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VICE-President Phelekezela Mphoko was left with egg on the face on Tuesday after his proposed National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill was rejected by Zanu PF legislators, who argued that they could not pass a Bill which seeks to revisit atrocities most of which were committed by the ruling party. Zanu PF legislators shot down the Bill when it was brought for the second reading and debate in Parliament, with Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba…

A former police officer and an informer for the President’s Office facing fraud charges has turned the tables on the police accusing them of covering up for the crimes of high ranking police officers he had exposed and using him as a scapegoat for the charges he is facing.   Delish Nguwaya has applied for referral of his case to the con-court citing that his right to protection from the self incrimination has been infringed…

A-FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl from Hwange who went missing for 12 days was found dead with her private parts and tongue missing.   The body of Shylet Mudenda of Kasibo Village under Chief Hwange who went missing on April 29, was found last week in a stream about 20 KM away from her home.   The body had not decomposed at the time of discovery, indicating that she could have been killed a few days before her…

Midlands Provincial Education Inspector, Fred Shavi (64) has appeared before High Court judge, Justice Makonese in Gweru today facing allegations of killing his wife, Mrs Netsai Ncube who was a lecturer at Midlands State University.   Through his lawyer, Mr Esau Mandipa, Shavi pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide.   He argued that he killed his wife in self-defence after she tried to attack him with an…

On the 15th of May 2017 the IMF released a statement summarising their preliminary findings after an Article IV staff team visit to Zimbabwe. The findings published by the IMF, for once confirm the issues we have consistently raised against ZANUPF and Minister Chinamasa’s structural lack of capacity and will to reform. Indeed the preliminary findings confirm our position that what is at the centre of Zimbabwe’s current economic crisis is undiluted pure economic mismanagement…

ROHR and Vigil activist Sipho Ndlovu has successfully completed two days of his 7 day bike ride which is raising funds for the Zimbabwe Peace Actors’ Platform (ZimPAP). He is currently riding from Birmingham to Oxford. The ride will end on Saturday at the Vigil – he will have covered 326 miles. Please come to the Vigil in numbers on Saturday to welcome him at the end of his valiant ride. To sponsor Sipho, go to: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/sipho-ndlovu….