June 2020

Assistant Editor  ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (ZESN) recently hosted the third virtual Public Meeting in the series ‘Making Elections Make Sense in the COVID-19 Era.’ The meeting had six panellists representing varied expertise on the subject areas of the proposed provisions in the Constitutional Amendment Bill. These comprised of Constitutional Law Expert Reg Austin; Constitutional…

CHINA has hailed the efforts being made by the government to contain the Covid-19 epidemic, which has so far killed six people in the country out of 486 infections. Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said this during a media briefing in Harare last week on the virtual ‘Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against Covid-19’…

ZIMBABWE Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has conferred honorary membership on its former national director, Okay Machisa, for his contribution to the organisation’s work. The recognition, which was announced by the organisation’s national chairperson Takesure Musiiwa, comes after a resolution by the ZimRights national council. “During that tenure, he led the growth and expansion of the…

HIGH Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera recently granted $1 000 bail each to nine men accused of stealing gold in Penhalonga. Innocent Chinonzwa, 39, Lovemore Chinonzwa, 37, Maxwell Masamvu, 39, Bright Mabonore, 40, John Mbeu, 42, Wiskes Kovhiwa, 32, Marlon Maringa, 28, Wellington Moyo, 35, and Terrence Mukodza, 34, will return to court on June…