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ZACC goes after US$13m external assets
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started the process to track down, seize and repatriate movable and immovable assets worth more than US$13 million acquired by Zimbabweans in five fo...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Malaba faces a mountain to climb in his bid to stay on
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba's has a mountain to climb in his bid to extend his reign beyond 15 May 2021 when he is due to retire at 70: he needs to overcome hurdles around Constitutional Amen...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 2156 | by Staff reporter
Girl child heavily affected by school closures
RURAL children, particularly the girl child will be the most affected by the closure of schools due to the COVID-19-induced period, legal consultant and educationist Miriam Tose Majome has said....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets
A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles wor...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between bitter election losers Khupe and Trump
Is it even possible to make such comparisons between Madam Thokozani Khupe and Donald Trump regarding the shenanigans of the two politicians' elections defeat? Yes, it is possible; this is a global vi...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:30hrs | 835 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa adviser's company seeks TV licence
Interviews by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) for six slots available for free-to-air television licences began on Monday and are expected to run until the 21st of this month.Four...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3952 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swears in Zimbabwe Media Commission members
President Mnangagwa has sworn in members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission at the State House in Harare.The swearing in ceremony was attended by President Mnangagwa's two deputies Dr Constantin...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Zacc Commissioner suspended over corruption
A member of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Frank Muchengwa, has been suspended for misconduct pending a tribunal that will look into what have been described as "corruption allegations" to s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
ZACC seizes US$8m mansions, luxury cars
TEN mansions and 22 luxury vehicles worth US$8 million were recently seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) from high-profile figures who failed to account for their source of wealth...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Are men still legally relevant to women?
ARE Zimbabwean men falling into legal obscurity or perhaps they already have? There was a time when en were indispensible in the legal lives of women, but many things have changed and continue to. ...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1585 | by Miriam Tose Majome
What becomes of unwanted babies?
IT is a common national habit to turn a blind eye or be very judgmental about problems that we are too uncomfortable to deal with such as unwanted teen pregnancies or the necessity of providing contra...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:37hrs | 379 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Old and homeless abroad
HUNCHED back pensioners hobble between laden supermarket trollies clutching baskets with a few meagre provisions three or four tomatoes, an onion or two for the usual potato broth for three nights' su...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1490 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Young people, your country needs you
Talking success to a cross section of young Zimbabwean teens from across the economic spectrum, one theme was common.They all want to leave the country when they finish school. They do not see...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 209 | by Miriam Tose Majome
MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1316 | by Jonathan Chando
Mashakada must have stood with Khupe long back: Norman Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said if Tapiwa Mashakada had stood up with Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora and Jessie Majome and defendenfed the party constitution against the vultures curren...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3082 | by Stephen Jakes
Is the black American fight ours?
American race relations have once again been the focus of the world's attention after violent riots in the aftermath of yet another killing of a black man by a white policeman. The majority of...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 482 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Corruption and leadership sincerity
IT is not enough for the political leadership to merely give speeches about fighting corruption and setting up anti corruption bodies if nothing tangible is seen and achieved. Zimbabweans are not comp...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:31hrs | 868 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3790 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Death, secrecy and online assets
PEOPLE are advised and rightly so to ensure tight protection of their online data and other personal information held in electronic format. Protecting data helps against unauthorised access and crimin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 531 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Private schools behaving badly
Private schools are not exempt from the Education Act although some act like they are. The Education Act does not apply only to government schools but to all schools which operate in Zimbabwe regardle...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 16832 | by Miriam Tose Majome
These strange funerals
In 2004 I attended a bizarre funeral ever. It took place in sleepy tiny English village on the outskirts of Salisbury, Wiltshire County, United Kingdom. I had taken a temporary live-in care worker job...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1554 | by Miriam Tose Majome
A win for constitutionalism in Zimbabwe
AWAY from the previous article's talk of the Supreme Court ruling where it upheld the High Court's verdict rendering Nelson Chamisa an illegitimate leader of the MDC-T, the Constitutional Court in a c...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 934 | by Thabani Mnyama
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is failing the MDC-Alliance dismally! I should be forgiven if I say he is an implant
You do not need to be a lawyer to recognize the chronic errors MDC-Alliance made after Richard Morgen Tsvangirai's death. It is equally surprising that a political party blessed with several lawyers, ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 8645 | by Nomazulu Thata
Stop complaining and get involved!
IT would be remiss to not ac-knowledge the outpouring of responses to last week's article entitled What are Zimbabweans known for. It touched a raw nerve with many people, especially those who deliber...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1060 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Open letter to Miriam Majome on article entitled, 'What are Zimbabweans known for'
Dear Miriam,Thank you very much for your most interesting article, entitled, "What are Zimbabweans known for", dealing with how Zimbabwe is perceived globally, largely due to our (Zimbabweans)...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:39hrs | 2388 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The challenges of implementing the Khupe judgment
THE implementation of the Thokozani Khupe judgment tells us no more, and no less, than we should know about the legitimacy of a court judgment. In political and legal sequence, it describes the growth...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 5949 | by Sharon Hofisi
What are Zimbabweans known for?
IT matters how a nation portrays itself and how it is perceived by the world. How nations are per-ceived determines critical decisions by outsiders such as investment, tourism, international relations...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:50hrs | 12220 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zacc commissioner staying away from MDC
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Jessie Majome will not be going back to the MDC regardless of the Supreme Court ruling which reinstated structures elected at the party congress...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 4138 | by Staff reporter
Harare's chickens coming home to roost
FOR the umpteenth time, Harare City Council is trying to restore order in the city. It is taking ad-vantage of the COVID-19 crisis and the void created by the lockdown to destroy illegal structures. ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 12143 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Pressure group demands Jessie Majome's removal as ZACC commissioner
A LOCAL youth pressure group has petitioned National Assembly Speaker, Jacob Mudenda demanding the immediate removal of Jessie Majome as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner while a...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:05hrs | 3775 | by newzimbabwe
Cecil John Rhodes: The ghost of Zimbabwe
We commemorate the 40th independence day by taking a brief history course into the life and legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, the notorious kingmaker of what we now know as our country. Like the ig...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:44hrs | 2908 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe politics, a dash of populism minus due process
ZIMBABWE is largely a politically polarised nation with most people exhibiting clear bias towards their preferred political outfit or individual. This is always more apparent when a politician does so...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 322 | by Thabani Mnyama
MDC, MDC-A or MDC-T?
This post explores the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision against the MDC.Whilst the judgment is binding on the MDC, its members have insisted on the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) identity and ass...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:12hrs | 3467 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
MDC going by the wind
RECENT infighting in the MDC has exposed the ideological decay that has characterised the party since its formation.At its formation, the MDC professed to be a social democratic movement that ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 420 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Open letter to Reuben Tendai Mbofana
Dear Tendai, I have just finished reading your article that stood out from many other articles I have just read today in Bulawayo 24. Although your contribution was more of a religious Good Fr...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1598 | by Nomazulu Thata
The danger of conspiracy theories
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a conspiracy theory as "the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties. It is motivated by the belief that s...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:10hrs | 641 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Prayer or science in the face of COVID-19
"If churches are being shut down for the purpose of saving lives. Was there a need for them in the first place? Even church pastors are waiting for the coronavirus to clear so they can continue healin...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:27hrs | 984 | by Miriam Tose Majome
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1431 | by Nomazulu Thata
Advocate Miriam Tose Majome: noch etwas, noch etwas!!
I read your articles with great interest because I know there is a message always for me to take home with. Your last two articles; "Public Drinking and Educated Fools" and "Black Business and Superst...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1365 | by Nomazulu Thata
Black business and superstition
SUPERSTITIOUS beliefs and practices have negative consequences and thus need to be curbed to avoid society breaking down into medieval mayhem, something which is quite easy to do as illustrated in the...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:01hrs | 1159 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Public drinking and educated fools
WEEKEND afternoons in Harare as any Zimbabwean town go like this: The viscous African sun beats down furiously as gentle tropical breezes flirt pleasantly about.Gleaming SUVs and battere...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1757 | by Miriam Tose Majome
MDC's greatest misconception… that demonstrations and violence will lead to power
The violence-prone Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), since its introduction in the country's political arena 20 years ago has not been able to dislodge ZANU PF from its stranglehold on power and h...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1834 | by Dr Claver Nyuki
Gutu rubbishes links to mysterious High Court job
FORMER MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu has been linked to the mysterious post of High Court prosecutor, days after ditching the Thokozani Khupe led opposition party citing "personal and private reason...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 13:03hrs | 3206 | by Staff reporter
Noose hangs over bigwigs as ZACC sharpens its claws
The anti-corruption drive has moved a gear up towards prosecution of individuals fingered in graft, with fresh revelations the Attorney-General's Office is now being ropped in to team up with the Nati...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3149 | by Staff Reporter
Zacc tables $100m budget for 2020
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday suggested that a $100 million budget for 2020 would suffice for the anti-graft body, which is also seeking to be allowed to retain a percentage...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Court set to hear bid to nullify PG appointment
The Constitutional Court is today set to hear an application filed by Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe, who is seeking to nullify Kumbirai Hodzi's appointment as the substantive prosecutor general of Zi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Mupfumira prison conditions
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday descended on Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison to investigate allegations that incarcerated former Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Pr...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2346 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Magistrate dismisses Mnangagwa plotters' application
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for temporary release of the passport for one of the seven human rights activists who are facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutionally-...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
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