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2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been sued over their arbitrary ban on a demonstration against the looting of diamonds in Marange and failure b...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officer faces grim prospect of his pay being garnished for torturing civilian
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer could soon have his monthly salary garnished to pay up ZW$400,000 damages to a Chitungwiza man, Ednock Dube, who he tortured for violating Covid-19 curfew regu...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for insulting Mnangagwa
A Hurungwe man who was angered that his name was omitted from a list of Cotton Presidential scheme beneficiaries has appeared in court facing charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for mocking Mnangagwa
A Rushinga man has been remanded out of custody to November 28 on charges of mocking President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his claims that the country has the strongest currency in the Southern African De...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2787 | by Staff reporter
NGO gives ZEC a 7 day ultimatum to release voters roll
POLL based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Election Resource Centre (ERC), has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) a seven-day ultimatum to release an electronic copy of the delimitatio...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 18:50hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police pays ZW$1 million compensation to victim of 2018 shooting
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has paid ZW$1 million compensation to a man who was shot and injured by a constable in 2018, two years after the case was brought to the courts by the Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Police to be sued over spike throwing deaths
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will sue police over a case where four lives were lost and 10 people were injured in Mutare, after police threw spikes on a speeding commuter omnib...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR receives funding from US to fund subversive activities?
A senior official with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Mr Macdonald Moyo, yesterday allegedly admitted that the organisation receives direct funding from the United States government to ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:42hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR on the payroll of the United States?
IN a shocking admission, Mr Macdonald Moyo of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has admitted that his organisation is on the payroll of the United States, bringing to the fore the nexus between so...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:36hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks prisoners from voting
THE High Court has dismissed with costs an application by former prisoners seeking voting rights for inmates during elections.Through their lawyer Tererai Mafukidze of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Rogue Zimbabwe civil society sponsor accusations of shrinking democratic space and protests
JUSTICE Ministry Permanent Secretary, Virginia Mabhiza has told African Union (AU) that concerns raised over Zimbabwe's shrinking civic space and protests against the intended Private Voluntary Organi...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
List of people and organisations who participated in the sanctioning of Zimbabwe
FORMER Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, has published a long list of eminent opposition politicians he claims were at the forefront inviting "hurtful" sanctions on Zimbabwe.Last week,...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2753 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice sets up committee to debate continued use of 'outdated' colonial hairpiece
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has set up a Judicial Wigs Committee (JWC) to investigate whether the hairpiece, worn at official functions by judges of higher courts, is still necessary.Announced b...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
High Court outlaws Zupco monopoly
A BULAWAYO High Court judge has stripped the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) of its monopoly in the public transport business.Justice Evangelista Kabasa said COVID-19 lockdown regul...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers successfully challenge two-year ZUPCO monopoly
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has ended public transporter Zupco's two-years long monopoly after successfully challenging provision of the Public Health (COVID -19) Prevention, Containm...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:07hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Students arrested over fees demonstration
SIX Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) students were on Monday arrested for allegedly demonstrating against a recent fees hike by the institution.The six students are; Kimberly Joni, Ernest Liyal...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 382 | 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 | 532 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers 'rob' client
FIVE sex workers plying their trade in Harare's Avenues red-light district have been charged with robbery after they reportedly accused their client of messing their sheets and forced him to pay US$80...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Villagers forced to pay US$25 for rain making ceremony
A headman in Mutasa district, Manicaland allegedly forced his subjects to pay US$25 each per homestead towards a traditional rain-making ceremony known as Mukwerera in Shona in Honde Valley....Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
High Court berates magistrate over CCC activist's conviction and imprisonment
HARARE Magistrate Judith Taruvinga is facing a backlash for convicting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruzivishe who was recently acquitted by the High Court.Haruziv...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4809 | by Staff reporter
High Court drops charges against Chamisa's activist
The High Court has dropped charges against ‘self-exiled' firebrand Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruzivishe in a case where he was convicted of inciting public violence....Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:32hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist arrested for insulting Mnangagwa
A KADOMA Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Emmanuel Manguda has been charged with posting an image deemed derogatory to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Manguda, an interim CCC Kadoma dis...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rejects opposition legislators' PVOs Bill plea
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has rejected calls by opposition legislators to recommit the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill to the Committee Reading Stage after c...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Arrested UZ student granted $10 000 bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student Tsitsi Mutamba has been granted bail after spending four days in a police cell.She was arrested last Friday for allegedly sharing a message on a Whatsapp group, ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
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 | 979 | by Staff reporter
16 UZ students arrested for staging fees protest
SIXTEEN University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested Monday for participating in a protest that erupted at the Mt Pleasant campus to press for a cut in tuition fees.The group is expected...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Clergyman drags Ziyambi to Court over litigation fees
A CHIVHU pastor has dragged justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to the High Court, challenging court user fees in a case he won against the government.Abinel Mukaro won a US$73,000 lawsuit agains...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
ZEC brushes aside nomination fees challenge
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has stuck to its guns over hefty nomination fees for aspiring candidates, which recently caused a public furore.The elections management body, however, ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:57hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole treated like hardcore criminals
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) members of Parliament Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole who are incarcerated on charges of inciting public violence are being treated like hardcore criminals and the...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza acting mayor claims he is being sabotaged
ACTING Chitungwiza mayor, Kelvin Mutimbanyoka says council employees, including management, were sabotaging an on-going operation against illegal structures."I have realised that a lot of coun...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
'Virtual courts may infringe rights'
MEMBERS of the public yesterday said the introduction of virtual courts could infringe on the rights of accused persons.This came out during a public hearing on the Judicial Laws Amendment Bil...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Harare cancels Pomona waste deal
The Harare City Council has resolved to cancel the Pomona waste management deal that was imposed on the local authority by the Local Government ministry.Council had resolved to suspend the 30-...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:28hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victims challenge Police Act
SOME victims of the 2018 police shootings have challenged the constitutionality of discriminatory provisions in the country's Police Act.Tomorrow, High Court judge Justice Siyabona Musithu wil...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mazowe Villagers to receive USD $30K
More than 20 villagers who lost property at Arnold Farm in Mazowe after being evicted by former First Lady Grace Mugabe are set to receive US$30 000 in compensation.The villagers lost property...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 1028 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
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 | 538 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole appeal to High Court
THE High Court will today hear an appeal by opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole who are seeking their release from prison after the lower courts ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
State witness admits to lying in CCC activists protest case
A-STATE witness in the trial of opposition MP Johana Mamombe and four others who are accused of violating COVID-19 regulations yesterday admitted in court that he lied while giving his statement to th...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 276 | by Staff reporter
Chaibva disowns Twitter account
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Gabriel Chaibva has denied ownership of a Twitter account in his name which recently carried an offensive tweet.This came after the Zimb...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Zacc commissioner faces US$1m lawsuit
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Gabriel Chaibva faces a US$1 million lawsuit if he does not retract his claims that the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) was plotting an...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:27hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Elliot Piki's house destroyed?
Human Rights lawyer Obey Shava says some youths stoned destroyed the house of the Rtd. Lieutenant colonel Elliot Piki who disappered and was found dead in 2018. Said Shava, "Just received news...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3028 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Foreign funded NGOs sound alarm over Zimbabwe 2023 elections
THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has sounded alarm bells to regional bodies over possible violence as Zimbabwe heads for the 2023 general elections.Speaking to Newzroom Africa on Sunday...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 563 | 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 $5 000...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:23hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Police break up 'political' prayer meeting... arrest 36 worshippers
POLICE yesterday stormed into a prayer meeting in Harare and arrested at-least 36 church members, claiming the gathering was political.They were arrested at the Dutch Reformed Church building ...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Headman bullies villagers over Zanu-PF meetings
A HEADMAN in Mtawatawa, Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe, has threatened to banish villagers from the area if they fail to attend Zanu-PF indoctrination meetings.Simbarashe Chingoma, Moses Jaji, Progres...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:59hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission ruling today
A HARARE court is expected to decide today on a case of deliberate HIV transmission, two months after the country decriminalised transmission of the virus.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes HIT demand for US$ fees
A-HIGH Court judge, Justice Happias Zhou has ruled that demands by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) for students to pay 35% of their fees in United States dollars was unlawful.This was...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
ZRP instantly outlaws use of spikes
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has banned outlawed the use of hand held metal spikes by law enforcements agents follow...Published: 13 May 2022 at 16:57hrs | 625 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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