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FULL LIST: President Mnangagwa honours best performing public official
In a prestigious ceremony held at the State House in Harare, President Mnangagwa honored the outstanding performance of several key public officials across various sectors. The event, which mark...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 11:16hrs | 13484 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe govt opposed to the demolition of people's homes
Government is opposed to the demolition of people's homes and will continue regularising informal settlements, with over 1,5 million homeowners set to receive title deeds under the Kwangu/Ngakwami Pre...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:12hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Major shake-up at Deeds Office
A MAJOR shake-up to eliminate corrupt activities in the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Property is underway, The Sunday Mail has learnt.This follows a series of complaints and...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:59hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue withdrawal letters for underutilised farms
the Government will soon issue letters of withdrawal to anyone found to have been underutilising farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme, a senior Government official has said.The Land...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Diplomat dragged to court over Ponzi scheme
A DIPLOMAT linked to an Asian country has been dragged before the Harare Magistrates' Court accused of swindling his countrymen in the diaspora of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme.This em...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:12hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister 'abandons' wife of 15 years, moves in with his new flame
Environment minister and Zanu-PF Matabeleland South chairman Mangaliso Ndlovu was accused of "abandoning" his family on Sunday and moving in with his new flame - a young woman he met while she was on ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:42hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Smart prison for Gwanda
GOVERNMENT is set to construct a smart prison in Gwanda with a capacity of housing 1 300 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest the prison, Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Minister N...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Juvenile sexually exploited for US$1
A 20-YEAR-OLD Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly luring a minor for the purpose of unlawful sexual conduct after she ran away from home.Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje remanded Vimbai Ka...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 20:47hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner sentenced to 52 years for carjacking, armed robbery
FOR Joshua Zirebwa who committed a spate of robberies in Bulawayo and was incarcerated at Khami Prison, it has been 18 years of remorse, regret and above all, a journey of life changing lessons under ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer and seven residents acquitted over repressive MOPO Act
CHIREDZI Magistrate Vimbai Mtukwa on Monday 4 December 2023 acquitted eight Chiredzi residents, who had been on trial for allegedly contravening the provisions of the Maintenance of Peace and Order (M...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 16:13hrs | 272 | by Stephen Jakes
CCC councillors chase stakeholders before boycotting same meeting
There was drama last week at Chiredzi Town Council Boardroom where the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors chased all stakeholders from a special full council meeting to elect a new town c...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:48hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 1256 | by Fred Zindi
Zimbabwean woman wanted for murder in SA
POLICE in South Africa are looking for a Zimbabwean woman identified as Vimbai Muzenda in connection with murder that occured in Groblersdale in the Limpopo Province.According to a media relea...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:56hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests unverified human rights claims
Zimbabwe's delegation to the 77th session of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has formally lodged a complaint regarding unverified allegations made by a panelist from the Pan-A...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors clap Namibia
Namibia 0 - 2 ZimbabweThe Mighty Warriors took a significant step toward securing a spot in the Cosafa Women's Championship semi-finals with an impressive performance in their Group C victory at D...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints line ministries permanent secretaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed deputy chief secretaries, line ministries' permanent secretaries and provincial affairs secretaries for devolution.In a stateme...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:10hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor cries after party loses council chairperson post
A recent incident at Chiredzi Town Council unfolded with unexpected emotions when Charles Njopera, Zanu-PF's ward 4 councilor, found himself in tears after Roger Chikonye of the Citizens Coalition for...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:10hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Cheating businessman axed to death, legs chopped off
A BUSINESSMAN was axed to death, and had his legs chopped off, in a vicious attack on Sunday for allegedly bedding a gold panner's wife.Abia Vimbai Mapininga (67) of Chindavata General Dealer,...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally axed for dating married woman
A 65-year-old man was axed to death after he was accused of dating a married woman. Doubt Dzama assaulted Vimbai Mapininga on the head and leg.The incident occurred on 22 July 2023 at a home i...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Robbers getaway with 150kg gold carbon in Zimbabwe
EIGHT armed robbers raided a mine in Kwekwe early yesterday morning before stealing 150kg of gold carbon, US$140 cash and cellphones.The robbers attacked three people who were sleeping in a ca...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:34hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zim lawyer, seven residents detained over repressive MOPO Act
EIGHT Chiredzi residents in Zimbabwe are languishing in prison after they were denied bail following their arrest charged with contravening the provisions of the repressive Maintenance of Peace and Or...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 11:17hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Water once a week in Gweru
Most suburbs will now receive water once a week until the situation improves thereby forcing residents to rely on borehole water.Council is supposed to pump between 60 and 80 megalitres per da...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act on prices
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on businesses that are working behind the scenes with vested foreign countries to hike prices to make the people suffer and turn against the Zanu-PF-led...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students shine at ICT competition in China
The three Zimbabwean students who represented the country at the Huawei Global ICT Competition held in Shenzhen, China, recently, scooped the third prize in a competition participated by over 2 000 un...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga meets State entities
Fostering rapid economic growth towards the attainment of an empowered upper middle-income economy by 2030, demands that everyone including State entities, play their part, Vice President Constantino ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral Bill, bad news for CCC
A NUMBER of sitting opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and MPs may be barred from contesting the upcoming elections if the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 49 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Gweru City Council to honour Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow be conferred with the Freedom of the City by Gweru City Council (GCC).Gweru councillors in December resolved to confer President Mnangagwa with the Freedom of...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gweru: a city without traffic lights
Green means go, and red means stop. That is the rule on the road, but when traffic lights are down, motorists are left asking which car goes first? This is a question that most motorists in Zimbabwe's...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka jailed 12 months
FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation television (ZBC-TV) presenter Oscar Pambuka was yesterday slapped with a one year jail term for attempting to defraud Croco Motors of R36 000.Pambuka w...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after killing wife, sister
A 39-YEAR-OLD Mhondoro man who was believed to be on the run after axing his wife and her sister last week was found dead at his girlfriend's house on Saturday. Police had launched a manhunt f...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stella Chiweshe granted state assisted funeral
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent condolences and further granted a state assisted funeral on late Mbira music pioneering sensation Stella Chiweshe who succumbed to cancer aged of 76 at her Harare...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka convicted of fraud
FORMER television presenter Oscar Pambuka was today convicted on charges of attempting to defraud a Harare-based transporter of R36 000 after misrepresenting to him that he was Mr Chingwena, Cro...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
10 divorce cases a day in Masvingo
Justice Garainesu Mawadze of the High Court in Masvingo presided over 10 divorce cases in a day from the usual four-five cases a week.A...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 06:12hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Biti, Karenyi trial deferred
THE trial of CCC vice presidents, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi, on charges of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after they allegedly staged an illegal demonstration at their...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 die of suspected poisoning
POLICE has confirmed the death of four family members due to suspected poisoning after complaining of severe stomach pains at Musisinyani village in Mwenezi."The ZRP reports a sad incident whi...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
483 rates defaulters lose property to council
GWERU City Council (GCC) has attached movable property of 483 defaulting residents and companies leading to the recovery of about $18 million.The local authority is seeking to recover $3,7 bil...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man sets ablaze company vehicle in bid to stage robbery
A 31-year-old Harare man was recently given US$90,000 to deliver to Bulawayo by his employer but staged an armed robbery, setting a vehicle ablaze to conceal the crime.This emerged when Moffat...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults his children over food
A man has appeared in court before Chitungwiza magistrate Ms Tendai Mutamba for allegedly beating up his two children using an electric cable as a form of discipline as the two were fighting over food...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa now a comedian?
SELF-STYLED preacher Talent Madungwe, better known as Prophet Madungwe and Norton MP Temba Mliswa will feature as "comedians" at the urban culture fiesta in the country, Shoko Festival which kicks off...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
36 ex-Zupco staff sue for terminal benefits
Fired Zupco employees have sued the company for terminating their contracts before they expired and for unpaid salaries and terminal benefits.The 36 employees have since approached the Nationa...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shields killer soldiers from justice
ZIMBABWEAN human rights organisations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe banner have engaged former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, raising questions and seeking global support in dealing with th...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's video 'inciting violence' played in court
A STATE witness was Tuesday subpoenaed to testify against detained Citizen's Coalition For Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala, over a video he allegedly uploaded on YouTube with the intention to inc...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents spend 3 months with garbage
SOME parts of Gweru city have reportedly clocked three months without Gweru City Council (GCC) collecting refuse.This has resulted in Gweru residents blaming GCC for failing to court the corpo...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Bulawayo records 20 divorce cases in 1 day
Bulawayo High Court was on Thursday inundated with twenty (20) cases of people intending to divorce. According to a survey infidelity has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 64 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF mourns Prof Mararike
Zanu-PF has mourned Professor Claude Mararike, describing him as an astute Pan-African thinker who devoted intellectual labour to the betterment of Zimbabwe.Prof Mararike, who was a senior Soc...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Professor Mararike dies
Veteran academic and social commentator Professor Claude Mararike has died. He was 82. His daughter, Ms Vivian Mararike, confirmed the death of the Prof who was University of Zimbabwe ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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