OPPOSITION Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) president Nkosana Moyo said the imploding economic and political situation in the country had confirmed his long-held fears that President Emmerson Mnangagwa would be worse than his late predecessor Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa's administration has attracted international condemnation in recent days over an increase in human rights violations following a wave of abductions and arrests of journalists, opposition and civic rights activists. This has seen the opposition and other stakeholders calling on Sadc to intervene to facilitate dialogue to solve the political and socio-economic crises facing the country. Mnangagwa, however, denies there is a crisis. Moyo said Zimbabweans should expect nothing but the worst from Mnangagwa wh
The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference has urged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to respect fundamental human rights. See full statement below: SOLIDARITY STATEMENT TO THE BISHOPS AND THE CHURCH IN ZIMBABWE We, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) greet you in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We continue to note with increasing concern the unabated situation of repression in Zimbabwe, resulting in increasing hardship and suffering to the citizens. We commend you for your prophetic voice in naming and condemning the brutalisation of ordinary people by security forces and the underlying corruption that has led to the total collapse of services to the people by the government. As St. Paul informs us, “we are one body in u
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has pleaded with Zimbabweans not to be confrontational whenever they reach a deadlock and also implored citizens to dialogue wherever there is divergence of ideas. Addressing delegates at last week's official tour of the winter maize project at Hippo Valley's Kilimanjaro project in Chiredzi, Chiwenga appealed for amicable solutions to problems afflicting the country. "We have plenty of land, so let's open it. Let's create and give our people jobs here. There is no other country which will be created. God did his job and finished it. He is not going to create another world. Let's forget about it. So our small teapot, let's treasure it. Let's work together. Let's not be confrontational. If there is any problem in
Pillar Muzhingi aka Lady Pillar who is an upcoming Zim Dancehall artists is exposing producers of Platimun Records for trying to sleep with her so they would record her song. Rumors has been going on for years that Male producers demand sexual favors from female artists to record thier music. This abuse has led to many female Zim Dancehall artist leaving the indusrty as they feel they are abused by some of these powerful producers. Watch the video below as Lady Pillar exposed Platinum Redords Producers.
THE opposition MDC Alliance has vowed to fight what it terms “the subversion of the people’s will” by taking back the parliamentary seats which the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T grabbed through parliamentary recalls and intends to fill with its nominees. MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende said the party was concluding consultations with the electorate to block the unconstitutional and subversion of the people’s will. “The people voted us into office and the Zanu-PF government is trying to block the social contract that we signed with the electorate. This is clearly a subversion of the people’s will. The people are now being forced to be led by the people they rejected in elections,” he said. “We are concluding our consultations
The Harare Magistrate’s Court has ordered that top human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa be barred from representing a prominent journalist, Hopewell Chinono, because she allegedly ran Facebook pages critical of the country’s justice system. The court ruled on Tuesday that Beatrice Mtetwa – an internationally acclaimed lawyer who has been at the forefront of defending the country’s human rights activists – be removed from representing award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. The state accused Mtetwa of writing contemptuous letters to the country’s magistrates and high courts, and of running Facebook pages that denigrated the courts. “In view of the submissions by both the state and the defence, the disqualification of the lead coun
Rampant Corruption by ZRP in Bindura Town in the name of COVID lockdown restrictions Zimbabwe Republic Police officers in Bindura are now notorious for demanding bribes from business owners and residents in the name of enforcing COVID lockdown restrictions. The officers are demanding 5US as bribe from both informal and formal business operators as well as local residents in order to conduct their day to day business as protection fees. These corrupt activities have the blessings from high ranking police officers such as the DISPOL (TG Muzvondiwa , 0719019094), Deputy-DISPOL (Mumanyi), chief inspector Solomon Maranyika, 0714001907 (Chiwaridzo area), chief-inspector Ganye (Bindura Central). I have made several reports to the Bindura Central police station with tangible evidence of the
A magistrate on Tuesday ruled that Harare lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa should recuse herself from representing journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, citing her for “scandalising the courts.” Magistrate Ngoni Nduna said Mtetwa had repeatedly carried out actions which undermined the justice system, including describing Chin’ono’s arrest as an abduction. An application for her recusal was made by prosecutor Whisper Mabhaudi last week, at the start of Chin’ono’s latest bid for bail following his arrest on July 20 accused of inciting Zimbabweans to engage in violent protests on July 31. Mabhaudi argued that comments carried on a Facebook page called ‘Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law’ were tantamount to sub judice. One post on the page read: &l
BEATRICE Mtetwa has been permanently barred from representing Hopewell Chin’ono after a Harare court found the top rights lawyer to have abandoned professional conduct but developed personal interest in the journalist’s case. Chin’ono stands accused of inviting the public to commit public violence. Magistrate Ngoni Nduna Tuesday ruled Mtetwa could no longer continue representing Chin’ono after displaying unprofessional conduct. Mtetwa is accused of writing a letter to the High Court registrar expressing her emotions on the case and also authoring Facebook posts to do with Chin’ono’s case. Nduna also wants the lawyer held in contempt of court by the Prosecutor General with his full judgment also availed to the law Society of Zimbabwe so it could
UNDER-SIEGE President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this Tuesday give his own response to a damning letter addressed to his administration by Catholic bishops over rights abuses and poor leadership under his rule. This was revealed in a tweet Monday by Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana. "Regarding issues around the Pastoral Letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, President @edmnangagwa is going to issue a comprehensive statement tomorrow," Mangwana said. In a pastoral letter week, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference said the country was suffering from "a multi-layered crisis", including economic collapse, deepening poverty, corruption and human rights abuses. The letter elicited a vitriolic response by government th
