HARARE – Government is adamant that it wants to introduce voluntary door-to-door HIV testing arguing it is the cornerstone to prevention. David Parirenyatwa, Health and Child Care minister, says the country cannot forgo the importance of a population which knows its status as it is the only way to win the battle against HIV. “Some…
HARARE – Hours after she was found not guilty, The Legal Monitor (LM) sat down with prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa (BM), (pictured below), who is also the board chairperson of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) to hear her views on the case. LM: What’s the feeling of being “free” again? BM: I…
HARARE – Opposition parties have showered praises on retired Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono, calling him the best governor since 1980. Gono resigned from the central bank on Saturday, ending an eventful 10 years at the helm of RBZ. The former governor, who has interests in farming, real estate and media, appointed…
HARARE – One hundred prisoners have died in the country’s prisons due to hunger and disease since the beginning of the year. Presenting oral evidence before the portfolio committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Virginia Mabhiza, permanent secretary in the ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs told legislators that her ministry was facing financial…
HARARE – A Chinese national who was nabbed at Harare International Airport after being found in possession of ivory artifacts has been fined $150. Feng Dejin was found guilty of contravening sections of the Parks and Wildlife Act which prohibit dealing or possessing ivory artifacts without a licence. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe sentenced Dejin to…
HARARE – A bevy of women yesterday besieged the Harare Magistrates’ Court, as Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura, facing multiple rape charges, was brought back in the dock. Court number 16 was yesterday filled to the rafters with beautiful and neatly dressed women, waiting to hear proceedings in their pastor’s multiple rape…
HARARE – A Mbare woman reportedly forced herself on seven-year-old boys before and after giving them coins to silence them. Trish Gomo, 24, appeared before Harare magistrate Sandra Mpindu facing aggravated indecent assault charges. The boys are sons to her landlady and neighbour. In her defence, Gomo denied the allegations and said her landlady was…
HARARE – Harare regional magistrate Simon Rogers Kachambwa has dismissed an application by ex-Kingstons Holdings’ boss Brian Sedze, seeking his recusal from handling his 35 counts of fraud. Sedze made an application last week demanding Kachambwa and prosecutor Michael Reza recuse themselves from handling his case, citing procedural irregularities. However, Kachambwa yesterday said Sedze’s application…
HARARE – Today marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The day is being celebrated under the theme “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all.” Farai Mukuta, director of National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped, (Nascoh) said some doors have supported the disabled. “President Mugabe’s…
HARARE – Wife of the late Zanu PF Member of Parliament (MP) for Kadoma Central Ishmael Mutema is reportedly running a brothel at her residential property in Kadoma. The late Mutema was also Chief Ziki of Masvingo and popularly known as “Choo”. The lodge, Guta Ravatema popularly known as KwaMai Choo, is housing more than…
