July 2009

US$200 fine for Killing Zimbabwe’s PM’s wife

Published on: 31st July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – CHINOWONA MWANDA — the driver of the vehicle that killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s  wife, Susan — was today found guilty of culpable homicide and fined US$200 by a Chivhu magistrate.
Mwanda, who was represented by Harare lawyer Mr Godfrey Mamvura of Scanlen and Holderness, had denied the charges when the trial [...]

Kunonga attempts to scuttle enthronement of new Anglican Bishop

Published on: 31st July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Excommunicated former Anglican Bishop attempted to scuttle the enthronement of a new Anglican bishop at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Last-minute attempts by the excommunicated former bishop, Nolbert Kunonga, to stop the event meant that bolt-cutters had to be used to gain access to the cathedral in central Harare; but the ceremony went ahead [...]

Mahlangu to spend next 2 wks in jail, as Chinhoyi MDC MP is arrested

Published on: 31st July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – MDC Youth Assembly chairperson and deputy Youth Minister, Thamsanqa Mahlangu will spend the next two weks in jail after the State appealed against his bail ruling.
Magistrate Kudakwashwe Njerambini granted Mahlangu and his co-accused, Malvern Chadamoyo a US$50 bail each but officials from the Attorney General’s office immediately appealed against the ruling [...]

Zvoma backtracks, denies blaming donors for Constitutional fracas

Published on: 31st July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Clerk of Parliament Austin Zvoma on Friday backtracked and denied ever saying NGOs were responsible for the chaos that disrupted the first all-stakeholder constitutional conference two weeks ago.
Zvoma claimed that a mysterious Non-Governmental Organisation, the Non- State Actors Forum, paid over 500 delegates and NGOs to attend the All Stakeholders Conference [...]

Zimbabwe Indy newspaper editors win Supreme Court referral

Published on: 31st July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Magistrate Moses Murendo has okayed an application for referral to the Supreme Court of a case in which Zimbabwe Independent editor Vincent Kahiya and news editor Constantine Chimakure, are facing allegations of “publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the state”.
Chimakure and Kahiya are being charged for the publishing or communicating falsehoods under section [...]

Daily News gets license

Published on: 30th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday issued an operating license to a local newspaper group forced to close down by the state five years ago, a move which suggests the new unity government intends to open up the media.
A special committee set up by the Information Ministry nearly two years ago said [...]

Zimbabwe Airforce intimidates opposition supporters

Published on: 30th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – MUTOKO – The airforce is intimidating villagers in Mashonaland East provinces, swooping overheard at MDC rallies in a desperate bid to intimidate villagers.
The 21 Infantry battalion is being the latest actions, which have sent shockwaves in the rural communities. The Airforce-led intimidation is being carried out despite futile calls for national healing.
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Zimbabwe Deputy Youth minister back in jail, remand hearing Friday

Published on: 30th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – MDC Youth Assembly Chairman and deputy Youth Minister, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, who was arrested on Tuesday on allegations of stealing a cellphone, was on Thursday remanded in custody to Friday when a bail ruling will be made.
Harare Magistrate Kudakwashe Njerambini will make a bail ruling on the case Friday morning after he [...]

Mnangagwa says generals not legally bound to salute Tsvangirai

Published on: 30th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The Minister of Defence Emmerson Mnangagwa has told Parliament that army generals are not legally bound to salute the Prime Minister, but said there might be a moral obligation to salute senior civilians in the country.
Mnangagwa said in response to a question by an MDC legislator that service chiefs were only [...]

Minister Chamisa launches website

Published on: 29th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The Ministry of Information Communication Technology yesterday launched its website – a development that is expected to market the country’s re-branding process.
Officially launching the website in Harare, ICT Minister Nelson Chamisa said the website would be used to market Zimbabwe.
Minister Chamisa said plans were underway to come up with a [...]

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