HARARE – Harare City Council is pushing for the dualisation of Simon Mazorodze Road to ease traffic congestion from the southern suburbs. According to the director of works, Zvenyika Chawatama, the dualisation would de-congest the busy road. The idea to dualise the road comes after government advised the city to construct ring roads as a…
HARARE – Tendai Biti has accused Zimbabwean soldiers of sexually abusing MDC Alliance election agents during the July 30 harmonised elections, with some agents in Mutoko telling him such abuse was “rampant” there. Biti appeared emotional while announcing the cases during a court hearing on Friday. Zambian immigration authorities rejected a request for asylum by…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has to swiftly turn the Alliance into a fully-fledged political party and unite parliamentarians who won seats under the coalition banner, analysts contend. And with the ruling Zanu PF having a parliamentary supermajority and in the event that the Constitutional Court rules in favour of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
HARARE – The decision by President Donald Trump to extend sanctions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration came after Zimbabwe’s new government failed to meet international obligations, and spurned an offer for a willing partner in the United States, analysts have said. This means Zimbabwe must brace for further economic turmoil with the renewal of US…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa finally filed his court challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hotly-disputed victory in the July 30 election yesterday — thereby suspending tomorrow’s planned inauguration of Zimbabwe’s new leader. In essence, Chamisa is seeking to either have the presidential election declared as null and void or to be affirmed as the…
HARARE – MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday challenged the authority of Zimbabwean courts to prosecute him, arguing that he was “abducted” from the Zambian government, which denied him asylum on Wednesday. Biti is being charged with contravening the Electoral Act by prematurely announcing the election results and inciting the violence that rocked Harare…
BULAWAYO – Human Rights Institute of South Africa (Hurisa) has waded into the chaos Zimbabwe has been plunged into following the just-ended elections which they described as sham. In a statement released yesterday, the human rights institute raised the red flag on the just-ended plebiscite. This comes after United States(US) President Donald Trump signed into…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stunning revelation that he ordered the release of MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti on Thursday has been condemned by the legal fraternity, which strongly feels that it has exposed how the Executive interferes with court processes. In an image-sprucing attempt that went horribly wrong — judging from the responses…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) said there have been arbitrary assaults of urbanites in various high density suburbs of Harare and Chitungwiza, despite denials from government. In its post-election report, ZHRC said its investigation teams witnessed blatant beatings of civilians by soldiers. “The commission dispatched monitoring and investigative teams to assess…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services is holding the second edition of “family day visits” at Chikurubi Maximum Prison next week. Officer-in-Charge of Chikurubi Maximum Prison, assistant commissioner Tonderai Mutiwaringa, yesterday urged relatives and friends of inmates to visit their incarcerated relatives to promote their smooth integration back into society. Although being separated from…
