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Oppah Muchinguri is not fit to lead ZANU PF
Probity is described as the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency. Probity is a necessary trait in leadership, public service and a demand of the ZANU PF constitution....Published: 2 hrs ago | 1407 | by Marilyn Sakabuya
Hodzi ordered to pay costs of Chombo appeal
THE Supreme Court has ordered Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi to pay the costs in a case involving former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, saying he had burdened the court after appealing agai...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers urban councillors
THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) has reportedly struck a deal with government which would see councillors from the country's 32 urban centres pocketing at least $1 000 in monthly allo...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's papers to be amended
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya yesterday postponed to next month the corruption trial of former Minister Ignatius Chombo, to allow the State to amend its papers. Chombo is being jo...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:57hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Council names, shames debtors
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is one of City of Harare's biggest debtors and owes the MDC-dominated local authority more than $1,2 million in unpaid rates, NewsDay has learnt.Other debtors who owe ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Chipanga
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court to answer charges of criminal nuisance for wearing the party's regalia....Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:42hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Family disowns embattled Chief Ndiweni
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni forced himself on to the throne despite knowing that he was not the rightful heir, his younger brother has said.The latest revelations come after c...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:17hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa named 10 roads after himself
With the haste of a man not certain of history's judgment of him, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday renamed 10 roads in all provinces after himself.Enterprise Road in Harare, which lead...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 172 | by ZimLive
Chombo's latest application for release of passport granted
A High Court Judge has granted the application made by Former Cabinet Minister, Ignatius Chombo's, to have his passport released after a Magistrate Court had dismissed the application in Septemb...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 13:36hrs | 1819 | by Staff Reporter
How Jonathan Moyo and Kasukuwere fled Zimbabwe
Two years after a military coup that ousted former president Robert Mugabe, one unresolved mystery is how two top loyalists of the late president escaped from the country after soldiers peppered a hou...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:39hrs | 5697 | by Staff reporter
Fresh woes for 11th born Chief Ndiweni
THE Matabeleland North Provincial Chiefs Assembly has recommended that the process of appointing Ntabazinduna chief be redone after a brother to the incumbent, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni challenge...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Chombo trial hangs in the balance
FORMER Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo's corruption trial still hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court last Friday deferred ruling on whether he should get a permanent stay of prosecution on the g...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Minister ordered to pay transgender activist $400k
THE High Court has ordered the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and police bosses to pay Bulawayo transgender activist Ricky Eugene Nathanson $400 000 as compensation following her unlaw...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:02hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni removed from chieftainship
Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief's Council. R...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 16:26hrs | 12970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pokello Nare defends her presence in Warriors camp
Socialite and Harare business woman Pokello Nare has hit back at criticism for being at the senior national soccer team's camp. The national soccer team commonly referred to as the "Warriors" ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 11:15hrs | 4963 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle fails to impress
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet reshuffle last Friday, where he retained tired and incompetent ministers, including those tainted by corruption allegations, and assigned supposedly fresh minds t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Chombo declares war on corruption
NEWLY-APPOINTED Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo says she has put all her political setbacks behind and will focus on the key mandate assigned to her to eradicate corruption in local aut...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
New Ministers sworn in
President Mnangagwa has sworn in two Cabinet Ministers and six deputies at State House this afternoon after he announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Friday where he re-assigned others and created new portf...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 14:22hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo steps in the heart of Mnangagwa
The fugitive Jonathan Moyo made a bold step in Mnangagwa's heart with guns blazing accusing ED of nepotism and Tribalism. He took no prisoners in his twitter accusing ED of sidelining the Ndebeles fro...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:05hrs | 34889 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Friday Cabinet reshuffle has raised questions about the ruling party's intentions on the Unity Accord and pacifying Matabeleland, analysts have said.Mnangagwa re...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 3081 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expands Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet and expanded his administration by splitting the Home Affairs ministry in his second reshuffle since the election in July last year....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo: Charges wont shed light into the ZimAirways scandal
Joram Gumbo, the former Transport minister, has been arrested for his actions around the Zimbabwe Airways controversy. But it tells a story of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's feeble anti-corruption dri...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:40hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Council seeks garnish powers
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba yesterday appealed to Parliament to make legislative reforms that will give powers to the city council to execute garnishing orders just like the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tax evasion outs govt
The Zanu-PF government is taxing people dead on one hand, but is an artful dodger of tax on the other. That's an insulting contradiction.Months ago, Mthuli Ncube, the Finance minister, introdu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:40hrs | 784 | by Tawanda Majoni
Council failures rooted in legislative deficits
ZIMBABWE is burning while the central government dithers. For the second time in less than a decade residents in urban areas are feeling the effects of murky local government administration as Preside...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 126 | by Cliff Chiduku
Chamisa seeks former coup leader's help
Amid Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation and worsening economic rot, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has held a meeting with former Nigerian Olusegun Obasanjo - in a bid to trigger dialogue ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:25hrs | 9596 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's health deteriorates, denied passport to seek medical attention in abroad
FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday said his health was deteriorating and needed urgent medical attention abroad, but a Harare magistrate again denied him his passport to enable him to t...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:14hrs | 5782 | by Staff reporter
Chombo denied his passport again
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo's bid for the temporary release for his passport has hit a brick wall once again after a Harare magistrate dismissed his application.Chombo made an appl...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 13:28hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
The untold side of Robert Mugabe
"We all die....The goal isn't to live forever,The goal is to create something that will"Robert Gabriel MugabeThe man and legend,The myth and mystery,Truly a man of Destiny ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 09:19hrs | 9072 | by Temba Mliswa
Exiled G40 members turn to social media to mourn Mugabe
SOME members of the once-powerful Zanu-PF's G40 faction who are in exile have taken to social media to mourn former President Robert Mugabe, once viewed as the godfather of the group vanquished after ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3123 | by newzimbabwe
Friends of Robert Mugabe comforts the Mugabe family
Robert Mugabe is a legend a hero, Nationalist and gentleman par excellence.As Friends of Robert Mugabe, we send our condolences to the Mugabe family, all Mugabe loyalists in their numbers and ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2646 | by Fidelis Fengu
G40 activists' trial fails to kick off
A Harare magistrate yesterday postponed the trial of former Zanu-PF's G40 faction heavyweights Ignatius Chombo, Kudzanai Chipanga, Innocent Hamandishe and Mathew Nleya to tomorrow.The quartet ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:10hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi trial date set
HARARE magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye has announced that the trial for Harare businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, will kick off on September 18. Kadungure is facing charges of fraud, tax ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wanted to abduct Jonathan Moyo at Mugabe's house
Former Zimbabwe Defense Forces Commander Constantino Chiwenga and the Command Element of the Prisons, Police and the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation wanted to forcefully remove Professor Jon...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 13777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Whats would Mnangagwa get in abducting Gonyeti?
The Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Victor Matemadanda says the alleged abductions in the country are a work of enemies who want to tarnish the name of the new dispensation....Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 17:31hrs | 5377 | by Staff reporter
Interpol declines Zimbabwe requests to arrest former Mugabe ministers
Zimbabwean authorities' attempts to employ Interpol to secure the return to Zimbabwe of former top officials of ousted president Robert Mugabe have hit a brick wall.In one such case, the inter...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:24hrs | 8900 | by ZimLive
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni an illegitimite Chief?
On Monday 19 August the people of Bulawayo have been asked to demonstrate against a court ruling on Chief Ndiweni. Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. However, is he ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:38hrs | 2584 | by Nicholas Ncube
Housing project divides Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial political commissar, Simon Solomon, has come out guns blazing, accusing party bigwig, Jimayi Muduvuri, of coercing beneficiaries of Pixie Combie Housing Scheme in K...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:15hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Why elections cannot help liberate uMthwakazi- MIOR
It is not mind boggling that Elections cannot liberate UMthwakazi. What is mind boggling is that at this day and time, there are some people in UMthwakazi in particular who still believe that partakin...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 474 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
More trouble for Chombo in botched stand deal
A LOCAL firm, Dadmal Investiments (Pvt) Ltd has petitioned the Harare Civil Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to investigate and arrest former Local Government minist...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF MP roasted over land
Disgruntled Zanu-PF members in Kadoma this week dragged former Kadoma Central Member of Parliament Fani Fanuel Phiri to appear before the Justice Tendai Uchena-led Lands Commission to answer allegatio...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son, Job Sikhala in US$15 million CBZ loan default scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son and former First Lady Grace Mugabe's names have featured prominently in a list of 26 high profile individuals who received millions of US dollars in CBZ loans which ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 10693 | by newzimbabwe
Arresting is not the only answer, freezing and forfeiting of Assets is the answer to Zimbabwe's corruption
For the first time in Zimbabwe we have true leadership at the helm of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission. A no nonsense hardworking lady. In shona they say, "anorova basa sebasa". My warning to t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:06hrs | 2365 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Arresting is not the only answer, freezing and forfeiting of Assets is the answer to Zimbabwe's corruption
For the first time in Zimbabwe we have true leadership at the helm of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission. A no nonsense hardworking lady. In shona they say, "anorova basa sebasa". My warning to t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 11:51hrs | 769 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa calls for investigations on Ignatius Chombo
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has called for an investigation into allegations that former Finance Minister Ignatius Morgen Chiminya Chombo owns shares at Metbank.Mliswa was respond...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1018 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chombo named in another land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo allegedly parcelled out undesignated housing stands in Banket's Kuwadzana Phase 2 and converted the money to personal use, NewsDay has learnt.T...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
The fight against graft: How far is Mnangagwa willing to go?
Its difficult to decide what to make of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest bid to tackle graft: Is it tokenism or the real deal? Is it a case of bolting the door after the horse has bolted or maybe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1676 | by NewsDay - Editorial
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