HARARE – Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo and police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri have denied deploying riot police to the Harare Magistrates’ Court, where they allegedly brutally assaulted a 63-year-old Chitungwiza woman during a protest last year. In their response to a High Court application in which they are being sued by Lillian Chinyerere for $13…
HARARE – Like a deck of cards, President Robert Mugabe’s countless insult cases have over the years collapsed one after the other, with the latest being that of former Zanu PF youth leader William Mutumanje — popularly known as Acie Lumumba. Over the past years, a number of people have been hauled before the courts…
HARARE – The African Medallion Group (AMG)’s special coins to commemorate the African Union (AU)’s 54th anniversary have risen by 1 400 percent in value — barely two weeks after they were launched. This also comes as the Frank Buyanga-led outfit has launched at least two batches of these unique medallions — as represented by…
HARARE – As American Senator Hiram Warren Johnson so aptly observed way back in 1918, the first casualty of war is truth. Indeed, as Zanu PF’s ugly tribal, factional and succession wars get hotter by the day, well-known purveyors of lies in the ruling party and their running dogs — among them Cabinet ministers and…
HARARE – As the ugly Zanu PF war to succeed President Robert Mugabe continues to escalate, former freedom fighters have warned introverted Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi — saying he risks ending his political career if he allows himself to be “used” by the ruling party’s “confusion” mongers. This comes as Sekeramayi — who together with…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday told Zanu PF supporters of his heartache at witnessing the high number of deaths that the former liberation movement has had to contend with this year — including having to preside over their burials at the National Heroes Acre. Speaking at the burial of the late Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu…
HARARE – Call it changing times. Unlike yester years, Zimbabweans have come to witness more and more women being arrested and prosecuted for committing third schedule offences which were previously common with their male counterparts. Pre-meditated murders, armed robberies, attempted murders and a number of other heinous crimes have now become easy bed fellows with…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC)’s top executives have been slammed for stifling investigations in which they are accused of awarding themselves hefty salaries and allowances. Resident associations raised the red flag after the tribunal set up to investigate the matter asked for an extension amid allegations that those implicated in the matter are refusing…
HARARE – While Robert Mugabe and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai may be oceans apart, they both believe the youths’ vote is crucial to winning next year’s Presidency. For long used as instruments of political violence and repression, the country’s youths, who constitute 60 percent of the population, have emerged as the potential kingmakers ahead…
HARARE – Zanu PF secretary for youth league in the politburo —Kudzanai Chipanga — has a right to lavish praise on President Robert Mugabe because it is his democratic right. Being a leader of the next generation of politicians — the youths — it is also expected that Chipanga should inspire confidence not only in…
