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Driving schools deregistered over safety violations in Zimbabwe
In a bid to enhance road safety and curb reckless driving, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has deregistered five driving schools this year for various malpractices, including safety viol...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:06hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Courtroom drama intensifies in Chimombe, Mpofu fraud trial
The legal battle between business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe took a dramatic turn yesterday, as the defence team successfully challenged the inclusion of two assessors who were set to over...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 12:41hrs | 3015 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu, Chimombe fraud trial deferred
The much-anticipated trial of business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, accused of misappropriating millions of dollars from Zimbabwe's Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, has been postponed to F...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign funded CSOs under siege from spooks
At least 94% of Zimbabwe's civic society organisations (CSOs) are facing heightened surveillance and infiltration by state agents, according to a new report, signaling a growing crackdown on civic and...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:21hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults daughter-in-law in dispute over teaspoon
A 48-year-old widower from Senga, Gweru, has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his daughter-in-law over a dispute involving a teaspoon.Appearing before Gweru Pr...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 000 unlicensed vehicles face de-registration
More than 300,000 vehicles in Zimbabwe risk being de-registered after their owners failed to renew licenses for over two years, according to a notice in the Government Gazette.De-registration ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt threatens deregistration of unlicensed vehicles
The Government has issued a stern warning to owners of unregistered or unlicensed vehicles, threatening to cancel their registration if they fail to comply within two years. This announcement, publish...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 20:03hrs | 4408 | by Staff reporter
South Africa tightens screws on xenophobic health MEC
The ANC in Limpopo has defended premier Phophi Ramathuba amid a Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) probe into her controversial remarks to a patient from Zimbabwe in Bela Bela Hospital...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:28hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu goats' fraud trial in false start
The much-anticipated corruption trial of Harare businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, involving allegations of siphoning US$7.7 million from the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, was adjourned ye...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt shuts down 368 illegal colleges, VTCs
The government has shut down 368 technical and vocational training centres across the country for operating without the necessary documentation, in line with the Manpower Planning and Development Act ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu denied work visa to represent Namibia's EFF
Prominent South African legal practitioner, Advocate Dali Mpofu and his colleague Advocate Lerato Moela were denied work permits this week by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Secu...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:29hrs | 10035 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu bail application dismissed
Harare regional magistrate, Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa, denied bail to businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, who are facing fraud charges for allegedly siphoning US$7 million from the Presidential Go...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 12:31hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu remanded in custody for a second day
ZANU-PF central committee member Mike Chimombe and alleged accomplice Moses Mpofu, who face US$7 million fraud charges over the Presidential Goat Scheme, were remanded in custody for a second day afte...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 15:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu locked up over botched Presidential Goat Scheme
Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, controversial businessmen, have been remanded to prison pending their bail determination after appearing before Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa. The court upheld the ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:59hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deregisters Jimmy Carter's Carter Centre
The Carter Centre, an international NGO monitoring elections, was recently de-registered by the Zimbabwean government. Now, it is reportedly considering an alliance with the Zimbabwe Election Support ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 09:23hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo lawyers deregistered
The Law Society of Zimbabwe has deregistered two prominent Bulawayo lawyers, Mrs. Doreen Vundhla Phulu and Mr. Brighton Ndove, amid allegations of misconduct. Mrs. Vundhla Phulu, the wife of C...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu Senator's wife deregistered by Law Society
The Law Society has officially revoked the registration of Doreen Vundhla Phulu, the spouse of Senator Kacaca Phulu, who was appointed by Sengezo Tshabangu. Richard Chidza, the spokesperson for the La...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:01hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
ANC fails to disarm Zuma's MK
The Electoral Court, sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, has dismissed the ANC's application to have former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) deregistered.The ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's secret advice to ANC exposed
Zanu-PF's behind the scenes moves to have the courts bar exiled minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, from contesting the 2023 elections has been laid bare after it emerged the ruling party advised South Afri...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Shadowy COZWVA: Purveyor of fake news threatening national stability
In a recent revelation, the Shadowy Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans Association (COZWVA) has emerged as a prominent provider of fake and malicious news content, with the apparent intention of destab...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 14:54hrs | 63 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL LIST: President Mnangagwa honours best performing public official
In a prestigious ceremony held at the State House in Harare, President Mnangagwa honored the outstanding performance of several key public officials across various sectors. The event, which mark...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 11:16hrs | 33 | by George Tshuma
Insiza NGOs abruptly suspended in documentation blitz
All Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating in Insiza District have been ordered to immediately cease operations until they provide relevant documentatio...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 4 | 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 | 18 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Corrupt teachers face deregistration
Corrupt teachers will be deregistered among a raft of reforms introduced to bring sanity to the education sector, an official from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry has said.Speakin...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says Electoral Act has to be reviewed
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the Electoral Act needs to be reviewed and brought in line with the current constitution of Zimbabwe.The Electoral Amendment Bill, which was gazetted on November 1...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The evolution of Zimbabwe's voters' roll
A SHORT HISTORY ON THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWE'S VOTERS ROLL AND WHY SECTION 23(3) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT IS OUTDATED, PURPOSELESS, UNREASONABLE AND UNCONTITUTIONAL.IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE and use...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
No glitches in Zimbabwe's June exams
THE post Covid-19 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations are progressing well and the candidates writing the tests are those supplementing.Ordinary and Advanced Level ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe flags 31 unregistered lawyers
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients.In a not...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Forever Associates Zimbabwe's campaign methods exposed
A MANUAL for the Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a Central Intelligence Organisation-controlled shadowy entity clandestinely and unlawfully using public resources to campaign for the re-election of...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Nandipha left Merc at Zimbabwe border, returned on foot
As South African law enforcement continues the search for fugitive murderer-rapist Thabo Bester - known as the "Facebook rapist" - and his accomplice girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, more informatio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition slams secrecy around Mnangagwa, CSOs meeting over PVO Bill
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has described as unhelpful the secrecy surrounding last Friday's private meeting by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a select group of Civil Society Organisations (...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGOs meet Mnangagwa over PVOs Bill
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a last-minute bid to lobby him to stop signing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law....Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US demands Mnangagwa halt PVOs Bill
THE United States yesterday pressured government to halt its controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, widely viewed as oppressive and meant to weaken democratic space ahead...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 1 447 Zimbabweans petition Mnangagwa over PVOs Bill
PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa not to sign into law the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill.A petition to stop the law, perceived as repress...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bad news for errant driving schools
DRIVING Schools not complying with regulations set down by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), now come under the spotlight after the council this week started an inspection, giving the non...Published: 18 Feb 2023 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec to deregister schools, centres over exam leaks
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) will deregister schools and examination centres complicit in the leakage of examination papers while the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education w...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe re-registers closed schools to absorb returnees' children
The returning learners will also undergo a stringent vetting process before they can be admitted into local schools, a top government official said yesterdGOVERNMENT has started re-registering...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA speaks on non-compliant vehicles
Compliance with the country's transport sector rules and regulations remains a challenge, amid revelations that vehicles that are either unregistered or are not regularly paying licences to the Zimbab...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe school headmasters face the sack over illegal fees hikes
HEADS of Government schools who defy laid down guidelines in hiking fees will be deemed to have committed acts of misconduct and will be liable to disciplinary action, which may include dismissal, whi...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chief whip attacks regime change CSOs
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has accused civic society organisations (CSOs) of opposing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which is now before Senate because they are "g...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells NGOsin Zimbabwe to toe the line
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to comply with the country's legal requirements.His call comes as a law that seeks to govern civic s...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blow for Chiwenga?
In what seems to be a big blow for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's presidential ambitions, Masvingo province has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the sole Zanu-PF presidential candidate ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fake lawyers making a killing
Is your lawyer really qualified or licensed?Well, you might need to check again.The number of people falling victim to bogus lawyers continues to rise by the day.There are even...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will bar all vehicles without valid licence discs from passing through tollgates.In a statement, Zinara said this would be implemente...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt monitors 'hostile' NGOs
GOVERNMENT has set up a committee to monitor "hostile" non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and plans to deregister those charged for alleged wayward behaviour.This was revealed by Public Ser...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools reject Zimdollar fees
SEVERAL schools across the country are demanding fees exclusively in United States (US) dollars owing to rising inflation, a development that has left parents and guardians in quandary ahead of school...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga threatens to deregister medical aid societies
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday threatened to deregister errant medical aid societies, accusing them of gross malpractices, failure to abide by the rule book, including abuse of funds an...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rogue lawyers connive with bogus estate agents
SOME rogue lawyers in Bulawayo are reportedly conniving with bogus estate agents to defraud homeseekers as demand for housing surges.Police in Bulawayo recorded 32 fraud cases involving the sa...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), accusing them of being appendages of foreign powers and diplomats seeking to effect regime change.In his...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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