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NPA bid to cover up for Ramaphosa facing resistance
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will urgently write to the National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, urging her to review the decision by the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:29hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced on Thursday.The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Limpopo, advocate ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 18:16hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
War veteran faces eviction amid corruption scandal
Bernard Masendeke, a war veteran popularly known as "Shumba," is facing eviction from a farm he has occupied for nearly 20 years following a court order linked to a corruption scandal involving senior...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 17:24hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
'Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's case is political'
Embattled former Speaker of Parliament has been released on R50,000 bail after she appeared before Magistrate Anna Oosthuizen in a packed Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning.The St...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors accuse councils of profiteering
THE Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) has accused local authorities of profiteering by charging exorbitant fees to medical practitioners.Speaking to New...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zambia is on the verge of being a one-party state
Zambia's former ruling parties have typically fared poorly after losing power. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled for 27 years but gradually collapsed following its defeat in 1991. Th...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 21:11hrs | 12 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Not yet uhuru in Mzansi, for sure
So, as shown by yesterday's consent order from the High Court in Pretoria, pushed by the racist opposition DA, the South African government on 29 June 2023 had a letter signed by its Director General,...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwean national found with US$153 000 at King Mswati III International Airport
A Zimbabwean national was found with foreign currency equivalent to E2.8 million cash at King Mswati III International Airport.Masiyakurima Agrippa Bopela (Masiya), a losing candidate for Nati...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors fume over PSMAS 'harassment'
The Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) has accused Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) of harassing docto...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean to lose more than R1.4 million found in car boot at SA police road block
A Zimbabwean man found in possession of R1.4 million, stands to lose the money plus a vehicle which the police seized during his arrest in 2021.This is after the National Director Of Public Pr...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga further remanded in custody
CONTROVERSIAL South African-based Zimbabwe businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has been further remanded in custody to Friday or next Tuesday to allow South African authorities to verify his identity doc...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga's woes mount
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga still has two warrants of arrest hovering over his head after the cancellation of another one by a Harare magistrate, it has emerged.Buy...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga denied bail
CONTROVERSIAL South African-based Zimbabwe businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has been denied bail at the Randburg Magistrates Court in neighbouring South Africa.He was remanded in custody to Tu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe face mask rules relaxed
Zimbabweans who received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines are no longer required to wear face masks in public, according to new regulations gazetted on Friday.In terms of Statutory Instrum...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
United Nations rubbishes Chamisa claims
The United Nations on Tuesday rubbished claims by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa that it was in talks with his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party to supervise the country's general elections ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
NPA boss 'bribes' prosecutor to make case of undocumented Zimbabwean national go away'
The start of the corruption trial against Mpumalanga acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Matric Luphondo and former head of the Mpumalanga human settlements department Kebone Masange was del...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shamila Batohi afraid to hold Ramaphosa accountable for Phala Phala Farmgate
THE National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi has a wonderful reputation but has been given a poisoned chalice. Batohi has had to withstand repeated requests from powerful politic...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:23hrs | 8 | by Ray Solomons
Bulawayo Business Network statement on Zimbabwe-Malawi maize deal
Zimbabwe and Malawi are one , United by a common history and a shared future. From the time of the Federation we have been one and we will continue to be one. Several Malawians are now part of...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:37hrs | | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Missing docket haunts acting PG
ACTING prosecutor general Nelson Mutsonziwa has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) by a Harare businessman on allegations of destroying a docket in a case involving ...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa claims Chinese investments will stabilise the Zimdollar
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa claims Chinese investments will help stabilise the Zimbabwean dollar and revive the economy.Speaking at a Medical and Dental Private Practitioners o...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Doctors want share in medical facilities
Medical practitioners are lobbying the government to give doctors 51% shareholding at medical facilities in order to allow fair practice in the medical sector.This came to light after there wa...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health financing tops doctors' indaba
PRIVATE medical practitioners drawn from across the country will this weekend meet in Mutare for their annual conference to discuss health financing, and the possibility of a fifth wave of the COVID-1...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private doctors approach Mnangagwa over land
PRIVATE medical players under the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Association of Zimbabwe (MDPPAZ) banner have asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to expedite issuance of land to their members...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt sends SOS to private doctors
Medical players in private practice have been urged to create partnerships and synergies with the government to save the country's deteriorating healthcare system.Speaking at a Medical and Den...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge projects today
President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission 28 houses for civil servants and also assess progress on projects being implemented under the Beitbridge Redevelopment Programme (BRP).The G...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives private doctors farms
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is offering land to medical practitioners in private practice drawn from across the country's 10 provinces.Close to 372 medical practitioners under the Medical and...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors, ambulance firm clash
MEDICAL practitioners have taken a swipe at an ambulance company for its alleged unprofessional conduct after it ran an advert demeaning doctors.Last week Ace Air and Ambulances ran an advert ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shocking bills for Covid-19 patients
Most private hospitals offering Covid-19 treatment are turning the pandemic into an economic and psychological nightmare for patients, with some of the institutions charging admission fees of up to US...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is 3 months behind COVID-19'
LOCAL health experts yesterday noted that Zimbabwe was three months behind the ever-mutating COVID-19 virus, and suggested that the best brains were now required to tame the tide.This came as ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors rally behind Mpilo fire victims
Private medical practitioners under the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe association (MDPPZa) have started mobilising resources to assist doctors whose residence quarters were burn...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Des Erasmus
Doctors, council clash over medical tests
PRIVATE doctors are up in arms with the Harare City Council after the local authority unilaterally passed a resolution which bars registered private practitioners from conducting examinations on food ...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent doctor's house gutted by fire
A suspicious fire on Friday destroyed prominent Harare physician Johannes Marisa's house in Ruwa's Riverside suburb in a suspected act of robbery.Marisa, who is also the president of the Medic...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charges against Busisiwe Mkhwebane 'frivolous and contrived'
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who stands accused of perjury, on Thursday indicated through her lawyer that she wants to have the three charges against her withdrawn.In a short appearanc...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 will wipe us out if we are not careful'
Mpilo Central Hospital's acting clinical director Professor Solwayo Ngwenya says that Zimbabwe does not have much resources at its disposal to mitigate the coronavirus. He also said that there...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Experts predict surge in Covid-19 cases
HEALTH experts have warned of a continued surge in Covid-19 cases in the country during the coming weeks and called on government to introduce and equip new decentralised treatment centres around the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bushiri has the last laugh, court rules against his arrest
The Lilongwe Magistrate's Court on Wednesday ruled against the arrest of self-appointed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, Malawi media reported.The State made a fresh application see...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gringo's burial on today
THE late popular actor Lazarus "Gringo" Boora, who succumbed to cancer on Monday morning at a private health institution in Harare, will be buried today at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape.Ye...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gringo lashes out at govt
ARTISTES have been known for moralising at the expense of reality through their creative work, setting the agenda in national discourse, but popular yesteryear actor Lazarus "Gringo" Boora has decided...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical practitioners come to Gringo's aid
THE plight of the ailing popular actor and comedian Lazarus "Gringo" Boora has touched the hearts of members of the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) who have d...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo meets Malawi president Mutharika
Doors continue to be opened in the region for the controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, who met Malawian President Peter Mutharika last week.Chivayo posted pictures of himself meeting M...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 19:07hrs | | by ZimLive
Chihuri not in Malawi, says Electoral Commission
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has described as baseless media reports that former Zimbabwe's Commissioner-General of Police, Augustine Chihuri, was in Malawi.The MEC also refuted claim...Published: 21 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri faces deportation from Malawi
The country's vice president who is also UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima told the nation on Sunday that a Zimbabwean national Augustine Chihuri who is in the county to help Democratic Progressive Part...Published: 19 May 2019 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns Cyclone Idai victims
Zanu-PF yesterday sent a condolence message to victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai. Seventy people have been killed, dozens injured and many more missing since the cyclone hit on Frid...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malawi President sacks deputy ahead of presidential polls
The Chronicle Malawi President Peter Mutharika has reportedly sacked his deputy, Saulos Chilima, in a cabinet reshuffle, ahead of a presidential election next year. AFP reported in July that C...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:41hrs | | by AP
Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?
TWO years ago, I completed my undergraduate studies and thus attained a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Accounting. The process towards attaining this qualification involved completing a research report ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Terence Simbi
Beitbridge attains municipality status
THE Beitbridge Town Council, which was recently elevated to the status of municipality, is set to experience revenue growth and an influx of investors as it expands.The town, which has over th...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: General Moyo says Zimbabwe is open for business
Sibusiso Moyo discusses changes in the country post-Mugabe leadership. He speaks with Vonnie Quinn and Mark Barton on "Bloomberg Markets."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1GW...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 13:08hrs | | by Bloomberg
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