Search / Criminal
Robert Mugabe a hero and a true patriot
Cde Robert Mugabe tendered his resignation as the president of Zimbabwe on the 21 st September 2017. This came about after a bloodless army intervention. The man who became a hero and fought many stro...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1893 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
National Museums executive director, deputy in court
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe's executive director Godfrey Mahachi and his deputy Darlington Munyikwa yesterday appeared in court on allegations of allocating themselves fuel from the org...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Cops charged with assault
Four police officers have appeared in court facing charges of assault following a High Court ruling that ordered them to pay $17 000 as compensation for brutality.The four officers, George Puk...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 14:05hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is a dog' trial stalls
THE trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joel Gabbuza, facing charges of undermining and insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is being stalled by Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, who is yet to issue ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:44hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
High Court to rule on Parirenyatwa request
The High Court is today expected to rule on former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa's case in which he is seeking an order to stop his prosecution, arguing the charges levelled agains...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:05hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Disinformation and misinformation the new battlefront
EDITOR,The information age has brought with it many opportunities as well as challenges. Is it not ironic that in this digital age where information is supposed to be available at our fingerti...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 772 | by Davison Kaiyo.
CAAZ boss arrested
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) chief executive Mr David Chawota yesterday appeared in court over allegations of authorising payment of $56 042,76 for promotional material from his company...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | 3775 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is the chief culprit in causing violence against innocent Zimbabweans.While addressing Zanu-PF supporters in...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | 4170 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'CIO son' cons church-mate
A 30-year-old Harare businessman was Monday dragged before a Harare magistrate for allegedly duping his church mate out of his cash and goods while purporting to be a member of the Central Intelligenc...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 12:42hrs | 2723 | by newzimbabwe
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: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 373 | 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: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 3663 | 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: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2182 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
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 | 3712 | by Staff reporter
Christianity to be labelled mental illness
Founder of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi has prophesied that soon the world will outlaw freedom of worship and Christians will be labelled mentally ill, hunted down and arrested. ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3225 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa targets rights lawyers, doctors
CIVIC society groups and opposition parties yesterday described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threatened clampdown on last month's human rights defenders as shocking and a direct attack on democracy,...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of consensus fomented govt ructions, discord'
OF late, there have been contradictory statements coming out of the Information ministry and other government departments regarding various programmes and policy issues. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Ev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 201 | 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 | 59 | 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 | 424 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament,
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament, a former United Nations under-secretary general has said, adding it would be their only path to influence public policy as the...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1086 | 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 | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Perm sec's wife arrested at Supa's trial
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday when the wife of ICT ministry permanent secretary Sam Kundishora, Beaulla, was arrested for recording an audio of court proceedings in which...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:10hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lawsuit crumbles
Former Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's $9 million defamation lawsuit against Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) and its journalists crumble...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:08hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up police officers, throws plate of sadza at them
A tout has been sentenced to 105 hours of community service for resisting arrest and assaulting four police officers at Family Of God (FOG) church illegal commuter pick up point along Robert Mugabe Ro...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2099 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
'ZANU PF Youths are armed mercenaries' says Mliswa
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that ZANU PF Youth League is composed of armed mercenaries whose only agenda is to accumulate wealth through intimidation instead of representing t...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 10:46hrs | 6754 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jilted man demands sex or $1 000
A 35-year-old man has been arrested for extortion after he allegedly demanded 100 rounds of sexual intercourse or ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:43hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
ZCLDN holds drug masterplan roundtable
Today, the Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network held a breakfast roundtable meeting in Harare with government officials, police and officials from several non-governmental organisations on the Na...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 257 | by ZCLDN
Government silence on battlefields disaster a disgrace
A dark cloud has enveloped Zimbabwe following the Battlefields disaster where 38 miners are presumed dead. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the miners.The MDC is however concern...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:41hrs | 1213 | by Jacob Mafume
We need complete thinkers, not compartmentalised ones
What does it mean to be a "complete thinker"? Complete thinking entails connecting apparently disparate or unconnected ideas.To further elaborate, it means being able to take on a variety of i...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 522 | by Conway Tutani
D-Day for Supa Mandiwanzira
A HARARE regional magistrate will today deliver ruling on an application for exception of charges filed by former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, w...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa banks on peace, dialogue
President Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his commitment to peace and dialogue and maintaining an open door policy to resolving challenges facing the country. Addressing diplomats in Harare yesterday...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi initiates process for Mutangadura sacking after lawyer fights transfer
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has initiated a process that could get Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura sacked after the lawyer challenged his transfer to Guruve, a rural outpost in Mashonaland C...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 779 | by ZimLive
Drunk cops in trouble
POLICE have instituted disciplinary proceedings against three Buhera constables facing charges of unprofessional conduct emanating from an incident in which they allegedly quarrelled with members of t...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 570 | by STaff reporter
Fraudsters dupe 100 nurses
TWO suspected fraudsters who allegedly duped 100 unsuspecting aspiring nurses in Chipinge and pocketed $41 000 from the scam were on Monday arraigned in court facing fraud charges.The suspects...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 147 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Business complicit in Zimbabwe's economic woes
CHIEF executive officers from across the African continent have been meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the last three days in a bid to find lasting solutions to the economic crisis faci...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' union leaders appear in court
Leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) appeared in different courts on Thursday.ARTUZ President Obert Masaraure appeared at Harare Magistrates Court 6 for routine...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 19:12hrs | 2828 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Response to The Patriot: Unmasking Pseudo Communists
The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking do to, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal atta...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:21hrs | 553 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Mliswa defiant...guns for ZANU PF leaders
Norton Member of parliament Temba Mliswa has vowed to remain vigilant in the fight against corrupt ZANU PF officials despite the attacks that he is getting.Equating him to the historic English...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 7809 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US overstepping its boundaries on Zimbabwe
The United States of America has the capacity to change the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe for the better - if it just back off and take their illegally imposed sanctions with them. On 12 Fe...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 5764 | by Mapozho Saruchera
PG's case referred to CJ Luke Malaba for investigation
The case, in which a Masvingo miner is accusing the recently-appointed Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi of criminal abuse of office, has been referred to Chief Justice, Luke Malaba for investiga...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira wants to delay trial, says State
THE prosecution has opposed former Information, Communication Technology and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira's application for exception, saying it lacks merit. The Nyanga South Nati...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya, Chivayo cornered
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya has been summoned by the police for allegedly evading $22 million tax, while Wicknell Chivayo appeared in court yesterday for al...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Forget economic dimension of TSP and Vision 2030, talk of politic one - what if it fails?
"In the words of Immanuel Kant who said 'by a lie, a man consumes his own dignity,' it has become apparent that the MDC Alliance and its apologists, this time led by Tendai Biti have become shameless ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:24hrs | 681 | by Nomusa Garikai
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2402 | by ZimLive
Chamisa lost the plot again on dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his inimitable wisdom invited other presidential hopefuls who lost the 2018 Presidential race in a bid to map the way forward on the framework towards resolving the nat...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3666 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:50hrs | 4350 | by Hon. Dr. Bekithemba Mpofu
Discredited 'rights groups' seek audience with Mnangagwa
THREE leading international human rights watchdogs - Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam International (OI) - have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to meet hi...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's response an insult to victims of State violence
THAT our very own dearest President has chosen to confess ignorance about the killings and gross human rights abuses perpetrated by security forces last month, in the wake of violent protests over a 1...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 214 | by Editorial - newsday
3 Police officers arrested for supporting Chamisa
Three police officers with the rank of constable have been arrested in Buhera after they denounced the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and chanted MDC slogans.In police papers seen ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 07:42hrs | 7991 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Load More Stories
