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Lumumba fights in Ginimbi's corner
In a move that has been viewed as a desperate attempt to sing for his next supper, embattled whistleblower William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) has called for the immediate release of millionaire Ge...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1721 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 606 | by Enos Denhere
Sanctions divide Mnangagwa's new dispensation
The sanctions must go mantra has sharply divided the Emmerson Mnangagwa led New dispensation. A twar between ZANU PF Gokwe Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor justice wadyajena AND THE Ministry of I...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:40hrs | 5223 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vertical Agreements and Competition Law
The Competition & Tariff Commission has, in the past months and years, been publishing articles on competition law and policy with a view to raise awareness of Competition Law amongst industrialis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:32hrs | 476 | by Competition & Tariff Commission
Undenge's trial deferred
The trial of former Energy minister Samuel Undenge, who is facing allegations of corruption, was yesterday moved to November 19 due to non-availability of the State's last witness.While seekin...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa struggles to pay polling agents
THE MDC Alliance in Midlands is struggling to pay off agents who manned polling stations for the party during the July 30 elections, amid revelations that a partner organisation which had committed to...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporetr
Chivayo's $10,000 bribe, ex- ZPC boss arrested
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje has been arrested on allegations of receiving a $10 000 bribe from controversial businessperson, Wicknell Chivayo so he does not...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2237 | by Staff reporter
Winston Chitando implicated in Hwange looting
A FORENSIC auditor engaged by Hwange Colliery to investigate financial impropriety has fingered Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando, who he said was likely in cahoots with shady cha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Bus operator shots man over $30
A Harare bus operator shot and injured a man over $30.Gladmore Musanhi, who has interests in Musanhi passenger buses shot Callisto Magombedze in an argument over an additional $30 for carrying...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:49hrs | 3560 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Anjin employees petition court over terminal benefits
Chinese miner Anjin's former employees have petitioned the High Court seeking leave to execute judgment pending appeal after the diamond miners obtained an order thwarting the attachment of its proper...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Harare owes Ken Sharpe over $23 million
BUSINESS magnate Ken Sharpe and his Augur Investment yesterday claimed that they were owed over $23 million by the Harare City Council.This followed reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Transport ministry workers nabbed for cement theft
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development ministry workers along the Mushandirapamwe-Wedza Highway, who stole over 80 bags of cement and quarry stones on Friday, appeared before Marondera magistrate A...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Gweru cancels tender, demands refund
GWERU mayor Josiah Makombe has said the local authority's lawyers are working to recover money paid to a Chinese company to instal solar traffic lights, but failed to complete the project, leading to ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 417 | by Pearl Matibe
Ziyambi defends Hwange reconstruction move
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday told Parliament that he had to put Hwange Colliery under reconstruction without consulting other shareholders because the problems afflicting the company nee...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket to be liquidated?
THE saga between the Zimbabwe Cricket and former national team coach Heath Streak, who is pushing for the liquidation of the debt-ridden organisation, took another twist after the Sports Commission wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Bigwig arrests should be followed by convictions
While we all applaud the anti-corruption drive being spearheaded from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office which has seen several ex-ministers arrested for abuse of office, we all wait for the first ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 17:39hrs | 973 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Gweru to introduce water shedding
GWERU mayor Josiah Makombe has revealed that the city will soon introduce water shedding that will see most suburbs, particularly those in the western areas, going for days without water as council gr...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors target Arsenal starlet Reiss Nelson
Zimbabwe are set to miss out on Arsenal starlet Reiss Nelson, whose exploits at Hoffenheim have impressed England coach Gareth Southgate.Nelson, who was born in London to a Zimbabwean father a...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:01hrs | 5323 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages cripple cooking oil maker
Surface Wilmar, the country's largest cooking oil manufacturer, says it owes its external suppliers US$22 million because of acute foreign currency shortages locally.The revelations were made ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bans Harare companies from its tenders
THE Bulawayo City Council will consider awarding all tenders for the provision of goods and services to the local authority to companies operating within its jurisdiction as part of its efforts to ens...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Zifa to pay Mlauzi $187,000
THE Zimbabwe Football Association will have to fork out $187 290 to pay former Mighty Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi after the Labour Court confirmed he is owed the dues.An initial ruling by ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:26hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
$400 000 for cloud seeding
THE Meteorological Service Department will begin cloud seeding by month-end to help induce rains in a season expected to be blighted by the El Niño weather phenomenon.Government set aside $40...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:25hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Double standards by Rio Zim
DearRio Tonto Zimbabwe particularly Murowa Diamonds has a policy whereby prospective employees are subjected to serious vetting including police clearance and anyone with a criminal record is ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:22hrs | 307 | by Concerned Zvishavane Residents
Gweru mayor rejects $150,000 Mercedes Benz
Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe has rejected a $150 000 Mercedes Benz earmarked for him as an official vehicle and also vowed to block plans to buy top-of-the-range vehicles for the city's top six director...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:14hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Zacc hunts for Chombo over airport deal
Fromer Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo's troubles continue to mount this time under the radar of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over a murky airport deal in which the Harare ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:58hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss Pasi in court over an Information Management System
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Gershem Takavada Pasi was on Thursday brought before the court on charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly engaged a third ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Malawi President sacks deputy ahead of presidential polls
The Chronicle Malawi President Peter Mutharika has reportedly sacked his deputy, Saulos Chilima, in a cabinet reshuffle, ahead of a presidential election next year. AFP reported in July that C...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1020 | by AP
Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed Zinara investigations
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to protec...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:39hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Chitando, shareholders clash in Hwange Colliery scandal
MINES minister Winston Chitando unilaterally recommended Hwange Colliery Company Limited's placement under administration without the blessing of other shareholders. The move is widely seen by some of...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Chinamasa links exposed
FORMER Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa's daughter, Kangai (38), claims she was assisting embattled businessman and Intratrek owner Wicknell Chivayo purchase "equipment" in the United States when so...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:18hrs | 4590 | by Staff reporter
Rudo Boka's husband files for divorce
Prominent businesswoman Rudo Boka-Mutambanengwe, has been served with divorce papers by her husband, Noah Jabulani Mutambanengwe who is seeking dissolution of the couple's marriage citing irreconcilab...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officials use personal bank accounts for business
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) were using personal bank accounts for employees outside Harare to administer cash transact...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
ZPC, Intratrek dispute rages on
INTRATREK Zimbabwe, which is entangled in contractual dispute with Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) over the Gwanda solar plant, has filed submissions to the High Court seeking an order compelling ZPC to ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 04:59hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Matapi cells were uncomfortable for Mandiwanzira
FORMER ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday described his night at Matapi police cells in Mbare as uncomfortable.Mandiwanzira, who is facing two counts of abuse of office, spent the night...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:04hrs | 3369 | by Staff reporter
'Chinamasa's son benefited from Chivayo's ZPC loot'
Former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa's son, Kangai was yesterday named in court as one of the beneficiaries of the over $5 million advanced to businessman, Wicknell Chivayo by the Zimbabwe Power ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2899 | by Staff reporter
Workers bemoan rot at Hwange Colliery
HWANGE Colliery Company workers have claimed management deliberately failed to repair conveyor belts to transport coal in order to promote private transport operators with whom they have links....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira ordered to surrender passport, title deeds
Former Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday granted $2 000 by chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe.As...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hinder start-up
In 2006, Bike and Boat Bar (BBB), a Bulawayo company, started manufacturing motor cycles, a first for the country and the region. Soon after, however, the economy tanked as hyperinflation rendered the...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira granted $2,000 bail
The Former Minister of Information and Communication Technology has been granted $2 000 bail after spending yesterday night at Matapi Police Station in Mbare pending trialHe is bei...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's de facto challenge
This week, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy is visiting four African and two European countries; United Kingdom, France, Togo, Mali, Ethiopia and Nigeria...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 569 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa's business dance, Masiyiwa's compliance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently held a consultative meeting with Zimbabwe's business sector. This came against the backdrop of a national economic crisis largely caused by a new monetary policy ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Takura Zhangazha
Supa Mandiwanzira spends night at Matapi
Nyanga South Member of Parliament and former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira was yesterday arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office and sp...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Madinda preference for replacement
HIGHLANDERS' head coach Madinda Ndlovu, who is set to retire from active dugout duties in two years' time, has indicated that he prefers that Bosso replace him with one of their ex-players to maintain...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele's $90 000 wasn't stolen
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who claimed that she lost almost $90 000 allegedly belonging to musician, Mrs Sandra Ndebele- Sibindi, to thieves has been arrested for making a false report after it emerged tha...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | 15710 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira accused of abuse of office
Former cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been charged by the police for allegedly contracting Megawatt Company to do consultancy work for Net-One without going to tender.Mandiwanzira is f...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:01hrs | 2862 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should tread carefully on police rationalisation
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Republic Police "retired" more top-ranking officers in a move seen as the renewal of the force to reclaim public trust.There has been a lot of movements in the police f...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1967 | by Editorial - newsday
'Mnangagwa refused Hwange concession licence renewal'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa used his Executive powers to refuse Hwange Colliery a renewal licence for the Western area concession, Mines minister Winston Chitando told Parliament yesterday, a claim w...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
NRZ train derails
A NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train derailed between Hwange and Victoria Falls on Sunday night as a result of broken rail caused by excessive temperatures. Hundreds of rail p...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
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