The sudden U-turn made by the State in opposing the granting of bail to Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya is suspicious and raises a lot of questions, her defence team has said. The State had consented to the granting of bail to Rushwaya on Tuesday when she appeared …
Read More »VIP Treatment For Henrietta Rushwaya … As Prison Officials Smuggle Her Into The Courtroom
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials smuggled Henrietta Rushwaya into court this morning. Media personnel who had set their cameras to capture her arrival from Harare Remand prison had their efforts up in smoke after discovering that Rushwaya was already in court. Commencement of her bail hearing was delayed …
Read More »Rushwaya’s Bid For Freedom Continues
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya will know if her bid for freedom on gold smuggling charges to Dubai through RGM International airport will be accepted by a Harare magistrate Wednesday. She was remanded in custody after her attempt to be granted bail hit a snag when she appeared before …
Read More »Govt Seeks To Ban Citizens From Talking To Foreign Diplomats
Government seeks to bar citizens from talking to foreign diplomats. “Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect implication on Zimbabwe’s foreign relations and policy,” Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters Tuesday in the capital, Harare. Zimbabwe’s cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding “unauthorized” communication and negotiations …
Read More »Nguwaya Savages Temba Mliswa
Harare businessman Dilesh Nguwaya, has savaged Norton legislator Temba Mliswa for maligning his reputation by labelling him as corrupt without providing evidence. This comes after Mliswa accused the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) in the President’s Office, Cabinet officers and Nguwaya of visiting arrested businessman Felix Munyaradzi at the Harare Remand …
Read More »RUSHWAYA BAIL SCANDAL… Magistrate Blasts Both Defence & the State For Trying To Make Him A Rubber-stamper
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya will spend the night in custody for being caught smuggling gold at Robert Mugabe lnternational airport in Harare yesterday. The State represented by Charles Muchemwa had consented to her being granted bail on a proposal of depositing $90 000 to the clerk of …
Read More »QUESTION MARKS???—Henrietta Rushwaya Arrest: Targeting Criminals Around ED Or Another Exercise In Catch & Release?
There is absolutely no doubt now, there are criminals around President Mnangagwa. Talk of Delish Nguwaya, Obadiah Moyo or the recently arrested Henrietta Rushwaya, to name just a few, and it becomes apparent that Zimbabwe’s top echelons of power are infested with criminals who are not ashamed of putting their …
Read More »Calls For Impala To Be Put On Sanctions Get Louder
A Europe-based Zimbabwean journalist, Simba Chikanza, has added his voice to growing calls to have Impala Car Rental sanctioned by the West for its alleged “links to abductions and torture of students”. The car hire services company is under fire for supplying a vehicle to suspected State security agents who …
Read More »2020 Zim Annual Inflation Pegged At 134pc
ZIMBABWE expects its average annual inflation to slow to 134% in 2020, according to a finance ministry document published on Friday, more than halving the central bank’s previous forecast. The country is grappling with its worst economic crisis in more than a decade, with runaway inflation of 659.4% year-on-year in …
Read More »Justice Ndewere Being Probed For Severe Backlog
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended a tribunal to investigate whether or not High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere was fit to hold office after discovering she was not clearing her workload in reasonable time and that she had not properly studied the file on a thief’s conviction and …
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