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Parent sues Zimsec for discrimination
GOVERNMENT and the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) have been dragged to court for discriminating against students in private schools in the payment of examination fees for Grade Seven, ...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:27hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission case stopped at High Court
THE High Court has stopped the prosecution of a Harare woman who is facing a charge of deliberately infecting her partner with HIV.Lindiwe Ndhlovu was arrested in March 2022 and charged with d...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1259 | by Staff Reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 515 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Did thousands die so that only a few enrich themselves from our minerals and land?
Having just woken up this Saturday morning, and turning on the television - I never expected to be greeted by such a heart-wrenching scene. There was a documentary narrating a harrowing ambush...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 08:53hrs | 1077 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SA gives in on migrants
ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back hom...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 696 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe speeding into the territory of charter cities
FINALLY, Al Jazeera aired the first of the four-part series documentary Gold Mafia. Social media went into overdrive, with many people condemning the attitude and character of some of those implicated...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 606 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's 'bribes' for chiefs slammed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend free health care to chiefs a few months before major elections has been criticised as a vote-buying gimmick.Mnangagwa handed access ca...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:49hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing power of incumbency
THE election season has officially begun. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has in the week deliberately given his party, Zanu-PF, inside information on the August elections instead of gazetting such infor...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 294 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Al Jazeera documentary is likely to cause fallout between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga?
A MAN is like the company that he keeps. This old adage is coming to haunt President Emmerson Mnangagwa as his re-election campaign, six months before the polls, hit a huge pot-hole after Al Jazeera p...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:06hrs | 2487 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa coronation day
NONE gave the Chevrons a chance against Pakistan in a Super 12 stage at the T20 Cricket World Cup currently underway in Australia. It is a biblical David v Goliath story and the Chevrons passed the te...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:40hrs | 751 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe govt lacks spine
THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 158 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Sikhala's wife claims she was arrested for refusing to pay a bribe to traffic cops
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's wife Ellen has pleaded not guilty to the charges of violating road rules telling the court that officers wanted a bribe from her....Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:27hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Muzarabani villagers face eviction
HUNDREDS of villagers in Mashonaland Central province face eviction to pave way for expansion of Muzarabani growth point.The affected villagers through their traditional leaders have sought as...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa afraid of live-streamed court proceedings?
THERE is something that happened in Zanu-PF in 2017. The play is about to be staged in a court of law.So many skeletons will pop out of the political cupboard. It is understandable why Preside...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | 2428 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
UZ taken to court by students over fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have taken the institution and its vice-chancellor Paul Mapfumo to court challenging the recent increase in tuition fees.The university recently increased ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 410 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Robayi bash, injure UZ students during flash protest over fee hike
Police, popularly known as orobayi, Monday beat up and injured three female University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were part of a group of 14 learners arrested during a flash campus protest over a s...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
The day South Africa closes the border
THE past two decades have seen over 1,5 million Zimbabweans migrate to South Africa as economic refugees. Most of the refugees are unskilled and, therefore, directly compete with locals for menial job...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 3017 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 496 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Bogus cop in hot soup
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who purported to be a traffic cop before demanding a bribe from an accident victim has been arrested.Ke...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 00:14hrs | 791 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lawyer seeks access to incarcerated CCC MPs
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) executive director Roselyn Hanzi has filed an urgent application at the High Court seeking an order to consult privately with her clients detained at Chikurubi...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:36hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Car hijacker nabbed
A 52-YEAR-OLD Shamva man is in hot soup after he stole his neighbour vehicle two times.Eliot Dzuda appeared before Bindura magist...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:46hrs | 514 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nonica Mutsvangwa Foundation donates chess boards
It was all smiles and cheers at Haig Park Primary school in Harare as students received a donation of chess boards and pieces from the newly formed Nonica Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa Foundation.The f...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 13:20hrs | 814 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Regime change' lawyers flag Belarus fire tender deal
HUMAN rights lawyers have demanded access to documents signed between government and Belarus for the procurement of fire tenders on behalf of local authorities.This came after Local Gove...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:37hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS top-up demands rile members
PREMIER Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) members have raised concern over their service providers' failure to meet their needs while demanding top-ups on contributions.The service provider ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
There is need to professionalise ZRP
AN opinion written by Paidamoyo Muzulu titled Pro-lege, Pro-patria, Pro-populo: This is not our ZRP refers.I could not agree more with the writer. There is need to reform the Zimbabwe Re...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 434 | by Chief Chiduku
Man flees as robbers pounce on wife
FOUR suspected robbers allegedly pounced on a couple at Gibson gold base in Mazowe and the husband managed to flee leaving his wife being attacked....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 3856 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sikhala to spend second night in police cells
CITIZENS Coalition for Change vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, will spend his second night in police cells following his arrest on allegations of inciting public violence on Tuesday.His lawyer, ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:52hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
Court sets worshippers free
A Harare magistrate yesterday granted bail to 10 worshippers who were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct on Friday during a prayer meeting in the capital.The 10, who were granted $5 000...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:23hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission ruling today
A HARARE court is expected to decide today on a case of deliberate HIV transmission, two months after the country decriminalised transmission of the virus.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
High Court stays protesting war vets case
THE High Court has stayed a case involving forty ex-combatants facing charges of disorderly conduct pending their application for review of exception.The ex-combatants had applied for an excep...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1518 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Magistrate refuses to amend war vets charges
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed an application by 40 war veterans who were arrested last year for demanding a review of their monthly earnings.The application seeking to have their charges a...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Kombis are not coming back for good, says Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday said commuter omnibuses (kombis) are not coming back despite transport woes that are affecting many urbanites. Speaking to the Daily News, Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:58hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Nust students coming up with innovative technological solutions
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students and academics are coming up with innovative technological solutions to national problems, a testimony that they have adapted to the de...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
ZAA UK releases nominee list
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) on Friday announced the final nominees list for its UK 11th Anniversary Awards slated for May 28.The awards dinner gala will be held at Holiday Inn City, Bi...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:11hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife comforts Mutsvangwa family
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visited the Mutsvangwa family residence in Harare on Friday to pass her condolences following the death of Paidamoyo Nonica Mutsvangwa in a road accident last week....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consoles Mutsvangwa family
President Mnangagwa has consoled the Mutsvangwa family following the death of their granddaughter Paida Nonica, who succumbed to injuries sustained from a road traffic accident.She is set to b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:32hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's grandchild dies
Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls has been plunged into mourning after one of its learners, Paida Nonica Mutsvangwa, died in a road accident near Selous on Sunday.Paida (10), was the gra...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
SA Afrophobia: Mnangagwa should speak out
THE image of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean immigrant's burning body on a Johannesburg street jolted the collective minds of Zimbabweans to the dark age of 2008 Afrophobia attacks in South Africa....Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 239 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 1575 | by Stephen Jakes
Court acquits student teachers accused of staging illegal demo
HARARE magistrate Judith Taruvinga Friday freed 10 students who were facing allegations of staging an unsanctioned demonstration at Belvedere Teachers College.The ten are students Belvedere Te...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's finest hour
THE 1990s were an interesting period in world politics. This was the period when the United States got its youngest President William Clinton at 43 and the United Kingdom (UK) also elected Tony Blair ...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | 393 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Lawyers press registrar general over failure to issue ID cards
Human rights lawyers have pressed the Registrar General for details on how many people were issued with identity documents between November 2021 and this month.The move comes as the main oppos...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:54hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 234 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
March by-elections inconsequential
IMMEDIATELY after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the March 2022 by-elections, he started the week by firing his State Security minister Owen Ncube in dramatic fashion. The decision stole the ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:15hrs | 177 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
War veterans wants trial date or to be remove from remand
THIRTY-NINE members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) who are accused of participating in a gathering with the intention to cause public violence were today remande...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war veterans detained in prison over anti-govt protest
THIRTY-NINE liberation war veterans will spend the night in prison detention after Harare Magistrate Barbra Mateko deferred her ruling on their application seeking to be set free citing violation of t...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 14:31hrs | 35 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt adamant on child marriages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is adamant that it has accomplished a lot in stopping child marriages in Zimbabwe despite some reported rising cases of the pervasive practice.In resp...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 16:07hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
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