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Fikile Mbalula killing Chris Hani again
It seems the dust has not yet settled between ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi as talk of "rogueness in the ANC" sparks debate. Earlier this month, Mbalu...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 13:23hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T loses election appeal against Zanu-PF's Sithembiso Nyoni
THE Bulawayo High Court has dismissed a petition filed by MDC-T Nkayi North candidate, Chief Ndlovu, who was challenging minister Sithembiso Nyoni's victory in the August 2023 elections.In his...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziva to sue State
Ostallos Siziva, Deputy Spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has announced intentions to pursue legal action against the State after being acquitted of charges related to tearing ...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziva cleared defacing campaign posters of his rival
Zimbabwe's opposition CCC official Gift Ostallos Siziva has been cleared of charges of defacing campaign posters of his rival.The State has withdrawn charges against Citizens Coalition fo...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 19:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists' trial deferred
THE trial of five Bulawayo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists and two party legislators accused of defacing campaign posters ahead of the August elections has been deferred to December 5....Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs, activists' trial deferred
The trial of six Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists and two party legislators from Bulawayo, who are accused of criminal insult and defacing campaign posters, has been postponed. The trial ...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC legislators trial postponed to next month
Western Commonage Magistrate Progress Murandu in Bulawayo has granted a request put forth by lawyers representing members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to postpone the case involving Pela...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MP up for reckless driving
BULAWAYO Central legislator, Mr. Surrender Kapoikulu, representing the Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC), is facing court charges for negligent driving that resulted in a head-on collision with anot...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siziva calls for solution to end cycle of disputed elections in Zimbabwe
Gift Ostallos Siziva, the Member of Parliament for Pelandaba-Constituency and Deputy Spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has called for a political roadmap to address the recurri...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC members in court after turning on each other in election fallout
Six members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), including Members of the National Assembly Surrender Kapoikulu (Bulawayo Central) and Gift Ostallos Siziba (Pelandaba-Tshabalala), appeared in a...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Coltart lays out vision for Bulawayo
Former Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says his immediate task if elected as Bulawayo mayor this week is to clean-up the city that he says has become a cesspit.Coltart, ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi assaulted by losing CCC candidate
POLICE have confirmed a group of Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activists led by losing parliamentary candidate, Patrick Cheza, beat up Tourism Deputy Minister Barbara Rwodzi following an alterc...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villager in court for defacing Mnangagwa election campaign posters
A VILLAGER from Zvimba has been dragged to court for allegedly defacing over 20 election campaign posters with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's portrait.Accused person, Mustaff Sura (40) was Mon...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC members in court
TWO members of the ruling Zanu-PF party have been fined US$100 each for defacing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign posters while five members of the opposition party are on trial...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Campaign posters trigger dismay
HARARE and Bulawayo residents and the business community have expressed outrage over the defacing of their buildings and properties by political parties with campaign posters as they woo voters ahead ...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cries foul
PARLIAMENTARY candidates for the Masvingo Urban constituency are crying foul over the illegal defacing of their campaign posters ahead of the crucial August 23 plebiscite.Three candidates; cur...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deface Mnangagwa posters
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismantled the Cleveland Shooting Range in Harare amid allegations that some soldiers stationed there were defacing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign posters in M...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recalls army officers on leave?
Ahead of the crucial elections, army officers on leave have been called back to the barracks as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to control the military.This has now been extended to those a...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 07:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'vandalises' CCC-linked projects
Zanu-PF supporters have been accused of vandalising infrastructure and disrupting developmental projects suspected to be linked to sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and legislato...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League Boss preaches peace
Zanu-PF youth leader Tinoda Machakaire, has read the riot act to ruling party supporters perpetrating violence and hate speech against the opposition ahead of the August 23 polls. Addres...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 16:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police should not be cowed
IN our Thursday issue of NewsDay, we carried a rather sobering report about junior police officers who petitioned their bosses to intervene and save them from harassment by top Zanu-PF officials. ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala demo student out on $25 bail
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) organizing secretary Gamuchirai Chaburumunda (22) was on Wednesday granted ZW$200 000 bail in a case where she was arrested and charged with disorderly ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 19:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
5th UZ student arraigned over Sikhala protest
They face seven counts of disorderly conduct and malicious damage to property after they defaced some buildings in the capital, including Parliament.A FIFTH University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Graffiti protest' Zinasu activists' bail bid rejected
Four Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) activists, currently detained for allegedly spraying graffiti on government buildings, had their bail application turned down Tuesday by Harare magistrat...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala demo students: Lawyers cry foul
LAWYERS representing four University of Zimbabwe students who were arrested on May 17 on allegations of protesting opposition legislator Job Sikhala's continued pretrial incarceration have raise...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
No joy for Sikhala demo students
FOUR University of Zimbabwe students, who were arrested for protesting the continued incarceration of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala were yesterday remanded in custody to June 1 after the State p...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale Brooke management pursuing sinister agenda, says Wadyajena
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena has accused the management of posh Borrowdale Brooke area of pursuing a sinister agenda against him including trying to pin false claims o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Murder, racism claims rock Borrowdale Brooke
GLIDING though the smooth roads lined with a fusion of indigenous and exotic trees marching virtually without interlude but for the occasional glamorous, plush homes, any first timer to this exquisite...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena takes on Borrowdale Brook management over systematic abuse
GLOVES are off between Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena and Brooke Estate Management with the firebrand legislator claiming systematic abuse and harassment by the latter in a bid to...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist in court for defacing CCC posters
A Zanu-PF supporter was last week arraigned before Gokwe magistrate Hilary Ndlovu for defacing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) posters.Vittalless Mukede (46) was charged under s...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
#HowFar campaign ruffles plenty feathers
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the intolerance against its #HowFar campaign, an initiative to hold the government to account on public finance management....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF candidates trade barbs over posters
Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change candidates in St Mary's, Chitungwiza, have traded accusations of defacing each other's campaign posters ahead of the March 26 by-elections.CCC parliam...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF terror gangs haunt Kwekwe
AT the turn of the new millennium, dozens of Zanu-PF supporters turned up at a newly built lodge, Jessie Gardens and the guest of honour was Owen Ncube, better known by his moniker Mudha Mugabe then....Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Candidates cry foul over electoral malpractices
ASPIRING opposition parliamentary and council candidates in Marondera have filed a police report over the defacing of their campaign posters ahead of the March 26 by-elections.Marondera Centra...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists deface CCC candidate posters
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has accused Zanu-PF activists of defacing its campaign posters ahead of the two parties' star rallies in Kwekwe this weekend...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters picket over imposition of candidates
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is already embroiled in discord ahead of the upcoming by-elections with party supporters on Friday staging a demonstration in Bulawayo's Ward...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti briefly detained by police in Karoi
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti was briefly detained by police in Karoi on Saturday amid death threats over his criticism of the way government is handling the Covid-19 pandemic, hi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men jailed 2 years for defacing Mnangagwa banner
Two Chinhoyi men were jailed three years each by magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda for destroying a billboard with the portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Darlington Willard Machemba (31) and ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba accused of illegaly increasing poll results challenge fees
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has been accused of acting illegally by increasing application fees for those wishing to challenge the outcome of National Assembly elections, a legal watchdog has said....Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance losing candidates running out of time'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas yesterday said National Assembly and local council candidates that believe the recent elections were flawed and that the results must be nullified now have limited options to ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tamborinyoka acquitted of all charges
MDC Alliance official Luke Tamborinyoka has been cleared of all charges of defacing a rival's political campaign posters.Tamborinyoka, a former spokesman of presidential candidate Nelson Chami...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist nabbed over PRC posters
A Zanu-PF activist based in Zaka was arrested for allegedly pulling down campaign posters for opposition People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) parliamentary candidate, Peter Mahlekete.Edward Chipan...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police to deploy 71 000 officers during polls
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police will deploy 71 000 officers for the country's harmonised elections and has put measures in place to ensure that the elections take place in a peaceful, free, fair, safe an...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ready for polls
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says they are ready for the harmonised elections slated for Monday next week and all the necessary measures to ensure a peaceful, safe and secure environment are now...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cow 'defacing' election posters
Cow defacing election postershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPa8o1aj47U...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists accused of defacing opposition campaign posters
POLITICAL tension continues to rise in Manicaland province with most independent and MDC Alliance candidates accusing Zanu-PF activists of defacing their campaign posters ahead of next week's harmonis...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rules out postponing elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has ruled out chances of postponing next Monday's national elections, insisting it was all systems go despite complaints by opposition parties that the ground w...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter fined over Mnangagwa poster
DEFACING of political campaign posters has increased over the past few weeks as political temperatures hot up ahead of next Monday's do-or-die general elections.Several Zanu PF and MDC Allianc...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance candidates fight it out in court
MDC-Alliance aspiring legislator for Goromonzi West Luke Tamborinyoka, who is facing charges of defacing his rival's posters, has accused the complainant of having an agenda against him because he was...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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