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Mwonzora taunts Chamisa
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora Saturday took time to harangue MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa, describing the politician as a hypocrite who pretended he did not like Zanu-PF when in fact, ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2074 | by Staff reporter
ZACC busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 5 hrs ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
MP stalking saga in new twist
OK Zimbabwe was forced by the courts to release video footage of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe doing her shopping amid concerns the authorities violated the young legislator's privacy, it has emerged....Published: 5 hrs ago | 338 | by Staff reporter
Duo steals US$3,000 from cars
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men for breaking into several cars and stealing property worth over US$3 000.Police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrest of Winter Ch...Published: 5 hrs ago | 134 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Corruption Commission busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 5 hrs ago | 122 | by Staff Reporter
Man (65) 'rapes' stepdaughter
A 65-YEAR-OLD Concession man was arraigned before Concession magistrate Nixon Mangoti yesterday for allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter.David Govha was not asked to plead to the rape...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF militia pounce on cops
The invasion of a drug peddler's base in Kwekwe Mbizo 17 and his arrest caused violence and commotion reportedly perpetrated by Zanu PF youths yesterday.Two detectives arrested a Kwekwe drug d...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4206 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa tells Zanu-PF that 'soldier needed to silence nurses'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare that he appointed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to head the Health portfolio to sort out striking doctor...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 5445 | by Staff reporter
Journalists assaulted at Press conference
SEVERAL journalists were yesterday assaulted by suspected State agents while attending a media conference hosted by Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) president Takudzwa Ngadziore near Impala C...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Robbers bundle family in vehicle, set it ablaze
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt of four men who ransacked a Harare home, tied the family inside a car and drove to Beatrice where they set the vehicle ablaze....Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2731 | by Staff reporter
Mahere, 10 opposition activists to contest placement on remand
Eleven opposition political activists, including MDC Alliance spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere and playwright Tsitsi Dangarembga, have indicated that they will challenge their placement on remand when they...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
High Court reverses Mawarire's lawsuit loss
HIGH Court judge Justice Edith Mushore has rescinded a default judgment entered against #ThisFlag campaign leader and clergyman, Evan Mawarire, who had lost his $65 000 damages claim against the Zimba...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | 2217 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Colonialists red flags Zimbabwe human rights situation
ZIMBABWE'S human rights situation has significantly deteriorated, the European Union (EU) has said as it called on authorities not to hide behind COVID-19 to restrict people's rights.A number ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuses critics, allege rights groups
GODFREY Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the prosecution...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds hubby's manhood
A 23-YEaR-OLD Goromonzi man is battling for life at Marondera Provincial Hospital after his wife allegedly poured hot cooking oil on his manhood following a domestic dispute.Moreblessing Mutes...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Top cop takes boss to court
A TOP cop who was recently acquitted on charges of allegedly stealing guns, more than 180 live bullets and an assortment of related weaponry from the police armoury has taken his boss, Police Commissi...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane trio nabbed for 121 smuggled television sets
THREE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo were yesterday arrested after being found in possession of 121 television sets which were smuggled from Botswana. The three Oscar and Pardon Chinana...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on Bulawayo City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has descended on Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to investigate alleged corruption in the municipality. A team of ZACC investigators are said to have...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe arrest warrant cancelled
A court on Wednesday cancelled an arrest warrant issued against Harare West MP Joana Mamombe after she was forcibly discharged from a hospital by police and taken to court.The warrant was issu...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2493 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 14 948 people in Gweru and Mazowe
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 14 948 people in Mazowe, Shamva, Gweru and other sites around the country since the commencement of the operation chikorokoza ngachipere.A...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 12:11hrs | 3102 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa slams door on Ramaphosa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out allowing a delegation from South Africa to meet his critics, including opposition parties and civic organisations, slamming the door on efforts by the neighb...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 7397 | by Staff reporter
Police storm hospital, arrest MP
POLICE yesterday stormed a private medical facility in Harare where MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe was admitted for mental disorder, arrested her using a disputed warrant of arrest issued on Tuesday a...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Uganda: What Nelson Chamisa can learn from Bobi Wine
Yesterday two despots shared the same birthday - that is one Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa from Zimbabwe and the other being Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from Uganda. Despite old age, these two brothers in de...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:38hrs | 2637 | by Leonardo Makuya
Sibling kills brother over dried meat
Police in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central arrested a 31-YEAR-OLD man from Chigwada village for allegedly killing his elder brother over dried meat dispute on Monday.Farai Tamanikwa pelted ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 10:58hrs | 2527 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa implicates police officers in gold rush
Kwekwe based Sakile Mnangagwa (31) who is a business partner to Gostaff Gomo at Trump -Tower Minerals private has implicated three police officers who were involved in a gold rush at Zhangazha plot, V...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 10:33hrs | 3485 | by Tarisai Mudahondo / Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge-Harare Highway robbers nabbed
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, last week arrested four Mbare men linked to a spate of robberies targeting trucks along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway.Ngonidzashe Jeke (36), Sile...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
GMB depot supervisor arrested for 4t maize 'theft'
GRAIN Marketing Board (GMB) Binga depot supervisor and a clerk have been arrested together with the district's social welfare officer after they allegedly stole nearly four tonnes of drought relief ma...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds husband with cooking oil
A Redcliff man is lucky to be alive after his wife scalded him with cooking oil following a misunderstanding over gumboots. Mr Benny Chamunorwa (30) of Simbi Park in Redcliff was attacked by h...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
'ANC should not abuse its fraternal relations with Zanu-PF'
THE South African ruling party, the ANC, should not abuse its fraternal relations with Zanu-PF to poke its nose in the country's internal affairs, but should focus on multiple problems affecting that ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Judge queries Job Sikhala arrest
THE High Court yesterday questioned the State if there was a legal obligation for incarcerated MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala to surrender himself to the police after they issued a press st...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 8456 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Joana Mamombe is arrested on hospital bed
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are said to have stormed the hospital where MDC official Joana Mamombe at a medical facility where she was receiving treatment. The operation was issued...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 14:14hrs | 11750 | by Mandla Ndlovu
9 students arrested after protest in solidarity with ZINASU leader
Nine students were arrested on Monday while protesting outside a Harare court where their leader was freed on Z$2,000 bail after being charged with participating in a demonstration with intent to prom...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono further remanded to October
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who faces a charge of incitement to commit public violence, yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate who further remanded him to October 19.Chin'ono's lawyer...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 6222 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU bemoans criminalisation of trade unionism
ZIMBABWE'S labour body has bemoaned the criminalisation of trade unionism as it marked the 14th anniversary of the torture of its members on September 13, 2006.About 147 Zimbabwe Congress of T...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Robbers strike in Beitbridge again
Police are looking for three men who fatally struck a 29-year-old man with stones and robbed him of four cell phones and money last Thursday afternoon. The attack occurred after Andy Culkin Ma...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail judgment reserved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, is applying for bail on charges of inciting public violence. Sikhala, who is re...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
Police officers recently arrested on allegations of abuse of office and bribery over their handling of the investigation into the illegal sale of stands in Kuwadzana in a US$1 million scam have been r...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2825 | by Staff reporter
MDC 'abduction' trio in bid to avoid trial
The trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other party activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are facing charges of communicating false statements prejudicial to the State af...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:10hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's legs swollen
LAWYERS for incarcerated MDC deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, say his health is continuing to deteriorate after prison authorities allegedly barred him from accessing a private doctor....Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over woman
A GWANDA man has been arrested for allegedly ganging up with two accomplices, who are still at large, and beat up a man to death in a dispute over a woman.Alfred Moyo (21) from Guyu area was n...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:01hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
You can't continue to lie in this era of technology
Last week Zimbabweans watched in awe when the ZBC TV serialised a documentary that exposed the alleged abduction of the MDC-Alliance trio of Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa, as a ch...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1676 | by Innocent Mujeri
Jonathan Moyo to be deported back to Zimbabwe? - 'How CIO works'
The Zimbabwean and international space has been congested by Jonathan Moyo posting photos of certain individuals accusing them for being members in the president's office who are persecuting and tortu...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 15966 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chin'ono says 'international pressure saved me'
A ZIMBABWEAN journalist who was imprisoned on charges of incitement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has accused the successor to Robert Mugabe of having him jailed because he exposed pand...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3369 | by Staff reporter
18 000 dead voters struck off roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) struck off the voters' roll, more than 18 000 deceased people between January and December last year. ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1168 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Six cops arrested for theft
Six armed police officers from Zimbabwe Republic Police, Sanyati were arrested for assault, unlawful entry and theft at a gold dealer's premises yesterday.According to a leaked memo seen by Bu...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 7001 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Couple nabbed for 'illegal mining'
A Bindura couple was dragged to court after they were allegedly caught illegally mining along Bindura river in Bindura.Given Chidawu (34) and Receey Njeva (33) pleaded not guilty to the charge...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 2215 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man arrested for bashing 'thief' with iron bar
A Mazowe man was arrested for striking a suspected thief with an iron bar on the head at night.Munyaradzi Masusu (34) was slapped with 140 hours of community service by Concession magistrate N...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1617 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 645 | by Oscar Nkala
ZACC sends 50 corruption cases to NPA
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sent 50 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) since January, putting it on track to reach its target of 80 prosecutions by year-end....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
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