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CIO operative in Matobo land grab storm

Villagers at FOX Farm in Matobo, Matabeleland South, are resisting what they describe as a corrupt attempt by senior officials to seize their land and re-allocate it to outsiders from outside the province.The dispute involves long-term res…

Published: 23 hrs ago | 236 | by Staff reporter

Top CIO officer, Indian national up for stolen BMW

A district intelligence officer, Mbereki Mbizo Nyathi, and an Indian national, Abdul Ismael, appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing charges of theft of a motor vehicle.The pair were not asked to plead during the he…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

CIO operative acquitted of rape charges

A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative who was accused of raping a 20-year-old woman has been acquitted by a Gweru court due to lack of evidence.Makopa Manyadze (45) was found not guilty by Gweru regional magistrate Christophe…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zim industry leaders call for Unified Taxation System

Zimbabwe's business community has raised concerns over the country's fragmented taxation system, urging the government to adopt a unified tax framework to alleviate the heavy burden of multiple taxes that are hindering business growth and …

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

'CIO' attempt to disrupt private birthday bash

Suspected State security operatives allegedly tried to halt a private birthday celebration for Patrick Cheza's grandmother, sparking concern among locals about the government's respect for individual privacy rights.Cheza, the former Chirum…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:34hrs | | 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 blue suit, eyes rolling like a chameleon, the driver jumps…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:23hrs | 373 | by Matthew Takaona

CIO disrupts MP's community engagement tournament

A senior intelligence officer has come under fire after allegedly obstructing a sanctioned community engagement tournament organized by Chiredzi Central MP Ropafadzo Makumire at Chishamiso Stadium, despite the event having received prior c…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 13:40hrs | 4902 | by Staff reporter

ZRP chief kills senior prison officer trying to save trapped CIO boss

A tragic accident on May 21 has claimed the lives of two senior Zimbabwean security officials, turning an act of heroism into a devastating loss. Principal Correctional Officer Masimba Mandimutsira died after being struck by a Ford Ranger …

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa tightening his grip on Zimbabwe's military and state security services

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reported to be tightening his grip on the military and state security services with immediate key appointments made this week, according to sources within the state.According to these reliable sources, Mnan…

Published: 07 May 2025 at 20:52hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

National hero status for ex-CIO

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred national hero status on Retired Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director Walter Basopo, a decorated liberation war veteran and career intelligence officer who passed away rece…

Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter

0 Ndebele aspiring judges pass first hurdle

The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has announced that 28 candidates have progressed to the final stage of interviews for eight available Labour Court judge positions. This follows a rigorous first round of interviews held last week in …

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ex-CIO dies in South Africa

Walter Basopo, a retired officer of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and a veteran of the liberation struggle, passed away at Life Groenkloof Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday following a long illness. He was 66 yea…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:37hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter

Albert Nguluvhe: Loyalty, courage and dedication in the shadows of power

In a political landscape often defined by betrayal, opportunism and shifting loyalties, Albert Nguluvhe stands out as a rare embodiment of courage, principle and unwavering dedication to duty. His story is not one of blind allegiance to in…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa purges CIO Deputy Director-General?

Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director-General, retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi, has reportedly been informed of his appointment as the country's next ambassador to Cuba.His reassignment comes as Pr…

Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa announces a significant Cabinet reshuffle

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced significant changes to his Cabinet and the leadership of the Central Intelligence Organisation. Two Cabinet Ministers have been reassigned, and a new Director-General for the Presidentâ€™s Departm…

Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

US ambassador being followed by Zimbabwean intelligence agents?

United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, has reportedly expressed concerns to Zimbabwean authorities over alleged state security surveillance, which is said to be contributing to increased diplomatic tension between the two na…

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 21:17hrs | 2780 | by Staff reporter

CIO car smuggling case drags on

A vehicle smuggling case, which implicates several officers from various law enforcement agencies, including the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), was postponed last Thursday after the state informed the court that it was not ready …

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Rugeje caught up in bar CIO hunt for rights activist

Days before a summit of regional leaders, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock troops armed with AK47s stormed a bar where a retired top general and Zanu-PF politburo member was drinking on Wednesday, ZimLive can reveal.The operatives dema…

Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reportrer

Zimbabwe CIO's business network

Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly available information suggests that the CIO controls Terrestrial Holdings, a business conglomerate of companies involved…

Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa spooks' 'dirty' deals exposed

A recent report by The Sentry sheds light on the Central Intelligence Organisation's (CIO) secret revenue streams, which fund activities like Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), alleged to have influenced Zimbabwe's 2023 elections in favor …

Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 09:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe CIO boss's daughter dies in Ireland

FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Friday visited the family home of Central Intelligence Organisation Director-General Ambassador Isaac Moyo to pay her condolences following the death of their eldest daughter, Shumirai, in Dublin, Irelan…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Sex demanding CIOs granted bail

Three Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers from Bindura who allegedly demanded sex from a Bindura woman before kidnapping her and bashing her severely were granted bail yesterday. Jeffrey Makonza (29) Aynos Charumbira (32)…

Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 23:09hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole

CIOs demand sex, bashes woman

Three Central Intelligence Organisation operations were arrested in Bindura after they demanded sex from a Bindura woman before kidnapping her and bashing her severely.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates courts recently where J…

Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:28hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole

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 arrest occurred shortly after NewZimbabwe.com's exp…

Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Will stand by Biti, Welshman Ncube

The departure of Nelson Chamisa from the Citizens  Coalition for Change CCC is clear evidence of selfishness and greedy attitude.Nelson Chamisa is a tricky and suspicious opposition leader whose antics make the majority of us suspect …

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:29hrs | 3 | by Gugugu Magorira

CIO-linked company gets raw lithium export permit

THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has reportedly awarded a firm with suspected links to the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Terrestrial Holdings, a licence to export one million tonnes of raw lithium ore annually, the Z…

Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:53hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining

ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguko/Nkululeko Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, in the …

Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

CIO versus Zimbabwe military

TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz) which has unconstitutionally…

Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter

'Green Bombers' threaten to beat up 'unpatriotic' CIO, police officers

FORMER National Youth Service (NYS) graduates, commonly known as â€˜Green Bombers', have threatened to physically assault dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives and police officers deemed "unpatriotic" who are plotting …

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mliswa fingered in senior CIO's death

Outspoken Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa has been accused of contributing in the death of senior Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) Andrew Chitungo's death.Mliswa who was present at the burial of on Wednesday Chitungo posted on Twitter …

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 14:25hrs | | by Paul Ndou

Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation and retention bid. Autocratic leaders re…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Generals will not salute Chamisa' said Chombo. How carelessly he speaks treason, name them

"Chamisa himself knows he is too small to be saluted by these men of war. These generals are waiting for their turn on the presidency and this can only happen when Zanu PF is in power, so even if Zanu PF loses the election why would they l…

Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:02hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

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 fire in a suspected case of arson with po…

Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 3 | 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 employees they suspect of plotting to expose…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 20:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

ZPRA children turn heat on Sipho Malunga over Esidakeni farm

The Esidakeni Farm saga has taken a new twist as pressure group calls on Zimbabwe Anti Corruption to investigate High court judge and prominent Bulawayo lawyer. Abantwana bomzabalazo a pressure group founded by children of ZPRA veterans ha…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 13:57hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube

'Zanu PF has no policy of beating up people' - Both Zanu PF and MDC denials are now no.1 impediment to free elections

"If they are being harassed, beaten or threatened, they should report such cases to the police. The police is there to investigate if they receive those reports. But if they bring the reports to us as a party, we will of course report to t…

Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:26hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab

A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local international human rights lawyer and a cons…

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

Spooks investigate US$45m CAPS deal

ZIMBABWE's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), is investigating a volatile commercial dispute that has erupted between the government and interim trustees of Caps Pharmaceutical Trust involving a US$45 mill…

Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles

THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is mid-morning on a Tuesday and employees at plots…

Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Rushwaya smuggling case: Ex-CIO operative was arrested to avoid certain 'truths'

THE former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Raphios Mufandauya who is jointly charged with Henrietta Rushwaya, businessman Ali Mohamad, Steven Tserayi and Gift Karanda has denied being part of the suspected gold smuggling …

Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

FULL TEXT: CIO Minister Owen Ncube fires warning shots at MDC

Zimbabwe's security and stability is currently under siege from a number of threats being fomented by internal and external actors. The objective of this attack is to effect an unconstitutional change of Government following the outcome of…

Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Owen Mudha Ncube

Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy

In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed  a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since his appointment, very few people are aware tha…

Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

National hero relative denies unleashing state agents on Josphat Ngulube

Prudence Ziyaphapha Moyo, a relative of the late national hero Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo has refuted allegations that she unleashed state agents to attack Mthwakazi activist Josphat mzaca Ngulube at his South African base recently. Ngulube had…

Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Chamisa: The personification of a selfish leader

When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from the heiress apparent, Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African funeral parlour, Tsvangirai's name never d…

Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga

No political bullying during bereavement

Some shameless Zanu-PF supporters in their regalia invaded the food serving points, not bothering to observe the queue on Sunday at the home of Zapu's departed President Dumiso Dabengwa. They even went to the pots probably wanting to serve…

Published: 28 May 2019 at 09:39hrs | 3 | by Mkhululi Zulu Zapu Presidential Spokeperson.

PHOTO: CIOs try to grab car from Chief Ndiweni

A group of self-proclaimed members of the Central Intelligence Organisation attempted to grab Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiiweni's car at the Bulawayo Central Business District on Wednesday. Nhlanhla Ndiweni has since labelled an enemy of the…

Published: 15 May 2019 at 11:50hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu

CIO boss dies mysteriously

The sudden death on Easter Monday of a senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative has sparked weird conspiracy theories among Chinhoyi residents on the cause of his demise, with some alleging sorcery.The deceased, Martin Cypr…

Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

CIOs stressing over Mnangagwa's safety

As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there for its annual end of year get-together…

Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa in need of urgent treatment

The MDC T ALLIANCE leader Advocate Pastor Nelson Chamisa made some dramatic claims that he was almost kidnapped by the CIO on the Saturday November 2018 while he was on his way to Harare from a rally in Marondera. Chamisa and his entourage…

Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Opposition must open their own private TV station

Editor, I want to say to the Zimbabwean opposition fraternity you will never ever be given a chance to sell your manifestos to the citizens of this country via the ZBC TV or radios. These national broadcasting tools are run and controlled …

Published: 16 May 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Nkomah Isaac

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