Freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and Zengeza West constituency legislator Job Sikhala have protested against ill-treatment by Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officers, who are discriminating them against other prisoners by bringing them to court while handcuffed and shackled in leg irons and defying court orders. Although
MUTARE- A group of villagers relocated from Chiadzwa and resettled at Arda Transau Farm in Odzi appeared before Mutare magistrate Tamara Chibindi charged with malicious damage to property after they forcibly moved illegal settlers who had occupied their grazing land. The villagers Charles Mauchaza (49), Simbarashe
Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna has released former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) boss Henrieta Rushwaya on ZWL$100 000 bail. Rushwaya was arrested last year and has been in remand prison since then. Nduna ordered Rushwaya to pay ZW$100 000, reside at given address, report thrice a week Monday,
The incarcerated Mayor of Harare, Councilor Jacob Mafume was today remanded in custody to 18 January 2021. Mafume did not appear in court for hearing on the State’s application to revoke bail the Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Services (ZPCS) told the court that there was no request
The MDC Alliance says it is strongly opposed to the proposed housing demolitions in Chitungwiza with the party viewing the move as another operation Murambatsvina. According to state media the Chitungwiza Municipality is set to demolish over 11 000 properties, including houses illegally built on wetlands,
The United Kingdom (UK) government has set aside US$ 5.4 million towards feeding around 110 000 food insecure people in Zimbabwe as part of its 47 million pounds relief fund targeting some of the world’s poverty-hit countries. The United Nations World Food Program will implement the
Press Statement by the Zimbabwe National Editor’s Forum on Hopewell Chin’ono’s arrest ON 8 January 2021, Zimbabwean police arrested award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono at his home in Harare for allegedly publishing a falsehood or communicating false information which is prejudicial to the state. After that police also
Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enoch Dongo says Vice President Constantine Chiwenga’s heavy-handedness on nurses has closed doors for dialogues between the government and health workers, worsening their already depleted situation. Dongo accused Chiwenga, a retired Army General and his Permanent Secretary, Dr Jasper Chimedza, a
Community members who are part of Virtual Platforms established by communities working with Heal Zimbabwe from Gutu and Zaka have singled out corruption by law enforcement agents as the major spreader of COVID 19. There have been several reports made against police officers manning roadblocks who
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps on Tuesday until further notice, a letter from the country’s communications regulator seen by Reuters said. Users had complained earlier on Tuesday that they were unable to access Facebook
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