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LAWYERS DEMO : DELIVERY OF JUSTICE OR PROTECTING THE CASH COW ?   By Hosia Mviringi 31 January 2019 On 29 January 2019 the nation woke up to the news that Lawyers under the banner of the Law Society of Zimbabwe was demonstrating against lack of or misdelivery of justice in the Courts in Zimbabwe. I write this article with a heavy heart knowing that my brother is a loyal member of the fraternity.I will try to be professional and speak my mind. What baffles the mind is the fact that the Lawyers are officers of the same Courts which they have served under the Law Society of Zimbabwe in defence of the accused for many years since independence.They have not seen this so called misdelivery of justice until only yesterday after the violent demonstration of the 14th of January 2019. What has changed now to warrant the demonstration by the Lawyers against the same Courts to which they have served or are serving as officers and partners ? Lets try to unpack the conundrum. Soon...

Chamisa barred from Tuku's funeral procession at NSS . 26 January 2019  By Hosia Mviringi Leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party MDC Alliance Mr Nelson was seemingly heartbroken today after being turned away at the funeral procession of music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi at the giant National Sports Stadium in Harare. What started off as a promising day for the young opposition leader had to end dramatically with the young leader wiping a sturbon splash of eggs all over his face. Reliable sources told this writer that the situation came to a head when Mr Chamisa came in his own motorcade and tried to breach security and protocol by demanding to use the VIP entrance and to have a seat in the VIP tent which accomodates senior government officials and all guests of the State. It was not clear why Mr Chamisa made these seemingly outrageous demands which would undoubtedly compromise security of the already seated dignitaries as he would also demand accomodation for his p...

When thugs and thieves  masquerade as citizens and citizens voices are violently silenced: between the rock and the hard surface. By Rev/ Apostle Anglistone T. Sokhulu Sibanda I condemn all forms violence and the use of disproportionate force on anyone and do remind us that human life is sacred and nobody has a right to injure, inflict pain or take away another person's life and  the actions by the state, rogue military personnel, the thugs and terror gangs as well as the instigators are not only barbaric, old fashioned and evil, they are in fact satanic and unacceptable in our nation,counter development and invite God's judgment upon a nation. Zimbabwe is going through yet another sad spate of history when thugoracy or mobocracy reigns supreme and leaves a trail of destruction. When thugs and thieves hijack the citizens' space and purport to be ordinary citizens, having been hired by evil power hungry politicians who would rather have the whole country razed down in ...

CONFESSIONS OF A CROOKED ACTIVIST LINDA MASARIRA REVEALS THE REAL ENEMY OF ZIMBABWE - "THE CIVIL SOCIETY " 22 January 2019 By Zimbo24news Team Popular civil right activist and MDC-T spokesperson Ms Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has revealed the real enemy of Zimbabwe who has indeed held back the nation's progress. According to Masarira the real enemy of Zimbabwe is the Civil Society sector which she says thrives on falsehoods and pepertuation of strife as justification for their existence. According to her account the Civil Socirty actors in Zimbabwe have developed into what she termed 'Career Activists' who view any aura of stability in Zimbabwe as a direct threat to their livelihood.This sha says has gave birth to such organisations as Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition which will do everything to portray Zimbabwe as a nation in Crisis , even during peace times.  Below we publish a full transcript to her confessions... Our problem is not MDC A nor is i...

Dialogue and Engagement is the way to Go- CSCJF 13 January 2019 By Zimbo24news Team The civic society and Churches Joint Forum, a coalition of some of the most prominent Civic Society Oganisations operating in Zimbabwe and some Churches has called for URGENT dialogue between the country's major political parties. The call comes in the wake of a stalemate in the political arena where the polarisation of the old still rules the roost. This is a call for political players to engage in Dialogue as a way of teying to find one another, all for the good of the nation. In a statement the National Coordinator Abigail Mupambi said therw is more to be gained from brotherly dialogue than from acrimonious confrontation. We hereby reproduce the statement. Shut down then what?Demonstrate then what?, Till when? We are tired of these repeated hide and seek games from selfish and merciless politicians who are interested in keeping the nation in circles and at ransom. We lost lives an...

Fuel Price Hikes good for the economy _ By Zimbo24news Team 12 January 2019 Ndinofarira avo vanoti havazivi kana kuti havanzwisisi.Neniwo handizivi uye handinzwisisi, asi ndine mafungiro anguwo.Saka kana ndataura usashora hako kana kutuka.Here is why I am celebrating fuel price increases. We are all in business in one way or another, either you trade in commodities or you exchange your labour for survival.In business we face reality and there is little if any rigging.Our economy has been humstrung mainly by currency/price distortions. Noone can and would want to trade at sub-economic prices.The market had long corrected itself like what Prof Mthuli said in a BBC interview sometime ago as evidenced by a spike in prices of basic commodities. He said he will let the market self correct.If you observe you will discover that every other sector of the economy had long moved from the official 1:1 rate and real market rates were at play and prices had already gone high...

Luxury Vehicles can wait: Pupurai Togarepi . By Zimbo24news Team 08 January 2018 ZANU PF Member of Parliament for Gutu South who is also the Party's Chief whip has boldly declared that his Party Parliamentary caucas agreed to forego their Parliamentary vehicles in solodarity with the nation's long suffering government. He said this decision came as a result of their recognition of the state of our fiscus which he said could not afford to accomodate such luxuries at this moment. Hon. Togarepi said his Party's Parliamentarians decided to lead by example while putting national interests first. Hereunder is his full statement as published on the President's Facebook wall... Our health sector has been bleeding for the past two decades but now as we seek to rebuild and invest in the critical sector we find ourselves confronted by a new challenge, the challenge of striking doctors who are demanding better conditions of service. Of course their concerns are genuine ...