Politics

Jailed opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala has been denied bail again by Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti who ruled that he is an incorrigible and unrepentant criminal. This is despite the fact that Sikhala has no conviction in over 60 arrests. Sikhala had applied for bail on …

Self-exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the ruling Zanu PF party of failing to abide by its constitution in elevating President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its leader following the ousting of the late former leader Robert Mugabe. Speaking at a discussion on the fifth anniversary of Mugabe’s ouster held under …

Members of Parliament with a criminal conviction will no longer be allowed to contest future elections. According to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 that was gazetted on Friday, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of …

On Thursday 17 November 2022, Sapes Trust run by academic and publisher Professor Ibbo Mandaza convened a webinar on Zoom, titled Back to the Future: A Review of the Post-November 2017 Coup in Zimbabwe. The webinar coincided with the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the coup that is a …

Late former President Robert Mugabe’s artefacts are not part of the fascinating array of Zimbabwe liberation heroes’ war relics currently on display at the much-hyped Museum of African Liberation in Harare amid signs the late leader’s family could be deliberately keeping the vestiges from a project so passionately spearheaded by …

Zanu PF spokesman Christopher Mutsvangwa on Wednesday said late former president Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, and the former information minister Jonathan Moyo were “welcome back into Zanu PF”, hours after the duo penned an open letter to Zanu PF members apologising for previously calling for a change of government. …

Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao and the late president’s former information tzar Jonathan Moyo have inched closer to rejoining Zanu PF after issuing a statement apologising to “comrade members” for backing the opposition. In an open letter to Zanu PF members, seen by ZimLive, the duo – ousted during a …

Four Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) activists arrested in Chinhoyi for allegedly threatening to kill MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora, appeared in court Tuesday. They had to spend another night in custody after Chinhoyi Magistrate, Chido Garwe, deferred bail ruling to Wednesday, November 16. The arrested quartet have been identified …

Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta arrived Tuesday in eastern DR Congo’s main city of Goma as fresh clashes between Congolese forces and M23 rebels occurred just to the north. Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were battling M23 fighters in Kibumba, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Goma, …

Harare’s High Court has finally granted 14 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists their freedom after being incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for the past five months. Party spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere confirmed the development through her official twitter handle. “We breathe a sigh of relief but we don’t celebrate. They …