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…
Govt must not meddle in council affairs
News headlines have been screaming about “jump ship” councillors in Bulawayo and Gweru. The Thokozani Khupe led cabal, has been celebrating non-existent miracle councillors said to have crossed from MDC Alliance to MDC-T.
Phugeni needs some soul searching
OUT of greed for office, MDC-T’s Khaliphani Phugeni and his colleagues saw it fit to recall MDC Alliance parliamentarians and councillors, forgetting that the Supreme Court ruling came about because the constitution of the MDC had not been followed in…
Transcript: Full statement by MDC youths occupying Harvest House
‘We furthermore urge the Zimbabwe Republic Police to desist from interfering in MDC internal political affairs’ HLate on Sunday night, about 60 MDC Alliance youths entered the party’s Harvest House HQ which was forcibly occupied by the rival MDC-T since…
Recalling councillors costly to service delivery
The escalating battle of political control within the MDC-T has seen another wave of recalls that have claimed 11 councillors in Harare, in the process crippling service delivery and political representation.
Voting in Zim a waste of time
Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda wonders why there is so much voter apathy among voters in Africa with only 35% of populations voting.