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Mnangagwa crackdown shows no signs of abetting
The Zimbabwe government's crackdown on critics ahead of Saturday's SADC summit showed no signs of abetting as more than a dozen activists were detained on Thursday and Friday, lawyers said.The...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 17:00hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1023 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
'Zimbabwe jails are not based on partisan matters'
ZANU PF's Director of Information, Farai Marapira, has emphasized that jails are meant for anyone who commits crimes, including members of his own party, not just opposition activists. This statement ...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:44hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
South African elections 2024: Reflections from Zimbabwe
ON March 4, 1980, a palpable excitement and belief that prosperity, freedom and opportunity were upon the masses filled a soon-to-be-born Zimbabwe. The war was over. The nation was pregnant with hope....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 13:03hrs | 1 | by Fadzayi Mahere
Vene veCCC battling against against 'rebels'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is battling to seize the initiative from disgruntled officials from his party who are allegedly using the recalls of elected opposition repres...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 18:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa battling to seize initiative from CCC 'rebels'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is battling to seize the initiative from disgruntled officials from his party who are allegedly using the recalls of elected opposition repres...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at a crossroads: a statement by Tendai Biti
Former finance minister and Harare East MP Tendai Biti has issued the following statement responding to claims that he is colluding with self-styled CCC interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu to ...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:56hrs | 9 | by Tendai Biti
CCC MP to push for rehabilitation of prisons after clocking 12 days behind bars
AN air of jubilation and relief engulfed Harare Central remand prison as the Citizens Coalition for Change members were finally released on bail Saturday.Forty CCC members, among them incoming...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty needs revisiting
IN yesterday's NewsDay edition, we carried a story of a former jailbird who was released from prison this year under the Presidential Amnesty programme. The man, who was released after serving part of...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS defends release of convicted rapist from prison on Mnangagwa's amnesty order
THE ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has justified the release from prison of Bobby Makaza, a convicted rapist, under a recent presidential amnesty order.Makaza, who resides in...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF pampers rapist with house, cash
THE ruling Zanu-PF party rewarded convicted rapist Bobby Makaza with a house and a substantial amount of cash during a presidential rally in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, on Saturday....Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere team itching for a fight
SAVIOUR Kasukuwere's campaign team has said they are mobilising for a mass demonstration in all the provinces adding that the litigation route has proved to be futile.Addressing the media in H...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bretheren in Christ donates to Mpilo Hospital
BRETHEREN in Christ Church has come to the rescue of Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo by donating five refrigerators for the storage of drugs.The women overseer at the Bulawayo branch of the...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament flags overcrowding in Zimbabwe prisons
Parliament on Thursday raised concern over overcrowding within the country's jails with Harare Remand Prison having the most inmates at 1,485 against a holding capacity of 900 inmates.Accordin...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
So, in Zimbabwe, exposing corruption is 'unpatriotic'!
I did not know whether to be shocked or not, when I read the news report!As it turns out, apparently there have been calls by some sycophantic ruling ZANU PF supporters - namely, ZBC presenter...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 11:53hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt to build new prisons
The GOVERNMENT is committed to upgrading prison facilities and building new prisons to improve living standards of inmates in line with global best practices in jails and correctional systems, Preside...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
84 Malawian migrants languish in Zimbabwe prisons
EIGHTY-FOUR (84) Malawian migrants arrested in Zimbabwe for lack of travel documents are languishing in prisons while awaiting deportation.The majority of the immigrants had no intention of st...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Which Western countries brainwashed Mbuya Nehanda into rebelling against oppression?
I never understand Zimbabwe's political elite! Whenever I listen to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, I am left dumbfounded as to why he fails to see that today's freedom fighters - some ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe locks up 550 Malawian migrants
ABOUT 550 Malawian citizens are languishing in Zimbabwean prisons after being arrested in the country en route to or from South Africa without adequate travelling documents, The NewsHawks has establis...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe jails 148 Malawians transiting to South Africa with no passports
Zimbabwean courts have handed jail sentences of up to six months on 148 undocumented Malawians who were apprehended at different points in Chivhu and Murewa enroute to Beitbridge where they intended t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe legislators push for VIP prisons
LEGISLATORS have demanded for a VIP section at prisons and correctional facilities complete with good gyms so that they do not suffer from stress and mix with common criminals.This was suggest...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe youths must fight for their future
The recently sworn in Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioners is a clear indication of an impending brazen grand theft of 2023 harmonised election.The young people must not allow such a theft of an e...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Botswana jails Zimbabwean burglar
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been jailed four years in Botswana for burglary and theft of property worth over P11 000 from houses in Francistown.Evidence before the Francistown magistrates court showe...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of being vindictive, abusing power
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader, Mqondisi Moyo has challenged the judgment against nine party members known as the MRP9 who were jailed for public violence.Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa S...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona judge jails Mthwakazi activists for carrying knobkerries
NINE activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were sentenced to varying jail terms when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Mr Tawengwa Sangster.The nine who had pleaded not gui...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa jails illegal Zimbabwean thief for 6 years
Reports coming from South Africa confirm that an undocumented Zimbabwean immigrant Petros Vingiran has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing railway infrastructure belonging to Transnet. ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 12:55hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bedbug outbreak hits WhaWha Prison
Whawha Prison, outside Midlands province capital Gweru, has been infested by bedbugs, Southern Eye has learnt.According to families of inmates at the jail, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails 3 Zimbabweans for rape, robbery
THREE Zimbabwean men are in Botswana's remand prison to answer robbery and rape charges.Desmond Khupe (19), Lucky Dube, (23) and Calvin Maphosa (43), who are all illegal migrants, were not ask...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabweans in Botswana jails
BOTSWANA and Zimbabwe are set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see prisoner exchanges between the countries.Zimbabweans serving jail time in Botswana will be able to compl...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana to exchange prisoners
ZIMBABWE and Botswana are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will see prisoner exchange where a national serving in another country will complete part of the sentence in his or her country...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liberation war icon Mabusa dies
LIBERATION struggle and former Zapu official Dauti Salatiel Mabusa has died.He was 82.The war veteran who contributed immensely to the liberation struggle died in his sleep at his home...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sisulu tko Ronald Lamola in an open letter
I ask you, why are some so irritated with my opinion piece? Until all daggers, some agonizingly blunt, are drawn, and some have already assumed my head must go to the guillotine in the narrowness of m...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 17:52hrs | | by Lindiwe Sisulu.
Rampant corruption in Zimbabwe jails
CORRUPTION is rampant in Zimbabwe's prison facilities as wardens and inmates frequently fraternise to relax and ease jail terms and conditions, a top official has said.Zimbabwe Prison and Corr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among top offending nations in UK
Despite the number of Zimbabweans jailed in the United Kingdom increasing, the country remains not among the top 10 most offending nations. In little over a decade, the number of foreign nationa...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Women abuse UK justice system to settle scores
John Mabhureza of Northampton United Kingdom sits in a corner in prison. He has grown so thin and he is not eating well. He has reduced himself into a silent dying man. Mabhureza's problems star...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chin'ono barred from traveling to South Africa
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has said it was disappointed by the failure of the Zimbabwean High Court to hand over the passport of freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.C...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
50 Zimbabweans deported from UK
THE British government is deporting around 50 Zimbabwean nationals who have been released from detention after having completed serving jail terms for various offenses.The Foreign Affairs and ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff writer
Why are so many countries legalizing cannabis?
For a long time, in countries all around the world, marijuana had a terrible reputation. People who used cannabis on a regular basis were known to be lazy, unhelpful stoners that didn't give anything ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:43hrs | 6 | by Staff write
Why are so many Countries Legalizing Cannabis?
For a long time, in countries all around the world, marijuana had a terrible reputation. People who used cannabis on a regular basis were known to be lazy, unhelpful stoners that didn't give anything ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Staff Writer
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination goes to prisons
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has launched the first phase of the vaccination programme where its workforce will receive the voluntary Sinopharm jabs. The developme...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop giving despotics regimes in Africa a free pass
Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repressive, corrupt and inefficient, and they threaten Africa's chances of unleashing the productive potential of its youth, writes Nelson Chamisa....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa.
Matabeleland South recommends hero status for Maduna
MATABELELAND South has recommended that Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu be declared a national hero for his illustrious fight for the rights of common man. Chief Maduna (86) died on Saturday at his Avo...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa begs Mnangagwa to reopen churches
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said Zimbabwe needs divine intervention as the country battles the deadly coronavirus pandemic before pleading with the government to reopen churches for ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to stop attending private parties
Zimbabwe's ex-Finance minister and opposition MDC Alliance deputy leader Tendai Biti says the fact that the country's key political leaders and their business cronies are under Covid-19 siege locally ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF to blame for COVID-19 deaths'
MDC ALLIANCE vice-president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of deliberately imprisoning opponents and critics in COVID-19-infested jails as a way of exterminating the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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