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BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Chitungwiza Resident Trust (Chitrest) yesterday moved in to block Chitungwiza Council from executing random demolition of houses through their lawyers who demanded a report on the regularisation of the stands which they claimed had been done by the affected individuals. This was after a leaked memorandum dated January 12, 2021 announced that there were plans to demolish over 11 000 illegal structures in the dormitory town, subject to a court order. Chitungwiza Municipality has over the years threatened to demolish thousands of houses built on spaces reserved for clinics, churches, schools, cemeteries, recreational activities, roads and under high-voltage electricity pylons. Chitrest, through its lawyers Tinashe Chinopfukutwa and Idirashe Chikomba yesterday wrote to council demanding a list of the stand numbers to be demolished instead of the demolitions being executed as a random exercise. The lawyers noted that council’s director of works acknowledged the need for council to obtain valid court orders authorising the demolitions. However, last year the council demolished houses without obtaining a court order. “In terms of section 74 of the Constitution, Chitungwiza Municipality is enjoined to obtain court orders authorising the demolition of all the houses specified in the Chitungwiza demolition report of 12 January 2020. “We note that the report which specifies areas to be demolished does not identify the individual stand numbers and properties targeted for demolitions. The demolition report merely makes globular identification of sites to be demolished without identifying the individual stand numbers or properties,” read the letter from Chitrest. “Our clients also advise us that several residents, whose houses are located in the various sites targeted for demolitions, were invited by the Chitungwiza Municipality to pay regularisation penalties and paid for the purchase of the properties.” The lawyers argued that the residents duly paid the regularisation penalties and the purchase prices in terms of the offer extended to them by council. “Should council proceed to demolish the houses in terms of a report of 12 January 2021, then residents, who paid regularisation penalties, risk their houses being unlawfully demolished as the identification of sites targeted for demolitions does not specify which individual property is being targeted for demolition,” they said. The lawyers added: “In any event, council cannot reprobate and approbate by requesting and receiving regularisation penalties and stand purchase price in one breadth and in another breadth move in to demolish the same properties in respect of which regularisation penalties were paid.” The lawyers said should the demolition report not be revised, they would institute legal proceedings for the same to be set aside. Follow Harriet on Twitter @harrietchikand1
The court enjoys global jurisdiction.
Investigators will now need the authorization of the court’s judges to open a probe. Bensouda appealed for support from Nigeria’s government.
She said the army has dismissed accusations against government troops after examining them.
Boko Haram strictly opposes formal education. In 2015, Nigeria enlisted the support of neighbors Chad, Cameroon and Niger to try and defeat the group.
While the joint operations made the group lose considerable territory, they have not been able to wipe it out.
The ICC has conducted investigations in several African countries. In Sudan, Libya and Ivory Coast, former leaders were indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity after the investigations.
[Monitor] President Museveni yesterday paid tribute to the second deputy Prime Minister, Alhajji Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, as a committed patriot, who contributed to their liberation struggles.
THE National Broadband Initiative which is expected to cost US$237 million for its execution as Government seeks to create universal Internet access is to be owned and managed by the private sector through a publicly listed special purpose vehicle (SPV), chair of the task force Michael Lee-Chin has divulged.
When you've got a higher net worth than Bill Gates, it's a big deal: Elon Musk is now the second-richest man in the world - and the top spot is in sight.
By Victor Omondi An Arkansas state senator who is vying for U.S. congressional seat in November was the second Black student to attend her local public high school. Her older sister was the first. In case she’s elected in November, Joyce Elliott will be the first Black lawmaker in Congress from Arkansas. During her campaign […]
The numbers are especially concerning to Black communities who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic due to systemic racism affecting health outcomes on all levels.
June 27: Chakwera declared winner
\tMalawi Electoral Commission (MEC) late Saturday declared opposition alliance leader Lazarus Chakwera as the winner of Tuesday’s presidential re-run election.
June 25: Opposition celebrates unofficial Chakwera victory
\tOpposition chief Lazarus Chakwera has ‘taken the lead’ in Malawi’s poll count, according to unofficial results being projected by multiple local media outlets.
The third candidate in the rerun, MMD’s Peter Kuwani has also appealed to the elections body to disqualify incumbent Mutharika and opposition coalition chief Chakwera.
Read more – Malawi election commission appeals for calm as it tallies votes
June 23: Voting ends, ballot counting begins
\tPolls have closed in most parts of Malawi privately-run newspaper The Nation reports.
June 23: Malawians vote in crucial presidential poll rerun despite virus
\tVoters in Malawi have already started casting their ballots today in crucial presidential election rerun pitting incumbent Peter Mutharika and opposition coalition leader Lazarus Chakwera.
The events of 2020 have underscored the ever-present necessity of Life Yard’s mission for the past six years – connecting the youth within the inner city with opportunities to transform their lives through the arts and agriculture. Located smack in...
By DAVID CRARY and ELANA SCHOR Associated Press As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama. Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every major proposal on their wish lists. Among them: Lifting the Trump administration's near-total ban on military service for transgender people, barring federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ job discrimination, and creating high-level LGBTQ-rights positions at the State Department, the National Security Council and other federal agencies. In many cases the measures would reverse […]
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a remembrance of 'a dear friend and a treasured colleague,' the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Chief Justice John Roberts paid tribute to Ginsburg, who died last month, as the court resumed its work via telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic. The justices are beginning a new term with Republicans on the cusp of realizing a dream 50 years in the making, a solid conservative majority that might roll back abortion rights, expand gun rights and shrink the power of […]
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The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban indoor dining and limit the number of people inside certain venues, part of an order by the county executive to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus amid a recent surge in cases.
Taylor Family
Before she was a hashtag or a headline, before protesters around the country chanted her name, Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old woman who played cards with her aunts and fell asleep watching movies with friends.
Now, as protesters around the country have taken up her name in their call for racial justice and an end to police violence, Taylor's friends and family remember the woman they knew and loved: someone who cared for others and loved singing, playing games, cooking, checking up on friends.
Bianca Austin and Tahasha Holloway, both aunts to Breonna Taylor, stand outside Austin's home in Louisville, Ky.
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Breonna Taylor's name has become the foremost emblem of the protests against police violence in Louisville.
A study conducted by Harvard University’s Department of Housing Studies revealed that half of Americans who rent are either severely rent-burdened or moderately rent-burdened. For African Americans and Hispanics, researchers at Harvard determined a triple pandemic for those communities. Black and Hispanic households were “much more likely to contract COVID-19, suffer lost income, and face housing insecurity as a result of the pandemic,” the researchers concluded.
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Mali Still Under Plagued by a Jihadist Presence
Islamist jihadists launched several attacks in the North of Africa. French army bases in Kidal, Gao, Ménaka in northern Mali were targeted by rocket and shell fire on Monday.
According to the French army spokesman Thomas Romiguier, only the base of (Minusma) located near the French camp in Kidal suffered some damage.
The attack — claimed by the Sahel branch of Al-Qaeda was condemned by the United Nations whose source from within their mission in Kidal reported about ten shells.
This was one of several Al Qaeda-linked terrorist affronts in the North of Africa as Barkhane forces were simultaneously targeted on Monday morning in northern Mali — which has been the setting of jihadist violence since 2012 in spite of the efforts from the UN and foreign allies to subdue the crisis.
Monday, Nov. 30, was a big day for African Americans and national politics. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced members of its initial senior leadership team who will lead their Presidential Inaugural Committee. The committee is tasked with organizing activities surrounding the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, 2021. Two of the members … Continued
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By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer The coronavirus pandemic has posed daunting challenges for houses of worship across the U.S., often entailing large financial losses and suspension of in-person services. It also has sparked moments of gratitude, wonder and inspiration. In the Chicago suburb of Cary, Lutheran pastor Sarah Wilson recorded a sermon aboard a small plane piloted by a congregation member. The video that went online showed a high-up view of idyllic landscapes. 'It was very spiritual,' Wilson said. In New York, Episcopal priest Steven Paulikas heard from someone in France who watched a service via Facebook. 'I loved […]
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We'd wager that Lindiwe Zulu isn't the only person who has been worrying about the SRD R350 grant, given that half of all applicants haven't been paid.
Ethereum, Ripples XRP, litecoin and chainlink are the world’s largest cryptocurrencies after bitcoin and so they’ve all of the sudden soared this week. Ethereum, XRP, litecoin and chainlink, with a…
Lowe's, the home improvement giant, has apologized for forcing a teen to change out of his Black Panther shirt after a customer claimed it was racist.
The School Nutrition Programme will continue running during the school break and children can access meals from their nearest school, the department has said.
