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5000 stands, more wards for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to get a 5 000 suburb constructed on its outskirts, with the location expected to be incorporated into the city once the delimitation exercise is completed.The Bulawayo City Co...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:19hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban poor turn to "Car Supermarkets" to survive inflation
Sheila Gava forages the trunk of a stranger's Nissan car for dried tuna, Kellogg's biscuits and a bottle of canola oil."I've not stepped foot inside a high-street supermarket in three years," ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Malunga and Esidakeni partners face arrest
Police are preparing criminal charges against prominent rights advocate Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners in an escalation of a fight over a coveted Matabeleland North farm.Polic...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:08hrs | 1919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$500m Zim Cyber City 'murky' investor exposed
MULK International, the United Arab Emirates-based company roped in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to build a US$500 million Zim Cyber City in Harare, secretly bought Nigeria's National Theatre for U...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Illegal settlers forge land documents
KADOMA-based land developer, Paragon Real Estate private limited has approached the High Court after some land invaders forged documents in its name to illegally settle on a piece of land owned by ano...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe judges in the eye of a storm
A Harare businessman has written a letter of complaint to Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi raising allegations of criminal abuse of office, conflict of interest and ob...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:05hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Inside three swing provinces that will decide entry to State House in 2023 polls
The 2023 general election may see the highest turnout in decades, though it comes at the same time as vast uncertainty about the independent auditability of the voters roll and electoral systems, ball...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:29hrs | 1718 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Gweru embarks on property revaluations
GWERY City Council (GCC) has begun revaluation of its non-domestic properties to come up with a valuation roll for ease of billing, Southern Eye has learnt.Council last carried out a similar e...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 209 | 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 | 522 | by Staff reporter
Thousands evicted from Crest Breeders Farm
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters were left stranded, and are now sleeping in the open, after they were evicted from Crest Breeders Farm in Harare South last Friday.Caught up in the eviction ema...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
'BCC a real estate fraudster'
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) secretary for administration Thembelani Dube has accused the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of fraud after it asked housing stand beneficiaries to pay to...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters face eviction
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters, who are living on a farm owned by Crest Breeders International, have been ordered to vacate the area to pave way for urban expansion.The area is in Harare Sout...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 378 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Borrowdale tenants file petition against Wadyajena
BORROWDALE Brooke Estate residents have petitioned trustees of the Borrowdale Brooke Home Owners Association (BBHOA) complaining of youthful politician Justice Mayor Wadyejena's continued violation of...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 11438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 440 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa talks tough on illegal mining
THE Government will not tolerate timber poaching, illegal mining, settlements in plantations, and deforestation as that will impede the rural industrialisation agenda being driven by the Second Republ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Dubai firm agrees to invest US$100m in Zimbabwe's drugs deal
The drive to attract fresh investment continued yesterday, with Zimbabwe now set to become a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing for national and regional consumption following the signing of a joint ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Israeli billionaire targets Zimbabwe real estate, mining
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai, is in the country and has already met President Mnangagwa to discuss and explore the various investment opportunities av...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Tongai Mnangagwa gets rare praises
Residents of Harare South are singing praise and happy that their Member of Parliament Tongai Mnangagwa has initiated several projects that transform the people’s lives.Happyton Mukungatu of...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:48hrs | 10218 | by Nicholas Ncube
Stanbic Bank assists more than 600 individuals and companies with residential and commercial property needs
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has assisted over 600 individuals and corporates acquire residential and commercial properties over the last year as part of its efforts t...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 21:49hrs | 557 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's construction boom chokes suppliers
ZIMBABWE is experiencing a massive boom in housing construction spearheaded by the Government and private developers, which has choked supplies of critical raw materials with suppliers now struggling ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:25hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Shiri's estate wrangle takes another twist
SOME relatives of the late former Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri appear to have acquired multiple names to fraudulently benefit from the national hero's estate.A wrangle over th...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1367 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo avails 5 000 stands, another 5 000 in Masterplan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed more than 5 000 residential stands in various suburbs with another 5 000 outlined in its master plan as part of efforts to clear the city's housing backlog,...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 3389 | by Staff reporter
Secret grave exposes Chinese 'cartel's' identity fraud scam, fraudulent schemes
In a case pregnant with intrigue, bizarre episodes and curious developments involving what appears to be a sophisticated criminal Chinese cartel, the Registrar General's office was forced to cancel a ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri estate row deepens
THE late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's daughter, Rufaro Stephanie is seeking to bar former Attorney-General Sobusa Gula-Ndebele from administering her father's esta...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
2 top cops fingered in gold scam
TWO top police officers have been implicated in a US$500 000 gold ore loot at a mine in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province.This allegations are contained in a letter of complaint dated Jun...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:40hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can never hold credible elections without leadership being publicly questioned for accountability
This morning I was watching a lively Sky News interview with Dominic Raab, the British Deputy Prime Minister, whereby he was being grilled over many topical issues affecting his country.As I w...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:28hrs | 1686 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bogus real estate agent in court
BOGUS real estate agent Jacqueline Gijima (34) has been arraigned before the courts for duping a desperate land seeker of US$28 000.Gijima was yesterday remanded out of custody to June 30 on f...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans clinch US$113 million property deal in Namibia
ZIMBABWEAN investors, including pension funds, are working on plans to take over a US$113 million (N$1,8 billion) property, The Grove Mall of Namibia, in Windhoek.The deal, which is at an adva...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:27hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Low to middle-income housing project takes off from Bulawayo
BULAWAYO yesterday witnessed the official launch of a US$11 million housing project that will result in the construction of thousands of low-cost housing units in selected parts of the country with th...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's dairy estates collapses
GUSHUNGO Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1,4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.The...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 37103 | by Staff reporter
Politicians must not politicise development
CHIREDZI residents have urged elected officials and politicians to end polarisation and collectively focus on serving the community in a transparent and non-partisan manner.Speaking during a c...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:26hrs | 105 | by Alexio Rashirai
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
'Family members rejoiced when Tuku, Sam died'
DAISY Mtukudzi, the widow to the late music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi has claimed that some family members were happy about the deaths of Tuku and his son Sam. Tuku died of heart failure relat...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:20hrs | 4484 | by Staff reporter
UAE prince sets up Zimbabwe's FlyStream Airlines
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) prince, who arrived in Zimbabwe last month scouting for investment opportunities has established a new airline, Standardbusiness was told Friday.Prince Sultan Khal...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:19hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
'Ghost House of Sussex': £40m mansion and mausoleum unfinished since 1985; tycoon owner van Hoogstraten emigrated to Zimbabwe
Sitting in a muddy field, unloved and deteriorating by the day sits a forgotten but hugely impressive mansion that is one of the UK's greatest unfinished architectural projects. Bigger than Buckingham...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 11397 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes in farm equipment scam
LATE president Robert Mugabe's family has been rocked by a fresh scandal after allegedly selling an assortment of farm equipment belonging to government departments and pocketing the money, it has eme...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Police break up 'political' prayer meeting... arrest 36 worshippers
POLICE yesterday stormed into a prayer meeting in Harare and arrested at-least 36 church members, claiming the gathering was political.They were arrested at the Dutch Reformed Church building ...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | 165 | by Jamwanda
Sheriff charged with fraud
SHERIFF of the High Court, MacDuff Madega, who allegedly auctioned a property twice without disclosing to parties involved sometime in 2012, yesterday appeared in court charged with fraud.Made...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Govt's housing projects take shape
Nearly a dozen Government-funded housing projects involving the construction of high-rise residential flats and servicing of land for thousands of residential stands are currently underway countrywide...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes LSU
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) descended at Lupane State University (LSU) last week to investigate cases of nepotism, misappropriation of funds and corruption.Zacc investigator...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:56hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in messy land fight
A COMMISSIONER at the Public Service Commission (PSC) Tsitsi Choruma is at the centre of a farm invasion storm that has rocked the Lands ministry in the Mazowe area after being allocated part of the l...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:14hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Kusukuwere's once thriving orange estate now lies desolate
MAZOWE district war veterans' chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi, who grabbed former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF supremo, Saviour Kasukuwe's Concorpia farm in Mazowe, has run the once thriving estate down....Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:17hrs | 2354 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, wife issued with warrant of arrest
FORMER Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere's younger brother Stanley and his wife Martha Batsirai Bakare were yesterday issued with warrants of arrest after failing to appear in court to...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3677 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale Brooke management pursuing sinister agenda, says Wadyajena
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena has accused the management of posh Borrowdale Brooke area of pursuing a sinister agenda against him including trying to pin false claims o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:29hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena takes on Borrowdale Brook management over systematic abuse
GLOVES are off between Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena and Brooke Estate Management with the firebrand legislator claiming systematic abuse and harassment by the latter in a bid to...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Blame game between govt, banks reaches tipping point
A NIGHT of long knives beckons for banks after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube accused them of driving the parallel market rate up, causing the sharp tumbling of the local currency.President Emm...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
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