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RBZ names another 47 over illegal currency deals
Another 47 people were blacklisted yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for operating on the foreign currency black market, taking to 77 the number of people whose bank and mobile money accounts ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 6286 | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe begs US for talks on sanctions
THE Zimbabwean government has pleaded for a meeting with United States Senate officials, in a bid to push for sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his administration to be lif...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4086 | by Staff reporter
Jail term for leaking whistle-blowers' identity
Staff of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) who leak names or identify whistle-blowers will face jail terms of up to six months, along with ordinary disciplinary action under legal amendme...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death over shebeen queen
TWO Battlefields men have been arraigned before Kadoma magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for allegedly stabbing a drinking mate to death during a scuffle over a shebeen queen.Kennedy Madyo (23) and ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Battlefieds man stabbed to death over shebeen queen
TWO Battlefields men appeared before Kadoma resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro after they allegedly stabbed their colleague several times with knives....Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 17:46hrs | 1715 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shun violence, says Chief Charumbira
Chiefs' Council president fortune Charumbira on Saturday urged his subjects in Masvingo to shun political violence ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.He was speaking at the burial of 85-ye...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has never been serious
On Monday last week, principals of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) met at the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs offices in Harare to deliberate on electoral reforms. This was ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:01hrs | 1899 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mugabe exhumation and the legend of Chief Zvimba
I will not enter the debate on where the late Robert Mugabe's body must be buried or reburied.Hearing the debate raging in the media reminded me of the legendary Chief Matthew or Matewu Zvimba...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1528 | by Tererai R. Mafukidze
US demands end to rights violations
UNITED States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to walk the talk on reforms if the country is to attract themuch-needed investment to pu...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Church elder demands US$35 000 in adultery damages from wife snatcher
A HARARE church leader, David Mbofana, who developed a coronary artery disease after being cheated on by his wife, has slapped his former spouse's lover, Paulos Chifamba with a US$35 000 lawsuit....Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primes for Patriotic Bill
ZIMBABWE now stares at the draconian Patriotic Bill for which Zanu-PF simply needs a majority, not necessarily two-thirds, according to legal experts.Zanu-PF managed to push through Parliament...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Sad milestone for Zimbabwe democracy or momentous occasion?
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment No 2 Bill sailed through Senate yesterday with three MDC-T senators, Piniel Denga, Morgan Femai and Jane Chifamba voting in Zanu-PF's corner to help the ruling party achieve t...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
11 Mwonzora senators vote with Zanu-PF
Zimbabwe's Senate approved a constitutional amendment bill on Tuesday removing a clause in the constitution on electing vice presidents, a move which the opposition says is intended by President Emmer...Published: 04 May 2021 at 21:40hrs | 2346 | by Staff reporter
Teachers bitter over govt's mishandling of COVID-19 cases
TEACHERS' unions yesterday accused government of failing to come up with tangible mechanisms to curb the spread of COVID-19 in schools.This follows warnings by health experts that there was bo...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs hail Mwonzora's 'convergence' with Zanu-PF
CHIEFS Council president Fortune Charumbira has claimed there is "convergence" between the opposition MDC-T and the ruling party after Douglas Mwonzora called on the West to remove sanctions against Z...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:52hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment (No.1) Bill sails through Senate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to sign Constitutional Amendment No. 1 Bill into an Act after it sailed through Senate on Tuesday by 70 votes to one.The rescheduling of the vote follows th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by-elections
Zanu-PF has stepped up preparations for primary elections to elect candidates for by-elections in the three parliamentary seats that were left vacant in Mashonaland East province.This is despi...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Big wigs throng court
IT was a hive of activity yesterday at the Anti-Corruption Court in Harare as bigwigs facing corruption and related charges jostled to sort out their next appearance dates following resumption of full...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:47hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Matanga corruption investigation hits a snag
THE high-profile corruption investigation against police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, among other cases, has been stalled by the failure of a key state witness, former Procurement Regulatory A...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Stuart Comberbach new Zimbabwe ambassador to UN in Geneva
Veteran diplomat Stuart Comberbach has been named as Zimbabwe's new permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.Comberbach, 68, got his marching orders from President...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:15hrs | 3335 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 213 | by Obert Chifamba
Litmus test for Zanu-PF
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is likely to face a litmus test in the looming Murewa South by-election if Noah Mangondo, who was an independent candidate in the 2018 general elections, decides to contest....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2508 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant female fraudster caged
An unrepentant Bindura fraudster Mary Matseka (35) has been sentenced to 7 years in jail by a Bindura magistrate for five counts of fraud....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:56hrs | 2180 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
2 Mutare men in court for assaulting cops
TWO Mutare men have appeared in court for assaulting two members of the police neighbourhood watch committee, who wanted to arrest them for not wearing face masks.Stanley Chifamata and Aaron S...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Police bashers arrested after attack goes viral on social media
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the assault of neighborhood watch committee officers in Chikanga, Mutare, after the attack went viral on social media last week.Stanely Chi...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostle for Matiza's posts
THE death of Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza two weeks ago has plunged Mashonaland East province into election mode, with Zanu-PF party members reportedly jostling to take over his parliamentary...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3468 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fires NatPharm board, officials
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has dissolved the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) board, while ministry principal director Gibson Mhlanga is in trouble over a Covid-...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 4664 | by Staff reporter
Mbudziyadhura's health deteriorates
POPULAR actor Blessing Chimhowa who plays Mbudziyadhura in the Gringo series broadcast on ZBCTV - was rushed to a local clinic in Gweru in the early hours of Wednesday after developing abdominal compl...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:57hrs | 5008 | by Staff reporter
Matiza, Zimondi declared national heroes
The late Transport and Infrastructural Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza and former Zimbabwe Prisons& Correctional Services Commissioner General, Major General (Rtd) Paradzai Zimondi have b...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 20:18hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Shooting of a bushbuck lands 4 in prison
Four Bindura men who shot and killed a bushbuck at Tsambe game park in Bindura were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday.The quartet Lovemore Kandiya (18), Hendrick Chitengu (44), E...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:25hrs | 1592 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Aunt sets rapist upon niece
A Mount Darwin aunt allegedly set a rapist upon her niece on New Year's Eve and threatened the minor with death if she exposed the crime.Both the aunt and rapist have since been arrested and a...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 09:35hrs | 3023 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZIMTA Mashonaland Central Boss Acquitted
Zimbabwe TeachersÂ’ Association (ZIMTA) Mashonaland Central Provincial Executive Officer Lewis Banda (55) and his co-accused Tafadzwa Muchenje (33) have been acquitted by Magistrate Mrs Chifamba after...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 10:13hrs | 711 | by Lloyd Mangoh
Cattle rustler jailed 27 years
A 32 year old cattle rustler from Bindura was yesterday sentenced to 27 years behind bars after he was found guilty of stock theft by magistrate Tendai Ch...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 18:15hrs | 1122 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete-wielding Shamva robbers jailed 10 years
Two notorious machete-wielding Shamva robbers were yesterday jailed to 10 years each by Bindura magistrate Tendai Chifamba.Witness Makuni (34) and Mustafa Sitayela (35) will, however, serve se...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:01hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Machete weilding robbers jailed 10 years
Notorious machete welding Shamva robbers were yesterday jailed to 10 years in prison by Bindura magistrate Tendai Chifamba.Witness Maku...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 16:43hrs | 525 | by SImbarashe Sithole
Soldiers, cop rob miner
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers and a policeman allegedly teamed up with a civilian accomplice to rob a mine after having assaulted workers in a shaft and making good their escape with gold ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers, cop rob miner
Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) a cop and their colleague allegedly assaulted mine workers, threw them in a shaft before robbing them their gold ore in Mazowe.The matter came to light at Bind...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 14:32hrs | 917 | by Simbarashe Sithole
A-Level student struck by lightning
IN a tragic incident that left Mutoko residents shocked, a 20-year-old A-Level student died on the spot after she was struck by a bolt of lightning while on her way from writing an examination....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
UZ student steals father's trailer springs
A 23-YEAR-OLD University of Zimbabwe student allegedly stole his father's trailer springs valued at $43 160 and sold them to his friend.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 09:01hrs | 5047 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chifamba appointed ambassador to US
President Mnangagwa has appointed career diplomat and former ambassador to the European Union, Mr Tadeous Tafirenyika Chifamba, as Zimbabwe's new ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Ch...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:52hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Harare vendor killed by lightning
A HARARE vendor was fatally struck by a bolt of bolt lightning on Tuesday night at Wood farm, Mazowe while selling his products at the farm.Brian Chifamba (31) of Marlborough, Harare died on t...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 16:38hrs | 2240 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VIPs bleed Zesa, parly to probe
PARLIAMENT will next month launch a full-scale investigation into operations at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) with the aim of recovering millions of dollars, which were, according t...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean whizkid (14) enrols at Malawi medical school
TAIDA Mapara, a 14-year-old student from a Harare-based private college, Hilbright Science College, has enrolled for medical studies at the Malawi Medical School after scoring 15 points in the June 20...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 563 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
Zesa boss faces corruption probe
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) - and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata - and which the...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:20hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa boss arrested
Former Zesa Holdings group chief executive, Josh Chifamba, and two other senior officials, were arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on allegations of appointing a city...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:00hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 993 | by Leonard Koni
RMS workers complain over wages backlog
SOME workers at Road Motor Services (RMS) a subsidiary of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) have cried foul that they have not been paid their salaries since March this year when the lockdown was im...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:22hrs | 1196 | by Stephen Jakes
Violent crimes rear ugly head in Matebeleland South
POLICE in Matebeleland South have recorded a case of man who was bludgeoned to death at his estranged wife's Beitbridge home, another of a violent machete attack on a miner in Gwanda and yet another o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
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