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Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
Top South African Advocate behind bars for 'incitement'
ADVOCATE Ike Thamsanqa Khumalo appeared in the Booysens Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 27 July - not as a defence lawyer, but as the accused. Khumalo was appearing on two charges of contraventi...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 3745 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean with football dreams to be kicked out of UK
Christopher Arundell, who grew up in the UK and once dreamt of playing professional football, is set to be deported to Zimbabwe, despite a cross-party appeal to the home secretary to stop his removal ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2988 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers hide cow in a pit
A 50-YEAR-OLD Ruwa man and his accomplice have been arrested for stealing a cow and hiding it in a pit.Tedious Chirume (38) of Epworth and Howard Murungweni (50) appeared in court on Friday ch...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses cars to boyfriend
AN Immigration officer lost two cars to her boyfriend after she left them in his custody when she returned to her work station at Chirundu Border Post. Margret Mashongwa (41) of Unit O Seke in...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zimra busts fuel/ water scam
ZIMRA intercepts three transit fuel trucks in Chirundu that are accused of smuggling fuel into the country which was meant to be transported to Zambia potentially prejudicing the country of potential ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
State makes U-turn in Mnangagwa name-dropping con-artist
THE State yesterday made a U-turn and filed an application for the revocation of its consent after it allowed bail to a 33-year-old Harare con-artist who dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3585 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for receiving money to influence magistrate, prosecutor
A POLICE officer based in Ruwa has appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly received money meant to influence the magistrate to deny ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
Daring thieves breaks into houses of CIOs
TWO suspected habitual thieves yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to charges of house-breaking, including nreaking into houses of State security agents.Kudakw...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
'Give AG power to prosecute, enforce accountability,' says Moyo
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has called on Zimbabwe to change its statutes and ensure that the country's Auditor-General's Office is bestowed with prosecuting powers t...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Con-artist drops Mnangagwa's name in US$488 000 fraud case
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare con-artist dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in a fraud case involving close to half a million United States dollars.The woman, Eustine Charambira (33), duped a ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
National hero's widow arrested for school fees fraud
THE wife of the late national hero, Jacob Mapepete, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission after she collected school fees from Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF official calls for Mnangagwa impeachment
A FORMER senior Zanu-PF official in Mashonaland Central province has called for the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly running down the economy, human rights violations and fail...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 7926 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed for smuggling 19 000 litres of fuel
THREE men have been arrested in Chipinge while attempting to smuggle 19 000 litres of diesel into the country from neighbouring Mozambique.The trio Charles Dube (54) of Taringa village in Mara...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
ZRP teacher accused of raping pupil
A TEACHER at ZRP High School yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of raping his pupil while conducting science extra lessons in the school's laboratory. Charles Ml...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 697 | by Nobleman Runyanga
2 State House intruders arrested
TWO Harare men, who separately tried to cheat their way into State House in Harare on Saturday, appeared in court yesterday charged with impersonation and trespassing.Nigel Rutsito (37) was ar...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:27hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers' trial stalls
THE trial of alleged armed robbers, who are accused of besieging gold miner and cleric Mathias Madziwanzira's home and stealing cash among other goods two years ago, failed to kick off again last week...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Man axes father, rapes neighbour
IN a bizarre incident a 29-year-old Kadoma man fatally axed his father, set a neighbour's house ablaze before raping another woman in a maize field at a f...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 06:37hrs | 883 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Highlanders extend begging bowl to members
HIGHLANDERS have made a passionate appeal to their members and fans for financial assistance to ensure the club's continued existence.Bosso were hit hard by Covid-19 after their principal spon...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:44hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF worker kidnaps man, extorts US$120,000
A Zanu-PF employee has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Harare man whom he took to the party headquarters, threatened him with death and disappearance before forcing him to sign agreements of ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Police hold on to Mthwakazi Republic Party truck
BULAWAYO police are still holding on to a truck they seized from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) during a surprise demonstration that the militant party staged outside Bulawayo Central...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Matanga sued US$45,000 for wrongful arrest
A HARARE man, Phinias Nyambi has slapped Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe with a US$45 000 lawsuit over his arrest in 2019.Nyambi endured a month at Harare Remand Prison before he w...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:58hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler granted $50 000 bail
LEADER of a smuggling syndicate, Anyway Chinyanga, yesterday appeared at Rusape Magistrates' Court facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and smuggling of second-hand clothes, shoes and cel...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Chombo wants passport released
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, on bail over a slew of corruption-related charges wants his passport back temporarily to travel to South Africa for medical attention. Chombo, through ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:16hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 369 | by Tafara Shumba
MDC's Makomborero Haruzivishe released on bail
MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was granted bail pending appeal on his 14-month prison sentence on Wednesday – but the 28-year-old will remain in prison following the revocation of his...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 12:33hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Robber leaves mobile phone at crime scene
A ROBBERY suspect sold himself and of his co-accused after he mistakenly left his mobile phone on the complainant's vehicle passenger's seat after robbing her.Lincoln Nyakutira (32) and Godfre...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:36hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to enact laws to curb mineral smuggling
WHILE deliberations continue over joining an international group formed to reduce corruption in mining countries, Zimbabwe continues to lose billions of dollars from the smuggling of extracted resourc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling syndicate in bribery storm
A SMUGGLING syndicate allegedly tried to bribe police at Nyazura Police Station around 2am on Sunday so that they could get back 16 bales of mobile phone handsets that had been confiscated by the law ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:11hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Fertility doctor in court for sexual assault
A PROMINENT Harare medical doctor Tinovimba Mhlanga (36) was Monday brought before a Harare magistrate facing aggravated indecent assault charges after he allegedly inserted his fingers into the priva...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:03hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers released from prison
Notorious armed robber Luckmore Matambanadzo, who was serving a nine-year sentence for robbing a Harare couple of an Isuzu KB250 vehicle at gunpoint in 2008, has been released from prison. Mat...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Fired judge hands over unfinished cases
FORMER High Court judge Erica Ndewere, who was fired for incompetence, has handed over six cases she was handling to the acting Judge President, Mary Zimba-Dube.Ndewere was fired by President ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:42hrs | 2522 | by Staff reporter
Pakistani gets 'Sibanda' surname, ID, passport in one day
IN a shocking revelation that has exposed deep rooted corruption at Lupane Provincial Registrar's Office, a Pakistan national was issued with a Zimbabwean National Identity Card bearing a common local...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:37hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should refuse to repay colonial debt
THE Zimbabwean government is currently engaging with its creditors in order to reduce its external debt burden.Economic watchers argue that the country would be justified in repudiating the de...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:56hrs | 298 | by Kudakwashe Matiza
'Rights' groups Report Mnangagwa to UN
HUMAN rights organisations have reported President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) for overseeing worsening gross human rights violations in the country....Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:53hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Ndewere takes Mnangagwa to court
FORMER High Court judge Erica Ndewere is demanding reasons for her dismissal by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and yesterday filed an urgent chamber application to force the tribunal to release the inf...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:18hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
'G7 countries won't help Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe should not expect any help from the Western countries that imposed sanctions on Harare.Speaking after sending off former Zanu-PF national c...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:19hrs | 2262 | by Staff reporter
US$53 000 fraudster who implicated Mnangagwa's son get bail
A HARARE man, who allegedly swindled a local investor of US$53 000 and implicated President Emmerson Mnangangwa's son, Collins, has been granted $10 000 bail.Sean Chiriseri (33), who appeared ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 11:05hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Soldier supplied bullets to Harare robbery gang, court hears
Four alleged armed robbers charged with murder on Monday were supplied ammunition by a 35-year-old soldier, a court has been told.Zvidozvashe Dzuda, 35, a section officer in the ordinance dire...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 18:21hrs | 2537 | by Staff reporter
Ministry official arrested for issuing out 350 motor vehicle import licenses
ZACC has arrested a Ministry of Industry and Commerce Licence Clerk Andrew Matevere for issuing out 350 motor vehicle import licenses to importers of second hand that did not qualify under the recentl...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 21:27hrs | 3079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son 'linked' to US$53 000 fraud
A HARARE man, who allegedly swindled a local investor of more than US$53 000, has told the court that he committed the crime on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins.Sean Chiri...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 4049 | by Staff Reporter
Man loses US$90 000 in tax clearance deal
A HARARE man lost more than US$90 000 in a deal to supposedly help him clear tax arrears with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).Three suspects Tsungai Mazanhi (33), Tawanda Walter Maching...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 10:17hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$90K in tax clearance deal
A HARARE man lost more than US$90 000 in a deal to supposedly help him clear tax arrears with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).Three suspects Tsungai Mazanhi (33), Tawanda Walter Maching...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 850 | by Staff Reporter
Govt denies financial bailout to businesses
THE Finance Ministry yesterday denied social media rumours that it had partnered international financers to provide grants to businesses.According to reports doing rounds on social media, the ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:07hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala incitement trial fails to kick off
THE trial of MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting the public to commit public violence, yesterday failed to take off after the State indicated that the prosecutor deal...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:00hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
ZB Bank US$2,7m cash in transit suspect denied bail again
THE High Court has dismissed a second bail appeal by one of the suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist early this year, Trymore Chapfika.Chapfika is facing armed robbery ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | 271 | by staff reportr
International carjacker's wife gets bail
A Harare woman recently arrested together with her South Africa-based husband for allegedly stealing top-of-the range vehicles from Namibia and smuggling them into South Africa and Zimbabwe, has been ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 08:59hrs | 1444 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills workmate over affair with his wife
AN Odzi man in Arda Transau, Manicaland province, is in trouble after killing his workmate at a gold mine for allegedly having an extra-marital affair with his wife.Hamabungu Nherere (37), fro...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:20hrs | 4818 | by Staff reporter
ExQ, Nutty O out on $5 000 bail
CELEBRATED dancehall star Carrington Simbarashe "Nutty O" Chiwadza and urban groover Enock "ExQ" Munhenga were yesterday granted $5 000 bail each by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi following their ar...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:05hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Grieving MDC Alliance activist arrested during father's funeral
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance executive member Netsai Marova, who lost her father on Sunday, was arrested the same day at around 10pm at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while allegedly welcoming...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:04hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
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