BULAWAYO – A resident has sued the city of Bulawayo in the High Court over its failure to provide potable water for Pelandaba West residents. Nylon Gatsheni, 50, argued failure to provide water will cause an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, according to the lawsuit filed by his lawyers Dube Banda, Nzarayapenga…
HARARE – The results announced by the electoral commission reflect ill-preparedness and gross inaccuracies, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has said. President Emmerson Mnangagwa received 50,8 percent of the vote while main opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa received 44,3 percent. The ERC said there was potential manipulation or fraud. [Adz] “The results announced expose disturbing…
HARARE – Jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, pictured below, was yesterday granted $2 000 bail by the High Court. Chivayo had been condemned to remand prison after he was denied bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Monday on grounds that he was a flight risk. Chivayo and his company — Intratek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited…
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…
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 – 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…
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 – 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…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to scuttle president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration, which had been scheduled for Sunday. This follows an announcement by his lawyer Thabani Mpofu yesterday that the Alliance would be filing a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) application before the expiry of a seven-day deadline within which all electoral challenges must…
HARARE – Dark clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe as the impasse over the hotly-contested July 30 presidential election continues — with political analysts warning yesterday that the country is entering “dangerous waters” where there will be no winners, the Daily News can report. [Adz]
