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Coltart hails Mnangagwa govt
FIERCE Government critic and opposition politician David Coltart has described the move by the Government to facilitate the issuance of birth certificates and death certificates as well as the exhumat...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
1893 MHRRM praises Zenzele Ndebele, calls for a UN Commission of Enquiry
The 1893 MHRRM takes this opportunity to congratulate and give special thanks to one of Matebeleland's finest Human Rights Activists, Zenzele Ndebele, for his informative and forthright documentary on...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Maseko wants lift on Gukurahandi paintings ban
It's exactly three years since visual artist Owen Maseko lost his fight to exhibit the controversial Gukurahundi-inspired paintings at the Bulawayo Art Gallery.Before the Supreme Court issued ...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 16:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Insult law still remains in force
While a number of citizens were arrested and dragged to the courts after being accused of undermining the authority of or insulting former President Robert Mugabe, even as he is gone, that law is stil...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe insult cases crumble
Like a deck of cards, President Robert Mugabe's countless insult cases have over the years collapsed one after the other, with the latest being that of former Zanu PF youth leader William Mutumanje - ...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe insult laws fail to bite
If the number of people who have been charged under Section 33 of the Criminal Law is anything to go by then President Robert Mugabe takes offence in anything.Many have been brought to court f...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 19:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Afro-Jazz soul artiste lifting Zim flag high in SA
A Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz soul artiste Xolani Ndlovu whose stage name "X-Mile" is lifting the flag of Zimbabwe high in the neighbouring South Africa where he has performed numerous live shows and has sin...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Controversial 'Gukurahundi' artist exhibits in South Africa
Zimbabwe's controversial artist Owen Maseko is currently in neighbouring South Africa where he is exhibiting his "controversial" graffiti dubbed "Sibathontisele" in IsiNdebele, which translates ...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 22:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Visual artist 'Maseko' in trouble again
CONTROVERSIAL visual artist Owen Maseko has run into trouble with authorities again as his new display at the National Gallery in Bulawayo Art Gallery was dismantled hardly a day after it went u...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 11:00hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Owen Maseko 'Gukurahundi' art work being removed at National Art Gallary - Photo
About 20 artists including Maseko had gathered to witness the pulling down. ...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Gukurahundi exhibition removed at National Art Gallery
The controversial exhibition by Bulawayo visual artist Owen Maseko which was banned in 2010 at the National Art Gallery will be finally removed today.Maseko was arrested and faced charges of u...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Gukurahundi artist forms band
Controversial banned Gukurahundi Artists, Owen Maseko accused by the Robert Mugabe administration of offending the president through his paintings depicting the Gukurahundi atrocities, has...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Mandlenkosi Chinula
All is set for the Back to Pan-Africanism Conference
All is set for the second edition of the Back to Pan-Africanism Conference. The conference is hosted by a first growing Bulawayo based think-tank organisation, Leaders for Africa Network-LAN. ...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 10:03hrs | 2 | by Ras Mkhonto WeSizwe Mahomva
Ruling reserved in Gukurahundi insult case
The Attorney General conceded that facts forming criminal charges against Bulawayo-based artist Owen Maseko, accused of insulting President Robert Mugabe, do not constitute an offence, as the Constit...Published: 16 Jan 2014 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Constitutional Court
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the Constitutional Court's (ConCourt) ruling that section 31 (a) (iii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Re...Published: 21 Nov 2013 at 01:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's reputation must be protected, says Mnangagwa
LAWS criminalising the undermining of the authority of the President and communicating of falsehoods must not be revoked since they protect the reputation of the President and his office, Justice, Le...Published: 20 Nov 2013 at 00:50hrs | | by Court Reporter
'Govt should realise that talking about Gukurahundi is part of the healing process' - Maseko speaks out
Owen Maseko, the visual artist accused by the Robert Mugabe administration of 'offending' the president through his paintings depicting the Gukurahundi atrocities, has spoken out about his experience...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 04:51hrs | 4 | by Nomalanga Moyo
Mugabe can be insulted, rules Zimbabwe court
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the section of the country's criminal law code that makes it a crime to insult President Robert Mugabe is unconstitutional.This came ou...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court summons Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi case
Constitutional Court judges have summoned Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to justify the constitutionality of prosecuting a Bulawayo-based artist charged under the old constitution for publishing ...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 04:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court strikes down sections of Statute law
THE Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that sections of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act criminalising the undermining of the authority of the President and communicating falsehoods must...Published: 30 Oct 2013 at 19:14hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi artist' trial resume at Supreme Court
The Supreme court of Zimbabwe will on Wednesday hear the case of visual artist Owen Maseko who is accused of undermining the authority of the president through his works.The visual artist was ...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 11:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo artists demand opening of National Art Gallery
The continued closure of The National Art Gallery in Bulawayo exhibition section is fast pushing local artists to financial ruin as they are losing revenue.The gallery remains shut two years ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Alois Sibanda
Artist faces more than 20yrs in jail for depicting Gukurahundi
Owen Maseko, a Bulawayo painter faces more than 20 years in jail for depicting the Gukurahundi massacres in which 20,000 people were killed.Police in Bulawayo shut down Owen Maseko's exhibitio...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 10:02hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Matobo Rural District Council accepts Gukurahundi monument request
A group representing victims of political violence has received permission to erect a monument to commemorate the deaths of thousands that were killed during the Gukurahundi massacres in the eig...Published: 02 Mar 2011 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Byo Art Gallery Director's Gukurahundi charges dropped
The acting Bulawayo Art Gallery director, Voti Thebe, who was being accused of illegally displaying material on Gukurahundi atrocities by artist, Owen Maseko had the charges against him withdrawn....Published: 30 Jan 2011 at 23:19hrs | 4 | by Byo24NEWS
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