By Mary Taruvinga MDC top official and MP, Tendai Biti has vowed to appeal against his Monday conviction and sentence while insisting he was not a criminal. Biti, who was accused of announcing results of last July’s elections in violation of the country’s electoral laws, was given a suspended six month jail term by Harare
By Mashonaland East Correspondent THE government has parceled out loads of goods seized by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) to villagers in Uzumba Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP), an area that has consistently given Zanu PF the biggest vote during elections. The goods, worth thousands of dollars, were donated to over 600 villagers in the Mashonaland East area.
By Mary Taruvinga MDC top official and ex-finance minister Tendai Biti has both been convicted and sentenced to six months for unlawfully announcing results of last July’s elections. He will however not go to prison after presiding magistrate Gloria Takundwa wholly suspended the jail sentence for five years on condition he did not commit a
By Matabeleland North Correspondent VICTORIA Falls: Another body was Saturday retrieved from the Zambezi River as four Zambians were feared dead after being swept away while fishing illegally on the river. Zambian police activated their Zimbabwe counterparts after six fishermen from Livingstone drowned when a speedboat overloaded with 13 people capsized near Kazungula, about 80km
By News24.com SOUTH African authorities have seized a million-dollar private jet belonging self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri amid claims documents purporting that he used a loan to acquire thee aircraft were fabricated. Malawi-born Bushiri and his wife, Mary, were earlier this month arrested on allegations of fraud, money laundering and contravening South Africa’s exchange control regulations.
By AFP RESCUE workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines at Battlefields where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported. “Eight of the trapped minors have been rescued … while 24 bodies have been retrieved to date as rescue efforts continue at Battlefields Mine,”
By Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ominously vowed to go after doctors and nurses who treated victims of the brutal police and military crackdown against protestors last month. Addressing a rally at Rutenga in Masvingo Saturday, the Zanu PF leader claimed that doctors and nurses had been put on standby as part of preparations
By Moses Ngwere A LEAKED mobile phone conversation between two senior Zanu PF youth league members has revealed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife Auxillia as an emerging powerful political actor who can make or break careers like her predecessor Grace Mugabe. The conversations indicate that Auxilia is meddling in the affairs of the party’s youth wing
By Bulawayo Correspondent TWO outspoken Matebeleland South traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi and Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni met MDC president Nelson Chamisa in Harare last week. The meeting, held last Thursday, was confirmed to NewZimbawbe.com by MDC national chairperson Tabitha Khumalo. “I can confirm that president Chamisa met with Chiefs from Matebeleland,” said
By Bulawayo Correspondent GUKURAHUNDI survivor Charles Thomas who is accused of killing a police officer during last month’s violent protests has taken his bid for bail to the High Court. Thomas and co accused Bernard Sibanda have been languishing at the notorious Khami Prison for about a month after being denied bail at by a
By Idah Mhetu COMBINED operations to retrieve bodies of deceased artisanal miners from two disused mine shafts in Battlefields, Kadoma began Saturday with five bodies recovered by evening. Police and members of the Civil Protection Unit combined forces with artisanal miners and mining firms to bring to the surface, 8 survivors and bodies of the
By Leopold Munhende in Battlefields EIGHT artisanal miners who were trapped in a flooded mine tunnel in Battlefields since Tuesday, have been retrieved alive but looking traumatised by the ordeal. Visibly exhausted, muddied and worn out, the survivors were saved this Saturday morning at around 7am following brisk efforts to drain water from the tunnels
By Mary Taruvinga Information Communication Technology permanent secretary Sam Kundishora’s wife was shamed Friday when court ordered her immediate arrest after she was caught unlawfully recording proceedings with her mobile phone during former minister, Supa Mandiwanzira’s trial. It is believed the wife, identified as Beulah, intended to feed her husband with the information since he
By Staff Reporter A SENIOR magistrate in Masvingo has reportedly been sacked by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for alleged incompetence. Magistrate Peter Madhibha was relieved of his duties for “gross incompetence”, among other charges. JSC secretary, Walter Chikwanha could neither confirm nor deny the development. “I am not at work today; please get in
By Kingston Ndabatei ZIMBABWE’S unrepentant government faces renewed European Union (EU) sanctions in the wake of recent army killings and claims of rape, among some serious rights violations pinned on the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration. In resolutions made by the influential EU Parliament late Thursday, the bloc wants sanctions that were suspended three years ago
By Kingston Ndabatei MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should stop “grandstanding and playing games with the people”, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. In a veiled attack on the opposition leader Thursday, Mnangagwa said without mentioning his rival’s name that his 41-year-old challenger lacked political maturity. Chamisa snubbed Mnangagwa’s invitation to a meeting of all the 2018
By Anna Chibamu ZANU PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba says he was ashamed of the riotous behaviour of fellow legislators Dexter Nduna and Temba Mliswa who came close to trading blows beginning of this week. He equated the feud to two “idiotic” school teachers who brawl in front of their pupils. Zimbabwe’s ambassador
By Leopold Munhende LATE MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai did not regret supporting bitter rival Robert Mugabe’s overthrow by the military but died a disappointed man after the now President Emmerson Mnangagwa had tricked the opposition into supporting the coup for the latter’s selfish reasons. This was revealed by both his successor Nelson Chamisa and his
By Paidashe Mandivengerei AT LEAST 23 artisanal miners have died after some interlinked tunnels and shafts at two mines in Battlefields, near Kadoma got flooded with water when they were still underground. The tragic incident which ranks as the worst mine disasters in recent years occurred on Wednesday. The disaster has been linked to heavy
By Bulawayo Correspondent MDC-T national chair, Abednico Bhebhe has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa of unnecessarily holding up current efforts to initiate national dialogue through their continued insistence on pre-talk conditions. Bhebhe’s breakaway MDC party was among parties whose leaders attended last Wednesday’s State House meeting called by Mnangagwa to set
