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CIO agent faces rape charge
A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer stationed in Gweru has been granted US$200 bail in a case where he stands accused of raping a 20-year-old woman in the city's Kopje suburb.The...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:17hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Turning the CIO into a party militia
It is 11am, Tuesday 3 June, 2025.A red Honda Fit notorious for political violence in Gutu District screeches to a halt and stops in the middle of the highway cowboy style.Clad in a blu...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:23hrs | 373 | by Matthew Takaona
Zimbabwe has three problems: Chamisa, Saviour, and Fadzai
Zimbabwe has very brilliant people who have come to a realization that change will only happen in Zimbabwe when the country has Independent: Electoral Commission, Judiciary, Central Bank, Securi...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 20:58hrs | 1746 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabwe CIO's business network
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly availa...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent up for rape
A 26-year-old member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) named George Goromondo appeared before a Harare magistrate, accused of raping a woman who sought spiritual assistance from his shrin...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO agents released on bail
Four members of the President's Department, accused of extorting US$1,000 from Brian Dziwandi, director of Dopsa Energy (Pvt) Ltd, were granted bail of US$100 each yesterday.Appearing before H...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:53hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's CIO agents arrests Indian Special Forces top gun in dramatic fashion
Sudhu Sarup Singh, a prominent figure within the Indian Special Forces Unit active in Zimbabwe, has been apprehended by operatives from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).Singh's arre...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 CIO agents charged with kidnapping, armed robbery
Two Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents abducted, assaulted and robbed a motorist and a police officer in Harare following an accident involving one of the agents' wife, a court heard....Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore's abductors identified
Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC)'s Harare MP Takudzwa Ngadziore was 'abducted' in Harare this morning, 'tortured and dumped' in Christon Bank, Mazowe.Ngadziore was abducted on his way to pa...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 14:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of Zimbabwe's watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZBC scribe, CIO agent bail hearing today
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation journalist Tendai Munengwa and a member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Henry Kachere yesterday filed for bail in a case where they are being accused ...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC reporter, CIO agent 'extorted US$15k from gold dealer Scott Sakupwanya'
A senior ZBC reporter and a Central Intelligence Organisation agent appeared in court last Saturday charged with extortion after they allegedly demanded US$25,000 from gold dealer Scott Pedzisayi Saku...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Varakashi beat up Mapostori4ED leader
A BOGUS intelligence operative and a member of the militant Varakashi group has been arrested for kidnapping and bashing a Budiriro-based apostolic sect leader and impersonating a Central Intelligence...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent convicted of extortion
A Central Intelligence Organisation officer accused of extorting two vehicles from a land developer on the pretext that he would provide personal security services to him was yesterday convicted after...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law linked to attempt to seize CSC cold chain facility
Cold Storage Company (CSC) management in Harare is battling to ward off attempts by a close friend of President Mnangagwa's son-in-law Gerald Mlotshwa to seize control of a refurbished cold-chain faci...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC fractures into oblivion
LAST week the opposition was thrown into further but usual turmoil when MDC-T vice-president Dr Thokozani Khupe told journalists in Bulawayo that the party had split into two formations, one led by he...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Moyo recommended Obert Mpofu to be offered Esidakeni Farm
Minister of State Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Matabeleland North, Richard Moyo, is the one who recommended Zanu-PF secretary for administration Dr Obert Mpofu, as an eligible beneficiary for ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is world's best spy operative,' claims Mutsvangwa
Zanu-PF politburo member, Christopher Mutsvangwa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is arguably one of the best intelligence officers ever to come out of Zimbabwe, while the country's spy agency servic...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa did not reward POLAD but empowered the spirit of development
POLAD has been the power to peace in Zimbabwe after the 2018 elections. By giving them cars to enhance their work MNANGAGWA did not seek to bribe but to empower those who love their country at any cos...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Half-dressed passengers mystery as horror crash kills CIO agent and CID detective
A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent and a female passenger died half-dressed in a car after a horrific road accident which also claimed the life of a police detective near Marondera, polic...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo's attack - 'Same Old Story!'
It is very unfortunate, according to press reports, that Thabitha Khumalo (59) was caught in a politically set up violence which resulted in her many injuries she sustained recently at her home in Sau...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 20:40hrs | 13 | by Pythias Makonese
Zanu-PF chefs fingered in Chiweshe gold rush
A GOLD rush involving some powerful political figures in the country has erupted in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province, prompting the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to deploy state securi...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya part of smuggling ring, court hears
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya is part of a large gold smuggling syndicate also involving members of the security services, a court heard on Wednesday.The claims were ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
National hero daughter unleashes CIO agents on Josphat Ngulube?
Exiled activist Josphat Mzaca Ngulube has accused an unnamed daughter a prominent national hero for setting him up to be abducted by suspect Zimbabwe state agents at his Rosebank base in South Africa....Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Constitution ignored
The Zimbabwe government has made it clear that the much-vaunted new constitution counts for nothing. The MDC fulfilled the legal requirement to inform the police before Friday's demonstration in Harar...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:45hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
CIO agent bounces back in court
A 41-YEAR-OLD Marondera Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent is back again at Guruve magistrates' courts for contempt of court after being convicted of the same charge last year.Willi...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
EXTRACT: The men who helped Chiwenga to execute the coup
Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers is the thrilling story of a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...Published: 20 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 17 | by Douglas Rodgers
CIOs spy on Zimbabweans in South Africa
A network of Central Intelligence Organisation details exist in South Africa to monitor the daily movements of the millions of Zimbabwe who are in the neighbouring country. In his book Two Wee...Published: 20 May 2019 at 09:17hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I am not a CIO operative,' says Tundiya
SHEPHERD Tundiya, the man described as a con-artist by four legislators that appeared before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee last week facing allegations of soliciting for a $400 000 bribe from...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa named in Hwange scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi were yesterday named in the ongoing Hwange Colliery saga inquiry being conducted by the Parliamentary Pri...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Witness nails MDC Alliance MP in fake address case
THE trial of Mt Pleasant legislator Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance) for violating the Electoral Act continued last Friday with another state witness Mr Isaac Chidavaenzi saying Banda apologised to him for...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Her privates are too big for Chamisa
Below is how The Angolan News reported the Nelson Chamisa rape accusation story.Following revelations that the real rape accuser, Nyaradzo Nyathi who on the 1...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa massive remodelling of the CIO
A clash is brewing between politicians and security chiefs about the handling of the security response to the aftermath of the violent protests that hit the country two weeks ago, Business Times has l...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo takes Mnangagwa head on
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has come out guns blazing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for dialogue saying he lacks credibility and constitutional legitimacy to invite...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi activist shot by police at his home
Mthwakazi Republic Party Bulawayo Provincial Secretary Henry Dube has been assaulted and shot on the head at his home at Cowdry Park in Bulawayo. Dube was shot after questioning the security agents on...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:40hrs | 9 | by Njabulo Ngwenya
CIO agent convicted for contempt of court
A 41-YEAR-OLD Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent based in Guruve was yesterday convicted of contempt of court after defying a High Court order barring him from taking possession of his neig...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO agent harasses EU poll observers
A MEMBER of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) based in Chiredzi caused a scene early this week after he harassed two members of the European Union (EU) pre-election observer team, demanding ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by TellZim
CIO wants to kill ex-minister
Former Higher and Tertiary education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has accused members of the Central Intelligence Organisation of threatening to kill him after his decision to contest the forthcomi...Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube deputy in car crash with CIO agent
THE Welshman Ncube led MDC has claimed an assassination plot on party deputy President Edwin Mushoriwa who on Friday survived a car accident involving a member of the dreaded Central Intelligence Orga...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 22:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CIO agent' steals eggs
A bogus Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative allegedly stole eight eggs from a Harare vendor and assaulted a police officer following his arrest by the victim.Ivan Muremeredzo (35...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, army commanders tensions grow
TENSIONs are gradually intensifying between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military clique surrounding him, amid revelations that the army is exerting overbearing influence on the executive....Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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