On this day in 2004, Zimbabwean politician Paul Madzore was arrested. He was charged for vandalising property in which he had threw a stone at one of the car parks in Harare
Read More →On this day in 2000, former member of parliament, Henry Swan Elsworth died at the age of 70. He was shot on his way back to his farm. His Son accused independence war veterans and supppoters of the ruling party who had been tyring to take their farm arguing that there were responsible for his […]
Read More →On this day in 2014, the late former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe blamed Mujuru for corruption and plotting to kill him. Misheck Sibanda asserted that RG Mugabe exercised his authority by releasing the honourable Joice Mujuru with immediate effect. Mrs Mujuru responded with denying the claim that was pondered to her by saying […]
Read More →On this day in 2020, students gathered on campus in a bid to protest the university conclusion of requiring students to repeat the 2019-2020 academic year. In violating section 37 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law act which prohibits meeting with the purpose of promoting public violence, resulted in nine of them to be arrested.
Read More →On this day in 1924, Zimbabwean born Dennis Vincent Brutus was born in Salisbury. Brutus moved to South Africa were he give way to a series of anti-apartheid related activities. In 1963, he was arrested for 18 months for refusing to abide by the ban. Subsequently, his zeal in learning made him to pursue in […]
Read More →On this day in 2017, Zimbabwe’s former finance minister Ignatius Chombo was abducted in Harare. In giving his report, Chombo pointed out that mysterious man took him and kept him for a week in an incognite location. More important still, at some point he was charged of corruption, but unfortunately Lovemore Madhuku pointed out that […]
Read More →On this day in 2001, war veterans and ZANU-PF leaders assembled in Bulawayo and marched to City Hall under police escort and armed with axes, sticks and sjamboks. Along the way bystanders were targeted for violent attack, especially whites. One old woman had her windscreen smashed and was beaten. She later had to have glass […]
Read More →On this day in 2020, in Harare, Award winning journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono faces charges fot ‘abusing’ social media to obstruct justice. It is said that, the local and international watchdogs who blames Zimbabwe’s government on trying to strifle critical voices, fueled the outcry for Hopewell. David Coltart, a member for Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights […]
Read More →On this day, in 2020, in Harare, detained journalist Hopewell Chin’ono had initially been charged with contravening Section 184 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform). The Act which deals with defeating or obstructing the course of justice when he appeared in court.
Read More →Hopewell Chin’ono on Tuesday 3 November 2020 was again arrested in Harare for the charges of writing in support of anti-government protest on his twitterr account. Subsequantly, he open another twitter account in which he wrote about corruption, together criticising President Mnangagwa and and his government. His lawyer, Gift Mtisi argues that the charges laid […]
Read More →On this day in 2015 in Harare, journalist Chinawo Farawo and Brian Chitemba were arrested for publishing falsehood after implicating some senior police officers as part of the group behind elephant killings in Hwange National Park. According to Section 31 of the Criminal Law, there were then detained on this day.
Read More →On this day in 2004, the late Mr. Roy Leslie Bennett filed an application seeking his release pending the determination of an appeal he had lodged with the Supreme Court and constitutional challenges which was to be instituted by him.
Read More →Zimbabwe court on Monday 21 October 2019 granted bail to 10 informal traders, who were severely assaulted and tortured by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers in an incident in which an inmate passed away while in prison custody.
Read More →On this day in 2015, members of the Johane Masowe eChishanu sect led by Madzibaba Ishmael Mufani attacked the Zimbabwe Republic Police with stones and knobkerries in Budidriro, Harare. This hostile confrontation took place after president of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe Archbishop Johannes Ndanga had announced the the sect should be banned after […]
Read More →On this day in 2015, Chikurubi prisoners protested against poor food quality. The protest resulted in the death of one prisoner while eleven others including prison guards sustained injuries. Chikurubi Maximum Prison is Zimbabwe’s largest correctional facility and it houses hundreds of prisoners.
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