LOCAL pressure group Tajamuka/Sesijikile ring 'eader, Promise Mkwananzi, has been released on $300 bail following his weekend arrest over allegations of inciting public violence.
Mkwananzi (35), famed for his series of protests demanding Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko vacate his hotel room, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe.The court remande

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party has claimed that its Mutare rally, scheduled for this weekend, now hangs in the balance, as police have not yet cleared it.ZimPF provincial chairman for the mobilising committee, Charles Samuriwo yesterday revealed that the party had sought police clearance for the rally two weeks ago without lucky.
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A NEW females-only pressure group, #beatthepot, has threatened to roll out a massive protest march on Saturday to force President Robert Mugabe to urgently address the country’s socio-economic crisis.The group, led by MDC-T deputy president, Thokozani Khupe and some Bulawayo MDC-T senators, yesterday posted a video clip on social media platforms outlining the objectives of the campaign.

A member of the four member gang which brutally killed Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo in Botswana, has been granted $100 bail pending trial by the High Court. Mgcini Xaba (28) of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo got bail last week after he filed an application at the Bulawayo High Court through lawyers Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers.Police found Dhliwayo dead in a bush about

A warrant of arrest has been issued for a Plumtree based traffic cop who failed to turn up for trial at court yesterday for allegedly stealing roadblock fines. Clacious Chatikobo’s trial was supposed to kick off yesterday at the Plumtree magistrate’s court after he pleaded not guilty to stealing $205 and R640 in State funds which he collected while performing police duties.The State said Chati

The Minister of Rural Development, Promotion and Preservation of National Culture and Heritage, Abedinico Ncube has lashed out at former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru saying she is daydreaming that she will win the 2018 elections. Giving a vote of thanks at the close of Zanu-PF’s Matabeleland South provincial inter-district meeting in Gwanda on Saturday, Ncube said opposition leaders including

The Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri should resign for gross human rights violations allegedly committed by the police on innocent civilians protesting against the current harsh economic environment in Zimbabwe,says MDC.The call came following the surfacing of photos and videos, some very hard to look at or watch, showing arrested protesters being assaulted by the po

Zimbabwean Police have continued to arrested people in connection with the protests that happened last week after giving threats that all who participated in the demonstrations shall be hunted down.Indications are that police in Bulawayo continue to pick up more people in connection with last week’s disturbances. On Saturday, 22 people appeared in court facing the same charges of public violence

MDC-T Vice President Thokozane Khupe has said the women’s wing of the party will stage demonstrations across the country, stating that some Zimbabweans were starving due to economic hardships.Khupe told an online publication over the phone that the demonstrations dubbed “Beat the Pots” campaign starting this coming Saturday in Bulawayo, are in protest of the hunger that ordinary Zimbabweans

The Zimbabwean government has failed to come up with a date for the payment of July salaries for its civil servants. According to Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander, government representatives, who attended a crucial meeting on the issue and outstanding pay for some state workers, requested for more time to consult on the July salary dates before coming back to them on Friday.Alexande

EIGHTY-SIX people who took part in last weeks demonstrations were yesterday granted bail pending their trial for allegedly looting in Bulawayo last Wednesday.Bulawayo magistrate Eveline Mashavakure ordered 83 men to pay $80 bail apiece while three juveniles were released on free bail to July 21.All the 86 suspects are facing public violence charges.The suspects’ legal representatives, five lawye

Namibian authorities have arrested six Zimbabweans on allegations of murdering a 32-year-old man after they robbed him of his wallet and cellphone, as he was walking home from a beer drink at Walvis Bay.According to New Era newspaper, the Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator for Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Ottilie Kashuupulwa said the six Zimbabweans are expected to appear before a Walvis Bay

Spokesperson of Tajamuka-Sesijikile, Promise Mkwananzi, who had been arrested for allegedly stoning Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s Choppies supermarket together with 20 others was released on bail awaiting further trial.Magistrate Tendai Mahwe granted Mkwananzi $300 bail.As part of his bail conditions, he was ordered to report on Fridays at CID Law and Order, to reside at his given address

Civil servants have declared that they will not accept anything short of a commitment by government to pay their July salaries in full when they meet their employers today. The civil servants, most of whom received their June salaries this month after government failed to pay them on time, said they will not accept staggered payments. Apex Council spokesperson George Mushipe told the Dai

A Tsholotsho granny who beat her four-year-old granddaughter and burnt her on the face leading to her death, has been spared jail. Betty Ndlovu (54) of Paneni line, under chief Gampu in Tsholotsho assaulted her late grand-daughter for playing next door. Ndlovu who looks after her HIV positive orphaned grandchildren, flogged Ellen Moyo with a switch until she fainted. In a state