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Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 234 | by Cyril Zenda
Zacc requests more powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made a request to be granted prosecutorial powers in order to expeditiously process graft cases through the newly established Anti-Corruption Courts....Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Zacc seeks trial powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is seeking prosecutorial powers to expeditiously process graft cases through newly established Anti-Corruption Courts.Currently, only the Nationa...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Kariba youths face the Magistrate over causing noise to elephants
Wednesday the 9th of October at exactly 10:37am, three youngsters from Mahombekombe's ward 6 stood before Kariba magistrate, Mr Toendepi Zhou for allegedly causing noise to a herd of elephants which r...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 21:37hrs | 1217 | by Dumisani Mawere Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Politics dogs anti-graft body Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing an uphill task as it battles to break deeply entrenched corruption cartels in government, which are allegedly using their vast networks in the ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify stop, search operations
BULAWAYO police have intensified stop and search patrols in the central business district (CBD) and in the residential areas following a surge in violent robberies, but went too far yesterday....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:16hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zaac official on the prowl
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has expressed concern over reports that some criminals were masquerading as agents of the commission, going around companies and individuals demanding br...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:23hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
'Righteous' cop jailed
A POLICE Constable who recently opened up on corruption in the police force and tendered his resignation, has been sent to jail for communicating with the media without authority. Authorities ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Impunity has no place in a civilised society
LAST Sunday, my pastor said something significant: Zimbabweans are quick to boo at President Cyril Ramaphosa from the terraces of the National Sports Stadium, but what are they doing about those who a...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 60 | by Brezh Malaba
15 Nust students arrested
FIFTEEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students were arrested yesterday for staging a demonstration at the college campus.The students were protesting against the continu...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2454 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says they outsmarted cash oligarchs
Government last Friday outsmarted some individuals and entities that were behind the sharp rise in foreign exchange rates, a development that has seen the United States dollar falling against the loca...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:15hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet business on price hikes
President Mnangagwa says he will meet the business sector in a spirited effort to find ways of arresting business practices causing unprecedented consumer price hikes. Addressing the nat...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 20:44hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira bail ruling set for today
FIRED Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira last Friday made a fresh bail application at the Harare Magistrates' Courts following the expiry of her 21-day detention p...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:20hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss explains his millions
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku has made his first attempt at explaining how he acquired massive wealth valued at over US$20 million following a...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:19hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Why chiefs are breaking ranks with Zanu-PF
The late Robert Mugabe's nearly four decades in power became possible because of a tight grip on the rural electorate where traditional leaders were a vital cog in mobilising votes for the ruling part...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 665 | by Silas Nkala
Xenophobia death toll rises to five
SOUTH African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned his compatriots that the violence they are meting out to fellow Africans can be dealt out to them when they visit other countries. Five peo...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power generation could stop in November: Chasi
Zesa might stop power generation at the from Kariba Dam due to falling levels, a development that will worsen the country's electricity shortages, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi h...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:50hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid on course
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the Second Republic is anchored on ensuring the country regains its past glory by integrating into the community of nations after years of isolation typified by the First ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Teachers arrested for 'pay-day protest' charged with public nuisance
POLICE on Friday brutally crushed a wild-cat protest by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) members who wanted to picket at the Ministry of Finance in protest over the poor salari...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:06hrs | 354 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa not committed to reform' America says
The United States has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not committed to reforms following a spate of kidnappings and torture of government critics in what observers have described as state repress...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 16:40hrs | 4306 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa warns Zacc against abuse of power
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission should not use its recently acquired arresting powers to settle personal and political scores, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned.Mnangagwa in June...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren't working
Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy of coercion and dialogue has hit a series of hurdles. These include the continued opposition by the MDC and on-going scepticism of ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 923 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Mnangagwa's govt frightened to the core, says Coltart
Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare CID officers deployed to Bulawayo to thwart MDC demo
Police officers from Harare's CID Law and Order section were deployed to Bulawayo to quell violence in the second largest city, a Harare court heard.This was revealed by prosecutors at the Har...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt cracking down on Chamisa's MDC
Fearful authorities are intensifying their crackdown against the opposition, with police arresting a number of MDC officials at the weekend - in addition to banning anti-government protests that were ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko hits back at Mnangagwa's Zacc
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday rubbished claims that he refused to co-operate with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers on Friday, but instead, accused the latte...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko faces arrest
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko faces imminent arrest after resisting officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) who wanted to pick him up from his Bulawayo home over allega...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's protestors remanded in custody
Twenty-six suspects who were arrested on Friday for participating in an illegal demonstration organised by the MDC Alliance were yesterday remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail application....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
US$72 000 robbery sucks in policemen
A policeman believed to be part of a gang that was caught on camera while raiding Draycott Farm where it stole over US$72 000, yesterday appeared in court facing robbery charges. Constable Fre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:57hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira detective in mysterious transfer
IN a move that may jeopardise investigations into the corruption case against ex-Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Prisca Mupfumira, a detective who arrested the politician has...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, ZACC arrest latest
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu on Monday denied internet rumours that he had been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, but said he was "waiting for them" if they had ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 12131 | by ZimLive
Acquittals prove political abuse of the courts
While we welcome the good news of the acquittal of Honourable Settlement Chikwinya and Lloyd Mukapiko on spurious charges of incitement to commit public violence; we have to place it on record that th...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Innocent Gonese
Zacc must catch big fish, not frogs!
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo is currently hogging the public limelight — for good reasons.Since being appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa i...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Zimbabwe Diaspora in Anti-Mnangagwa Demonstrations
Zimbabwe diaspora in UK will be joining the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the anti-Mnangagwa mass demonstrations set for - Friday 16 August 2019 - in solidarity with those on the ground back...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
'Arresting Mupfumira over NSSA not enough'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) has warned that State-owned enterprises (SOE's) will continue to be bled by corrupt senior civil servants and ministers as long as ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers' friend tries to disarm cop, shot dead
A CHIREDZI man was shot and later died after attempting to disarm a police officer who was arresting armed robbery suspects on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was allegedly leading a m...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt Zanu-PF, govt officials must resign'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) executive has thrown its weight behind the Zanu-PF youth league's anti-corruption drive by calling on party and government officials...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arresting is not the only answer, freezing and forfeiting of Assets is the answer to Zimbabwe's corruption
For the first time in Zimbabwe we have true leadership at the helm of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission. A no nonsense hardworking lady. In shona they say, "anorova basa sebasa". My warning to t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:06hrs | 2359 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Arresting is not the only answer, freezing and forfeiting of Assets is the answer to Zimbabwe's corruption
For the first time in Zimbabwe we have true leadership at the helm of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission. A no nonsense hardworking lady. In shona they say, "anorova basa sebasa". My warning to t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 11:51hrs | 762 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mupfumira bail ruling reserved
High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday dismissed an application by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira to have her case referred to the Constitutional Co...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3188 | by Staff reporter
Time to appreciate Zimbabwe progress
It is a few days after the first anniversary of the history-making 30 July 2018 harmonised election when Zimbabweans participated in the first harmonised elections in the new dispensation. And what a ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
30 July election: one year later
It is a few days after the first anniversary of the history-making 30 July 2018 harmonised election when Zimbabweans participated in the first harmonised elections in the new dispensation. And what a ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 17:28hrs | 580 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zacc targets fuel cartels
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has only been in the job for a month, but already two high profile government officials are behind bars facing corrupt...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | 2906 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admin ignoring root cause of rot
Poisonous snakes' teeth regenerate. It, therefore, doesn't work to remove the serpent's fangs and think you won't get snake bites anymore. The venom lies deep inside too.The Mnangagwa administ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:18hrs | 295 | by Tawanda Majoni
Corruption ruined our future: Zanu-PF youth
ZANU-PF youth have hailed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for arresting and arraigning before the courts Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira on allegations of swindling the National Social Secu...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Masvingo highway tar thief arrested
POLICE have arrested a 32-year-old man on charges of stealing tar worth $94 000 that was meant for the Harare-Masvingo Highway dualisation.National Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Criminal abuse of office behind Mnangagwa ally's arrest
FORMER Director of State Residences Douglas Tapfuma has been arrested for criminal abuse of office after allegedly importing a fleet of vehicles without paying duty, as the anti-graft drive gathers mo...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
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