HIGH Court judge Erica Ndewere Tuesday granted MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala $50 000 bail. Sikhala is facing charges of inciting public violence. He was arrested last month and has been in remand prison after he was denied bail at the magistrates’ court. In her ruling, the judge attacked the police of using social media in their investigations instead of establishing their own independent probe. She said Sikhala’s conduct was not of a fugitive running from the law, but he was fleeing from unidentified men who were following. Justice Ndewere also blamed the police for using a vague press statement instead of calling Sikhala’s lawyer. She then ordered Sikhala to pay $50 000 with the Harare magistrates’ court’s clerk of court. He was also
A lonely British grandmother who was conned out of £18,000 by her Ghanaian toyboy lover and accused of BEATING him has warned other women not to be as naive as she was. The situation is eerily similar to that of socialite Olinda Chapel who accused musician Tytan Skhokho of using her to get UK papers. Tytan also claimed that he was being physically abused by Olinda. The Daily Mail reports that former probation officer Beth Haining fell for Rodney Cudjoe, a Ghanaian musician 30 years her junior. ‘I’ve been a stupid old woman who should know better,’ said 68-year-old Beth, of Redditch in Worcestershire. ‘I used to laugh at women who fall for these good-looking toyboys from abroad and think how gullible they are. Now I’m one of them.’ G
Spokesperson for the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance, Fadzayi Mahere says the fight between her party and the rival MDC-T faction is not about the name but the ruling Zanu PF party which is stalking her party. Her remarks come in the wake of pronouncements by MDC-T national chairman Morgen Komichi that the party would assume the name MDC Alliance in the upcoming by-elections scheduled for December 5 this year. In an interview with a local radio station, Mahere said there was no confusion in the minds of the electorate because of the 2018 election outcome. “This is not a fight about the name MDC, this is a fight about the representatives of a cause that is genuinely against Zanu PF. If it were just about the MDC Alliance is different from the name MDC-T. The two are different e
Professor Jonathan Moyo Monday warned MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa against changing the party’s name following the recent announcement by Thokozani Khupe that she is taking over the name and will be using it in the upcoming by-elections During the MDC T’s 21st anniversary on Saturday, the party’s acting chairperson Morgen Komichi declared that they will be rebranding to MDC Allliance, a coalition of opposition parties which they broke away from to revive the “original” opposition movement. Moyo said if Chamisa is to change the name, it would create passage for manipulation as he alleged that Mwonzora and the Special Anti-corruption Unit (SACU) which works directly under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will use the name to create “fictiti
Pressure keeps mounting on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as his former top lieutenant and now MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said that MDC Alliance name belongs to the MDC-T and they are contemplating using the name in the forthcoming parliamentary and local authority by-elections. When the Supreme Court judgment reverted MDC-T back to its 2014 structures, rendering the presidency of Chamisa null and void, there has been turmoil in the biggest opposition movement in the country with Thokozani Khupe, through Mwonzora, taking the fight to Chamisa and all his sympathisers. The legitimacy fight between Khupe and Chamisa has claimed the scalp of many legislators and councilors who have been caught in the crossfire. Asked by TellZim News on whether they would let Cham
Exiled former Zanu PF political commissar and minister Saviour Kasukuwere is eyeing a return to the party, almost three years after he was expelled following a military coup which collapsed the government of the late president Robert Mugabe. Kasukuwere, now living in South Africa, is still bitter about a leadership change in November 2017 in which the military decisively influenced Zanu PF’s succession politics as Mugabe’s former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa took over. “I remain a card-carrying member of the party until due process is carried out in line with the party’s constitution. I remain committed to the unity of the party, which is key to sustainable national development,” Kasukuwere wrote on Twitter on Thursday, a day after Zanu PF’s acting sp
There has been non-compliance with court order' - Muchehiwa lawyer Nqobani Sithole Impala Car Rental has frustrated efforts by lawyers for torture victim Tawanda Muchehiwa to recover vital information which would lead to the identification of state security agents who abducted him. The Bulawayo High Court ordered Impala to turn over to the lawyers personal details of the individual who hired out the Ford Ranger vehicle which was used in the abduction of the journalism student and nephew of ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu on July 30, the eve of planned anti-government protests. Impala was also required, under the order, to hand over the route map of where the vehicle went and distance travelled between July 26 and August 6. The Sheriff of Zimbabwe executed the order on Septembe
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe said it has adopted the MDC Alliance brand with immediate effect and will use the name when nominating candidates for by-elections on October 9. This was revealed by the MDC-T acting chairman Morgen Komichi on Saturday. He was speaking at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formerly Harvest House to mark the 21st anniversary of the original MDC. However, in a statement posted on Twitter, the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa insisted on its identity and vowed to settle the “battle” politically. The statement read: We are the MDC Alliance. We contested the 2018 election as the MDC Alliance under the Presidency of Nelson Chamisa. Our members were unlawfully recalled on account of being members of the MDC Alliance. This battle wi
Two police officers were on Thursday dragged to court facing criminal abuse of office charges after they reportedly disappeared with US$20 000. The two, Prosper Chimbumu, 29, and Onasis Muzanenhamo, 34, were not asked to plead when they appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Judith Taruvinga. Prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that on July 29, the duo connived with other police officers whose identity is still to be ascertained and are still at large joined a foreign currency WhatsApp group then went on to respond to Mutarwa Gift Chisadza who had posted looking for someone who could liquidate his US$20 000. The duo contacted Chisadza offering him ZWL$2 000 000 for the deal. They are alleged to have arranged to meet Chisadza in the CBD and when he arrived he w
A POWER struggle that has been simmering for months between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ambitious deputy, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, has intensified over the past two weeks, with factions said to belong to them fighting bitterly over control of re-introduced District Coordinating Committees (DCCs). Mnangagwa and the former Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander are fighting for the heart and soul of Zanu-PF and control of the levers of state power. The differences between the two emerged after the November 2017 coup over several issues, such as type of transitional arrangement, key appointments, including cabinet posts and Mnangagwa's tenure. The party resolved to re-introduce the DCCs in its structures last year, claiming they were the missing link in the coord
