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Two mayors, town clerks for Harare
HARARE City Council is currently operating with two acting mayors and two town clerks as the fight for control of the capital city reaches boiling point.Councillors Luckson Mukunguma and Stewa...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ministers are polygamists, they love women
Former Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that most Zanu-PF ministers love women so much that they are polygamists and have numerous small houses.An...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:42hrs | 5057 | by Staff reporter
Who has destroyed Zimbabwe?
The country is troubled to the borne marrow. It is so disheartening that those who destroyed the country through nepotism, corruption, poor governance and thieving are telling the people that they sho...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1621 | by Leonard Koni
A tale of Zimbabwe's oxymoronic justice system
THE justice system in Zimbabwe is an oxymoron. It's difficult to understand how the law operates, but one is tempted to conclude that incarceration in Zimbabwe is just designed for the poor and those ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 201 | by Muchemwa Silence Mugadzaweta
Zanu-PF officials links with land barons exposed
Daggers are drawn in Zanu-PF over ruling party officials that are amassing land in urban areas, which they sell to desperate home seekers, with some disgruntled youths demanding action.A lette...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Daggers drawn in Zanu-PF over land barons
DAGGERS are drawn in Zanu-PF over ruling party officials that are amassing land in urban areas, which they sell to desperate home-seekers, with some disgruntled youths demanding action.A lette...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:33hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor arrested for granting notorious armed robber bail
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers, including suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - has been arrested this morning and is n...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:43hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers prosecutor on the run
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers led by suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - is reportedly on the run, hours after he wa...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Chombo, former Zanu-PF youth leaders' case deferred
Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe yesterday deferred the matter involving former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leaders ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crusade: NPA scales up tempo
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is scaling up efforts to seize assets acquired through the proceeds of corruption as part of efforts to fight graft.It will from next week be bringing ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for city status conferment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday evening and will today officially confer the prestigious city status to the resort town, in another milestone achievement for Matabeleland North...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1138 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa satisfied with Mt Hampden progress
President Mnangagwa has expressed satisfaction with the progress made at the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden.He said this after touring the building this morning to assess progress that ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:03hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Let's vanquish opposition, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa wants his ruling Zanu-PF party to vanquish the opposition in by-elections and the 2023 general elections, citing inspiration from the performance of Chama Cha Mapinduzi in...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3778 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out Chombo's appeal
Court Reporter THE trial of former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of criminal abuse of office will go ahead after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal for permanent stay of prosecution....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Non-monetary incentives the way to go
The face-off between government and its workers over salaries has protracted to a magnitude that it's now threatening the realisation of the national vision.The new political dispensation comm...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2036 | by Petros Manyuchwa
Councils mustn't demand forex, says Chombo
GOVERNMENT has threatened to deal with local authorities demanding payment of bills in foreign currency at 1:1 exchange rate.This was said by Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo yes...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says his hands are clean over Chitungwiza demolitions
FORMER cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere said corruption by politicians and senior council officials and was to blame for the sprouting of illegal structures in ChitungwizaHe was responding ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 3304 | by Staff reporter
Recalls have crippled council business, says Mafume
New Harare mayor Jacob Mafume (JM) still believes that the capital has what it takes to regain its Sunshine City status if city fathers can get their act together. Last week, he sat down with NewsDay ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa initiates Kasukuwere extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere to Zimbabwe to answer to four counts of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. The first three counts a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:05hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Tizora laid to rest in a very emotional ceremony in Zvimba Murombedzi
The late CHISHAWASHA Mission headmaster Mr Simon Muzanenhamo Tizora who died in Harare last week was laid to rest in his home area of Zvimba near Murombedzi. He was laid to rest in a ceremony attended...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:04hrs | 2258 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Brig-Gen Chigudu declared national hero
Military commander Brigadier-General Ruphus Chigudu has been declared a national hero. He died on September 24 at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals at the age of 64. Minister of State fo...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier Generalz Chigudu dies
A senior Zimbabwe National Army officer, Brigadier General Ruphus Chigudu has died.Brigadier General Chigudu died this Thursday at Parirenyatwa General Hospital in Harare at the age of 64....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 3560 | by Staff reporter
Pupils to proceed to next grade
Pupils will proceed to the next grade next year despite limited learning this year, Senators heard yesterday. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said p...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3681 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
We're still Zanu-PF, says G40
EXILED members of the Zanu-PF's G40 faction have said they are still Zanu-PF members and are fighting tirelessly to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to return to constitutionalism, accusing President Em...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Ndlovu suspended
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Mr Zimbabwe Ndlovu has been suspended without benefits and pay for alleged abuse of office.Mr Ndlovu was suspended last Friday pendin...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:02hrs | 2786 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 897 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'We don't need Cabinet' - Varombo Movement
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the President from the pool of Members of Parliament and only 5 can be professionals not MPs. Their appointment is at the sole pleasure of, the President and he can ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 09:24hrs | 2398 | by Ms Tendayi Mudehwe
Chirumhanzu chieftainship wrangle rages on
The complexities of chieftenship succession in the Chirumhanzu community, coupled with meddling by the Rhodesian authorities in colonial times and what many see as an error 15 years ago, have overflow...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:31hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Zanu PF traditional leaders fired
SIX Hurungwe West headmen were unceremoniously relieved of their positions after allegedly refusing to support a Zanu PF preferred candidate, the late Keith Guzah, during the 2015 Hurungwe West by-ele...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Vote for the Corrupt and Reap Corruption Simple!
It's a challenge for the President to chose from the dung who to appoint as Ministers. Constitutionally, he has reached the maximum number he can appoint as Ministers outside of Parliament and he is l...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 17:41hrs | 937 | by Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
Chombo trial postponed pending challenge
The trial of former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo on corruption and fraud charges has been postponed to October 30 to allow the Supreme Court to rule on his challenge against dismissal of his appli...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 06:49hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'stuck' with council graft report
GOVERNMENT is yet to release findings of a commission appointed to probe Marondera Municipality following allegations of massive corruption and abuse of office by councillors and management.Ea...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:53hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa squandered his goodwill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses ZANU-PF supporters on his return from brief exile in South Africa last NovemberIN the euphoria of Robert Mugabe's fall, Zimbabweans would have done anyth...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 20:27hrs | 3692 | by newZWire
Chinese national attempted murder trial in false start
THE trial of a Chinese national, Wang Ziliang (41), who is charged with attempted murder, on Monday failed to kick off due to the absence of an interpreter.Ziliang will be back in court on Aug...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, civil servants delight in housing programme
Scores of war veterans and civil servants on Sunday expressed their delight after benefitting from a housing project in Melfort, Goromonzi, that will see many of them becoming property owners....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1661 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
#July31 and #Zanupfmustgo: Another failed political heist in the making
The 31st July movement which is being propelled mainly by Jonathan Moyo and his G40 associates is another failed political heist in the making, after all else has failed to unseat, a duly elected gove...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 13:59hrs | 2622 | by Zvinyaningwe Mangwiro
Another Chinese up for attempted murder
A CHINESE national appeared at Mutoko Magistrates' Court on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges after he fired four shots at a farmer, but missed, following a land boundary dispute on June 21, 2...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Students, unionist set free for protesting against detention of abductees and demanding US$ salaries
CHINHOYI Magistrate Felix Mawadze on Tuesday released eight Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students, who had been arrested for allegedly protesting against the clampdown on human rights defen...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 14:08hrs | 1336 | by Stephen Jakes
Corruption scandals engulf Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, which promised to fight corruption after assuming power through a military coup in November 2017, is under scrutiny over murky deals involving his associ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:23hrs | 4901 | by Staff reporter
ZACC hunts down corrupt ministers
A former Cabinet Minister, a Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and a prominent property mogul face arrest for criminal abuse of office, fraud and abuse of funds following investigations into la...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
BCC rubbishes Paul Kruger's nonsensical water report
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) insists that consultants brought in by government to assess the city's water situation did not present an honest report. The city fathers still want the State to declar...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
No water crisis in Bulawayo, says Engineers
INDEPENDENT engineers hired by government to assess the water situation in Bulawayo have disputed council position that the city was facing an acute water crisis, arguing instead that the city lacked ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumi hopes to reclaim constituency
MUTARE - Esau Mupfumi is the only Zanu PF politician to ever be voted into parliament for an entirely urban constituency in Mutare since 2000.And he is hoping to have a second bite of the cher...Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:33hrs | 1568 | by Ngoni Shumba
Jonathan Moyo told to apologise to Mnangagwa
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament has urged Professor Jonathan Moyo to apologise to President Emmerson Mnangagwa so that he might be cleared by government and be allowed to come back to Zimbabwe....Published: 02 May 2020 at 21:47hrs | 8197 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 400 cops deployed to enforce lockdown compliance
ONE-THOUSAND-FOUR-HUNDRED-AND- SIX police officers have been deployed across the province to ensure compliance with 21-day lockdown regulations to combat Covid-19, Mashonaland West provincial commande...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:12hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Chombo documents went missing during the November 2017 military coup
The case of former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has collapsed after the State indicated that the critical policy document that forms the basis of his criminal abuse of office charge went ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2151 | by Staff reporter
Chombo freed on one count
Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, accused of facilitating the sale of a Government house in Mutare without following due process, was yesterday removed from remand after the State failed to pro...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central and West structures burning
Zanu-PF provincial structures in Mashonaland Central and West provinces are reportedly on fire amid reports that members are calling for the ouster of their leadership.The provinces are led by...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 4664 | by Staff reporter
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