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Bulawayo City Council's first black engineer laid to rest
Bulawayo City Council's first black electrical engineer, Jongilizwe Harold Sobantu, was laid to rest yesterday at Lady Stanley Cemetery, leaving behind a legacy of humility, faith, and remarkable cont...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:08hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for church auditorium commissioning
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to visit Bulawayo today for a two-day working programme, during which he will commission a state-of-the-art 10,500-seat church auditorium and preside over the...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:12hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses bid to block sale of trust property
A Harare woman, Ms. Tariro Lebogang Mutenda, has lost her legal battle to prevent businessman Mr. Upenyu Mashangwa from selling a Borrowdale Brooke property to settle a debt of over US$1.6 million....Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:26hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Australian-based Zimbabwean on the run over rape
A Zimbabwean man based in Australia is on the run after he allegedly raped his lover whom he had met for the first time.Bright Ndinaani Nyanhete (24) of Borrowdale Brooke travelled from Austra...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 19:19hrs | 1710 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe High Court Judge faces scrutiny over lawsuit against CIMAS
Justice Phillipa Phillips-Sadza, appointed to the High Court bench in June this year, is embroiled in a legal dispute with CIMAS, a prominent medical aid society, over an alleged mishandling of her me...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:17hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for 'prophet' who had a message for Grace Mugabe
A man claiming to have the power of prophecy was arrested after demanding to see former first lady Grace Mugabe at her Blue Roof residence in Borrowdale Brooke in Harare, a court heard on Thursday....Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 12:03hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining company seeks intervention from Australian Ambassador
Shamva-based gold mining company Korzim Strategic Minerals (Pvt) Ltd has reached out to Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Minoli Perera, alleging misconduct by an Austr...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:22hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Phillip Chiyangwa at it again
Phillip Chiyangwa, known as Captain Fiasco, and his long-time fiancée Sarah Frankis, held a lavish wedding planned in just nine days. The event, orchestrated by Sarah’s sister Elaine Frankis, was a...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:40hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Son sues father for US$250 000 fraud
An 86-year-old man, Graham Garnet Metcalf Hall of Borrowdale Brooke, is facing fraud charges for allegedly selling his son's property in Dandaro Village, Harare, for US$250,000 without authorization. ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife takes over Miss Universe Zimbabwe
MINIYOTHABO Baloyi-Chiwenga, the wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was announced as the new chairperson of the Miss Universe Zimbabwe.After a long hiatus from the international stage...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Munyeza, wife Wilma spared jail in race to repay US$100,000 loan
Embattled businessman Shingi Munyeza and his wife, Wilma, were spared jail by the High Court last Friday after a former neighbour they owe US$100,000 filed an application to have them committed to pri...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$1 million cash stolen from Harare home
Police have launched an investigation after a Chinese military contractor lost US$1 million cash that she kept at her Borrowdale Brooke home to thieves.Li Fang, 38, locked her room in the shar...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 18:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Miss Universe Zimbabwe imitating Zozibini 'Zozi' Tunzi
REIGNING Miss Universe Zimbabwe first princess Nokutenda Shekinah Marumbwa has rubbished claims that she does mimic famous South African model Zozibini "Zozi" Tunzi.Marumbwa was among the fina...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets white Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2023
Zimbabwe has earned a spot at this year's Miss Universe competition, which will take place in El Salvador, Central America, in two months. Brooke Bruk Jackson, a 21-year-old beautician, was cr...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Malinga declared national hero
SPECIAL Advisor to the President, Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Executive Mayor of Bulawayo, Joshua Teke Malinga, who died on Friday, has been declared a national hero.He was 79....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joshua Malinga dies
SPECIAL advisor to the President, former Mayor of the City of Bulawayo and Zanu-PF Politburo member Joshua Teke Malinga has died.He was 79.His son Mr Mpehlabayo Joshua Malinga confirme...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza threatens Mutemererwa's lawyer
The debt row pitying Marjorie Mutemererwa and Shingi Munyeza escalated this week with the ex SeedCo public relations manager's lawyer filing a police report against the businessman for allegedly swear...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza and wife ordered to repay US$100 000 with interest
Prominent Zimbabwean pastor, businessperson and political activist Shingi Munyeza and his wife Wilma have been ordered by the High Court to repay public relations strategist Marjorie Mutemererwa her U...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:38hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife suffers setback
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Mary Mubaiwa, has lost her appeal against conviction and sentence for forging a marriage certificate to the retired general.Mubaiwa is said to ha...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
IPEC boss' son acquitted
INSURANCE and Pension Commission (IPEC) boss Grace Muradzikwa's son Kundai who was accused of unlawful entry into the house of socialite Luminitsa Kimberly Jemwa and stealing US$32 000 cash together w...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza 'ate' my US$85 000 severance package, says Mutemererwa
WHEN Marjorie Mutemererwa left Seed Co. Ltd last year after some years of dedicated and long service where she was public relations and special programmes manager, she was paid some cool US$85 000 sev...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium
HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke s...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Five man gang rob guns at a Chinese Mine
Five unknown robbers allegedly pounced on a Chinese mine in Bindura and disarmed security guards before robbing them of the company's riffles.According to Mashonaland Central acting police spo...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 17:41hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
'African solutions to African problems' shouldn't be excuse for oppression and looting of resources!
I definitely do not have any objections to the concept of 'African solutions to African problems' - since, who can be better placed in addressing challenges than the one faced with such?Indeed...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 14:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grace Mugabe and some of her relatives stripped of corruptly acquired stands
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe and some of her relatives and allies are being stripped of 14 stands worth almost US$12,6 million in one of the most upmarket developments in Borrowdale, Harare, on the ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally acquitted of fraud
ECONOMIC Empowerment Group (EEG) president, Mike Chimombe (41) has been cleared of fraud charges after the matter was withdrawn before plea.Chimombe appeared before Harare Magistrate, Dennis M...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 21:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped over employment contract
A 29-year-old PC Royal Casino manager last week appeared in court on allegations of raping his employee in the company's toilet after threatening her that she would lose her employment contract....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally arrested
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former Affirmative Action Group (AAG) leader Mike Chimombe has been arrested on allegations of fraud.Chimombe was picked up from his Borrowdale Brooke r...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena busted in attempt to smuggle out posh cars
TWO posh vehicles belonging to embattled Gokwe-Nembudziya parliamentarian, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, have reportedly been intercepted at Beitbridge Border Post en-route to South Africa.He is be...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Wadyajena is a liability to Zanu-PF", say villagers
It never rains, but pours for embattled Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Wadyajena, whose constituents now accuse him of not only turning his back on the electorate, but of being a liability to th...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale tenants file petition against Wadyajena
BORROWDALE Brooke Estate residents have petitioned trustees of the Borrowdale Brooke Home Owners Association (BBHOA) complaining of youthful politician Justice Mayor Wadyejena's continued violation of...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Acting PG Mutsonziwa in soup
POLICE on Wednesday last week opened a criminal docket against acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa for reportedly destroying a court docket in 2014.The docket was opened at the Harare ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Massive looting exposed at CIO
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) financial records are in a shambles amid fears that senior officers in the state spy agency are presiding over massive looting and hounding out two senior emplo...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 20:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Missing docket haunts acting PG
ACTING prosecutor general Nelson Mutsonziwa has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) by a Harare businessman on allegations of destroying a docket in a case involving ...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena: A liability to the vision of the new dispensation
President' Emmerson Mnangagwa and the new dispensation are working tirelessly to build Zimbabwe brick by brick. It is surprising that Midlands politician who claims to be very close to President E...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:29hrs | 10 | by Lameck Rangwani
WATCH: Justice Wadyajena political career comes to an end
Flamboyant Gokwe Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena’s political career is facing its end as Gokwe ZANU PF members have declared that the end has come for youthful MP.Information re...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Borrowdale Brooke management pursuing sinister agenda, says Wadyajena
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena has accused the management of posh Borrowdale Brooke area of pursuing a sinister agenda against him including trying to pin false claims o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Murder, racism claims rock Borrowdale Brooke
GLIDING though the smooth roads lined with a fusion of indigenous and exotic trees marching virtually without interlude but for the occasional glamorous, plush homes, any first timer to this exquisite...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena takes on Borrowdale Brook management over systematic abuse
GLOVES are off between Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena and Brooke Estate Management with the firebrand legislator claiming systematic abuse and harassment by the latter in a bid to...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale Brooke security bars Wadyajena workers
SECURITY at Borrowdale Brooke has blocked Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena's construction workers from entering the estate.This came a day after the High Court granted the Zanu-PF l...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena defeats Munyeza, regains access to Borrowdale Brooke
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has won a case against the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) that was accusing him of violating rules governing the residence....Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena threatens to sue Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association
GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena has threatened to drag the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) to court for illegally deactivating his vehicle tags and relegating him ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena, Munyeza lock horns
Residents of Borrowdale Brooke are not happy with the conduct of Gokwe-Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) after he allegedly spent more than three hours making noise with his sports car ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marry to stand trial for alleged attempted murder
THE case in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry is accused of attempted murder is now ready for trial, the State has said.Marry was in court yesterday where cases in whi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muradzikwa-Jemwa court battle intensifies
THE explosive court battle between prominent corporate executive Grace Muradzikwa and flamboyant businesswoman Luminitsa Kimberly Jemwa has been postponed to 5 May after a court hearing on Wednesday a...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
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