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Chamisa rules out protests over jailed Sikhala
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party is not a violent and will never engage in any mayhem activities for the release of jailed party members.The opposit...Published: 22 mins ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Maluphosa: Int'yenzayo, Aaron Motsoaledi siyayizonda!
There was a demonstration yesterday in Hilbrow - Zimbabweans of all tribes, colour and creed coming together to plead with the Home office to please extend their permits. Well, you might not have hear...Published: 16 hrs ago | 977 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Illegal Malawi immigrants jailed
TWELVE illegal Malawi immigrants were sentenced to three months in prison by Mutoko magistrate Rumbidzai Mhandu for illegally staying in Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 19:28hrs | 951 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sikhala writes emotional letter to African Union on persecution
INCARCERATED member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala, has written to the African Union, regional bodies and international human rights organisations about the deteriorating political situat...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:22hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Tenax plot Dembare upset
TENAX stand in coach Isaac Nengomasha is hoping that his team can take advantage of home comforts when they host Dynamos in a Castle lager Premier soccer League match pencilled for Vengere Stadium in ...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala spends 59th night behind bars; renews freedom bid
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) law makers, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole will, through their lawyers, file a fresh bail application at the Magistrates Court Friday after spending 59 nigh...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala refuses trial date
CCC Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has refused to be tried in November on a matter he is accused of falsifying that a police officer last year beat to death a baby strapped to its mother's back w...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 13:22hrs | 4371 | by Staff reporter
'Virtual courts may infringe rights'
MEMBERS of the public yesterday said the introduction of virtual courts could infringe on the rights of accused persons.This came out during a public hearing on the Judicial Laws Amendment Bil...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Former Amakorokoza lead actor, AK returns to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa
FORMER Amakorokoza lead actor Bhekilizwe Ndlovu, best known for his role as AK in the hit 2002 drama, has returned to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa.Ndlovu, who seems to have diverted...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows decent pay and adequate resources for uniformed forces
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised uniformed forces that his administration will work well with them when he takes over power should he win elections due next year....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says partisan politics toxifying army
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday spoke out against the "partisan political toxification" of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and urged security forces to serve nati...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, wheels of justice will catch up with you
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, methinks it is astonishing that you appear to be the only stranger who is not impacted by the allegations of sexual impropriety made by an Au...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 431 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
The defence forces are a citizens force
Yesterday was an important day, a historic day, one penned in the history of the birth of our nation Zimbabwe by the sacrifices and toil of many men, women and children who paid the ultimate price to ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 55 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabweans to shun political violence
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the nation to shun political violence as Zimbabwe heads towards the 2023 general elections.Mnangagwa was addressing the nation Tuesday during the Zim...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere takes aim at Mnangagwa regime
EXILED former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday took a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime for using the Judiciary and police to persecute political opponents.In ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:26hrs | 4435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says liberation war gains eroded by political oppression, persecution
The country's biggest opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says ethos and gains of the liberation war have been tainted by political oppression and persecution by President Emmerson M...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1227 | 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 | 445 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF fights justice
The ruling ZANU PF party is allegedly fighting justice by making suspected criminal abscond courts on the pretext of campaigning for the party....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 20:38hrs | 581 | by Paul Ndou
Why are we placing our lives and livelihoods at risk when ordinary Zimbabweans unwilling to play their part for a New Zimbabwe?
There are things we all as human beings keep bottled up in our hearts and minds - usually for long periods of time.These could be hurts...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:26hrs | 3058 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teenager attacks grandmother with wooden stick
An 18 YEAR-OLD Mudzi who assaulted his grandmother with a wooden stick was arraigned before Mutoko magistrate last week....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 02:14hrs | 346 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Can ED tell Zimbabweans where to find this elusive 'independence' we are supposed to be enjoying and 'jealously guarding'!
I honestly feel like screaming and banging my head against the wall, each time I hear those in the country's ruling elitist privileged clique make noise about some 'independence' that we, the people o...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC will not continue 'whining' over electoral malpractices
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday said it was now a lot wiser as an opposition and was busy plugging loopholes for possible vote rigging going into the 2023 elections.Ad...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Artuz leader granted $50 000 bail
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) leader Obert Masaraure was yesterday granted $50 000 bail at the High Court in a case he faces charges of obstructing justice.Masaraure, wh...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF wants Chamisa arrested and convicted'
THE ruling party, Zanu-PF, desperately wants opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader arrested and convicted to stop him from contesting in the 2023 general elections, government critic H...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:50hrs | 10525 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matobo MP in eye of storm
HUMAN rights activists have blasted Matobo South legislator Soul Ncube (Zanu-PF) for perpetrating human rights violations after pictures of him stepping on a woman's chest while holding a pistol went ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2294 | by Staff reporter
Govt official 'blocks' school construction
A SENIOR official in the Foreign Affairs ministry has been accused of blocking the construction of a secondary school in Goromonzi district, Mashonaland East province.This has resulted in lear...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Huge send-off for gukurahundi linked Brig Gen Mabenge
GOVERNMENT officials, services chiefs, Zanu-PF supporters and church congregants yesterday thronged the revered National Heroes Acre to pay their last respects to Brigadier General (Rtd) Benjamin Mabe...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case attracts international attention
ANTI-RIOT police were deployed at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday where Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator and top party member, Job Sikhala was challenging his placement on remand...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3824 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Mabenge
President Mnangagwa has described national hero Brigadier-General Benjamin Mabenge (Retired) as an intelligent and principled cadre who never deviated from the cause of the revolution from the time of...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Gun-crazy Zanu-PF MP steps on woman's breast - then shares picture
A crazed Zanu-PF MP has been photographed stepping on a woman's breast while armed with a gun.Soul Ncube, the MP for Matobo South, posted the picture to a WhatsApp group for his constituents....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 20:04hrs | 3681 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed 12 months for producing fake driving licenses
Convicted Zimbabwean foreign national, Zephania Zimunya, who was arrested a year ago for producing fake driving licenses was finally sentenced.The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) re...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:25hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners cry foul
OVERCROWDING, failure to access health services and poor living conditions continue to stalk inmates at Harare remand prison where they share few toilets and showers.The exact number of inmate...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:13hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
'We're not far from Rwanda in 1994,' warned Biti. Because we're cursed with great man who're easily corrupted by power
"He (John Kumalo) is a big man, in this place, your brother. His shop always full of men, talking as you have heard. But they say you must hear him at a meeting, he and Dubula and a brown man named To...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:56hrs | 404 | by Nomusa Garikai
Xaba sentenced for foiled abduction of Mthwakazi leader
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party organising secretary Partone Xaba was Thursday sentenced to 525 hours of community service at Tshabalala police station for promoting public violence.Xaba will start t...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:07hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 378 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Chibuku Super Cup launched
THE eighth edition of the Chibuku Super Cup is set to kickoff with the preliminary round matches to be played at Mandava Stadium on August 6.The competition, which was used as a precursor to t...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:41hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
American lawyers join Sikhala legal team
A LEADING international law firm based in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) has joined the legal team representing incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member of parliamen...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 8738 | by Staff reporter
UZ Student steals Campus Geyser
A-24 year-old University of Zimbabwe student has been arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda to answer to charges of theft of US$1500.The student, Isheanesu Tsigo pleaded guilty to th...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to train Botswana officers
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) will now send its instructors to Botswana to train their counterparts on internal policing as well as other prison security courses following a rec...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa barred
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday waited three hours and was finally forced to abandon his visit to Chikurubi Maximum Prison to see jailed party activists including l...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:42hrs | 5910 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says call for structures a non-issue
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) is set to contest the 2023 elections without permanent structures despite shrill clamours by some critics, with party leader Nelson Chamisa saying s...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 3894 | by Staff reporter
Slain Moreblessing Ali's family goes into hiding
THE family of slain Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali have been hounded out of their Chitungwiza house by Zanu-PF activists while suspected state security agents are perio...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested trying to smuggle explosives in SA
SOUTH AFRICA: A 33-year-old suspect was arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on Saturday 23 July 2022 for attempting to smuggle commercial explosives into the country.The suspect was arreste...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:30hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police block NGO demo
HUMAN rights groups under the umbrella Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) yesterday approached the courts challenging a police order banning their planned march against an increase in human rights vi...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to control private hospitals
GOVERNMENT has moved in to control the operations of private hospitals, including setting service charges after gazetting the Medical Services Amendment Bill.The Bill gives the Health and Chil...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Zapu official in trouble over firearm
Top Zapu official who once contested for the party presidency will appear before the Bulawayo Magistrates Court on Thursday next week facing a charge of failing to secure his firearm after it was repo...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
'Don't abandon US$ demands'
INCARCERATED teachers' union leader Obert Masaraure yesterday urged fellow educators not to "sell-out" in the push for United States dollar salaries ahead of their crunch meeting with government next ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
'Judiciary credibility under test in Sikhala case'
LAWYERS representing incarcerated Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (Citizens Coalition for Change) yesterday said the credibility of the country's Judiciary could only be restored if the opposition politic...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
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