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Chinese national in court for alleged US$322k fraud
A Chinese national appeared before the Harare Regional Magistrates Court on Thursday facing allegations of defrauding a client of US$322,381 under the pretext of supplying minerals and securing an exp...Published: 2 hrs ago | 24 | by Staff reporter
Man wins protection order against mum over forced bachelorhood
A 34-year-old Budiriro man has successfully obtained a protection order against his mother, whom he accused of emotionally abusing him and blocking his attempts to get married.Appearing before...Published: 2 hrs ago | 48 | by Staff reporter
US deports five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini
The US has deported five people who it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, C...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 21:11hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
The Irony of Innovation: How Tech’s Hardest Workers Built a System That Rewards Laziness
A thought-provoking look at how tech's unsung builders laid the groundwork for a digital culture that rewards viral ease over innovation and substa...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 21:49hrs | 535 | by Libz Mbanje
Govt workers stage a flash protest at Mthuli Ncube's office
Civil servants staged a flash protest yesterday at the New Government Complex before marching to the offices of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion in Harare, pressi...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:20hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews over 1 000ha Mashonaland farm
A storm is brewing in Zimbabwe's agricultural sector after the government allocated a farm to businessman Billy Rautenbach, displacing farmers who had been allocated and developed...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court orders eviction of Chief Zimunya, 1500 families
The Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of then Acting Chief Kibben Bvirindi, known as Chief Zimunya, along with approximately 1,500 families who have occupied Grove Farm in Mutare's peri-urban are...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:25hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Primary School head charged with procurement violations
Mezah Mazambiri, headmaster of Glaudina Council Primary School, appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa on charges of criminal abuse of office linked to alleged violations of the Mini...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:15hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings
Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Aven...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1258 | by Edmund Kudzayi
U.S Embassy orders visa applicants to make social media accounts public
The United States Embassy in Harare has issued a new directive requiring all individuals applying for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas to adjust the privacy settings of their personal social media acco...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:27hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Simbisa Brands boss wins protection order against subordinate
A Simba Brands branch manager, Melody Mawarura, has been granted a protection order against her subordinate, Russell Mashambadova, whom she accused of persistent harassment, threats, and aggressive be...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 18:34hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Mahere wins US$100,000 in damages against 'Baba Jukwa' by default
Former opposition legislator and lawyer Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has been awarded US$100,000 in damages after the High Court ruled in her favour in a defamation lawsuit against journalist Edmund Kudzay...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:32hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
When it rains for Professor Welshman Ncube, it pours
PROFESSOR WELSHMAN NCUBE'S FRAUDULENT HEADS OF ARGUMENT BASED ON FICTITIOUS OR FALSIFIED CASE LAW AUTHORITIES FILED WITH THE SUPREME COURT: When it rains for Professor Ncube, it pours. Just as he is e...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 12:50hrs | 2395 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Zida warns US$43,12m at stake in haulage, logistics industry
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) has raised alarm over the potential loss of US$43.12 million in foreign investment in the haulage and logistics sector, following the implementati...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Woman forces hubby to accept neighbour's pregnancy
A Highfield man has successfully obtained a protection order against his wife after alleging sustained physical and emotional abuse linked to a pregnancy she conceived through an affair with their nei...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:01hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's risky play in Zimbabwe's Game of Thrones
Business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's dramatic ejection from Zanu-PF's 126th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee has thrown a harsh spotlight on the formidable political headwinds he faces as he...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:57hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
US deports 'barbaric criminals' to African state
The United States has deported eight people it labeled "barbaric criminal illegal aliens" to South Sudan, a country the US State Department warns against visiting due to rampant crime, kidnappings, an...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 15:23hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe wins High Court ruling allowing divorce claims
Bona Mugabe, daughter of the late President Robert Mugabe, secured a significant legal victory last week as Justice Amy Tsanga of the High Court dismissed an exception raised by her estranged husband,...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:49hrs | 8096 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents raise alarm over council procurement processes
Bulawayo residents have voiced growing concern over the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) procurement and tender procedures, accusing the local authority of a lack of transparency that has led to shoddy w...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:45hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Harare council faces scandal over $500m lost on delays
Harare City Council has allegedly lost close to US$500 million since 2019 due to the delayed implementation of a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, amid explosive allegations of corrupt...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:40hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Themba Gorimbo celebrates Jah Prayzah's US Visa denial
Zimbabwean-born UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo has publicly celebrated the recent US visa denial of popular musician Jah Prayzah, stirring controversy on social media. Gorimbo took to Facebook to subtly s...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:11hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Sex starved pastors force woman to commit unlawful entry
There was drama at Plumtree magistrates courts where a domestic worker at Solusi University told the court that she committed unlawful entry offence...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | 1295 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Scottland hikes gate charges for Caps clash
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) has approved a request by top-flight newcomers Scottland FC to increase gate charges for their highly anticipated home match against giants Caps United, sc...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:22hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild shattered lives abroad
For many young Zimbabweans, the idea of migrating to foreign lands has long represented hope - a chance to escape crippling unemployment and poverty in pursuit of prosperity. But for a growing number,...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 16:13hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Faith Zaba granted bail after 'Mafia State' Column lands her in court
Veteran journalist and editor Faith Zaba was granted ZW$200 bail on Thursday by the Harare Magistrates Court after spending three days in custody over a newspaper column in which she described Zimbabw...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 10:49hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Faith Zaba spends third night in detention
Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba will spend her third night behind bars after a power outage at the Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday delayed the delivery of a crucial bail ruling.Mag...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 16:19hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire ordered to pay US$60 maintenance to ex-husband
A school teacher, Memory Mawarire, has been ordered by the Harare Civil Court to pay her ex-husband, police officer Innocent Ndingani, US$60 monthly maintenance starting this month, as well as to shar...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:38hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum fixtures postponed as club mourns Brian Banda
FC Platinum have been granted a postponement of both their men's and women's fixtures this week following the tragic passing of midfielder Brian Banda, who died in a road traffic accident on Sunday....Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:41hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zaba remanded in custody
Faith Zaba, editor of the privately owned Zimbabwe Independent weekly newspaper, has been remanded in custody ahead of her bail hearing scheduled for Thursday, 3 July.Zaba appeared briefly bef...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:11hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son granted $200 bail
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, was on Tuesday granted US$200 bail by the Concession Magistrates Court following his arrest on multiple assault charges ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Fishers want ZimParks to extend fishing depth reprieve
Kapenta fishing operators on Lake Kariba have called on the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to extend the reprieve allowing them to fish at a reduced minimum depth of 17 me...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu did not hold a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport
Zimbabwe's Permanent Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, has denied widespread claims that the late former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was in possession of a Zimbabwean diplomatic passp...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 21:45hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
Sex scandal in schoolyard
The headmaster of Bikita Fashu High School, Happson Dina, is at the centre of a storm following explosive allegations of an illicit affair with a subordinate teacher and a violent confrontation with h...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:14hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to clear pre-2009 pensions backlog
The Zimbabwean Government is finalizing amendments to Statutory Instrument (SI) 162 of 2023 to fast-track compensation payments to private sector pensioners who lost significant value in their s...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:23hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent faces rape charge
A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer stationed in Gweru has been granted US$200 bail in a case where he stands accused of raping a 20-year-old woman in the city's Kopje suburb.The...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:17hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Plot holders battle eviction
A group of plot holders in Irene Township, Mutasa district, Manicaland province, is fighting to stop their eviction from land they say they legally purchased shortly after Zimbabwe's independence....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:13hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Pastor sues sister for squandering rentals
A bitter dispute over a family property has spilled into the Harare Civil Court, where a pastor with the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), Jaslene Mutunhiri, accused her sister of monopolising rental inc...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:52hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF activists granted bail
Magistrate Kudzanai Kapurura has granted bail to several Zanu PF activists accused of unlawfully occupying gazetted land in Chinhoyi. Among those granted bail were Thomas Chidzomba, the party's losing...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:12hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zapu seeks court order to stop Gukurahundi hearings
The opposition Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (Zapu) has lodged an urgent application in the High Court seeking to stop the commencement of the Gukurahundi community outreach hearings scheduled to beg...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors arrested in US$500 bribe scandal
Two prosecutors employed by the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) have been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$500 bribe from a traditional healer in a shocking abuse-of-office scan...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 08:59hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
4 year mystery: Family discovers missing cop's grave through spirit revelation
A decades-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Bulawayo-based police officer may finally be drawing to a close, after his family was reportedly led to a shallow grave by a spirit-possessed g...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:14hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends excise duty on raw wine imports
In a move aimed at boosting the local wine industry, the Zimbabwean government has suspended excise duty on imported raw wine for approved manufacturers. The measure, announced through Statutory Instr...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:06hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Furious wife kicks hubby out, changes locks, threatens to kill
Chaos has erupted in Mahatshula suburb after a fiery grandmother, Iren Mbanje (62), was dragged to court for allegedly unleashing terror on her husband, threatening to kill him, and locking him out of...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:02hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Wife alleges hubby used her salary to spoil second wife with a car
A dispute between a Harare woman and her polygamist husband has spilled into the civil courts, with the wife accusing him of using part of her salary to lavish his second wife, including buying her a ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:30hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
'Where must my family do business - Zimbabwe?'
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has firmly denied any political interference in the awarding of South Africa's lucrative national lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings, whose shareholders include Bell...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:15hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders return of US$78,000 seized in abandoned theft case
The High Court has overturned a magistrate's decision to withhold US$78,000 seized from two men previously accused of theft, ruling that the funds were unlawfully kept in police custody after the case...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:02hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
19 arrested over Chinhoyi farm invasion
Chinhoyi magistrate Nyasha Marufu on Friday granted bail to nineteen individuals charged with unlawfully occupying gazetted land at Dandrennam Farm in Lions' Den. Each accused was released on bail of ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:57hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Coventry faces difficult task
The world that Zimbabwean sports icon Kirsty Coventry steps into today as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already vastly different from the one that elected her just ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:32hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Member of Parliament threatens suicide
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament Obert Manduna has been arrested as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensifies its investigation into a high-profile frau...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA waives fines for undeclared vehicles
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has rolled out a special moratorium inviting individuals, companies, and organisations in possession of improperly cleared motor vehicles to regularise their imp...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:23hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
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