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Madzibaba 'mutes' woman's voice before raping her
Tendai Chikowore, a 40-year-old man from Chikanga, Mutare, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted of rape. The sentencing took place at the Mutare Magistrates' Court following ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:35hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Newly promoted senior cops to be reshuffled
The 86 senior officers recently promoted within the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) are expected to be reassigned shortly. President Mnangagwa elevated these officers to ranks ranging from Chief Superi...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:26hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 86 senior police officers
President Mnangagwa has promptly promoted 86 senior officers of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to various ranks, spanning from Chief Superintendent to Commissioner.Among these promotions, ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:46hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Kadoma city councillors in bribery storm
Kadoma Town Councillors are in the eye of a storm amid reports that some of the councillors received kickbacks to facilitate special mining grants at undesignated areas.The opposition-led muni...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 11:09hrs | 7 | by Kundai Moyo
Son-in-law demands back lobola, court saves in-laws
The High Court intervened to protect the Karoi in-laws, who were pressured by their son-in-law to reimburse him $2,720 paid as bride price for their daughter. The daughter, Shumirai Bandera, was disco...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume's appeal postponed
Justice Benjamin Chikowore has postponed Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume's appeal against public violence conviction to 14 November 2023.It is now over six months since Ngarivhume w...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 20:58hrs | | by Muridzo F
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 8 | by Arthur Mutambara
Mutambara blasts Mnangagwa
Prominent Zimbabwean academic Professor Arthur Mutambara, who is also former deputy prime minister, has lambasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointing a cabinet stuffed with ethnic cronies, fri...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court stops NPA from seizing 15 vehicles
Acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa's attempt to confiscate 15 vehicles and two houses owned by Enmore Makarichi on suspicion of being crime proceeds has been unsuccessful. The High Court, pre...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's daughter files for divorce
The late President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona Mugabe's marriage is now on the brink of collapse after she filed for divorce. She claims her marriage to Simba Chikowore has broken down with ...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
55 000 petition Mnangagwa for Sikhala, Sithole release
ABOUT 55 000 Zimbabweans locally and abroad yesterday petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the second time over continued incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Si...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yaya Saru to grace Macheso's album launch dinner
Actress cum Afro Fusion musician Memo "Yaya Saru" Chinamasa will be part of the performing guests at the King of Sungura Alick Macheso's album launch dinn...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 21:20hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga divided by Cham]nakira's death
THE death of Retired Major General Godfrey Chanakira has further exposed the rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.After initially denying Chanakira nat...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Veteran Masvingo Teachers' College lecturer calls it a day
‘When I have done the work you gave me Lord, give me that crown' is undoubtedly a befitting statement for Tamuka Nyakunhuwa Shumba who recently retired after over three decades at Masvingo Teachers'...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel's double IDs mystery
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy to Europe and the Americas Uebert Angel Snr has two identity documents while his British passport has a different date of birth raising serious questions a...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Chikowore
President Mnangagwa yesterday sent a condolence message to the Chikowore family following the death of Sekuru Herbert Chikowore, father to Deputy Presidential spokesperson, Mr Regis Chikowore....Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macheso's chanter shines
Macheso's Congolese chanter Jonas Kasamba was outstanding at the first show of Ochestra mberikwazvo in Ruwa yesterday.The energet...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Ruwa
Motorists filmed going through red light fined
At least 12 of the 21 motorists summoned last year to Avondale Police Station in Harare over allegations of shooting through a red traffic control light at the intersection of Monavale Road and Solomo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shows hand as Zanu-PF fights suck in police
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and top Zanu-PF officials intervened after ruling party members in Mashonaland Central were allegedly brutalised by police in a case that has revealed deepening factionali...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sakhile not linked to Mnangagwa's family'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's office yesterday denied reports that Sakhile Mnangagwa, who was duped of US$68 000 in a car importation deal, was linked to the First Family.Presidential Communi...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office dismisses malicious story
The Office of the President and Cabinet yesterday said it was dismayed by a malicious story that appeared in three local newspapers linking President Mnangagwa to a court case in which he was not a re...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man axes father, rapes neighbour
IN a bizarre incident a 29-year-old Kadoma man fatally axed his father, set a neighbour's house ablaze before raping another woman in a maize field at a f...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF readies for Mashonaland East primaries
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province has sent CVs submitted by potential candidates interested in contesting in the primary elections to their respective districts for vetting.The province ha...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Journalist assaulted by cops outside court
HARARE journalist Samuel Takawira was Tuesday morning assaulted by police while filming a group of police officers who had been deployed at the Harare Magistrates' Court where MDC Alliance activist Ha...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among worst 2020 human rights offenders, U.S. report finds
Zimbabwe was among some of the worst human rights offenders last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime continued to unleash violence on opponents and activists with impunity, an annual assessm...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet to meet at 11am
Cabinet will meet today at 11am to accommodate President Mnangagwa's prior engagement. In a statement last night, Secretary for Presidential Communications, Mr Regis Chikowore, said the meetin...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Nkayi school gets donation from UK
A group of UK-based Zimbabweans have donated school furniture to Jabulisa Secondary School in Nkayi. They donated 30 tables and 64 chairs.Founded in 2014, Jabulisa is the first community secon...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by Bhebhe Mandla
ZPCS warns journalists against blocking prisons vehicles
Journalists covering court cases have been advised against blocking vans carrying suspects to court, and disobeying orders from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials as that may ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another armed robber gets bail
With prosecutor Tapiwa Kusena arrested yesterday for him to explain how he consented to granting robber Musa Taj Abdul bail, it has emerged how another notorious armed robber was released on bail unde...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by crisisgroup
Ratepayers act against council graft
Harare ratepayers have petitioned Parliament over the tightening of laws to curb corruption in municipalities following a spate of arrests of council officials in the capital on accusations of corrupt...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior police officers in court over US$110 bribe
THE trial of two ex-senior police officers at Chitungwiza Police Station accused of receiving a US$110 bribe failed to kick off yesterday after their lawyer failed to turn up.The two former co...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's office reaches out to militant PTUZ for dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has reportedly reached out to the militant PTUZ for dialogue as government yesterday reportedly raised its salary increment offer in a desperate bid to end the ed...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells teachers to take it or leave it
GOVERNMENT has tabled a new salary offer to its workers that will see the least paid teacher earn about $19 975, including a 10% risk allowance and shut the door for further negotiations. The ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council land scam takes new twist
HARARE City Council's head of planning Priscilla Charumbira has denied allegations that she unprocedurally changed land use plans for several open spaces in the capital, accusing fellow employees, alr...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
No to megaphone diplomacy Zimbabwe, US agree
Zimbabwe and the United States have agreed to cooperate and resolve their differences diplomatically as opposed to the public spats that had characterised their relations since the turn of the millenn...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 journos acquitted for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations
TWO Zimbabwean journalists Frank Chikowore and Samuel Takawira, who were arrested in May on allegations of violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations after they visited three MDC Alliance members at a pr...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Does Bona Mugabe's censorship board still exist?
The last time the nation heard of a Censorship board was when Ignatius Chombo was the Minister of Home Affairs. Then Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo announced a new Board of Censors that...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 4 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Zanu-PF thug escapes jail, to perform community service
A gold mine brute convicted last week over a savage attack on another man, which was captured on video, will not serve any jail time.Litten Chikowore, 35, of Waverely in Kadoma, was sentenced ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by ZimLive
Joshua Nkomo predicted the split of Zimbabwe in 1986
Just 6 years into the so called independence of Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo mentioned among other things, genocide, tribal hate and unfettered corruption as ticking bombs that would cause Zimbabwe implo...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by Israel Dube
Samambwa chieftainship wrangle resolved
Mr David Samambwa, who has been engaged in a bitter wrangle with his brother Samuel over the Samambwa chieftainship, got a reprieve early this week after the High Court ruled in his favour. Sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Samambwa chieftainship wrangle resolved
Mr David Samambwa, who has been engaged in a bitter wrangle with his brother Samuel over the Samambwa chieftainship, got a reprieve early this week after the High Court ruled in his favour. Sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law gets trial date
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is facing charges of unlawfully detaining former Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) legal head Bertha Zakeyo, has been set for N...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption talk: bark with no bite
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured anyone who cares to listen that he is sincere in his wish to eradicate, or at the very least fight, corruption.His rhetoric has been heart-warming, but...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
Veld fire kills mom, child
A GURUVE woman and her one-year-old daughter were last week burnt by a veld fire. Patience Chikowore (32) and her daughter were on their way home from their tobacco nursery at Birkdale Farm. ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Mnangagwa relations improve
As the frosty relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his sulking predecessor Robert Mugabe get better, the government splashed hundreds of thousands of dollars last week hiring a charter p...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Board of Censors in limbo
THE new-look Board of Censors, which was appointed in May last year, has not been operational since November 15 last year and are awaiting regularisation.The members of the statutory body hold...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bodyguards airlifted to SA
Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security aides who were injured last month when a bomb blast rocked an election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo have been airlifted to South Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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