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Lungu family engages Ngcukaitobi for high-stakes repatriation battle

The family of late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has dramatically reshaped its legal strategy by hiring South Africa's top advocate, Senior Counsel Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, to spearhead their fight over the repatriation of Lungu's remai…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:09hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter

Elias Musakwa embroiled in chieftainship battle

A fierce succession battle has erupted within the Chinamhora dynasty, with several families moving to block the installation of Richard Jeyi as substantive Chief Chinamhora, arguing that he is not the legitimate heir to the chieftainship o…

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 12:01hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter

Legal battle continues between Kingdom Blue CEO and ex-wife

The ongoing legal dispute between Kingdom Blue Funeral Service founder and CEO, Brilliant Ncube, and his estranged wife, Mrs. Sibonguthando Ncube, continues to unfold, with Ncube asserting that he has been making spousal support payments i…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:10hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter

Tshabangu wins Supreme Court battle

The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling that had nullified the controversial changes to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s parliamentary leadership made by self-proclaimed party secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu, citi…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 15:26hrs | 2795 | by Staff reporter

Battle over new NSSA boss intensifies

The fight to appoint a new general manager for Zimbabwe's US$1.2 billion National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has descended into a chaotic and politically charged standoff, marked by corruption allegations, behind-the-scenes manoeuvre…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 15:35hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter

Kereke wins legal battle

Former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has won a legal battle against the Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS), which had sought a refund of US$138,000 over a failed bid to purchase Fortress Hospital in Ruwa.High Court Judge J…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:48hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter

Mugodhi's son loses Supreme Court appeal ending power wrangle

Washington Mugodhi, the son of the late Bishop Tadeu Mugodhi of the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC), has suffered another legal blow after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a High Court ruling that declared him not the l…

Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 18:21hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak in Kariba

Zimbabwe is grappling with a new cholera outbreak in the fishing town of Kariba, just a year after it declared an end to the previous outbreak. The current wave has resulted in 21 confirmed cases, with the first reported case leading to on…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:50hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter

Hwange stays alive in relegation battle

Hwange 2 - 1 Manica Diamonds In a high-stakes Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at the Colliery Stadium, a determined Hwange side powered to a vital 2-1 victory over Manica Diamonds, proving their resolve to fight for survival as th…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter

Dembare battle to contain crisis

DYNAMOS management are fighting with their back to the wall to save the situation at their club after the players refused to take to the training pitch for the fourth day running yesterday in a crisis that threatens the upcoming blockbuste…

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:58hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

5,4 million Zimbabweans battling hunger

ABOUT 5,4 million Zimbabweans are battling hunger this month amid the free-falling local currency and the El NiÃ±o-induced drought, World Food Programme (WFP) data has revealed. In its February Food Security and Markets Monitoring Rep…

Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe battles to contain cholera

CHOLERA cases in Zimbabwe continue to surge weeks after the country launched a mass oral vaccination exercise to stop the disease from spreading.A Health and Child Care ministry situational report shows that the country has since recorded …

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controversial recalls by an alleged imposter.B…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter

Landlord vs lodger: The battle continues

"LANDLORD fatally stabbed by lodger over rent!" screamed a newspaper headline.In 2021, Prayer Banda (22) of Mbizo 18 in Kwekwe, was fatally stabbed by his lodger Victor Moyo (24), following a clash over rent.According to a Zimbabwe Republi…

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:19hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt loses battle on the redollarisation of salaries

THE government has issued a circular allowing public entities to pay salaries and allowances partly in United States dollars, in a development that shows the state is losing the war of redollarisation.In the past, the government banned the…

Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Battle to bar Kasukuwere from the race is intensifying

The court battle waged by Lovedale Mangwana to bar independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere from the race is intensifying. Mangwana is alleged to be acting on behalf of his Zanu-PF handlers to benefit President Emmers…

Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man takes on lion in survival battle

Just as Tachivei Machona Nebiri reached the crest of a steep ascent along the Charara Road in Kariba, he saw four lions, a female and three cubs, steal into a nearby thicket.Nebiri was taken aback by the sight, but drew solace in the thoug…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Battle over new boundaries rages on

Zanu-PF's Tonderai Chidawa has responded to Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, stating that the legal battle over the preliminary delimitation report is still on despite Parliament raising jurisdiction issues.Chidawa, also Zim…

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

New battle lines drawn in Zanu-PF

NEW battle lines have been drawn in the ruling Zanu-PF as factions within the party start jostling for new portfolios announced during politburo appointments in December last year, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.Party leader President…

Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Bosso, Dynamos face off in battle for pride

THE last time the country's two giants met, Highlanders were in an unfamiliar position, two points above relegation with 16 points while Dynamos sat at the top of the table with 30 points, 14 ahead of Bosso.Highlanders were at that time un…

Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Dembare, Bosso in low stakes Battle of Zimbabwe

GIANTS Dynamos and Highlanders are set to rekindle their age-old rivalries with nothing much to fight for in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the National Sports Stadium this Sunday.The contest comes just a week after the 2021/2022 Cast…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

RBZ tightens screws in inflation battle

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has further reduced its quarterly reserve money (cash available for use in the economy) target, cutting it to 7,5 percent from 10 percent.The measures are part of a cocktail of existing and new tighter po…

Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Lupane, Binga battles relived

TODAY as we continue our interview with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stanford Moyo pseudo name Lloyd Zvanananewako or Mabhikwa, the former freedom fighter takes us through operations in the Zipra operational region that was later on code n…

Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Govt to correct Battle of Pupu story

GOVERNMENT has taken a bold step to correct a one-sided narrative of the famous Battle of Pupu, which for many years deliberately overlooked the African perspective. Under President Mnangagwa, the Second Republic has made an undertaking to…

Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Businesses battle rising cyberattacks

ZIMBABWEAN businesses have increased investments towards enhancing cyber security to address vulnerabilities in the face of heightened cyberattacks following adoption of remote working spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic, a latest report reve…

Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

4 battle for Zanu-PF Mashonaland East youth league chair

THE battle for the Mashonaland East youth league chairmanship has intensified after Mutoko businessman Isaac Tasikani expressed interest in the highly influential post.Tasikani who is currently the Mutoko DDC youth chairman will be locking…

Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bosso boss in battle against Covid-19

AT the beginning of this year, a video showing Highlanders Football Club vice-chairman Modern "Voltage" Ngwenya encouraging Zimbabweans to steam as a way of avoiding contracting the coronavirus went viral.In the 58 second video clip, the e…

Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chin'ono wins court battle, but not the war

Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.After the court ruling by High Court Justice Jester Charewa on 28 April that qua…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Battle for Zimbabwe's rural votes kicks off

THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections - triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu-PF which has always dominated the countryside.This has seen the MDC …

Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe battles to fix damaged roads

AUTHORITIES are escalating their bid to rehabilitate all damaged roads in the country after heavy rains pounded the region this past rain season.Speaking yesterday at the newly-constructed Karanda Bridge in Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central…

Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

John Tallach's successful battle against Covid-19

PARENTS and teachers feared for the worst and learners were in panic mode after 170 Covid-19 cases were recorded at John Tallach High School in Ntabazinuna, Matabeleland North, late last year. For weeks, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland…

Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF playing losing game in Harare'

TENSION is rising over the land issue in Harare, Chitungwiza and other major cities across the country with Zanu-PF accusing the opposition MDC Alliance of running down urban areas as well as being the architect of parcelling out of land.O…

Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Battle to control council rages

A VICIOUS battle to control Harare City Council has emerged between suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango and Zvenyika Chawatama, who was occupying the role on an acting basis following the arrest of the former over an alleged residential l…

Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

How Nelson Chamisa is losing the battle to Zanu-PF?

One of the major reasons why the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai failed to topple the late dictator and former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was because he played it safe and at most, he gave Zanu Pf and Mugabe too much …

Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 19:58hrs | 7 | by Knowledge Hakata

16 MDC councillors contest recalls

SIXTEEN MDC Alliance councillors who were recalled last month at the behest of the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC have approached the High Court challenging the decision.Among the councillors from Harare and Marondera, respectively, are Enock Mup…

Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Obert Mpofu battles to keep assets

The Supreme Court has blocked the Deposit Protection Corporation's bid to submit fresh evidence and re-opening of a case in which it is seeking to transfer Obert Mpofu's three companies into its name. This comes as the politician has been …

Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Choppies battle heads for EGM

The boardroom battle for Botswana and JSE-listed Choppies Enterprises Ltd, is heading for resolution by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Gaborone on 4 September 2019.Choppies shares have been suspended on both bour…

Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 21:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

'Some fallen heroes, battle sites lie forgotten'

While war veterans across the country are fighting for gratuities and other benefits for their participation in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, some Zimbabweans believe they should be fighting for the recognition of fallen heroes.The protr…

Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Battle over sacred mountain rages

The battle for the control of the sacred Ntabazinduna Mountain has been dragging on for the past 15 years, it has emerged.Outspoken Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni early this year escalated the fight after he backed commercial farmer Brian …

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporer

Make them fight a losing battle

The simple, clear message encoded in  the Bi-National Commission signed between Zimbabwe and South Africa earlier this week and in the  other  between our country and Botswana earlier, and also implicit in repeated calls by …

Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:09hrs | 6 | by Stephen Mpofu

Mphoko slowly losing Choppies' battle

Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is slowly but surely losing grip on the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe, run by Nanavac Investments.Choppies entered the Zimbabwean market in 2013 in a partnership betwe…

Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa fighting a losing battle

The decision by the MDC Alliance to ratchet up pressure to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory confirmed by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) last week in reaching out to the African Commission for Human and People's Rights (…

Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 08:51hrs | 4 | by Editorial - newsday

30 July: Zanu-PF has lost the battle for common sense

In an intelligent but unpublished BA Honours dissertation titled "The Challenges faced by Opposition parties in rural Zimbabwe: The case of MDC in Gutu South, 2000-2006", John Mutumburanzou examines the poor performance of the MDC in the 2…

Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Munyaradzi Ziburawa

Battle for political supremacy in Kadoma

An interesting battle for supremacy has emerged between Kadoma's political heavyweights, with incumbent legislator Fani Phanuel Phiri (Zanu-PF) facing MDC Alliance candidate and current mayor Clr Muchineripi Chinyanganya. Coincidentally, b…

Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Villagers relive horrific battle

FOR 88-year-old Mrs Bhikhayeli Moyo (nee Dube), reliving the events of February 1979 is like recalling a gruesome scene from a horror movie, as it is the day her village of Ratanyana in Kezi ran red with the blood of her last born child an…

Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs set for another bruising battle

ZANU-PF bigwigs are set for another bruising battle in the ruling party's primary elections rerun set for next Monday.The spotlight would be on Mashonaland West where poll reruns will be held in six constituencies out of the province's 22 …

Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

UPDATED: 3-hour gunfight at Chihuri's house

A rogue policeman guarding Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri's house in Borrowdale, Harare, yesterday morning ran amok after his bid to loot property from the premises was foiled.Police sources said Dr Chih…

Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Battle lines drawn over Zimbabwe chrome claims

ON Saturday July 1, 2017 the Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (Zimasco), the country's biggest ferrochrome producer, will officially surrender 22 700 hectares of chrome-rich claims to Government, but far from bringing cheer sabres are …

Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Better to die in battlefield'

COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva, around the Bushu area and went to school u…

Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'Mugabe losing control of his succession'

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has led Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe with an iron fist since independence in 1980, but as age catches up with one of the world's oldest leaders, there are signs his tight grip on power is loosening.Mugabe's word is no longe…

Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

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