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Open letter to Rutendo Matinyarare
Dear Rutendo, We have reviewed your recent statements and the article in Bulawayo24. While we understand your frustration and the ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:24hrs | 326 | by Zem
Statement by the Chairperson of the UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa Hon. Dr. W. Mzembi
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia the Fifty-ninth meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa and High-level Meeting on Chinese Outbound Tourism to Africa was opened today.Chairp...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Dr. Walter Mzembi
Diplomacy works! A message to Donald Trump
HARARE - The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) earlier issued a statement on the recent executive order by US President Donald Trump on restricting travel to the United States from Ira...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 22:54hrs | 1 | by Walter Mzembi, African Union Candidate for UNWTO Secretary General
CID boss Makedenge transferred
THE Officer Commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section in Harare Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge has been transferred to Masvingo province with immediate effect...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:56hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Top cop transferred to Masvingo with immediate effect
Officer Commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge has been transferred to Masvingo Province with immediate effect, in line with...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Buyanga cries foul
Businessman Mr Frank Buyanga has more than 200 criminal and civil cases against him and his companies before the courts that were brought mainly by people who took loans from his Hamilton Finance comp...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Opposition protestors loot shops
Opposition parties' thugs under the banner National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) unleashed an orgy of violence in Harare yesterday, looting shops, burning properties, stoning cars and attacking inno...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
67 MDC-T, ZimPF hooligans arrested
Opposition parties' thugs under the banner, National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) unleashed an orgy of violence in Harare yesterday, looting shops, burning properties, stoning cars and attacking...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:03hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
. . . victims speak out
People who were attacked on Wednesday when MDC-T youths ran amok in Harare Central Business District on Wednesday during an illegal demonstration against alleged "police brutality", yesterday said the...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Freeman Razemba
Burning & looting in Harare as MDC-T youths run riot
Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed, while two trucks belonging to police and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation were burnt to shells by MDC-T youths who ran amok in Harare yesterday ...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:03hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Fresh fuel looting rocks CMED
Senior CMED (Pvt) Ltd officials have been accused of collecting fuel from the National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) reportedly for Government business, only to divert it to private service statio...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Zimbabwe police to use brutal force
POLICE will not hesitate to use "force on rogue" elements bent on disturbing peace and tranquillity in the country, Commissioner- General Dr Augustine Chihuri said yesterday. He said those who wanted ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Chihuri warns against violence
Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri has urged the nation to take heed of President Mugabe's call for peace and desist from acts that ignite violence. He said the force was not brutal and ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Jonathan Moyo's office broken into
Burglars broke into Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo's office at the New Government Complex on Saturday night and police have launched investigations to ascertain the ...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Four bogus policemen arrested
FOUR people who were masquerading as policemen were arrested after they allegedly duped several job-seekers into believing that they could facilitate their recruitment into the police force after char...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
People injured, property damaged in Harare demonstrations
SCORES of people among them a policeman were injured in Harare yesterday while property including vehicles worth thousands of dollars were damaged after shadowy groups, civil society organisations and...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Freeman Razemba
Four caught trying to smuggle 2 500 Kg of mbanje
POLICE on Sunday arrested four suspects at Nyamapanda Border Post while trying to smuggle into the country 2 500 kilogrammes of mbanje. As of yesterday, the suspects were still assisting polic...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 01:14hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Pilot arrested for fraud
A trainee pilot has been arrested on allegations of attempting to defraud a local insurance company of more than $15 000 after he made a false report that his Mercedes-Benz E320 had been stolen. ...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Freeman Razemba
Mugabe's government blasts Julius Malema
Government yesterday blasted South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for openly declaring his support for violent protestors whose ill-fated "shutdown of Zimbabwe" was fund...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 07:54hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Three anti-corruption bosses fired for fraud
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has fired three of the four managers who were recently suspended for allegedly engaging in corrupt activities at the anti-graft body while one manager, M...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 07:27hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Deadline for Zimra forensic audit extended
The forensic audit on the pay and benefits of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority senior executives is ongoing, and will now be completed at the end of the month, after officials failed to meet the June 30 dea...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Mujuru warned for making herself 'police spokesperson'
POLICE yesterday warned Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru to desist from making herself, "a police spokesperson", by quoting fabricated stories from some sections of the media involving the...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Police ready to deal with rogues
Police have assured the nation that they have deployed adequate manpower to deal with rogue elements that might want to disturb peace and incite lawlessness through illegal protests.The police...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
State assisted funeral for non-hero Mumbengegwi
former Finance Minister and veteran educationist Dr Samuel Creighton Mumbengegwi, who died in Harare on Tuesday, has been accorded a State-assisted funeral. This was revealed by his younger brother, F...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 10:44hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro and Freeman Razemba
Chihuri warns lazy cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police will soon offload redundant and non-performing senior police officers whose lackadaisical approach to work is costing the force, Police Commissioner-General Dr Augusti...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Mduduzi Mathuthu's Southern Times to go regional
SADC countries have expressed interest in joining the Southern Times newspaper, transforming it into a regional partnership. Presently it is a joint venture between Zimbabwe and Namibia. A new board d...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Army denies Dzamara claims
THE Zimbabwe National Army has denied recent allegations by Patson Dzamara that the Military Intelligence is behind the disappearance of his brother, journalist-cum-opposition activist, Itai Dzamara....Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Namibian minister hails Mugabe
Namibian Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mr Tjekero Tweya has hailed President Mugabe's education policy, saying that it has managed to keep Zimbabwe afloat despite economic chall...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Freeman Razemba and Innocent Ruwende
'Desist from keeping large sums of cash'
Police have warned members of the public to desist from keeping large amounts of money at their homes as they risk being robbed by criminals that are targeting cash movers.In one of the latest...Published: 27 May 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
CMED boss was 'suffering from depression'
CMED (Pvt) Ltd board chairman and managing director of Nemchen (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Leslie John Denn, who committed suicide last week in unclear circumstances, was reportedly taking anti-depression drugs for...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
MDC-T councillors get cold feet on Mushore
The MDC-T-led Harare City Council has resolved to withdraw its recent decision to send town clerk Mr James Mushore on forced leave without benefits, amid reports that the councillors were pressurised ...Published: 16 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
CMED chairman shoots self in the head
CMED (Pvt) Ltd board chairman and managing director for Nemchen (Pvt) Ltd Mr Leslie John Denn committed suicide last week in unclear circumstances.Mr Denn (35) shot himself once in the head an...Published: 16 May 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Dead in Bots Air Zimbabwe boss was strangled
POST mortem results for the Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo, who was found dead in a bush in Botswana, have revealed that she was strangled to death. The post mortem ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba and Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabwe cops in Botswana Air Zimbabwe boss death probe
A team of senior police officers has been dispatched to Botswana to assist in probing the death of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo, who was found dead in a bush in the neighb...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Minister reassures war vets on school fees
THE government will today disburse $2 million to schools countrywide for 8,300 applications that it processed for war veterans' children and other beneficiaries. The money will be paid through ban...Published: 05 May 2016 at 11:46hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
First Oil directors flee
The two First Oil Company (Private) Limited directors who are wanted on allegations of obstructing the course of justice after they allegedly connived with CMED (Pvt) Ltd managing director, Davison Mh...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Zimra loses millions in car import scam
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is losing millions of dollars to a syndicate of dealers who process counterfeit undervalued import documents to smuggle vehicles and other products into the coun...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Freeman Razemba
Police officers told to heed Mugabe's call
Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri has challenged officers and the nation to take heed of President Mugabe's call to remain united and develop the country.He said there was need ...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 10:11hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Oil bosses 'skip borders'
TWO First Oil Company (Private) Limited directors who are wanted on allegations of obstructing the course of justice after they reportedly connived with CMED (Pvt) Ltd managing director Davison Mhaka ...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
CMED botched fuel deal, duo 'skip borders'
TWO First Oil Company (Private) Limited directors who are wanted on allegations of obstructing the course of justice after they reportedly connived with CMED (Pvt) Ltd managing director Davison Mhaka ...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Dignitaries hail Chitepo's humility
National heroine Victoria Chitepo has been described as a humble cadre who never used the liberation war credentials of her late husband, the founding Zanu Chairman Herbert Chitepo, to climb up the po...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:15hrs | | by Ray Bande and Freeman Razemba
$3 million fuel scam claims first scalp
CMED (Pvt) Ltd managing director Davison Mhaka has been arrested on allegations of obstructing the course of justice after he reportedly cooked up papers showing how $2,7 million in the botched fuel d...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Zanu-PF 'million man march' set for May
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has drawn up ambitious plans for a "one million man march" in Harare to show support for President Robert Mugabe.Kudzai Chipanga, the Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, s...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
5 Zimbabweans nabbed in $2,6 million SA heroin haul
FIVE Zimbabweans who were part of an eight-member gang that has been peddling drugs in South Africa were arrested last Thursday after they were caught manufacturing heroin worth over $2,6 million in t...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
200 Zimbabwean women trapped in Kuwait
OVER 200 Zimbabwean women are reportedly stranded in Kuwait after they were lured to the Middle East country on the pretext that they were going to be offered lucrative jobs by a local human traffick...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Over 200 Zimbabwean women stranded in Kuwait
OVER 200 Zimbabwean women are reportedly stranded in Kuwait after they were lured to the Middle East country on the pretext that they were going to be offered lucrative jobs by a local human traff...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
15 Zanu-PF officials off to China
A 15-MEMBER Zanu-PF delegation flew to China yesterday on an exchange programme on economic development with their Communist Party of China counterparts.The visit is part of the Zanu-PF/CPC ex...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Traffic cops have a right to hold and check driver's licences
TRAFFIC police on duty have a right to hold and check driver's licences but do not have the right to withhold it, a senior officer has said. In an interview with The Herald today, Chief police spo...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 19:46hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
War Veterans meeting hangs in balance
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)'s crunch indaba set for Harare tomorrow, hangs in the balance following police revelations that no clearance was issued for the forme...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Police bar war vets again
HARARE police say a meeting called by a faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) for tomorrow cannot proceed. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commission...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:50hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
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