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Bulawayo ready for anti-sanctions demonstrations
BULAWAYO is geared up to join the rest of the country and the Southern African Development Community on Friday in marching against sanctions that were imposed by America and the European Union, ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 880 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK top the cruelty bar against their own
You might think that slavery is something you only read about in history books. Unfortunately, the sad and shocking truth is that slavery exists today both in our country and around the world. It is k...Published: 15 hrs ago | 9914 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Under probe ex-Zinara boss changes name from Chitukutu to Mandlamakhulu
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku, who is under investigation for fraud, has changed his surname. He has done so together with his family. This i...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Spilt beer sends man to early grave
Two men from Shurugwi under Chief Nhema allegedly murdered a fellow patron after he accidentally spilt their beer.Godknows Dondiwa and Tafadzwa Jairos Moyo, appeared before Shurugwi magistrate...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks ailing younger brother to death
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Insiza district allegedly unleashed a deadly kick on his ailing younger brother, ripping open his stomach resulting in intestines protruding, a magistrate heard yesterday. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 932 | by Staff Reporter
14 nabbed over Tenda bus owner smuggling case
DETECTIVES in Mutare have arrested 14 touts who were allegedly hired by prominent businessman, Ernest Mungwari, to block cops and Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials from confiscating an assortment o...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes prostitute falls asleep at crime scene
A MAN from Bulawayo who raped a prostitute after dragging her to a bushy area, only to fall asleep at the crime scene, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. The 25-year-old prostitute was ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1032 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean bankers sued for defrauding Namibian bank
PROMINENT banker Enock Kamushinda and four of his Zimbabwean colleagues within the trade are being sued in the Namibian High Court by their former employer the southern African country N$247 million (...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:20hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, Zambia unit sign anti-graft MoU
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Zambia to fight cross-border economic crimes. T...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:53hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 237 | by Cyril Zenda
Chamisa known for abusing his wife & imposing Shona leaders in Matabeleland - MLO
Chamisa's abuse of women including his own wife and imposition of Shona leaders in Matabeleland particularly in Bulawayo Province borders on sexism, tribalism, incivility, human rights abuse and oppre...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1338 | by Israel Dube
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 164 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sanctions; the anguish of Zim women
Sanctions placed on Zimbabwe are erroneously said to be targeted on a few individuals and selected companies. I am a simple Zimbabwean woman and I have a harrowing tale that is shared by many a Zimbab...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:57hrs | 6 | by Gift Mashoko
Murdered headman's family demands 70 beasts for ritual
RELATIVES of a Mberengwa headman who was murdered by his neighbour for facilitating a botched donkey trading deal are demanding 70 heads of cattle to conduct a cleansing ritual for the deceased's spir...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Curb corruption in the police force now
The recent case involving 11 police constables from different police stations who were arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in forei...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 4 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Zimbabwe declares war on cybercrime
The threat of cyber crime to national critical infrastructure calls for tough response mechanisms to the danger that is on the rise globally, a Cabinet minister has said. Cyber criminals seek ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 4 | by Staff rpeorter
ZANU PF to fire Prisca Mupfumira
President Ememerson Mnangagwa is reportedly initiating a move to fire embattled former Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira from her Politiburo post due to the web of corruption allegations that...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 17:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
6 Bills lapse as Parly dozes
At least six Bills that were before Parliament lapsed after the august House failed to debate and pass them during the First Session of the Ninth Parliament.The failure by legislators to pass ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Long serving deputy police spokesperson retires
MASHONALAND Central provincial deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Petros Masikati retied over the weekend after 31 years of service in the same province.Speaking at Masikati's fare...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 14:29hrs | 31 | by Simbarashe Sithole
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10235 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zimbabwe not open for business - Report
THE World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Zimbabwe at 127 among 141 countries on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), an indication that the southern African nation remains uncompetitive compared t...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chamisa in 'armed robbery, murder'
A self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and allegedly robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the de...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 753 | by Tony Hawkins
Murder suspect arrested in prison
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a murder suspect on their wanted persons list moments before his release from prison for another crime after discovering that he had been in jail while they searched f...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
When hunger inhibits acquisition of knowledge
The young girl could hardly walk, her step was a blend of jaywalking and deathly staggering. To say she was sleep walking would be far fetched since she new the direction of the foot path. Her...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:56hrs | 95 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
MDC to revamp its security system?
A source in the MDC has revealed that Nelson CHAMISA and other MDC leaders are furious with the MDC Security and Intelligence Department following a series of actions that reflect its incompetence.&nb...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:56hrs | 1181 | by Staff Reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 â...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 739 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Church woman caught selling cannabis
A JOHANE masowe apostolic Bindura woman was slapped with a $400 fine yesterday by a Bindura magistrate after she was convicted of selling 75 sachets of dagga.Laiza Mtyida (45) of the Johane ma...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1154 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:03hrs | 331 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nust deputy bursar quits
A DEPUTY bursar - finance and administration at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Mr Reaboka Noko has reportedly resigned amid allegations that he embezzled funds from the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
'Make MPs' assets disclosure mandatory'
NEW chairperson of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has called on governments to impose mandatory disclosure of assets laws on MPs and pu...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Thief stuns court, disowns accomplices
A MAN who admitted to being part of a gang of thieves who allegedly broke into several houses in Bulawayo and stole household goods worth nearly $120 000, yesterday stunned a packed courtroom when he ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:31hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Glancing at another man earns woman a hiding
A BULAWAYO man could not stomach the thought of his lover "exchanging glances" with another man, lost his marbles before bashing the woman in full view of onlookers at a commuter omnibus terminus. ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:19hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with various issues, including the current drought, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 13:16hrs | 802 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man steals from church, blames dead man
A Victoria Falls man who broke into a church, stole an assortment of household goods and tried to blame the offence on someone who died before it was committed, has been sentenced to four years ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Minister fingered in machete wars
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube has been implicated in the often violent Mazowe illegal mining activities that have seen youth gangs popularly known as MaShurugwi, engaged in machete wars over gold...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Hackers wipe clean $26,000 from Cabs account
A MAKOKOBA resident was on Monday defrauded of $26 612,97 by suspected cyber criminals after they allegedly hacked his bank account by sending text messages instructing him to punch a code which gave ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance welcome to anti-sanctions march
ALL political parties are expected to take part in an anti-sanction campaign scheduled for October 25, Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said. In an interview, Matema...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Conman dupes 510 of US$2m
POLICE in Harare have arrested a suspected conman for allegedly swindling 510 people of more than US$2 million in a fake financial investment scam. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer on the run
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer Sekelwe Maphosa who is part of a gang that defrauded the authority of millions of dollars in a fraudulent vehicle cleara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt completes snooping laws
CABINET yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that will see stiff penalties being levied on citizens allegedly generating and transmitting subversive material mea...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Prisons boss in court over US$1,2m fuel fraud
RETIRED Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Elizabeth Banda and Gloew Trading company supervisor appeared in court yesterday facing US$1,2 million fr...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:05hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Discharged patients seek hospital readmission
MENTAL patients who say they are starving at their homes are seeking re-admission to Ingutsheni Central Hospital where food supply is better, the hospital's clinical director Dr Wellington Ranga has s...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Crime Bill gets the nod
Cabinet yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Security and Data Protection Bill which seeks to combat cyber crimes and enhance security in the wake of rampant abuse of the platform. The Bill, wh...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Govt to export electricity by 2024
Government is working on a programme to develop energy from mineral resources with a target of becoming a major exporter of electricity by 2024.This was said by the Acting Minister of Informat...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members placed off remand
SEVEN MDC Alliance members, among them the party chairperson Thabitha Khumalo and Senator Helen Zivira Mpofu who were recently arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly distributing fliers for a planned demo...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
ZACC goes after loot stashed in SADC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has intensified its efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth from the country being stashed in foreign lands by engaging with SADC members in the fight again...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:12hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1450 | by Staff Reporter
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