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Bigwig arrests should be followed by convictions
While we all applaud the anti-corruption drive being spearheaded from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office which has seen several ex-ministers arrested for abuse of office, we all wait for the first ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 17:39hrs | 973 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Fired cop demands $56 000 compensation for wrongful arrest
A FORMER police officer who got arrested after testifying in court against fellow police officers in an inquest, has petitioned Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to comply with the High Court...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:12hrs | 1512 | by Staf reporter
ZRP Boss sucked in raffle ticket scandal
Zimbabwe Republic Police Mashonaland Central Boss has been alleged to be involved in scandal involving raffle tickets for a horse race competition. A source in the ZRP who spoke to Bulaw...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 12:23hrs | 4711 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Top lawyer gets $13,5000 for wrongful arrest, detention
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has accepted liability over the unlawful arrest and detention of senior Harare lawyer, Mordecai Mahlangu, who was a key witness in the trial of the late former MDC treasur...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Police apologise to top lawyer for wrongful arrest
The police have apologised to seasoned lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu, after conceding to wrongfully arresting and detaining him on charges of trying to obstruct the course of justice.He was arreste...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:42hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Dowa, Chihuri and Tomana on trial over harassment of Mahlangu
HIGH Court Judge Justice Philda Muzofa today presided over the trial of some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, who are being sued by human rights lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu for the harassment he ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:44hrs | 2573 | by Stephen Jakes
Rogue cops run amok in Harare
Some rogue police officers went on the rampage in Harare at the weekend - firing tear gas indiscriminately at commuters omnibus ranks before savagely assaulting revellers at night clubs.In the...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:20hrs | 2228 | by Staff reporter
Police, CIO sabotaged 'Zanu-PF and backed Biti' during elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party believes it lost Harare East constituency in the July 30 elections due to sabotage by the police and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) spy agency, NewZimbabwe.com report...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 4306 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri to pay $1,250 maintenance monthly
A BULAWAYO magistrate has ordered former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to pay $1 250 every month for the maintenance of a minor child sired with his estranged mistress, who is a top co...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:06hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwe police shake-up
In the second major shake-up of the police force since the ouster from power of Robert Mugabe, authorities have promoted close to 500 senior cops, the Daily News reported.The latest shake-up c...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:45hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
What an opportunity missed by Emmerson Mnangagwa
When the military occupied the streets of Harare and parked their tanks on every corner of the streets of Harare, the people of Zimbabwe celebrated in anticipation of a better Zimbabwe. The military, ...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 16:24hrs | 4319 | by Frazer Muzondo
Why Mnangagwa is unelectable
The current Coup President has just called for the watershed harmonised elections in Zimbabwe on the 30th July 2018. This is the first time Zimbabweans are going to the polls without the name Robert M...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1840 | by Frazer Muzondo
Muchinguri speaks on White City bombing, blast Chihuri
ZANU PF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri has opened up for the first time on the Bulawayo explosion that left her and many others seriously injured during a ruling party campaign rally addressed by Presid...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 4325 | by Staff Reporter
Matanga bans Chihuri raffle ticket sales
POLICE officers yesterday celebrated after Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga abolished the mandatory purchase of raffle tickets towards the traditional Commissioner-General Funfair and Horse Race. ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:26hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Wimbo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent his condolences to the family and church of Johane Masowe eChishanu Vadzidzi VaJesu Church founder Aaron Mhukuta Gomo, popularly known as Wimbo, who died on Thursday...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:38hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Wimbo dies
JOHANE Masowe eChishanu Vadzidzi VaJesu Church founder, Aaron Mhukuta Gomo, commonly known as Madzibaba Wimbo, died yesterday morning at Arundel Hospital in Harare after succumbing to pneumonia....Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 405 | by Staff rpeorter
BREAKING: Mugabe's 'prophet' dies
Johane Masowe eChishanu Vadzidzi VaJesu Church founder Aaron Mhukuta Gomo, commonly known as Madzibaba Wimbo, has died. He was 96. Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 15:19hrs | 13401 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa liberated us from the police, says Shiri
The Minister of Agriculture Perence Shiri heaped praises on President Emmerson Mnangagwa for removing police road blocks and descending hard on their leadership in the new dispensation.Address...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 14:56hrs | 3950 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Arthur Mutambara, Chihuri in court over water arrears
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has taken former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and ex-Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara to court over unpaid water bills totalling $6...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's woes mount
Former Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri has been taken to the High Court for failing to pay a water bill amounting to $44 984. Dr Chihuri consumed water at his Inyika Farm in S...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security forces deeply divided
LAST Saturday's explosion in Bulawayo which claimed the lives of two security officers has exposed the growing tensions between the country's various security agencies following the ouster of long-tim...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | 7780 | by Staff reporter
Diamond mine haunts Chihuri
FORMER commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Augustine Chihuri personalised a diamond firm called Gye Nyame that operated in Marange diamond fields in partnership with the force, a Parlia...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 09:53hrs | 3021 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri 'personalised' diamond firm
FORMER Police Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri allegedly personalised the Zimbabwe Republic Police's diamond mining company, Gye Nyame, in Marange as he "sorely" operated it, a Parliamentary ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri, Matshiya face Parliament contempt charges
FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya might face contempt of Parliament charges if it is proven that they presented fa...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's from guns to politics story
Dressed in camouflage, a black beret and with his epaulettes all over his attire, the then commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Constantino Chiwenga was stern, stiff and looked stressed on a...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:47hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 34650 | by WikiLeaks
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 4989 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Chihuri says not ready for Parly grilling
PARLIAMENT has finally managed to serve former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri with summons to appear in the House for grilling over the $15 billion diamond revenue whi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe warnes by lawmakers
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has warned it could summon former president Robert Mugabe to appear before it after he failed to pitch up for a hearing yesterday to give evid...Published: 24 May 2018 at 13:43hrs | 3701 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Charamba's secret past
Jonathan Moyo promised to post online a comprehensive thread revealing details about George Charamba (author of UNDER THE EAVES) and other hitherto unknown details about him.Below are posts do...Published: 21 May 2018 at 15:03hrs | 20179 | by Staff reporter
Why ED, not NC, already has my vote
Nearly 60 days remain between us and July 2018, the big day slated for Zimbabwe's harmonised elections, but President Mnangagwa, the chess master, is already looking beyond that. Many of us privy to P...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:09hrs | 617 | by Paul Charumbira
Police not allowed to eat, smoke in public - ZRP boss
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday banned police from eating and smoking in public as he cleanses a force whose image had been badly battered during the Augustine Chihuri era....Published: 19 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2869 | by Staff Reporter
Chihuri must come back home
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has been sucked in a number of controversies ever since he was retired from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in December last year.Unlike...Published: 18 May 2018 at 10:54hrs | 4132 | by Staff reporter
Police boss vows to weed out corrupt officers
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has vowed to weed out all corrupt police officers in a move meant to bring sanity into the force.Addressing top police officers during his visit to M...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's woes mount
Two police officers facing theft charges have sensationally claimed in court papers that former commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri looted substantial amounts of money of while still serving as the...Published: 15 May 2018 at 12:26hrs | 5211 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda vetoed decision to summon Mugabe to parliament
FORMER President Robert Mugabe might not appear before Parliament for a grilling over the missing $15 billion diamond revenue after the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reportedly vetoed...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri, mistress disagree on child upkeep
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri and his mistress, Ms Sithulisiwe Mthimkhulu, seem to have failed to negotiate for an out-of-court maintenance settlement...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Military bosses must undertake to respect free, fair polls
THE MDC Alliance has said only a statement by the military commanders undertaking to respect the election results will be enough to guarantee a free, fair and credible election.MDC Alliance sp...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri found in Malawi
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri whose world is collapsing around him, reportedly sought and found refuge at his wife's family home in Malawi where he is said to be nursing an undi...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:33hrs | 17923 | by Staff reporter
41 senior cops transferred
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rung another shake-up, with the law enforcement agency transferring 41 senior police officers and 19 juniors.The move is one in many redeployments effected i...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:29hrs | 3720 | by Staff reporter
Do not take barracks habits to civilian civil service - War vet tells Chiwenga
An Ex Zipra veteran Max Mkandla has warned Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop taking the army barracks habits, where command is an elemen...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:02hrs | 11135 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe, Mujuru summoned to parliament over diamonds
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development yesterday summoned former President Robert Mugabe to appear before it on May 9 to explain a claim he made in February 2016 that th...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
The 'new' Zimbabwe
Murky dealings surrounding bankrupt Air Zimbabwe and the newly created Zimbabwe Airways have shone a light on the corruption and deceit at the heart of the Zanu PF government.The fiasco was br...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 06:43hrs | 361 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Deceit, greed devour Zimbabwe diamonds
The testimonies from bigwigs and stakeholders involved in exploiting diamonds in Chiadzwa given before Parliament last week painted a picture of intrigue and corporate sleaze that could have potential...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 08:56hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri shouldn't behave like a fugitive
The whereabouts of former Zimbabwe Republic Police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri have remained a mystery after he twice failed to appear before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 08:33hrs | 4535 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T primaries scupper Parliament
THE much-anticipated parliamentary inquiry into the chaos that continues to dog Zimbabwe's diamond sector was postponed after most MPs, who are members of the Committee on Mines and Energy, requested ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda sings for his supper
ZIFA vice-president Omega Sibanda came out guns blazing after the Sports Commission sports body's chairman Edward Siwela met with members of the 11-member committee that was appointed to try and norma...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:06hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Amokachi charms Chiyangwa
FORMER Nigerian football superstar Daniel Amokachi headlined a Moroccan delegation that was in the country at the weekend to present the North African country's 2026 World Cup bid to ZIFA president Ph...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Pamire mocks Mugabe's nephew Chiyangwa
FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has laughed off the ban imposed on him by Phillip Chiyangwa, describing the beleaguered domestic football boss as a dictator who does not want to accept that his t...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:24hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa cabal bans Leslie Gwindi
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has announced the ban of another group of football administrators, less than a day after they expelled four people from all football activities.The lat...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 18:26hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
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