HARARE – At least 10 civil society groups are facing the sword, as police intensify a crackdown on non-governmental organisations which has now attracted global attention. The Daily News can reveal that police are combing through potential evidence to nail the 10 civil society groups, whose operations include documenting cases of human rights abuses and…
HARARE – Zimbabwean judges have recommended a number of structural and organic changes in the justice delivery system in a bid to reduce “ever increasing” workload and streamline operations. Judges have recommended that the Labour Court be empowered to execute its own judgments and arbitral powers, that regional magistrates’ powers of scrutiny are substantially revised…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has, of late, been the butt of jokes on the social media after Finance minister Tendai Biti claimed the country only has about $217 in the coffers. Whether this is reality or melodramatic exaggeration intended for effect, Zimbabwe finds itself a laughing stock once more after the record inflation which turned virtually…
HARARE – A Harare court has sentenced a Chipangano thug to six years in prison for violently disrupting the funeral wake of Vimbai Mbisva, a community leader and MDC founding member. Modcay Svosvera had insulted Mbisva, a staunch MDC supporter and human rights defender in death, by stoning the deceased’s funeral wake at house number…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says attempts by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF to create a wedge between him and his deputy Thokhozani Khupe were aimed at destroying his party but warned the MDC will not fall into the trap. In the past few weeks, there have been reports that Tsvangirai and Khupe were…
