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Chivayo leverages proximity to power to make a fortune
AS flamboyant Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo splurges money on an imposing mansion and donates cars to selected individuals weeks on end, while also making cash donations, questions abound as to w...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Company employees linked to robbery case
THREE employees at Quest Financial Services have been implicated in a robbery that occurred at the firm's Belgravia branch in Harare on Saturday.The three allegedly teamed up with six others, ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio steals gun from CIO operative
THREE men from Bulawayo have appeared in court facing a charge of stealing a pistol from a Central Intelligence Organisation officer.Thethelani Ndlovu (39), Khulumani Moyo (29) and Stancilous ...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's US$5 million spending binge
FOR Wicknell Chivayo, money seems to grow on trees.Never the one to be shy to ostentatiously display his wealth, Chivayo, who likes to call himself Sir Wicknell, has of late been on an unrelen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3 robbers killed in shoot-out
THREE robbery suspects, part of a gang that raided at least three schools in and around Bulawayo, have been shot dead in a shoot-out with police in Kadoma.The suspects were shot dead on Tuesda...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF praise singer gets brand-new Toyota Hilux GD6 from Wicknell Chivayo
ZANU PF's praise singer Chief Shumba Hwenje received a brand-new Toyota Hilux GD6 vehicle from businessman Wicknell Chivayo.Hwenje is known for the song "ED Pfee", which became an anthem at ZA...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 21:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo gifts Zanu-PF affiliated MC US$65,000 Toyota Hilux
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has donated a Toyota Hilux double cab 4×4 vehicle worth US$65 000 to financially troubled Zanu-PF affiliated MC David Masomere, who recently found himself i...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP Musanhi's son in court after ramming wife's car, pointing gun
The son of Zanu-PF MP and businessman Kenneth Musanhi has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his estranged wife.Tariro Musanhi, 35, turned his Toyota D4D into a weapon and ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 17:23hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Prepare for Chamisa victory,' says Siziba
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has hit back at claims that the party is weak, saying the opposition is ready for the elections set for August 23."We have our friend from Tsholotsho, Jonat...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 dead, 15 injured in crash while returning from funeral
AN overloaded Toyota Hilux D4D carrying mourners from a funeral in Kadoma was involved in a fatal road accident Saturday that claimed three lives while 15 people were left injured.The accident...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deadly accident kills 5 people on the spot...injures 3
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 159 km peg along Harare-Masvingo Road on 11th February 2023 at around 1330 hours where five people die...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 22:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Glendale man cheats death
A 35-YEAR-OLD Glendale man is lucky to be alive after he escaped from two gunshots fired on his car by five suspected robbers.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samu...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:03hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt loses millions of dollars in vehicle scandal - Report
A VEHICLE scam has hit the government, with several ministries, including Information and Justice, spending millions of dollars in purchasing vehicles that were not delivered, in a development that ex...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF worker kidnaps man, extorts US$120,000
A Zanu-PF employee has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Harare man whom he took to the party headquarters, threatened him with death and disappearance before forcing him to sign agreements of ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop, wife arrested for car theft
A SENIOR Chinhoyi police officer and his wife, arrested and later acquitted recently on arms racketeering charges, have both been arrested again, this time for car theft.Inspector Clive Kadamb...Published: 27 May 2021 at 10:20hrs | | by Staa reporter
Plumtree police intercept smuggled goods
PLUMTREE police last week intercepted two South African registered vehicles in Plumtree, Matabeleland South that were laden with smuggled goods.The goods were then confiscated by the Zimbabwe ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police boss, wife arrested after acquittal
POLICE have arrested Mashonaland West police Armoury officer-in-charge, Inspector Clive Kadambure together with his wife, Shyness Kadambure on car theft charges.The couple had last Monday been...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid business centre
FIVE armed robbers last week pounced on Lundi Business Centre in Mwenezi, Masvingo province, where they robbed two businesspeople at gunpoint and got away with close to US$20 000, R120 000 a Toyota D4...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 killed, 7 injured in Gweru accident
FIVE people, including four members of the same family died in an accident while seven others were seriously injured when a Toyota D4D collided head-on with a Zupco kombi near Josiah Tungamirai Airbas...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another murder rocks Bulawayo
Eye-witnesses described horrific scenes after a mutilated body of a man with the chest ripped open and protruding intestines was reportedly dumped along Luveve road in Bulawayo on Saturday evening....Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Businessman's death opens can of worms
THE sudden death of Mirirai Driving School proprietor, Washington Jekanyika (35), who died in unclear circumstances last Saturday has been the mainstay of public discourse in Mutare over the past week...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor still holed up in SA in the wake of army crackdown
Masvingo Urban Ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone remains holed up in South Africa where he sought refuge in the wake of a national crackdown against perceived instigators of the national shutdown pr...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Education ministry vehicle sparks parents' outrage
PARENTS and School Development Committees (SDCs) in Chiredzi are up in arms with their district schools inspector, Petronella Nyangwe who they accuse of purchasing a $130 000 Toyota Land Cruiser, usin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor receives death threats from Zanu-PF activists
MDC Masvingo Urban Ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone has reportedly fled his home fearing for his life after apparently receiving death threats from Zanu-PF activists and security forces at the heig...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plain clothes officials at Beitbridge expose border post to criminals
ADRIAN Ndhlovu (not his real name) is stranded after his car, a 2018 Toyota D4D twin cab on hire purchased in South Africa, has been placed under seizure by the Customs and Excise Department.H...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kidnapping claim hits killing probe
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a retired army colonel who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon by masked men - amid claims that he was due to testify before the official prob...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council in $41k scam
The Guruve Rural Council is reportedly failing to account for the vanishing of a sum of $41 000, which was taken under the pretext of purchasing a new vehicle. The vehicle was not delivered. I...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mutodi car theft trial opens
The State yesterday opened the trial of Energy Mutodi and his brother Patrick on allegations of motor vehicle theft.Energy and Patrick appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko charged w...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Grace Mugabe nearly stung by bee
Photographs showing the moment First Lady Grace Mugabe's bodyguard fight off a bee which was above to land on her head have gone viral online.The photographs are from a collage of photos by th...Published: 15 May 2017 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Final decision rests with Chiyangwa,' says Wicknell
WARRIORS' benefactor, Wicknell Chivayo feels Zifa should have let former Warriors coach, Kalisto Pasuwa keep the vehicle that he bought for him to use during his tenure as national team coach....Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Tsholotsho flood victims safe - Kasukuwere
Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere has said he is satisfied with a temporary holding camp set for flood victims in Tsholotsho.Temporary tented shelter was set up for villagers a...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 15:33hrs | 2 | by Alice Dube
Self-styled prophet sprays pesticide on congregants
South Africa - A self-styled Limpopo "prophet" Lethebo Rabalago of Mountzion Church has been spraying Doom insect repellent in the faces of congregants, telling them it has healing properties....Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 22:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NUST top brass in 'organised looting' - report
FRUSTRATED National University of Science and Technology (NUST) staff have passionately appealed to Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo to save the institution from imminent collapse.They ...Published: 15 May 2016 at 16:07hrs | 6 | by Nqobile Bhebhe
Mt Selinda demo students in court
AT least 22 Mount Selinda High School students in Chipinge who staged a demonstration against the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe for confiscating a Toyota D4D belonging to the school last year we...Published: 01 May 2016 at 08:03hrs | | by Luthando Mapepa
State agents harassing 'Missing Diamonds, I Need My Share' producer
Suspected State security agents are reportedly visiting the home of one-man play producer titled Missing Diamonds, I Need My Share, development said to be harassment.Theatre produc...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pasuwa finally gets Zifa contract
Warriors coach Callisto Pasuwa had a memorable Monday afternoon as he took delivery of a $70 000 vehicle.To cap it all, Pasuwa was also handed and signed a contract with ZIFA.The...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 19:19hrs | | by Thobekikle Zhou
Pasuwa gets his $70 000 wheels
Warriors head coach Callisto Pasuwa was today handed his donated $70 000 vehicle.The vehicle a Toyota D4D was donated by businessman Wicknell Chivayo who is also a ZIFA sponsor. Chivay...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 14:15hrs | | by Thobekikle Zhou
Wicknell backs under-achieving Pasuwa
ZIFA partner Wicknell Chivayo has thrown his weight behind Callisto Pasuwa and says the brand new vehicle he acquired for the Warriors coach should be delivered to the coach, as promised, despite the ...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
Sir Wicknell buys Pasuwa a car
ZIFA partner Wicknell Chivayo has moved in quickly to ease some of the tension between the country's football controlling body and Warriors' coach Callisto Pasuwa over a contract for the gaffer by sec...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:15hrs | | by Robson Sharuko and Petros Kausiyo
Students demo rocks church run High School
A STUDENT unrest has rocked the United Church of Christ (UCCZ)-run Mt Selinda High School in Chipinge where militant pupils took to the streets protesting against church officials for illegally confis...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 10:18hrs | | by Luthando Mapepa
Cash-strapped GMB offers workers maize as pay
THE cash-strapped Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has offered to give its workers maize as part of payment of salary arrears which the national granary owes its workers, NewZimbabwe.com reported.W...Published: 20 Dec 2014 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gweru mayor under fire
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) has come under fire over top of the range cars that the local authority recently purchased for its top brass while workers are not paid and service deliv...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mayor turn down a brand new $68,000 Double Cab Toyota D4D
HOW many people, upon landing a lucrative job, would turn down a brand new US$68 000 Double Cab Toyota D4D offered by the employer?Probably none.The majority of us would welcome such ...Published: 28 Sep 2014 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru house burned down
A house belonging to the Mujuru family in Ruwa was Thursday morning burnt down by fire.Unconfirmed reports say fire started when one of the house occupants tried to torch a snake that had been...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Feuding Zanu-PF MPs in court
Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo and his bodyguard Beden Mawire yesterday appeared in court facing charges of assaulting Gokwe Kana MP Owen Ncube last month.Matambanadzo (49) and Maw...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Clash of the Giants Part 2
South African based Zimbabwean Rhumba lovers are set for a night never to forget when three of Zimbabwe's best Rhumba artists clash in Johannesburg on Saturday night.Allen Ndoda and The Ch...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Snake in the toilet - Video
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