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UK-based Zimbabwean gets 17 years for machete attack
TAFADZWA Katsande, a Zimbabwean man based in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment after he, and his gang used machetes to attack a driver.Another gang member, a...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
BVTA, WICBTA concerned over sexual abuse of female traders
BULAWAYO Vendors and Traders Association in conjunction with Women Informal Cross Border Traders Association (WICBTs) have expressed concerns over the unfair treatment of women traders in the city....Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 07:28hrs | 706 | by Stephen Jakes
Post-Mugabe confusion unfathomable
The reality of it is inescapable; whether one is a child, youth or an adult, we all feel it. The intensity of the impact may differ from person to person depending on circumstances but generally Zimba...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1311 | by Learnmore Zuze
96 cases of harassment recorded in January 2020
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has indicated that 96 cases of harassment and intimidation were recorded in the country in January.In its latest report ZPP said harassment and intimidation recorded...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 16:03hrs | 617 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe economy in dire straits with 521% inflation'
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the economic situation in the country remains dire at 521%.In its latest report ZPP said everything remains the same since January 2019 where the e...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 11:42hrs | 849 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe records unprecedented jump in sextortion
Zimbabwe loses close to $2bn (£1.5bn) to corruption annually, contributing to financial instability, according to Transparency International. Photograph: BloombergZimbabwe has recorded an unp...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 10:22hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Discrimination at work in the UK - overview
The Equality Act 2010 (EA) is the key piece of legislation relating to discrimination at work.The EA provides protection for every section of UK employment, including recruitment, training, pr...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 09:17hrs | 1320 | by Muchie Shamuyarira (HR & Industrial Relations Director in the UK)
Khama Billiat wants DNA tests for love child
KAIZER Chiefs soccer star Khama Billiat had his 23-year-old baby mama wailing, kicking and screaming for his attention after she tried to ambush him into taking the responsibility for his alleged son....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:27hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
WEPEP project launched towards women's active and full participation in electoral processes
Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) in partnership with Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) with the generous support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Zimbabwe is cu...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 12:56hrs | 181 | by Stephen Jakes
Machete gangs leave one dead, several injured in ore heist
"Mining in Zimbabwe is no longer safe for women," says Sanelisiwe Maseko, a single mother of two whose mine in Colleen Bawn was recently invaded by machete-wielding men in a bloody raid that left one ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3913 | by Staff reporter
ZUJ condemns MDC Alliance for journalist harassment
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has condemned MDC Alliance security officials for harassing journalist Robert Tapfumaneyi at a party event in Harare on Tuesday. Tapfumaneyi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:27hrs | 931 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa tells supporters not to be afraid of guns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday warned his supporters to prepare for more demonstrations to force political and economic change in a country lurching from one crisis to another.Chamisa ad...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 978 | by AFP
'Mnangagwa has failed on human rights'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week released a damning report, describing Zimbabwe's human rights record as appalling despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reform pledges...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 302 | by Staff rpeorter
Human rights violation decline in the country
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that human rights violation incidents have declined in the country especially for the month of December."ZPP recorded a total of 119 human rights violations...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:00hrs | 908 | by Stephen Jakes
Police brutality riles ZPP
Police brutality has riled the human rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project which said citizens have fallen victims to the security agents who are supposed to protect them."Police brutality a...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1326 | by Stephen Jakes
2020 should mark the end for Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU PF
As we step into 2020 we remember that Zimbabwe has been under a circle of brutal crooks and murderers for nearly 40 years now. Who has hijacked the country using brutal military force. We reflect on t...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 10:08hrs | 3120 | by Bigboy Sibanda
'A prosperous 2020' said Mnangagwa - not when failed to hold free elections and plant sapling of good governance
"As your Listening President and a Servant Leader, I will continue engaging with you and listening to your concerns so that we walk hand in hand, together in unity, love, peace and harmony towards a p...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:18hrs | 1015 | by Wilbert Mukori
Harassment forced me out of Zim - transgender activist - Nathanson
The known Zimbabwean transgender activist Ricky Nathanson has revealed that the harassment he got from the state when and after she was arrested for entering a female toilet in Bulawayo left her...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2028 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's current environment not ideal for social dialogue
SINCE the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe's government has been confronted by restive workers and their leadership from different labour unions, either threatening industrial action or alleging incapa...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 212 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Man insults mom
A CITY woman yesterday sought a protection order against his son who continuously threatens her life with violence and harassment.The matter came to light at the Harare Civil Court where Euan ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:51hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers protest, petition Kazembe, Matanga over police brutality
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have marched during a demonstration to protest against harassment and assault of legal practitioners and ordinary citizens.Dozens of placard waving lawyers gathered outside ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1981 | by Stephen Jakes
US Senate, out of touch with reality
On 26 November 2019, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, imprudently tweeted on his official twitter handle, @SenateForeign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Governmen...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:47hrs | 297 | by Peacemaker Zano
ZUJ grumbles over state sponsored violence against journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has registered its outrage at the increasing number of Press Freedom violations and threats to the safety and security of journalists in Zimbabwe.ZUJ sa...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 19:25hrs | 816 | by Stephen Jakes
US Senate, out of touch with reality
On 26 November 2019, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, imprudently tweeted on his official twitter handle, @SenateForeign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Governmen...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 15:13hrs | 2077 | by Peacemaker Zano
Matopo Small Scale Miners tributaries beneficiaries at Logger heads With Police and Falcon Gold Proxy
According to the Matopo Small Scale Mining Trust's members, the ZRP officers are making it difficult for them to fully utilize the mining production on their tributaries. This is due to Joseph Mupasi ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:29hrs | 805 | by Enos Denhere
Attack on lawyers shocks MDC
The MDC is so shocked and disgusted by yet another senseless attack and harassment of legal practitioners in the course of their duty representing their clients as provided for in terms of the Constit...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 2148 | by Innocent Gonese
Institutional violence of the ZANU PF regime
Police Attack on Civilians on the 20th of November 2019 is unacceptable and abhorrent. This conduct by the Zimbabwean government is an attack on humanity and a fight against positive progress in the c...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:37hrs | 2597 | by Bigboy Sibanda, Human Rights Activist
Zimbabwe no safe haven for Homosexuals
Ten percent of Zimbabwe's population are estimated to be gay or lesbian – they are simply born like this. However, only few dare to disclose their sexual orientation as homosexuality is largely reje...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:04hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to capitalise on wife's infidelity
A Harare man has been hauled before the courts by his wife's 'lover' after he tried to capitalise on his wife's infidelity, demanding US$5 000 as compensation for the extra-marital affair.Maxw...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 21:06hrs | 3665 | by Staff reporter
'HIV wears a woman's face'
In 2001 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the former and late UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said "HIV has the face of a woman", and for decades even up to date it still has that face!&n...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1219 | by Nyasha Phanisa Sithole
The world of online casino gaming
The generation we belong to had just started to understand something known as computer games. Our generation that would rely heavily on entertainment watching Hanna Barbara's epic creation of Tom &...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 08:21hrs | 473 | by Staff Writer
Mass resignations hit Zinara
At least 12 top executives have resigned from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in protest over alleged interference, endemic corruption, harassment and threats from some board member...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 4631 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa, Mugabe govts similar in violence against journos'
MEDIA defence lawyer Chris Mhike has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was similar to that of the late former President Robert Mugabe in terms of committing violence against journalists....Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF believe owned choicest fruits' - with economy in ICU, they still demand pound of flesh
"The new' regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there's a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fell...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:17hrs | 623 | by Wilbert Mukori
Harassment and Bullying and in the Work Place in UK
As highlighted in my previous article, experiencing bullying and harassment in the workplace can be devastating, but you do not have to put up with it.What is bullying at work?Bullying...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:24hrs | 356 | by Muchie Shamuyarira
Mudenda attacked in Serbia
Government is engaging host countries to ensure Zimbabwean public officials receive adequate security when on international duty where they continue to be hounded by individual opposition-aligned elem...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 5514 | by Staff reporter
Men slammed for sexually abusing women in buses
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube has blasted men who are taking advantage of transport challenges to sexually assault women and girls in crowded buses and kombis. In an interv...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:03hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Varsity uniforms proposal sparks outrage
People from all walks of life, including Government officials, yesterday reacted with outrage to a proposal by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) for tertiary institutions to introduce uniforms for ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:49hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Women sexually assaulted by men in crowded buses
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube has blasted men who are taking advantage of transport challenges by sexually assaulting women in crowded ZUPCO buses.Ncube, while speaking in ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:23hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:03hrs | 562 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt completes snooping laws
CABINET yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that will see stiff penalties being levied on citizens allegedly generating and transmitting subversive material mea...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Crime Bill gets the nod
Cabinet yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Security and Data Protection Bill which seeks to combat cyber crimes and enhance security in the wake of rampant abuse of the platform. The Bill, wh...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Govt to export electricity by 2024
Government is working on a programme to develop energy from mineral resources with a target of becoming a major exporter of electricity by 2024.This was said by the Acting Minister of Informat...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
Magombeyi 'abduction' - trouble looms for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's failure to investigate and bring to account, people linked to the abductions of two unionists, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi, trade...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 12054 | by newzimbabwe
Manager jailed for sexual assault
Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) manager Leonard Rwambiwa was yesterday slapped with a three-month jail term for fondling his female subordinate in his office.Rwambiwa (43) will, ho...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Agency worker harassed by boss after 'outrageous and discriminatory' comments awarded £82,000 UK employment tribunal rules!!!
Admin employee awarded £82,000 after winning seven claims for racial harassment and two for gender-related harassmentAn office worker has been awarded almost £82,000 for claims of racial...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 19:15hrs | 591 | by Muchie Shamuyarira
Mugabe burial saga
The ongoing controversy as to whether former president Robert Mugabe should be buried at the National Heroes Acre or at his homestead in Zvimba is a non-event. In fact, it hides the true story...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:49hrs | 4596 | by Richard Munyama
Chamisa trials Mnangagwa in America
Angered by the continued harassment of its supporters, as well as the escalating abductions of government critics in the country, the main opposition MDC plans to hold mass protests against President ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:10hrs | 10342 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 7983 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
G40's ahistorical narrative
It was a comic spectacle to watch some G40 elements coming out of hibernation, mouth-frothing like demented confused fools gushing vitriol that former President Mugabe was forced to die in exile. Noth...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 311 | by Ranga Mataire
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