLOT (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Skyz FM and fronted by Media mogul Trevor Ncube is driven by profit and not the cultural development side of the concept, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe said du...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 14:58hrs | | by Hangoyapalala waTjibundule
Madonsela's anti-Zuma crusade could backfire on her
Cape Town - Her supporters describe her as brilliant, fearless and presidential material. But critics of Thuli Madonsela, South Africa's popular and controversial public protector say she is reck...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 12:18hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Zim scholarship student served with a letter of fees demand
A scholarship set up by the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, for study at South African universities is going through a bad patch and students risk losin...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 22:07hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
A call for political will to address corruption
Political will is the key to the decisive dealing with the skin deep and cultured corruption which has spread across the public, private and civic sectors in Zimbabwe. The despondency in accountabilit...Published: 09 May 2014 at 09:14hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Former soldier sues Defence ministry
A FORMER member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Didymus Maboreke is demanding $350 000 compensatory damages from the Ministry of Defence for injuries sustained while he was on duty...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest of Zimbabwe journalists condemned
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) said it condemns the arrest of the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, Dumisani Muleya and the paper's chief reporter Owen Gagare by the Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 07 May 2013 at 09:31hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Gideon Gono presents Zimbabwe's monetary policy today
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has postponed the announcement of the monetary policy to today.Gono was expected to have delivered the policy statement yesterday....Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's intention to sue the Zimbabwe Independent castigated
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe says its notes with regret the reported threat to sue the Zimbabwe Independent by the MDC-T Secretary General and National Organizing Secretary Tendai Biti and ...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 08:30hrs | | by Ndou Paul
No to dual citizenship says Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF Politburo met in the capital at the party headquarters and concluded its analysis and amendments to the draft constitution.Briefing journalists after the meeting this Thursday, the...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo concludes draft constitution analysis
The Zanu-PF Politburo met in the capital at the party headquarters and concluded its analysis and amendments to the draft constitution.The analysis and amendment process saw the Politburo meet...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newspaper prints front page apology to Malema
The Times newspaper printed a front-page apology to expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Thursday, abiding by a ruling by the press ombudsman against an article published in October....Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 07:09hrs | | by Sapa
Amid assaults on press, Uganda police promise reforms
Joseph Mutebi, a photojournalist for the popular vernacular state-owned daily Bukedde, spent his afternoon trying to file a complaint with the police in the capital, Kampala. "First they told me the o...Published: 08 Jun 2012 at 20:41hrs | | by CPJ
Zimbabwean lawyers exploiting asylum seekers in UK - ZimDiaspora
Many Zimbabwean lawyers practising in the United Kingdom are exploiting desperate asylum seekers, demanding exorbitant charges of up to £2 300.00 for cases legally pegged by the B...Published: 17 May 2012 at 20:56hrs | | by ZimDiaspora Crime Reporter
Propaganda, media, regime change, - a reality check
ADOLF Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels declared: "If you have to use a lie to propagate your cause, you would have to repeat it more often than possible and use the established mainstream ...Published: 21 Aug 2011 at 06:54hrs | | by Udo W. Froese
Sadc's Livingstone report is now for historians: Prof J Moyo
Given that Zimbabwe is due to have its second harmonised general election this year in terms of the September 15, 2008 GPA negotiated, agreed and signed by Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations, and ack...Published: 18 Jun 2011 at 23:04hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo, MP
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