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Harare- A traditional chief has ordered the reburial of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. Chief Zvimba says Mugabe was laid to rest in violation of burial cultural norms and values. The Mugabe family is however fuming over the latest developments saying they will not tolerate the Chief’s order. In a letter written by Chief Zvimba, […]

Harare- Former Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe and a group of her associates are coming under investigation from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Corruption Commission (ZACC) following complaints that they grabbed residential stands worth US$10 million without paying from an upmarket development on State land in Borrowdale. Arosume Property Development (Pvt) Limited were appointed as developers for […]

Harare- Opposition MDC Alliance has castigated the latest eviction of villagers by the Government from Chilonga in Chiredzi to pave way for a ten thousand hectare Lucerne grass project by a local company. In a statement, MDC Alliance Secretary for local government and rural development, Sesel Zvidzai said the country’s supreme law does not allow […]

Harare- Newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Dr. Frederick Shava has promised to continue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa vision of working with the international community. Speaking soon after his swearing in at State House in Harare, Shava vowed to continue with the government re-engagement process. “I will continue with pronouncements made by […]

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party has sensationally claimed that the majority of high-ranking officials in the opposition MDC Alliance-led by Nelson Chamisa are set to defect to the biggest opposition and join the ruling party by the end of 2021. Recently, a senior official in Chamisa’s camp Lilian Timevos, an ardent follower of the outspoken […]

Opposition MDC Alliance secretary general Charlton Hwende said former party official, Lilian Timveous decided to dump the Nelson Chamisa-led party and join Zanu PF to keep in her possession a parliamentary issued vehicle. Timveous was last year recalled from Parliament after the now MDC-T Douglas Mwonzora said she was no longer a member of that […]

Harare – ZimDancehall chanter Soul Jah Love is no more, the Mbare born musician is reported to have succumbed to diabetes after he was rushed to Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Harare without a pulse and was pronounced dead upon arrival. Born Soul Musaka, Soul Jah Love’s fans often called him by the Shona version of […]

Harare- Zimbabwe Medical professionals yesterday said they still had not been trained on how to administer the COVID-19 vaccines despite the country receiving its first batch today of 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm inoculation donated by China. The government also procured another 600 000 doses of the same vaccine, but the second lot is […]

Outspoken Independent Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa has been arrested at his Borrowdale residence whilst addressing journalists. Mliswa who was responding to allegations of corruption levelled against him by Australian based businesswoman Susan Mutami was picked up by the police as he was about to conclude the briefing. Mutami accused the legislator of corruption and being […]

Harare- Zimbabwe’s Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD) conducted a historic online intra-party election to beat the COVID-19 induced lockdown to elect a new leadership and step a gear towards the 2023 elections. In a statement following his election as the party president South African based Herbert Chamuka said the online elections, the first of its […]

Harare- Former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Chief of Staff, retired  has died. He succumbed to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) related complications on Tuesday. General Nyikayaramba was Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Mozambique after he was retired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in March 2019. The news of the General’s death was confirmed by multiple sources who included, former Zanu PF politician and Norton Member of Parliament Temba […]

Harare- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Fraderick Shava as the new Foreign Minister. Shava replaces the late minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo who succumbed to COVID-19 at the end of last month. Before the new appointment, Shava was Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN). Mnangagwa also made several new appointments including that of Chikomba Central […]

Harare- MDC Alliance vice-chairman Job Sikhala wants Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna removed from the bench, alleging that he was unfit to hold the position and was bringing shame on the Judiciary. The MP faces a charge of publishing and communicating falsehoods for allegedly posting on social media allegations which the police deemed to be false, […]

Harare- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again reiterated that the MDC dominated urban authorities are to blame for poor planning to a point where some homeowners have been settled on wetlands. Zimbabwe has seen a lot of land fall into the hands of greedy land barons with strong political connections in both Zanu PF and […]

Harare- Zimbabwe opposition MDC Alliance Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe Cecelia Chimbiri have been denied bail by Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje. Magistrate Mambanje remanded the two in custody to February 18 2021. Defence lawyer Charles Kwaramba of the Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said they will lodge an application against the ruling at the […]

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has back tracked from his earlier statement where he said some Zimbabweans will be required to pay for Covid-19 vaccination. His remarks came as Zimbabwe is expecting to take delivery of its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the People’s Republic of China. Without specifying […]

sZimbabwe opposition MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri will spend another night in custody after Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje postponed his bail ruling to Thursday at 9 am. Mamombe and Chimbiri are being charged with undermining the authority of the police or obstructing police officers during the performance of their national […]

Harare- Opposition MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe insisted that not any amount of arrests on her by the police would break her resolve to fight for democracy in the country. She was speaking to the media on her arrival at Harare magistrates’ court where she is set to appear on allegations of undermining the authority […]

Harare- Zimbabwe opposition MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe and two-party activists, who made headlines last year following claims of abduction and torture by alleged CIO operatives, have been arrested again. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) confirmed the arrests and they are being charged for using abusive and obscene language to police officers in Harare yesterday. […]

Harare- The College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe (CPCPZ), which represents general practitioners, has written to the Ministry of Health requesting permission to prescribe the drug Ivermectin to Covid-19 patients. Ivermectin is a veterinary drug used largely for nematode control in cattle, horses, pigs, and dogs and became the standard for control of the […]

Harare- Former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) commissioner-general retired Major-General  Paradzai Zimondi, has died from Covid-19. He was 73.Zimondi’s death comes hard on the heels of those of Manicaland provincial affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba, ministers Sibusiso Moyo, Joel Biggie Matiza, ex-education minister Aeneas Chigwedere and ex-Zanu PF MP Christopher Chigumba who all died in a single […]

Harare- Zimbabwe opposition MDC Alliance spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere who was recently released from prison has revealed that she tested positive for COVID-19. Mahere was released from prison on bail having been arrested and detained for tweeting alleged falsehoods according to the State. In Facebook post Mahere said she was in an isolated cell while […]

Harare- Spokesperson for Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance, Fadzayi Mahere has been granted ZWL$10000 bail by a Harare Magistrates Court. Mahere is facing charges of publishing falsehoods over the alleged death of a baby at the hands of Zimbabwe Republic Police Officers two week ago. Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono are facing […]

Harare- Lawyers representing incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, senior MDC Alliance officials, Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala, were over the weekend denied access to their clients detained by prison officials, at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. The trio is facing charges of publishing falsehoods after tweeting that an infant died on the spot after a Harare police officer […]