Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo off the hook
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a plethora of criminal cases involving corruption, fraud and criminal nuisance, has been granted temporary reprieve after the High Court granted an order for an indefinite stay of his prosecution. Justice Charles Hungwe’s order came after Chombo had filed an urgent application seeking permanent stay of his […]
Trial dates set for Ignatius Chombo, Kudzanai Chipanga
HARARE magistrate Victoria Mashamba has set July 26 as the trial date for former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo and three ex-Zanu PF youth leaders − Kudzanai Chipanga, Innocent Hamandishe and Mathew Nleya − accused of wearing the ruling party’s regalia without authority. Mashamba also set July 18 as Chombo’s trial date for contravening sections of […]
Zimbabwe’s nonagenarian Robert Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule
Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades of rule by a man once feted as an independence hero who became feared as a despot. His former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking this month prompted the military takeover that […]
Robert Mugabe orders Zimbabwe police to reduce roadblocks
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, two weeks ago, reportedly ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to reduce the number of roadblocks, saying they were becoming an inconvenience to motorists and the travelling public. Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni made the revelations in Parliament yesterday. “Two weeks ago, President Mugabe chaired a meeting that resolved that roadblocks […]
‘Nonagenarian Zimbabwean President Mugabe Creating Family Dynasty’
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been accused of clandestinely setting up a Mugabe dynasty following the appointment of his daughter, Bona Mugabe-Chikore, to the Censorship Board, with opposition activists saying yesterday the veteran ruler was trying to protect his interests by okaying such an assignment. The activists argued Bona’s appointment was the first step towards preparing […]
Chinotimba insults feared Grace Mugabe: You’re talking rubbish because you’re rubbish!
BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) has indirectly said First Lady Grace Mugabe and people who condemned him video for posting a video with the ailing musician Dickson Chingaira, popularly known as Cde Chinx are ‘rubbish’. “Those who are talking rubbish have always been rubbish people.” said Chinotimba as reported by NewsDay. Chinotimba said […]
Zimbabwe Govt Will Not Give in to Opposition Demands for Poll Reforms – Chombo
Home affairs minister, Ignatius Chombo says government will not give in to opposition demands for electoral reforms which he says are a western ploy to effect regime change in Zimbabwe. Chombo, also Zanu PF secretary for administration, was speaking to journalists on the side-lines of last week’s burial of Brigadier General James Murozvi at the […]
Zimbabwe’s nonagenarian leader Mugabe officially picks former govenor Gideon Gono for President
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly cherry-picked, former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, for president and to become his successor of choice in an aftermath Zanu PF expected to lose elections next year, bringing to an end the speculation around the veteran politician’s anointed secret protégé, Spotlight Zimbabwe, has exclusively reveal today. Although […]
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai Threatened With Eviction
LOCAL Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has threatened to evict Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai from a State mansion in Highlands, Harare over the appointment of Harare town clerk, James Mushore, which is being fiercely contested between ZANU-PF mandarins and officials from the country’s main opposition party. Kasukuwere, who doubles up as ZANU-PF’s […]
Mugabe demotes “devil” Jonathan Moyo for sympathising with opposition
President Robert Mugabe on Monday moved Zimbabwe’s information minister, who he branded a “devil incarnate” last year, to an education department role in his second cabinet reshuffle since December. Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo, whom Mugabe says appointed opposition sympathisers as editors of state-owned newspapers, was to be Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, the […]
