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The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa has said Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume were not arrested for exposing corruption but for using their social media accounts to incite Zimbabweans to violently overthrow the Government. “Even though Hopewell Chin’ono writes about corruption he is not unique in this regard. All the Newspapers…
By Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition Transform Zimbabwe party leader Jacob Ngarivhume on Wednesday 22 July 2020 appeared before judicial officers at Harare Magistrates Court answering to charges of inciting people to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government through unconstitutional means. Chin’ono appeared before Magistrate Ngoni Nduna answering to charges of incitement to…
By Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwean police on Monday 20 July 2020 arrested journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition Transform Zimbabwe party leader Jacob Ngarivhume for allegedly inciting people to revolt against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration during some planned anti-government protests called for at the end of the month. Chin’ono was arrested by some armed Zimbabwe Republic Police…
His Excellency, Mr. Hakan Kivanc, the Ambassador of Turkey to Zimbabwe has reiterated his country’s commitment to fighting terrorism and promoting democracy worldwide. The Ambassador made the remarks on the occasion of the 15 July Feto Coup Attempt Briefing Meeting today Wednesday 15 July 2020 at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Harare. “For us,…
By Sandra Kudenga Zimbabwe’s problems with honouring citizens’ civil and political rights may just be down to its being ruled by former child soldiers who were never rehabilitated. And current political horrors – killings, abductions, tortures, sexual abuse, intimidation and the use of brute force or the threat of it to achieve political goals is…
By Anyway Yotamu MDC-T has moved to take back the party to its founding principles as outlined in its founding constitution after holding its first standing committee meeting in Harare. In her first address at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House formerly Harvest House, MDC-T leader Dr. Thokozani Khupe said she is on course to returning the…
By Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada Zimbabwean Opposition must unite and become more effective in order to influence national affairs and shape the direction of nation-building. Zanu PF alone cannot lead Zimbabwe and transform it into a democratic and prosperous country. Forty years of Zanu rule bears testimony to this fact of incapacity and cluelessness. Opposition Ruling…
By Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members on Thursday 11 June 2020 pressed a cocktail of charges including faking abduction and disappearance against three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who are victims of abduction and torture after they re-arrested them on Wednesday 10 June 2020. ZRP members charged Harare West legislator Hon. Joana Mamombe…
By Million Belay (Ph.D.), General Coordinator for Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa Ever since I saw the video of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 25th May, killed by a policeman who knelt on his neck for NINE MINUTES, while he was calling for his dead mother and for mercy, I have been…
By Own Correspondent The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe on Monday told the Zimbabwe government to “end state-sponsored violence,” apparently unbowed after being summoned by the foreign ministry in the wake of comments by a top U.S. official who described the southern African country as an “adversary”. Robert O’Brien, a top U.S. security adviser to…
By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – Turkish Foreign Minister I wholeheartedly congratulate the Africa Day of all our African friends. The unprecedented conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world render the solidarity symbolized by Africa Day even more significant this year. The progress achieved in recent years by Africa in many fields and our…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will commemorate Africa Day on Monday, 25 May by hosting virtual engagements with Civil Society Organizations and Africans in the diaspora. Held under the overarching African Union theme of 2020 “Silencing the Guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s Development,” the fora are expected to define the role of the both the Civil Society…
By Thabani Dube Efforts to commemorate the life of the late national hero, Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), and ZIPRA’s military intelligence supremo, Dumiso Dabengwa have hit a brick wall as coronavirus induced lockdown continues indefinitely, Spiked Online Media has it. Responding to questions, Future Msebele Zulu, the ZAPU Deputy Secretary for International Relations said…
By Raymond Chamba The vulturous and vampire grip of China on Africa did not come without active American assistance. Yes, suucessive American administrations have woefully missed the trade imperative and went on to major in minors by concentrating on warm fuzzy stuff and optics. Who eats that. It is US taxpayers money that was misused…
By Charles Dhewa The majority of developing countries are still to tear themselves away from the colonial set up where major food markets were located in cities or towns in order to provide food for low income people working in formal industries. Under that arrangement food had to travel from rural areas most of which…
By Veritas Forty years ago just after midnight on 17th April, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time and the Zimbabwean flag was raised to represent a new era in the city of Salisbury which became Harare. The fall of one flag and the rise of another symbolised the sunset of Rhodesia and…
By Japhet Moyo (ZCTU Secretary-General) Today, 18 April 2020, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) joins the rest of Zimbabweans in celebrating the country’s 40th Independence anniversary. We recognise and appreciate the significance of this great day to all Zimbabweans and in particular, the role played by freedom fighters and the masses to liberate…
By Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on Independence Day Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) joins the people of Zimbabwe, within or without her borders in commemorating the 40th anniversary (18 April 2020) of Zimbabwe’s independence. On this important national day; we pay tribute to the sons and daughters of Zimbabwe who sacrificed their lives for the…
By Rev Dr. Kenneth Mtata I am writing this as a GREEN PAPER to provoke debate. If you are allergic to debate, do not proceed beyond this point! Zimbabwe has been stuck in binary political conditioning where citizens are forced to think only in terms of black and white, good and bad, in or out….
By Kumbirai Mafunda The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on Tuesday 31 March 2020 delivered a landmark ruling wherein it declared as unconstitutional the legality of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Act. The Act sought to amend Section 180 of the Constitution by giving the President sole powers to appoint the Chief Justice, his deputy…
By Anyway Yotamu The government has welcomed the statements by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet calling for the rolling back of international sanctions against countries around the world as an essential part of the global effort to contain COVID-19. The two leaders encouraged the waiving…
By Anyway Yotamu Zimbabwe Citizens Forum National coordinator Cde Taurai Kandishaya said his organisation stands ready to help the American government with their coronavirus plea which was announced by US President Donald Trump to the world for help in form of protective clothes for health workers due to shortage of supply in the United States…
Norton-based Jedidiahh Trust and their partner, philanthropist, and educationist Gertrude Mandizvidza, have welcomed the fact that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned all female convicts, juveniles under the age of 18 years, inmates sentenced to life in imprisonment and prisoners aged 70 years and above. Jedidiah Trust, founded by Lovemore Chikwanda, focuses on providing education, psycho-social…
By Lovemore Chazingwa Issues to do with efficient and effective justice delivery system can be strengthened in the wake of a policy dialogue convened for policymakers within the ambit of the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS), convened at Kadoma Hotel and Conference Center, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs…
By Nick Mangwana There is a question that is being discussed among President Mnangagwa’s legion of ardent supporters and loyalists; should the President abandon humour as a device for engaging his audience? Not everyone agrees with this sentiment. The opposite group feels those that subscribe to this thinking are yielding to the whims of an…
By Kumbirai Mafunda The hearing and determination of an appeal filed by Harare East constituency legislator Hon. Tendai Biti got off to a false start on Monday 9 March 2020 after the High Court postponed the matter to Monday 11 May 2020. High Court Judges Felistus Chatukuta and Pisirayi Kwenda postponed the hearing of Hon….
Joseph Makamba Busha, the President of FreeZim Congress Party has thrown a tantrum on government for neglecting pressing needs of the populace in preference to programmes that do not change people’s lives positively. Speaking to journalists in Harare today, Makamba singled out government’s prioritisation of a new Parliament building and possibly a new city…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met with the out-going Egyptian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mohammed Fahmy in Harare. Fahmy paid a courtesy call on the president to bid him farewell as his tour of duty is coming to an end after serving his country in Harare for three years tour of duty. The two discussed and reflected…
African Union Chairperson of the Peace and Security Council, H.E. Crisantos Obama Ondo advised Pan-African Parliamentarians to commit to ending the war on the continent to avoid passing current conflicts on to the next generations. He said this in a keynote address on the African Union 2020 theme, ‘Silencing the Guns: Creating a Conducive Environment for Development,’ during the…
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has brought joy to tormented souls of members of the Joshua Nkomo Housing Cooperative who have endured untold persecution at the hands of controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach. The residents of Joshua Nkomo Housing Cooperative have not tested peace for a long time. In 2005, their houses were destroyed during the…
The MDC Alliance has said revelations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) that US$7 billion worth of cash and property has been stashed outside the country by the political and business elite have exposed unbridled avarice and corruption–and not sanctions—as being at the core of the national crisis. MDC challenged ZACC to show that…
By Kumbirai Mafunda Harare Magistrate Yeukai Chigodora on Monday 24 February 2020 ended the lengthy detention of pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe and Allan Moyo, who were arrested last week by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and charged for allegedly participating in an illegal demonstration. Haruzivishe and Moyo were arrested on Thursday 20 February 2020 by…
By Anyway Yotamu. Government says the proposed new Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill which is now in Parliament is expected to unlock real and tangible benefits for war veterans. Addressing former freedom fighters at a consultative meeting in Harare on 24th of February 2020 , the Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Cde Oppah…
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF Zimbabwe) yesterday commemorated the National Youth Day on which they said they were proud to remember the legacy of former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe on the pan African ideas he espoused and promoted. “We are also enthusiastic to celebrate his legacy of land redistribution – taking back the…
The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the Rt. Hon. Roger Nkodo DANG has arrived in Havana, Cuba on a week-long official visit at the request of the Speaker of the Cuban Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Esteban Lazo HERNANDEZ. PAP President kick-started the engagement by paying homage to Cuba’s National Hero with a wreath-laying at the Jose…
As South African President, H.E Cyril RAMAPHOSA assumes the position of Chairperson of the African Union (AU), the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has extended hearty congratulations. South Africa has been hosting PAP; the Union’s Legislative Organ since 2006. PAP President, the Rt. Hon. Roger Nkodo DANG says this development comes at an opportune time for our Union. He says the…
Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has said migration poses both benefits and challenges to society hence the need for better management of the phenomenon. He made the remarks at the Capacity Building Workshop for the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services and the Thematic Committee on Human Rights at…
The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has called on Member States to ratify the constitutive act of the AU relating to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), while congratulating the African countries that have so far heeded the call to empower the continental Parliament with legislative powers. This forms part of the Council’s decisions related…
Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu has donated over 300 sanitary pads to pupils and female teachers at Ruvanga Secondary School as part of his philanthropic work. In an interview with Spiked Online Media, Zivhu said he is inspired by his poor background to keep doing good for the less privileged that include schools. He said…
By Joyce Mukucha The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called for a collaborative shared approach, a new consensus dominated paradigm and a healing process towards recovering the economy and attaining a peaceful nation. Speaking at a meeting with the media which was aimed at shaping working relations with this community for the year 2020…
Ahead of a municipal by-election in Kuwadzana, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance is accusing Zanu PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda of distributing 28 tonnes of maize meal in a “crass act of vote-buying in violation of the Electoral Act.” The biggest opposition party said since ZEC is ‘captured’, it will turn a…
The recently formed Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Christian Council (ZICC) is calling on all political actors and churches to come together for a meeting to pray for the nation and its development. Speaking to Spiked Online Media in Harare on 29 January 2020, Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe, the ZICC Secretary-General called on Zimbabweans from all walks of…
By Kumbirai Mafunda A Zimbabwean court on Friday 17 January 2020 acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who had been assaulted by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers during an anti-government protest…
By ZESN The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) notes with concern the proposed changes in the Constitutional Amendment Bill to remove the Presidential Running Mate Clause. The move is retrogressive and an affront to the will of the people as expressed in the referendum on the new Constitution in 2013. ZESN is of the view…
By Nicholas Ncube The People of Matebeleland are crying foul over the absence of Obert Mpofu from the executive arm of government as the effects are now being felt across the region. In a press statement Mthwakazi Republic Party, a regional political outfit fighting for equality and opportunity for the people of Matebeleland stated that:…
