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Process vs populism: Unpacking the Supreme Court ruling against Chamisa
Populism without process has turned out to be wholly inadequate for the party of excellence.The judgement is germane to the MDC. MDC-T was a moniker developed to distinguish the Tsvangirai faction...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1384 | by David Hofisi
Buyanga seeks arrest warrant against his baby mama
Prominent businessman Mr Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking the court to order the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner General Mr Godwin Matanga a...Published: 13 hrs ago | 285 | by Staff reporter
'MDC leader raped a woman in South Africa...Tsvangirai negotiated his release'
United Kingdom-based Human Rights activist Pedzisayi Ruhanya has alleged that a senior MDC official was arrested in 2011 after raping a cleaner at a hotel in South Africa. In a Twitter thread ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 6100 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NewsDay correspondent arrested over lockdown breach
POLICE in Chinhoyi yesterday arrested NewsDay correspondent Nunurai Jena on allegations of contravening President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 21-lockdown order.Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zim...Published: 18 hrs ago | 567 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe on collision course
FORMER opposition MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has set himself on a collision course with party leader Thokozani Khupe after blasting the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform, where ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors raise alarm over COVID-19 tests
LOCAL medical doctors have expressed concern over the low numbers of people being tested for the deadly coronavirus in the country as the United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that Africa could lose mi...Published: 18 hrs ago | 569 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown laws draconian, excessive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of a 21-day national lockdown across Zimbabwe to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus was accompanied by a raft of laws, which are draconian, excessive a...Published: 18 hrs ago | 176 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Coronavirus to push Zimbabwe to the brink?
With Zimbabwe's health-care sector crippled by a strike by doctors and nurses, underfunding and years of general neglect, fears are growing that Covid-19 will hit the troubled country very hard....Published: 19 hrs ago | 204 | by Financial Mail
What the Khupe-Chamisa Supreme Court ruling means
On March 31, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling in the seemingly interminable battle over stewardship of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In the case of MDC and O...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:26hrs | 4489 | by David Hofisi
#Covid-19, residents demand water in battle to combat deadly epidemic and avert crisis
A RESIDENTS’ representative group has hauled Chitungwiza Municipality and central government to court seeking an order compelling them to urgently act and ensure provision of water to residents at a...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:05hrs | 214 | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa amends lockdown regulations, allows travel for funerals but only with a permit
South Africa's Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has amended the regulations governing the Covid-19 lockdown, allowing for travel between cities and pro...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:17hrs | 960 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
MDC Youths threaten Komichi with violence
MDC Deputy Spokesperson Womberai Nhende has warned MDC official Morgan Komichi that he must desist from attempting to takeover Harvest House because he will be met with violence. Nhende posted...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 09:29hrs | 3252 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Firms warned over contracts termination
EMPLOYERS who terminate workers' contracts or cut salaries without following labour laws risk being sued when sanity is restored after the recession caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. This was s...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora dependance hit hard by lockdown
Most diaspora dependance in Zimbabwe have been hit hard by the country's total lockdown as they cannot have access to their monies sent on money transfer agencies.Officials from money transfer...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 21:01hrs | 2891 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe sanctions impact worse during Covid-19 crisis
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo says the impact of western imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe was worse during the current COVID-19 crisis.In a statement Tuesday, Moyo said sanctions have li...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:29hrs | 451 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt should enforce lockdown to save lives
THE world over, the major news is only about one thing, coronavirus or COVID-19. Countries, cities and states are going into lockdowns to contain a blowout of this fast-spreading virus which has left ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Re-imagining the post-COVID-19 political scene in Zimbabwe
There is no denying that the global pandemic figuratively known as COVID-19 has disrupted our everyday lives. Even our economies have ground to a halt. Our educational institutions have been for...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 210 | by Admire Mare
For autocratic regimes, COVID-19 is a window to consolidate power
Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?Last Friday, the Zimbabwe government published ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 161 | by New York Times
Chamisa's MDC leadership ascent 'flawed'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed in on the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leadership dispute, ruling that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the party and confirming an earlier r...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 19:10hrs | 7939 | by Staff reporter
EFF warns Zimbabwe's army
EFF Zimbabwe President Innocent Lutshutsha Gagu Ndibali has warned the members of the Zimbabwean security services to desist from infringing on the rights of citizens during the lockdown period. ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:55hrs | 6777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans still in bondage in 'Egypt' - we're still awaiting our Moses to deliver us
It is always common knowledge that whenever political leaders - with the help of their sidekicks, mouthpieces, and praise singers - resort to misinterpreting biblical scriptures to justify and defend ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:17hrs | 797 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement MLF President Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza said ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 550 | by Stephen Jakes
President Mnangagwa, why is Frank Buyanga not arrested by ZR Police?
Dear Mr President,I hope I find you well Mr. President. I am putting on ice serious differences I have with you for the sake of the young life: the son to Ms Chantelle Muteswa and Mr. Frank Bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 4205 | by Nomazulu Thata
Betty Makoni claims she recovered from COVID-19
FORGOTTEN Zimbabwean girl child rights lobbyist Betty Makoni, now based in the United Kingdom, claims she has fully recovered from the deadly coronavirus after undergoing a tortuous treatment regime....Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:14hrs | 3471 | by Staff Reporter
Perrance Shiri given 2 week ultimatum to handover seized farm
A MARONDERA businessman and farmer, Godfrey Gonese whose farm was seized by government in 2014 and given to an Italian citizen, Francesco Marconati, has demanded Lands Minister Perrance Shiri to retur...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:11hrs | 3401 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt tightens screws on COVID-19 information
GOVERNMENT has introduced stringent measures and penalties meant to curtail the flow of information during the 21-day national lockdown, with those accused of spreading falsehoods on coronavirus being...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges told to postpone pending criminal charges
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed judges of all superior courts and magistrates to postpone pending criminal and civil matters in response to the 21-day national lockdown declared by President Mn...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:12hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son appears in court
THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Top MDC official recounts prison 'hell'
A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.Stephe...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's coronavirus medical facility faces hiccup
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court seeking an order to stop the establishment of a medical facility in a residential suburb to cater for people sufferi...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers take Mnangagwa govt to task over coronavirus
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have taken government to task on its state of preparedness, the number of health personnel who have been trained and measures that are being taken to track dow...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:17hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
NGOs shut down
CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts t...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
When democrats discover despotism as a cure
MOST often, in times of crisis, it seems no one remembers to secure the asylum, from which looneys - fools, nutters, ignoramuses and the downright stupid - always escape.If only they spent the...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:27hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problems keep piling - from starvation to coronavirus
THE COVID-19 outbreak is expected to worsen Zimbabwe's problems as the southern African country grapples with a tanking economy, the worst food shortages in decades and a collapsing health system, obs...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Resident blocks Tagwirei from turning hospital into elite COVID-19 centre
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to stop businessman Kuda Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings from renovating and upgrading an abandoned hos...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:21hrs | 943 | by newzimbabwe
Govt lockdown impractical without economic cushioning measures
The nationwide lockdown, which is due to come into effect Monday, March 30, is a necessary step in containing the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. However, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 21:18hrs | 1839 | by Lloyd Msipa, People’s Party
We let her down: we should hang our heads in shame!
Its high time we put our act together and we assist our daughter Chantelle Muteswa dear Zimbabwean women. We can't let the girl fight such a brutal war on her own without assistance from Zimbabwe wome...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:23hrs | 4020 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Army plots to abduct Thabani Mpofu during lockdown?'
The much-feared members of the Zimbabwe Military Intelligence are reportedly plotting to abduct famed lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chinn'ono. South ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 17:32hrs | 7811 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu PF must account for Makamba debacles' - good start but must self-empower too
A lot has been said about the tragic events surrounding the late Zororo Makamba's death but, sadly, most of it has been the usual static noise. So when I heard something coherent, a diamond amongst th...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:48hrs | 3282 | by Wilbert Mukori
Govt managing COVID-19 information: CSOs
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to come clean on COVID-19 by disseminating correct information on the pandemic in Zimbabwe amid concerns that testing centres were only in Harare and Bulawayo, leaving t...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
South Africa now sub-investment grade
Rating agency Moody's has cut South Africa's sovereign credit rating to sub-investment grade, meaning the country now has a junk rating from all three major international rating agencies. The ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga snatches son movie style
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly hired two armed men to kidnap his son movie-style from his former girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa as the row over their son's custodianship turned nasty....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:36hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
6 MDC youths arrested over Kwekwe demo
MDC Midlands provincial youth chairperson Sekai Marashe and five party activists were brought to court yesterday following their Saturday arrest for leading a flash protest against President Emmerson ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga 'assaults' estranged girlfriend
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly assaulted his estranged girlfriend Chantell Muteswa in Harare and took away his minor son after producing guns to scare away people who wanted to interven...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2627 | by Staff reporter
Sex hungry man is an angry man
A married man from Luveve has reportedly turned to abusing his wife in the presence of their children after she slapped him with a sex ban.Austine Soko who has been denied sex by his wife coul...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Health Minister is responsible for Zororo's death - Zim Doctors for Human Rights
The Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights have apportioned the blame on the Minister of Health and Child Care Obadiah Moyo for the death of a journalist Zororo Makamba who succumbed to coronavirus in Hara...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 08:01hrs | 12477 | by Stephen Jakes
Hookers call on Ramaphosa to include them in plan to aid workers during lockdown
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and Sisonke, the National Movement of Sex Workers, have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make urgent provision for the Temporary Employee...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe catches coronavirus cold
Zimbabwe's economy has started catching a cold over the coronavirus, as major industries and some of the country's recreational facilities have started closing down, and taking responsive measures to ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3935 | by Staff reporter
UN calls for easing of sanctions on Zimbabwe
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for easing of sanctions against Zimbabwe and such countries like Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea to allow their health systems to...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
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