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Dr Khuphe versus Advocate Chamisa case, a close analysis
Although Dr Khuphe won the above case, it is somewhat not a sweet victory by any measure. Thus because in its ruling, the court instructed MDC T to hold an extra-ordinary Congress to vote for a ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3035 | by Njabulo
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: 21 hrs ago | 1843 | by David Hofisi
Nurses desert Wilkins
NURSES at the country's main Covid-19 isolation centre, Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, are resigning as morale hits rock bottom in the crucial health sector, which is in the frontline of Zimbab...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4590 | by David Hofisi
WATCH: 5G technology linked to coronavirus pandemic?
Claims that 5G technology could be linked to the spread of the coronavirus have been spreading online for weeks.China was reportedly the first country to have more than 100 000 5G towers, with...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:36hrs | 2020 | 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 | 972 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
'Chamisa court ruling does not affect MDC Alliance'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance party poses to its hegemony and on Tuesday it went to extraordinary lengths to try to neut...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2488 | by David Coltart
Mnangagwa's new minimum wage riles employers, employees
Both employers and employees are not happy with the minimum wage that was gazetted recently by Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima. According to Statutory ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
1 680 inmates released
More than 1 600 prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential amnesty gazetted last week were released from various prisons this morning.Only 53 women benefited from the amnesty a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:50hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Challenging the attempt to remove Nelson Chamisa as MDC president in Zimbabwe
On 30 March, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has issued a judgement that would effectively remove Nelson Chamisa as the leader of the MDC-A. Although the name of the party is not essential as a new moniker c...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 14:20hrs | 4106 | by David Coltart
Fadzayi Mahere blamed for Chamisa's troubles
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena has accused prominent activist Advocate Fadzayi Mahere of being behind the ouster of Nelson Chamisa from the helm of MDC. In...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 14:19hrs | 6817 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: David Coltart speak on Khupe - Chamisa judgment
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the f...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:21hrs | 4759 | by David Coltart
High Court clears Sakunda COVID-19 hospital project
High Court judge Justice Happias Zhou yesterday gave Kudakwashe Tagwirei's company, Sakunda Holdings the green light to set up a COVID-19 medical facility in a leafy suburb of Harare after dismissing ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls thunders
THE thunderous sound of the mighty Victoria Falls is back as the Zambezi River's water levels have significantly risen, giving hope of recovery in the tourism sector once the Covid-19 threat has been ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4194 | by Staff reporter
Gates to Victoria Falls closed
Gates to the iconic Victoria Falls have been closed to the public in line with the 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. This has happened on the back of significant increase of wate...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis could sabotage Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown
Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand close to each other in a long queue, patiently waiting at a borehole in Harare's middle-class Mabelreign suburb to collect...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:54hrs | 296 | by AFP
Mnangagwa okays US dollar use
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted Statutory Instrument 85/20, which will allow citizens and businesses to charge goods and services using the United States (US) dollar as part of combating the...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:08hrs | 6335 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: The exodus will spread the disease - APA
Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has expressed fears that the exodus of the urban people tyo rural areas ahead of the lockdown will spread the Covid 19 in rural areas.In a statement posted o...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:37hrs | 1864 | by Stephen Jakes
Kutyauripo writes-off Dembare
DAVID "Diva" Kutyauripo, no stranger to controversy during his playing career, will again raise a few eyebrows in the corridors of power at Dynamos after writing off his old club' s Castle Lager Premi...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:36hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Councillors accused of usurping executive functions
MDC-Alliance councillors in Gweru have been accused of allegedly usurping executive functions disrupting the smooth flow of business at the Town House thereby affecting service delivery.This w...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:42hrs | 236 | 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
Zanu-PF benefactor in murky Zupco bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, whose tentacles stretch across a vast spectrum of the economy, has been acquiring buses for Zupco's public transportatio...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5555 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo farm tussle in dramatic turn
IN a dramatic turn of events, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has poured cold water on exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo's court application against the seizure of...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 8018 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 330 | 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
Mnangagwa pardons 5,000 prisoners
About 5000 prisoners will be released from the country's prison following a general amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zimbabwe's prisons have a carrying capacity of 17 000 inmates but at...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus causes Grain Millers a headache
Zimbabwe's maize stocks which had received a shot in the arm through a multi million dollar grain deal between Shepherd Bushiri Investments and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe have suffere...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 16:51hrs | 1334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bulawayo Council exposes residents to coronavirus'
While some of the key messages around the preventative measures against COVID-19 has been the urging of people to wash they hands regularly with water and soap, it is unfortunate that Bulawayo r...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 10:24hrs | 3831 | by BPRA
Choppies blames Audit firms for stock exchange woes
Problems with two audit firms signing off on financial statements of the Choppies group for the years ended 30 June 2016, 2017 AND 2018 have been cited by the company in a notice to shareholders ahead...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:29hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere withdraws title deeds claim application
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has withdrawn an application in which he was seeking to compel the State to comply with a court order which instructed it to release title deeds to ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Ginimbi case
IN a new twist to businessman Genius Kadungure's case, the State yesterday insisted they would be proceeding with his criminal prosecution in a matter he is jointly charged with his company Piko Tradi...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 3054 | by Staff reporter
'MDC hoping sanctions will starve masses into rebellion' lied Dr Mavaza - what some do for 30 pieces of silver
I believe in freedom of expression but not when the exercise of that right means freedom to offend, to brainwash and stifle debate and/or, worse still, to incite, lawlessness and thuggery!"The...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 19:30hrs | 2229 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe court gives unwed fathers same rights as mothers
A Zimbabwe high court this week delivered a landmark ruling that now gives fathers of children born out of wedlock the same rights as mothers.The court ruled that the existing common law posit...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:38hrs | 2656 | by Staff reporter
Catholic Church in Zimbabwe to live stream Mass
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe will live stream Mass celebrations in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, which government has declared a national disaster.Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean boy (14) swept away at sea
A 14-year-old Zimbabwean boy was swept away at sea in South Africa after he was reportedly overwhelmed by the tides while swimming on the beach.Tawana Musimurimwa, 14, reportedly failed to con...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks Mbeki mediation
SADC leaders have been left frustrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration following his decision to block former South African president Thabo Mbeki (pictured) from mediating in the prop...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:43hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chipangano leader off the hook
FORMER head of the now-defunct Zanu-PF Chipangano terror group, Jim Kunaka, was yesterday removed from remand by a Harare magistrate.Kunaka was facing charges of assaulting and robbing a milit...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lawsuit withdrawn
FIRED Victoria Falls Mayor, Councillor Somvelo Dlamini who recently approached the High Court challenging the MDC Alliance's decision to recall him has withdrawn the lawsuit. Mr Dlamini was fi...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Despite stadium ban Zimbabwe have plenty of reasons to be cheerful ahead of AFCON 2021
Playing all of your Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches on international soil is an annoyance, rather than a hurdle that cannot be overcome. That is the message that Zimbabwe head coach Zdravk...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2180 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's govt offers Mphoko $765,000 pension
THE government has offered former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko $765 706,58 as pension benefits against his US$320 000 demands.This comes after Mphoko approached the court declaring govern...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 18:09hrs | 10167 | by Staff reporter
MDC secretary general seeks removal from remand
MDC-Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has approached the High Court seeking his removal from remand until the State concludes its investigations pending trial on allegations of subverting a co...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:55hrs | 2113 | by Staff reporter
Fuel players challenge licence fees hike
THE Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to interdict the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) from effecting th...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe, Mnangagwa, two sides of the same coin'
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa a new version of late former President Robert Mugabe.Addressing journalists at a press conference in Bul...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 18:59hrs | 1115 | by newzimbabwe
Coronavirus scare: Govt responds to ZLHR's concerns
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has responded to concerns raised by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) over threats posed by coronavirus in Zimbabwe and assured people that it has ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:41hrs | 829 | by Stephen Jakes
Kasukuwere seeks judge's recusal
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's lawyers have written to the registrar of the High Court, Don Ndirowei, seeking to have the politician's matter — in which he is demanding an ord...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
US ambassador to Zimbabwe fingered in bribery storm
The Broad Alliance Against Sanctions (BASS) yesterday told Parliament that United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols tried to bribe them with cars and houses so that they take their anti-san...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
New measures to regulate amacimbi harvesting on cards
Bulilima District in the southern part of the country is taking practical steps to control the harvesting of amacimbi (imbrassia belina), a delicacy which is facing a high risk of extinction in the wi...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:33hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Businessman kills partner over profit sharing dispute
A MAN from Gokwe allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.Evans Ngwe...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2021 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chief Samambwa spills the beans on Zimbabwe's 2018 elections
CHIEF Samambwa, from Midlands province, has spilled the beans, revealing that traditional leaders in the province campaigned for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 general elections and vowed to...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 4732 | by Staff reporter
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