JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s High Court has ruled that a decision to drop 783 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma should be reviewed. The charges were dropped just weeks before the 2009 election which led to Mr Zuma becoming president. Judge Aubrey Ledwaba said the decision by the chief state prosecutor at the time was…
HARARE – As Zanu PF bigwigs continue to bludgeon each other politically, while the stampede to succeed President Robert Mugabe gets ever uglier, the lot of the majority of Zimbabweans is getting worse by the day — with many living in squalor and abject poverty. So bad has the situation become, that many Zimbabweans say…
HARARE – As internal strife continues to rip apart Zanu PF, former deputy minister of Energy Munacho Mutezo (pictured) has now officially left the burning governing party to join the fledgling Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru. Since 2014 — when Zanu PF charged Mujuru with treason, witchcraft and corruption,…
HARARE – White farmer David Connolly, who has been involved in a protracted legal battle with a top aide of President Robert Mugabe, faces eviction from his Centenary Farm in Figtree after a High Court judge yesterday ruled that his occupation of the disputed property was illegal. Connolly, through his company, JC Connolly and Sons…
HARARE – A soldier who was part of a gang that was allegedly caught attempting to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s Alpha Omega Dairies will receive his judgment on May 10, after failing to have his accomplices testify in his favour. Borman Ngwenya had said that he would have Solomon Makumbe, an army corporal and Silas…
HARARE – More than five years into the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme, only 50 percent of the target has been reached, as myths and fear of the knife slow down the uptake of the controversial programme. Out of a target of 1,3 million by 2017, 600 000 men have so far been circumcised…
HARARE – A human rights monitor group, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), says former Vice President Joice Mujuru has now become the target of violence orchestrated by her erstwhile comrades in Zanu PF. In a recent report, detailing the political situation for the month of March, ZPP said President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has been…
BULAWAYO – Former MDC Mzilikazi senator Matson Hlalo has renewed his bid to be reinstated in the party after he yesterday filed a fresh application for review at the High Court. Hlalo was last month expelled from the party for taking party issues to the courts without exhausting internal remedies. However, efforts to reverse his expulsion…
HARARE – It is no longer a secret anymore that Zimbabwe is slowly becoming a failed State, as poverty hits hard on defenceless and vulnerable members of the public. We believe, if President Robert Mugabe has the welfare of the people at heart like he always preaches about, he must spare a moment to visit…
HARARE – Why is it no surprise that many politicians stand by the theory that sanctions killed the country — and not corruption? Very few of the die-hard members of the governing elite dare to speak earnestly or even loudly of the rampant corruption in their midst. I must admit that none of the bigwigs…
