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Phala Phala: Ramaphosa, the missing millions, and the phantom buffalo deal
As the Constitutional Court mulls its judgment in the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) legal challenge this week against Parliament's decision to dismiss an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ra...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:43hrs | 593 | by Hope Ntanzi
'Zimbabwe economy among the least free globally'
Zimbabwe's economy remains among the least free globally, according to the Fraser Institute's newly released Economic Freedom Country Audit Zimbabwe (EFCAZ). The Canadian public policy think-tank, ren...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:02hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
A century of resilience: The life of 107-year-old gogo
In the tranquil surroundings of her twilight years, Gogo Liva Moyo, a remarkable 107-year-old, carries with her the weight of a century's history. Residing in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, Moyo's me...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:44hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Otis Fraser to headline Bulawayo's Old School gig
Following the successful hosting of the Private School music event over the weekend, Bulawayo is poised for another exciting night of nostalgia with the upcoming Old School Gig at The Place next Frida...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 13:25hrs | 538 | 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 | 504 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala scandal back to haunt Ramaphosa
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has expressed strong approval of the Constitutional Court's recent decision to hear the Phala Phala farm matter, a significant step in an ongoing saga that ha...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:24hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe performs dismally on human rights'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked among the world's worst performers in terms of human freedom, the Human Freedom Index (HFI) has revealed.The country was ranked 153 out of 165 countries with analysts ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe least free in SADC according to US, Canadian NGO
ZIMBABWE's steady decline on The Human Freedom Index (HFI) has seen it slide to being worse than coup-ridden Niger and Gabon while taking the trophy for being the worst in Southern Africa.The repo...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister joins world's swimming immortals
The inaugural class of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965 held a special place in the annals of aquatic sports history. It was a star-studded lineup featuring luminaries like Johnny Weiss...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 20:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zondo's court says Zuma must go back to prison
The Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Correctional Services' application for leave to appeal a ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must go back to prison.In the ruling hande...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Captured PP clears Ramaphosa in final Phala Phala report
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cleared of any wrongdoing by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka in her final report released on Friday regarding the theft of US dollars in cash from his Phala ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
A glimpse into Mnangagwa's wealth
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi's visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Kwekwe farm on Friday gave a glimpse into the Zanu-PF leader's massive wealth after he paraded his prized herd of Ankole cat...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 14 | by Stephen Bates
Otis 'The Flow' Fraser back in town
THERE is so much to look out for this weekend as one of Bulawayo's most loved leisure joints, The Backroom Shisha Lounge plays host to legendary turntablist Otis "The Flow" Fraser this afternoon. The ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Plot to kill Phala Phala whistleblower Arthur Fraser exposed
A plot to kill former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general (DG) Arthur Fraser was hatched after he allegedly refused a R50 million offer from a Cape Town underworld boss to make the Phala Phal...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's stolen dollars linked to CIA?
South Africa and the world would have never known about President Cyril Ramaphosa's alleged illicit financial mess if the millions of US dollars had not been stolen from his Phala Phala farm.T...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa refuses to resign
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says.The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his prope...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa may have to consider the prospects of donning orange overalls
AS EMBATTLED President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political life in the build-up to the ANC national conference at the end of this year, he might also have to consider his fashion sense with the p...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Dlamini
Mbeki questions Ramaphosa's fate amid Phala Phala probe
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has to decide what must happen if a parliamentary process finds that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the Phala Phala saga.Acc...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Theft case laid against Ramaphosa
A charge of theft has been laid against President Cyril Ramaphosa, reportedly by a businessman who claims his energy plan presented to the head of state was stolen and used without his involvement....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka's Phala Phala farm robbery investigator managed by Ramaphosa' people
One of the Public Protector investigators probing the Phala Phala farm robbery is allegedly being managed by two people on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa.The investigator, whose name is k...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 17:07hrs | | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dawson names Sables squad for Namibia clash
SABLES coach Brendan Dawson has made five changes to the starting 15 which beat Cote d'Ivoire in the quarter-final for the crunch semi-final tie of the Rugby Africa Cup against Namibia at the Stade Ma...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa and associates implicated in violating international money transfer rules of the US
As the controversy rages on over the origins of the millions of US dollars stashed at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, it has been revealed that the head of state and those close to him m...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 20:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zondo ignores dirt on Ramaphosa
MORE than R1 billion later and after eight million pages of documentary evidence, 75 000 pages of transcribed oral evidence and over 800 witnesses, the final chapter of the Commission of inquiry into ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 11:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Crime Intelligence funds used for Ramaphosa's Phala Phala 'farmgate' cover-up
A secret Crime Intelligence fund was used to finance the clandestine operations set up to trace the thieves who stole millions of dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in February ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:31hrs | | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
FBI roped in to investigate 'money laundering' at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm
The burglary, which happened in February 2020, came to light earlier this month when former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid criminal charges against Ramaphosa.He claims $4 million was taken from t...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa may have to consider the prospects of donning orange overalls
AS EMBATTLED President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political life in the build-up to the ANC national conference at the end of this year, he might also have to consider his fashion sense with the p...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa delays Zondo's final report?
The office of the Presidency, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, issued a statement denying that President Cyril Ramaphosa ‘has, in any manner, interfered with the work of the commission or the ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 10:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's NPA snubbed Namibian police over Phala Phala robbery
South African authorities allegedly gave the Namibian police the silent treatment to frustrate their investigation into suspects linked to the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa bars media from Phala Phala farm 'crime scene'
There was a heavy police presence outside President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm on Saturday where some of his livestock was on auction.Police in uniform and civilian clothes were statio...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 16:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Fraser's sworn affidavit rocks Ramaphosa's camp, why did Zondo deny him chance to testify?
STARTLING revelations by former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general, Arthur Fraser, in an affidavit deposed to the South African Police Services (SAPS), about an undisclosed sum of money, bel...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Dlamini
Namibian police accuse SA authorities of not cooperating in Ramaphosa farm theft matter
Namibian police have accused South African authorities of not cooperating in the crime that was committed at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.It is alleged that Namibian...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 11:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Fraser piles pressure on Ramaphosa over Farmgate scandal
Former spy boss Arthur Fraser says he met with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) on Wednesday to help with their investigation into his complaints against President Cyril Ramaph...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 18:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Motion tabled in Parliament to probe Ramaphosa's Farmgate scandal
Leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), Vuyo Zungula, has tabled an official motion requesting Parliament to investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa's possible involvement in the concealmen...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dodges questions on theft scandal
Embroiled in controversy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday refused to answer questions about his alleged cover-up of a theft of large amounts of cash from his farm, saying only that h...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:42hrs | | by Associated Press
It's getting politically murkier in South Africa
THE African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa will hold its 55th national conference in December this year ahead of the general elections in 2024. The conference, among others, shapes new ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 12 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Namibian president denies 'inappropriately' assisting Ramaphosa
The Namibian presidency says there is no truth in allegations that President Hage Geingob inappropriately used his office to assist his African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa in an alleged cove...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 20:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Namibians demand ombudsman investigate Geingob over Ramaphosa cover-up
The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is demanding the country's ombudsman, Basilius Dyakugha, launch an investigation into claims that President Hage Geingob is implicated in an alleged cover...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to be saved by manufactured evidence?
Ramaphosa has been mired in controversy after former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid criminal charges against him last week, emanating "from the theft of millions of US dollars, (reportedly more than $4m)...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ANC Parliamentarians defend their embattled Ramaphosa
The ANC is circling the wagons around President Cyril Ramaphosa to protect him from parliamentary scrutiny as he faces his biggest political crisis during his term as the president."Now you wa...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 16:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa suspends Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane for investigating his Phala Phala loot
Embattled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane from the office of the Public Protector.Mkhwebane was suspended effective from 9 June 2022, the pres...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 16:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa’s unexplained millions stashed under mattresses
President Cyril Ramaphosa allegedly kept large sums of money in foreign currency, estimated to be $80 million (R1.24 billion), “concealed” under mattress and couches at his farm in Bela-Bela, Limp...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema to release Ramaphosa burglary video 'if all goes well'
EFF leader Julius Malema has threatened to release a video of President Cyril Ramaphosa's burglary after his appearance in assault case at the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday.Former spy ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa accused of kidnapping and bribery
South Africa's former spy chief has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of kidnapping and bribery in a case he has registered with the police.Arthur Fraser said the case related to the alleged a...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'concealed a crime', says former spy boss
Former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general Arthur Fraser has opened a criminal case against President Cyril Ramaphosa.Fraser's attorney, Eric Mabuza, confirmed to News24 on Wednesday ...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 21:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Deborah Fraser dies
Gospel artist Deborah Fraser has died.According to News24 a family spokesperson Nontando Mafisa confirmed that Fraser had died on Sunday."It is with deep sadness [that we] inform you o...Published: 15 May 2022 at 15:19hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
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