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Gwanda inmate's daring escape ends in swift capture

A Gwanda inmate's attempt to outsmart prison authorities ended in humiliation after he was sentenced to an additional four months behind bars.Nkosilathi Lunga, serving a three-year term for stock theft, appeared before Gwanda magistrate Mr…

Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZEC says not captured

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it remained firm and focused on its work and reports on social media that it had been captured are false, misleading and ridiculous.In its election update to the nation last night, ZEC…

Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's CSOs flag 'judicial capture'

EIGHTEEN local and regional civil society organisations (CSOs) have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over what they termed "judicial capture" and pervasion of justice in the country.The CSOs accused the Judiciary of weaponising the …

Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF captures Zimbabwe's private media?

FORMER Education minister, David Coltart has accused the ruling party, Zanu-PF, and its leadership of infiltrating the country's privately-owned news outlets to muzzle dissent.A vociferous government critic, Coltart says there was sadly an…

Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Magistrates allege State capture of the Judiciary

SOME magistrates have alleged State capture of the Judiciary, and accused senior officials in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of corruption and interference with court processes.In an open letter dated October 4, 2022 addressed to JS…

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zupco monopoly: State capture or another Chimurenga?

BEGINNING January 21, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe has been making a series of declarations reinforcing the apparent principality of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision of public transport.Between January and…

Published: 11 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | 7 | by Discent Collins Bajila

State capture: Time to declare party financiers

SINCE time immemorial, the political class has been defined across the world by class, capital and raw power.In many instances, these groups of people have formed elite pacts to foster their hegemony in communities and are generally referr…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:15hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Zimbabwean man pops up in SA state capture inquiry

You will find Zimbabweans in the most unlikely of places.As South Africans embark on a bruising inquiry into allegations of whether the state was captured by a corrupt clique that milked government coffers to the detriment of ordinary citi…

Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:10hrs | 19 | by staff reporter

State Capture: The imperfect metaphor

Language and its expressions and metaphors does not only deliver messages and meaning but it can also do a lot to hide the truth. In that way language can be used, sometimes innocently and at times in true bad faith, to conceal rather than…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena

Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting capture by industrial lobby groups.These…

Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Brian Sedze

Rival Zanu-PF factions capture presidency, state institutions

A serving High Court judge gave me something interesting to think about.He claims Team Lacoste has captured State institutions - from the judiciary, the military, the State media - and G40 has captured the presidency. The judge, who cannot…

Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe media capture

Two weeks ago, the Zimbabwean media industry celebrated as two of the country's biggest media players, Zimpapers and AB Communications, launched new media products amidst a harsh economic environment, posing a serious viability challenge t…

Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Faith Ndlovu

Zanu-PF captures State

With the 2018 elections on the horizon, Zanu-PF seems to have captured key institutions like Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), ZBC, police and army among others that can aid it to win the elections.But how can this state capture be addre…

Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 11:42hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Sibanda

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