‘MDC-T’s proportional MPs will not be kicked out,’ says VP Emmerson Mnangagwa

‘MDC-T’s proportional MPs will not be kicked out,’ says VP Emmerson Mnangagwa

VICE President Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has allayed fears some MDC-T MPs and senators elected to the house through proportional representation in 2013 may lose their seats.This comes as the main opposition’s legislative representation continues to be whittled down through by-elections. According to the new Constitution, 60 national assembly seats are reserved for women, 60 senatorial and 10 persons on each provincial council, elected on the basis of proportional representation. Of the 60 seats reserved for…

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‘To Zanu PF, May you never find peace’ Amos Midzi’s daughter on her dad’s death

‘To Zanu PF, May you never find peace’  Amos Midzi’s daughter on her dad’s death

FORMER cabinet minister and Zanu-PF provincial chairman Amos Midzi’s daughter took to social networking sites, spitting venom against the ruling party and the media for haunting her father into committing suicide. Vimbai Beverley Midzi, a media studies graduate who had an altercation with journalists at her father’s funeral is, according to insiders, alleged to have also temporarily stopped Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere from paying his last respects at the family home in Mt Pleasant….

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More Zanu PF damage control as Mugabe castigates ‘Tomana’s girl child marriage ideas’

More Zanu PF damage control as Mugabe castigates ‘Tomana’s girl child marriage ideas’

President Robert Mugabe has commended the child parliamentarians for exhibiting maturity in the debates they carried out during the official opening of the 23rd Session of the Children’s Parliament in Harare today. Mugabe, who was addressing the same gathering, castigated early child marriages saying girls should not be seen as ripe for marriage judging by their physical appearance. He said child marriages cause irreparable damage to girls and denies them the right to personal development…

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Zanu PF Damage control: as ‘Highlander’s No 9’ contradicts Tomana on girl child saga

Zanu PF Damage control:  as ‘Highlander’s  No 9’  contradicts Tomana on girl child saga

THE government disapproves of early child marriages and teenage pregnancies as they are detrimental to the country’s socio-economic growth, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (Highlander’s  No 9) said yesterday. VP Mnangagwa said the “business of any child was in the classroom” and young girls and boys should not be deprived of their right to education by being forced into early marriages. Addressing teachers, educationists and parents at the launch of the 2015 Global Action Week which focuses…

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Tomana refused to prosecute ‘ Zanu PF Kereke for raping an 11 year old at gunpoint’

Tomana refused to prosecute ‘ Zanu PF Kereke for raping an 11 year old at gunpoint’

Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor General, Tomana is not new to controversy as he stands accused of failing or rather refusing  to prosecute a  Zanu PF Stalwart,  MP Munyaradzi Kereke who was facing   allegations of raping a minor. This blatant disregard for court  orders compelling him him to do so proved beyond doubt that Zanu PF and Mugabe are a law unto themselves and all else depends on them, not the other way round. The case against Dr Munyardzi Kereke…

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‘Im not easy to get rid of, because I serve at Mugabe’s pleasure’-Tomana

‘Im not easy to get rid of, because  I serve at  Mugabe’s pleasure’-Tomana

PROSECUTOR GENERAL Johannes Tomana says he is not an “easy” man to get rid of adding  he “serves at the President’s pleasure” and those seeking to tarnish his image should not expect to succeed in their agenda.Tomana said this as he came under fire for reportedly saying girls as young as 12 can give consent to sex and should be heard by the courts if they wish to start families with older men. Leading the…

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Prosecutor Gnl Tomana, ’12 year old girls can have sex and get married’?

Prosecutor Gnl Tomana, ’12 year old girls can have sex and get married’?

Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor General, ‘Zanu PF’  Johannes Tomana has come under attack and urged to resign for saying girls as young as 12 can have sex and get married.Normally 12 years olds are in grade seven.Tomana said some of girls want to start out in life early.His statements have ignited a barrage of criticism on social media. Former cabinet minister and lawyer, David Coltart said he was shocked by Tomana’s sentiments. “I am profoundly shocked by…

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‘Heal Zimbabwe officials, drag Mugabe to the Constitutional Court’

‘Heal Zimbabwe officials, drag Mugabe to the Constitutional Court’

Two officials from Heal Zimbabwe Trust  have taken their case against Robert Mugabe to Zimbabwe’s Constitutional court (ConCourt), where they seek an order to force Mugabe, to to investigate his ruthless  Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) over their endless list of gross human rights abuse allegations.The two, Rashid Mahiya and Hilton Chironga seeking an interdict to force the president Robert Mugabe to employ systems and  mechanisms that will allow investigations of  alleged CIO agents  involvement in murder and abductions…

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‘Zimbabwe on brink of total collapse and bringing down the Southern Africa region’

‘Zimbabwe on brink of total collapse and  bringing down the Southern Africa region’

 Zimbabwe is teetering on the verge of total collapse and could drag the whole Southern African region into unprecedented chaos if President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF are not reined in soon, the main opposition MDC T led by former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has warned. Warming up to the idea of confronting Mugabe and Zanu PF head-on as suggested by liberation struggle stalwart Rugare Gumbo, the MDC T said yesterday that the…

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‘Mugabe stops Mujuru prosecution because the evidence has dissappeared’

‘Mugabe stops Mujuru prosecution because the evidence has dissappeared’

President Robert Mugabe has ordered the state not to prosecute his former deputy, Joice Mujuru, for corruption because the incriminating evidence has disappeared. During her meet the people national rallies where she was campaigning for the Zanu-PF’s Women’s League post last year his wife Grace accused Mujuru of demanding 10% from foreign investors as a bribe. She further alleged that the ousted Vice President flouted tender procedures and defied government’s indigenisation policy by importing chickens…

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