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Struggling millionaires
HIS nickname, which I find a bit harsh, is Poor Millionaire. I prefer calling him just SP - for Struggling Peter.He shares a small cabin with his younger brother at an illegal settlement adjac...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:02hrs | 2081 | by Black Edward
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 15453 | by Staff reporter
Police attempt to delete brutality evidence
A STATE witness on Wednesday described how a Beitbridge policeman grabbed a mobile phone and tried in vain to delete pictorial evidence of a badly injured victim of police brutality.Cyprian Ba...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court reverses army takeover of RioZim chrome mine
Listed mining company RioZim has won a Supreme Court battle with Zimbabwe's military after one of its mines was forcibly taken over through a ministerial decree.Defence minister Oppah Muchingu...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Corruption rocks Mines ministry
Top officials in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development are parcelling out already occupied mining claims to cronies and politicians prejudicing government of millions of dollars, a latest Zimba...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:12hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
World salutes Musona, Mahrez
THE Warriors versus Algeria four-goal thriller at the National Sports Stadium gripped social media following two exquisite goals by captains of the respective sides, Knowledge Musona and Riyad Mahrez....Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:27hrs | 9155 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard's roller shutter doors keep buildings secure
With a general increase in crime, property owners are looking for affordable but secure ways of protecting their properties. Safeguard Security's engineering division now has a complete range of tried...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1712 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF seeks Biden indulgence on sanctions
THE Zanu-PF government has tasked Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo to approach the United States President-elect Joe Biden in a fresh bid to mend the frosty relations between Harare and Washingt...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi buried with a fortune
LIVING in a multimillion-dollar mansion, driving expensive cars and flashing money, the late socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure went on to be buried with a fortune in Nyamande villag...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 11398 | by Staff reporter
Genius' 'snake' was always hungry and he fed it well
JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure had a "snake". And this "snake" was not for the fainthearted because it was alwa...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 3781 | by Staff reporter
Matter of Fact
ON Thursday, November 12, 2020 we published a story with a headline Mnangagwa's son in gold mine grab. While Tarirai David Mnangagwa, the subject of the story is related to President Emmerson ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 2174 | by Editor
Mnangagwa forces Newsday to apologise
THE Office of the President and Cabinet has challenged a privately-owned newspaper, NewsDay and a syndicate of online publications to provide evidence that link the President with Tarirai David Mnanga...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development
Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde is the new Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary-General. A former Minister of Finance and Planning in her country, she intends to bring to ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | 306 | by Elizabeth Scaffidi
Mnangagwa's son in gold mine grab
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa is being accused of seizing gold mining claims in Gweru after the owners had invited him to invest in the project.The gold mining cl...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 17812 | by Staff reporter
US, UK will beg us for dialogue, says Zimbabwe war vets
ZANU-PF and war veterans have threatened to take drastic measures against the United States and its ally Britain that will force the two super- powers to beg for dialogue within a fortnight.Th...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya co-defendant disputes CCTV footage
The long court hearings over the bail applications by Henrietta Rushwaya and her four co-defendants held on charges of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold continued in their second week yesterday. ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs, Zanu-PF bigwig clash
TSHOLOTSHO chiefs have crossed swords with an aspiring Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson, Owen Sibanda, who faces charges of grabbing vast tracts of land in their areas of jur...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 08:39hrs | 3344 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says pfumvudza is another avenue to loot State resources
OUTSPOKEN Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has described the recently introduced government-funded pfumvudza farming programme as another scheme created to loot state resources.Pfumvudza, the governmen...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3854 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's farm turned into war zone
OLD Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi owned by controversial businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa was Monday afternoon turned into a war zone after illegal settlers stormed the property and disarmed fir...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
'The enemy is within the ANC,' says former intelligence chief
A group calling themselves "ANC cadres", led by a former chief of military intelligence, claims that the party faces a leadership crisis because the members of its higher echelons have credentials "no...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 1386 | by TimesLIVE
Violence rocks Harvest House again
VIOLENCE has once again rocked the MDC after youths aligned to the Nelson Chamisa camp allegedly broke into the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House headquarters on Sunday night in an unsucce...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans await US election with apathy, anticipation
THE upcoming vote could mark a major shift in American politics, but it's unclear how the outcome will affect the two nations' frosty relationship.Whether the issue is the coronavirus pandemic...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Ngarivhume vow more govt resistance
DEFIANT opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has threatened unspecified action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in the wake of a corruption storm involving Zimbabwe ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes women for refusing with phone numbers
A man from Masvingo slapped and punched two women after they refused to give him their cellphone numbers, moments after he had complimented them for their body structures.This emerged when Pau...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:46hrs | 592 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa should come clean on name dropping
WHILE it is common knowledge that criminals tend to name-drop each time they are cornered with the hope of evading arrest, the frequency at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family name has been th...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Female Judge fighting a merciless Zanu PF regime: worse than that of Ian Douglas Smith!
Justice Erica Ndewere is alone, fighting the evil regime of Mnangagwa's Zanu, worse than that of Smith's UDI. There is not a single women's organisation fighting on her side to give her emotional assi...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 23:24hrs | 3090 | by Nomazulu Thata
Violent soldier killed by minors
A 37-YEAR-OLD 1 Commando Regiment-based soldier was on Thursday night killed by three minors after he allegedly attacked their mother over suspected arson at his parents' home in Zaka, Masvingo provin...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Woman catches daughter pants down
A WOMAN from Bulawayo went berserk after she stumbled on a teenager performing sexual acts on her naked daughter.The incident that has since spilled into court, happened last week on Monday wh...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:46hrs | 7071 | by Staff reporter
Minister 'misleads' Parly committee
THE Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has threatened to charge Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba with contempt of Parliament for providing contradictory statements over lan...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:54hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mayor assaulted by deputy
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo was slapped in public by his deputy, Nobert Dokotera, on Monday afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Bright future awaits those who dare to dream
Although with the Covid-19 pandemic and two decades of economic downturn the situation in Zimbabwe looks dire, a bright future awaits those who dare to dream, graduates of the Institute of Chartered S...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 10:32hrs | 2069 | by Agencies
'Chamisa tactics miserable'
AS TURMOIL consumes the country's opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 4744 | by Staff reporter
Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3291 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Obert Mpofu not a sellout
It does not matter that Obert Mpofu hails from and or identifies himself with the Mthwakazi people but he is the other person to be tried for the gruesome massacres of Mthwakazi people during the Guku...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4803 | by MLF
ZANU-PF is a virus which can never be cured by elections
Elections have become a problem that has sunk us into vicious violence, unreformed state institutions, political and economic strife. It is my desire to enlighten those that still believe in the polit...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:41hrs | 2968 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3622 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1762 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa under growing pressure for failing to tackle Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 18:40hrs | 3354 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells Chamisa that popularity alone won't be enough
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 07:07hrs | 6656 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa imposes allies in Kuwadzana primary elections?
MDC-Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has yet again elbowed his partners in the troubled political outfit by imposing his allies in the party's primary elections in Kuwadzana. Chamisa's dict...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Man axes wife, children in paternity row
IN a spine-chilling incident that left people in Village 4 under Chief Svosve in Hwedza shocked, a man axed his wife and two children to death after she allegedly told him, he was not the biological f...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to State land sellers
All those invading State, council and private land and creating bogus housing cooperatives are criminals that deserve to be arrested and prosecuted for fraud, corruption and land invasions, despite th...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:04hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance bigwigs lose primary poll
MDC alliance bigwigs yesterday fell by the wayside in party primary elections to select the Kwekwe Central parliamentary candidate to represent the main Nelson Chamisa-led formation in the coming by-e...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:44hrs | 10743 | by Staff reporter
The end did not justify the means
Source of the tragic altercation is still shrouded in mystery but a young married man died. Rumour has it that, supported by gossip, that a somehow handicapped brother (cousin) asked the young man to ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:59hrs | 66 | by Tondo
No cattle no cry,-PFumvunza will weather the storm
Do the health authorities and consumers at large know that bovine mortality is finding its way into towns and cities where it is sold as choice beef cuts? The disfunctionality of cattle dip ta...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:59hrs | 57 | by Tondo
New twist to Croco ownership wrangle
toP businessman Farai Matsika has raised 11 points challenging the High court ruling, which concluded that he had fabricated documents in a bid to fraudulently snatch 30 percent shareholding in croco ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) hospitalised after rape
A 10-year-old girl from Gweru spent one week in hospital and was left limping after she was raped several times in nine hours by her assailant who had threatened to burn down her mother's kitc...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1634 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe takes over as leader of the opposition in Parliament
Thokozani Khupe's opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018.The MDC-T leade...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:29hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
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