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Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning gang hits PPC Zimbabwe
FOUR men ganged up and defrauded Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe of more than US$26 500 after cloning the company's ATM card and using it to conduct illegal Point of Sale (POS) transactions at...Published: 12 hrs ago | 437 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC bosses in court on fresh charges
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Patrick Mavhura together with the former Director Human Resources and Finance, Ms. Benania Shumba and Former Manager Human...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mnangagwa govt tussle for private home's title deeds
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has made a step forward in a bid to recover title deeds to his Mutare home which was forfeited by the state after he failed to return home for his co...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 5670 | by newzimbabwe
SA miner to sink US$1m in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African mining company, Ingeli Minerals has made an initial investment of R10 million in alluvial gold mining in Shamva and the investment is expected to be scaled up to US$1 million, Sunday Bus...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube attempts a Houdini act
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube this week unveils his second National Budget statement in which he is expected to announce far-reaching interventions to soothe a natio...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:23hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths storm full council meeting, eject DA
Zanu PF Masvingo provincial youth leaders recently ejected Gutu District Development Coordinator (DDC, formerly known as DA) Mellody Jiri Mafukidze from a Gutu Rural District Council (RDC) full counci...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:57hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Top RG officer jailed
Eight years after smashing an axe into his wife, seven years after being convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and sentenced to jail, and six years after losing his appeal, Gordo...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:02hrs | 584 | by STaff reporter
Teachers 'hunt' for Mthuli Ncube's wife
The Amalgamated rural teachers Union of Zimbabwe has appealed to anyone with the phone number of the Finance and Economic development Minister Mthuli Ncube's wife. The Association says it want...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 8728 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe now a police State, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has chided President Emmerson Mnangagwa for putting the country into a de facto state of emergency and his reliance on the police to stifle dissenting voices again...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1047 | by Sports Reporter
Debunking myths surrounding the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe
THE founding tenets of Zimbabwe are based on respect for certain values and principles, which include, amongst others: the supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law, fundamental human rights and ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:14hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalise gold possession: Miners
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has called on government to re-align mining laws to decriminalise the possession of gold to increase production by artisanal miners.Spea...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
'US ban hurts Marange diamonds'
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) yesterday said the decision by the United States to issue a withhold release order (WRO) for artisanal rough cut diamonds from Marange was impacting ne...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
'Joram Gumbo was never arrested'
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs minister Joram Gumbo was never arrested for criminal abuse of office, but he was just being interviewed on the goings on in parastatals which fell under his previous ministry and ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:47hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
PG under pressure to act on Mthuli Ncube
Lawyers representing pro-democracy activist Mfundo Mlilo will engage Prosecutor –General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi before going to court after the lapse of a seven-day ultimatum within which they demanded...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:55hrs | 6714 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo arrest political game: Churches
ZIMBABWE Heads of Christian Denominations executive secretary Bishop Kenneth Mtata yesterday said the arrest of Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate's no-show stalls Parirenyatwa trial
The trial of former Health minister David Parirenyatwa on charges of criminal abuse of office failed to continue yesterday after trial magistrate Elijah Makomo did not avail himself.This is the se...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:38hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
More charges against Joram Gumbo
Whistle-blowers flocked the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) from as far as Kariba yesterday and as a result Minister of State for Presidential Affairs (Monitoring and Implementation of Gove...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
ZACC closes in on 44 bigwigs
Forty-four serving and former Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, parastatal bosses and legislators are facing "imminent" arrest for corruption, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairp...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo off the hook, no charges
MINISTER of State for Presidential Affairs in charge of Implementation and Monitoring Joram McDonald Gumbo, who was picked up by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigators on Monday over...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:55hrs | 5203 | by newzimbabwe
Robert Mugabe meets Ian Smith in afterlife
Please Note: The credibility quotient for this article is this: If it deals with politics it's a fact; if it is dramatized it's fiction; if it is outrageously u...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 8487 | by Field Ruwe
The evil Unity Accord died with Nkomo & Mugabe
The death of Joshua Nkomo in 1999 and Robert Mugabe this year marked the death of the most evil and oppressive document ever signed by black leaders in post colonial Africa titled Unity Accord. ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2291 | by Israel Dube
Mupfumira trial dates postponed
The trial of former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office and money laundering, failed to kick off yesterday after the State said, it wanted more time t...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo expected in court today
MINISTER Joram Gumbo, who was questioned and released yesterday, appears in court today on charges of criminal abuse of office involving US$37 million arising from four separate incidents when he was ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
The case for a Logan Act in Zimbabwe
During the run up to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Anti-Sanctions Day held on 25 October 2019, Zimbabwe witnessed frenzied activity especially on the social media with the American...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 14:03hrs | 1390 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa allies in fresh push to expel Mwonzora from MDC
AS DIVISIONS continue to ravage the MDC over how to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, as well as its simmering leadership tussles, former party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says h...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:04hrs | 5382 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joram Gumbo arrested
Former Transport Minister Joram Gumbo was arrested on Monday accused of corruption involving a US$70 million deal to acquire four planes from Malaysian Airlines.The planes were sold to Zimbabw...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 9560 | by Staff reporter
MP fights drug abuse
Beitbridge East legislator Albert Nguluvhe has embarked on a campaign to minimise cases of drug peddling in the border town.The Parliamentarian yesterday said he has engaged the police and oth...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Shepherd Tundiya discharged in Goddard case
KWEKWE businessman Shepherd Tundiya, who was facing allegations of coercing the director of JR Goddard Contracting (Pvt) Ltd to withdraw a criminal abuse of office report he made against four members ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions conundrum
The USA first enacted ZIDERA in 2001 as a response to gross human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, violent grab of white owned farms, violent crackdown on opposition and dissent, costly deployme...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 981 | by Terrence Wuragu
Biti tells Mnangagwa to resign or face impeachment
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to turn around the country's economic as well as political fortunes and this calls for his resignation, former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.Bit...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:40hrs | 7314 | by newzimbabwe
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Data is, indeed, incredible. You can make informed important decisions that will turn into paychecks in the future. Otherwise, one may cling to dear guesswork that may be costly. According to ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 13:29hrs | 331 | by Staff Writer
The MDC in full support of the suffering government workers
The MDC is in full support of next week's proposed work-stoppage by government workers in light of the paltry average monthly salary of $475 for civil servants, which can hardly buy 26 litres of f...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 08:59hrs | 2005 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Armed robbers bag US$36 000 in home raid
SEVEN masked armed robbers pounced on a family in Bulawayo's Morningside suburb and beat them up before getting away with US$39 000 and R118 000 using their victims' car. The robbers who were ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Harare to declare America as an enemy of Zimbabwe
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa led Harare Administration is plotting to enact a law that will specify countries that enacted sanctions on Zimbabwe as enemies of State and to criminalise any Zimbabwe...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 15:56hrs | 5429 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bid to seize Kasukuwere's property flops
Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi's concerted efforts to bar exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from accessing title deeds to his Mutare house recently hit a snag after his urgent ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 3180 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs warned against engaging tsikamutandas
Traditional leaders in the Midlands province have been warned against engaging the services of traditional healers popularly known as tsikamutandas who are notorious for fleecing unsuspecting villager...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer loses appeal in 14kg gold theft case
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya's bid to evade being put to his defence in the 14kg gold theft trial suffered a major blow after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to dismiss his...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Botswana arrests 4 000 Zimbabweans border jumpers
POLICE in Botswana have since January this year arrested more than 4 000 Zimbabweans for attempting to illegally cross into the neighbouring country. The border jumpers, 2 479 men, 1 521 women and chi...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
NSSA deals saga in new twist
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Robin Vela says an audit of the state-owned pension scheme, which detected alleged underhand dealings during his tenure is flawed.Vela...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 19:58hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Changing currency like changing diapers will not improve Zimbabwe's ailing economy
Zimbabwe will be introducing a new currency in two weeks time but will that introduction of this new currency going to be a panacea to the current economic doldrums and quagmire or the country needs r...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:44hrs | 2263 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa asked to resolve wrangle over ownership of Waverley Blankets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been asked to help resolve the wrangle over Waverley Blankets after a relative of the company's founder allegedly seized control of the textiles giant through corrupt ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:33hrs | 5254 | by Staff reporter
Fraud cop on the run?
A POLICE officer from Harare who allegedly defrauded a Bulawayo man of $456 after promising to get him a job as a police officer has been issued with a warrant of arrest after she absconded court yest...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Man up for forging birth papers, ID
A foreign national has appeared in court on allegations of forging a Zimbabwean birth certificate and national identity card which he used to acquire a Zimbabwe driver's licence and a passport. ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
State to seize stolen cars from Mzembi
FOUR vehicles allegedly stolen from Government by former Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Walter Mzembi and the then permanent secretary, Margaret Sangarwe, during the United Nations World...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi menace poses danger to Zimbabwe
OUTSPOKEN Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa once called for decisive action against marauding criminals going by the moniker MaShurugwi who are unleashing untold violence in mining communit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1724 | by By Toby Sithole
Countries ponder laws against calling for sanctions
THE illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some Western countries from the turn of the new millennium have in no doubt impacted negatively on the economy and the livehoods of people, with estimat...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
'Police afraid to probe Mohadi'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi's estranged wife Tambudzani Mohadi (nee Muleya) has accused the Beitbridge police of being afraid of investigating her powerful former husband after she made a complaint of...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
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