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Zimbabwe teen pregnancy rate rises
ZIMBABWE'S teenage pregnancy rate has risen by two percent to 24 percent, with the majority being schoolgirls that are forced to drop out of school.The worrying trend has also led to debate ov...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
US$28m in taxpayers' funds misappropriated in corrupt deal
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands has recommended that the police and Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission investigate the Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) and its president T...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court halts removal of Buyanga's son to Zimbabwe
Millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has obtained a temporary interdict at the South African High Court stopping attempts to remove his seven-year-old son to Zimbabwe, where authorities say he was un...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
'Stop criminalising human rights defenders'
HUMAN rights defenders have been under siege in the Sadc region amid calls for governments to respect the law, democracy and rights.The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mutanda fights CAPS govt shareholding claim
WAR veteran and businessman Fredrick Charles Mutanda has approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside an arbitration ruling that government is the majority shareholder of pharmaceutical com...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:11hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's Ex-wife seek High Court review
Lawyers representing Marry Mubaiwa have approached the High Court seeking a review of the trial court proceedings that led to her being remanded in custody for 10 days at the Harare Remand Prison pend...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 08:08hrs | 2081 | by Straff Reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife remanded in custody
HARARE magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube yesterday remanded Marry Mubaiwa in custody for 10 days at the Harare Remand Prison pending medical examinations by two Government doctors to ascertain whether or not...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:14hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife not fit to stand trial
A PSYCHIATRIST today told the court that Marry Mubaiwa is suffering from depression and anxiety rendering her unfit to comprehend trial proceedings. Dr Fungisai Mazhandu said Mubaiwa exhibited...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 18:42hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya in vote-buying storm
ZANU PF Politburo Member Douglas Mahiya has been accused of vote-buying and de-campaigning other candidates eying the party provincial chairperson post in Mashonaland Central province.He visit...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 21:06hrs | 1349 | by Staff Reporter
Have sex but Don't get married
The past week has seen a heated debate on social media after government has through the Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi gave the green light over the age of sexual consent to...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3110 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa is a hard sell for Zimbabwe
FOR weeks on end, Zimbabweans were told that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Glasgow, Scotland, would be a major breakthrough of historic proportions.It would be the first time a leader...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Entreprenuer wrestles with Econet
HARARE-BASED businessman, innovator and entrepreneur Ignatius Munengwa has reported the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) top executives to the regulator's chairp...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:44hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Two shot dead answering call of nature
Two men were shot dead while relieving themselves in separate incidents in Gweru and Kadoma, while a body of another man was found with gunshot wounds along the Limpopo River in Beitbridge....Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Biti in attempted kidnapping?
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance vice president Tendai Biti says he, for a moment, felt as if he was at the heart of Taliban-ruled Afghani capital Kabul after escaping an alleged Monday n...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner loses granite licence
A Chinese firm, Heijin Mining Company, is set to lose its certificates of operations in Kaseke and Chibvi 2, in Murehwa following complaints by the community, Chief Nyajina and Councillor Marowa....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa resorts to Mugabe tactics
A panicky president Emmerson Mnangagwa has resorted to bussing supporters to impromptu rallies as a way of creating a picture of political popularity and to intimidate internal rivals within Zanu-PF t...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:55hrs | 2885 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends Chinese miner's operations in Uzumba
THE Mines Ministry has, with immediate effect, cancelled all the mining activities of the Chinese-owned Heijin Mining Company in Uzumba, Mashonaland East Province.The mine was prospecting for ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:05hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims immunity on being illegal Zanu-PF leader
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he cannot be taken to court over his alleged unconstitutional and illegal seizure of Zanu-PF leadership as he is now a sitting state President protected by...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha church grabbers in court for contempt
THE African Apostolic Church (Vapostori veAfrica) led by archbishop Paul Mwazha has dragged its members to the High Court, accusing them of illegally taking over leadership of the church in defiance o...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:49hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Darlington Dodo fired
CAPS United have axed head coach , and his entire backroom staff, just days before the domestic Premiership campaign gets underway on Saturday.The Green Machine have short-listed three coaches...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:18hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Police stop stands demo
POLICE had to intervene and preside over a dialogue between Bulawayo City Council officials and beneficiaries of Woodville stands, who have been up in arms with the local authority over delays in comp...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Netherland gambling adverts will be regulated
The Netherlands persists to prioritise consumer rights in its soon-to-be-launched gambling industry, with the media oversight committee, the Commissariaat Voor de Media (CdvM), and the nation's bettin...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | 226 | by Staff Writer
'Buyanga must obey court orders'
The Constitutional Court has struck off the roll the two cases lodged by businessman Frank Buyanga after finding he was in flagrant violation of many court judgments and will only hear his application...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Court orders another medical test for Chiwenga's estranged wife
Yet another medical examination, this time to include the side-effects of her medication, has been ordered for Marry Mubaiwa to see if she can comprehend the proceedings in her trials on charges of at...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Doctor to clarify on Chiwenga's estranged wife
DOCTOR Simukai Percy Machawira, who said in court that Marry Mubaiwa was physically fit to stand trial, is today expected in court to make clarifications on certain issues that Harare magistrate Mr La...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 602 | by Staff writer
Government that brags about paying its pensioners $45 per month needs to go!
I know that when one is a good for nothing loser - whose life is characterized by roguish and disgraceful behavior - finding anything positive to boast about becomes ever more impossible, and, is forc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:48hrs | 1086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UN envoy flies into Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance war
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, who arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, flies into a storm with the ruling Zanu-PF party and the oppositio...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4938 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga suffers huge blow
Prominent businessman Frank Buyanga has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a High Court ruling ordering him to return his six-year-old son to his estranged girlf...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Marry ruling deferred to Monday
A HARARE magistrate has deferred to Monday the ruling on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring a marria...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3577 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa labels attack on convoy 'primitive'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday labelled an attack on his convoy a day earlier "primitive" as Zanu-PF denied responsibility.Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo p...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:38hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry could be amputated, court hears
Marry Mubaiwa is at a serious risk of having at least one of her arms amputated after failing to get the medical care she needs to treat her lymphoedema, a court heard on Tuesday.The Harare Ma...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge to testify in Mubaiwa case
SUPREME Court judge Justice George Chiweshe is expected to testify in a court hearing where Marry Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented to him when he was Judge President that Vice President Constantino Ch...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams Masvingo violence claims
AHEAD of President Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom for the UN Climate Change conference of the parties (COP 26) in Glasgow and the expected arrival of the United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the Int...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1101 | by Stephen Jakes
Moyo cleared by High Court
FORMER Health Minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after being discharged from prosecution on corruption charges for illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contra...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Top cop granted bail
POLICE officer commanding Mashonaland West province, Assistant Commissioner Coneli Dube, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, has been granted $30 000 bail by a Chinhoyi magistrate....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:01hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Terence Mukupe, NGO clash over construction project
FORMER Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe has accused an environmental pressure group, the Community Water Alliance (CWA), of plotting to stop the construction of a shopping mall and stadium near ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Lusengo scales up Dynamos fight
Dynamos Football Club chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo, who is being accused of fraud after allotting himself 51% shareholding of the popular club, has indicated he wants to approach the Constituti...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic Faith Church fights over Ntabazinduna temple land
THE Apostolic Faith Church of Portland Oregon is locked in a protracted land wrangle with a Ntabazinduna villager whom it accuses of illegally setting up a homestead on its land acquired through the l...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Harare car dealer in mining row
Prominent Harare businessman and car dealer Paul Chenjerai, popularly known as Paza Buster is embroiled in a bitter mine wrangle with a Mutoko villager after he encroached into his homestead in search...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over beer
A 24 year-oldman lost his life after an intense argument emanating from refusal to share his beer with another reveller at Mhlanga Pool Shade, Neshuro Growth Point on September 30, 2021.Maxwel...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
EMA speaks out on Chinese miners operation in Uzumba
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it is yet to receive an environmental impact assessment report from Heijin Mining Company, a Chinese mining company, which is on the verge of displacing ...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 1032 | by Stephen Jakes
Masarira piles pressure against child marriage
OPPOSITION Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party leader Linda Masarira has piled pressure on government to align the Marriages Act to the Constitution, saying current legislation allow...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:30hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
African sex workers face digital abuse as pandemic pushes them online
Kenyan sex worker Elizabeth Otieno shudders each time her cellphone buzzes with a new notification.The device may have become a lifeline in helping her move her work online during the COVID-19...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi seeks to reopen Supa Mandiwanzira corruption case
PROSECUTOR General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has approached the High Court seeking to reopen former ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira's corruption case which he was cleared of last year.Hodzi filed an...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Address motives behind Mugabe exhumation
THE case by the now late Chief Zvimba to have the remains of the late former President Robert Mugabe exhumed from his rural graveyard in Kutama village in Zvimba and be interred at the National Heroes...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
No pay day for fired judge Ndewere
FORMER High Court judge Erica Ndewere, who was fired after a tribunal found her guilty of gross incompetence, has failed in her bid to compel President Mnangagwa to pay punitive costs for her suit, in...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Solutions to Zimbabwe debt, fiscal deficits
THE Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (Ledriz) has crafted a cocktail of measures which could be a solution to Zimbabwe's debt problems, fiscal deficits, stunted growth an...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:45hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
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