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Wadyajena bought 25 trucks in US$5m Cottco scam, court hears
Justice Mayor Wadyajena, Zanu PF's Gokwe Nembudziya MP and chairman of the parliamentary committee on agriculture, siphoned millions of dollars from the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe in an elaborate scam...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP demands 'ChineseMustGo' police operation
A Zanu-PF legislator has called for a 'MaChina Ngaande' (the Chinese Must Go!) police operation amid increasing concern over abuse of workers, wanton flouting of laws, and smuggling by Chinese compani...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2171 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar depreciation on parallel and RBZ markets eases
THE depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar has begun to ease on both the parallel and official market following months of a sustained downward spiral which saw the local currency losing more than half ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1635 | 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: 8 hrs ago | 334 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda to give verdict on PVOs Bill
OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that processes on the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill be halted until Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda delivers a verdict on al...Published: 8 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe armed robbers flee with US$100,000 loot
THREE suspected armed robbers were arraigned before the Harare magistrates court on charges of robbing their victims of US$100 000 to R300 000.The trio Shadreck Musalonza (41), Raymond Motikar...Published: 8 hrs ago | 923 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat debunks Steve Hanke's cooked data
TEMPERS flared over Zimbabwe's rioting inflation yesterday, with the country's chief statistician hitting out at an American economist and the media for querying the validity of data produced by his o...Published: 8 hrs ago | 327 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in education cost shocker
A GLOBAL study has ranked Zimbabwe's education as one of the most expensive, which is leading to a rise in school dropouts.The report by World Remit 2022 Cost of School says the price of educa...Published: 8 hrs ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
'Mwaruwari not given enough time'
HERENTALS coach Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva believes Benjani Mwaruwari was not given enough time to prove himself before being sacked as Ngezi Platinum Stars coach.The ambitious Mhondoro-Ngezi-based...Published: 8 hrs ago | 227 | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira vows to promote Zimbabwe's tourism
South African record producer, DJ and Kwaito artiste, DJ Tira (real name Mthokozisi Mkhathi) has vowed to help promote Zimbabwe's tourism through various initiatives.The Afrotainment boss who ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
How to legally own a firearm in Zimbabwe
FOLLOWING the firearm amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa last week for people to surrender unregistered firearms and ammunition, police yesterday explained how a person gets to own a firearm in Zi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
Cops nab copper cable theft kingpin
POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a South Africa-registered vehicle that was allegedly smuggling a tonne of stolen copper cables with an estimated value of R200 000.Bulawayo provincial polic...Published: 8 hrs ago | 503 | by Staff reporter
Prosper Ndlovu bags top Sadc award
CHRONICLE Business Editor, Prosper Ndlovu, has scooped the first prize in the 2022 Sadc Media Awards Competition (print category) in recognition of outstanding journalistic work, which contributes to ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 68 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices continue to fall in Zimbabwe
FUEL prices continue to drop giving relief to motorists as the Government continues to cushion the public against global political shocks. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority fZERA) yesterday...Published: 8 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe edging closer to energy self-sufficiency
ZIMBABWE is edging closer to addressing its energy needs in the long term through the joint construction of the Batoka Gorge hydro power station with Zambia. This comes as the country is battl...Published: 8 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe honoured by Sadc
FOUNDING fathers of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) were honoured at the ongoing 42nd Summit of the regional bloc, home to 340 million people and a region that is now charting a new ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 130 | by Staff reporter
US$18 000 stolen from a church in Zimbabwe
Robbers broke into the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Glen Norah B, Harare on Tuesday night and stole more than US$18 000, $12 000 and laptops, among other things.The church is led by...Published: 8 hrs ago | 301 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga estranged wife Marry's freedom bid hits snag
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's fomer wife, Marry Mubaiwa's application to be removed from further remand was Tuesday dismissed by Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje arguing her investigation o...Published: 20 hrs ago | 468 | by Staff reporter
State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction
The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their a...Published: 20 hrs ago | 916 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels critically low
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said water levels at its supply dams that are 52 percent full as well as a drastic drop in supplies from Epping Forest due to vandalism of infrastructure have worsened ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
Tables turn in Esidakeni farm saga
The tables have turned in the Esidakeni Farm wrangle after 2 of the 3 directors were arrested by police last week and they were brought before the courts.Zeph Dlamini was arrested while trying...Published: 21 hrs ago | 666 | by Nicholas Ncube
Justice Wadyajena to spend night in jail
Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his co accused have been denied by the court after the state brought a strong case and opposing the bail application.The matter has been postponed to Thursday for c...Published: 21 hrs ago | 497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo City officials 'block' reinstatement of divisive ex-deputy mayor
BULAWAYO City Council is reportedly disregarding a High Court order to reinstate former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami.The matter is shrouded in uncertainty following reports that co...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Odinga copies from Chamisa's playbook
Opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday that he would challenge the results of Kenya's close presidential election with "all constitutional and legal options" after Deputy President William Ruto w...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2295 | 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 | 1734 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC in polling station mapping exercise
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will not be caught napping as the country heads for the 2023 polls.And to ring-fence against possible rigging, the party is conductin...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
WHO says Zimbabwe's health delivery system weak
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says malaria remains a public health threat for the country which has a weak health delivery system characterised by lack of drugs and medicines."Despite th...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Gokwe accident
THREE people died on the spot, while six others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in, an Isuzu truck burst a front tyre and overturned along the Gokwe-Kwekwe Road on Sunday morning....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Rwandese jet into Zimbabwe for teachers interviews
OFFICIALS from Rwanda's Education ministry are in the country to conduct interviews with local teachers who have shown interest to relocate to the east African country.Rwandese Education minis...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
'Gold coins safer than Zimdollar'
THE resilience of gold as a store of value pushed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to introduce gold coins last month, a central bank official said yesterday.Azvinandava Saburi, director of ...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, credibility crisis has dogged your leadership
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is my fervent conviction that your conferring the national hero status on Rev Ndabaningi Sithole was motivated primarily by ulterior motiv...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 296 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zanu-PF determined to win at all costs
AS Zimbabweans ready themselves for the crunch polls expected next year, there is a feeling that the elections will be largely characterised by violence, of similar magnitude to the one seen in 2008....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 256 | by CFR
3 Zimbabweans shot dead in SA
Three Zimbabwean men were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Paarl, Western Cape , South Africa, early Sunday morning.According to reports, one of the bodies was inside a vehicle, anot...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism dressed as Cottco scandal leads to Wadyajena arrest
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena and top Cottco officials were arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on fraud and money laundering charges involving US$5mill...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in DRC for Sadc Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the 42nd Sadc summit that is expected to push for beneficiation of the region's vast resources and promotion of economic development, among other issues....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
NGOs' anti-Zimbabwe stance hits new low
Western-sponsored non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have once again contrived a bad statement alleging cooked up human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, all to cast the country in bad light, ahead of the...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife's application for refusal of further remand dismissed
HARARE magistrate Stanford Mambanje today dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa on a case where she is being charged for...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 19:46hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps mandatory wearing of facemasks as Covid-19 eases
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect scrapped mandatory wearing of facemasks in public to people who are fully vaccinated.Under the new regulation announced by information minister Monica Muts...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa conned by Israel businessman?
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai is under investigations on allegations that he conned the President Emmerson Mnangagwa and made him believe that he was a...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:57hrs | 17970 | by Shelton Muchena
Chamisa warns Zanu-PF
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa on Sunday challenged Zanu-PF to stop threatening people with displacement if they choose to vote against the ruling party in next year's po...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 3923 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bootlickers were Mnangagwa's back stabbers during Mugabe era'
SOME high-ranking Zanu-PF officials who were staunchly opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa taking over the reins from late former president Robert Mugabe, but are now his loudest praise singers, a...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3829 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'insulter' removed from remand
A Zanu-PF member in Manicaland who was arrested last week for allegedly claiming that the late former President Robert Mugabe was better than his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday removed fro...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1046 | 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 | 457 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says ministries driving black market
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time admitted that there has been massive pilferage and corruption in government departments which is driving the black market and prices of goods and se...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Interest rate hike haunts black market kingpins
Interventions by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stem prolonged currency battering have sent black market rates tumbling by over 50 percentage points within a month, Inter Horizon Securities (IH...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has propensity to fail
I AM thoroughly enjoying tutoring my son, in preparation for his Ordinary Level examinations - although, the task can be demanding, at times - nevertheless, the experience is quite fulfilling and a ne...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 255 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa should act on 'devious saboteurs' in government
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa would like to make us believe that there are some "devious saboteurs" out there who are busy making sure that everything goes wrong in the Zimbabwean economy, conspicuousl...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
SRC's adamant stance a real shame
IT is now six months since Zimbabwe was kicked out of the international football family after the Sports and Recreation Council (SRC) thought it was acting macho by suspending the Felton Kamambo-led Z...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt chokes hungry nurses
AT least 200 nurses face the axe after government yesterday fired Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union president, Robert Chiduku for conducting union business at his workplace demanding better wages for...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Lupane villagers walk 20km to nearest clinic
LUPANE'S Mzola East villagers in BH 42, Matabeleland North have appealed for a clinic in their area to reduce the long distances they travel to the nearest Dandanda Clinic.One of the villagers...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
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