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Mnangagwa says anti-graft crusade will spare no one
GONE are the days when senior Zanu-PF members would engage in corruption hiding behind their statuses, President Mnangagwa said yesterday as he called for free and fair elections in the ongoing pa...Published: 2 hrs ago | 457 | by Staff Reporter
10 'cops' rob miners
Police in Mashonaland East have launched a manhunt for a gang of 10 men masquerading as police officers and robbing unsuspecting people of cash and valuables.The gang on Sunday pounced on four...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1254 | by Staff Reporter
Harare City chefs dupe govt
Harare City Council (HCC) bosses could have fleeced the government of ZWL$12m after selling acres of State land in the capital as the illegal parcelling out of land in the capital reaches a new low....Published: 6 hrs ago | 1183 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
ZANU-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Investigator nails CID boss
AN INVESTIGATOR in the case involving Stephen Kuwaza, 42, the officer-in-charge of police Theft From Car department - arrested for allegedly interfering with a witness in the probe against suspended C...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Shepherd Bushiri, wife Mary remain in custody
The State's case against self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, his wife Mary Bushiri and a third accused, Landiwe Ntlokwane, has been rolled over to Friday. They appeared in the Pretoria C...Published: 15 hrs ago | 802 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's wife arrested
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Bogus doctor arrested
A man who took advantage of staff shortages in the health sector and posed as a medical doctor at Parirenyatwa for seven months, has been arrested. Admire Chisi of Zimre Park ran out of luck w...Published: 15 hrs ago | 333 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers arrested
POLICE have to date arrested five armed robbers in connection with a robbery incident which occurred in Belvedere in Harare recently. The five are Polite Sibanda (30), an alleged deserter from...Published: 15 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
Man survives brutal stabbing
A 32-year-old Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was suddenly stabbed seven times with a knife while drinking beer in Epworth, Harare, a court heard yesterday. Privilege Rumbe (24)...Published: 15 hrs ago | 175 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu freed on $10,000 bail
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was granted Z$10,000 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after 10 days in prison.Justice Davison Moses Foroma said magistrate...Published: 15 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Man (49) rapes teenage step-daughter
A 49-year old man from Sikombingo village in Midlands Province has appeared in court after allegedly sexually abusing his 15-year old Step-daughter.Allegations are that on an unknown date in J...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1176 | by Staff Reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 24 hrs ago | 2619 | by Staff Reporter
Town planner arrested for abuse of office
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2070 | by Staff Reporter
Bindura Mayor bashed over stolen stands
BINDURA mayor Carlos Tokyo (40) (MDC A) was allegedly bashed by his deputy Norbert Dhokotera who accused him of leaking information on stolen stands in Bi...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 21:55hrs | 2619 | by Simbarashe Sithole
BREAKING: Prophet Bushiri arrested over R102 million fraud
Enlightened Christian Gathering Church leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has handed himself over to the Hawks. His wife Mary was arrested at her home in Sandton on Monday. The arrests are for their alle...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 15:34hrs | 7836 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We are not Afraid of Mnangagwa , It's only that we are law abiding citizens
The denial of freedom of the masses by Zanu pf led government has gone too far. What the Zanu pf led government is forgetting is that its party is a minority which survives and rule through force . Bu...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | 3296 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered over torn R10 note at gambling school
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly beating their friend to death for placing a bet using a torn 10 rand note during a gambling game. Thulani Nkomo (19) and Peter Dube (26) both from Fila...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed over January 2019 protests acquitted after 22 months in prison
The High Court has quashed a three-year jail sentence imposed on a pro-democracy activist who was arrested during fuel price riots in January 2019.Tonderai Masanga, a resident of Southlea in H...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:15hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Lifestyle audit for council officials
THE Government is set to conduct lifestyle audits for Harare City Council officials, amid indications that some of them might have amassed wealth through the sale of State land, Harare Provincial Deve...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:53hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Man robbed of forex while praying
A Beitbridge man lost US$200, R10 000, seven cellphones and various goods to five armed robbers who attacked him while he was praying alone in a bushy area, as such cases continue to rise in the borde...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:52hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Man kills co-tenant
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly severely assaulted his co-tenant until he fainted, rushed him to hospital where he pretended to be his next of kin and disappeared when doctors called and informed him th...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally headbuts grandfather
A TSHOLOTSHO man who fatally head-butted his grandfather, who was also a village head, before stealing some groceries from him has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for culpable homicide.Bula...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3255 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Man attempts to rape girl over $7 credit
A 40-YEAR-OLD Concession man is in trouble after he attempted to rape a girl who owed her US$7.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates yesterday where Wallace Jere pleaded not guilt...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | 2962 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiwenga ally in COVID-19 fraud?
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 6549 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3001 | by Staff reporter
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Gunmen leave Zimbabwe police puzzled
A spike in shooting incidents across the country has left the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) searching for answers amid indications that there has been a proliferation of unregistered guns.A w...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rogue state agents warned
PERPETRATORS of state-sponsored violence, abductions and torture are not immune to prosecution and can face their day in court in whatever capacity to answer to charges, a top human rights defender ha...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops terrorise Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested more than 105 bogus police officers in the first eight months of 2020 for terrorising unsuspecting members of the public around the country.In the s...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Sale of borehole water banned
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has banned the sale of borehole water by some residents in Bulawayo who are taking advantage of the critical situation in the city.Bulawayo has be...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:59hrs | 8094 | by Staff Reporter
'Get your rent from Mnangagwa,' detained landlord told at police station
Glenview police station shocked Zimbabweans when they detained a 65-year-old widow accusing her of demanding rent from a tenant. Mrs Editor Mavaza was detained by Glenview police for demanding...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:16hrs | 5803 | by The Correspondent
Mohadi says Junta here to stay
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday declared that Zimbabwe will, for a long time, remain under military rule because civilians had no capacity to enforce stability. Addressing government off...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:33hrs | 3972 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Man kills aunt over missing luck charms
POLICE in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province have arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly axed his aunt to death, accusing her of misplacing his talisman.Piniel Tinomuda, of village 43 Hoyuyu,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Nurses protests: 10 acquitted
TEN of the 11 nurses, who were arrested in June for allegedly contravening COVID-19 lockdown regulations after they gathered at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital (formerly Harare Central Hospital) in Hara...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:30hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3564 | by Staff reporter
Teargas-throwing cops to be charged, says Matanga
Seven police officers who threw teargas canisters onto a bus full of passengers at the Harare Exhibition Park will be charged under the Police Act, Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said. ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Rising crime worries govt
THE government is very concerned about the increase in violent crime in the country, as well as the continued abuse of social media.This comes as the country has witnessed a spate of armed rob...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore freed on $5,000 bail
The High Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of Takudzwa Ngadziore, the president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union held since September 18 for allegedly participating in an illegal gath...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Matanga admits bus teargassing cops messed up
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has admitted his subordinates messed up when they threw teargas cannisters into a bus full of passengers at a bus stop near the Harare showgrounds early this...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:27hrs | 2143 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt prosecutor granted bail
Guruve district public prosecutor Albert Mazhindu (56) who is facing abuse of office charge after he allegedly took US$100 bribe from a complainant was granted bail by Bindura provincial magistrate Ti...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1030 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Kurauone slaps Govt with $2 million lawsuit for unlawful arrest
MDC-Alliance party youth leader Godfrey Kurauone has slapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and other accomplices with a $2.4 million lawsuit over his unlawful arrest, detention and malicio...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 16:29hrs | 758 | by Stephen Jakes
Top ZRP bosses witchhunt for moles at CID
SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have launched a massive witchhunt against perceived moles leaking information about underhand dealings involving bosses stationed at the Criminal Investi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 5902 | by Staff reporter
Suspected rapist bashed to death
A 42-YEAR-OLD man was on Monday bashed to death in Mukumbura, Mashonaland Central province, after members of the community accused him of being a rapist.Given Kanyera (42), of Hore village, al...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Public prosecutor nabbed for bribery
Guruve district public prosecutor Albert Mazhindu (56) was nabbed on Thursday afternoon after he alleged took US$100 meant for bail on three suspects who ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 23:22hrs | 2616 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police gun down armed robber after 14 hour standoff
Zimbabwe's southern border town, Beitbridge was at a standstill, Thursday, when a suspected armed robber held 10 people hostage at a house in Dulivhadzimu suburb forcing the police to gun him down aft...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:23hrs | 6352 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son imposter denied bail
A HARARE man who allegedly claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son Collins, and swindled a South Africa-based Zimbabwean of R136 000 has been denied bail.Charles Nyanguwo, 50, who is ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:35hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
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