http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ HARARE – A Masvingo magistrate yesterday acquitted Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) senior official Joel Hita on charges of organising a photo exhibition in Masvingo showing the 2008 election brutality. The magistrate also found ZimRights not guilty. The trial failed to commence last August and was postponed indefinitely because the State was not [...]
http://www.dailynews.co.zw MASVINGO – Police have warned of a possible outbreak of political violence as the country enters another stage in the constitution making process. The law enforcement agents also said there was a likelihood elections slated for this year or early next year could be characterised by violence. Speaking during the Zimbabwe Republic Police [...]
http://www.dailynews.co.zw HARARE – A bogus Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer was sentenced to 245 hours of community service after he was found guilty of fraud. Magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi had sentenced Brian Mukiwa, 23, to 15 months behind bars but suspended four months on condition of good behavior. Another four were also suspended on condition [...]
http://www.dailynews.co.zw/i HARARE – UK Development minister Andrew Mitchell has rejected civil society calls to audit Zimbabwe’s $7 billion debt before admitting the southern African county into the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (Hipc) initiative. Hipc is a debt relief programme managed by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank [...]
http://www.thezimbabwemail.com ZIMBABWE’S national defence policy is premised on the need to counter the illegal regime change agenda sponsored by some Western countries in the past decade, Defence Minister, Emmerson “Ngwena” Mnangagwa said yesterday. Minister Mnangagwa said this in a lecture to army officers attending the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 25 at the [...]
http://www.swradioafrica.com/ South Africa is facing criticism for appearing to be actively preventing asylum seekers from seeking protection in the country, with policies that are in contravention of the country own Refugees Act. According to the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) group, a recent policy change has made it mandatory for new applicants for asylum [...]