ZTN Correspondent Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s bail appeal hearings have been postponed to Monday, August 3. The two will spend the weekend being bars. This comes after the record of proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court had not been transferred to the High Court as of […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s ex-principal director in the Office of the President and Cabinet (State Residences) Douglas Tapfuma has been imprisoned for four years for criminal abuse of office. Six of his vehicles were also forfeited to the State. Magistrate Esthere Chivasa delivered the sentence in the capital, Harare, on Friday, […]
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Nyore Madzianike FORMER principal director of State residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet Douglas Tapfuma, has been convicted of three counts of criminal abuse of office by a Harare magistrate. Tapfuma was found guilty of importing eight personal cars using the President’s name and evading paying import […]
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu has been granted bail. Advocate Mpofu is facing two counts of obstructing the course of justice with an alternative charge of fraud and perjury. Chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi granted Mpofu ZWL$20 000 bail and ordered him to report to police once […]
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ZTN Reporter The High Court has ruled that the MDC T led by DrThokozani Khupe acted in accordance with the Alliance document signed by MDC founding leader, the late Morgan Tsvangirai when it recalled Prosper Mutseyami (Dangamvura-Chikanga) legislator who was also the opposition party’s chief whip, Charlton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), […]
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Farirai MachivenyikaFour members of parliament from the MDC Alliance have been recalled from parliament after their party said they had ceased to represent their interests in the legislative assembly. The four are: Mr Prosper Mutseyami (Dangamvura), Charlton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Thabitha Khumalo (proportional representation) and Senator Lillian Timveous (Midlands). The […]
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Chief Court Reporter Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court today ruled that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate MDC leader. The judgment settles the leadership wrangle between Chamisa and former MDC president Thokozani Khupe. The ruling follows an appeal by MDC-Alliance leaders Chamisa and Morgan Komichi challenging a High Court ruling in May […]
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Takudzwa Chihambakwe From the time the idea of amending the constitution was mooted, to when the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2 was gazetted last year, there have been mixed views on the matter. So much so that even stakeholders in the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) have raised reservations about how the […]
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Takudzwa Chihambakwe Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, says he is not angling for a coalition government, but only wants to “share ideas” with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The MDC leader insisted on talks with President Mnangagwa outside of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad). He told journalists in the capital, Harare, […]
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ZTN reporter Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president, has died. He was 95. Moi’s death was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a statement on the state broadcaster on Tuesday. Moi, who ruled Kenya for 24 years, had been in and out of hospital for […]
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