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Jonathan Moyo faces extradition from Kenya?
Former minister Professor Jonathan Moyo may have to flee Kenya to avoid extradition to Zimbabwe on fraud and related charges involving the alleged diversion of US$244 575 from the Zimbabwe Manpower De...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3500 | by Staff reporter
Residents fined for violating lockdown rules win in court
A ZIMBABWEAN court has overturned the conviction of two Mutare residents after they successfully challenged the decision by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to order them to pay RTGS$1 000 ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1919 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops arrested after fighting over gun
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Chombira, Chiweshe were arrested recently after they allegedly fought for a gun.Luiz Manhezho (36) and Bernard Chibundu (30) are set to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 11:37hrs | 5079 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man charged with treason for printing fake CIO, Zanu-PF IDs
A 46-YEAR-OLD Kuwadzana man was last week charged with subversion for allegedly printing fake Zanu-PF and Central Intelligence Organisation identification cards at his residence.Niven Nyarungw...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
SA deports 273 more Zimbabweans
South Africa will, between today and tomorrow, deport a total of 273 Zimbabweans who have been arrested for breaking its immigration laws.The move is part of the neighbouring country's efforts...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:54hrs | 2920 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala dares Muchinguri
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, recently accused of spreading falsehoods on an impending coup to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has warned Defence Minister Oppah Muchingur...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2564 | by newzimbabwe
MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night. He...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
When the clueless and corrupt pray
A FEW days back President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for a day of prayer and repentance. The objective was to pray for the intervention of the Almighty in the global pandemic, the COVID-19. Mnangagwa h...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 256 | by Shepherd Mpofu
100 retail operators arrested for not accepting Zimdollar, bond notes
Refusing to accept the Zimdollar and bond notes as payment for goods has landed 102 Zimbabwean business owners and retail employees in trouble, with 28 of these appearing in court as the government en...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 19:55hrs | 3948 | by Staff reporter
Headache for Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is having a massive headache trying to recover billions of dollars stashed outside the country in the form of funds and properties, the Daily News report...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 19:49hrs | 4133 | by Staff reporter
NGO director imprisoned over anti Mnangagwa slur as Haruzivishe, Masaraure are freed on bail
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Tuesday condemned Epraim Mutombeni, the Director of Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Community Development (MACRD), a local non-governmental organisation, to prison afte...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 09:39hrs | 2979 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF officials clash
MUZARABANI South legislator Tapera Saizi and Muzarabani council chairperson Ashton Chiweshe are reportedly embroiled in a power wrangle emanating from the maize distribution programSaizi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 4742 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop force-marches boss to charge office at gunpoint
A POLICE officer based at Zezani Police Station in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province has been locked up for allegedly force-marching his superior from his home to the office at gunpoint, protest...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Residents protest bond note snub
Mpopoma residents demonstrate at Mahomva shopping centre against the rejection of bond notes by general dealer shops on MondayDISGRUNTLED residents of Mpopoma high-density suburb in Bulawayo o...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults 'naked' woman (78)
A 35-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for beating up a 78-year-old woman who is his neighbour. Xolisani Maphosa of Matsholomotshe Village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to assaul...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for 'bribery'
A GWANDA police officer has been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$270 bribe from a local miner to stop any police raids. Blessing Zenya (32) who resides at the ZRP New Camp in Gwanda was ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:13hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
R4 million cigarette smuggling racket busted
Smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe into South Africa through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, always a problem because of the tax differences, increased dramatically from the beginn...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Killer arrested after staging suicide
A GWANDA miner has been arrested for allegedly strangling his workmate before dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initiall...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3984 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo court jails MDC activist for insulting Mnangagwa
A Masvingo magistrate has remanded Programmes manager for Masvingo Centre for Research and Community Development (Macrad), Ephraim Mtombeni to 13 July after being charged with charged with insul...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 12:37hrs | 3180 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalist arrested over expired Press card
Freelance journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice-president Godfrey Mtimba was arrested yesterday for allegedly taking pictures of stranded commuters who were demonstrating at a Zupco ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to disarm 2 soldiers
A BEITBRIDGE man has appeared in court for allegedly attacking two soldiers controlling traffic at the border post before trying to disarm them in separate incidents.This was heard by Beitbrid...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
Only MDC Alliance vendors getting vending bays in Bulawayo
INFORMAL traders have accused the MDC-Alliance dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of politicising allocation of vending bays by sidelining vendors with Zanu-PF links.Speaking at a meeting w...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa abducted, dumped near railway line
MDC Alliance youth chairperson for Goromonzi South, Davison Chamisa, who claims abduction by suspected state security agents in Ruwa Sunday, has been found, with claims of being drugged and dumped som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1897 | by newzimbabwe
5 in court over bond notes
Five shop managers and shop assistants in Harare city centre were arrested at the end of last week after refusing to accept bond notes, which remain legal tender, and were remanded on bail on Saturday...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Gang makes fake CIO, Zanu-PF IDs
A daring gang allegedly planned to subvert a constitutionally-elected Government and manufactured fake State security agents' and Zanu-PF identity cards for them to access Government security institut...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Introduction - Reform Agenda Part 1 of 3
1. What is the Reform Agenda?The Reform Agenda is a politically conscious organisation that seeks to inform and influence political and civic outcom...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 376 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa pledges to end corruption by 2023 - rubbish, staying to rig 2023 elections!
"Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before that was taboo. Now we're talking about it, it means it'...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2680 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Journalist arrested for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
MASVINGO-based journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice president, Godfrey Mtimba was arrested Monday on charges of insulting and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 2296 | by newzimbabwe
Bogus CIO agent arrested
A 46-YEAR-OLD man is in trouble for allegedly posing as a Central Intelligence Organisation officer from the president's office and making fake State security agents' identity cards.He also st...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:47hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
4 escape from quarantine centres
FOUR more people have escaped from quarantine centres around the country, bringing the total number of quarantine escapees to 187. One person is reported to have escaped from the NSSA Hotel qu...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
6 more returnees test Covid-19 positive
SIX more people, all returnees from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative total to 567 cases since the outbreak of the global pandemic in March. ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to stop at nothing in arresting corruption, SB Moyo
President Mnangagwa, at the coming in of the new dispensation, pledged to fight corruption and true to his word, the Government will stop at nothing in arresting graft and dealing with economic sabote...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa abducted?
MDC Alliance's Goromonzi South Youth Chairperson Davison Chamisa and Mashonaland East Provincial executive member Ishmael Jeke is reported to have been abducted in connection with the whistle prot...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:19hrs | 8929 | by Staff reporter
'Godwin Matanga has no O' Level certificate'
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga is not qualified for the job, his predecessor Augustine Chihuri claims in court documents.Now living in exile, Chihuri also accuses Matanga of "conti...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:01hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the edge again?
A Zimbabwean shopper in a Harare supermarket shook his head, grumbling as he returned a loaf of bread to a rack after finding the price had jumped by a third and he could no longer afford it.N...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:17hrs | 3251 | by AFP
Soldiers up for a gold rush
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members and their five accomplices were arrested at a roadblock after they were found in possession of 50 kilograms of gold ore.Prichard Padzuru (30) a corpora...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 2998 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Mnangagwa facing an imminent end to his reign'
THE MDC Alliance leadership has come out guns blazing, threatening a showdown with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to "resign or face the wrath of the people" in the wake of severe economic a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6221 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance itches for Mnangagwa showdown
THE MDC Alliance leadership has come out guns blazing, threatening a showdown with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to "resign or face the wrath of the people" in the wake of severe economic a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Police in corruption storm
SOME members of the police in Mvuma are in the eye of a storm following reports that they are demanding protection fees from illegal vendors, pirate taxis and foreign currency dealers operating in the...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface
ARMED robbery cases involving machete-wielding gangs have resurfaced in Matabeleland South province, invoking memories of terror-filled moments linked to the thugs that traumatised communities....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Car thief arrested
A MAN from Entumbane in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing charges of stealing US$9 000, R11 200 and $5 700 from a parked vehicle.Candy Nyathi (28) was not asked to plead to the charges whe...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Sticky-fingered conductors strike Zupco, again
PILFERING staffers have been the proverbial monkey on Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s case ever since it was brought back to life.Last year, the mass public transport operator jett...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:15hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for 'raping' farm labourer
A woman who claimed to be sex starved because her husband is advanced in age will soon appear in court after she allegedly forced a farm labourer to have sex with her.State papers seen by The ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:18hrs | 5806 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu vows Mnangagwa confrontation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has made startling claims the country was better governed by late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now under Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2428 | by newzimbabwe
Armed robbers offer $15 bribe to police
An attempt to bribe police detectives by four armed robbers landed them in soup.The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts o...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 3138 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Brutality and Aggression against journalists by security forces must stop
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure the safety of journalists following the latest incident in which two journalists were tortured by soldiers and...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:44hrs | 444 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim Government under spotlight over property rights: Paul Westwood saga
During the 2017 episode, one of the key fundamentals which the military reiterated during the seizure of power, was the restoration of legacy, getting rid of the purported criminals around Robert Muga...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1063 | by Charles Murindo
Chamisa loses Harvest House row
UNDERFIRE opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lost legal battle for control of the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, popularly known as Harvest House, after the High C...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:39hrs | 4890 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda miners 'arrest' suspected robbers
SMALL-SCALE gold miners in Gwanda have arrested suspected robbers who attacked Muzenda Mine near Coleen Bawn, 20km south of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.The suspected robbers, tra...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ leader arrested
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure was arrested in Harare yesterday and immediately transferred to Masvingo, where he is expected to stand trial for an ille...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
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