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Zimbabwe schools revert to five-day week
All schools from today revert to the normal five-day learning week as there is no longer need to rotate attendance at schools short of classrooms to handle decongestion rules to minimise Covid-19 infe...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala denies inciting public violence
OPPOSITION legislator, Job Sikhala, has denied charges of posting a video inciting people to riot over the killing of activist, Moreblessing Ali last year.Sikhala was appearing in court alongs...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:17hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 81 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mphoko's son fights discharge dismissal
Rape accused Siqokoqela Mphoko, son to former state Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, has approached the High Court seeking to block the lower court from proceeding with his trial pending a review of...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:39hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to disburse $98bn to councils
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is targeting to disburse $98 billion to local authorities across the country this year. Last year, Zinara disbursed $30, 6 billion to...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial stalls after lawmaker challenges charge
Troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's trial failed to start Monday after the jailed politician challenged charges laid against him which he argued they did not disclos...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi 'lost everything'
WARRIORS and SuperSport United star Kuda Mahachi has finally broken his silence following his recent acquittal on serious allegations of abusing and attempting to murder his son.Mahachi is now...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman lives with rotting corpse
POLICE have said they are still investigating a case of a woman who lived with the decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband while her son identified as Grant Mashasha (39) was found hiding in a cei...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Mary Mubaiwa wishes Chiwenga and new wife 'all the happiness in the world'
Marry Mubaiwa, the glamorous former wife of Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, has broken her silence after her acquittal by a Harare magistrate last week on charges of assaulting her chi...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 15054 | by Staff reporter
State appeals against armed robbers' acquittal
The State have filed a notice of appeal at the High Court against the acquittal of suspected armed robbers who were allegedly behind the US$187 000 and robbery of two cars in Harare earlier this year....Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Family bitter over 'abusive' cop's acquittal
THE mother of a 14-year-old Chitungwiza boy who was allegedly severely assaulted by a police constable leaving in their neighbourhood has protested the cop's acquittal.Allegations were that Co...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:26hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Probe into Magaya rape allegations starts
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has launched fresh investigations into sexual abuse allegations against Prophetic Healing and Deliverence (PHD) ministries founder Walter Magaya....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer denies bribery accusation
TOP lawyer Thabani Mpofu has once again written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) refuting allegations raised by Joseph Crnkovic, a former finance officer for Chegutu-based mining company Dallagio ...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:08hrs | 2728 | by Staff reporter
LSU procurement rocked by serious irregularities because of non qualified leadership
Lupane State University is one of the Universities that offer a Degree in Supply Chain Management, but its Procurement Management unit (PMU) is poorly managed as a non-procurement was assigned to over...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 12:17hrs | 1174 | by Stephen Jake
NPA to think over Chivayo trial
The legal team acting for Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo says the National Prosecuting Authority risks civil liability and criminal abuse of office charges for reviving criminal ...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Controversy around reinstatement of acquitted army captain
...he feels he is unfair treated THERE is controversy around the reinstatement of a former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu wh...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 11:33hrs | 3217 | by Stephen Jakes
Chivayo trial hits snag
THE trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe and its managing director, Wicknell Chivayo, due to start yesterday, was postponed after the State said it needed time to attend to issues the businessman raised throug...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi Victims pays US$20 parking fees for top lawyer Masamvu over his fight with BCC/TTI
Gukurahundi Victims Trust has paid US$20 to the City of Bulawayo and its Technical Partner Tendy Three Investments (TTI) on behalf of Bulawayo top lawyer Bruce Israel Masamvu who was challenging an in...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 10:44hrs | 4074 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wadyajena fraud case opens can of worms
Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency Justice Mayor Wadyajena who is accused of fraud and money laundering involving US$5,8 million appeared in court Wednesday and was remande...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 9981 | by Staff reporter
Contractor shifts gear up to complete civil servants' flats
FACED with financial challenges, some contractors halt or abandon projects in a huff, but Pevimag Contractors, has broken that tradition by getting a $45 million loan from a local bank to make sure th...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bans Chamisa documentary
THE Zimbabwe government has banned "President," Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson's Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the African nation's corrupt 2018 presidential election, Variety can exclusively...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:15hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra worker's property forfeited to the State
A former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority accountant who is serving a six-year sentence for stealing over US$1 million from the taxman's bank account has lost two mansions in Glen Lorne in Harare, a flat in...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 20:31hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Massive looting of Covid-19 relief funds exposed
A parliamentary report has exposed massive graft, looting and diversion of material and financial resources worth several millions of dollars earmarked for the Covid-19 fight.The Brian Dube ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi sends roads SOS to govt
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has sent a distress call to the Government over lack of road maintenance machinery, a development that has seen it being shortchanged by contracted companies....Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' soldier granted bail
A SERVING Air Force of Zimbabwe member Christopher Tafadzwa Charuma, who is facing armed robbery, murder and attempted murder charges has been granted $30 000 bail by the Supreme Court.Charuma...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
'Account for US$1m Warriors Afcon purse'
THE ongoing Zifa boardroom wrangle has sucked in top government officials with revelations that a Cabinet minister could have helped himself to over US$1 million meant for bonuses and allowances for W...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Govt depts, ministries fail to account for $1,3bn
THE Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has decried continued failure to account for public funds by ministries and government departments, which resulted in more than $1,3 billion expenditure not bein...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Suspected ghost workers siphon ZW$2.5bn from govt
THE government could be financing ghost workers prejudicing the state as the authorities have failed to account for payments amounting to ZW$2.5 billion, it has emerged.A red flag has been rai...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo ruling further deferred
Judgment was postponed yesterday in the application by suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo for acquittal before being put on his defence on the charges of bringing ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated state of roads worries legislators
PARLIAMENT yesterday questioned why Zimbabwe's roads were in a bad state despite the disbursement of huge sums of money for maintenance amid fears of looting by localauthorities.The concer...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zinara unveils $17bn roads war chest
Another $17 billion will be distributed mid-next month by Zinara to all provinces and local authorities for road maintenance under the next phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP)....Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies acquitted
TWELVE Mashonaland West Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials arrested last year at the party's Chinhoyi offices while holding a meeting have been acquitted.Authorities claimed the mee...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami stops Bulawayo by-election
WARD Three residents in Bulawayo will have to wait a little longer for a by-election to elect a substantive councillor after the High Court granted a provisional order barring the holding of the polls...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:53hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zacc secured only 4 convictions in 2021
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), which last year blew over US$33 million to probe graft cases and fund its other operations, has admitted that it only secured four convictions while fou...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Zifa call for probe into SRC conduct
THE suspended Zifa executive committee has called on the Government to institute an open inquiry into the conduct, motive and decisions of the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).In a five-...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:23hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA, Sports Commission war rages on
THE Zimbabwe Sports and Recreation Commission is not stopping at anything in their desperate attempts to perpetuate the chaos that already exists in domestic football.The stand-off in domestic...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco boss wins US$400k lawsuit
FORMER Zupco board chairman Charles Nherera has won a claim of US$130 000 against businessman Jayesh Shah, who he was suing for causing his wrongful arrest, prosecution and incarceration.Nhere...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates theft accused soldiers
SIX soldiers recently discharged from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) on allegations of stealing state property have been reinstated by the High Court.The six are Collen Chiba, Charles Mhuri,...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Treasury urged to release quarterly operational budgets
PARLIAMENT has called on the Finance ministry to release quarterly operational budgets to line ministries to enable them to operate efficiently.Finance and Budget Portfolio Committee chairpers...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:14hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
US$28m in taxpayers' funds misappropriated in corrupt deal
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands has recommended that the police and Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission investigate the Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) and its president T...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
'High Court clogged with high-profile graft cases'
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) chief law officer Michael Reza says several bigwigs facing graft charges were resorting to taking their cases to the High Court in a bid to delay prosecution....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fights delay wheat payments
PAYMENTS to wheat farmers for the 2021 season are likely to be delayed after millers, who had pledged $5,5 billion to complement government funds, were scandalised by a parliamentary report which left...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Jailed army cleric found not guilty by High Court
A FIRED senior army cleric, who successfully challenged his six-year prison term at the High Court following his conviction on charges of stealing a car belonging to a business partner and stripping i...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 21:39hrs | 24 | by Staff writer
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 10 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa's graft cusade falls flat
The collapse of two high profile corruption cases has raised fresh questions about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade with some legal experts, saying it is turning into a red herri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
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