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Mnangagwa spokesman threatens media arrests over Gold Mafia coverage
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba has warned that "there is a limit to provocation we can take", raising the prospect of media arrests over the reporting of the Al Jazeera 'Gold...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Convicted gold smuggler Ewan Macmillan claims Mnangagwa is his partner
Convicted gold smuggler Ewan Macmillan has told Al Jazeera that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is his business partner, according to bombshell new revelations.Macmillan made the sensational clai...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | 5783 | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
Man conceals payslip for 10 years
A HARARE woman yesterday told magistrate Ayanda Dlamini that her husband has been hiding his payslip from her for the past decade.Magret Maturo made the claims as she sought a court ruling dir...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says his detation is based on lies
INCARCERATED Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala yesterday said he has been detained for months based on a pack of lies.Sikhala made the comments when he appeared before Harare magistrat...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 187 | by @Jamwanda2
Sikhala has case to answer, court rules
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa has today ruled that CCC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has a case to answer on charges of obstructing or defeating the course of justice wher...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 17:57hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala refuses to speak in court
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers Job Sikhala accused of inciting public violence to avenge the death of their party's slain activist Moreblessing Ali, yesterday refused to speak in court....Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3767 | by Staff reporter
Why, I, as a ZANU PF supporter likes Nelson Chamisa
It is not often, that a member of the ruling party declares openly, that they like an opposition leader and that they wish that God would give him a long life and political longevity.As a life...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 18:10hrs | 1033 | by Desmond Ndorochena
Chamisa wrote to Mnangagwa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says he has written several times to President Emmerson Mnangagwa importuning the state leader to abandon his vindictive treatment of the oppo...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:58hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
'Judiciary, security agents top in rights violations'
ZIMBABWE has recorded 2 683 cases of human rights violations against human rights defenders, mainly perpetrated by State security agents and the Judiciary, human rights organisations have said....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC forgets Sikhala
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 15:36hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala solidarity waning
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's case is exposing the opposition
In three months' time, Job Sikhala would have clocked a full year in jail for allegedly inciting public violence and attempting to defeat the course of justice.They say, among other things, he...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1054 | by Tawanda Majoni
Sikhala trial: Third witness testifies
THE third witness in the trial of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala (CCC), Detective Assistant Inspector Hardwick Maziti was yesterday grilled by defence lawyers Harrison Nkomo and Jeremiah Bhamu ov...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:26hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Witness grilled over Sikhala's incriminating videos
A POLICE officer, Kudakwashe Mandiranga, who was tasked to download two videos from YouTube and Twitter that will be used as evidence in the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume ditches Chamisa
Jacob Ngarivhume, Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) President, has decided to withdraw his backing for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.In 2018 Ngarivhume joined a union of oppo...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:23hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala application dismissed
CCC national deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, facing a pair of trials on obstructing justice and on inciting violence, is still applying for postponements as he seeks to have the High Court and the Con...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:50hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa nemesis bemoans 'grand looting' under Zanu-PF rule
Zanu-PF activist, Sybeth Musengezi who became known through his bold challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy as party leader, resurfaced weekend to haunt his nemesis, this time for...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elites perfect the catch-and-release strategy
THE release of Zanu-PF's Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena on grounds that the state was not ready for trial four months after arrest is proof of double standards and that the govern...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:09hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa takes Wadyajena head-on
Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, challenged the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena's Cottco fraud case.Mliswa said NPA must t...Published: 11 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 2922 | by Paul Ndou
Mliswa slams selective application of law
INDEPENDENT Norton Member of Parliament (MP) Temba Mliswa has slammed selective application of the law and lack of political will to fight corruption after Zanu-PF MP Mayor Wadyajena was removed from ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 2044 | by Staff reporter
Top cop caves in on Ngarivhume case
POLICE Officer Commanding Law and Order in Harare Inspector Edmore Runganga yesterday admitted in court that opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume's Twitter account allegedly use...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Wadyajena's removal from remand
THE removal of Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) from remand after a Harare magistrate ruled that the legislator had no case to answer following money-laundering and fraud ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt guilty of political suppression'
FORMER Primary and Secondary education minister and lawyer David Coltart has reproached African governments for arbitrarily clamping down dissenting political voices.Contributing last week to ...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court judge survives shooting outside Harare home
A High Court judge was unhurt after gunmen opened fire at her vehicle in Harare on Tuesday night, police said.Justice Emilia Muchawa was meters from her home in Goodhope, Westgate, when two me...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:44hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala must be released on health grounds'
INCARCERATED Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala's close allies have expressed concern over his deteriorating health.They suggested that Sikhala, who is the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:45hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala was advocating for violence,' says last State witness
THE State's last witness in the trial of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala (CCC) for allegedly inciting public violence sometime in 2018, yesterday claimed that the video evidence showed the opposit...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2689 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's CCC worried over Job Sikhala's continued detention
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, Friday expressed discontent over the continued detention of the party's legislator Job Sikhala who has been in jail since June ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 08:05hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1779 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Sikhala's charge based on assumption, says State witness
A STATE witness in the trial of Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala yesterday said the charge he was facing of inciting people to commit public violence in a video clip published in 2020 was based on assumpti...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | 2708 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's brother Mnangagwa back to his ways
Opposition party CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa has stated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is back to his old ways of using unfair and illegal means to fight which he renders as "desperate measures"....Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 23:07hrs | 4434 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Chamisa says victory imminent
BAIL ruling for the incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Budiriro activists who were arrested 10 days ago on allegations of holding an illegal meeting will be handed down this Friday....Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:37hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready for polls
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says the relentless arrest of its legislators and supporters will not scare or deter the party from participating in general elections to be held lat...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:37hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's application objecting new court papers dismissed
Denied freedom: Job Sikhala Sikhala has clocked more than six months in remand prison and has been denied bail several timesCITIZENS Coalition for Change interim vice-chairperson Job Sikhala w...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:35hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
'The Crocodile has not changed'
The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party has warned of violence and repression by the ruling Zanu-PF party to ensure victory in elections scheduled for later this year.In an interview wi...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa confident of 2023 win
ZIMBABWE's main opposition party led by Nelson Chamisa, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) marked its first anniversary Tuesday.The party was formed on 24 January 2022 after a prolonged ...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:34hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala for CCC President
If tribalist CCC members are serious about replacing the terrorist ZANU PF government, they must, as a matter of urgency, install firebrand, Job Sikhala or Tendai Biti as CCC President. But if...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 08:57hrs | 6111 | by Israel Dube
Sikhala 'violence' video played in court
VIDEO evidence of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson Job Sikhala allegedly inciting public violence was yesterday played at the Harare Magistrates Court during his trial.Sikh...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, police cross swords
Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was among 25 CCC members arrested recently for holding a meeting at a private residence in Harare. Picture: Shepherd TozvirevaPolice officers attending training ahead of ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:01hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lashes out at critics
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa has hit back at critics saying his party has structures which he claimed were giving Zanu-PF sleepless nights ahead of this year's general ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:35hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
They want Chibaya in jail says Mahere
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere reckons the State is itching to lock up party organising secretary Amos Chibaya following his Saturday arrest alongside 25 ot...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:34hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thrives on chaos
PHEW, what a chaotic start to the year!A dazed Zimbabwe dollar is wobbling precariously into an eventful 2023, as the authorities comically plead with government contractors to desist from tra...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1113 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Chamisa claims his party has corrected past mistakes
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa claims his party has corrected past mistakes to ensure a clean sweep in this year's elections, but Zanu-PF says the opposition leader is day d...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should make a clarion call for peace
THE savage beating of elderly people in Murehwa last weekend for political reasons has once again raised concern over the spectre of violence in the country ahead of the harmonised elections to be hel...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:27hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must show patriotism
THE only thing new about the terrorism meted out in Murehwa on the poor elderly villagers is that someone who was part of the gang filmed and sent it to his bosses in Zanu-PF as proof that they could ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | 375 | by A Mbire
UK lawyer chides Mnangagwa
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer, Max Lion has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abusing State powers to settle a personal vendetta against incarcerated opposition politician, Job Sikhala.Sik...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hogs global human rights spotlight
ZIMBABWE is once again under the global spotlight for turning a blind eye to the country's worsening human rights situation.In its latest 2023 human rights report released on Wednesday, Human ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala asks for postponement of his trial
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice chairperson Job Sikhala on Wednesday sought postponement of his trial, indicating he wanted to appeal against the magistrate's ruling dismissing an appl...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 20:09hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
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