MUTARE – Two senior Zanu PF officials face up to a decade in jail for stealing beasts meant for President Robert Mugabe’s birthday bash. Mike Madiro, who has been suspended as Manicaland provincial chair for a separate case involving missing diamond funds, is now appearing before a Mutare magistrate on stock theft charges. Stock theft…
HARARE – A popular radio and TV presenter suspended for announcing on radio that President Robert Mugabe is of Malawian origin has returned to work. Hazvinei Sakarombe, widely known as DJ Chilli, is back at State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings and sources say it has to do with Mugabe’s mercy. According to well-placed sources, Mugabe…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is today expected to attend the swearing in ceremony of Kenya president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. Mugabe will join several African leaders at the Nairobi ceremony at which Kenyatta’s vice William Ruto will also be sworn in. Kenyatta, who becomes Kenya’s fourth president will replace Mwai Kibaki, who is retiring from politics…
HARARE – The Attorney General’s Office has come up with new allegations against prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, in a bid to bolster its case against the feisty legal practitioner. State prosecutors last Friday served the human rights lawyer’s attorneys with the allegations together with State papers to prepare for her trial which commences…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the Sadc election observer mission has failed to live up to its set guidelines for free and fair elections. He said the observer team produced a “saddening” report that is “factually wrong”. Tsvangirai told journalists after visiting his incarcerated chief elections agent Morgen Komichi at Chikurubi Maximum Security…
HARARE – The Daily News is Zimbabwe’s most credible newspaper, according to a survey by the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ). Zimbabwe’s leading daily got a 99 percent credibility score in the ‘Media Credibility Index Zimbabwe’ survey conducted by MMPZ betweenbn April and June this year. The independent daily, published by the Associated Newspapers of…
HARARE – Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa — accused of obstructing the course of justice — says the State brought different allegations against her in a deliberate move to pin her. Charges against Mtetwa arose after she was arrested when she went to assist former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s chief legal adviser, Thabani Mpofu,…
HARARE – The United Nations food agency says Zimbabwe is facing “a looming food crisis” with 2,2 million people — one in four of the rural population — expected to need emergency aid in coming months. The UN World Food Programme said yesterday additional food handouts will start next month and will be scaled up…
MUTARE – The State has withdrawn criminal nuisance charges against the MDC’s Dangamvura-Chikanga MP Arnold Tsunga and 48 of his supporters. The top human rights lawyer’s charges were withdrawn before plea for “lack of evidence.” Tsunga and his co-accused appeared before a Mutare magistrate yesterday. “The matter was withdrawn before plea,” Tsunga’s defence lawyer Passmore…
HARARE – Three maids who allegedly stole $700 000 from their employer blew the cash on cars and houses, a Harare magistrate has heard. Robert Mumanikidzwa, the investigating officer in the matter said the trio acquired several properties using the stolen money. The trial of the three, Euna Tsekwete, Rebecca Kawe and Sheila Nyandoro continued…
