© HIGH Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday quashed four criminal abuse of office charges against former Cabinet minister and top Zanu PF official Saviour Kasukuwere. In addition, the judge also slammed lower courts for attempting to prosecute Kasukuwere on ambiguous and frivolous allegations. Kasukuwere was facing four counts of criminal abuse of office emanating from…
© ZIMBABWE consular for investment and trade in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Shamiso Fred was hauled to court yesterday for allegedly fleecing a money changer of nearly $1,5 million in a foreign exchange deal gone wrong. [GoogleAd] Fred allegedly duped Aissa Ussen after misrepresenting that she had free funds in Dubai which she intended…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government’s blanket ban on MDC demonstrations is a recipe for chaos as fed-up citizens and also opportunists will find ways to express themselves, the Church — which has been trying to initiate dialogue between the country’s political leaders — has warned. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) general secretary Kenneth Mtata…
© Zanu PF legislator for Mhangura Precious Chinhamo Masango has complained that village health workers (VHWs) are not getting enough allowances in the prevailing economic crisis. [GoogleAd] Masango said the $15 the VHWs were getting was not enough to sustain them in an environment where prices of basic commodities go up on a weekly basis….
© HUMAN rights groups have released damning statistics that reveal the extent of the torture and arbitrary arrests of human rights and political activists in Harare and Bulawayo, following the recent banning of opposition demonstrations in the two cities. [GoogleAd] The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum — a coalition of local human rights organisations —…
© THE incarceration of Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has continued to attract widespread outrage from various sectors in and outside Matabeleland region, further putting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government on the spotlight for the wrong reasons. [GoogleAd] Ndiweni was sentenced to 18 months in prison over malicious damage to property charges after he destroyed property belonging…
© THE government appears to have shot itself in the foot with its ongoing brutal crackdown against opposition and pro-democracy activists — possibly dealing a fatal blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to mend Harare’s frosty relations with the West, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as the European Union, the United States of…
© BULAWAYO deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami and councillor Silas Chigora were yesterday set free by a Bulawayo magistrate after they were acquitted on charges of assaulting town clerk Christopher Dube. The duo’s lawyer Maqhawe Mpofu of Samp Mlaudzi and Partners had applied for the case to be dropped at the close of the State’s case…
© HARARE residents are demanding that the city fills vacant positions of directors.Many senior managerial positions are being filled on an acting capacity as the city cannot employ people full-time. Since a damning corruption report by the Local Government ministry in 2016 led to the suspension of many directors, their positions have not yet been…
© RESPECTED lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new wave Ever since the massive January fuel protests, Mnangagwa has resorted to using massive force to threaten…
