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'CCC, Zanu-PF chefs eating together'
LEADER of the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) Robert Chapman says Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials actually "play and eat" together and are taking Zimbabweans for a ride....Published: 19 hrs ago | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko trial deferred to September
THE trial of former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko in a matter in which he is being accused of illegally ordering the release of two top Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) officials has...Published: 19 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate accused of lying
Harare regional magistrate Vongai Guriro Muchuchuti is on Thursday expected to hear submissions by prosecutors following an application by land developer Georgios Katsimberis seeking her recusal from ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 350 | by Staff reporter
'Fired' Zimura board member defiant
Chipfumbu was responding to a story published early this week in which ZIMURA spokesperson Alexio Gwenzi said the organisation had fired him as the leader of the team which reported fraud allegations ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 68 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe probes lawyer in property scam
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is looking into a case in which prominent Mutare lawyer Cosmas Chibaya of Chibaya and Partners Legal Practitioners is accused of selling a residential stand he knew w...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mother, son in cement scam
A MOTHER and her son appeared before a Harare magistrate on Friday last week for allegedly conning people of more than US$300 000 and $40 million in cement deals.Tinashe Zimunya representing h...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Nssa boss mired in US$353 000 luxury cars scandal
SUSPENDED National Social Security Authority (Nssa) boss Arthur Manase was removed partly due to a scandal over two top-of-the-range cars valued US$353 000 which he bought in violation of company poli...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:22hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 702 | by Jonathan Moyo
Who sent Mthuli Ncube to Zimbabwe?
Mthuli Ncube was the founder of the Barbican Bank, an elite institution that faced serious liquidity challenges, was involved in rampant fraudulent foreign exchange activities among other vices. After...Published: 28 May 2023 at 15:58hrs | 1016 | by Sam Wezhira
CCC to reopen a local bank account
Following the closure of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Steward bank account, CCC has decided to reopen another account under an independent Bank Trust.According to a highly placed source...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:22hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a "dream" in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging.The provocation and the challenge come from the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 73 | by William Jethro Mpofu
'US debt is a pyramid scheme used to defraud other nations'
Senior Russian lawmaker Vyacheslav Volodin has branded US federal government debt a global pyramid scheme that is heading for an inevitable collapse. The comments come as Washington struggles to agree...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:39hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
2 businessmen acquitted of US$1m fraud charge
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirai Kwenda has acquitted a Harare businessman Offer Sivan and Cassandra Myberg of fraud allegations involving US$1 million that were levelled against them by a fugitive fo...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Africa Day: Celebrating a Continent We Have Failed
Every year on May 25, African countries commemorate Africa Day, a day that celebrates the unity and pride of Africa. African countries come together to remember the fight and struggles of their forefa...Published: 24 May 2023 at 21:02hrs | 194 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Bitcoin's role in the rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has taken the world by storm in recent years, with more and more investors turning to blockchain-based financial systems to take advantage of the numerous benefits they pr...Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:38hrs | 263 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger endorses Chamisa's CCC ahead of 2023 elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy challenger and Zanu-PF activist, Sybeth Musengezi has made a shock announcement rallying behind Citizens' Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa in the u...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA staffer jailed for 258 criminal abuse of office counts
A Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) licensing officer has been slapped with a three-year jail term after being convicted of 258 counts of criminal abuse of office charges.Patrici...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:16hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
6 suspected card cloners in court
SIX suspected card cloners yesterday appeared in court after they were arrested while in possession of instruments used in the commission of the offence.The suspects — Fungal Samurewo (35), ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in spotlight over the massive Nssa corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has presented its forensic audit which unearths corruption and names individuals implicated in the pensions fund's latest scandals to the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3067 | by Staff reporter
Money changers hijack POS machines for big transactions
DECKED out in trendy designer wear, clutching energy drink cans and munching take-aways while engaging in high-pitched conversations, illegal money changers, popularly known as osiphatheleni who have ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Robbers attack security guards, steal tobacco bales
TWENTY robbers attacked eight security guards with a pistol machetes, okapi knives and iron bars at Wilmode Farm in Mvurwi before stealing 63 tobacco bales last Friday.National police spokespe...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Alleged Law Society investigation against top lawyer Zibusiso Ncube rubbished as false
Bulawayo based law firm Ncube & Partners have rubbished claims by online publication Zimeye that their lawyer Zibusiso Charles Ncube is being investigated by the Law Society of Zimbabwe. T...Published: 21 May 2023 at 15:07hrs | 989 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa reached out to brother Putin on helicopter deal
A fleet of 18 Russian Ansat helicopters was delivered to Zimbabwe this week to assist with policing and disaster relief. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Harare, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and R...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Scammers bleed Natfoods US$6m
IN what could be one of the biggest cybercrimes ever reported in the country, National Foods, a local manufacturer and marketer of food products, lost over US$6 million to criminals who hacked into it...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Bogus ZNA recruitment agents on the prowl
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned the public of individuals masquerading as army officers who are fleecing prospective army recruits on the false promise of securing jobs for them.In...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:01hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Court tosses Chiwenga ex-wife's appeal in marriage perjury conviction
The High Court has dismissed Marry Mubaiwa's appeal against both conviction and sentence in a case she was convicted for illegally attempting to upgrade her marriage with Vice President Constantino Ch...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:45hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt withholds nurses' key documents
THOUSANDS of healthcare workers who paid US$300 for verification letters needed to secure jobs outside the country have still not received the documentation as government tries to stem a damaging brai...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing the courts, Mnangagwa challenger
Zanu-PF former youth member Sybeth Musengezi yesterday accused the ruling party of abusing court processes to solve internal party issues.Musengezi said this through his lawyer Nqobani Sithole...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:43hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
UK sponsorship fraudster appears in court
A suspected fraudster has appeared in court for allegedly duping a man of US$4 000 who was seeking to get a sponsorship certificate to go to the United Kingdom.Tadiwanashe Tembo Ndlovu (21) wh...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:40hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger's trial continues
The trial of political activist Sybeth Musengezi, in which he is being accused of joining Zanu-PF party structures fraudulently yesterday continued with his counsel making attempts to make the court d...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:40hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud culprits warned
A NETWORK aiding academic fraud charging up to US$1 000 to do dissertations for individuals has been unearthed with Government warning students participating in the scam will be disqualified.A...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel finally returns to Britain
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel - who fears being thrown under the bus should he return to Zimbabwe, because of the starring role he played in Al Jazeera's investigative Gold M...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's shaky control exposed
INVESTIGATIONS into how a controversial government notice which subverted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority while he was in London attending United Kingdom King Charles III's coronation last we...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
SA reporters fear arrest after exposé links businessman to Zimbabwean president
Journalists Sam Sole, Micah Reddy and Dewald van Rensburg, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism believe they are under threat of arrest because of an exposé they wrote implicating b...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo duo reaps US$130k in overseas job scam
A Bulawayo due has been arrested for allegedly defrauding 46 unsuspecting job seekers of over US$130,000 in an international job facilitation scam.In a statement Thursday, national police spok...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Couple swindles 46 people of US$134,500
A Bulawayo couple has been arrested on allegations of swindling 46 people of more than US$134 500 after they posed as agents of a company involved in facilitating jobs abroad.Gwendoline Ndlovu...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backtracks on 'looting' law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scrapped the controversial law that sought to hide details of some procurement processes from the public after a public outcry, saying its gazetting was a fraud,...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo couple arrested for fraud
A COUPLE from Sunninghill suburb in Bulawayo that was recently arrested, before appearing in court facing charges of fraud and was later granted bail has been re-arrested facing fresh charges....Published: 10 May 2023 at 19:25hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger bunks court
FORMER Zanu-PF youth member Sybeth Musengeza was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court to face a fraud charge.His lawyer Doug Coltart advised the court t...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chivayo's brand new 2023 Rolls Royce Cullinan delivered in Harare
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo says he has taken delivery of a brand new 2023 Rolls Royce Cullinan which cost US$850 000.Chivayo has been involved in tender controversies, including a...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 4291 | by Staff reporter
'Elections key for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission'
ZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's chances of being readmitted into the CommonwealthZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's c...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will never be genuinely revered by Zimbabweans!
It was so beautiful watching the final part of the coronation of the new British monarch, King Charles III, this afternoon.Although I m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:57hrs | 1571 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman's bid to nullify divorce flops
A High Court judge has dismissed an application by a Mazowe woman to nullify her divorce from her late ex-husband.Martha Nyathi, nee Nyarira, an ex-wife to the late Chemist Nyathi, was contest...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Artificial intelligence and robotics: Great expectations and daunting existential risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both exciting and challenging. There are opportunities and dangers. There are fascinating possibilities and existential risks.The starting point is to understan...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 71 | by Arthur Mutambara
Mugabe daughter's divorce opens can of worms
A LOCAL property developer has accused the late former President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona and her estranged husband, Simba Chikore of stealing vast tracts of its prime land at Carrick Creagh Est...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers make demands to Simba, Bona over Carrick Creagh stands
Lawyers representing Arosume Property Development (Pvt) Limited, Jiti Law Chambers are demanding that Ms Bona Ouma Nyepudzai Mugabe and Mr Simba Chikore remove all the Carrick Creagh stands totalling ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga denies SA prison escape bid
Troubled Zimbabwe business tycoon, Frank Buyanga has denied attempts to skip jail and has demanded apology and retraction of a South African Police Services (SAPS) statement inferring he colluded with...Published: 04 May 2023 at 19:55hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF extortionists milk Chinese firm
Former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's name was used by two Zanu-PF officials to extort US$110 000 from a Chinese company that wanted to open a gold mine in Matabeleland South, court records have reveal...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:00hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will wake up after elections…well, hopefully!
Yesterday, during a relative's burial, I had a wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, family, neighbors and people from all walks of life. In these interactions - especially wit...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:00hrs | 621 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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