ZLHR: High Court ends two months detention of Mamombe and Chimbiri
High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Wednesday 5 May 2021 ended the two-month detention of Harare West constituency legislator Joana Mamombe and opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leader Cecilia Chimbiri by granting them RTGS$20 000 bail. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human…
Teachers declare one-day working week
Progressive Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said its members starting this week will be reporting for duty one day a week because they are incapacitated and feel aggrieved by the preferential treatment given to senior government bureaucrats. PTUZ president Takavapira…
Gumbo faces more charges
Zimbabwe Anti- Corruption Commission (Zacc) spokesperson, John Makamure said the anti-graft body was still to confirm the date when Presidential Affairs minister and former Transport minister Joram Gumbo would appear in court over US$37 million criminal abuse of office charges…
Citizens cautious about new currency
The news of the central bank’s decision to release new notes and coins into the economy has been cautiously welcomed by citizens, hoping that it could make them transact their businesses with easy. RBZ governor John Mangudya on Tuesday revealed…
Magombeyi return shrouded in mystery
Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, Peter Magombeyi, who was discharged from a South African medical institution is still holed up in in the neighbouring country despite his Twitter statement to the contrary that he was coming straight home to…
Anti-sanctions march politicized: Masarira
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats ( LEAD) has called for depoliticization of national events ahead of the anti-sanctions march slated for tomorrow. Addressing journalists in Harare LEAD President Linda Masarira said the government must consult all opposition parties and…
Women carrying the burden of the crumbling economy
A year ago, Tsitsi had her hands full, working 12 hour days as a waitress in a restaurant in town and raising five children in an impoverished settlement in Epworth, until in June when her boss told her that he…
Individualism, Relapse and the Zimbabwe 2018 Elections
By Takura Zhangazha* I am aware that I have used an awkward word (relapse) for this particular blog. But there were three significant events that brought a deeper reflection to the scheduled 30 July 2018 general/harmonised election to necessary thought. But before I…
Constitutionalism, Democracy and the 2018 elections
By Collins Chirinda Winston Churchill: “History is written by the victors” ON November 14 2017, nearly a month before Christmas Eve, the history of a young Zimbabwe was forever re-written. Analysts called it a coup whilst the general population…
Opposition must be cautious about coalition with ZANU PF rebels
Last week expelled Hurungwe legislator Temba Mliswa addressed the media at the Media Centre. He is reported to have said that he wanted a coalition with other young minds such as Nelson Chamisa and Jessie Majome who he described as…