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FORMER cabinet minister has leapt to the defense of Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka who is facing online harassment following her conviction of opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume. Ngarivhume was convicted and jailed four years for convening the 31 July 2020 anti-government national protests. Chakanyuka set aside one year of his sentence on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years. Regime change group, Team Pachedu slammed her for being ‘biased’….

Sikhala was charged with the offence weeks after his arrest on allegations of inciting public violence to avenge the death of slain Citizens Coalition for change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali. Sikhala denies the allegations. The magistrate was expected to deliver her judgement last week but failed to do so, saying she had received Sikhala’s closing submissions late. The CCC MP was put to his defence at the close of State’s case. During his defence, Sikhala…

This represents a 109% hike on the $860 that was being charged mid-last month for the same loaf. In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe executive director Rosemary Mpofu said the consumer watchdog had noted with “great concern” increases in prices of basic commodities such as bread. “Consumers are currently facing numerous challenges from high consumer prices, low wages and incomes. With schools set to open soon they will be further hard…

Conservative member Lord Peter Henry GoldSmith of Richmond Park made the remarks in response to a series of questions tabled in the second chamber of the UK Parliament by House of Lords member Jonathan Oates. “Whilst Mr Angel holds a diplomatic passport he is not diplomatically accredited to the UK — countries are free to determine for themselves who they want to grant these passports to, but the passport itself does not confer any diplomatic…

UGANDA LAW MAKERS PASS AMENDED draft of anti-LGBTQI+ bill, retaining harsh penaltiesParliament in Uganda has passed a new amended draft of the anti-LGBTQI+ bill, maintaining the harsh punishments for same-sex acts.President Yoweri Museveni returned the bill to Parliament with recommendations that some provisions be toned down.The new version of the legislation will not outlaw people identifying as gay but if they are caught physically engaging in “acts of homosexuality”, they could face life in prisonThe…

COMPANIES linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga received US$3 million from South African chrome miner Zunaid Moti following a US$120 million deal signed between the tycoon and the President’s adviser Kuda Tagwirei in November 2017, an investigation by The Sentry published this morning reveals. The chrome mining deal was signed on 17 November, while the military coup which toppled former president Robert Mugabe was unfolding. The Sentry is an investigative and policy…

14 DEAD IN TIMBOON BUS CRASH at the 5km peg along Chivhu-Murambinda Road . Mr Cephas Muringani (46) succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Monday this week. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi gave the details in a statement. On the day the accident occurred, 13 people died, 12 on the spot and another on admission to Chivhu General Hospital. Survivors of the bus crash attributed the fatal accident to speeding, with some…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, their allies and relatives allegedly received US$3 million from a controversial South African businessman, Zunaid Moti at the height of the 2017 coup that toppled the late Robert Mugabe. Moti has extensive business interests in Zimbabwe and was awarded controversial contracts towards the end of Mugabe’s reign. The saga has also sucked in a Supreme Court justice, who was allegedly paid to sanitise the 2017 coup that…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken delivery of a US$54 million presidential jet – a Dassault Falcon 7X, ZimLive reported.The aircraft was delivered in March, but it was not put into service until this week after Mnangagwa’s government came under international spotlight following Al Jazeera’s broadcast of a four-part investigation into massive gold smuggling and money laundering linked to associates of the Zanu PF leader and his wife, Auxillia.The jet, bearing the registration P4-SIM, appears brand…

5 HAVE DIED as the Arcturus Covid variant continues to spread, Face masks should be worn again on public transport, experts say. Five people have died from the strain, according to the UK Health Security Agency, while 135 sequences have been detected in the UK so far, and there are believed to be around 104 cases as some people have been sequenced twice. Professor Stephen Griffin, chair of Independent Sage, said that people should go…