Fugitive opposition figure of MDC Alliance Job ‘Wiwa’ Sikhala has vowed continued mass action against government in a move likely to escalate the already volatile situation. Speaking from his hiding place, the Zengeza East Legislator has vowed to put more pressure on President Mnangagwa’s government and ZANU PF. Below is his statement; As you have noticed after the 31st of July, instead of the regime attending to the issues raised by the Zimbabwean citizens they went into the default mode and escalated human rights abuses all over the place. Our people are being beaten, tortured, arrested for no apparent reason. This can not be allowed to continue. On Saturday night residents of Dzivarasekwa were beaten door to door by people in military uniforms. The same thi
Defiant Mahere: I won’t stop protesting. Yatove Huruhwese nakatsande totosvika kunapena said Mahere. Fadzayi Mahere said she was part of a group of seven citizens who embarked on a peaceful walking protest in their neighbourhood, within the 5km radius permitted under the lockdown regulations. MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has narrated her arrest ordeal by police officers during a peaceful protest at Groombridge, Harare, on Friday, 31 July 2020. She said as they proceeded with their walk, just moments after they left the house, a vehicle without a number plate was following them and taking pictures. Now certain that they were been followed Mahere said they managed to get a lift into a car and went to a coffee shop where they were arrested by their stalkers w
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has challenged the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa advisers to resign for advising him to take leave when the nation needs him the most. "Can Chamisa advisors do a noble thing and resign. How can they allow him to be absent from duty during such a critical moment. Being at the helm of a party in a struggle like the one in Zimbabwe requires sacrifices. One can not afford to even bury loved ones let alone mourn for a month. This is unprecedented. The party visibility has dropped," Mpofu said."Party supporters and other citizens are under siege. Party supporters and citizens are being abducted. It needs him to confront the system, to galvanize the nation and condemn tyranny. It needs him to alert the world. MDC A is conspicuous by its sile
ZANU PF aligned social media user Kudzai Mutisi has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign and stay if he does not understand his responsibility to appoint a new minister of Health and Child Care to replace the sacked Dr Obadiah Moyo. Posting on Twitter, Mutisi who has of late been candid on Mnangagwa and ZANU PF said the President was failing to see the urgency to appoint a new minister when the country was going through a pandemic which he said was strange of him. “President @edmnangagwa must appoint a new Minister of Health without any delay… If he doesn’t know his responsibilities as a president he must resign and stay at home. Why is he so slow to act? We are in the middle of a pandemic & the President sees no urgency at all? Strange,” sais Muti
Before we set out, I made a telephone call to my trusted long-time mentor, friend and lawyer – David Drury. I told him that we were about to go on a peaceful walking protest in the neighbourhood. I told him we had taken every precaution in the book to ensure we were compliant with the law. We wore face masks. We were walking within the permitted radius. We carried sanitizer. We were going to respect social distancing. There were 7 of us. Our actions were peaceful. We had written placards that read “No Violence,” “I am protesting peacefully,” Babies’ Lives Matter,” “Covid Kills, So does corruption,” “FreeZimbabwe,” “I have a dream,” and “EndHunger”. When we were making these placards, we joked
NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala 31st July Movement As you have noticed after the 31st of July, instead of the regime attending to the issues raised by the Zimbabwean citizens they went into the default mode and escalated human rights abuses all over the place. Our people are being beaten, tortured, arrested for no apparent reason. This can not be allowed to continue. On Saturday night residents of Dzivarasekwa were beaten door to door by people in military uniforms. The same thing happened in St. Mary’s around Chigovanyika area where citizens at night were indiscriminately beaten in their homes for no explanation. Yesterday they were beating people door to door around the place where my house is called kuMapositori. In Zvishavane, the same happened,
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has challenged ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono and presented evidence that he settled his debt under the Farm Mechanisation Programme. Kasukuwere was forced to absolve himself after a State-owned daily claimed that he did not pay back the loan under the programme after United Kingdom-based Zimbabwe lawyer Alex Magaisa disclosed the full list of top Zanu PF bigwigs and their cronies who benefited from the controversial scheme in 2007/8. In a statement, the former Zanu PF national commissar blamed top party and government officials for hiding behind the finger, by claiming that the programme was not a loan in order to avoid paying back. “It is with great disappointment that I learnt the RBZ and some former ex
FAMOUS novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and spokeswoman for the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance Fadzayi Mahere have been released on ZWL$5000 bail. Dangarembga, a colleague Julie Barnes, Mahere and six others who took part in the anti-corruption protest appeared before Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. They were charged with contravening section 37(1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act by participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry. They had been arrested in Zimbabwe’s capital on July 31 and subsequently spent the night in prison before appearing in court on Saturday. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights represented the accused and also secured the bail of Simon Drury, Tinashe Murap
ZIMBABWE will not be lectured by misinformed and misguided regional parties such as the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on anything as the country is not a province of South Africa. Responding to a misleading statement issued by the Generation 40 (G40) linked EFF, which sought to cast aspersions at the recently signed US$3.5 billion Global Compensation Deed (GCD) deal between Government and representatives of former white farmers, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana said the agreement was a fulfilment of constitutional provisions. "The compensation of the said farmers is in line with the Zimbabwe Constitution, overwhelmingly voted for by the majority of Zimbabweans, political leaders acr
HARARE Mayor Herbert Gomba, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, was on Thursday granted $10 000 bail by the Anti-Corruption Court of the High Court, but has been banned from setting foot at Town House and dealing with municipal officials, meaning he will find it almost impossible to continue mayoral duties. He was appealing against a decision by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande to deny him bail after she found that there was high risk he would interfere with evidence if released. Through his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku, Gomba appealed for bail at the higher court. Anti-Corruption Court of the High Court judge Justice Felistus Chitakunye granted the application by Gomba and freed him on $10 000, but banned him from setting foot at Town House and banned
