Harare socialite and comedienne Felistas Murata, better known as Mai Titi, has been sentenced to nine months in prison after she was convicted of fraud and theft. Magistrate Munashe Chibanda handed down the sentence after Murata was found guilty of using a hired vehicle to settle
The Douglas Mwonzora led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has announced the expulsion of former party national chairman Morgen Komichi from the party following yesterday’s press conference in which he announced himself as the interim leader of the opposition outfit. During the press conference, Komichi announced
Arriving at the Harare Magistrates Court in the early hours of Wednesday, 14th June 2023, incarcerated Zengeza West lawmaker, Job Sikhala raised his voice to its highest volume, ensuring that his message reached the waiting microphones. Aware of the few cameras fixed upon him, he
Power utility, ZESA, has begun drawing power from Hwange Unit 8, the second of two 300 MW generating units built at a cost of US$1.4 billion in a move that has improved electricity situation in the country. The addition of the Hwange units to the
HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out resilience building activities with support of the Government of Japan to boost food security and improve the livelihoods of nearly 9,000 people in Chiredzi district, in southern Zimbabwe. The funding, a US$ 900,000 contribution coming at
Self-exiled former Cabinet Minister and member of the ruling Zanu PF, Professor Jonathan Moyo has bemoaned the state of judicial independence in Zimbabwe citing the year-long pretrial detention of Zengeza West lawmaker Job Sikhala. In an interview with South African broadcaster SABC, Prof. Moyo highlighted the
The International Monetary Fund has urged Zimbabwe to take further steps on currency reform after the Southern African nation stopped short of free-floating its local dollar. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last week eased curbs to the foreign exchange market, saying it will pursue a “market-determined”
Former Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) chairperson Morgen Komichi has expressed concern over the current state of the opposition in Zimbabwe which he says lacks former founding president Morgan Tsvangirai’s effect. Komichi who was dethroned from the powerful post of chairman and later appointed secretary for
A press conference organized by former MDC chairperson Senator Morgen Komichi was disrupted by a group of party thugs allegedly aligned to MDC President Douglas Mwonzora. The incident occurred at a venue separate from the party headquarters, and the thugs claimed that Komichi should have held
As the year 2023 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations seizes the opportunity to emphasize the importance of human rights worldwide. To commemorate this historic occasion, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
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