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Mnangagwa's govt told to probe Zec commissioners
ELECTORAL watchdogs have demanded that government must launch an inquiry into the fallout among Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, which they say has crippled the electoral body six mo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to hand over Parly's Delimitation report to ZEC
President Mnangagwa is today expected to hand over to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), a report by Parliament on the preliminary Delimitation report of electoral ward and constituency boundari...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:38hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears case by Zanu-PF activist that could upend delimitation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday began hearing an application by a Zanu-PF supporter seeking to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to restart the process of delimitation of constituency...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara wants Zimbabwe to dump, rework delimitation
FORMER Deputy Prime minister in the 2009-2013 Government of National Unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must redo the delimitation exercise as he dismissed the ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:54hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rift grows
A Zanu-PF activist who wrote to parliament last week raising objections to a draft delimitation report submitted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was seized by state security agents on Monda...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:27hrs | 4599 | by Staff reporter
New headache for Zec
NEW headaches emerged yesterday for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after former Cabinet minister Elton Mangoma added his voice to mounting criticism of the electoral body's preliminary delimi...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Preliminary Delimitation Report tabled before Parliament
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) preliminary delimitation report has been tabled in the National Assembly following its presentation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa electoral body's c...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:09hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
New ZANU PF Politburo announced, Mnangagwa promotes wife
President Emmerson Mnangagwa promotes his wife to a ministerial post In Zanu PF while announcing the new politburo. Mnangagwa has announced a full line-up of Politburo members, whose work...Published: 23 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 2932 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Biti complains about ministers' failure to attend budget debates
LEGISLATORS have lamented failure by Cabinet ministers to attend 2023 budget debates last week saying this shows their lack of commitment to Parliament business, including critical budget discussions....Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:35hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa red flags magistrates and judges
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed concern over judicial officers who hand down controversially lenient sentences to rapists and armed robbers.He said the judiciary ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala a victim of his own mischief'
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has described jailed Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala as a theatrical character, who is "author of his own situation".The minister s...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists
Those convicted of rape or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Belarus spreads Zimbabwe footprint
BELARUS has increased its footprint in Zimbabwe after cabinet this week announced that it was concluding a framework to award the Eastern European country a tender to construct a 100-megawatt photovol...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Mistrust dividing Zimbabwe, claims Commonwealth team
THE Commonwealth assessment team, currently in Harare, has noted deep-seated polarisation in the country emanating from "mistrust" and implored the media to play a part in uniting the nation.A...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has made very impressive progress' says Commonwealth team
Zimbabwe has made "very impressive" progress in meeting conditions to re-join the Commonwealth, a top official of the group of 56 mainly former British colonies said after an assessment mission, even ...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth readmission uncertain
ZIMBABWE'S bid to rejoin the Commonwealth will not be a stroll in the park, NewsDay has heard.The visiting Commonwealth team will assess the country's eligibility using a template which includ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter§
Woes mount for top Zimbabwe judge
WOMEN's Comfort Corner founder Rita Mbatha has filed a letter of complaint against Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza for alleged "unlawful alteration of the transcript of proceedings" and wants t...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says not bothered by high Zec fees
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday claimed it could afford the US$187 000 fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the release of a copy of the voters roll in a veiled jab at opposi...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist MPs quiz minister over worsening Zimbabwe crisis
BRITISH legislators on Thursday quizzed the country's minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, over the continued persecution of opposition off...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:51hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa feels Sikhala, Sithole's prison torture
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the State is maliciously exposing incarcerated legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North)...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi claims Chamisa is a 'pathological liar
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has branded CCC leader Nelson Chamisa a "pathological liar" in an angry outburst against the opposition chief who told journalists Thursday his blocked prison visit wa...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 19:37hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aide scoffs at Chamisa's ill-fated Chikurubi visit
Presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, has poured scorn on Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa's Chikurubi visit, telling the opposition leader he can meet his party membe...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | 4380 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flags rights abuses
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has accused government of gross human rights violations after he was yesterday barred from visiting incarcerated party legislators ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:29hrs | 424 | 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
Chamisa denied access to see Sikhala at Chikurubi Maximum Prison again
CITIZENS Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has been denied access to incarcerated lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, again at Chikurubi Maximum Prison.Chamisa was made to wait...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 19:21hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sliding into dictatorship - report
ZIMBABWE is among 20 countries whose citizens are increasingly living under authoritarian rule, according to the latest 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index.The report says lack ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3916 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, how far with the hyped mega deals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, there is still no evidence of the mega deals you hyped about during your inauguration. Corruption is still rampant. And, there is dead silenc...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 322 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt hit with US$20bn bill over grabbed properties
EX-COMBATANTS from Zapu's military wing during the armed struggle are demanding US$20 billion as compensation for properties that were confiscated by the government at the height of Gukurahundi....Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo taken to task over Airport Road land deal
Local Government minister July Moyo has been accused of usurping the powers of the prosecutor general by signing a deed of settlement that gave away vast tracts of state land in Harare to a company wi...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi under fire over 2018 army shootings
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has written to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi demanding answers on the compensation of August 1, 2018 army shooting victims.Six people were fatally shot a...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Row erupts in Zimbabwe parliament
A ROW erupted in Parliament Wednesday after Justice minister and leader of government business Ziyambi Ziyambi accused opposition members of causing "unnecessary tensions in the house" by bringing up ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2702 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Chief Justice in soup
WOMEN's Comfort Corner founder Rita Mbatha has filed a letter of complaint against Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the Judicial Service Commission ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for fair representation of women in politics
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga says while government policy stipulates fair representation of women in politics, equal representation in political seats is not possible.Addressing the Nat...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Spare us the sanctions rant, please!
IT should be about time many in government spared us the sanctions narrative, especially when some issues affecting us have absolutely no link with the so-called Western sanctions.In fact, gov...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, Machaya in contempt of court
HIGH Court judge Justice Jacob Manzunzu has ruled that Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney-General Prince Machaya breached their obligations after they failed to enforce laws compelling gove...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mashonalanders and Mnangagwa takes over Gukurahundi genocide resolution
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has launched a manual on the Gukurahundi community engagement processes by chiefs including a report on their consultative meetings as the Second Republic takes a bold step towards...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
'Mashonaland politicians using Gukurahundi atrocities for mileage'
PRESIDENT EMMERSON Mnangagwa has accused unnamed political parties of weaponising the Gukurahundi atrocities in a bid to get political mileage.He was speaking at the launch of the Gukurahundi ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:22hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi blames transport woes on sanctions
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Local government deputy minister Marian Chombo were grilled by legislators over the continuing Zupco monopoly which they say is exacerbating transport shortages fo...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF old guard retain CC posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party retained its old guard in the recently held central committee (CC) elections with a few young guns making it into the party's highest decision-making body.The party's ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala makes 8th attempt at freedom
ZENGEZA West MP and senior member of the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change, Job Sikhala, on Friday made an eighth attempt at freedom, citing changed circumstances.He is scheduled to ap...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's absence from Parliament irks opposition MPs
VICE President and Health Minister, Constantino Chiwenga's absence from Parliament has been questioned by opposition MPs.During the question and answer session Wednesday, Citizens' Coalition f...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi challenged on tattered US dollar bank notes
ZIMBABWEANS were forced to buy new United States dollar notes on the streets and other private money agencies as old worn-out notes were being rejected by users on the market, it has emerged.G...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2871 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ring-fences Zanu-PF allies
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs - among them politburo members Christopher Mutsvangwa, Ziyambi Ziyambi, Obert Mpofu and Kenneth Musanhi - sailed through the central committee uncontested at the we...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 4079 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elections marred by violence
VIOLENCE and ugly scenes reportedly marred the just-ended Zanu-PF central committee (CC) elections as bigwigs locked horns over positions in the party's highest decision-making body.Reports an...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fall by the wayside in chaotic elections
As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu-PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Cell-phones, fuel coupons, US$ cash and trinkets gifted on eve of key Zanu-PF polls
INTENSE political gamesmanship has characterised Zanu-PF Central Committee (CC) elections set for this weekend amid reports of massive vote buying involving top party officials vying for seats in the ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
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