Kereke rape: MP blames Min, CIO, ex-VP
Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke Kereke is accused of raping and indecently assaulting his nieces in 2010 but denies the charges, alleging a conspiracy to punish him for exposing grand corruption...
View ArticleUrgent Zimplats probe after Panama leak
Fin24 reported on Monday that Zimplats had been implicated in the Panama Papers. The leaked documents from a law firm in Panama showed that Zimplats engaged an offshore company, HR Consultancy, to pay...
View ArticlePanama scandal: Zim ethanol tycoon linked
Ethanol producer Billy Rautenbach (left) with Jonathan Moyo and Enock Porusingazi Billy Rautenbach is viewed as a top ally of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe while tycoon John Bredenkamp was sanctioned...
View ArticleGuy Scott comments: Zim says unbothered
Mugabe attack … Ex-Zambian acting president Guy Scott Scott was quoted at the weekend as saying Mugabe was still President of Zimbabwe despite losing an election eight years ago. Zimbabwean high...
View ArticleMugabe’s dictatorship – is another Chimurenga imminent in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwean pop star Thomas Mapfumo, a hero of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. Mapfumo was right. Zimbabweans have for the past 36 years – since the country attained its independence from the United...
View ArticleMugabe too old to rule and must be impeached
President Robert Mugabe The Zimbabwe leader, who turned 92 years old on 21 February, has recently been showing clear signs of his inability to govern, and this is constitutionally just cause for him to...
View ArticleMDC’s position on the appointment of Harare City Town Clerk
James Mushore Preamble Whereas it is desirable to ensure: (a) The preservation of national unity in Zimbabwe and the prevention of all forms of disunity and secessionism; (b) The democratic...
View ArticleZPP condemns Kwekwe ‘Al Shabaab’ violence
The violent youth group, which in recent weeks has been operating openly in the province, is understood to have attacked fellow members of the ruling party. The attacked members had gone to Harare to...
View ArticleDiamond firm fined for polluting rivers
National environmental watchdog, Environmental Management Agency (EMA), last week dragged the now defunct DMC to court for the role it played in the pollution of the two rivers. The firm appeared...
View ArticleMDC-T UK says $15bn demo going ahead
This comes after the security services’ Joint Operations Command (JOC) last week forced the MDC-T in Zimbabwe to move their march from April 7 to April 14, saying it clashed with President Robert...
View ArticleNational Peace and Reconciliation Commission Public Hearings
The Committees will be divided into two (2) groups and will cover various areas as follows: Team A 11 April 2016 Kwekwe Kwekwe Theatre 1100hrs 12 April 2016 Gweru Gweru Theatre 1000hrs 14 April 2016...
View ArticleWhen extreme danger leads to denial
MDC leader Welshman Ncube They perceive in him a demi-god whose intelligence and ability to lead the country is unparalleled and state that he cannot therefore be rivaled. It is no secret that the...
View ArticleLessons from Zimbabwe: the standard for responsible mining is being set
he on-site staff provided us with tours into the underground workings, where nearly 1,000 workers descend to depths of up to 300 meters every day. Photograph: Photographer: Geoff Brown/Anglo American –...
View ArticleMugabe and the War Veterans
Jan Raath asks whether the Frankenstein the Zimbabwean leader created will finally devour him In the City Sports Stadium next to Harare’s business centre he is due to hold talks with some 10,000...
View ArticleSlavery: Police block Kuwait embassy demo
Anti-riot police clash with the protestors outside the Kuwait embassy in central Harare ZWIPA called the protest to “demand justice” following reports linking embassy officials to the export of a...
View ArticleCleared HIV acrobat faces deportation
Deportation risk … Godfrey Zaburoni Godfrey Zaburoni, 37, who will be re-sentenced in the Queensland District Court in the coming months on one count of unlawfully causing grievous bodily harm, could...
View ArticleGuku team turns focus on Horn of Africa
Dr Gregory Stanton of Genocide Watch: first to declare that Gukurahundi was a genocide More than a dozen professors and doctoral fellows have written a letter to newspapers around the world, calling...
View ArticleThe urgency of establishing a National Technical Transition Council
Vince Musewe There is no doubt in our minds at PDP that it will be only when the ZANU (PF) coterie is dismissed from government by the people that we can begin to build a new democratic state which not...
View ArticleGweru mayor sues student and editor
Mayor Hamutendi KombayiThe lawsuit filed on 31st March 2016, but only delivered yesterday name the editor of The Sun and reporter Yolandah Taruvinga and demand $1 million in damages for a story by...
View ArticleTime to free the people of Djibouti
Map of Djibouti In Djibouti, France also has its largest number of troops on the continent, and China is building its own fortification, with similar plans afoot for both Russia and Japan. In time,...
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