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Rights Group Names And Shames Judges, Lawyers
Human rights lawyers in Harare have issued a blow-by-blow account detailing how the actions - and inaction - of named Zimbabwean judges, magistrates and state lawyers have facilitated the unlawful detention of activists who have allegedly been tortured.
Court Contest Over 'Tortured' Activists
THE Attorney General's Office yesterday urged the court to dismiss various court applications being made by lawyers representing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and 15 MDC-T activists, saying they were just tactics employed to delay trial proceedings.
Zimbabwe Dollar Abandoned
The progressive 'dollarisation' of Zimbabwe has extended to rural areas, where dwellers now sell their fresh produce in U.S. dollars.
Cholera Spread Continues And Death Toll Keeps Climbing
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe appears to be worsening daily, with new figures showing the official death toll has climbed since last Friday.
Cholera War Hots Up
GOVERNMENT today rolls out the national cholera education awareness programme and spells out modalities for the distribution of drugs, equipment and funds received from donors as measures to thwart the deadly disease intensify.
Journalists Facing Treason Charges Need Medical Attention Before Legal Proceedings, Say Lawyers
Lawyers representing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and freelance photojournalist Shadreck Manyere on 5 January 2009 argued for the suspension of proceedings against their clients at the Magistrates' Courts pending the outcome of an appeal filed with the High Court before Justice Mary-Ann Gowora.
Jestina Mukoko Still in Custody As Case Postponed Again
The case against human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and her eight other co-accused was once again postponed in the Harare magistrates court on Tuesday, in order for a superior court to rule on the group's arrest.
Analysts Blast Mugabe for Taking a Holiday During Crisis
The country's political impasse will rumble on deep into the New Year as Robert Mugabe has taken a month's leave. The ZANU PF leader, who last week threatened to form a unity government with or without the MDC, is expected to travel to Malaysia later this week.
Timeline of Events Relating to Located Abductees
Unicef Appeals For Help As Asylum-Seekers Flee
Women and children sit on a patch of grass under one of a few leafy trees that lessens the heat from the harsh midday sun. They are among the most recent asylum-seekers who are flooding across the border from Zimbabwe.
Awareness Campaign Laudable
THE Government's declaration this week that all district hospitals across the country are now cholera command centres clearly demonstrates the resolve to prevent, treat and eliminate the epidemic.
Bye, Bye Chrispen
Be Mobile Premier League side, Nico United and the soccer fraternity are mourning the death of talented goalkeeper, Chrispen Nyamutambo who died tragically in a car accident in his native Zimbabwe on New Year's eve.
Tongai Bails Out Kanda Bongo Man
France-based rhumba maestro Kanda Bongo Man had just one guitar when he set out to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday evening, and his day was saved by a local musician who offered him his instruments on the 11th hour to avert what could have turned out to be an international disaster.
Senator Accused of Diverting Fertilizer
Seke-CHIKOMBA Senator Gladys Mabhiza allegedly connived with a Dema councillor and fraudulently diverted to the illegal parallel market 30 tonnes of fertilizer that was meant for approved farmers under the Government's Operation Maguta.
Govt Gazettes Media Registration Fees
GOVERNMENT has gazetted this year's application and registration fees for local and foreign journalists and mass media services.
Cricket Team Will Be Under Pressure - Utseya
ZIMBABWE captain Prosper Utseya believes his side will be under pressure to perform better on this current tour of Bangladesh to silence the growing criticism over the state of cricket in the country.
AMG Global Defies Court Ruling
AMG Global has defied a court ruling to hand over share certificates of Shabani Mashava Mine Holdings to former owners Turnall and Newall, nearly a month after the English Court ruled that African Resources Limited has not defaulted payment for the acquisition of the local asbestos mining firm.
Poll Exposes Albion
IT won't come as a surprise to me, dear reader, if I find you do not know that Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African country to attain political independence, recently held highly competitive legislative and presidential elections.
Venezuela Donates
VENEZUELA yesterday donated nearly 70 tonnes of humanitarian aid worth millions of United States dollars to combat cholera and castigated Western nations for trying to destabilise Zimbabwe for their selfish ends.
Festive Season Death Toll Rises to 85
SIX more people have people died in road accidents, bringing the holiday death toll to 85 in 749 accidents that were recorded during the festive season.
Winner Booed
LOVELY Tariro Karima of Concession was at the weekend crowned Miss Unique Mashonaland Central amid jeering from the crowd.
Anxiety Grows Over Grade 7 Results
ANXIETY has gripped prospective Form One pupils who sat for Grade 7 examinations last year with Zimsec failing to give exact dates for the release of results ahead of the first term that begins next Tuesday.
Rainfall Pattern Good - ZFU
RAINS received to date in the 2008/2009 farming season are adequate to ensure a successful season, an official said recently.
Mbizo Chirasha Praises Gono
Poet Mbizo Chirasha has written an anthology in praise of Dr Gideon Gono, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Anti-Tsvangirai Plot Thickens
MDC-T's participation in the envisaged inclusive Government is hanging by a thread as divisions continue to rock the opposition party over Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's leadership ahead of a conference set for next month.
Uganda to Stand By Country At UN
UGANDA has vowed to press the United Nations Security Council to keep hands off Zimbabwe and concentrate on real trouble spots like Somalia, saying problems in Zimbabwe would be best resolved by Sadc as the Arab League blamed "demonic Western imperialism" for the challenges Zimbabwe is facing.
BP Complies With Court Order
PETROLEUM giant, BP and Shell Marketing Services has complied with the High Court order compelling the company to release over 20 000 kilogrammes of liquid petroleum gas to a local company Vesbin Investments.
Chitembwe Bounces Back
LLOYD CHITEMBWE was officially installed as the new CAPS United mentor yesterday as the ailing Premiership giants moved in to quickly to put their house in order following the acrimonious weekend departure of cup-winning coach Jostein Mathuthu.
Madinda Still to Decide
FORMER Zimbabwe and Highlanders winger Madinda Ndlovu is still to commit himself to the job of Bosso coach despite the club having named him their new technical manager at the weekend.
City Gets Aluminium Sulphate
HARARE City Council has received aluminium sulphate for water purification from the United Nations Children's Fund
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