Traditional leaders bemoan interference by politicians in the BVR process….
Part of CAAT members from Bikita. The traditional leaders bemoaned that they are being given directives by some politicians to discriminate against opposition supporters in the issuance of proof of...
View ArticleMillion-dollar ring saga: Zim First Lady Grace Mugabe goes to court
Grace Mugabe (File: AFP) The First Lady’s lawyers filed papers at the Harare High Court on Tuesday, according to state media. An ‘inferior ring’ Grace Mugabe claims to have paid Lebanese businessman,...
View ArticleZim court acquits Chiredzi man charged for insulting ZRP officers over...
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri 32 year-old Zephania Virimai, who resides in Tshovani high-density suburb in Chiredzi in Masvingo province, had been on trial since last month after he was...
View ArticleAfrica, US question World Bank policy on poor
Zimbabwe and neighbouring Zambia heavily rely on hydro-electric power from Kariba Dam. WASHINGTON DC – More than half-a-century after it was opened by the Queen Mother in 1960, Kariba is still the...
View Article#Declassified: Apartheid Profits – Tiny Rowland: A very British spy?
Margaret Thatcher This article is drawn from the research for the book Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit. The 16th of August 2012 is a date most South Africans will never forget. It was the...
View ArticleParliament of Zimbabwe now has a mobile app to keep us up to date
They were working on a lot of projects, live-blogging parliamentary debates (which did not come to be for somewhat obvious reasons) and also an enhanced website which was launched. On the website...
View ArticleMDC mourns senior staffer Nyanguwo
Abisha was a former Chief of Staff in the Office of the President. At the time of his death, Nyanguwo was serving as the director of policy. Nyanguwo was a veteran trade unionist who demonstrated his...
View ArticleZanu PF Officials frustrate potential registrants in Mwenezi Voter...
Participants following proceedings during COTRAD dialogue meeting at Chenhara in Mwenezi Speaking at a dialogue meeting facilitated by Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) at...
View ArticleTreat for music lovers
Playing popular pieces by Enesco, Milhaud, Massenet, Handel with a special closing of a Kuhlua trio. Musical variety to delight all tastes! 26 Novemeber 2017, 3pm at Arundel School Chapel. Entry by...
View ArticleCraft Brewery Opens in the Falls
The brewery is the brain child of a group of Zimbabweans who over recent years began a little brewery in Harare and then decided, when the results of their work were well appreciated, to launch...
View ArticleBiometric Voter Registration process Update 5
On 10 October 2017, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), launched a Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz across the country. The blitz is a follow up to the launch of the BVR by President...
View ArticleLocal authorities’s engagement of debt collectors
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) notes with deep concern the pervasive practice by local authorities in engaging the services of debt collectors who have been issuing out threats of...
View Article#ShockWildifeTruths: Bicycles help fight poaching in Vic Falls
The bicycles were a gift by international charity World Bicycle Relief through leading Zimbabwean hospitality group, Africa Albida Tourism and have since changed George Ngwenya’s life, along with 16...
View ArticleMDC Alliance leaders meet in Harare
The Principals resolved that all party organs nationally from the branches to the Provinces must convene to establish alliance coordinating committees and immediately organise joint activities with...
View ArticleDied in Vain?
Reverend Father Christopher Shepherd-Smith SJ An argument soon ensued: having heard a white man’s voice the 99 team had dispatched a white people’s ambulance whereas the injured man was black. Reverend...
View ArticleNo economic reform in Zimbabwe before mindset- reform
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Any country’s development starts at the grassroots level, and not at the top of government – and if the ordinary people themselves are not geared up with the mindset for...
View ArticleConfronting authoritarian populism: challenges for agrarian studies
Woman reaper, 1928 (K. Malevich, Russian Museum, St Petersburg) Throughout the event we heard about the emergence of particular styles of authoritarian populist regimes, including in the BRICS...
View ArticleRobert Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador amid outcry
“I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns, and heard the different issues that they have raised,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “It is my aim to...
View ArticleBhalagwe Blockade: An Act of Gukurahundi Denialism
The prayer meeting was organized by Bulawayo-based CSO, Ibhetshu likaZulu, and was set to be a memorial service for victims of Gukurahundi massacres at Bhalagwe in Maphisa. The police have been...
View ArticleCiZC Applauds WHO for Reversing Mugabe’s Appointment
While we appreciate that his initial appointment could have been influenced by his age (93 years) as a number of older persons suffer from Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). It is unfortunate that his...
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