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Chiwenga wife in divorce storm
FORMER Zimbabwe Warriors striker, Shingayi Kawondera has sued Vice-President Constantino Guveya Chiwenga's wife Marry for US$700 000, claiming that she fraudulently obtained a divorce order against hi...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2273 | by Staff reporter
Investigate the Pay-for-your-house Scheme of the 90s
Why is everyone quiet? Why the deafening silence? The Pay-for-your-house Scheme of the 90s was never transparent, contributors lost large amounts of money towards a government initiated housing scheme...Published: 21 hrs ago | 139 | by Thomas Murisa
Farmer unmasks Gwaradzimba
CHIPINGE farmer Richard Le Vieux yesterday accused Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba of attempting to grab his multi-million export enterprising farm and was only blocked from d...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
White farmer thanks Mnangagwa
Top Chipinge coffee farmer and owner of Farfell Estates Mr Richard Le Vieux has thanked President Mnangagwa for resolving the ownership dispute of a portion of the farm enabling exports of the crop an...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:54hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
Zvinavashe estate in shambles
FIVE beneficiaries of the estate of the late national hero, Vitalis Musungwa Gava Zvinavashe's Trust have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to remove the current Trustees accusing them of fai...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
VACANCIES: Stanbic Bank 2019/2020 internship program
Stanbic Zimbabwe is pleased to launch the 2019/2020 Internship Program, Zim Techreview reports. We invite self-driven,...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 19:49hrs | 3201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 10904 | by Agencies
The calibre of councillors
THE Auditor-General's (AG) Local Authorities Report for 2018 makes for some serious, but disturbing reading.It reports the state of financial management of local authorities and shows the exte...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 441 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Unexplained wealth orders here to stay
THE proposed introduction of a free-standing procedure which compels an individual to explain the source of his wealth is a radical development in English law. For instance, the human rights and polit...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 355 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
Zimbabwe, Botswana negotiate cattle repatriation
Government is negotiating with Botswana to have hundreds of livestock that stray into the neighbouring country repatriated instead of being put down.Villagers along the border in Matabeleland ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 740 | by Wilbert Mukori
Spirited manoeuvres to seize Jonathan Moyo's farm disrupts deal
SPIRITED manoeuvres by state security agents to illegally seize Elephant Trust farm owned by former minister Jonathan Moyo have frustrated a deal with an investor, which could have potentially transfo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 4282 | by Staff reporter
Perverse opulence amid squalor likely to sink Zimbabwe
The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amids...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Chombo 'sold' govt house to Zanu-PF colleague
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly facilitating the sale of a government house in Mutare to ex-Zanu-PF l...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2187 | by Staff reporter
The future of Zimbabwe's economic growth through proper collection of taxation and diaspora taxation
Zimbabwe is a country that is coming out of three decades of of economical abyss The Zimbabwean economic challenges are many and addressing them will not happen overnight. Security situation has...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | 765 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chaos in Zvinavashe estate
The High Court has lamented the absence of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the estate of the late former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Vitalis Musungwa Zvinavashe, whose widow...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Bogus estate agents on the prowl
REGISTERED estate agents in Gweru on Monday claimed that bogus property sellers were on the prowl in the Midlands capital and called on the council to help weed out the illegal operators.Trevo...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
London firm eyes US$200m lithium deal in Zimbabwe
LONDON domiciled global financial advisory firm Wimmer Financial, has revealed it has its sights set on financing US$200 million towards a lithium mine in Zimbabwe.The company wants to take ad...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:11hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Business ideas for entrepreneurs to try in 2020
Every year 8 from 10 businesses get shut down. There are many reasons why they lack success, but one of the main factors is that the entrepreneurs don’t consider the trends and needs of the market w...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 15:01hrs | 2863 | by Staff Writer
Prophet Magaya in US$900k land scandal
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya has been sucked into a US$900 000 land scandal after buying a farm which was sold illegally.Kalulu Farm located...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:52hrs | 3664 | by Staff reporter
The bane of rabid, frenzied media
Again, dear reader, if ever you are in doubt, if ever you are confused, if ever you need a moral compass, or whenever you find yourself agreeing with Jonathan Moyo, you should know that you are close ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 145 | by Bishop Lazi
'Zimbabwe inflation to shoot up to 280% by year-end'
INFLATION could end the year around 280% and may rise to stratospheric levels thereafter if a new currency is introduced without preceding macro-economic fundamentals, a local research firm has said....Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
'No unresolved political questions in Zimbabwe'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU), bu...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
'Write to unite Zimbabweans'
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honourable Energy Mutodi; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | 243 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
'Mnangagwa dialogue not power sharing negotiation'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU) but...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 18:16hrs | 3150 | by Staff reporter
Lands secretary quizzed over Manicaland farm invasions
SECRETARY for Lands and Agriculture Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday taken to task in Parliament over a spate of fresh farm invasions, including the one in which Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister E...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Insurance companies milking the public again
Dear Editor,There was a Commission of Inquiry set up to look at how insurance companies failed to compensate policyholders after the loss of value prior to 2009. The shareholders of these insu...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 17:53hrs | 3589 | by Mandla Ndlovu
White farmer gets his land back in Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT has resolved the ownership dispute of a portion of Farfell Coffee Estate in Chipinge involving Messers Richard Le Vieux and Remembrance Mbudzana to enable continued commercial production of...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's home could be sold off over debt
Morgan Tsvangirai's estate faces a US$205,000 claim from a political consultant for work he says he carried out for the late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader in the run-up to the 2013 natio...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 5752 | by ZimLive
Minister blasts diamond barons
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday blasted individuals who were accumulating wealth through corrupt deals in the diamond sector.She made the remarks at the Zimb...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Idle power producers to lose licences
OVER 30 independent power producers (IPPs) with licences to generate up to 5 000MW, stare the prospect of losing the licences for continuously failing to resume operations, at a time the country is co...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
ZSE mulls USD trading platform
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), a once go-to destination for companies seeking to raise cheap funding, is planning to overhaul its trading platform by introducing several new investment alternative...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Former deputy minister in $766 000 debt row
Former Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo is said to have attempted to conceal an attached property into a family trust to prevent a financial institution from selling the property...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zinara splashes millions on hiring luxury vehicles
Zinara could be splurging up to $2 million each year on hiring luxurious vehicles for its top management and board executives. Despite the dismissal of some top executives over corruption alle...Published: 30 May 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-minister loses estate over US$766k bank loan
Former Mines and Mining Development deputy minister Fred Moyo has lost his family property and estate after the High Court recently ruled in favour of Stanbic Bank which is seeking to recover over US$...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Widow, stepson lock horns over Zvinavashe estate
The wrangle over the estate of the late national hero Retired General Vitalis Musungwa Zvinavashe continues more than 10 years after his death. The surviving spouse, Margaret Zvinavashe (nee M...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:52hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Cohabiting now legally protected
SECTION 40 of the proposed Marriage Bill recognises and protects the rights of unmarried people in cohabiting relationships, known in Shona as kubika mapoto and colloquially as small houses.Fo...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 2525 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Dedication to Cde Dabengwa
To Cde DD, my hero.Now that you have decided to take a bow and rest, I hope you will choose to lie next to your family, friends and comrades right among the people you sacrificed your yo...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:01hrs | 450 | by Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa
Chigwedere seeks son's incarceration
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has approached the High Court, seeking a 30-day jail term against his son, Mangwiza, in order to compel him to undergo paternity tests as the witchcraft sag...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
White Zimbabwean farmer 'resists' to make way for Mnangagwa ally's son
CHIPINGE farmer and retired Swiss banker, Richard Le Vieux, who has established a reputable business of exporting coffee, avocados and macadamia nuts for the past 30 years, appeared in court on Wednes...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2549 | by Staff reporter
Joint executorship for Mtukudzi's estate
THE Master of High Court has jointly appointed Daisy Mtukudzi and another family member - Vennah Muchakagara - as executors to the estate of the late music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi.Daisy and Mu...Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:22hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses MDC-Alliance claims
Zanu-PF has dismissed claims by MDC-Alliance that the ruling party is interfering with the latter's congress preparations.In a statement yesterday, the revolutionary party's secretary for Info...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa piles pressure on Mnangagwa
South Africa pilled pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday by pushing for all inclusive talks involving MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa saying Pretoria is ready to provide a facilitator...Published: 18 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | 25332 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa welcomes Ramaphosa's intervention
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has welcomed the proposal by South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete who said the SADC region is ready to provide a facilitator for the National Dialogue. ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 11:06hrs | 6422 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops rob farmer at gunpoint
THREE police officers who used a service pistol to rob a Chipinge farmer of his household property following a failed macadamia nuts deal have been hauled before the courts on robbery charges....Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:36hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 1761 | by BBC
I didn't ride on Tuku's fame, says Selmor
THE late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi's daughter, Selmor - who has been largely touted as heir to the superstar's music throne - said she has worked hard over the years to devel...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2378 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 346 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Prosecutor-General guns for ex-Zinara boss' property
Prosecutor-General, Kumbirai Hodzi, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to freeze former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:54hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds return sangoma's apparatus
HUNDREDS of people have visited the late popular traditional healer Sekuru Ndunge's homestead in Chipinge since his death a month ago seeking permission to carry on using his paraphernalia from his fa...Published: 04 May 2019 at 23:03hrs | 4171 | by Staff reporter
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