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Chitungwiza acting mayor claims he is being sabotaged
ACTING Chitungwiza mayor, Kelvin Mutimbanyoka says council employees, including management, were sabotaging an on-going operation against illegal structures."I have realised that a lot of coun...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 8114 | by Staff reporter
85% of gold coins sold in Zimdollars
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has revealed that 1 500 gold coins were sold by its agents during the first week of their release onto the market, signalling a strong demand for the yellow metal cu...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:53hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt backtracks on title deeds
GOVERNMENT has backtracked on its earlier promise to dish out title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in areas around Harare and other parts of the country, and is now saying correct procedures ...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa did not rape me, says ex-Zanu-PF minister
FORMER Environment and Tourism deputy minister Annastancia Ndlovu, who is now a full-time employee at Zanu-PF headquarters in the party's directorate, has strongly denied reports that she was se...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:15hrs | 6166 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters face eviction
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters, who are living on a farm owned by Crest Breeders International, have been ordered to vacate the area to pave way for urban expansion.The area is in Harare Sout...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube sent back to prison
ESIGODINI gold dealer Baron Dube is back in prison after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against conviction and sentence for lack of merit.Dube (46) of Habane Extension Township was in ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Your 'new dispensation' claims are banal
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, authority of the Office of the President is being undermined by the incumbent.Oftentimes your speeches are unwholesome and not in tan...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 522 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Henrietta Rushwaya implicated in Mazowe gold fields plunder.
CONNECTED syndicates linked to Zimbabwe Miners' Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya (pictured) are plundering rich gold fields in Mazowe, a fresh report has revealed. Mazowe is locate...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | 3873 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza demolishes illegal structures
Chitungwiza Municipality started destroying illegal structures, often tuckshops, at the start of a 30-day blitz on Wednesday to remove them, especially those under power lines and over sewers. ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Illicit gold flows sponsor Zanu-PF campaign
Zanu-PF plans to use funding from illicit gold-mining sources in Mazowe and Penhalonga to partly fund its campaign for next year's crunch general elections, a new probe has revealed.According ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 20:29hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, Zanu-PF implicated in gold leakages
A FRESH report has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya at the centre of gold leakages and violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga and surrounding areas in Manicaland pr...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:16hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi's suspected killers back in court
The seven men accused of killing Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, will return to the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.The group faces charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:21hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt incentives behind record gold deliveries, says Sakupwanya
ZIMBABWE'S biggest gold buyer Better Brands Jewellery (BBJ), owned by local gold baron Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya, says the government's current bullion incentives will see record deliveries to the ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:05hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
UK parliament questions recruitment of nurses from poor countries
THE British House of Lords has questioned the move by the country's National Health Services (NHS) to continue recruiting nurses from countries recording shortages in their own healthcare systems....Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF destroying our children's future
WHEN we were growing up in rural Buhera in Manicaland province a long time ago, after supper, we would huddle around the fireplace in the grass-thatched rondavel listening to folktales from Mbuya ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 423 | by Chief Chiduku
Mapping for urban title deeds underway
Mapping of seven urban suburbs in the title formalisation process is now complete and while that process continues with the next suburbs on the list, the first stand owners being processed are now acq...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vote-buying tactic exposed
Zanu-PF has unwittingly confessed its vote-buying gimmick in previous elections, saying the party often spearheaded land invasions and would, in return, ride on the votes of beneficiaries by offering ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:25hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Ajay Singh: The no nonsense Prosecutor
High profile criminals and persons of interest who came before the courts in the early 2000s hated state prosecutor Ajay Singh. Singh earned a reputation of being uncompromising and unwavering...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 13:16hrs | 943 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's dairy estates collapses
GUSHUNGO Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1,4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.The...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 37103 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt puts space barons on notice
THE Harare Metropolitan province yesterday announced plans to set up a taskforce targeting space barons and businesses operating without permits.The taskforce will comprise the police, the Zim...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
7-day ultimatum for businesses operating illegally
More than 70 percent of businesses in Harare are operating in defiance of regulations or by-laws and Government will descend on them if they fail to regularise their operations within seven days....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Harare implements Operation Murambatsvina II
The Harare Metropolitan Province has established a taskforce comprising of Zimbabwe Republic Police, City of Harare, Chitungwiza Municipality, Ruwa Local Board and Epworth Local Board to demolis...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 17:05hrs | 2440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala says the culprits are known, but untouchable
OUTSPOKEN politician and human rights lawyer Job Sikhala says a Zanu-PF leader for Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza, Simbarashe Chisango, who is allegedly linked to the disappearance of Moreblessing Ali i...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:14hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to reverse takeover of Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe?
The R2-billion takeover of sugar giant Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe has potentially crashed and burned.A key shareholder resolution paving the way for the deal was declared...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:36hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, factional fights tearing Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that the ruling Zanu-PF party is being ripped apart by deep-rooted divisions ahead of the 2023 general elections.Addressing supporters while commissio...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T connive to sell Harare golf courses
Zanu-PF and MDC-T councillors have set themselves on a warpath with their Citizens' Coalition for Change counterparts after conniving to block CCC councillors from sitting on committees while facilita...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:28hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Masowe church donates vehicle to CCA
Johanne Masowe Nyenyedzinomwe Church of the WholeWorld made a vehicle donation to Council for Churches (CCA) in Africa on Saturday in Bulawayo.The vehicle was donated with the aim to cur...Published: 09 May 2022 at 20:20hrs | 1880 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Shopping mall craze grips Zimbabwe
THERE is no doubt that locals are innovative.However, novel ideas and trends often progressively lead to a bandwagon, where everyone wants to get in on the action.Once someone starts a...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Will Kadewere be the player to catch Ndlovu's Warriors goal record?
Legendary Zimbabwe striker Peter Ndlovu's international goal scoring record was expected to stand for a long time when he set it in 2005, and now almost 17 years have gone by without any other player ...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 17:03hrs | 2927 | by Staff Writer
Action, not rhetoric, Sir
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, if truth be told, Zimbabwe ought not have been in a persistent vegetative state. She was the jewel of Africa at independence in 1980. Yet, eve...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 379 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Chamisa boycotts, Nhlanhla Ndiweni calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe
On Wednesday this week, the Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF), held its 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the Royal Geographical Society in London, themed: "An exciting journey of hope: Stories from the p...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 495 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Biti accuses Tagwirei of funding Mavis Gumbo
RE-ELECTED Harare East legislator Tendai Biti has vowed to resume his exposé of alleged corrupt dealings by businessman Kuda Tagwirei whom he accuses of funding his rival, Mavis Gumbo's political cam...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:53hrs | 4348 | by Staff reporter
Judgment reserved in Esigodini gold dealer's appeal
THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by Esigodini gold dealer Baron Dube, who is challenging his conviction and sentence.Dube (46) was in December last year released on...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in NGOs war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to kick out non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is reckless and likely to plunge Zimbabwe into further decay and humanitarian crisis, Citizens' Coalition for C...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Illegal structures resurface in Mbare
ALMOST three months ago, an armada of bulldozers, front-end loaders and earthmoving equipment rolled into Harare's Mbare suburb at the break of dawn.What followed was the razing of hundreds of...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:29hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under attack again
Zimbabweans all over the world were shocked to hear Lord Johnny Oates, Liberal Democrats, in parliament on behalf of Baroness Katey Hoey stating that Zimbabwe is in a systematic attack on rule of law ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:22hrs | 570 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
President Joe Biden receives warm welcome from Congress, for now!
United States President Joseph Biden has a unique advantage over his rivals. He believes in nothing. He will say whatever is needed at the time as long as he stays in power. The proof of his methodolo...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:30hrs | 233 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Govt backtracks on title deeds
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has made a U-turn on its earlier plans to dish out title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in and around Harare, saying the land ownership documents wou...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes a dig at ZIFA board
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is committed to investing more in sports infrastructure and also assisting athletes to achieve podium performances on the international fora.S...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is changing the game
Within a few days, President Mnangagwa threw serious warning shots.Some are already calling them silencing shots.The President gave opposition opportunists a teaser of forthcoming attr...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:50hrs | 572 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chimanasa threatens mine with seizure
Zanu-PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa has threatened that the government will seize Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, accusing the owners of failing to run it.Launching a Zanu-PF by-election ca...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Man loses 5 cars in botched stands deal
A 35-year-old land baron has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a city businessman of five vehicles worth over US$86 000 in exchange for five residential stands in Westlea, Harare.It t...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs unsettled by 'militant' Muguti
SENIOR officials in Zanu-PF and the government are unsettled by the militant approach adopted by Harare Metropolitan provincial secretary Tafadzwa Muguti.His abrasive approach in "bringing san...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:44hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Board
THE Gates Foundation is adding four new members to its board of trustees: its CEO Mark Suzman; Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa; Thomas Tierney, the co-founder of Bridgespan Group, one of the no...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Make Mnangagwa's life 'uneasy', UK MPs Urge Zimbabweans
UNITED KINGDOM (UK) House of Lords MPs say Zimbabweans living in that country should be allowed to stage peaceful demonstrations at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London to make the life of diplomats at the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 4883 | by Staff reporter
Mudha and nexus of Kwekwe gold terror
AT the time former president Robert Mugabe was deposed in a military coup in November 2017, police were investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over all...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions of illegal structures to spread across all cities
The government says it will carry out more demolitions of illegal structures in the Harare as part of its ambition to create "smart cities".Over the weekend, the government directed the City o...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:12hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Mbare structures demolished
THE Harare City Council yesterday started demolishing illegal structures in Mbare, targeting the Mupedzanhamo Market zone and illegal tuckshops around the bus terminus, as authorities implement plans ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
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