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Ex-ministers say Mphoko was Mugabe's ideal successor
Exiled former Cabinet ministers Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere have described the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko as a deserving successor to former President Robert Mugabe, follow...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:01hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King claimant disrupts Anglo-Ndebele war commemorations
Controversy has erupted surrounding the recent 1893 Anglo-Ndebele war commemorations, with Bulelani Khumalo, a claimant to the Ndebele kingship, accused of trying to disrupt the event by demanding a s...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Estranged wife wins landmark judgment
In a landmark judgment, Petronella Tendai Militala, a 56-year-old woman, has secured a significant victory in the High Court, awarding her a share of her estranged late husband’s estate valued at mo...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 11:46hrs | 1834 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele kingship revival remains pipedream,' says Munhumutapa
The quest for the revival of the Ndebele Kingship is becoming increasingly complicated as self-styled King Munhumutapa, born Timothy Chiminya, has stated that divisions among claimants to the throne w...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Did all Ndebele kingdom claimants attend Mzilikazi day?
Ndebele King Bulelani received a significant endorsement at the recent commemorations for the late King Mzilikazi, marking a potential resolution to the ongoing debate over the rightful heir to the Nd...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:21hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Chirumhanzu elders petition govt over chieftainship row
Traditional leaders in Chirumanhzu, Midlands province, have raised concerns with Local Government minister Daniel Garwe, accusing the Midlands Provincial Chiefs' Council (PCC) of unfair practices in s...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:28hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Plot to hide ex-CIO boss's vast wealth
Allegations have surfaced that the widow of the late Maynard Muzariri, deputy director general of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), deliberately underestimated the value of his assets, pote...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:44hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele monarchy resuscitation debate heats up
A call for the resuscitation of the Ndebele monarchy has sparked renewed debate. Advocates argue that it is crucial for preserving Ndebele cultural identity, which has been gradually eroded by western...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fight over ex-CIO boss' massive estate rages
The widow of the late Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director General Maynard Muzariri has been accused of trying to sell off property of his estate despite the fact that there are out...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: America-Europe sets up propaganda fund against China and Zimbabwe over lithium
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has shed light on what he alleges to be an intricate war propaganda scheme devised by American and European interests. According to Charamba, the object...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:00hrs | 13 | by George Tshuma
Accident victim gets US$37 189 damages
A man crippled and now requiring hip replacement after a reckless motorist rammed his car in 2008, is to receive US$37 189 in compensation for medical expenses plus loss of employment and future care ...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Mahere's 'big fat lie'
EXPLAINER: Fingerprints of the MDC in the "Edited" CCC Constitution filed by Tshabangu in Chamisa's Interdict Court Case to halt Further Recalls not Fraud but Proof of MDC Paternity of Lawful CCC...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 18:06hrs | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
'GNU is not a local herb: excluding Zanu PF would bring spectre of instability.' So hangs the sword of Damocles!
"GNU is not a local herb!" wrote Jamanda2 in Bulawayo24. "The West also made sure there was no third party or parties with which to enter into a governing alliance that would exclude Zanu-PF f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:52hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF MP ordered to pay US$21 000 for unfair labour practices
The National Employment Council for the Mining Industry has issued a directive to Trade River Investment Private Limited, trading as Progress Mine in Filabusi, to compensate two former employees with ...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga chieftainship wrangle spills into High Court
A CLAIMANT to the Binga chieftainship, Mr Peter Mweembe has approached the High Court challenging the recent appointment of Mr Grey Sikalelu Muleya as Chief Binga.Muleya was appointed Chief Bi...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' engages SA police over xenophobia
Ndebele king Bulelani Collins Khumalo has engaged South African police over sporadic xenophobic attacks against Zimbabwean immigrants in that country.Three Zimbabweans were killed recently in ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner in Filabusi ordered to reinstate workers
A CHINESE gold miner in Matebeleland South's Filabusi area has been ordered to pay and reinstate four workers after they challenged their dismissal.This was confirmed during a National Employm...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
R5 billion for ex-Wenela payouts
AT LEAST 1 000 Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wenela) are set to benefit from the provisional compensation pool of R5 billion tha...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings
EMBATTLED telco, Telecel Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Telecel) has dismissed its placement under "corporate rescue proceedings" first announced in a notice in the Government Gazette dated May 12, 2023....Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 000% pay hike for GMB workers
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has been ordered to pay its least paid employee US$350 or the equivalent in local currency after it was dragged to the Arbitration Court.GMB workers were earnin...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn win Hadebe dispute against Kaizer Chiefs
IN a protracted monetary benefits dispute between Castle Lager Premier Soccer League former champions Chicken Inn and South Africa's DStv Premiership side Kaizer Chiefs over the 2019 transfer of Zimba...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo sucked into controversial installation of Masvingo chief
LOCAL Government Minister, July Moyo has been accused of unlawfully influencing the appointment of one Tranos Manjiva as Chief Nemanwa in an unfolding chieftainship row in Masvingo.The ministe...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi memorial lecture on cards
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resolved to grant a 25% rebate for the use of Large City Hall on September 9 during the launch of the King Mzilikazi Annual Lecture Series.The event is being or...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF speaks on links to King Mzilikazi commemorations
Zanu-PF has denied reports linking the ruling party to Mzilikazi commemorations slated for early September saying this was an attempt to divert its supporters from the upcoming by-elections in Bulilim...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Drama around Ndebele king making a mockery of the throne
THE intriguing drama around the Ndebele kingship, with about four claimants to the throne is a recipe for disaster to the Kingdom's potential revival. At this rate, authorities are bound not to take t...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, UK sued over Ndebele kingship
ONE of the three claimants to the Ndebele kingship Stanley Raphael Khumalo has filed a High Court application suing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the United Kingdom for dissolving the kingship....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi commemorations on cards
ONE of several claimants to King Mzilikazi's throne, Bulelani Collins Lobengula Khumalo has urged people of Matabeleland to prepare for commemorations to mark the 154th anniversary of the death of the...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malunga business partners arrested as Esidakeni land row escalates
Police have arrested two co-directors of a Matabeleland North farm which is at the centre of a fierce tug-of-war between the current owners on one hand and powerful Zanu-PF politician Obert Mpofu and ...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'liable' in Marikana mine massacre debacle, says judge
President Cyril Ramaphosa might be liable in the 2012 Lonmin mine disastrous strike, the South Gauteng High Court ruled in an application by workers seeking compensation against the president and mine...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 16:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'DNA tests will resolve Ndebele kingship wrangle'
ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele kingship, Stanley Raphael Tshuma Khumalo, has challenged other contestants to a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to determine genuine heirs to the throne.Al...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
UK sends asylum seekers to Rwanda
The British government was to send a first plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda yesterday despite last-gasp legal bids and protests against the controversial policy.A chartered plane was to...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' calls off State House invasion
NDEBELE throne claimant Stanley Raphael Khumalo-Tshuma has called off his proposed invasion of the Bulawayo State House, claiming that State security agents are planning to unleash violence on him....Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police panic as Ndebele 'King' prepares to take over State House
Police in Bulawayo mounted massive roadblocks across the City on Thursday as part of preparations to block one of the claimants to the Ndebele throne 'King' Stanley Raphael Khumalo who is set to desce...Published: 26 May 2022 at 14:23hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
King Mzilikazi's 'heirs' tussle
TWO rivals to the Ndebele throne are at each other's throat over who is the rightful heir to the kingship.Ndebele throne claimant Bulelani Collins Khumalo has surfaced, urging people of Matabe...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 000 health workers get Covid-19 pay
THE Government has paid 3 632 health workers who contracted the deadly Covid-19 their health insurance allowance payout.According to the Health Services Board, treasury has availed $350 millio...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T ordered to pay Khupe aide's outstanding benefits
THE Labour Court has ordered the MDC-T to pay an aide of the party's former acting president, Thokozani Khupe, outstanding salaries and benefits.Kudzanai Mashumba dragged the opposition party ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' threatens to invade State House
ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele Kingdom, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa threatening to take over Bulawayo State House and revive the kingdom in the Matabelela...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hackers snatch US$100 000 from NatPharm
THE National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) lost more than US$100 000 to hackers when its computer system was attacked, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri (pictured) has revealed.In ...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec taken to task over 'doctored' voters' roll
PRESSURE group, Team Pachedu, which has been analysing the voters' roll recently produced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for use in the March-26 by-elections, has demanded that the commiss...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
British man files for maintenance against Zimbabwean spouse
A BRITISH national, Nigel Paul Byrne is seeking US$3 000 monthly maintenance from his estranged Zimbabwean spouse, Sandra Byrne, saying that he has fallen on hard times.Nigel alleges that it w...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to fire State Security Minister Mudha Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently threatened fire State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube following his involvement in devastating factional battles currently ravaging Zanu-PF, highly placed sour...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miner in labour storm
FORMER workers at Maccoomber F Empire Mine in Filabusi have reported their employer Polani Mathemari to the National Employment Council (Nec), accusing him of refusing to pay their dues.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Solve Ndebele Kingdom issue constitutional
The Ndebele clan has been urged to try to solve their dispute over the heir apparent by allowing anyone with divine power to lead the kingdom to enable the monarch to be revived.The call was m...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mary Mliswa accused of ordering arrests of rival
THE internecine factional ructions battle for control of Mashonaland West Zanu-PF has reached a crescendo, with claimant to the provincial chairmanship, Vengai Musengi this week accusing Provincial Af...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Internal squabbles threaten Ndebele king installation
INTERNAL power squabbles within the Ndebele monarch are giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF government ammunition to block the installation of the Ndebele king.Speaking during a virt...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King says his legitimacy was confirmed by Njelele
CLAIMANT to the ancient Ndebele kingdom, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, who has christened himself King Mzilikazi II, has claimed his legitimacy as a king was confirmed by ancestral spirits at the sacred Nj...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner drags Chitando to court
EMBATTLED Chinese mining firm, Afrochine Smelting Pvt Ltd (Afrochine), which has been involved in numerous shady deals mining activities across the country, has rushed to court, suing Mines and Mining...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers and CIOs named in farm grab
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director-general Gatsha Mazithule la, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka and Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo have been dragged to the ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Messy wrangle erupts over late General Mugoba's estate
A MESSY Family wrangle has erupted over the sharing of property of the late former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) chief of staff, major general Trust Mugoba, with some family members accusing the live-i...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Wenela workers warned against fake agents
Bogus and criminal elements posing as Government officials are understood to be accosting ex-Wenela mine workers and demanding payment to facilitate registration for gratuities due to them.Ex-...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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