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Drax saga clouded by mist, says Judge
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday said the infamous Drax International COVID-19 tender scam, which has led to the arrest of Health minister Obadiah Moyo for criminal abuse of office, ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's associate in fresh bid for freedom
DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya who landed in the dock two weeks ago on allegations of lying to the government in order to win a US$60 million coronavirus supplies procurement contrac...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 652 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa associate denied bail
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Delish Nguwaya, facing fraud charges, will languish in remand prison after he was denied bail by Harare magistrate, Vongai Muchuchuti.Muchuchuti ruled Nguwaya is faci...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:37hrs | 772 | by newzimbabwe
New twist to US$60m Covid-19 deal
A company that is at the centre of a US$60 million coronavirus supplies procurement storm, was cleared by permanent secretary in the Finance ministry, George Guvamatanga, lawyers defending its r...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally in court over botched US$42m deal
DELISH Nguwaya, a country representative for Drax Consult SAGL and Drax International (LLC), yesterday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding Government of US$42 million in a botched medicinal...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF plunged into corruption storm
ZANU-PF has once again been plunged into a corruption storm after expelled Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu accused a senior party leader (name supplied) of demanding a US$1,5 million cash induceme...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance senators in trouble for heckling Mnangagwa
CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda has summoned MDC Alliance senators to appear before a Privileges Committee to face disciplinary action for heckling President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the august House...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Police boss fights 90-day civil imprisonment
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has approached the High Court seeking condonation for late filing of opposing papers challenging a 90-day civil imprisonment and reinstatement of a junior fe...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Vendor nabbed for impersonating a soldier
A Harare vendor was arraigned before a Guruve magistrates courts yesterday for impersonating a soldier at a roadblock.Mike Nyahungwe pl...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1863 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
NSSA fires manager
NSSA investment manager, Richard Fusire, has been fired for ill-advice which resulted in the multi-billion State-run pension entity financing a high-risk financial institution to the tune of US$6 mill...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 16:51hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Government officials use Coronavirus to fleece public funds
The Ministry of Finance says it has noted with concern an increase in payment runs requesting for funding for processing of domestic allowances narrated as COVID-19 payments for staff on duty during t...Published: 01 May 2020 at 10:56hrs | 2011 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa arrested for undermining police authority
FIREBRAND independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa was arrested yesterday for undermining the authority of the police.Mliswa was captured on video, which went viral on social media, alle...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:53hrs | 3087 | by Staff reporter
Businessman challenges auctioning of property
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat has approached the High Court challenging the auctioning of his property over a debt of more than US$384 000 that he owes fellow businessman Mr Mohamm...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
ZACC warns public officials
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has confirmed that about 60 percent of cases it was handling were being committed by public officials, and has since urged all civil servants to report c...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Civil servant bus fleet doubles
Another 33 buses were yesterday handed over to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to ferry civil servants, more than doubling its fleet, at a ceremony attended by President Mnangagwa who promised to ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 609 | by Staff reported
GMB driver kills senior citizen
A speeding Grain Marketing Board (GMB) Harare deport driver allegedly hit a cyclist at the 8 kilometer peg along Mvurwi -Kanyemba highway on Sunday...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 20:31hrs | 2592 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiwenga, Mohadi take gospel of cleanliness to Mvurwi, Binga
It was a hive of activity yesterday across the country as citizens took part in the national clean-up campaign, with Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi leading the exercise in Mvurw...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates dismissed case
HIGH Court judges, Justices Charles Hungwe and Neville Wamambo have reinstated the trial of three Harare businessmen who had been acquitted on charges of swindling an investor of US$600 000 in a botch...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bid to keep ‘captured' judges
NATIONAL Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sponsoring a constitutional amendment Bill aimed at granting him powers to appoint local judges so a...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 355 | by newzimbabwe
Steady progress on Robert Gabriel Mugabe Airport
Chinese contractors who are working on the US$153 million expansion of Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) International Airport have completed 96 percent of the foundation, while significant progress has bee...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:20hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Parliamentarians sleeping on duty
It boggles the mind that out of the more than 260 Members of Parliament, it only took Senator Omega Hungwe to advance a motion in Parliament to petition legislators to consider reviewing "O" and "A" L...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 20:29hrs | 848 | by Manuel Nyawo
Fired woman police officer takes Commissioner-General Matanga to court
A JUNIOR female police detective, who was fired for allegedly extorting US$2 250 from a suspected forex dealer following an arrest, has taken Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court for disregard...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda, Hungwe must be charged with treason'
MDC national vice chairperson and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has described his ongoing trial at the High Court on subversion charges as a persecution of democracy, saying the S...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4387 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sugar company Tongaat Hulett to harvest maize
THE harvesting of irrigated maize in Chiredzi grown by Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe in partnership with the Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) is set for next week.The two parties planted 327 hectare...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Delta sued over ex-employee's shares, drinkage vouchers
A FORMER Delta Beverages sales representative, Togara Chikonzo, has taken his ex-employer to the High Court seeking an order compelling the bottling company to pay him compensation for his 5 000 share...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Auxillia fingered in Zanu-PF Masvingo factions
Factionalism in Zanu-PF Masvingo province is getting nastier, with two sparring factions emerging to fight for the spoils of the November 2017 coup which toppled long-ruling tyrant Robert Mugabe....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 4307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judge Hungwe on edge of the bench in Lesotho
Maseru/Harare – When the Lesotho authorities decided to hire foreign judges to steer ongoing high-profile murder trials involving former high-ranking Lesotho Defence Force personnel, little did they...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:00hrs | 279 | by KEISO MOHLOBOLI, NKOSANA DLAMINI, TUMISANG SERAME
Mnangagwa showed wisdom in transforming the party to become user friendly
At the start of the new dispensation comrade Emerson Mnangagwa promised that he would spend a lot of time listening. That's what he has done over the last three years, and that's what he has don...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 20:52hrs | 5447 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Muchinguri - Saviour Kauskuwere merge forces?
Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has been at the centre of faction wars, playing King maker from a distant. In 2004 Oppah Muchinguri was at the centre of the Dinyane debacle which saw her being left out in th...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 12:15hrs | 12389 | by Nicholas Ncube
60 years jail for armed robber cop
A POLICE officer who was part of a five-member gang of armed robbers wailed in court after each of them was handed a 60-year jail term for armed robbery. The cop, Thulani Nkala (38) appeared t...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Three machete wielding Kwekwe robbers nabbed
Three machete wielding Kwekwe robbers were arraigned before a Kwekwe magistrate Story Rushambwa today for allegedly disposing a pedestrian of his mobile phone and ZWL$53.The trio Lovemore Mans...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 13:42hrs | 3405 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Noose hangs over bigwigs as ZACC sharpens its claws
The anti-corruption drive has moved a gear up towards prosecution of individuals fingered in graft, with fresh revelations the Attorney-General's Office is now being ropped in to team up with the Nati...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3146 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa has intel on gold smuggling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that Zimbabwe has lost gold worth US$60 million through a syndicate of businessmen that clandestinely export the precious mineral to Dubai.Mnangagwa m...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:40hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo businessman to lose property
A prominent Bulawayo businessman, who was once arrested for duping a fellow businessman of over US$380 000, is now set to lose vehicles, household property and company shares after the High Court orde...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 08:12hrs | 7485 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman loses property over debt
A BULAWAYO businessman had his property which included three vehicles attached by the Sheriff after he failed to pay a debt of US$384 177 he owed a fellow businessman.The property attached fro...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 3955 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda stokes fire on MDC MPs
SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda yesterday announced a nine-member Privileges Committee made up of eight Zanu PF MPs and one opposition member to investigate MDC Alliance legislators fo...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs face the music for Mnangagwa snub
MDC MPs are at the mercy of their rivals after National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda Tuesday announced an all-Zanu-PF constituted Privileges Committee to investigate contempt of parliament charges e...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:05hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Air traffic controllers down tools
AIR traffic controllers (ATCs) at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare downed tools on Monday citing incapacitation and fatigue, forcing flight delays and cancellations yesterday morn...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to abolish VP post reserved for Ndebeles in Zimbabwe govt?
The toxic politics of tribalism and clanism continues unabated in Zimbabwe as the process of "de- Zezurunisation" and "Karanganisation" of government and all sectors which begun when Mnangagwa (Karang...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:38hrs | 10166 | by Israel Dube
G40 battling to stay relevant
….as they initiate #TysonWabantu media campaign Over the past few days, there has been an upsurge of social media messages presenting self-exiled former Cabinet Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1823 | by Claver Nyuki
Grace Mugabe attacks Mnangagwa?
The escalating row over a farm in Harare's Pomona area, involving Grace Mugabe and a number of land claimants, has now placed the erratic former first lady in the gun-sights of the ruling Zanu-PF. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 14285 | by Staff reporter
Court stops Grace Mugabe farm eviction
Three farmers seeking to evict former president Robert Mugabe's widow from a farm in Mazowe must wait until his estate is registered before pursuing the matter, the Harare High Court ruled on Monday....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 18:11hrs | 10109 | by ZimLive
High Court removes Mugabe case from court roll
The High Court has removed from the court roll a case involving the late former President Robert Mugabe in which three Mazowe farmers are challenging their eviction from Teviotdale Farm in 2009....Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 14:28hrs | 2641 | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare 2-day working week
TEACHERS have declared that they have become so incapacitated financially that they are now only able to work two days per work starting today until government has heeded their demands for a massive s...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance' gang bail deferred
Bail ruling in the case of 11 suspected MDC-Alliance marshals who allegedly assaulted a police officer at a food court in Harare after declaring it a no-go area for police officers was yesterday postp...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:45hrs | 12 | by Staff rpeorter
RBZ bigwigs face arrest
Three Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials face arrest after a committee of Parliament yesterday threatened to prefer contempt charges against them. This came after the RBZ deputy governor...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3924 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's problems mount by the day
Former first lady Grace Mugabe risks losing one of the properties that forms part of her family's sprawling residence in Harare's leafy suburb of Borrowdale - famously referred to as the Blue Roof - f...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 21951 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns of genocide
The health crisis entered a new and deadly phase on Thursday when nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals – the country's biggest referral hospital – walked out of work, joining doctor...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 3354 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF will not be vindictive against ex-G40 members
ZANU PF National political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said it will not be vindictive against its supporters who were previously linked to the vanquished G40 faction during its restructuring of H...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Allow errant Zanu-PF members to reform, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has challenged provincial party executives to afford "errant" members time to reform before expelling them from the party. Addressing th...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
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