Thokozani Khupe’s opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018. The MDC-T leader paved her way back into Parliament after forcing the expulsion of over two dozen MDC Alliance lawmakers, citing a controversial Supreme Court judgement delivered in March which she said made her the automatic leader of over 100 MDC Alliance MPs and senators and hundreds of councillors. After taking an oath, Khupe declared herself the leader of the opposition in Parliament, telling journalists: “I’m the senior member of the MDC-T, so it follows that I’m the leader of the opposition. “We’re here to work for Zimbabweans to get jobs, food, functioning clinic
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is considering selling diamonds to Israel in a deal that will see highly trained security professionals from Israel coming to train the Zimbabwean Army, Police, and the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation. According to reports, Zimbabwe's honorary consul in Israel, Ronny Levy Musan wants the diamonds sold to Israel directly, rather than selling through buying entities. "In my opinion and as I mentioned, if Zimbabwe uses its mines and its diamonds as guarantees to investors and banks who are willing to give Zimbabwe cash for it, it will help inject huge money into the economy and march Zimbabwe into a new era much faster than it seems." Musan was quoted saying. Two weeks ago, Musan, told Zimbabwe's media that
THE expulsion of MDC Alliance councillors by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has grounded local authorities, which are now failing to get the numbers at committee stages to agree on key decisions, it has emerged. Khupe and her party have been on the rampage, recalling over 160 councillors countrywide and 32 legislators arguing that they have joined another party Cities such as Harare and Bulawayo have been particularly crippled by recalls at a time they are battling service delivery constraints. It has since emerged that in Harare, committees are no longer efficient as they cannot form a quorum for meetings. Harare has at least nine committees and as it stands 27 councillors are expected to serve instead of the usual 46 after the recalls. The MDC-T recalled former ma
Teemak and his Father Bishop Chipunza have stopped communicating with Investors and may of gotten away with over USD $250K. Bishop Chipunza had personally assured the scammed investors that he would make Teemak pay everyone and them his story changes to were he would use his own money to pay the investors. Since these lies from the man of God were made over 3 weeks ago no investors has been paid and both the Bishop and his frauster son Toana Chipunza have stopped communicatiing with Investors and have left all the investment groups. Bishop Chipunza has not responded to messages from investors and Teemak have been hiding for over 2 months now since his scam was exposed. Teemaks sister Namattai Chipunza who was involved in collecting money in thie scheme has a
Job Sikhala Trial Date Set Trial date has been set: By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala :* MP for Zengeza West. The trial date for my alleged offence of inciting Public Violence on the 31st of July 2020, has been set for 30 November 2020. Today on my remand date the State submitted that the docket will be ready on the 15th of October and State papers will be served to me on the 16th of October for the consummation of trial on the 30th of November. I am ready to clear my name on the persecuting illusions of the failed regime of Emmerson Mnangagwa. I want them to show me where I ever called the people of Zimbabwe to violence. Any attempt to allocate Special Projects officers on my case will be viciously and embarrassingly resisted and exposed. We have done a good job to investigat
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe created fake US dollars. In his opposing affidavit in the matter between Duncan Hugh Cocksedge and CABS, the RBZ and the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, dated 20 July 2020, Ncube explained how and why the Government of Zimbabwe created fake United States dollars. Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has admitted that the government created fake United States dollars to cover indebtedness to local institutions. Below is part of Ncube’s submissions at the High Court of Zimbabwe: It was in pursuance of this issue of currency reform that I recognised that the currency we were commonly used as at October 2018 was both in the United States of America and currency which had been created by the
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe held a hastily arranged meeting of the party's standing committee, which officials said was meant to clear the ground for reunification talks with Nelson Chamisa. Daily News however says that the talks would however need to accommodate Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti who joined the coalition in 2017. MDC-T youth assembly chairman for Harare, Paul Gorekore said that the youths were determined to push for dialogue. The meeting was to be held last night. Meanwhile, MDC youths appeared fed up with the factional wars in the main opposition after they seized the iconic Harvest House before vowing to force dialogue between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa. The youths said the action was meant to save the party from collapse as its leaders'
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says scores of individuals were captured and confined across Zimbabwe as specialists mounted an extraordinary clampdown on fights by ace majority rules system campaigners, restriction ideological group individuals and customary residents voicing worry over rising debasement and an intensifying monetary and political emergency in the upset southern African country. In an announcement, the legal counselors' gathering said in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and other requirement officials on Thursday captured four individuals - Advent Mathuthu, Amandlenkosi Mathuthu, Tawana Muchehiwa and Tendai Masotsha - on charges that they had produced and circulated a few flyers advancing a dissent on Friday. Amandlenkosi, Muc
The COVID-19 pandemic is quickly spreading across Africa and an absence of sufficient testing is forestalling medicinal services experts from having the option to survey and battle the spread of the ailment, as indicated by the International Rescue Commitee (IRC). The IRC is a worldwide, nongovernmental association committed to reacting to compassionate emergencies. The quantity of affirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa dramatically increased in July, and in the course of recent months it rose by 500%. Each nation where the IRC is included, in any case, has finished under 8,000 tests for every million individuals. This is as an unmistakable difference to nations like Britain, where there are 205,782 tests for each million. The IRC accepts that since testing l
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says state security powers keep capturing neighborhood individuals and charging them for purportedly taking an interest in sorting out enemy of government fights last Friday. In an announcement, the ZLHR said scores of individuals have just been captured and some are sequestered from everything in various pieces of the nation. The ZLHR said in Bulawayo, police on Sunday captured and kept four occupants - Nyasha William Gwazemba, Nigel Ndlovu, Lydia Muzaba and Methembe Msipha – and accused them of partaking in an open social event with goal to cause open brutality as characterized in area 37 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. Gwazemba, Ndlovu, Muzaba and Msipha, who are spoken to by Bruce Masamvu a
