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Sikhala trial starts
CCC legislator Job Sikhala has today denied charges of obstructing police investigations into the alleged murder of Moreblessing Ali by her boyfriend and the violence that rocked the Nyatsime area som...Published: 2 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe dragged into council graft scandal
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been accused of influencing the return into office of two Mvurwi council officials suspended for alleged corruption.Town secretary Sherry Nyakudya and...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:13hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's 12 children struggling to survive
Opposition MP Job Sikhala refused to go to court this week for the ruling on his 10th bail application in protest against what he knew would be the outcome.His lawyer, Freddy Masarirevu, told ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 3938 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court says magistrate was too lenient with Ex-minister Kagonye
HIGH Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero, has lashed out at jailed former minister, Petronella Kagonye after she the sought Supreme Court's intervention in her appeal against imprisonment, stating...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:08hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
ZOCC condemns police crackdown on journalists
We have noted with great concern the continued attacks on journalism in Zimbabwe following the recent arrest of NewZimbabwe.com journalist Leopold Munhende.Munhende, a member of the Zimbabwe O...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 21:58hrs | 237 | by ZOCC
RBZ in gems mop up deal
THE government has structured a deal that will see the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) buying excess diamonds as it moves to shut out unscrupulous dealers that have been dribbling authorities....Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:30hrs | 224 | by Staff rteporter
Zimbabweans head to court to stop 'harassment' by SA banks and schools
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) heads to court next week seeking an urgent interdict to stop banks and schools in South Africa from harassing Zimbabweans who are under threat...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3262 | by Ciaran Ryan for Moneyweb SA
'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'
ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
State responds to Sikhala application
HARARE magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti's ruling in dismissing Job Sikhala's bail application on changed circumstances wherein he is accused of inciting public violence in Nyatsime has no bearing on the o...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa's doctors on-call doctors sleep in cars
DOCTORS based at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have demanded a meeting over the deteriorating conditions at the hospital which they say are leading to patients dying from preventable illnesses....Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
4 die of suspected poisoning
POLICE has confirmed the death of four family members due to suspected poisoning after complaining of severe stomach pains at Musisinyani village in Mwenezi."The ZRP reports a sad incident whi...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Karoro, Masaraure cases deferred to 2023
FORMER Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro's theft case and that of teachers' union leader Obert Masaraure, who faces a charge of obstructing the course of justice, have been postpone...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Game Sanctuary gets new furry resident
Tshabalala Game Sanctuary on the outskirts of Bulawayo has a new tenant; a three-year-old male lion that was released yesterday to the facility from Hwange National Park.Still nameless, the li...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats dumps community share payment obligations?
Despite notching up a record revenue of US$1.4 billion last year coupled with tax contributions and royalties totalling US$404,6 million, platinum mining giant Zimplats has been dragged to court for f...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
ZEC reports US linked Pachedu to the police
IN a litmus test against cyber terrorists, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday reported an anti-Zimbabwe shadowy group Pachedu to the police on a litany of allegations ranging from hackt...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa's lawyer says CIO operatives are State witness in Chiwenga case
Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Mary Mubaiwa, is seeking postponement of trial in a case where she is accused of the attempted murder of the State and ruling Zanu-PF party vice president.P...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi biography launch shelved
The launch of Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Colonel (Retired) Kembo Mohadi's biography which was set for Friday at a Bulawayo hotel has been postponed by two weeks.His personal a...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Police summon, charge journalist over Mnangagwa 'escape' story
Leopold Munhende, a journalist with NewZimbabwe.com, was Monday charged by police for allegedly communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the State in a recent story carried by the online publication cl...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:50hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Man (21) charged with theft over picked wallet
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo who picked up a wallet containing US$240 in a commuter omnibus and spent some of the money on clothes had an unexpected surprise when he was arres...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:57hrs | 634 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa a 'hypocrite' who can't preach tolerance when Sikhala is jailed, says Sybeth Musengezi
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu-PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, has once again dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa over hot coals labelling him a hypocrite, who was unqualified to speak of political tolerance when h...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Judgement on Mahere 'dead baby tweet' postponed again
JUDGEMENT in a case Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere is accused of publishing falsehoods has been postponed for the fourth time.The presiding magistrate Taurai M...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean charged with 'Eskom coal theft' goes scot-free after case thrown out of court
The case against a 28-year-old Zimbabwean truck driver, who was arrested last Tuesday at the Camden power station in Mpumalanga on charges of fraud and theft of Eskom's coal, has been withdrawn....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga to take home $70 million in salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga will take home $69,2 million as their combined basic annual salaries in 2023, the latest proposed estimates of expenditure (Bluebook) h...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 8722 | by Staff reporter
Man 'kidnaps' baby during car hijack
A HARARE man has been charged with theft and kidnapping after he stole a vehicle which had a child on board.Kudakwashe Lee Moyo (21) was yesterday remanded in custody to today, when he appeare...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
JSC succumbs to hackers
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has pulled down its website after allegedly failing to delete links to web developer and former Midlands State University student Kudzanai Machemedze, who it was ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Witness nails fired deputy minister
THE trial of former Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro who was fired in June this year after being implicated in the theft of inputs sourced under the Presidential Inputs Scheme star...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for robbing boyfriend
A 33-YEAR-old Warren Park woman was arrested for organising an armed robbery against her wealthy married lover for allegedly failing to provide her 'satisfactory financial support.'Beulah Zimh...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
4 top cops acquitted of criminal abuse of office
FOUR senior police officers including the deputy director (commercial crimes division), Assistant Commissioner Obeylaw Moyo have been acquitted on charges of criminal abuse of office involving bribery...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for striking wife with hammer
A 44-YEAR-OLD man from Montgomery on the outskirts of Bulawayo has been slapped with an effective three-year jail term for hitting his wife with a hammer on the head.Ntandoyenkosi Moyo appeare...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala trial fails to kick off
EMBATTLED Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala, currently locked up at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, Thursday protested against Harare Magistrate Tafadzwa Miti presiding over his t...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala seeks recusal of presiding magistrate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, has filed an application seeking recusal of presiding magistrate Tafadzwa Miti.Si...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Widows4ED wants Mnangagwa to fire Harare provincial coordinator
WIDOWS for Economic Development (Widows4ED) has written a scathing letter advising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti, who they accused of ar...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each
THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case too hot to handle
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice chairperson and legislator, Job Sikhala's quest for freedom was made impossible Monday after his case appeared too hot to handle as it was moved betwe...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 6132 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail ruling deferred
Harare magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti has deferred the ruling in CCC legislator Job Sikhala's fresh bail application on changed circumstances to Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Miti said that after goi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:29hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trio arrested for allegedly stealing copper cables, holding guards hostage
Mpumalanga police on Sunday said they had arrested three suspects, aged between 33 and 35, who allegedly robbed and held security guards hostage and stripped copper cables at a plantation in Machadodo...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's personalization of government programs divisive and counter-productive
So, now there is a 'Miners for ED' group!Another, in a long line of shady organizations that have mushroomed over the recent past – a...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 16:06hrs | 1515 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC raises alarm over new tough electoral law
The Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expressed concern over amendments to the Electoral Act, which it says could be abused by Zanu-PF to disqualify its opponents from running...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:39hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Bloodshed of Zimbabwe's past elections has citizens bracing for what's to come next year
"Just thinking of voting causes me to become more afraid," Maxwell Tauro told The Globe and Mail. I might be met with bullets. I'm just fearful that I might get shot like my son."With a new el...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:40hrs | 349 | by Jeffrey Moyo for The Globe & Mail
Kereke up for domestic violence
CYBER Security boss Credo Peacemaker Kereke (48) appeared at the Harare magistrates court yesterday charged with two counts of domestic violence and intimidation.The case however, was postpone...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:32hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for trying to bribe Judge
FORMER Chitungwiza Chamber Secretary Priscilla Vengesai was yesterday jailed for an effective 15 months after she was found guilty of attempting to bribe a High Court judge handling a civil case in wh...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:24hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fields candidate tainted with corruption
FORMER Gweru City Council acting chamber secretary Gibson Chingwadza, who was fired from the local authority for multiple counts of corruption cases involving US$300 000, has been fielded by Zanu PF t...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Retired cop not guilty
Retired Chief Superintendent Joseph Josphat Mutipforo who was charged with receiving a residential stand from City of Harare employees whom he was investigating was yesterday acquitted for lack of evi...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
3 struck dead by lightning
A DARK cloud engulfed Lupane and Binga in Matabeleland North when three people died after they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents.In both incidents, the lightning struck and bu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist faces 10 years in UK jail
CCC has been left with egg on its face after a United Kingdom-based activist was convicted for inciting public violence in Zimbabwe, a charge the party wants to take lightly in Zimbabwe, and now faces...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
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