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Gono contradicts Mutasa on land
In the wake of fresh evictions & assaults on white farmers in Manicaland, Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono has demanded an end to farm invasions. The Independent newspaper says Gono described the perpetrators as criminals, but the recent farm invasions were perpetrated by CIO agents. |
Water Authority workers on go-slow
Workers at The Zimbabwe Water Authority are reported to be on a go-slow and threatening to strike at any moment depending on the outcome of the meeting with management Friday. The workers want salary increments immediately or they will down their tools at this critical time when much work is needed countrywide. |
Missing football players
A spokesman for the eight football players and officials who deserted Caps United and Highlanders on their United Kingdom tour has said they are concerned about the fact that they are only a few weeks into their 6 month visas but are being criticised. |
University Vice chancellor arrested
The Vice Chancellor of Great Zimbabwe University, Mrs Hilda Marima-Matarira has been arrested at gunpoint in Harare . She is the first woman Vice Chancellor in Zimbabwe. On Friday, we got an urgent call from her daughter, Tariro who is based in London saying her mother was under house arrest in Zimbabwe. |
Critical water situation in Bulawayo
Public health officials in Bulawayo have warned that deficiencies in water treatment and delivery especially those due to an aging and deteriorating infrastructure pose serious threats to human health. |
Chipinge’s only doctor evicted
The eviction of white farmers from the Chipinge area of Manicaland has continued with the revelation Thursday that the only regular private doctor left and her husband have been forced to get off their property by Friday. Doctor Petra Baumgartner and Rob Clowes were packing when she described how the chairperson of the local land committee Mrs Hungwe ordered them to vacate the farm and leave all the equipment behind. |
Villagers dying from starvation in Silobela
While Robert Mugabe is downplaying the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, we have received reports that there are people dying from hunger in the Midlands province. 2 children allegedly died from hunger in Silobela three weeks ago. It’s reported that people in that area have resorted to eating mujumbura (roots) as there is virtually no food in the Midlands North.
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4000 die of AIDS per week as health sector colapses
Four thousand Zimbabweans are said to be dying every week from AIDS related illnesses and reports that public hospitals lack essential chemicals to conduct HIV tests are set to worsen the situation. A shortage of foreign currency has meant an inability to import reagents for the testing kits. Experts say to even talk about a collapsing heath system would be a waste of time. |
Soldiers stealing army fuel to sell on the black market
Everyone in Zimbabwe with access to resources is benefiting from the current economic crisis. One of the most lucrative resources right now is fuel. And since the ruling party controls most resources, ZANU PF and army officials are taking advantage of the scarcity and making loads of money while the country continues to deteriorate. |
Beitbridge town enters 2nd week with no water
The Beitbridge Residents Association (BRA) has warned that a major outbreak of communicable diseases is looming as the town entered its sixth day without water. Toilets cannot be flushed and residents are using untreated water from the banks of the Limpopo river.
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War vet leader dismisses expulsion from Zanu PF
War veterans chairman Jabulani Sibanda has accused Zanu PF National Chairman, John Nkomo of running the party like a social club. He was responding to a letter written by Nkomo expelling him from the party for among other things insubordination and continually criticizing the leadership. |
VP Mujuru asks mapostori sect to pray for victory in elections
We received a surprising report that at the end of August vice president Joyce Mujuru appealed to the Mapostori religious sect to pray for the ruling party's victory in the coming senate election |
Martin Dube shot
A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man was shot and wounded by a South African police officer during a raid on illegal immigrants at a flat in Yeovil, Johannesburg.
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SA villagers fear influx of refugees
NEWS 24 in South Africa reports that the influx of Zimbabwean economic refugees is causing fear and concern among villagers in the rural areas in Limpopo. The area has been overwhelmed by hordes of immigrants seeking work and food... |
Limited hero status for Hamadziripi, founder member of Zanu PF.
Controversy surrounds the request by the Zanu PF Masvingo provincial committee to recommend the late founder member Henry Hamadziripi, a key figure in the liberation war, provincial hero status. He helped to form Zanu PF in 1963 at Enos Nkala's house in Highfield...... |
Eight footballers 'missing' in UK
The British Home Office in London has said 'steps are being taken to identify, locate and remove' any of the eight football players who vanished after coming to the UK for a friendly match. It's now been confirmed that six players from champions Caps United did not make the trip back to Harare, while two players from Highlanders........ |
The Great RBZ Heist
The Zimbabwean reports that Chinese and Nigerian fraudsters allegedly connived with Reserve Bank employees to issue counterfeit fuel coupons worth round US$10,000. The international syndicate is said to have fleeced the central bank of Z$9 billion after papers from one of the major bankers were forged and used to make the coupons. |
MDC youth say no to Senate
A showdown is looming within the MDC on the issue of participation in the Senate elections due in mid-December. The Standard newspaper reported that the opposition says it will take part in the polls. The paper quoted Professor Welshman Ncube...... |
Lessons from Polish solidarity
The American Enterprise Institute recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Polish solidarity movement at its conference, and there were many lessons in it for delegates from today's so-called "outposts of tyranny".... |
Mugabe nephew in grain scam
Member of Parliament for Makonde, Leo Mugabe, who is also Robert Mugabe’s nephew, is buying the maize for Z$19,000 for 10kgs from the Grain Marketing Board in Murombedzi, a constituency in which his mother is the local MP, and reselling it for Z$38,000 via a supermarket and a hardware store in Chinhoyi. |
Mawere accuses government of stealing his cash to pay the IMF
The government of Robert Mugabe has been accused of stealing from private companies to pay part of its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Mawere told us that part of the US$120 million paid to the IMF came from his seized companies. |
Revealed! - Charamba beat up wife over missing gun
Serious infighting between government and Zanu PF information ministry officials has led to stunning revelations that Robert Mugabe’s spokesman, George Charamba beat up his wife in February last year, following an altercation over a missing gun. |
More opposition MPS walk
Some MDC MPs have now joined their President Morgan Tsvangirai's 'walking' crusade. Motivated by the desire to be in solidarity with the average person who is suffering.. |
Violence and evictions of white farmers break out in Chipinge
Just days after minister Didymus Mutasa said white farmers are filth that must be cleared out, the Chipinge area of Manicaland has been rocked by violence against 2 farmers and is reported to be extremely tense. |
Army General defies court order
The Daily Mirror reports that the Harare Magistrates Court has ordered the messenger of court to attach equipment on a farm in Goromonzi belonging to army general Constantine Chiwengwa. |
Zimbabwe activist shot dead in South Africa
A Zimbabwean activist working as a security guard in Johannesburg was shot dead in cold blood on Tuesday night, by South African police. He has been identified as 23 year-old Thulani Mpofu from Bulawayo. |
Bread prices double
The price of bread has more than doubled in the last two weeks with some bakers increasing their prices four-fold. While government gazetted Z$7,500 as the official price most businesses are selling it for between Z$13,000 and Z$32,000 a loaf. |
WOZA activist arrested and beaten
Police violently broke up demonstrations held in Harare and Bulawayo by the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Wednesday. 13 women were arrested in Bulawayo and several were beaten in Harare. |
More opposition MPS walk
Some MDC MPs have now joined their President Morgan Tsvangirai's 'walking' crusade. Motivated by the desire to be in solidarity with the average person who is suffering so badly from the crippling fuel shortage, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai started a campaign of walking to work last Friday. |
MDC youths in court
Twelve MDC youths were dragged to the courts Wednesday on allegations of breaching the public order and security act after allegedly barricading a major road in Harare during the March 2003 mass stay away. |
Remus Makuwaza laid to rest
The MDC said is a statement that several speakers spoke very highly of the immense contribution that Makuwaza made in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe. |
Highlanders players demand allowances in foreign currency
A pay dispute between Highlanders players and their management is set to derail the team’s travel plans back home on Thursday. |
Bulawayo at standstill with no fuel
The Mayor of Bulawayo, Japhet Ndabeni Ncube, is considering asking the government for permission to purchase fuel... |
Daily News case postponed
The Administrative Court postponed indefinitely a hearing on the application by the banned Daily News to appeal the fact that the Media and Information Commission (MIC) has refused to licence them. |
International Day of Peace
It’s reported that the United Nations Information Centre organised the celebration of the International Day of Peace in Kambuzuma, Harare on Wednesday. |
Zanu PF avoiding elections in 2008
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has hinted at the possibility of Robert Mugabe retiring in 2010 and not 2008 as stated to by the Zanu PF leader. The party is considering further constitutional amendments that will result in the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections at the same time. |
Zanu PF hijacks Gwanda registration
Several ruling party functionaries are engaged in misleading people into believing that only ZANU PF members can benefit from the new, but failing housing scheme in Gwanda. It’s alleged that some people who had developed stands to foundation level were told that the stands had been given to soldiers and police officers. |
Players disappear
Caps United and Highlanders officials were holding their breaths late on Tuesday wondering whether all their players will fly back home from a friendly match at the Bradford Bulls stadium on Saturday. |
Uncontrolled fires destroy trees worth billions and threaten wildlife
The state newspaper the Herald reports that trees worth more than Z$700 billion have been destroyed by uncontrolled fires that hit forests in Chimanimani and other areas countrywide in the last three weeks.
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Blind beggars arrested
The fate of hundreds of blind beggars who are resisting eviction from the Beitbridge Border Post remains unknown after they were arrested and taken to the local office of social welfare. The government offered them free transport and Z$60,000 to leave the town... |
US to extend targeted sanctions
International pressure is mounting on Robert Mugabe and his cronies as the United States reports that it is going to tighten and extend the targeted sanctions, to include a travel ban on their families. |
MDC national council to give final decision on senate poll
The MDC will convene a national council meeting soon to deliberate and give its final decision on whether to contest the senate poll, set for the end of the year. |
Operation Garikai a scam
A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Harare as thousands of victims of Operation Murambatsvina are still living rough, 2 months after the controversial clean up exercise ended. |
Racist Mutasa threatens
State Security and Land Reform, Didymus Mutasa, referred to the remaining white commercial farmers as “filth”, and ... |
Civic groups at loggerheads
Civic society groups in the country have been urged to find a common consensus on who should lead the process to push for a new and democratic constitution. |
UK using Malawi loophole
Elias Kaposa, a Zimbabwean now in detention in the UK, was almost sent to Malawi this past Saturday even though his birth ... |
Voters’ roll from Bubi-Umguza missing in election petition case
On Wednesday lawyers and assistants who are verifying documents in the presidential election challenge case discovered that the voters’ roll used in the Bubi-Umguza constituency is missing. |
Zimbabwe plan to import tigers
The state controlled Herald newspaper reported that four endangered Siberian tigers are about to be imported from China for captive breeding in Zimbabwe. |
Shoplifting on the rise
A growing number of people are turning to shoplifting as a means of putting food on the table as the country’s economic crisis plunges from one low to another. A day spent in the suspects waiting area of Bulawayo... |
Air Zimbabwe flies 3 to Dubai!
The Zimbabwe Independent reports that national airline Air Zimbabwe flew only three passengers on its Bangkok- Dubai route on the 2nd of September using a 245 seater plane. |
Food shortages looming
The veil of secrecy surrounding Zimbabwe’s food situation has thickened as the shortages have become more unmanageable. |
MDC Senate meeting
The national executive of the MDC began their key meeting on Friday to decide on a possible boycott of Senate elections set for the end of this year. |
Soldiers barred from retiring
The Zimbabwe National Army has issued a directive blocking all retirements up until after the 2008 presidential election. |
Tsvangirai walks to work
Motivated by the desire to be in solidarity with the majority of the ordinary people suffering from a crippling fuel shortage, the MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai has started a campaign of walking to work. |
Voters’ roll missing
It has been discovered by lawyers and assistants, who are verifying documents in the presidential election court case, that the voters’ roll used in the Bubi-Umguza constituency is missing. |
UN gives Mugabe platform
World leaders, gathered at the United Nations Summit, which began Wednesday in New York, were treated to Robert Mugabe’s anticipated ranting against the United States and Britain. |
Civic groups plot resistance
On Saturday civic and pro democracy groups are meeting in Harare to plan a programme of resisting constitutional amendments pushed through by Zanu PF. Led by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, National Constitutional Assembly... |
Makamba to seek asylum in UK!
His lawyer George Chikumbirike could not confirm these reports but could only say that his client is out of the country but he didn’t know where he was. |
Gasela on food crisis
An expert on food has warned that the ruling Zanu (PF) regime will get a ‘wake up call’ when people start dying of hunger in the country if they do not act now to avert a catastrophic food crisis. |
Education ministry reversal
MDC MP Fidelis Mhashu, who is on the parliamentary committee on education, reports that because of MDC’s intervention, the ministry of education has decided not to backdate the recent increase in school fees to January. There was an angry response from parents when the minister of education announced a 300% increase in fees earlier this year. |
New amendments cover exit visas
More shock and gloom for Zimbabweans. The new amendments to the constitution empower the Mugabe regime to impose exit visas aimed at blocking government critics from leaving the country. The controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill which was signed by Robert Mugabe last week will be gazetted into law this Friday. |
ZANU-PF officials in hunting scams
The ITA, declared by President Robert Mugabe in 1991 around Hwange, Gwayi and the Matetsi conservancies to protect the country’s fragile Big Five head, covers all farms newly occupied by senior ZANU PF officials... |
Education ministry reversal
MDC MP Fidelis Mhashu, who is on the parliamentary committee on education, reports that because of his intervention, the ministry of education has decided not to backdate the recent increase in school fees back to January. |
Zim Dollar continues to slide
The Zimbabwe dollar continued on its downward spiral with reports that the official rate has plunged by 6 percent from last week. The fall did not come as a surprise given announcements in the week of a rise in inflation figures. |
Fuel crisis impedes country’s defence capabilities
There is now danger that Zimbabwe will be unable to defend itself from military aggression if attacked because of the dire fuel crisis, an opposition legislator has warned. |
Caps United and Highlanders
The much anticipated clash between Zimbabwe' soccer heavyweights, Caps United and Highlanders is now definitely on after British Embassy officials in Harare granted the two touring parties Visas to fly into the UK on Friday. |
Soldiers sent home over food
The police force and the prison service have also been badly affected It is the army however which has resolved to send soldiers home in batches, away from the barracks and this is stirring things up. |
Midnight raid on Bulawayo MDC
There was high drama at midnight on Sunday when four unidentified men tried to break into the MDC regional offices in Bulawayo. An alert security guard raised the alarm by screaming for help and several guards stationed at nearby shops came to the rescue. |
Food aid from churches arrives
The consignment of donated food that was sent 7 weeks ago by South Africa’s Council of Churches to help victims of operation Murambatsvina is finally in the hands of distributors in Zimbabwe. It has taken almost a month and a half and much effort to get this vital shipment of blankets and food to the desperate displaced families. |
ZANU-PF food for votes campaign
Just days after Robert Mugabe signed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill which reintroduces a senate, there are reports that ZANU-PF is already using food to force opposition supporters to denounce the MDC at public rallies. |
Journalists conference
Over 350 African journalists are in Grahamstown, South Africa for the week long, 9th Highway Africa conference. 12 journalists from Zimbabwe are also attending the conference. |
Football match
Zimbabwe soccer champions Caps United and their bitter rivals Highlanders are due to fly into the UK on Thursday evening for their eagerly awaited historic friendly match on Saturday. |
Things fall apart in Bulawayo
Once described as one of the cleanest cities in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, the second largest city now resembles a rural set up where residents are fetching water from unprotected sources as well as using the bush to relieve themselves. |
IMF delay of Zimbabwe’s expulsion intensifies pressure for change
On Friday the executive board of the International Monetary Fund met to review Zimbabwe’s situation and resolved to hold off the country’s pending expulsion for another six months. The decision surprised many given Zimbabwe’s failure to pay its arrears and its refusal to make serious political and economic reforms. |
Fighting deportation with suicide
A growing number of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers worldwide are attempting suicides in an effort to avoid deportations back to Zimbabwe. On Saturday Peter Jackson Mode who is locked up in an Australian detention centre tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists and throat with broken glass. He used broken glass from a smashed door window in his cell. |
Judge judges herself fair
On Monday Justice Susan Mavangira refused to step down from hearing the case involving former finance minister Dr Christopher Kuruneri. This is despite defence lawyers calling on her to do so. Dr Kuruneri is facing charges of breaking foreign exchange laws. |
Mugabe signs Constitutional amendment bill
Described by some critics as “the mother” of all draconian legislation, the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill was signed into law by Robert Mugabe last Friday. |
Housing scandal
It has emerged that most victims of Operation Murambatsvina in Bulawayo will not benefit from a new housing scheme launched by government soon after the clean-up exercise ended. |
Govt allocates stands at Hopley Farm
Officials from the ministry of local government were at Hopley Farm outside Harare on Thursday allocating stands to people from various high-density areas who had already filled out applications. The new stands are meant to be given to the displaced victims of Operation Murambatsvina... |
Goromonzi residents let down by MP Murerwa
A civil servant in Goromonzi has said Member of Parliament for the area and Finance Minister, Herbert Murerwa risks a backlash the next time he campaigns in the area. Speaking to Newsreel on Friday he says consensus is growing that apart from cheating his way into the seat he has done absolutely nothing for the area. |
Commuter fare prices go up
The inevitable happened when transport operators doubled fares for commuters following a similar 100 percent increase in fuel prices on Wednesday. While many people are already going to work on foot because thousands of vehicles are lying idle in fuel queues, the latest increases are going to make the situation worse. |
SA lawyers group disgusted at police extortion
An organization of lawyers in South Africa has released a strong statement saying they were disgusted with the latest reports of abuse and extortion of bribes by members of South Africa Police Service (SAPS). |
Zim prisoners in murder trial
Four Zimbabwean prisoners in a Botswana jail are facing trial over the murder of a fellow inmate, Tshenolo Gabaitse who was killed in January 2003. Edwin Sibanda, Balakani Chuma, Dennis Nyathi and Charles Ngwenya appeared before a Francistown High Court judge on Tuesday. |
Education
Lecturers and teachers in Zimbabwe are the least paid educationists in the SADC region and this inevitably affects the standard of education in the country. |
Industrialists ignore price controls
Statements by Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa that price controls were distorting the market have apparently been attributed to the fact that most industrialists were ignoring them anyway. |
Exodus into South Africa grows
The number of people from Zimbabwe seeking refuge in South Africa continues to grow. According to the Zimbabwe Torture Victims Project the situation is dire and looks set to get worse. |
Mugabe admits poverty increase
For the first time ever, Robert Mugabe admitted on Thursday that Zimbabwe has a serious problem with poverty. Speaking at a function marking how well Zimbabwe is doing in meeting the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals by 2015, Mugabe said poverty levels in Zimbabwe have significantly increased in the last 10 years. |
Concern raised over British Home Office team in Zimbabwe
The state run paper The Herald reports that the British government has sent a team to assess the political situation in Zimbabwe. The Herald said Gillian Dare, British embassy spokesperson, confirmed the presence of the delegation in Zimbabwe, saying it was there to assess a range of immigration and nationality issues. |
ZESA sues employees for striking
The state controlled Herald newspaper reports that ZESA Holdings management is suing its employees for Z$1,5 billion because they lost revenue due to the strike action that took place from Friday last week until this Wednesday. |
MDC on Senate
The MDC will let the people decide whether or not the party should contest the Senatorial poll, party spokesman Paul Themba-Nyathi said on Thursday. |
SABC footage exposes police
On Tuesday night SABC’s Special Assignment television programme exposed how South African policemen are extorting bribes from illegal immigrants rounded up for that purpose. |
Senate elections
The state controlled Herald reported on Wednesday that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is interested in running for Senate. Spokesman for the MDC leader, William Bango has however denied these reports. |
Action Group delivers petition
A demonstration was held in Johannesburg on Wednesday by Zimbabweans who say they are frustrated with the treatment of exiles in South Africa and believe it is time to take action. |
Fuel prices doubled again
Government has agreed to double the price of petrol from $10 000 to $22 300 per litre. Diesel goes up from $9,600 to $20,800 per litre. |
Sickness at Lindela Detention
Last week we reported that our correspondent Gift was arrested in South Africa and he spent a week at the controversial Lindela Repatriation Centre. |
Telkom hung up on Zim in May
The Public Relations manager for Zimbabwe’s telecommunications firm Telone has said Telkom of South Africa disconnected them from their network in May and not last week as reported. |
SA minibus had smuggled kids
The minibus which killed 19 Zimbabweans last Friday in South Africa when it rolled off a cliff had several children who had been smuggled into South Africa. |
Plans to lift price controls
The government is to lift price controls and allow market forces to determine prices of goods, Finance minister Herbert Murerwa announced on Monday. |
Cricket contract wrangles continue
Zimbabwe Cricket needed a hastily arranged press conference Monday to try and counter rumours of a looming player strike over contracts. The move did not do much to end the speculation. |
Ms Tourism World president
The president of the controversial Miss Tourism World beauty pageant, which has come under fire again for promoting tourism to Zimbabwe, says he has never noticed the shortage of food and fuel in the country. |
SA insists on conditions for loan
The US$ 120 million payment Zimbabwe made to The International Monetary Fund recently does not seem to have improved its chances of retaining membership in the elite money lender’s club. |
School closed over fees confusion
Confusion over school fees increases resulted in an entire school being sent home Tuesday. Students at Bulawayo’s Thomas Rudland Primary school... |
Children stranded
Thousands of school children returning to their schools from the mid year holiday are stranded at various pick up points countrywide due to the transport crisis.... |
MDC wins rural election
It's not often that we report on an MDC victory over Zanu PF in rural council by-elections but on Saturday that is exactly what happened. Zanu PF lost the Ward 9 seat in Mangwe District near Plumtree...... |
Lawyer wants Kuruneri judge out
Reuters News agency reports that the lawyer representing former Finance Minister, Christopher Kuruneri has asked Justice Susan Mavangira to withdraw from the case saying she is biased...... |
Calls for' Murambatsvina list'
The Namibian Society for Human Rights has offered its services in the possible compilation of a list of people who were behind the devastating operation 'murambatsvina...... |
Critics' passports to be withdrawn
A leading Human Rights lawyer believes Zimbabwe's intolerance for political dissent has led the regime to railroad repressive legislation that will empower government to withdraw passports from its critics.... |
Mbeki - "Stop pussyfooting"
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Southern Africa, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has said that South African President Thabo Mbeki should stop "pussyfooting" about the situation in Zimbabwe. |
New teachers body formed
The majority of teachers who flee Zimbabwe to seek refuge outside the country are victims of rampant abuse by government officials. This was disclosed at the inaugural meeting of Zimbabwean teachers now based in South Africa..... |
SA vice president changes mind
South Africa’s deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Wednesday backed off her assertion that her country could learn from Zimbabwe’s land reform process. |
Mayor Dhlakama
The MDC Mayor of Chegutu Francis Dhlakama was on Friday arrested by the police and charged with flouting council tender procedures. |
19 Zims perish in SA accident
Nineteen Zimbabweans travelling in an overcrowded minibus died in South Africa on Friday when the minibus plunged over a cliff into a dry river bed. The driver had got out of the vehicle to urinate... |
Arrest warrant issued for Makamba
Former Zanu PF Central Committee member and businessman James Makamba had an arrest warrant issued against him Wednesday after failing to turn up in court. |
Victory for Daily News
In a landmark test case, Daily News journalist Kelvin Jakachira was acquitted Wednesday on charges of working without accreditation. Under the harsh Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) the government wants journalists to register with the state. |
Bribes, assaults& insults at Lindela
A correspondent for SW Radio Africa formerly resident in Victoria Falls was arrested in South Africa last week and he spent a week at the controversial Lindela Repatriation Centre. |
Zimbabwe makes payment to IMF
Zimbabwe is reported to have paid back US$120 million of its debt to the International Monetary Fund. The country had been threatened with expulsion after failing to pay US$300 million in arrears. |
Remus Makuwaza obituary
The death of Remus Makuwaza, the MDC’s director of elections, has robbed the opposition party of a relentless fighter for democracy in Zimbabwe. |
Mugabe can still be tried
International pressure is mounting for Robert Mugabe to be indicted by the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity. |
Australia pushing UN
The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that Australia is pressing the United Nations to refer Robert Mugabe to the International Criminal Court.The problem is that Zimbabwe is not party to the ICC. But Downer said it was worth a try. |
Constitutional amendment after...
Hundreds of government officials and workers who had been drafted into the Administrative Court system to adjudicate land disputes now face redundancy. |
MDC official fights forced eviction
A ruthless Zanu (PF) activist, masquerading as a war veteran has embarked on a vicious offensive against MDC parliamentary... |
Zanu (PF) murder charges
The man at the centre of a bitter feud between Intelligence minister Didymus Mutasa and the police |
Mwenezi Magistrate jailed
The magistrate was arrested at the weekend for allegedly accepting a bribe in order to release a suspected cattle rustler from Beitbridge Remand Prison. |