HARARE – Speaker of the House of Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday washed his hands off the raging dispute in the MDC pitting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and expelled secretary-general Tendai Biti, referring the stand-off to the courts of law. Tsvangirai had sought to recall from Parliament nine of his 91 legislators who unsuccessfully attempted to…
HARARE – The State yesterday said MDC activists accused of public violence in Epworth face 10 years in prison if convicted. This was said by prosecutor Sharon Mashavira as she opposed bail, saying the jail term hanging over their heads might induce the suspects to abscond if released on bail. Mashavira said the activists were…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa, the MDC shadow minister for Information, has called on Jonathan Moyo, the minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services, to lobby government to repeal harsh media laws. In his state of the media address at Harvest House yesterday, Chamisa said despite Moyo’s seemingly good intentions and well documented acrid criticism of…
HARARE – Chief Nemakonde of Makonde District in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province is embroiled in a protracted wrangle with a white commercial farmer, Douglas Stuart Taylor-Freeme, over a farm. The chief, born Mende Wilson Nemakonde, was given an offer letter for Pondoro Farm in 2007 by the then minister of Lands Didymus Mutasa. The farm,…
HARARE – Government has begged Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to continue providing anti-retroviral drugs to patients in Buhera district after the organisation announced it was pulling out. MSF is pulling out of the district after more than 12 years of providing free anti-retro treatment (ART) and related opportunistic infections services in the area. MSF or…
HARARE – Trust Maanda, a Harare human rights lawyer, has been arrested on allegations of obstructing or defeating the course of justice. Maanda was represented by fellow lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Jeremiah Bamu and Andrew Makoni. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bamu confirmed Maanda’s arrest. He said the lawyer was…
HARARE – Government must take urgent measures to ensure that people access adequate and clean water, which is now a constitutional right enshrined in the new charter, a rights organisation has said. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said investigations must be made into culpability for failure to supply clean water and those responsible must…
HARARE – Tariro Negitare and four other Zimbabwean musicians will leave for Germany for collaborations with Jamaram-the band that replaced Freshlyground as the closing act of this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa). The highly-rated Tariro, who has a single self-titled album under her belt, will be joined on the trip to Europe’s biggest…
HARARE – Artists must be wary of the Zimbabwe Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (Zimcos) which claims to have the power to license music pirates on behalf of musicians, the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (Zipo) has said. Zipo, which falls under the ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, told the Daily News yesterday that no…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba coach Saul Chaminuka has embraced the underdog tag as he prepares for a clash against table-toppers Highlanders on Sunday, but is not writing off the chances of his experienced side causing an upset. The Zimbabwe Power Company-owned side has had a good season so far following their promotion into the top-flight…
