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Violent disruptions at Parly Public Hearing in Mutare

Source: Election Resource Centre Scores of suspected Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) youths and women in Mutare, Thursday morning caused the disruption of a public hearing that was convened by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in Mutare. In the melee that ensued, the violent ZANU PF supporters […]

Public hearing on electoral law reforms disrupted in Mutare

Source: Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust The public hearing on the Electoral Law Reforms was disrupted this morning at Dangamvura’s Beit Hall in Mutare by what looked like sponsored elements who were not happy with certain views expressed by participants. The public hearing almost suffered a similar fate yesterday in Mutoko where some people got […]

Ministry should act decisively on partisan food aid distribution reports

Source: Heal Zimbabwe The Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Prisca Mupfumira convened an emergency meeting on food mitigation with humanitarian assistance partners and civil society recently. Addressing stakeholders on 24 October 2016, Minister Mupfumira insinuated that reports by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission confirming partisan food assistance distribution were inaccurate. She lamented […]

Opposition MP loses undergarments, another fondled in police scuffle

Source: Gibbs Dube, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL There was chaos in Zimbabwe’s parliament Wednesday when police attempted to eject an opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) lawmaker, who was wearing a jacket with national colors. Police were called by acting Speaker of Parliament, Mabel Chinomona, after attempts to remove Costa Machingauta from the House […]

Disorderly conduct in the National Assembly

Source: Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust The National Assembly was this afternoon plunged into commotion as ZANU PF and MDC-T Members intensely argued over whether or not the jacket that Hon. Costa Machingauta (MDC-T Budiriro) was wearing was in keeping with the parliamentary dress code. Hon. Machingauta was donning a jacket with colours similar to […]

Silvanos Mudzvova protests at Parliament

Silvanos Bhanditi Mudzvova of Tajamuka/Sesjikile Campaign at Parliament Building protesting why Prof Jonathan Moyo hasn’t been arrested for embezzling #ZimDef funds. “The vice-president of this country Phelekezela Mphoko went to Avondale Police Station and released people who had stolen money from ZINARA and nothing happened and that house with people we elected are quiet about […]

Trial of ZRP officer accused of insulting Grace Mugabe betrays pretence of normalcy

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer is currently on trial before his superiors for allegedly accusing President Robert 
Mugabe of being “too old to rule” the country and questioning the  nonagenarian’s leader’s marriage choice. Sergeant Thompson Joseph Mloyie of ZRP is undergoing a ZRP trial for allegedly contravening paragraph […]

Bond notes delay creates uncertainty

Source: Tatira Zwinoira, NewsDay Original article URL INDUSTRY and investors have called on the central bank to announce the “actual date” when the anticipated bond notes would be released to stem uncertainty, which has seen run-away withdrawals and reduced deposits. The call comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) begins an awareness campaign on […]

Social media becomes Mugabe’s nightmare

Source: Dominique Von Rohr, IPS Original article URL In a WhatsApp video that went viral in September, a middle-aged Zimbabwean man addresses President Robert Mugabe, telling him that 90 percent of the people in the country are unemployed and do not contribute to the economy because Mugabe cannot provide jobs. “You are assaulting children for […]

Zimbabwe judge fines Chinese man for selling flags

Source: BBC Original article URL A judge in Zimbabwe has fined a Chinese national for selling the national flag without authorisation, the state-run Herald newspaper reports. The businessman, named by The Herald as 28-year-old Weidong Li, was fined $20 (£16) and in total 314 flags were seized. Last month Zimbabwean officials warned that anyone who […]