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Mnangagwa third term bid, what does the law say?
ON February 21, 2024, some leaders of the Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province declared that they wanted President Mnangagwa to go beyond 2028, contrary to the Constitution of Zimbabwe.But what ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 752 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
CCC MP hails abolition of death penalty
The Citizens Coalition for Change legislator for Dzivarasekwa Edwin Mushoriwa has applauded Cabinet for approving the abolition of the death penalty after he successfully raised a motion for the scrap...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:57hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Cabinet's move to abolish death penalty marks progress
LONDON - Responding to a move by Zimbabwe's cabinet to back abolition of the death penalty, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said:...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 22:13hrs | 176 | by APO
Zimbabwe abolishes the hanging of men
Zimbabwean government records show that there are more than 60 prisoners on death row.Sixty-two death row inmates in Zimbabwe could have their sentences commuted to life in prison when the gov...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 20:06hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa aware of disloyal people in the CCC'
THE mass recall of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators and councillors has pushed party leader Nelson Chamisa to come out of his shell as he is expected to address a major rally in Chitung...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 20:49hrs | 1710 | by Staff reporter
Hwadalala chieftaincy revived
GOVERNMENT has revived the Hwadalala chieftaincy in Gwanda District which was abolished 71 years ago by the colonial regime by appointing Mr Royal Nare (66) as the new Chief Hwadalala.The inst...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students flood Zambian universities
STUDENTS from Zimbabwe have reportedly flooded Zambian universities, stretching accommodation facilities at the neighbouring country's institutions of higher learning.Zimbabwe's ambassador to ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:22hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Triplicate: Private letter to Brother Brian Kagoro
PEACE and love be in your house. At the start of my journey to Masailand, Kenya, I thought I was going to be cut off from the world. The answer is yes and no. I am working with my longtime friend, Bis...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 156 | by Kenneth Mafuka
'Zimbabwe's Patriot Act smuggles in death penalty'
There is growing concern that an amendment to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, also referred to as the Patriot Act, is attempting to reintroduce the death penalty through indirect means...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Retrenched workers refuse to go
SUGAR producer starafricacorporation Limited has served retrenchment letters to 75 workers, but the workers have refused to sign arguing that their employer's decision was illegal.The company'...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo gives tips on voters' roll
Leading political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised the opposition to request the polling station-based voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as that is the official reco...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
CCC is participating in 2023, 'so flawed the only logical step was withdraw', out of greed. So, spare us these crocodile teats
"Chamisa shares doubts about Zimbabwe elections!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo 24. This is just nonsense, he knew without reforms Zanu PF would rig these elections, God knows how many ti...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 23:09hrs | 28 | by Wilbert Mukori
'If Zimdollar is abandoned markets and financial institutions will recover'
As the Zimbabwean dollar continues to battle for its survival under severe pressure from the United States dollar despite its recent recovery rally, John Legat, Imara Asset Management (Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 07:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chief Gezani installed
The colonial era-abolished Gezani Chieftaincy in Chiredzi District has been restored and a new Chief installed with Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga presiding over the ceremony calling on the pe...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 20:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'US dollar appetite cannot be satisfied in Zimbabwe'
WHILE Zimbabwe has enough foreign currency, the country's major challenge is not money supply but liquidity because a small percentage of the population has foreign currency while the generality of ci...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Truthfulness is a sacred trust and lying is a betrayal.
The Editor, I find it difficult to believe that three months before the elections, the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) political party in Zimbabwe is nearing participation ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:59hrs | 26 | by Sam Wezhira
US Dollars replaces Zimbabwe's currency for second time
The greenback has replaced the Zimbabwean dollar as the most-used currency in the southern African nation for a second time, almost four years after the re-introduction of the local unit.US do...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Death penalty divides public opinion
BEITBRIDGE residents have expressed mixed feelings over whether or not the country should retain the death penalty on its statutesThe residents gave their views during one of the many public h...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC disowns Sikhala?
THE opposition CCC has disowned Mr Job Sikhala, who is currently in remand prison facing a litany of charges, as the fallout between the party and its dissatisfied former top officials widens amid ind...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 02:34hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers support Mnangagwa's call for death penalty
In 2015, PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said he knows the tribulations faced by those on death row as he survived the hangman's noose when the Ian Smith regime sought capital punishment to stop him from fighting...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to revive chieftainships abolished by colonisers
President Mnangagwa has said Government will continue resuscitating chieftainships that were abolished by the Rhodesian settler regime and implored chiefs to foster peace and unity as the country head...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over substandard NBS houses
RESIDENTS of Gillingham Estate in Harare's Dzivarasekwa high-density suburb have threatened court action against the National Buildings Society (NBS) after they were sold substandard housing units....Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Young Turks plot surprises
DAGGERS are out in Zanu-PF as aspiring youthful candidates turn on the heat on the party's old guard ahead of the ruling party's primary elections.It appears the ruling party has opened up the...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to be consulted on death penalty
Zimbabwe is set to conduct wide consultations aimed at gauging citizen views that would feed into proposed policy reforms around the death penalty.The country maintains the death penalty in it...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer' pupil appears in court
A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil from Hamilton High School who allegedly fatally stabbed a learner from Founders High School appeared in court yesterday facing a murder charge.The boy, who cannot be named ...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's links with kleptocrats, dodgy business networks solidify
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's state visit to Equatorial Guinea this week, where he met the world's longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, underlines his penchant for ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:17hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Baron Leong expects UK to hold free elections but it's 'too much and unfair' to ask same of Zimbabwe - how patronising
There are four tenets to rule of law: 1) The law must be simple, concise, relevant, and easily enforceable2) No one is above the law, especially those in positions of power and authori...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:25hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's upcoming general elections test for Commonwealth readmission
The upcoming general elections in Zimbabwe should be a highlight of the country's willingness to re-join the Commonwealth but so far, nothing is pointing in that direction, according to Sonny Leong, a...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 women among long list of applicants vying for hangman's job in Zimbabwe
Two women are reportedly among the applicants hoping to fill the vacant post of Zimbabwe's "public executioner", under the neighbouring country's Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service.The ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to abolish death penalty
GLOBAL human rights defender, Amnesty International has called on Zimbabwe to join 111 progressive nations which have abolished the death penalty as it constitutes the worst form of punishment against...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banishes death penalty
IT'S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,We appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially either serve you summons or issue a warrant of arrest or proceed to apprehend, interrogate a...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Zvaringeni Samuel Chasi, Patriotic Party Zimbabwe president
Biti tells Guvamatanga to 'shut up'
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, has told off current treasury permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, after he claimed civil servants are better paid now that they were during the government of...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for more price hikes
CONSUMERS should brace for more basic commodity price hikes as inflation continues to rise and the foreign currency exchange auction system falters, economists warned yesterday.Last week, fore...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wary of drug resistant strains
ZIMBABWE doubled up effort to improve access to essential medicine and drug regulations as the United Nations warns of increasing numbers of people dying from drug resistant infections.The Uni...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truck drivers in SA face the boot
THE South African All Truck Drivers Forum (ATDF) has called for abolition of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) in a bid to bar all foreign truck drivers from working in the neighbouring country....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chief Masuka installed
CHIEF Masuka of Gokwe South in the Midlands province has been installed following the reinstatement of the Masuka chieftainship by the Second Republic after it was abolished by the colonial regime in ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa rebundling firmly on course
LEADING audit firm Ernst & Young, which has completed its consultancy report on the unbundling of Zesa, has recommended that the role of executive chairman be abolished at the State power utility....Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bring back executive mayors'
THE opposition MDC Alliance has called for the return of executive mayors in local authorities to address service delivery issues affecting most urban councils.MDC Alliance secretary-general C...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
General's lover to pay $500k for adultery
MATABELELAND South provincial development coordinator Latiso Dlamini has been ordered to pay about half a million Zimbabwe dollars in damages in a case where she was sued for engaging in an adulterous...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Forex rentals at blackmarket rates illegal'
PROPERTY owners and managers demanding rentals in foreign currency, without giving tenants an option to pay the equivalent in local currency using the auction rate, risk being arrested as the fight ag...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Death penalty a remnant of colonial legacy'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Zimbabwe to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in line with international standards.In a statement to commemorate the ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crack team set up for mobile money crime
A crack team of 15 experienced prosecutors has been set up to work with seasoned investigators to come up with watertight dockets and so effectively prosecute economic saboteurs abusing mobile money p...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs clash at funeral
The long standing feud between Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira and newly installed Chief Nemamwa recently escalated at a funeral when representatives from the two chieftaincies nearl...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 18:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes '00' ID code
In a historic move expected to end racial profiling, Government yesterday abolished the "00" code used to identify persons of mixed race, Caucasians and Asians on national identity cards. Pres...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calls to disband DDC office grow louder
NKAYI residents have called for the abolition of the district development co-ordinator (DDC)'s office formerly known as district administrator (DA) amid concerns that the post was inherited from the c...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ lays off 300 workers, spokesman suspended
THE National Railway of Zimbabwe in June and July terminated contracts for close to 300 short term contract workers with fears that more might lose their jobs.In a letter signed by acting gene...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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