Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo

Zanu PF youths ,unhappy over Saviour Kasukuwere stands dispute threaten to join MDC-T anti-corruption protest on Wednesday.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

DISGRUNTLED Zanu PF youths who are unhappy over the manner in which Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has handled the stands dispute at Ushewokunze Housing Co-operative in Harare, have threatened to join their MDC-T counterparts in a planned anti-corruption demonstration scheduled for Wednesday next week. “We are fed up with this corruption, Zanu PF leaders have become land barons. They go around the country claiming that the land belongs to youths, yet they are feeding…

‘Hukoshwa Resources owned by Ignatius Chombo’s son is engaged to install prepaid water meters’-Harare Residents Trust

Posted on August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Harare Residents Trust has revealed that the Harare City Council has engaged several companies to install prepaid water meters in the city amid revelation the son of Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo’s company features in the list. The trust said the companies are installing prepaid water meters in Harare’s six suburbs during the pilot phase, which is set to run for six months. The name of the Company is Hukoshwa Resources owned by Tafadzwa…

Zanu PF MPs walk out on police brutality motion so no quorum to discuss the issue, 6 left out of 215 Zanu PF

Posted on August 20, 2016August 20, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Zanu PF MPs this week bunked debate on a motion on police brutality, ensuring there was no quorum to discuss the matter in the National Assembly. But this has backfired and will now cost Parliament several thousands of dollars in taxpayers’ money after the sitting days were extended to Tuesday. Parliament was supposed to adjourn on Thursday until September 8, when Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa will announce the mid-term budget. But MPs are now forced…

Court Clears MDC-T Bulawayo For Demo Against Economic Decline, Poverty & Corruption On Saturday (28/o5/16).

Posted on May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Opposition MDC-T Bulawayo province planned demonstration has been given a green light by the High Court to go ahead. The demo is set to Saturday (28). More than 10 000 people are set to participate. “Our demo is going ahead on May 28. The courts have said reasons given by the police to block it are insufficient and baseless”, James Sithole, the party’s organising secretary for Bulawayo province said this evening. The party had taken…

Mugabe’s Cousin, Home Affairs Minister Chombo’s Threat Heralds Return Of State-sponsored Violence

Posted on May 14, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The government has issued a chilling warning to the MDC-T over planned demonstrations against bond notes and this could herald a return to the dark days of State-sponsored violence. NewsDay Comment As the custodian of the rule of law, peace and stability in the country, Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo should know that demonstrations are provided for in the Constitution and anyone is free to protest against the government. Why the government intends to respond…

War Vets Angered By Inclusion Of Army, Airforce & Police Service Chiefs In 7/4/16 Meeting With Mugabe

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Attempts by a faction of the war veterans led by Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Cde Mandiitawepi Chimene to derail preparations for the meeting between President Mugabe and war veterans in a fortnight’s time will not succeed, a Zanu-PF Politburo member said yesterday. Zanu-PF Secretary for War Veterans, Detainees, Restrictees and their Welfare and Defence Minister Cde Sydney Sekeramayi said nothing would stop the meeting of war veterans and their patron, President Mugabe. He said this…

Two (ZNA) Soldiers (Police Shooting Victims) Win Case Against Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)

Posted on March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) servicemen have won a case against the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in which they were challenging a section of the law that gives preferential treatment to the law enforcement agents. In a landmark case, High Court judge Justice Amy Tsanga ruled that section 70 of the Police Act, which places a cap of an eight-month period within which police should be sued, is inconsistent with the country’s supreme law. The…

Home Affairs Minister, ‘Mugabe’s Cousin, ‘Ignatius Chombo’ Warns Corrupt Cops’

Posted on September 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

HOME Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo has said the government will not hesitate to dismiss corrupt cops following the dismissal of about 300 crooked police officers last year. Speaking at the graduation of 159 police officers at Ntabazinduna Police Training Depot yesterday, Minister Chombo said officers with a penchant for corrupt deeds will be flushed out of the system. “We need to have a police force with an impeccable reputation for honesty and integrity. The job…

Government Presses For Repatriation Of First Chimurenga (1893-1896) Heroes Skulls From Britain

Posted on August 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE government is “frantically working” to repatriate from Britain skulls of indigenous people killed in a 1890s anti-colonialism war, said a Cabinet minister. However, Robert Barrett, one of the country’s leading historians and archeologists, told the Telegraph that there was no proof that any skulls of Zimbabwe’s early liberation fighters ended up in the UK after they were executed during the first rebellion against British rule in 1896. Again, there are reportedly no qualified pathologists…