Framed lawyer freed on bail

Harare(ZimEye)-Rangarirai Zvauya, the government lawyer allegedly framed by CIO operative and (Zanu PF) politician Christopher Mutsvangwa has finally been freed on bail after languishing at Chikurubi Prison farm for two months.
Harare Regional Magistrate William Bhila accepted defence lawyer Lucky Mauwa of Mutezo and Partners’ submission that Zvauya was a strong candidate for acquittal by the High [...]

Corrupt officials selling ARV drugs in Mbare’s black market

HARARE(ZimEye)- Aid agencies operating in Zimbabwe have been urged to take antiviral drugs (ARVs) directly to people with HIV/AIDS amid allegations that some state officials involved in the distribution system were corrupt.
The comments came during a public discussion on access to ARVs held at the United States embassy here on Tuesday.
The main speaker at the [...]

No romance without finance- China tells Zimbabwe

(ANALYSIS)- The Chinese government has said it will not give Zimbabwe any more loans until the country pays up what it already owes, a senior government official has revealed.
Deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara told chief executives of some of the country’s largest companies here Thursday that the message had been reinforced in Davos, Switzerland recently [...]

Chiyangwa snaps up shares in Meikles amid tensions

Harare (ZimEye) A consortium involving controversial businessman Phillip Chiyangwa last week concluded its takeover of a significant part of the Meikles group after buying $17 million worth of shares from mobile phone operator Econet.
The deal was announced last year, but was only concluded last week on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
Chiyangwa’s Loakcape Investments, whose chairman is [...]

Zimbabwe-Lawyers demand government protection

Harare(ZimEye) Zimbabwean lawyers have demanded government protection in the face of increased attacks by state officials linked to President Robert Mugabe, including Attorney-General Johannes Tomana and his nephew Michael Mugabe.
Their petition was presented to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the Supreme Court, Parliament Speaker Lovemore Moyo and Senate President Edna Madzongwe.
“Lawyers in private practice have been [...]

Mugabe orphanage looted by war vets

Goromonzi(ZimEye)Auxillia Chonyera breaks down in tears as she relates the dire state of affairs at Mbuya Nehanda orphanage, set up by the late Sally Mugabe Trust in 1997.
Chonyera, the assistant matron of the orphanage, relates vividly the horrors she and more than 100 children faced in 2008 after the government failed to provide assistance as [...]

Journalists’ union elections were a fraud – Mangudya

Harare(ZimEye)The losing candidate in the recent Zimbabwe Union of Journalists elections, Godwin Mangudya who filed an urgent High Court application to reverse the results of the election has said that the election was a fraud.
Mangudya told ZimEye that the election was out of order as he was not notified of the venue as per procedure, [...]

Award exposes the dangers of investigative journalism in Africa

When the ZimEye Editor commissioned me several months ago to do an investigation into the goings on at the state broadcaster ZBC I was elated.
We had a good story, with willing sources and I was confident that something big would come out of it.
As soon as I started work on it, however, one of my [...]

ZANU PF violence flares up in Masvingo

BIKITA(ZimEye)A Bikita man was recently beaten and evicted from his home by Zanu PF supporters in worsening attacks on Movement for Democratic Change members in Masvingo Province.
The onslaught on the MDC has dampened hopes for a quick end to the frustrating inter-party squabbles that have rocked the government of national unity (GNU) for months.
In Bikita [...]

NGOs boycott of Zimbabwe’s government to continue

Harare(ZimEye)Non-governmental organizations in Zimbabwe have vowed to continue a boycott of government functions in protest over continuing arrests of aid workers, an official has said.
National Association of Non Governmental Organizations (NANGO) board secretary Godwin Phiri told ZimEye that a boycott of a conference convened by justice minister Patrick Chinamasa on October 28-30 was just a [...]

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