Chamisa in fresh ConCourt appeal Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on “new evidence.” Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu said after studying academic works on the elections published by self-exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo, they were now making efforts to have the judgment on the 2018 presidential elections set aside. The country’s top court ruled that Chamisa had failed to prove allegations of fraud during the presidential election, a vote which left the nation polarised and violence on the streets of the capital Harare. Mpofu said the basis of approaching the ConCourt was because they now believe that the
South Africa’s graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma returned home on Saturday after a month-long trip to Cuba for medical treatment, and declared he was not afraid of prison. Zuma, 77, was slapped with an arrest warrant earlier this month after his lawyers claimed he was too ill to travel back to South Africa for a pre-trial hearing on corruption charges. A high court issued the warrant after it questioned the authenticity of his sick note, but said it would not be executed until the case is set to resume on May 6.A crowd of people gathered at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo international airport to welcome Zuma, the former ANC leaderwho ruled South Africa from 2009 to 2018.“I am not afraid of prison,” Zuma told his supporters in Zulu before being ushered out of
A CHITUNGWIZA woman who claims to be a spirit medium was on Wednesday arrested for storming Munhumutapa Building – Office of the President and Cabinet – demanding an audience with the President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Asinuta Dendere was arraigned before Harare Magistrates Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with unlawful entry. Dendere who claimed to be possessed by the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda said she will not stop until she delivers a “message from the spirits to Mnangagwa.” “The spirits keep tormenting me they are not happy with how the government is running the country’s affairs,” she claimed. “I am not a dog and the citizens of Zimbabweans are not dogs. Not body should treat us like dogs.” Dendere stopped the read
MDC national vice chairperson and Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, who last week was acquitted of treason charges, is now worried about his personal security. The outspoken opposition MP told Nehanda Radio he was being tracked by “goons” from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) ever since his acquittal last week. Sikhala, who went to Karoi to represent a client, claimed dozens of security agents were present, thinking he was coming for Simbarashe Marumahoko, son of former minister Reuben Marumahoko. “My dear friends, it is with sadness that I announce to you that my security situation is precarious and under danger. As I am writing this message we are passing in Norton at 19:39 hrs. “I have been quiet since my acquittal on treason charges recentl
Edith Chibhamu breaths fire at politicians for socioeconomic sabotage for personal gains Zimbabwe has reached the point of total collapse and unless Zimbabweans are given the opportunity and the free space to help transform the economy this is going to get worse. Politicians need to stop politicking everything and start considering the plight of every Zimbabwean. Women have not been given adequate space on the political platform and they hardly have a voice, with fears of men calling them names and labeling them all sorts of things. I feel it is high time politicians stopped the power hungry war and game, opening their eyes beyond the power struggle to see the following: 1. The economic situation needs a total overhaul and players to fix the economy instantly are there, b
Tsvangirai Was A Sellout And Coward”: Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service Energy Mutodi marked the second anniversary of the death of MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai by calling him a sellout and a coward. While many are remembering the former Prime Minister, Mutodi launched into an unrestrained and unprovoked attack on the man who died two years back on Valentine’s day. Writing on social media site Twitter, seemingly out of the blue, Mutodi said, "As we reflect on the life of Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, we believe he was a sell-out who fought to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle. For inviting sanctions, we view him as really a sell-out & a coward who believed whites are a better race than blacks." Iro
Controversial MDC MP, David Tekeshe, has left many Zimbabweans scratching their heads wondering what he is up to. In his latest twitter outburst, Tekeshe claimed that MDC President Nelson Chamisa is secretly counsulting traditional healers. David Tekeshe, a former ZANU-PF member turned MDC MP, tweeted: However, Chamisa is known for his hatred of tradional healers and is a Pastor. Last year in December during the memorial service of Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, Chamisa attacked ED Mnangagwa for having too much trust in Nyangas claiming that his continuous wearing of the scarf even during the hot weather is out of superstition. Chamisa once said the late founder of MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, taught him not to deal with sangomas and in some instances Chamisa is often heard urging party
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people of Zimbabwe in your thousands who thronged Masvingo yesterday to stand with me during the commencement of my treason. You demonstrated the full show of solidarity strength. It was historic. It was never witnessed since time immemorial. Despite threats, intimidation and blackmail you did not move an inch from your resolve to express the rights of our citizens to fight for what is good for this country. Our country has been under slavery for 40 years without recourse. Futures of generations destroyed. Tens of thousands murdered by the regime by these same people who have been forcing themselves upon us. Poverty has become a normal phenomenon in our homes. Joblessness has become our totem. Pennilessness is our daily bread. This s
MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has blamed his party’s dismal performance in the 2018 elections on shambolic preparations and the imposition of candidates. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club on Tuesday evening, Mr Chamisa said his party lost the elections by its “own commissions and omissions.” MDC Alliance lost to the ruling Zanu-PF which garnered more than two thirds majority in Parliament while Mr Chamisa was also defeated by President Mnangagwa in the presidential poll. Mr Chamisa said the party has power hungry individuals who cling onto positions resulting in the MDC Alliance fielding double candidates. “We had 32 constituencies where we had double candidates. I can tell you that in those constituencies our combined vote
The Zanu PF government is limiting a maize meal subsidy programme to rural areas, its electoral bedrock, under an opaque new coupon scheme announced on Wednesday. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the maize meal subsidy, first announced last December, had been abused by millers, retailers and street traders – forcing the latest rethink. Under the new scheme, the government says poor and vulnerable communities will be placed on a register and issued with the coupons, allowing them to purchase maize meal from designated shops and centres at $70 for 10kg, while the rest of the population will buy at the market rate. “A targeted coupon scheme for the vulnerable is in the offing with the compilation of a database at an advanced stage. The subsidy programme is not
