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Top official goes AWOL from Town House
Harare City Council (HCC) top official Mathew Marara has reportedly gone absent without official leave (AWOL), with plans in motion to remove him from the municipality's payroll. Marara, who was accus...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 11:01hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
RioZim faces corporate rescue
A TRADE union has given the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed resources outfit RioZim a seven-day ultimatum to recapitalise and settle outstanding salaries or face administration.In a letter addr...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Zinara after tollgates scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is weeding out corrupt employees following a scandal at toll gates in the Midlands where several employees were allegedly caught stealing fro...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll over 'leaked' national voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has suspended an unspecified number of officials on allegations of leaking a copy of the national voters' roll and sharing the "tampered" document with an unnam...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to acquire a new chopper after scary incidents
GOVERNMENT has set in motion plans to acquire a helicopter for President Emmerson Mnangagwa amid concerns over his security following a spate of hair-raising incidents aboard ageing and unreliable Air...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chopper in hair-raising emergency landing
IN a hair-raising incident which might leave heads rolling at the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential helicopter was dramatically forced into an emergency landing ...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll in Zapu
ZAPU has suspended its mobilisation secretary Derek Katsenga, accusing him of fuelling tribalism and factionalism.Katsenga' suspension came shortly after two other party executives, Nkosikhona...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Matapi cop shop over Covid-19 super spreader New Year Eve gig
Zimbabwe Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has suspended four police officers for failing to stop an illegal New Year's Eve concert in Mbare that violated Covid protocols.The suspende...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc boss vows to tighten screws
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has vowed to step up the fight against corruption.Matanda-Moyo (LMM), who was recently appointed to head the anti-graf...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Dead miners worked for a top polical cartel' Mliswa alleges
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that there is a cartel of politicians who are behind the illegal mining activities that led to the death of miners recently in Mashonaland West....Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 13:27hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
End Zimbabwe sanctions, says Kenyatta
Kenya has joined the list of African states calling on Western powers to lift crippling sanctions on the post-Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday pledged to support ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by The East African
Mnangagwa's worst British nightmare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's quest to re-engage the international community suffered a severe blow this week after his key Western backer Britain expressed support for additional European sanctions ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals targeted for UK sanctions
United Kingdom (UK) minister of Africa Harriett Baldwin has said her country is not considering removing sanctions on Zimbabwe, as it contemplates widening the embargo list to include officials in the...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK to block Harare's Commonwealth return
Britain's minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin says her country supports an extension of EU sanctions against Zimbabwe and will not back its plan to return to the Commonwealth.The frosty relat...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Business Day
May the Executive give us confidence, please!
DearYour Excellence, VPs and government officials please recent revelations regarding your relationship and dealings with one Kudakwashe Tagwirei of Sakunda need an honest and true explanation...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:42hrs | 4 | by Matigari Muchaneta
President's Kariba visit preparations disheartening and reminds people of the old way of doing things
The first resident of our country lands into Kariba in the next week for the historical commissioning of the power supply generation expansion that has happened at the Kariba Power station. His coming...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
Heads roll at ZIMSEC
THE Zimbabwe Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has sent its director and deputy director on leave pending retirement while five others were placed on indefinite leave as the examining board take measures t...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 17:16hrs | 2 | by Davidson Kaiyo
Mnangagwa: The General's Frontman
Someone asked me yesterday, 'Mnangagwa, is he president-original or president-lite?'. He simply wanted to know if Mnangagwa is the one who chose Chiwenga or they mutually agreed that he should come ba...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Fungayi Mukosera
Heads roll at Zimdef, forensic audit called
GOVERNMENT yesterday sent on forced leave the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef ) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Fredrick Mandizvidza, and top management to pave way for a forensic audit at the ...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zodwa and carnival heartbreak
For once, it seemed the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) had hit the right chord by including South African socialite, Zodwa Wabantu on their list of carnival entertainers as excitement in the city ha...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Melissa Mpofu
More heads roll at NetOne
Four more executives at NetOne have been sent on three-month forced leave as it emerged that the Government-owned mobile operator decommissioned new network expansion equipment worth $45 million in or...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Gumbo
Team Lacoste live to die another day?
As the race to succeed the 92 year old president, Robert Mugabe is fast reaching boiling point and fouler, Zimbabweans are yet to witness more heads rolling in the troubled Zanu-PF, since the dice has...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 16:17hrs | 3 | by Godwin Mpakairi Tshetu
Mugabe's dairy hits hard times
President Robert Mugabe's dairy business, Alpha Omega Dairy is reportedly facing viability challenges amid revelations that the company is struggling to supply its products to various retail outle...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Punish unrepentant bosses
As government is busy initiating frantic measures to increase revenue inflows and get the economy back on its feet, a Harare Hospital Chief Executive Officer one Mrs Peggy Zvavamwe, then purchases a U...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Morgan Ngomwa
O-Level examination cheats arrested
POLICE have arrested two men for allegedly writing Monday's O-Level Mathematics Paper 1 Ordinary Level examination, one for his brother and the other for his girlfriend.Bright Dube, 23, who li...Published: 28 Oct 2015 at 05:36hrs | | by Leonard Ncube and Fairness Moyana
Patience paying dividends for Morgan Tsvangirai: 2018
MORGAN RICHARD 'SAVE' TSVANGIRAI IS THE UNDISPUTED leader of the MDC-T, and it is beyond reasonable doubt that he is going to be the next president of Zimbabwe. Patience is a virtue. Through the help ...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 05:28hrs | | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
More heads roll at ZBC
More heads reportedly rolled at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) yesterday with news bulletins manager John Gambanga and Jacob Phiri being shown the exit door 24 hours after the State b...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
King Goodwill Zwelithini is out of order
It is with such a heavy heart that I read the King's sentiments. Not only are his sentiments misplaced, but they are treasonous. These sentiments on mass media forums are a coup de tat to the spirit o...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 16:40hrs | 4 | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Heads roll at Steward Bank
Econet Wireless-linked banking institution, Steward Bank, has suspended two senior managers in ongoing investigations over fraud. The development comes barely two months after former CE, K...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 09:33hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Vacancy: Zanu-PF seeks Daniel - ideal job for Morgan Tsvangirai
WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT are good gifts that come from God. In the Robert Mugabe controlled Zanu Pf and Zimbabwe ruins, there is a vacancy as they seek a Daniel to interpret the long forgotten dream of...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 08:49hrs | | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
More heads roll in Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairperson, Luke Mushore, an executive member, Kennetth Musanhi and the Women's League Chairperson, Dorothy Mashonganyika have been suspended for gross incompet...Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 20:58hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa be king?
Its quite obvious to some of us that President Mugabe had no clue on the potential of this country when we inherited it from Ian Smith.A couple of months back, I conjectured that Emerson Mnan...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 08:23hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Ministers' jobs on the line
PRESSURE is mounting on President Robert Mugabe to restructure his administration as a barrage of complaints against a number of his ministers are showering in from various directions in developments...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents call on Minister to probe Gwanda Zintec Corruption
Residents of Gwanda are calling on the Matabeleland South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Mr Abednico Ncube to urgently prope corruption allegations raised against the Gwanda Zintec Colle...Published: 30 May 2014 at 18:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF should admit failure,' says Zapu
The Dumiso Dabengwa- led Zapu says Zanu-PF should admit failure in their governing strategies which has seen the country sliding back to the 2008 era where the economy was totally grounded....Published: 09 Feb 2014 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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