Politics

Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Deputy Commissioner Moses Griffiths Mpofu has made history by becoming the second top ranking police official to be buried at the National Heroes Acre. Mpofu (66), whose nom de guerre was Matswata Witness Mhlanga during the war of liberation, died last Friday at United Bulawayo Hospitals …

Hwange Members of Parliament have called for clarity and the community’s involvement in the granting of mining rights to foreign companies. This comes in the wake of a standoff between the Dinde community and a Chinese investor over the latter’s proposed coal exploration operations in the area. Villagers argue that …

ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK’s sanctions on his security chiefs. On Monday 1 February 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) announced that it had designated four security bosses for sanctions for human rights violations. This …

Security roadblocks in Bindura today were manned by both members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s duty uniform branch, support unit and Zimbabwe National Army officers. At the corner of Chipadze Street and the Shamva Bindura highway four police officers were accompanied by a single armed soldier and Support Unit member. …

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has granted MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala Z$25 000 bail. He was ordered to reside at his Chitungwiza home, to report once a week at St Mary’s Police Station and not to interfere with witnesses until the case is finalised. He was being …

Government has been told to stop targeting activists, opposition leaders, journalists and civic society using the judiciary system. In a statement released yesterday, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition spokesperson Marvelous Khumalo said Government has weaponised the judiciary in persecution of advocates for democracy. “The State, through judicial capture, has curtailed the …

High Court judge Justice David Foroma has denied Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) member and University of Zimbabwe student Allan Moyo bail following his arrest on December 7 last year on charges of incitement to commit public violence. It is alleged that Moyo incited commuters at Harare’s Copacabana bus terminus …

The government of South Africa has revealed that illegal immigrants will also benefit from the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said this during a virtual meeting between his department and the SA National Editors Forum on Wednesday afternoon. “We are in SA and we have …

Once considered an eyesore, heaps of garbage around Bindura’s high-density suburbs have become normalised, particularly in Chipadze, Chiwaridzo and Aerodrome. The situation is the same at shopping centres. At Chipadze and Chiwaridzo our reporter witnessed mounds of garbage in front of some shops, and amongst that waste were used diapers, …

Bindura roads have been hit hard by recent downpours the town has received over the last several weeks. They are in a deplorable state. A survey by Nhau has established that a number of roads the town are pothole infested, both within the central business district (CBD) and in the …