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Woes continue mounting for armed robbery suspect, Edson Mashamhanda, who was rearrested on Wednesday for allegedly robbing a Harare man of over US$8 000, while the former was still on bail for another alleged heist, after investigations this week revealed that he is linked to the theft of $300 000 worth of fuel coupons and US$8 950 from a local company.
Mashwede Holdings lost over US$100 000, R42 000 and $14 000 worth of fuel coupons to five workers and nine suspected robbers, who ransacked safes at the premises before vanishing with two firearms and 20 live rounds of ammunition.
Zimbabwe’s newspaper editors often find themselves consulting newspaper vendors on lead stories as competition to sell their papers threatens the viability of most publications. This came out at a recent Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) meeting with members of the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) in Harare on Saturday. Former NewsDay editor and guest […]
By Daniel Nemukuyu Journalists who criminally defame people in the discharge of their duties will now not be arrested following a Constitutional Court ruling yesterday that Section 96 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act criminalising the act is a dead law. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, sitting with eight other judges, granted an application […]
The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that criminal defamation must be repealed because it is undemocratic, following an application by local journalists, Nevanji Madanhire and Nqaba Matshazi.
It seems the death of Nelson Mandela has been rather problematic for the Zimbabwean government. This is seen in the very subdued manner in which the news was received in Harare with something like a blackout on state radio and television.
There has been robust debate recently on the direction Zimbabwean media should take post the July 31 elections which saw the re-emergence of Zanu PF as the dominant political force in the country.
Zimbabwe, as a vibrant democracy is no more; in its place is a country with all the remainders of one-party rule. The apathy that is set to ensue from now onwards is very easy to explain. It will not characterise people in opposition only, but also those in the ruling party.
It was impossible for us adolescent African boys, born and bred in rural areas, where we received our sex education as soon as we realised we were boys and not girls, to agree to the lie that a real man could live without a woman for all his life.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition condemns the ransacking by the police of the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) offices and detention of the Director, Andrew Moyse at Harare Central Police station.