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Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2174 | by Muckraker
Firms warned over contracts termination
EMPLOYERS who terminate workers' contracts or cut salaries without following labour laws risk being sued when sanity is restored after the recession caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. This was s...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ouster is 'null and void'
MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has insisted Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling declaring as illegitimate Nelson Chamisa's leader was null and void, adding the MDC leadership question was lo...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 3391 | by Staff reporter
Time to tap into Mthuli Ncube's surplus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must be hailed for his bold and sound decision to lock down the country for 21 days to contain and mitigate against the spread of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) startin...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 18:58hrs | 4324 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges told to postpone pending criminal charges
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed judges of all superior courts and magistrates to postpone pending criminal and civil matters in response to the 21-day national lockdown declared by President Mn...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:12hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son appears in court
THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fear 'starving in their own homes' during lockdown
Zimbabweans braced on Sunday for a three-week lock-down to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, and for many the lockdown means tough times ah...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:55hrs | 1499 | by AFP
Top MDC official recounts prison 'hell'
A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.Stephe...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots machete gangster to death
A CHIPINGE soldier allegedly shot a member of a machete gang with his AK47 service rifle following a fistfight while watching soccer at a nightspot.This came to light when Foster Macheza (27),...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 2656 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 800 | by Edzai Zvobwo
British police mistake man's isitshwala /pap for drugs
A man arrested after a crash on the A419 and admitted dangerous driving had his drugs charges dropped after police found he was carrying sadza. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court, Tinashe Nd...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:37hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
6 MDC youths arrested over Kwekwe demo
MDC Midlands provincial youth chairperson Sekai Marashe and five party activists were brought to court yesterday following their Saturday arrest for leading a flash protest against President Emmerson ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Power abusing CID boss put to defence
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly releasing a stolen vehicle has said he had no obligation to consult...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:24hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
UK Home Office and the most dangerous pandemic for a generation #COVID19
Dear Editor, It's not only inhumane for UK Home Office to carry on detaining people in these circumstances, but it's actually a danger to public health, nationally. "The BBC understands that a...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:57hrs | 1439 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Man clones Zimbabwe military bank card
A 28-year-old Kuwadzana man has been hauled before the court on fraud charges after he allegedly cloned the Zimbabwe Defence Forces(ZDF) Agribank card and stole over ZWL $63 000.Thabani Chiduw...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:32hrs | 2405 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls man up for rape, robbery
A VICTORIA Falls man, who gave a lift to a woman from Bulawayo and allegedly raped and robbed her of her mobile phone, was yesterday granted $500 bail.Hendricks Ncube (23) was not asked to ple...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:39hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's assault trial fails to kick off
The trial of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa (pictured), who is accused of assaulting her maid Delight Munyoro at Hellenic Primary School in Harare, has been moved ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:36hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman up for mealie meal fraud
A WOMAN from Bulawayo allegedly duped Silo Food Industries in Belmont of more than $19 000 after she bought subsidised roller meal and sent it to the black market for sale at higher prices. Bu...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Merchant code holders duped of thousands
Several people and companies with Econet merchant code facilities lost varying amounts of money to two suspected fraudsters. The Harare Magistrates Courts heard yesterday that the suspects wou...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
$579 290 'fraudster' arrested
A Bulawayo man allegedly conned three people of nearly $600 000 on separate occasions after he claimed he could source United States dollars for them at affordable rates. Batsirai Ganyau...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in US$15 000 swindle
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer in Beitbridge allegedly ganged up with a customs clearing agent and swindled a Harare businessman of US$15 000 after fraudulently clearing his imported car...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist indecently assaults traditional healer's wife
AN MDC activist based in Mvurwi was yesterday arraigned before Guruve magistrate Shingirai Mutiro facing an indecent assault charge after he allegedly fondled the backside of a traditional healer's wi...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaks own COVID-19 decree
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday broke his own decree banning all public gatherings in excess of 100 people by addressing a rally attended by thousands of supporters in Nyanga, less than 24 hour...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist fondles traditional healer's wife's buttocks
A 26-YEAR-OLD MDC activist was arraigned before a Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday facing an indecent assault charge after he alleged...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 22:24hrs | 2093 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MDC delegation visits Bulawayo political detainees
On the afternoon of Tuesday 17th March 2020, a special delegation from the MDC took time to conduct a solidarity prison visit to three Bulawayo political activists who are currently being detained at ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 13:33hrs | 2399 | by MDC Communications Department
Reform or die, UK warns Zimbabwe
The United Kingdom will not bail out Zimbabwe until President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government embarks on comprehensive political and economic reforms. This comes as Zimbabwe's re-engagement ef...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 07:13hrs | 4560 | by Staff reporter
Trio in court for stealing barbed wire
THREE Bulawayo men have appeared in court facing charges of unlawful entry into a company premises where they stole 550kg of barbed wire fence.Addington Tigere (39), Aleck Mutusva (39) and Mik...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:50hrs | 394 | by staff reporter
Chiwenga's custody appeal takes new twist
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's dispute over custody of his children took a new turn yesterday after it emerged that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa had actually conceded to being mentally uns...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:48hrs | 4106 | by Staff reporter
Businessman kills partner over profit sharing dispute
A MAN from Gokwe allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.Evans Ngwe...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Khupe tells Chamisa to join Polad or get beaten
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe, who is a member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) says rival MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should join the group and stop demonstrations ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 6077 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga's wife mentally ill'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has told the Supreme Court that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa cannot get custody of their three minor children after she admitted she was mentally ill and in ne...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 6980 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF MP evades paying vehicle import duty
ZANU-PF legislator for Hurungwe Cecil Kashiri has been arrested and appeared in court on Saturday on allegations of importing his luxury vehicle using forged documents to evade paying import duty....Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Police, army robbers denied bail
TWO Support Unit police officers and a soldier who stole weapons from the armoury and went on a robbing spree targeting money changers and other Harare residents robbing them of cash and goods were ye...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Cops, soldier up for robbery
A robbery gang comprising two policemen, a soldier and cellphone dealers that had unleashed a reign of terror in Chitungwiza and Kuwadzana, using guns, machetes and axes, was yesterday remanded in cus...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife unfit to care for children, court told
VICE President Chiwenga has said the court cannot place his three minor children in the custody of his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, who requires to be under constant care of a surgeon, physician and...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks and punches wife to death
A Victoria Falls man, who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of culpable homicide. Jap...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Police boss fails to quash stolen car case
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly releasing a stolen vehicle that was being held by the police as an ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:52hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
UK MPs moot Zimbabwe bailout
ZIMBABWE's commitment to mend diplomatic and political ties with the United Kingdom has attracted a growing constituency in the British legislature with some parliamentarians asking the Conservative g...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:54hrs | 436 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's supporters to spend another weekend behind bars
The 15 MDC activists charged with public violence over the skirmishes that rocked Chitungwiza on February 29 this year will spend another weekend behind bars after their bail hearing application yeste...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:43hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists denied bail
THE 12 MDC activists who were arrested in Chitungwiza some two weeks ago for public violence are set to languish in prison until next Tuesday after High Court judge, David Foroma failed to read "badly...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:56hrs | 206 | by newzimbabwe
2 Victoria Falls men arrested in card cloning scam
TWO Victoria Falls men have been arrested for fraud after cloning a bank card and withdrawing US$2 400 from an unnamed victims' account. Courage Mdereseri (26) and Eugene Ndlovu (36) from Chin...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Man beats best friend's lover to death
A MAN from Gokwe beat his best friend's girlfriend to death after he found her in a compromising position with another man. George Ndebele (29) of Kufazvinei Village under Chief Jiri in Gokwe ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to poison 'cheating wife' over cellphone password
A Harare man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly trying to kill his wife with rat poison after she refused to give him her cellphone password. The court heard that George Lovell (age not...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Man murders gossiping wife
A VICTORIA Falls man who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail for culpable homicide.Bulawayo High Court judge ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 3114 | by Staff rporter
Chiwenga up for smuggling
Outspoken Zimbabwean preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga was arraigned before a Mutare Magistrate Nottbuglar Muchineri today facing smuggling charges.Muchineripi granted Chiwenga ZWL$400 bail to ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 15:04hrs | 5842 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
2 Zimbabweans steal fuel worth R3 million in South Africa
Two Zimbabweans charged for alleged theft of fuel worth R3 million in South Africa have been denied bail at the Warden Magistrate court and their trial has been postponed to March 24.Owen Mute...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Bushiri rescues Mnangagwa
South African based Enlightened Christian Gathering leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has bailed out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government which was on the brink of experiencing food riots due to th...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 13:14hrs | 19778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prison officer rapes and impregnates sister's friend
A 25-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo prison officer has appeared in court for allegedly raping and impregnating his young sister's friend.The man whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of the ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 12:12hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Murder victim exhumed for 2nd postmortem
POLICE have exhumed the body of a 24-year- old Shurugwi man who was tied to a tree and severely tortured by his boss for allegedly stealing 70 grammes of gold worth US$3 400 at a mine at Bred Farm. ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
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