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Chief Maduna and Ndiweni write to Mnangagwa's defence minister
Defiant Matabeleland chief Vezi Maduna and Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni have escalated their row with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - this time demanding the appointment of an independent prob...Published: 1 hr ago | 444 | by Staff reporter
'Government does not own Zimpapers'
Former Minister of Information Professor Jonathan Moyo says government does not have any shareholding in the Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) a company that publishes The Herald, The Chronicle, Sunday ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 238 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's lawyer assaults MDC MP's lawyer in court
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer Tinomuda Chinyoka was arrested on Monday after a human rights lawyer who is representing several individuals detained during last month's fuel protests accused hi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3697 | by ZimLive
Mnangagnwa dismisses fake reports on tracking doctors and lawyers
Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who w...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges Chiwenga top allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has purged top military commanders suspected to be aligned to his ailing deputy Constantino Chiwenga in a move seen as consolidating his hold on power and scuttling anothe...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2461 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa trade barbs
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is the chief culprit in causing violence against innocent Zimbabweans. Mnangagwa blamed the opposition for t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1443 | by Staff reporter
SA civic groups blast Sadc over Zimbabwe rights violations
SOUTH African civic society groups, under the banner of the Southern African People's Solidarity Network (SAPSN), have accused Sadc of glossing over the human rights' violations in Zimbabwe.SA...Published: 6 hrs ago | 294 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor in court over violence
MDC councillor for Mabelreign, Denford Ngadziore, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday on allegations of inciting last month's public violence.Ngadziore, who was represented by ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Jailed robbers face fresh charges
THREE armed robbers recently jailed to 35 years for robbing buses were last week back in court, charged with another two counts of robbery.Jobson Shonhe (39) of Gokwe, Samuel Moyo (29) of Chip...Published: 6 hrs ago | 367 | by Staff reporter
Serial burglar jailed 48 months
A SERIAL Mutare burglar was yesterday caged 48 months by magistrate Perseverance Makhala.Prince Mabika (45) appeared in court facing two counts of unlawful entry.Makhala, however, susp...Published: 6 hrs ago | 149 | by Staff reporter
5 'Zacc officials' in trouble
Five people who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials and allegedly moved around farms in Marondera, terrorising farmers before kidnaping and robbing a fuel dealer have a...Published: 6 hrs ago | 614 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon over for reckless directors
Employees and minority shareholders have edged closer to getting powers to take legal action against directors for breach of good faith when the Companies and Other Entities Bill, currently before Par...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3271 | by Staff reporter
Biti escapes jail
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday escaped jail by a whisker after he was slapped with a suspended six-month prison term for illegally announcing purported results for the 2018 Presidential ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 928 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa more brutal than Mugabe at his worst, says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is "more rabid than Robert Mugabe at his worst."Chamisa spoke outside the Harare Magistrates Court where the MDC's Harare ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4265 | by ZimLive
Cops sue each other
A POLICE officer last week dragged her former husband to the Harare Civil Court applying $200 maintenance for three children.Winniefield Madyandove wanted $200 for the upkeep of their three ch...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2315 | by Staff reporter
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1670 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
'Chamisa-run councils disappoint'
DESPITE dominating some of the country's biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 2041 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mugabe stews in legal bills
FOR over 37 years, former president Robert Mugabe had remained untouchable as many citizens suffered in silence at the hands of the autocratic leader. But when his rule came to a dramatic end nearly t...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | 3377 | by Staff reporter
Biti escapes with just a fine over false election result declaration
MDC deputy chairman Tendai Biti was fined $200 by a court in Harare on Monday after he was convicted of falsely declaring an election victory for his party leader Nelson Chamisa in July last year....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1346 | by ZimLive
Command injustice on Biti
Command injustice was today displayed when the court convicted and sentenced MDC Deputy National Chairperson Hon Tendai Biti for 'announcing results'.This is despite the fact that the court it...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 12:36hrs | 2347 | by Hon Bekithemba Mpofu
National dialogue: Chamisa misdirecting himself
President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with the 2018 presidential election candidates at State House on 6 February to lay the ground work for national dialogue, which is aimed at forging unity in order to f...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1223 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC Youths speak on Chamisa Presidency
MDC Youth Assembly National Chairperson Happymore Chidziva says Nelson Chamisa is not the Acting President of MDC but a substantive President who was elected by the National Council at the directive o...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3346 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa plots crippling mega demos
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the MDC will soon roll out massive protests against the government, putting him on a collision course with authorities who warned at the weekend that security for...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2108 | by Staffg reporter
Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora
Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well establi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1362 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimra not auctioning seized vehicles
THE Customs and Excise Department is not in a hurry to auction impounded vehicles worth millions of dollars held at its various ports countrywide despite their depreciation and threats from yet unexpl...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer up for public violence
A 29-YEAR-OLD prison guard based at Whawha Security Prison in Gweru appeared in court last week facing a public violence charge after he allegedly took part in last month's violent protests against fu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Man gouges neighbour's eye
A 43-YEAR-OLD Guruve man was last week slapped with a four-year jail term for attacking and popping out his neighbour's eye in a fight over a stolen chicken valued at $5.Maduka Makozhombwe (43...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Sponsors court Dembare?
HARARE football's fallen giants Dynamos are reportedly being courted by several corporates who are eager to partner them this season in a bid to bring back the glory days of the previous seasons when ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Makwavarara's $80m fraud docket to be merged
THE court has ordered that former chairperson of Harare City Council's caretaker commission, Sekesai Makwavavarara, who is accused of awarding a road dualisation tender to Augur Investment Company wit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance threaten to unleash more protests
THE MDC party has threatened to unleash more protests as part of efforts to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently engage with opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa to resolve the ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers in army uniform arrested
FOUR suspected armed robbers who allegedly targeted businesses in Harare, Chegutu and Chinhoyi and made off with more than $200 000 cash, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday charged wi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Bogus lawyer arrested for fraud
A BOGUS lawyer, Descent Moyo, who allegedly masqueraded as a housing estate agent, was nabbed last week and brought to court on charges of duping a Harare property owner of his money after being hired...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
CBZ garnishes all Dembare's financial sources?
DYNAMOS' failure to settle a $247 505 debt owed to CBZ Bank, which has seen their accounts at Stewart Bank and BanABC being garnished, could destroy the Glamour Boys' relationship with their principal...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:56hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Protests cases flood Bulawayo courts
THE Judiciary Services Commission (JSC) has deployed 10 senior magistrates to Bulawayo to help their counterparts deal with the high number of public violence cases in the province emanating from last...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:55hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer remanded over shutdown protests
A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer has been arrested for allegedly conniving with suspected hooligans who participated in the violent protests that rocked Gweru, leaving a tra...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe trial set for February 28
The trial of suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe on charges of allegedly influencing a subordinate to recuse himself in a matter he had interest in, will commence on February 28. Guva...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 56 | by Staffg reporter
How can we rebuild our national consciousness when we do not have our own currency? The case for the return of the Zimbabwe doll
Zimbabwe has sixteen official languages set out in section six of the Zimbabwe Constitution. In terms of that esteemed document our country is a Christian nation. It respects Christian values and upho...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:00hrs | 404 | by Lloyd Msipa
Bushiri's private jet attached
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri's multimillion-rand private jet has been attached by the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) - part of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) - amid allegations that...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 8118 | by news24
Zimbabwean facing UK deportation says fears being 'killed' at home
A charity worker who cooks weekly meals for the homeless is at risk of being deported back to Zimbabwe and says he has no idea why.Sheffield-based Khuzani Ndlovu, 46, told Metro.co.uk he fears...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3899 | by Staff reporter
CIO dirty secrets exposed
A top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer has accused his bosses in the spy agency of victimising him because they fear he will expose their corrupt activities.Augustine Mutambu, the C...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers flood Mnangagwa's NPA
The number of soldiers at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has increased amid indications that civilian prosecutors are being relegated do to minor tasks, raising fears of the militarisation o...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 2068 | by Staff reporter
How cryptocurrencies can rescue Zimbabwe
On September 17, 2018 media houses were abuzz with the news that the then newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was considering cryptocurrencies as an option for Zimbabwe's economic turnaround...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | 557 | by Masotsha Charles Matlobo
The paradox of Chete Chete! Emerging understandings in 2019
Pursuant to last week's instalment, an erstwhile barrister in the making, Zwelithini Xaba gave a candid response on how Nelson Chamisa and his generational consensus are a façade. But the budding bar...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 476 | by Michael Mhlanga
Village head arrested for rape
A VILLAGE head from Jambezi who allegedly turned a 25-year-old mentally challenged woman into a sex slave has been dragged to court facing rape charges.Walter Ncube (43) of Monde Village who i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 740 | by Nick Mangwana
AFM drama continues
HOPES to build bridges between warring camps in one of the biggest churches in Zimbabwe — the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) — have been dashed as the factions continue counter-plotting against eac...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
High Court blow for Mnangagwa's PG
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has no power to employ, deploy, assign or transfer National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) staff because that is the sole preserve of the NPA board, a judge ruled on Fri...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:24hrs | 5925 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa sued over NPRC lifespan
MDC Alliance proportional representation legislator Concillia Chinanzvavana, who is a survivor of torture in 2008, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Masvingo High Court, seeking to force h...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo claims $1,2 million defamation damages
United STATES-based Zimbabwean Chimurenga music guru, Thomas 'Mukanya' Mapfumo has approached the High Court seeking over $1,2 million from a local journalist for allegedly defaming him following the ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:13hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
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