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Starlink Goes Live in Zimbabwe
The company officially turned on service in Zimbabwe just before midnight, Friday 6 September 2024. It's a big cheer from many areas in the country as many have awaited this moment for some time. The ...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:05hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Video of police grilling two learners by roadside probed
Police officers in Murambinda are under investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing two Form 3 learners being accused of housebreaking and theft. The video shows the boys in s...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 05:55hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate for Pelandaba-Tshabalala grilled
A Bulawayo voter grilling former Zanu-PF MP and now candidate for Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency in the 3 February 2024 by-election, Joseph Tshuma, while telling him how Zimbabwe has been destroyed...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa badly missed veterans
WITH the national election done and dusted, it has become apparent that there are several Members of the National Assembly from the ninth parliament that will not be joining the new faces at the new p...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya to face Parly grilling
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya are expected to face grilling soon from Parliament over allegations that the Central Bank was being used as a co...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe faces Parly grilling
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been ordered to appear before Parliament to explain why police stopped Winky D's performance at a show in Chitungwiza last Saturday.Dzivaresekwa legis...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Ministers cornered over false promise to military
MEMBERS of Parliament on Wednesday cornered the acting leader of government business in the National Assembly, Felix Mhona, and deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa over an unfulfilled promise mad...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand overdue allowances
LEGISLATORS are yet to be paid allowances backdating to September last year, despite getting assurance they would be paid during last year's pre-budget seminar, and Treasury having budgeted for them....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs meet Mnangagwa and Chiwenga over allowances
DISGRUNTLED Zanu-PF members of Parliament on Wednesday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga at State House, where they complained bitterly about their incapacitatio...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga circumvents Parliament grilling for 6 months
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week took to task deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi over the continued non-attendance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as ministe...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiri faces Parly grilling
LEGISLATORS have demanded that Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri be summoned to Parliament to explain why allocated funds in some ministries and government entities for 2021 have not been accounted f...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages faces MPs grilling over beer levy
DELTA Beverages bosses are facing a Parliamentary grilling over beer levy remittances to local authorities amid fears some were capitalising on lack of proper accounting systems to unlawfully under-re...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube evades Parliament grilling
UNDERFIRE Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday dodged Senate after he was summoned to give a ministerial statement on the currency crisis, gold coins and state of the economy.Senate deput...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube grilled over vaccines
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) was yesterday grilled by Parliament over the country's preference of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines over a wide variety of approved jabs wh...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cops face grilling
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have commenced an inquest into circumstances surrounding the death of a Chivhu woman who succumbed to injuries following severe assault and torture by police in September last y...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers face grilling at mining indaba
Ministries, MPs and miners face grilling on mineral resource governance in the country at the 10th edition of the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI), which begins today in Bulawayo.ZAMI...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi, the forgetful man who reminds us about our heritage
"HELLO. I will be with you in a moment. I just want to finish this sentence," Pathisa Nyathi told a news crew that visited him at his home in Gwabalanda last week.Nyathi, who was seated in the...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Brisk business for umtshiphela/ harurwa vendors
SCORES of villagers in Bikita district in Masvingo province are making brisk business from selling edible insects - commonly known as harurwa/ umtshiphela (Encosternum delegorguei) – along the Masvi...Published: 22 May 2021 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe deserved PhD: Ex-UZ registrar
FORMER University of Zimbabwe (UZ) registrar Seagent Chevo has said former First Lady Grace Ntombozodwa Mugabe (nee Marufu) deserved her doctor of philosophy degree, adding that she was "thoroughly ex...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF government scoring own goals
This is pure and refined drama which is being exposed to the majority of Zimbabweans and must be rejected the people are being subjected to.At the time Zimbabweans thought the government was n...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:36hrs | 5 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa faces Parly grilling
LEGISLATORS yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of appointing incompetent ministers who were incapable of giving lucid responses in Parliament.Norton MP Temba Mliswa demanded that M...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Treasury boss faces arrest
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday directed Clerk of Parliament, Kennedy Chokuda to summon Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga on a warrant of arrest to appear before Parliament f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to pick ministers outside Parly
ZANU-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has proposed changes to the Constitution to allow the President to appoint all ministers outside Parliament to avoid a situation where Cabinet ministers holding sen...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top ally 'Queen B' in $1 billion storm
TREASURY failed to account for about US$1,03 billion it paid to Sakunda Holdings, a company owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close ally and adviser, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, under the fabled Comman...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara faces Parliament grilling over operations
PARLIAMENT will today question the Zimbabwe Nationals Road Administration (Zinara) over the state of affairs at the parastatal which has, of late, hogged news headlines because of corrupt practices....Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs demand ailing Chiwenga for grilling
MDC MPs Wednesday demanded the presence of the country's two Vice Presidents to respond to their questions during parliament's question time in a period the country's economy continues to take a nosed...Published: 23 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man eats stray cats
WHETHER it's a reaction to runaway from beef prices or just the love for meat, a Sakubva man has pulled a shocker by eating stray cats, which he grills with passion.As word spread about the em...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMAZ seeks removal of Wadyajena from agric parly committee
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is headed for a showdown with the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Honourable Ju...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe's rushed report raises eyebrows
THE speed with which the Kgalema Motlanthle commission of inquiry into the August 1 fatal shooting of six civilians wound up its probe on Tuesday, compiled its executive summary and presented it to Pr...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
Parly takes Mangwana to task over national commemorations
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana last week came under parliamentary grilling over his request for $220 000 to be channelled towards national commemor...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporterq
Ndavaningi Mangwana grilled in Parliament
Newly-appointed Media and Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana yesterday received a baptism of fire when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media chaired by Pri...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army faces grilling over killings
A commission set to investigate the August 1 deadly shooting of protestors began public hearings last week to establish what led to the killings.The inquiry led by former South African preside...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
How govt sabotaged Chamisa court case
THE government employed a cocktail of crippling measures which severely weakened MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's Constitutional Court (ConCourt) case in which he is challenging President-elect Em...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa court case broadcast commendable, but ...
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) deserves a pat on the back for allowing State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to provide a live broadcast of proceedings on opposition MDC Al...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Editorial - mewsday
Staying after being cheated on
STRANGERS love telling me their problems. I have often wondered why most people I bump into immediately open up and tell me shocking personal secrets. A lady I had never met before told me this tragic...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa chickens out on Ruvheneko grilling
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has snubbed Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa's #TheElectionSeries.Chamisa was expected to feature in today's much-publicised programme on Capitalk100.4FM from 7-8pm bu...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Bulawayo 'serial killer' tells court he was sent by Lucifer to kill
BULAWAYO "serial killer" Tongai Jindu (27) has told the Bulawayo High Court that he was sent by the devil to kill two of his victims and threatened to unleash the evil spirit on prosecutors.Pr...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Diamond mine haunts Chihuri
FORMER commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Augustine Chihuri personalised a diamond firm called Gye Nyame that operated in Marange diamond fields in partnership with the force, a Parlia...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri says not ready for Parly grilling
PARLIAMENT has finally managed to serve former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri with summons to appear in the House for grilling over the $15 billion diamond revenue whi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, only candidate with chance of ending military rule
I AM back from the United Kingdom, having accompanied MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.In the course of four days, we met the British Foreign secretary Boris...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by David Coltart
Chamisa's bully boys go after the media
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa's paramilitary movement "The Vanguard" is used to pushing people about and intimidating critics of their boss. These bully boys have had some success in quelling dissent...Published: 15 May 2018 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Innocent Dube
Chamisa lampooned for chaotic UK campaign
ZIMBABWEANS have lampooned opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa following his shambolic tour to the United Kingdom where he campaigned ahead of watershed elections set for later this year (July /August)....Published: 15 May 2018 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by CAJ News
BBC HARDtalk does not influence electorate
Perhaps nothing, in the past week, set tongues wagging as the BBC HARDtalk interview that had MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, as a guest.It would appear a lot is now being...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mudenda vetoed decision to summon Mugabe to parliament
FORMER President Robert Mugabe might not appear before Parliament for a grilling over the missing $15 billion diamond revenue after the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reportedly vetoed...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: From BBC to Alice in Wonderland
Chamisa shifted uncomfortably in the chair that suddenly looked too big for him and he blinked uncontrollably as if to say hamuwoniwo ndichi mudiki, zvakwana.It's very rare for politicians to ...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by zimpapers
Chamisa's rude awakening - Hardtalk
MDC-T and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa had the opportunity to be grilled by Stephen Sucker - traditionally known to take no prisoners - on BBC Hardtalk and his responses have drawn divergent vie...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa backtracks on claims he made
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Advocate Nelson Chamisa has been exposed internationally as a serial liar following a grilling by a British journalist, forcing him to admit that he has never met U...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's roller coaster politics
MDC-T leader, Nelson Chamisa, is learning the hard way that 'good ideas sell themselves' as the United Kingdom (UK) trip bears shambolic and humiliating real life experiences for the 'youthful' opposi...Published: 11 May 2018 at 11:37hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Mugabe spared Parly grilling
FORMER President Robert Mugabe has been spared parliamentary grilling today over the multi-billion-dollar corruption in the diamond industry after the hearing was postponed indefinitely."The c...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Agencies
Grilling of Mugabe over Zim diamond corruption delayed
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe will not appear before a parliament committee this week to answer questions on multi-billion-dollar corruption in the diamond industry after the hearing was pos...Published: 08 May 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by AFP
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