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Ramaphosa's goons go after Dali Mpofu over 'unpaid personal tax'?
The taxman is knocking on the door of South Africa's well-known legal eagle, advocate Dali Mpofu, demanding more than R2-million from him in unpaid personal income tax.News that the South Afri...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 8249 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Ruto eats humble pie
Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 5 | by Associated Press
High Court blocks CCC bid to obtain voters' roll as poll draws closer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's opponents are now set to take part in elections next week blind of what is contained in the voters' roll after the High Court has ruled as not urgent, an application fil...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 19:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says ZACC officers visited family home in Zimbabwe
Purged independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere says his family home in Harare was Friday visited by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) amid signs the Emmerson M...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Ncube snub Chamisa?
CCC deputy presidents Mr Tendai Biti and Professor Welshman Ncube snubbed the party's election campaign launch amid reports that the party could be headed for yet another split.This comes as C...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Chamisa fall out over US dollars?
OPPOSITION CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa threw his former vice president and ally Mr Tendai Biti under the proverbial bus and rigged the Harare East candidate selection process against him because he b...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sudanese rebels attack, ransack Zimbabwe ambassador's home
Sudanese rebels ransacked the office and home of Zimbabwe's ambassador to Sudan Hilda Mafudze and stole valuables belonging to the envoy.In a statement, Sudan's foreign ministry condemned the ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 20:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madinda sacking divides opinion
HIGHLANDERS Football Club coach Baltemar Jose De Oliveira Brito's alleged decision to freeze out assistant coach Madinda Ndlovu on suspicions of sabotage have divided opinion among followers who feel ...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare coach to be fired if he fails to win today
DYNAMOS have fired five coaches since their last Premiership title in 2014, and Herbert "Jompano" Maruwa could become the sixth victim if he fails to collect three points against ZPC Kariba at the Nat...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry sex pests lure junior employees to bed using workshops
High ranking sex pests within the Ministry of Health and Child Care are sending female employees on financially rewarding workshops in exchange for sex, a workers' union has said.In a 16 May 2...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans throw missiles, injure referee
Herentals 0 - 0 DynamosHERBERT MARUWA made three changes to his starting line-up and even included crowd-favourite Denver Mukamba but Dynamos still fired blanks at the National Sports Stadiu...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reportetr
Mwonzora mounts fresh court challenge for postponement of elections
EMBATTLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has claimed that main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members are financially supporting his bid to challenge the ZEC delimitation report ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders fires blanks
Highlanders 0-0 ZPC KaribaHIGHLANDERS Football Club yesterday disappointed thousands of their followers who attended their first match of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season at Barbo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mambondiani was forced to resign'
Former BancABC Zimbabwe managing director Lance Mambondiani is said to have violated policies relating to procurement of vendors where prices are said to have been inflated, Business Times reported....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium
EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life i...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says confident his party will win 2023 elections
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has claimed the party will shrug off a disappointing show in this year's by-elections to punch above its weight and win next year's presidential elections....Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai threatens to quit MDC-T
MDC-T legislator Vincent Tsvangirai has made a turnabout saying he will not contest in upcoming 2023 elections if party leader Douglas Mwonzora remains at the helm of the opposition.Tsvangirai...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police flagged over Zanu-PF bias
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the Zimbabwe Republic Police of indirectly inflaming political tensions in the country through turning a blind eye towards crimes committed against opponen...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deploys military in newfound oilfields
ZIMBABWE'S military incursion into the Mashonaland Central province for a routine training exercise is part of efforts by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to familiarise itself with the area as the S...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
It's really embarrassing when a president acts like a star-struck teenager!
I have never really understood the whole frenzied excitement over so-called 'celebrities'.Maybe, it is because I have never been a huge fan of music or movies, or practically anything else tha...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is Zimbabwe's new gold coin evidence of a broader global trend?
Saber rattling by the Chinese Communist Party stoked investor fears this week, putting upward pressure on gold prices. CCP officials felt aggrieved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, whi...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Mike Gleason
Blunt Bosso concerns Brito
HIGHLANDERS coach Baltermar Brito admits that their last two games have not been up to scratch and the team needs to improve their conversion rate.After firing blanks in the draw against strug...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso shoots blanks in front of home crowd
Highlanders 0-0 Tenax SC HIGHLANDERS FC coach Baltemar Brito was brave enough to go to the disappointed fans at the Soweto end of Barbourfields Stadium to apologise for a lethargic performance tha...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Impotent Dembare fire blanks in drab draw
Dynamos 0 - 0 TriangleDYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya has appealed for patience from the team's supporters and urged them to trust the players despite a troubled start to the second half of the Cas...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ailing govt splurges millions on ministers
GOVERNMENT will soon splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
US threatens Zimbabwe over Russian ties
AS Africa reels from the catastrophic effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked by acute food and commodity shortages, the United States (US) has issued a stark warning of the prolonged consequen...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after July Moyo?
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo is subject of a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigation over his role in the procurement of US$9,3 million water pumps without going to tender, a y...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Multi-million-dollar road rehabilitation storm erupts in Zimbabwe
KWEKWE City Council in the Midlands has failed to account for millions of dollars poured into the local authority for the rehabilitation of roads amid revelations that politically connected comp...Published: 23 May 2022 at 13:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bosso lose plot
Soon after another drab performance by Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against little-known Tenax at Sakubva Stadium on Sunday, Sibanda emerged to strongly defend head coach ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Messy fight over gold mine
A fight has erupted in the gold rich Mazowe area — 40km north of Harare where a group of farmers are reportedly disrupting operations at a mine.A long running attempt to have the alleged int...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso grab first win of the season
Highlanders 2 - 0 WhawhaA FIRST-half brace by defensive midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku was all that Highlanders needed to clinch their first win of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season at B...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New striker aware of Bosso pressure
NEWLY acquired Highlanders' striker Stanley Ngala says while he is aware of the pressure that comes with playing for a club with passionate and demanding supporters, his mission was to make sure the c...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police not acting on cabinet lockdown regulations
Dear Editor, Government efforts to curb the spike in Covid 19 cases is being frustrated by the Zimbabwe Republic police ZRP who are allowing shops and nightclubs to open until 5am the followin...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:26hrs | | by Gugugu Magorira
Bosso plot dressing room raids
Highlanders are set to invade dressing rooms of three Premier Soccer League teams as they push to add four players to their squad during the January transfer window and in time for the resumption of l...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, please calm down and be a sober leader
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, the intensity of the fire and fury you unleashed on the blogger, who posted on social media that you had proclaimed the lockdown was extreme....Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 10 | by Cyprian Muketiwa
Blunt Bosso seek striker
HIGHLANDERS are hoping to sign FC Platinum's Stanley Ngala in a bid to change their fortunes on the goal-scoring front.Bosso are yet to score in the 2021-22 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fires blanks
Highlanders 0 - 0 Ngezi Platinum StarsABOUT 1 500 fans yesterday paid their way into Barbourfields to watch this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash between Highlanders and Ngezi ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bosso declare war against Ngezi
HIGHLANDERS did not enjoy a great start to the 2021/22 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season when they lost 2-0 to Black Rhinos at the National Sports Stadium recently.Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu,...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Inside Warriors' doomed World Cup campaign
The writing was on the wall from the onset. Zimbabwe began their Qatar World Cup in the worst possible manner in the first stage after a disgraceful 1-0 defeat to Somalia in a match played in Djibouti...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Warriors off to Ghana
The Warriors are expected to travel to Ghana today ahead of their important World Cup qualifier against the hosts.Zimbabwe begin a new chapter under Norman Mapeza, who has been given the manda...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Warriors fire blanks against Bafana Bafana
Zimbabwe 0 - 0 South AfricaTHE Zimbabwe Warriors began their bid to qualify for the 2020 World Cup in Qatar on a disappointing note after being held to a goalless draw by South A...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's Covid-19 contact tracing app fails to take off
FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi launched a non-existent Covid-19 contact tracing mobile application a year ago, Zimbabwe Independent investigations have revealed.The contact tracing applica...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's Sakunda in massive retrenchment exercise
OIL firm, Sakunda Holdings (Sakunda) has embarked on a massive retrenchment exercise, a move which has seen the company laying off most of its workers and leaving a skeleton staff of only 16 employees...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation system
A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe's troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawe...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers fire blanks
Black Rhinos 0 0 Cranborne BulletsARMY sides Black Rhinos and Cranborne Bullets played out to a thrilling nil-all draw in their Chibuku Super Cup Group Three encounter here yesterday.The m...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare register one shot on target
Herentals 0 0 DynamosONE shot on target, just one, in 90 minutes of action.That's what Dynamos managed yesterday in a Chibuku Super Cup group show, which was so poor, their coach Tonderai ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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