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Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmishes that occurred in the city centre last Wednesd...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches witch-hunt
TOP Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) executives are panicking over recent revelations by The NewsHawks of corruption involving the tax collector's multi-million-dollar whistle-blowing fund as they s...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2266 | by Staff reporter
Tragic end to dispute
A 31-year-old pharmacy technician at Nkayi District Hospital in Matabeleland North province has been arrested on allegations of murdering his wife after he doused her head with methylated spirit befor...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for slapping Macron
A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right "patriot" was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.Dam...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cops deny torching kombis, blame 'vendors, touts and money changers'
Metro traffic cops in Bulawayo were accused of shifting blame after allegedly burning down two kombis in the city center on Wednesday and then telling their boss in an internal memo that the commuter ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Cops near death as tout mob attacks
PIRATE kombi operators and illegal money changers yesterday allegedly ganged up and attacked traffic police officers who were patrolling in the Bulawayo city centre.The rowdy crew smashed wind...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
'Rapist caught pants down' offers US$5 bribe
A 62-year-old Shurugwi man allegedly attempted to buy his freedom by offering US$5 to the uncle of a nine-year-old girl who walked on him while he was raping the niece.The man, the court heard...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Kombis burnt to shells in fierce police clashes with illegal Bulawayo operators
POLICE in Bulawayo Wednesday threw tear smoke cannisters which are believed to have illuminated and burnt to shells, two private commuter transport omnibuses which were operating illegally within the ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:46hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer caught offside
RUBAYA and Chatambudza Law firm has written a letter of complaint to the Law Society of Zimbabwe against a Harare lawyer Liberty Mandiveyi, whom it is accusing of practicing under its name despite hav...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Kwekwe Hospital staff quarters
Kwekwe General Hospital doctors and staff members escaped unharmed after their quarters caught fire in the early hours of today.Nine families, including doctors, physiotherapist, nurses and an...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:44hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo, Zec exchange fire over presidential election rigging
FORMER minister and MP Jonathan Moyo (pictured) has sarcastically yet robustly dismissed a belated reaction by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to his book on election fraud and rigging in the ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:47hrs | 3122 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex rules 'a tragedy of good intentions'
LAST week's promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021, which penalises issuance of local currency receipt for foreign currency purchases and pricing goods above the official auction rate, among...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:59hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Business has learned nothing and forgot nothing
SO there was this prominent businessman-cum-pastor who was obsessed with religiously lampooning politicians as occultic during his daily sermons.Preaching from his moral high horse, the raboni...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:50hrs | 84 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mount Darwin man killed over US$25
A misunderstanding over US$25 costed the life of Nomore Kamukuni (49) of Arcedia village in Mount Darwin on Wednesday.The now deceased Kamukuni was caught in cross fire after the brick which k...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 22:01hrs | 914 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans hails Sinovac vaccine
Zimbabweans have hailed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for listing the Sinovac vaccine for emergency use.On Tuesday, WHO validated the Sinovac-Corona Vac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency us...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:00hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Banks turn back on Zimbabwe tourism sector
Zimbabwe's battered tourism industry is facing an imminent viability crisis as local banks are walking away from funding the ailing sector, Business Times reported.The ravages of the Covid-19 ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:37hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists arrested in for staging protest in Mutare
Several Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Mutare on Tuesday after staging an illegal march and forcibly opening two flea markets that were shut down by the local authority last year as a safety meas...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:48hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Zhowane FM appealing for financial assistance
The Tsholotsho community in Matabeleland North is appealing for financial assistance to set up a community radio station, covering at least five wards within the district.The Broadcasting Auth...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 11:37hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor quits as Zacc probe starts
BULAWAYO prosecutor Thobekani Nyathi, who was implicated in an alleged corrupt activity involving principal public prosecutor Chris Mutangadura, reportedly resigned after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1582 | by Staff report
COVID-19 third wave panic hits Zimbabwe
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of a dire situation ahead as the third wave of COVID-19, which has reportedly hit the country in the face of threats posed by the South African and new Indian variants ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2457 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling syndicates exposed
A new report has illustrated the depth of the gold smuggling scourge in Zimbabwe, estimating that over 70% of the country's output has found its way into backstage international markets.Titled...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:45hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Habitual mbanje peddler spared jail
A 49-year-old habitual dagga selling woman escaped imprisonment after she was caught in possession of the illicit drug while she had a previous conviction for the same offence.Silinganiso Moyo...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:36hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
ZACC widens dragnet to curb minerals smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has widened the scope of its investigations into the smuggling of minerals out of the country, with the anti-corruption watchdog adopting a collaborative...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:31hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Why isn't ZANU PF 'old guard' fiercely pushing for govt to provide decent wages to workers and retirees?
In this gravely depressing Zimbabwe economic, political, and social environment, one always welcomes some stress- releasing events, that make us laugh and forget our misery - no wonder most Zimbabwean...Published: 28 May 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1476 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New York Times Zimbabwean correspondent arrested
NEW YORK TIMES Zimbabwean correspondent Jeffrey Moyo was arrested Wednesday amid claims he was caught assisting some foreign journalists who were not accredited with the Zimbabwe Media Commission....Published: 27 May 2021 at 22:41hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF old guard skeptical of life after retirement'
Zanu-PF politburo member Tshinga Dube has described the situation in the country as abnormal as it could not sustain pensioners, hence the old guard's reluctance to go into retirement.The late...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar whistleblowing corruption scandal rocks Zimra
MASSIVE corruption - which has dragged on for years - is rocking the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s multi-million-dollar whistle-blower fund which the tax collector's senior officials are lootin...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Dispelling the idiotic myths and stereotypes against Matabeleland
Although myths and legends have been useful tools of African philosophy for raising children since time immemorial, the way it has been used to enhance Shona supremacy and denigrate the people of Mata...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1237 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Man fatally struck with machete in grudge fight
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Zhombe, Midlands Province died on admission to hospital after being attacked by a machete during a nasty fight with his neighbors whom he had provoked into a fight over an undis...Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:31hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
City centre murder captured on CCTV
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men alleged to be part of a gang of six that was caught on camera assaulting two men in the city centre resulting in the death of one of their victims.Tru...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Go to Harare and arrest Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
For someone who studied chemistry, I know that a chain of reactions has a lot to do with the heat that produces those reactions. Chain reactions can be a sequence of reactions where a reactive product...Published: 24 May 2021 at 15:51hrs | 4697 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zacc boss in graft storm
THE Zimbabwe Anti Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice MatandaMoyo has been caught in the eye of a storm after she allegedly ordered the release of top National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) officia...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | 4868 | by Staff reporter
'Constitutional amendments thwart Mnangagwa's foreign engagements efforts'
THE recent constitutional amendments could result in foreign governments which were willing to strengthen economic and political ties with Zimbabwe backtracking from their pledges, Musa Kika, executiv...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Chinese project fans Zanu-PF factionalism
Chinese coal mining upstart Beifa Investments Private Limited has stepped up coal exploration around Dinde in Hwange despite sustained community objections as the acrimonious relationship between the ...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:47hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Haunted trailer intact after 11 years on roadside
ONE of the worst nightmares for any driver is a breakdown in the middle of nowhere. A common feature along the highways has been that any car left unguarded just for a few days, would be stripped by o...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | 1092 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa aides in bribery storm
TWO top aides in President's Emmerson Mnangagwa's office have been remanded in custody for extortion after they were allegedly caught red-handed receiving a bribe from Chinese investors.Patric...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 4581 | by Staff reporter
Rape suspect bolts out of court
Fridge repair technician Cephas Moyo of Epworth in Harare, accused of raping a customer's 10-year-old girl, on Wednesday sprang out of the dock and took to his heels soon after a Harare regional magis...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by elections
Zanu-PF is gearing for both parliamentary and local authorities' by-elections in Masvingo by holding primary elections to select its candidates and ensure that the party is not caught flat-footed when...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:11hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA to clear players affected by disputes
ZIFA have said they will register all the players, who are at the centre of transfer disputes, with the employers of their choice.This is meant to try and ensure that the 2021 season gets unde...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Guduza Churchill, President of MLF
Dear Comrade, I hope I find you well dear comrade. How I wish you could remove the name Churchill from the birth certificate and remain with Mpiyesizwe Guduza. Proper revolution will take plac...Published: 18 May 2021 at 17:33hrs | 1370 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC Alliance pundits warn of 'constitutional crisis'
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi filed a notice of appeal on Monday against the High Court judgment that annulled the five-year extension of Luke Malaba's term of office as Zimbabwe's Chief Justice....Published: 18 May 2021 at 13:59hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Desperate hungry women steal maize cobs
Three desperate young Shamva women were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate for stealing 251 maize cobs at a farm in Bindura.Tanaka M...Published: 18 May 2021 at 01:07hrs | 805 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why did Zimbabwe regime invest so much in our post-independence education, yet always insults our intelligence?
The Zimbabwe government has always prided itself in the phenomenal strides it made in the country's post-independence education, that witnessed the proliferation of schools to reach nearly all section...Published: 17 May 2021 at 10:25hrs | 663 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Binga has low HIV prevalence
SINCE the first HIV infection was recorded in Zimbabwe almost 40 years ago, the epidemic has negatively impacted every facet of human security. Traditional customs synonymous with African cult...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers in Mashonaland hit hard by economic crisis
Zimbabwe's deepening economic crisis compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic has left sex workers across the country in a quandary with some contemplating quitting the oldest profession for good.S...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:57hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Matanga summoned over gold smuggling
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Defence, Security and Home Affairs together with Mines and Mining Development have summoned Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga to ap...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa very weak in fighting corruption
The recent appointment of controversial Delish Nguwaya at AAG is a very sad development in the history of fighting corruption. Even those who thought President Emmerson Mnangagwa was serious in fighti...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:52hrs | 546 | by Leonard Koni
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Criminalising Freedom of Expression in Zimbabwe by ZANU PF
The oppressive ZANU PF regime continues to silence Zimbabwean alternative voices through criminalising any act or anyone who is viewed as a threat to the status quo. The recent arrest of youth leaders...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:11hrs | 1019 | by Prince Njagu
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