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Money laundering threat declines
Zimbabwe recorded a decline in money laundering threat between 2014-2018 after assessed value of the money laundering vulnerability per year came down by approximately half. Money laundering i...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates dismissed case
HIGH Court judges, Justices Charles Hungwe and Neville Wamambo have reinstated the trial of three Harare businessmen who had been acquitted on charges of swindling an investor of US$600 000 in a botch...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:37hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
PPPs ideal for self-financing infrastructure projects
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe is now deplorable due to several years of neglect and underinvestment. The country's infrastructure gap in railway, roads, energy, sports facilities, bor...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 13:24hrs | 515 | by Victor Bhoroma
Lupane State University relocates more faculties to Lupane campus
Lupane State University has announced that it has relocated more other faculties to the Lupane campus with effect from early this month....Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1432 | by Stephen Jakes
Investors desert Zimbabwe stock market
FAILURE by foreign investors to repatriate funds has led to massive disinvestment on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) with investments plummeting to 25% in 2019 from 52% in 2016.This comes as...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Lodge caretaker found dead in grisly crime scene
A caretaker (49) at a lodge in Matsheumhlope suburb, Bulawayo, was killed in cold blood and his body found with a deep cut on the forehead while his hands were tied to his left leg. Edwin Ndel...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda trial date set
THE trial of Njube-Lobengula Member of Parliament, Gift Banda, who is facing charges of forging signatures of a Bulawayo man resulting in him losing a residential stand worth US$60 000, has been set f...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:34hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda to appear court on forgery charges
THE trial of Njube-Lobengula MP Gift Banda, who is facing charges of forging signatures of a Bulawayo man resulting in him losing a residential stand worth US$60 000, has been set for 3 March....Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 15:56hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is redollarising, not de-dollarising'
On Tuesday, ZUVA Petroleum announced that eight of its service stations would be accepting foreign currency payments as number of fuel operators continue to withhold the liquid.ZUVA said four ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:29hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
CIO controlled journalism run stark mad
I hardly respond to social media reports, but found it prudent to respond to acidic reports peddled by the so called 'Harare Post' insinuating that Ptuz has not paid its workers since November 2019, w...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 22:14hrs | 1776 | by Takavafira Zhou
Ginimbi granted $10 000 bail
Local businessman and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure has been granted $10 000 bail today by High Court Judge Justice Erica Ndewere after spending two weeks in prison.Kadungure was repres...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
National interest or Partisan dynamics in Economic Policy Design
This instalment marks the end of this series on political transitions and economic policy architecture in Zimbabwe. To refresh your memory reader, you would recall that policy-making is a seri...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 74 | by Richard Mahomva
The MDC circle of despair continues
THE MDC has been going round and round in circles heading nowhere, in a case of chasing one's tail. To this end that party has not achieved anything meaningful. Its existence now depicts a circle of d...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:35hrs | 477 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Zambian President deploys soldiers
Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has deployed Zambia's military to deal with the ritual killings that have rampantly increased in the neighboring country. Suspected ritual killers are rep...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 12:55hrs | 3725 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4477 | by George Mkhwanazi
Court ruling costs industry US$20bn
ZIMBABWE's industrial and financial sector is estimated to have lost more than US$20 billion following the Supreme Court ruling allowing for the settling of United States dollar debts, acquired before...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
7 bribe-taking cops nabbed at roadblock
SEVEN police officers based in Marondera were arrested on Tuesday after they were caught red-handed by their bosses while receiving a bribe at a roadblock.The cops were allegedly nabbed after ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws Gift Banda under the bus
MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday threw former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Mr Gift Banda under the bus when he declared that his party will investigate circumstances leading to him acquir...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP arrested for 'corruption’
FORMER Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Gift Banda has been arrested for alleged corruption involving a US$60 000 land sale deal. Banda (50) who is also Njube-Lobengula constituency MP is accused of conn...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda dragged to court for forgery
Member of Parliament for Njube-Lobengula Constituency Gift Banda has appeared in court facing allegations of forging signatures of a Bulawayo man resulting in him losing a residential stand worth US$6...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 16:02hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warned against 'hyenas'
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth league kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, warned opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, last week to beware of being used by hardliners in both the ruling party and his MDC as h...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 4822 | by Staff reporter
Losers of the recent Supreme Court ruling
"THERE are winners and losers," said Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana about the controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe last month which allows for the settling o...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 334 | by Tatira Zwinoira
The regime is alien to transparency, accountability
THE ruling Zanu-PF party members have been giving Zimbabweans comic relief in the past few months, making the right noises about transparency and accountability in government and the economy, but ques...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 296 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's relative in $600 000 farmers earnings swindle
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira is accused of trying to loot earnings for sugarcane farmers after he allegedly ordered Hippo Valley Estates to pay over $600 000 of their sale proc...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 2684 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe preacher honoured in USA
MASVINGO-based young religious leader Onward Gibson Chironda, popularly known as Prophet O, became Zimbabwe's source of pride after he was recently honoured in Pensacola, Florida, in the United States...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 20:32hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council in employment 'scam'
THE employment drive by the Bulawayo City Council has torched a storm because of a number of disparities in terms of qualifications required for junior and senior employees.Over the past two m...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 13:09hrs | 6201 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig ordered off mine
THE High Court has ordered top Zanu-PF official and former Mbizo Constituency MP Vongaishe Mupereri to leave a mine belonging to three gold miners in Kadoma.The order handed down by High Court...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:39hrs | 3745 | by Staff reporter
Why safeguarding Mzilikazi heritage sites matters
"UMzilikazi ka Matshobana Inkosi yaMaNdebele. Intaba yaDilika Ngo 5 September 1868. Zonke Izizwe ziti Matshobana! Bayete . . . In Memory of UMzilikazi, King of the AmaNdebele Nation who settled in thi...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:24hrs | 299 | by Sifelani Tsiko
No end in sight to Kangai estate wrangle
HEARING in the disputed estate of late national hero Kumbirai Kangai did not commence yesterday after one of the lawyers failed to turn up. The case, which has been on the High Court roll for four yea...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Chombo's prosecution
THE State was yesterday slammed for failing to access a policy document from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission which is material for the prosecution of ex-minister Ignatius Chombo in a case he is ac...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 19:50hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
Analysis of Zambezi Gas v NR Barber (Pvt) Limited & Anor judgment No SC 3/20
The Supreme Court decision is a landmark case in Zimbabwe which has put to rest the scepticism surrounding the enactment of SI 33 of 2019 as well as section 22 (1) (d) of the Finance Act No. 2 of 2019...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:06hrs | 258 | by Scott Panashe Mamimine
Chombo trial yet to kick-off 2 years after arrest, NPA blames police
The trial of former finance minister Ignatius Chombo on several criminal allegations is yet to start, two years after he was arrested.The National Prosecuting Authority on Wednesday indicated ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:01hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Top Zanu-PF official grabs' mine
THREE Kadoma gold miners have dragged a top Zanu-PF official and former Mbizo constituency MP Vongaishe Mupereri to the High Court after he allegedly grabbed their mine.Calvin and Estearn Mutema a...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
Workers panic over Kasukuwere farm seizure
WORKERS at former Local Government minister and ex-Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's Concorpia Farm in Mazowe face a bleak future following government's move to seize the property, one o...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF secret exposed
FORMER Zanu-PF Harare provincial commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe has opened the lid on how the ruling party used land to buy votes ahead of national elections.Mashayamombe is one of the key me...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seizes land from Mugabe allies
Zimbabwe has started repossessing land grabbed by former president Robert Mugabe's allies during a controversial agricultural reform programme amid claims the exercise is politically motivated....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:02hrs | 125 | by newzimbabwe
Divorce exposes Chiwenga's flashy lifestyle
Chiwenga flashy lifestyle exposedTHE ongoing legal saga involving Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has lifted the lid on the lifestyle of the ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:05hrs | 6318 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF secret on vote buying exposed
FORMER Zanu PF Harare provincial commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe has opened the lid on how the ruling party used land to buy votes ahead of national elections.Mashayamombe is one of the key me...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 09:24hrs | 5132 | by Staff Reporter
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Big wigs face arrest in land barons dragnet
At least 132 people in Harare, including political heavyweights, face arrest for allegedly selling State land, corruptly allocating themselves stands, fraud, abuse of cooperative funds and criminal ab...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Chombo, Chiyangwa face arrest
At least 132 people, including political heavyweights, face arrest for allegedly selling State land, corruptly allocating themselves stands, fraud, abuse of cooperative funds and criminal abuse of off...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Modi woos Indian investors to Zimbabwe
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, has returned from a month-long working visit to India's state of Gujarat where he was engaged in a charm offensive which will see Indian investo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man fatally stabs ex-lover's boyfriend
A JEALOUS Chiredzi man allegedly broke down a locked door to fatally stab a man for dating his former girlfriend that he parted ways with in 2018, police have confirmed. Johannes Sunungurai Mu...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 12:36hrs | 2077 | by Staff Reporter
Its flawed macro-economic governance systems, Stupid!
PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Honourable Tendai Biti is not only an accomplished lawyer but has also authored a book with Greg Mills and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 14:44hrs | 276 | by Jameson Dapi
'Chiwenga wants SA properties'
THE court case of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has opened a can of worms amid indications that the former army commander was also demanding part of the properties his wif...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:09hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga approaches High Court for bail
The estranged wife of the Vice President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa Chiwenga who is facing charges of attempted murder, externalisation of funds, money laundering and fraud h...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 8192 | by Staff Reporter
FULL TEXT: Marry Chiwenga's alleged crimes detailed
TO : COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATIONSFROM : MR MASIMBA AND TEAMDATE : 14/12/19SUBJECT: ARREST OF MARRY MUBAIWA FOR EXPORTING CU...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 08:08hrs | 6620 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga grabs children from Mary
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) arrested Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, on Saturday - a day after a stormy family meeting.A furious Chiwenga allege...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:18hrs | 25053 | by ZimLive
Marry Chiwenga externalised US$1m
Marry Chiwenga "externalised" US$1 million to South Africa and China and caused a magistrate to register a Chapter 5.11 marriage to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga without his consent, the Zimbabw...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:03hrs | 1352 | by ZimLive
Former Minister attempts to evict 109 families
Former Cabinet minister Nyasha Chikwinya is trying to evict 109 families settled on a 150-hectare piece of land at Glen Forest Farm in Harare after she gave up her offer letter for the land upon recei...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 13:16hrs | 1891 | by Staff Reporter
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