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Magistrate in no show for CCC activists' judgement
The much-anticipated judgment for Senator Jameson Timba and 66 other Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists has been postponed once again, following the absence of the presiding magistrate, Col...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 15:40hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties should account for disbursed funds
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has called for increased public scrutiny and accountability for political parties receiving funding under the Political Parties Finance Act. ...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:16hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should know that demonstrations at international events are nothing new
First of all, let's get one thing straight.There is a huge difference between a demonstration and a riot.I felt that I needed to clarify a misconception that, in my book, has been deli...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:40hrs | 892 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa cannot run for a third term or benefit from term limit extension'
Zimbabwe's constitution prohibits President Emmerson Mnangagwa from running for a third term, as it limits the incumbent to two terms and forbids extensions, according to a legal expert, Matshobana Nc...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 13:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
General PV Sibanda is entitled to make political choices freely
APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMANDER DEFENCE FORCES [CDF] GENERAL PV SIBANDA AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE ZANUPF POLITBURO: A CRITICAL REVIEWThe bottom part of this announcement of appointments to t...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 20 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zimbabwe police raise concern over night political rallies
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has warned political parties against holding rallies or door-to-door campaigns at night, saying such conduct puts citizens' lives in danger.With only two weeks l...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Police block more Zanu-PF gatherings than opposition
Police have blocked 86 gatherings of the ruling Zanu-PF party between January 1 and July 10 as compared to 65 from its main rival CCC in the same period despite claims by the opposition party that the...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 CCC meetings approved by police, 65 banned
FROM January to July 2023, the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party had 345 of its political gatherings sanctioned, the Home Affairs Ministry has revealed.Home Affairs Per...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police resort to Mopa to scuttle CCC gatherings
POLICE have resorted to the use of the new piece of legislation, Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to scuttle opposition party gatherings following repeal of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 16:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police crackdown on Chamisa's CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) organising secretary Amos Chibaya and Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta were arrested in Harare yesterday alongside 23 other party members while attending an in...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed anti-riot officers beat up MP's wife and children, arrest party leaders
ARMED anti-riot officers Saturday besieged the Budiriro home of Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta and violently cut short a private, internal meeting that had...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC demands transparent delimitation
THE main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expressed concern that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s delimitation process is not consultative enough to ensure decent outcomes....Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Broad reforms key for Mnangagwa ahead of US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE'S invitation to attend the US-Africa summit in December can only reap through country a diplomatic dividend if President Emmerson Mnangagwa implements broad reforms to deepen democracy and pr...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Castle Lager National braai fest bounces back
Get tastebuds and friends ready for the biggest braai in Zimbabwe as the annual Castle Lager national braai day returns on October 22.Organisers, Delta Beverages are yet to announce the venue ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jehovah's Witnesses resume in-person meetings after 2-year break
JEHOVAH'S Witnesses across the world began holding in-person meetings yesterday, two years after closing their worship buildings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In Zimbabwe, Jehovah's Witnesses s...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters
BY 10am on Sunday a handful of MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Bus...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF happy with campaign
Zanu-PF is satisfied with the structured and peaceful manner in which campaign rallies are taking place ahead of the March 26 by-elections.This comes at a time when political parties are geari...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears Amendment No 2 Act challenge
THE Constitutional Court will today hear an application filed by legal think-tank, Veritas, which seeks to nullify a law which critics say concentrated power in President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Co...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi orders civil servants to get Covid-19 jab or quit
A top government official says all Zimbabwean civil servants should get the Covid-19 vaccine in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, which has killed almost 2 000 people in the southern African na...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
63 pregnant school girls drop out in Bulawayo
IN a trend that has exposed the continued exploitation of the girl child in both rural and urban communities, 63 girls in Bulawayo dropped out of school after being impregnated, while about 40 pupils ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment to give Mnangagwa Mugabe-era powers
Three years after sweeping into power through a military coup and promising a new and unfolding democracy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being compared to his authoritarian predecesso...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tricked MDCs on running mates, says Charamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Zanu-PF tricked the opposition MDC formations to consent to the passing of the Constitutional Amendment No 20 with a conte...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Without title deeds, Matobo residents fear losing their homes
Mafuyana residents in Maphisa, Matobo district, never imagined they would one day lose their houses.The ward 22- suburb residents are beneficiaries of a 2005 government housing programme named...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional
At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objecti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Veritas
Tony Blair keen to meet Mnangagwa
Former British prime minister Mr Tony Blair, the architect of the standoff between Zimbabwe and the Western world, is keen to meet President Mnangagwa, the Head of State has revealed. In an in...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa borrowing bad law from Apartheid South Africa's statutes
Recently, the government of Zimbabwe, through the Minister of Home Affairs, introduced the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill to Parliament (MOPA). This Bill, that will replace the reviled Public Ord...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 11:08hrs | | by Douglas Togaraseyi Mwonzora
Renaming Chipo to Sipho: The POSA and MOPA mischief
Before the enactment of POSA1 in the year 2000, and prior to the demise of LOMA2 in 1993, the right to picketing was regulated by common law. During this period, the police wantonly resorted to the un...Published: 02 May 2019 at 14:55hrs | 12 | by A.K Malunga
'POSA bounces back as MOPA'
THERE has been a public outcry over the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA)'s provisions, with several legal experts and opposition politicians saying the proposed legislation is a regurgitatio...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
POSA replacement Bill gazetted
Government last week gazetted the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill that will replace the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) in line with its commitment to open up democratic space and align laws ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
The new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill is cruel like POSA
There have been reports in the State-owned press that the Government was planning to repeal the "toxic" Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and replace it with a new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Veritas
Poll defeat deepens MDC-Alliance divisions
DIVISIONS have deepened within the MDC Alliance after the party lost to Zanu-PF in the Cowdray Park council by-election in Bulawayo over the weekend amid fears of a witch-hunt as the opposition party'...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
War, chaos rock MDC Alliance Masvingo
MDC is headed for fresh turbulence and complete paralysis in Masvingo following chaos and violence which marred the party's polls to choose leaders for lower-tier structures ahead of its national cong...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Consumer rights group to lobby Parly over data bundles costs
A CONSUMER rights' watchdog has launched a campaign against high mobile data costs, after recent reports showed that Zimbabwe had some of the most expensive data tariffs on the continent.This ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 5 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
MRP prepares for star rally at Stanley Square
Mthwakazi Republic Party is set to hold a star rally on the July 13 at Stanley Square. It is where all the Party's candidates are expected to be unveiled.This was revealed by its spokesperson ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 13:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Elections: Six make-or-break issues
With the recent announcement of July 30 2018 as the election date, Zimbabwe is less than two months away from crucial polls that are expected to restore political legitimacy following the military-led...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 17:27hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Mukupe files assault charges against Newsday reporter
Controversial deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe has filed assault charges against NewsDay reporter Blessed Mhlanga 10 days after a scuffle between the two.The scuffle between Mukupe and ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba clarifies $100m UK loan, cash woes link
THE US$100 million given to Zimbabwe by the United Kingdom reduces demand for foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)by private firms and the savings will go a long way in easing cash...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe brews another surprise
Former president Robert Mugabe has been holding secret meetings with a prominent lawyer amid indications the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) wants the 40-year-old businessman to challenge Pr...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi warns party supporters on hate speech
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MPR) leadership has warned supporters to avoid hate speech and tribal slur, but, instead, must focus on reclaiming its territory.Njabulo Ngwenya, MRP foreign affairs ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The dark chapter of Zimbabwe's history that won't go away
With Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa just concluding a 100-day timeline to addresses what he considered the country's most pressing issues, which focused on economic revival, human rights ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by IPS
Mnangagwa must cure constitutional violations
Elections are a few months away and the credibility of these elections is essential for the government that will hold office. The credibility will provide legitimacy for the next administration and en...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
Justice Priscilla Chigumba's Russian 'trip of shame'
Opposition MDC-T legislators yesterday blasted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba for compromising the independence of her organisation after she travelled toge...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'NGOs keep Zanu-PF in power,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has signalled that he was prepared to work with "troublesome" civil society groups, describing them as a necessary evil whose noise has helped the ruling Zanu-PF to retain...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader breathes fire over critics' attack
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo is breathing fire against critics who accused his followers for allegedly disrupting the public meetings organised by the National Peace and Reconciliatio...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vigil mourns Tsvangirai 'Father of the nation'
The Vigil mourned Morgan Tsvangirai, cornerstone of the MDC since its inception in 1999. His courage inspired all those seeking the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Auxillia Mnangagwa must not compete with president'
Mnangagwa's wife must stay of public life - TsodzoA political commentator Thompson Tsodzo has warned president Emmerson Mnangagwa that he is the only president of Zimbabwe and not his wife urg...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
ZAPU Bulawayo province resumes public meetings
Bulawayo province will this Saturday resume public meetings in the city in preparation for elections. The weekend meeting, the first after the festive season will take place at Magwegwe Hall in the af...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Mandla Khanye
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