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Grace Mugabe degree trial date set
Former University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura will stand trial on November 24 for alleged criminal abuse of office in which he is said to have illegally awarded former First Lady Mrs Grac...Published: 11 mins ago | 12 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening today
Next year's examination classes Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five return to school today, with the Government assuring parents that all necessary precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Bail bid flops for terror gang member
A BID to secure freedom through the High Court by police officer Tapiwa Mangoma, 27, who harboured Zimbabwe's most wanted seven-member terror gang at his residence in Beitbridge supplying them with am...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:20hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers set Sherwood home on fire
Four unidentified men robbed a home in Sherwood, Kwekwe yesterday and set the house on fire on their departure.Isaac Chigodora(40) was ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:47hrs | 3170 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
The political economy of corruption
As a cancer inherent in varying degrees of intensity across the globe, corruption is an integral part of the political economy of world capitalism.So, the capitals of the western world lie at ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1600 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Chamisa speaks on Zimbabwe sanctions
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the government was using sanctions to divert Zimbabweans' attention from its failure to deliver on promises to improve citizens' lives.The gov...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | 2649 | by Staff reporter
'Robber' shot dead in Esigodini
A suspected armed robber was shot dead on Friday night in Esigodini after attempting to attack police details who were effecting an arrest on him.The suspected robber, identified as Mbekezeli ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
A visit to Karanda with Jacob Ngarivhume
Perched right deep into Mashonaland Central is Karanda Mission Hospital. The hospital has become an oasis of hope for a nation whose health delivery system is on its knees.People from every co...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1242 | by Muridzo F
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
Sex prophet preys on flock
A self-styled prophet who started a virtual church on WhatsApp has admitted bedding several female congregants who came to him for prayer and confided in him about problems they were having in their r...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:44hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2719 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa wants Matanga probed for corruption
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has pleaded with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for alleged corruption and abuse of offi...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP must adopt regional policing protocol'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on local police officers to adopt the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) guidelines to instil discipline in the f...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:35hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
National museums employees declare incapacitation
WORKERS at the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) offices countrywide have downed tools citing incapacitation.The job action comes after the workers petitioned government over p...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:30hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Matanga accused of shady car deals, bribery
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has been accused of being involved in a raft of corrupt activities including inflating prices of police vehicles, flouting tender processes; and bribing Spec...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
Zanu-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:25hrs | 1032 | by Staff Reporter
Political parties go all out campaigning for by-elections
Zimbabwe's political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance and MDC-T - are going all out campaigning ahead of anticipated by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats.The Zimbabwe E...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
ZANU-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:19hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe in soup over MDC court case
FISSURES continue to widen in the Thokozani Khupeled MDC as the party bigwigs want to haul organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe before a disciplinary hearing.This comes after Bhebhe claimed in...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:16hrs | 2358 | by Staff reporter
Man survives brutal stabbing
A 32-year-old Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was suddenly stabbed seven times with a knife while drinking beer in Epworth, Harare, a court heard yesterday. Privilege Rumbe (24)...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu freed on $10,000 bail
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was granted Z$10,000 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after 10 days in prison.Justice Davison Moses Foroma said magistrate...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 488 | by Emmanuel Koro
After 40 years, still failing to hold free and fair elections: 'to find the strait gate and narrow way'
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is the country's failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. For 40 years the nation has beeb stuck with corrupt, incompetent and tyra...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:32hrs | 875 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zicorba ushers the majority of Zimbabweans into commercial rabbit production
The Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (Zicorba) was mooted in June 2020 by a group of like-minded persons during a WhatsApp discussion, setting a stage for what has become household name...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1237 | by Lloyd Mangoh
Mkhaya's John Vul'gate challenge goes viral
AUSTRIA-based imbube music exponent Vusa Mkhaya's version of the John Vul'gate challenge went viral over the weekend with the artiste releasing a song Ngiyabongamina to celebrate his birthday....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1758 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3008 | by Staff reporter
Khupe trying to stop Bhebhe
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe is trying to stop the party's organising secretary Abedinico Bhebhe from washing the outfit's dirty linen in public by blocking his participation in a court case....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring DCC candidates await Politiburo nod
VETTING of aspiring District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members has been completed and is now awaiting endorsement from the Politburo, Zanu-PF Secretary for the Commissariat Victor Matemadanda has s...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Cornered Khupe makes spectacular summersault
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe is trying to stop the party's organising secretary Abedinico Bhebhe from washing the outfit's dirty linen in public by blocking his participation in a court case....Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:33hrs | 12443 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pushed to engage Chamisa
CHURCHES have encouraged Zimbabweans to remain hopeful about the country's future, as they continue to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to help resolve th...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 13105 | by Staff reporter
Opening date for Ekusileni
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to members of the public on November 30 with a 50-bed capacity amid revelations that the institution is now ready to admit Covid-19 pat...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Teargas-throwing cops to be charged, says Matanga
Seven police officers who threw teargas canisters onto a bus full of passengers at the Harare Exhibition Park will be charged under the Police Act, Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said. ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe says Khupe, Komichi wiped out $7 million MDC-T funds
DEFIANT MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has thrown the cat among the pigeons, telling court party funds totalling $7 million have been wiped out by acting party president Thokozani...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | 5247 | by Staff reporter
Khupe a leader sent from hell
Zimbabwe's politics can be easily compared to Nigerian Movies in the sense that, it is quite predictable to the extent that even those that did not study politics (101) can even tell you that Zanu Pf ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:27hrs | 3604 | by Knowledge Hakata
Matanga admits bus teargassing cops messed up
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has admitted his subordinates messed up when they threw teargas cannisters into a bus full of passengers at a bus stop near the Harare showgrounds early this...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:27hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
ZRP says recruiting 1,000 police officers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police says it will recruit 1,000 new police officers as soon as the coronavirus pandemic eases up.Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga told a news conference in Ha...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:26hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Kurauone slaps Govt with $2 million lawsuit for unlawful arrest
MDC-Alliance party youth leader Godfrey Kurauone has slapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and other accomplices with a $2.4 million lawsuit over his unlawful arrest, detention and malicio...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 16:29hrs | 758 | by Stephen Jakes
Top ZRP bosses witchhunt for moles at CID
SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have launched a massive witchhunt against perceived moles leaking information about underhand dealings involving bosses stationed at the Criminal Investi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 5907 | by Staff reporter
Top aide exposes Khupe
MDC-T 2014 national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has accused top opposition executives of "irregular conduct", adding that they are using unscrupulous means to "shut out" bona fide members fro...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | 8211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among 12 most fragile countries, claims World Vision
INTERNATIONAL aid agency World Vision yesterday warned that over 19 million people, including 10 million children, were at risk of famine in 12 of the world's most fragile countries due to a deadly mi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
'Tsenengamu is safer in custody'
THE threat on the life of former Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, who was being trailed by unknown people, cannot be downplayed and he should be kept in custody f...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:34hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice threatened
There was a report in the media in particular the Newsday Zimbabwe alleging that the suspended judge Ndewere had told off the Chief Justice. The reporter went on to say she refused instructions and th...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 12:00hrs | 7934 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mgodoyi' is Jonathan Moyo's predicate he used to express disgust!
It is one of Professor Moyo's terms to express anything disgusting him.Umgodoyi is an overly thin malnourished dog whose mouth unendingly oozies slummy saliva, a sign of obvious illness relate...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1897 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC youth leader sues for illegal detention
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance youth leader and Masvingo ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone, has given notice to sue police for $2,4 million in damages following his arrest on trumped-up violence charges....Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over the rise in murder cases reported throughout the country, with a record eight cases recorded at the weekend.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu denied bail
Former Zanu-PF youths commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has been denied bail.Harare magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna said it was in the best interest to safeguard his safety after he sought refuge at the ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over WhatsApp status blasting Mnangagwa call for fasting
A man appeared in court on Tuesday accused of "insulting the president" after posting a video WhatsApp status of a woman criticising a call by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "pray and fast" for divin...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:51hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Illegal guns worry government
POLICE admitted yesterday that they were concerned by the proliferation of unlicensed firearms in public hands, which were being used to commit violent crimes.However, police said it was too e...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Mthuli face contempt over $17k damages
AN ACTIVIST who was granted $17 000 damages by the High Court after being brutally assaulted by the police while demonstrating against xenophobia at the South African Embassy in 2015 is now seeking to...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
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