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MDC Masvingo 2014 structures reject reinstatement, endorses Chamisa
The contentious Supreme Court judgement, which took MDC-T back to its 2014 structures and nullified the ascendancy of Nelson Chamisa to the presidency of the party after the death of Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2892 | by Staff reporter
Security agents 'stalk' hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, who are currently detained at a private hospital ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 782 | by Staff reporter
Gold Baron tries to exonerate self as murder trial resumes
THE trial of gold dealer Baron Dube who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in Esigodini following a dispute, resumed yesterday at the Bulawayo High Court with the accused person...Published: 23 hrs ago | 499 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA to receive US$200 000 from CAF
ZIFA are expected to receive a US$200 000 financial injection from CAF, which represents their annual grant from the continent's football controlling body. CAF announced yesterday they will sp...Published: 23 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1486 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son speaks on corruption allegations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins Mnangagwa, has furiously denied allegations that he is part of the company which pocketed almost US$1 million after supplying the government with gros...Published: 29 May 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3407 | by Staff reporter
MDC trio to challenge 'fake abduction' prosecution through ConCourt
MDC Alliance MP Joanna Mamombe and two-party activists are set to take their bid to stop prosecution to the Constitutional Court.The Harare West legislator and activists Cecilia Chimbiri and N...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1825 | by newzimbabwe
Man poisons father for causing misfortune
A Gokwe man poisoned his biological father after accusing of causing misfortunes in his life.Justine Chakauya (28) of Village 15A, Musadzi Village, Chireya in Gokwe, was arraigned before a Gok...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:16hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Court rejects onerous bail condition for abductees
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday rejected a bid by prosecutors to impose onerous bail conditions on three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who were charged for allegedly partici...Published: 29 May 2020 at 13:12hrs | 1697 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe's MDC sues Mudenda for ignoring Misihairambwi recall letter
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T is set to approach the courts in a bid to compel Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Mabel Chinomona to act on letters of recall issued in respect of its m...Published: 29 May 2020 at 11:06hrs | 6731 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
'Mutodi fired after Moyo confronted Mnangagwa'
FORMER Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi was axed after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (pictured) confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatened to resign from the governm...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 5609 | by Staff reporter
Man strangles woman (81), steals $1 000 groceries
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North province allegedly strangled an 81-year-old woman before ransacking her home and stealing money and groceries worth $1 000.This was heard by Bulawayo mag...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in US$1m COVID-19 tender scam
GOVERNMENT early this month went out of its way to authorise payment of nearly US$1 million for a consignment of COVID-19 equipment at an inflated cost from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Petition puts Parly Speaker Mudenda under international spotlight
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda (pictured)'s "questionable decisions and actions" have come under scrutiny on the international arena following a petition by a Zimbabwean man to have hi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Clueless gaze in the face of free-falling Zimdollar
THE spectacular collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar in the past week has yet again exposed the government's bankrupt currency policies worsening the country's deepening economic crisis.The Zimdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana drags G40 into MDC activist abduction storm
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana says the nation must not be blind to the possible involvement of late former President Robert Mugabe's remnants in the alleged abduction and tort...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 965 | by newzimbabwe
Cop steals wallet from colleague hides it in underwear
A MUSHUMBI based police officer was arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for theft of his colleagues's wallet from their barrack.Evans Zimunya (37) pleaded not guilty t...Published: 28 May 2020 at 21:04hrs | 3437 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Chamisa's activists granted bail
Three MDC Alliance activists; Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa have been granted bail Thursday after they appeared before magistrate Barbara Ma...Published: 28 May 2020 at 17:12hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
RBZ governor needs prayers, not Zimbabweans
IT was difficult listening to central bank governor, John Mangudya speaking in Parliament without feeling patronised."I pray for Zimbabwe each morning, saying, ‘Oh God, help Zimbabweans unde...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
PetroZim boss has case to answer, court rules
Suspended PetroZim Line (Pvt) Ltd general manager Catherine Katsande, accused of awarding US$2 million tenders for equipment delivered six years late, must now present her defence. Harare magi...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:34hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa scolds 'abducted' MDC activists
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa says MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe and her two party colleagues were making it difficult for police to do their job through refusing to cooperat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Vendors living with Disabilities face the brunt of COVID-19
Vendors and informal traders living with disabilities in Bulawayo are among the worst affected by the national lockdown, as many of them have been left unemployed with no stable income to feed themsel...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 123 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2273 | by Staff reporter
ZW$ remains our best foot forward
At the rate at the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) is losing its intrinsic value, it may just be a matter of time before the country dollarizes, officially or non-officially.Those pushing for dollarizat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 5587 | by Jameson Dapi
MDC Alliances loses confidence in Adv Mpofu?
MDC bigwigs in the Nelson Chamisa-led faction have expressed concern over the continued loss of MDC court cases by the opposition party's top lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu.A source within the ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:13hrs | 2943 | by Christopher Makaza
Doctor misfires over gunman charge
Karoi district prosecutors rejected a docket where a Hurungwe traditional healer was shot by a gun totting businessman after a doctor ‘misfired' on medical report. The victim Webster Kadzuraimire (4...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1097 | by Naume Muza
Pair in court for ivory possession
Two men from Mutoko were remanded in custody Wednesday when they appeared in court facing charges of unlawful possession of ivory.The two are Peter Kachere (46) and Vambayi Chiripanyanga (37)....Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:10hrs | 227 | by Naume Muza
BREAKING: Abducted MDC ladies attend court at Parktown Hospital
Three MDC activists who were arrested for staging an illegal demonstration in Warren Park have appeared before a magistrate at a court session that was held at Parktown Hospital on Wednesday afternoon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:25hrs | 7450 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare man jailed for conning a Singaporean investor
A 38-year-old Harare man has been jailed an effective 7 years for conning a Singaporean investor in a USD$500 000 business venture.Fradreck Utsiwegota appeared before Bindura Magistrate Tinash...Published: 27 May 2020 at 10:18hrs | 4011 | by Staff reporter
Tortured abductees charged over lockdown hunger protest
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Tuesday charged three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who are victims of abduction and torture, with committing public violence after they allegedly participated...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2423 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe National Army rescues Binga villagers
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has provided the Social Welfare department with transport to carry drought relief grain to villages in Binga so that vulnerable beneficiaries are not charged transport...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gruesome murder suspect nabbed
POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old taxi driver linked to the gruesome murder of a man who was killed at his estranged wife's homestead in Beitbridge. It is alleged that Langton Ribombo (35) was fatall...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Zambezi Water Trust lashes out at BCC
THE Matebeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT) has accused the Bulawayo City Council of mismanagement and lack of vision that has led to the city's water crisis. Bulawayo is facing a critical wat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP confronts police over fatal shooting of Bulawayo man
THE opposition MDC Alliance has condemned police for the fatal shooting of Bulawayo resident Paul Munakopa (34) on Saturday evening after a high-speed chase.Bulawayo East legislator Illos Nyon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Police formally charge abducted MDC activists from their hospital beds
POLICE have formally charged three female MDC Alliance activists who were abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents some two weeks ago for conducting a street demonstration during the c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 520 | by newzimbabwe
Exiled ex-minister rubbishes Govt third force claim on MDC abductors
Exiled former deputy higher education minister Godfrey Gandawa rubbished claims by the Government that there was a third force behind the abduction of three Movement for Democratic Change female membe...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:31hrs | 3837 | by Naume Muza
Khupe vows to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after coronavirus lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country's main opposition - vowing yesterday that she will eject her rivals from the party's iconi...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:20hrs | 3263 | by Staff reporter
How to get a licensed gun in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has, of late, been inundated with reports of criminals as the economy continues on a nose dive and people try to find alternative means of survival. Most people, small businesspersons...Published: 26 May 2020 at 18:25hrs | 6561 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Abducted MDC ladies face 5 years imprisonment
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has charged MDC cadres Joana Mamombe,Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri with section 37 of the Criminal Code which prohibits gathering with intent to promote public violen...Published: 26 May 2020 at 17:53hrs | 10994 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: 2 journalists arrested over MDC ladies' saga freed on bail
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have secured the release of journalists Frank Chikowore and Samuel Takawira after they appeared at Mbare Magistrates Court.The pair was given a ZWL 500 bail e...Published: 26 May 2020 at 12:26hrs | 2389 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZR police teargas imbibers in Karoi bottle store
KAROI - Members of Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed to monitor Covid-19 regulations violations had throw tear gas to force out imbibers who sought sanctuary in a bottle store at the weekend.T...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1415 | by Naume Muza
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4106 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'Don't abandon push for electoral reforms'
An independent election watchdog has called on political parties and other stakeholders to continue pushing for reforms following the CovID-19-induced disruption to electoral processes.The Zim...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lashes African leaders
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on African leaders to stop silencing citizens and undermining human rights and democracy as the continent commemorated Africa Day....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Shopkeeper murder accused rejects two free lawyers
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa has ordered a Shurugwi man, accused of the gruesome murder of a teenage shopkeeper to secure a lawyer's services so that his matter kicks off and g...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
24 months jail for killing gold ore thief
A security guard from Kwekwe has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for fatally shooting a suspected gold ore thief once in the head with a Vanguard rifle. Francis Dhlamini (43) appeared before Bul...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
No pay-cut for Warriors coach Loga
ZIFA have revealed that they will not ask Warriors coach to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic since they are still in a comfortable financial position to meet his monthly salary as per co...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
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