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Sulu in political storm
SULUMANI Chimbetu has apparently always been a political animal, and is often seen in the company of prominent activists. His latest gambit, however, could prove disastrous.Pictures of the den...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Courts to go digital, says JSC
COURT proceedings will from next year be held virtually as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) moves to digitise its operations with the introduction of an integrated electronic case management syst...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
MDC jailbirds recount tale of horror
PAIN was scribbled all over his face as he narrated his ordeal in prison, which lasted for 10 years, served for a crime that he did not commit.MDC Alliance activist Tungamirai Madzokere finall...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
No forced labour in Zimbabwe, Minister
There is no forced labour in Zimbabwe's prisons, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima said on Tuesday while responding to reports presented by the Zimbabwe Congress...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:25hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Prison Officer wish Mnangagwa becomes mad
A CHINHOYI-based Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer has appeared in court for allegedly making a disparaging comment over a picture in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tra...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:48hrs | 3666 | by Staff reporter
Prisons officer in court for undermining Mnangagwa
A 29-year-old male officer with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) was recently arrested for undermining authority or insulting the President.The accused, Kudzai Peter Mushon...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Gukurahundi genocide massacres
LAST week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was shown the Hanging Tree in Bulawayo, where many Ndebeles were hanged by the colonial regime in the 1890s.After visiting the tree where colonialists h...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 368 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
After ED was shown where colonialists hanged Ndebele warriors, was he also shown where Ndebele-speakers were massacred by Zim re
I do not know whether I can ever reiterate this point enough - history is a total accumulation of past events, which can never, and should never, be cherry-picked, or narrated selectively - such that,...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 675 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
6 armed robbers, carjackers nabbed after shoot-out
Six suspected armed robbers and carjackers were arrested on Thursday after a shoot-out near Mabvuku turn-off along Mutare Road on the eastern outskirts of Harare.One of the suspects was shot a...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:14hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife officially opens female prison
Zimbabwe made history yesterday by being the first country in SADC to open a female open prison.The open prison gives credence to Zimbabwe's drive to modernise prison and correctional services...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:56hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Harare CBD put under lockdown during Nehanda statue unveiling
TRAVELLERS from Chitungwiza and other areas in and outside Harare were Tuesday morning blocked from access to the Harare CBD by police until President Emmerson Mnangagwa had unveiled long gone First C...Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:35hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Guduza Churchill, President of MLF
Dear Comrade, I hope I find you well dear comrade. How I wish you could remove the name Churchill from the birth certificate and remain with Mpiyesizwe Guduza. Proper revolution will take plac...Published: 18 May 2021 at 17:33hrs | 1364 | by Nomazulu Thata
A call for the condemnation of the violation of the human rights of prisoners by the Zimbabwe regime
Greetings to all! A few days ago, members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were released on bail from incarceration at Zimbabwe's notorious Khami and Mlondolozi prisons. No sooner had the...Published: 18 May 2021 at 15:20hrs | 766 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza - MLF President
Prisons service guard turns Gqom queen
AFTER a two-year stint as a teacher at Kezi Primary School in Matabeleland South province, Moreblessings Khumalo decided to quit her job, and followed her passion which was music in 2015.After...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
For an African man, sex is power to shut up a woman's mouth
An activist is a person who campaigns for social change. Someone who's actively involved in a protest or a political or social cause can be called an activist. Forms of activism range from mandate bui...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1163 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Midlands prisons overcrowded'
PRISONS in Midlands province have been experiencing overcrowding due to COVID19-induced trial backlogs.This was disclosed by the police officer commanding Midlands province, Senior Assistant C...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Prison break at Chikurubi, Mamombe escapes prison?
In the past week there has been a serious talk about how Johanna Mamombe who is in a remand prison was treated. The issue was bordering on the video clip ...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 06:06hrs | 5372 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
I'm not going anywhere, I am sick - Appealed Joanna Mamombe
The incarcerated Harare West Member of Parliament and MDC Alliance National Executive member of the Youth Assembly Joanna Mamombe has fallen ill at Chikurubi Prison.She complained of a tummy a...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | 2078 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
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 | 882 | by Staff write
Soldier ties note in full military honour
A BAYONET fixed on a rifle was used to cut the wedding cake that was adorned with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces badge and the national flag. The wedding came as an early Independence Day celebration for...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1679 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends his wife
President Mnangagwa has hailed the philanthropic work by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa through her Angel of Hope Foundation. The President said this during yesterday's 41st Independence Day ce...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must engage Paul Siwela to avoid spill of blood in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa must abandon his "head in the sand" approach to Matabeleland independence cause and engage MLO President, Cde Paul Siwela, to hatch a plan that would see pea...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3130 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
13 000 border jumpers, smugglers nabbed at Beitbridge
A COMBINED security forces blitz at Beitbridge Border Post has led to the arrest of 13 288 suspected border jumpers and smugglers between January and to date.National police spokesperson Assis...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:27hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okays amnesty request
President Mnangagwa has approved the amnesty on prisoners serving lighter sentences or who have served over one-third of their sentences, following a request by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional S...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Journalist 'steals' security document
A journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Electric shock: No power to treat transformer 'thief'
In an ironic twist of fate, a Bulawayo man, who sustained horrific burns while allegedly attempting to steal a Zesa high voltage transformer at Mpilo Central Hospital, could not be fully attended to f...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1402 | by Staff Writer
13 prisoners test positive to Covid-19
At least 13 prisoners at Chinhoyi Prison have tested positive to Covid-19, but have since been quarantined, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) health services director Senior Assistant ...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts vaccinating prisoners
ZIMBABWE has started vaccinating prisoners for Covid-19 under the country's second phase vaccination programme, as the Government continues with its quest to vaccinate more than 60 percent of the popu...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine certificate will soon be a passport, says Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga warned yesterday that government could soon be forced to make the COVID-19 vaccination certificate a prerequisite for public services if citizen...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 4928 | by Staff reporter
'Resolve teachers welfare or 2021 will be another wasted year'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has warned government to urgently resolve the plight of teachers or 2021 will be another wasted year for students.Last year, learners spent th...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has reformed security services
Security Sector Reform (SSR) aims to enhance Security Sector Governance (SSG) through the effective and efficient delivery of security under conditions of democratic oversight and control. SSR...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:23hrs | 669 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Land baron surrenders to police
Suspected land baron Felix Munyaradzi who is facing fresh new charges of defeating the course of justice and interfering with State witnesses was arrested yesterday, hours after police and the Special...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners to attend funerals, weddings
PRISONERS may be temporarily released to attend funerals, weddings and other important family functions provided they apply and get permission from the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Aff...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi came face to face with death
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi says he is fortunate to be alive after battling a Covid-19 related illness for several weeks and is using his near-death experience t...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 5971 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty to decongest prisons
Cabinet received an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs as chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak. ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
State agents swarm Chilonga
STATE security agents have reportedly deployed heavily in Chilonga, Chiredzi district amid fears that they want to flush out strangers and contain the flow of information on government activities in t...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS expects a bumper harvest
The Zimbabwe Prisons and correctional Service (ZPCS) is expecting a bumper harvest this season after producing 219 hectares of maize. ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 00:29hrs | 709 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop accused of receiving bribes from land baron
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched investigations against a junior officer accused of abuse of office after she allegedly received kickbacks from suspected land baron Felix Munyaradzi who...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:26hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
13 accident victims identified
THIRTEEN accident victims who died in two separate road accidents which occurred in Manicaland and Mashonaland Provinces on Friday have been identified.Among the seven people who perished in M...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:45hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube court sits in hospital
In a first for the Gweru Magistrates Court, a temporary court was set up at Claybank Hospital so a magistrate could see for himself the extent of illness of an accused person who had failed to turn up...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
4 prison officers killed in accident
FOUR prison officers based at Mutare Remand Prison died on the spot after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck at Selbourne, along Mutare-Nyanga Road this afternoon....Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 2674 | 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 | 219 | by Staff reporter
Habitual thief rearrested
Police have rearrested a habitual car thief on allegations of breaking into a parked vehicle in Bulawayo and stealing a cellphone, just a few days after he was released from prison. The latest...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious death of inmate causes Covid-19 anxiety at Masvingo prison
A male inmate recently died under unclear circumstances in a prison cell at Masvingo Remand prison after spending some days battling an undisclosed illness, TellZim reported.TellZim News has i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
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