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'2018 elections were free and Mnangagwa won; Americans know it.' claimed Cross. A lie, dismissed with contempt it deserve
I have heard Eddie Cross say a lot of rubbish over the years but his latest claim that the 2018 elections were free, fair and credible, Mnangagwa won and the Americans knew it; takes the biscuit. He m...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:18hrs | 651 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chivayo begs Mukanya to accept his gifts
Wickell Chivayo strongly criticized journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in response to his remarks following musician Thomas Mapfumo's refusal of a contentious businessperson's car and home gifts.In ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:47hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Officers in darkness as police fail to pay Zesa connection fees
AT least eight police officers including a police superintendent are living in the darkness because their employer has not paid electricity connection fees at their allocated pool houses within the mu...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:32hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Health Services Commission boss arrested while receiving US$600 bribe
Health Services Commission Legal Manager and lawyer, Wilson Matsika has landed in the dock on allegations of demanding US$1,000 bribe from an expelled employee who was fighting to be reinstated into t...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:36hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
A Tale of Corporate Fraud, the contrasting Cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe
Corporate fraud has plagued both South Africa and Zimbabwe, with high-profile cases shedding light on the flaws in their respective financial systems. Thi...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 836 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Ramaphosa goes after Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula?
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to hand herself over to the police in Pretoria on Friday as factionalism within the African National Congress reaches fever pitch.The Mail and Guardian publ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:38hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Ferret members in R22k extortion storm
FIVE members of the Ferret team deployed at Beitbridge to fight cross-border crime have been caught up in a bribery and extortion storm.The team faces charges of demanding money from a B...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's niece arrested
ZIMBABWE Miners' Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has been arrested on allegations involving an undisclosed mining transaction.Last night police said they would not release any details ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:29hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man got top job using fake SA permit
Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has called on the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe irregularities at the department.This comes after an illegal foreign national from Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 13:00hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt female cops arrested
TWO female police members stationed at Mbare Police Station in Harare were caught collecting bribes from motorists who wanted their impounded vehicles released.Victoria Shoriwa (36) and Naume ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 06:18hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1660 | by Wilbert Mukori
Targeted sanctions were inevitable
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my deduction is that targeted sanctions were inevitable. It does not augur well for Zimbabwe that you are the first sitting President to be des...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 279 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Bid to block judge from NSSA's US$30m saga flops
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by a local housing company to bar a Supreme Court judge from hearing a case in which they are claiming US$30 million awarded to them by a lower cou...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer in US$3,000 bribe
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who allegedly demanded a US$3 000 bribe to release a truck he had impounded yesterday appeared before Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing a charge ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer in court for extorting US$1,900 from trucker
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officer has been dragged to court accused of demanding and receiving US$1,900 bribe from a trucker whom he caught smuggling fuel.Kespa Chabata, 57, appeare...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha duo in court for bribing Zimra officer
TWO omalayitsha are set to appear in court facing charges of offering a bribe to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) official at Beitbridge Border Post.In a statement, the National Prosecutin...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:11hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya rape witnesses develop cold feet
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it is still pursuing a case in which PHD Ministries leader, Walter Magaya, is being accused of allegedly sexually abusing women despite indications that some ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by a 'corrupt business network' says the US
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa is involved in corrupt activities, in particular those relating to gold and diamond smuggling networks, United States President Joe Biden and his government say...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 2311 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi senior cops bribed by Zinyama
TENSION remains high in Matebeleland South's Insiza district after marauding machete gangs invaded villages last week where they attacked people over a mining claim dispute.A numbe...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Slender-built female cop stuns judges
A slender-built female cop stunned judges at the High Court in Masvingo last week when she brought down a convicted fraudster who bolted out of the dock, tried to run out of the courtroom knocking dow...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 18:37hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
'US's new sanctions on Mnangagwa ineffective'
The new regime of sanctions against Zimbabwe's top government officials and their enablers is new wine in an old wineskin and will not achieve anything in bringing change to the country, analysts have...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:48hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate in dock over grocery bribe
A SENIOR magistrate stationed at Murehwa Magistrates Court, Terrence Mashaire, who is accused of receiving bribes in the form of groceries and stationary, was yesterday remanded out of custody on US$1...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
4 VID Depot officers face probe
AT least four Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers based at Chitungwiza Depot are facing investigations on allegations of soliciting money from people acquiring driver's licences and learner...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Once, rather vote for monkeys just to be rid of Zanu PF; now monkeys rather than imploding CCC
"A FORMER AFRICAN LEADER URGES MNANGAGWA TO STEP DOWN" screamed the headlines by Correspondent in WINDHOEK NAMIBIA circulating in social media."Several former Heads Of States and Government wh...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:49hrs | 628 | by Wilbert Mukori
Is Zimbabwe punching above its belt?
Once a bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe is now a case of the continent. A once-promising country is now mired with challenges like election rigging, economic collapse, high inflation and abuse of stat...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:47hrs | 236 | by Leonard Koni
Gold Mafia exposes Mnangagwa's US$240m election war chest
SELF-STYLED prophet and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large Uebert Madzanire, aka Uebert Angel, has claimed that Mnangagwa will spend US$240 million for his re-election bid.Appe...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
Why close Sekunjalo Bank account when Steinhoff is still having one?
The decision to shut down the Sekunjalo Group's bank accounts and associated companies is a clear case of discrimination masquerading as concern over "reputational risk."Ongoing legal battles ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 08:12hrs | 227 | by Edmond Phiri
'Future depends on CCC leaders finding each other to defeat Zanu PF.' Who/what stopped them last 23 years?
"As the man he has always been, @DavidColtart has maturely advised anyone opposed to ZANUPF corrupt rule to not fight to kill each other.He realises that these opposition fights have only one bene...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 387 | by Wilbert Mukori
Shock as ZANU PF MPs demand incentives for Mnangagwa's 3rd term bid
In a surprising turn of events, members of parliament have reportedly demanded incentives, including cash and land, in exchange for their support of President Mnangagwa's bid for a third term in offic...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 14:28hrs | 1536 | by Samkeliso Ncube
Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu reported to ZACC...amidst massive corruption allegations
Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Tourism, and International Trade, Mangaliso Ndlovu, is under scrutiny for alleged corruption and misconduct. Citizens Against Corruption, a prominent local org...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 12:55hrs | 3982 | by George Tshuma
Mnangagwa must not exempt state entities from scrutiny
GOVERNANCE watchdogs has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa discard his gazetted General Notice 164B of 2024 which exempts 21 key state entities from complying with the Public Procurement and ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 20:03hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Land war rages as bigwigs clash
A FIGHT for vast tracts of land pitting former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, a private developer and former minister Didymus Mutasa has spilled into the public domain with Mliswa accusing his partn...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
CID officers up for torture
A HARARE man was left passing blood-stained urine after he was severely tortured by two Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers in a bid to force him to admit to theft charges.The CI...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:19hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over inhumane evictions
GOVERNMENT has been criticised for carrying out inhumane mass evictions in Masvingo and Chiredzi, among other areas, leaving families homeless.The latest wave of farm evictions targeting land ...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:24hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo being investigated by ZACC
A leaked memo has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into the source of funds of controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, following his lavish...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:04hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo blames legal nightmares on Chiyangwa
Bribery accused former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo will know his fate on March 4 this year when Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande delivers her judgement on his case....Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 20:37hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Harare tops Zimbabwe's corruption list
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has revealed in its 2022 annual report that Harare constituted the highest number of suspected corruption cases, with over 70%.In its fourth repo...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 20:33hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Bribe taking cops jailed
Two Beitbridge-based police officers have each been jailed for an effective 18 months after taking a bribe from a suspect arrested for illegal possession of drugs at Lutumba Growth Point.The S...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 20:30hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Matanga told to guard Chitando's docket
A FIRM embroiled in a fight for control of gold claims at a Bindura mine has petitioned the commissioner general of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Godwin Matanga, over a docket opened against form...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:27hrs | 3548 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slides further on the corruption index
ZIMBABWE has continued to perform dismally in fighting graft after scoring 24 out of 100, below the regional average of 33 on the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. Tran...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:54hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
ZESA technicians arrested in stand-off with top prosecutor Reza
Two ZESA technicians were arrested and later released on Sunday after they were blocked from accessing a house in Harare's Kambuzuma suburb where faulty underground cables have left a shopping centre ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Armed SA man arrested while transporting 23 undocumented Ethiopians from Zimbabwe
Police at Sebayeng in Limpopo have arrested 25 undocumented foreign nationals for contravention of the Immigration Act.The group of men, aged between 20 and 44 years, were arrested at Solomond...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Mahere has resigned as CCC MP, jumped before she was pushed. Madam, spare us the sauce!
If anyone thought there was peace and quiet in the country's main opposition party after Nelson Chamisa abandoned MDC A to form the new political party CCC, they were wrong. The period from the launch...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 11:08hrs | 2392 | by Wilbert Mukori
SAPS arrest 4 Zimbabwe men with R313,000 smuggled cigarettes
South African authorities have arrested four Zimbabweans aged between 25 and 45, in the Modjadjiskloof police area, for possession of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth R313 050 as they clamp down on...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 19:10hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans arrested for illicit cigarettes and bribery in Limpopo
Four Suspeected are facing charges of possession of illicit cigarettes and bribery after they were arrested by the Police in Limpopo on Wednesday. The suspects, identified as Kudzai Mungate (40), Eshl...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 08:52hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors hire retired Zanu-PF apologist as chamber secretary
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Chinhoyi have curiously enlisted the services of retired chamber secretary, Abel Gotora, despite battling for years to fire him in a protracted boar...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:49hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist demands bribe from Auxillia Mnangagwa land beneficiary
A Zanu-PF activist has been dragged to court by visually impaired Zengeza 2 High School deputy head Tendai Muzondiwa who claims being pestered for US$200 protection fee against eviction from one of th...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Goods portering, a way of life in Beitbridge
RIVULTS of sweat run down her face, falling onto her dress as Mai Muku trudges the 472-metre length of the Beitbridge steel girder carrying an awkward-looking and heavy load.Apart from the bri...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
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