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Harare's 'cursed' office
The office of the Town Clerk at Harare City Council has long been mired in controversy, corruption scandals, and political infighting, leading to widespread mismanagement and plunder of council resour...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Pokello reacts to Chombo's death hoax
Zimbabwean socialite and entrepreneur Pokello Nare has dismissed false reports circulating on social media claiming that her stepfather, former cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, has died.On We...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:48hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
Chombo is not dead
Former Minister of Finance Ignatius Chombo is alive and in good health, contrary to widespread rumours circulating on social media claiming he had died of prostate cancer. The clarification came from ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:48hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Ultimate Survivor: The nine lives of Wadyajena
JUST a few months ago, it looked almost certain that factional wars in Zanu PF had buried Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Yet, Mayor's detractors, especially in his turbulent Midlands Province, ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 20:02hrs | 929 | by Paul Ndou
Chombo appeals High Court farm ruling
Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling that dismissed his petition to halt the Government's reduction of his 3,099-hectare ...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chombo loses court challenge
Former cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo has lost his bid to prevent Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka from subdividing his Allan Grange Farm in Zvimba, which spans over 3,000 hectares, to accommodat...Published: 21 May 2024 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Who is protecting Henrieta Rushwaya?
Zimbabwe is in a state of disaster where the leaders are caught in a web of corruption, putting the young people and the next generation into a hopeless future of wallowing in abject poverty wit...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:21hrs | 17 | by Leonard Koni
Ignatius Chombo readmitted back to Zanu-PF
Notable figures who have bounced back are former Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Ignatius Chombo, Killer Zivhu, Robert Nyemudzo, and Petronella Kagonye, among others.Zanu-PF Secretary-...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo seeks re-admission into Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF Politburo member and Secretary for Administration, Dr. Ignatius Chombo, has had his request for re-admission into the party accepted by the Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Comm...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt threatens to take over councils
The government has issued a warning to local authorities that fail to fulfill their mandates, threatening to reintroduce commissions to oversee their operations.Harare Provincial Affairs and D...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's corruption charges vanishes
Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, who was facing a slew of corruption, fraud and criminal abuse of office charges, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after the State withdrew all his cases....Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala detention, a serious violation of rights'
HUMAN rights defenders have expressed concern over alleged weaponisation of the police, Judiciary and prison services, citing the continued detention of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator ...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign organisations petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
A RECORD 18 civil society organisations from different parts of the world have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and key figures in his government over the growing trend of judicial persecution ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor prepares for life outside council
BULAWAYO mayor councillor Solomon Nguni is preparing for life outside council as he has already requested to purchase the mayoral pool vehicle at a give-away price of US$16 494 as his exit package....Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe divorce, yet another Damascene moment for the republic
The world is not for honest people. I am convinced. Those who toil, break a sweat in various endeavours to make an honest living a...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:22hrs | 62 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Ngarivhume jailing sends shock waves
Six years ago President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to transform Zimbabwe's politics, which he said "had become poisoned, rancorous and polarising".After being sworn in to replace long time ru...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
It's time for political gimmicks
As we draw near the 2023 elections we have so far witnessed the propaganda mill machines conveying cheap political gimmicks for example the recently launc...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
State withdraws another fraud case against Chombo
The State has withdrawn another case of corruption against former Cabinet minister, Ignatius Chombo, because of lack of evidence.Three other cases against Chombo that were investigated by the ...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Chombo not yet a free man'
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo is far from being a free man as two more corruption related charges are still pending at the Harare Magistrates Court despite the State's withdrawal of his frau...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Catch and release: Chombo charges withdrawn
THE State has today withdrawn charges against former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo who was accused of misappropriating a $14 billion Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Capital Expenditure loan which was mean...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Generals will not salute Chamisa' said Chombo. How carelessly he speaks treason, name them
"Chamisa himself knows he is too small to be saluted by these men of war. These generals are waiting for their turn on the presidency and this can only happen when Zanu PF is in power, so even if Zanu...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:02hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Army Generals will not salute Chamisa' Chombo says
Former G40 Kingpin Ignatius Chombo has warned CCC leader Nelson Chamisa that the army Generals were not going to salute him and would never allow the ruling party ZANU PF to lose power. In a T...Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 15:51hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa's 13-year-old daughter listed on US sanctions
When the United States announced the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son earlier this month, it also revealed the names of 17 individuals who had been removed from the list of Specially ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accuse the US of 'barbarism and cowardice'
Zanu-PF has accused the United States (US) of "barbarism and cowardice" after Washington added President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Junior, three individuals and two business entities on its sanctions ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sings praises of Grace Mugabe
Former G40 kIngpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has showered praises on the former First Lady Grace Mugabe for assisting him and his colleagues to flee assassination in 2017 when they lost power to the Gen...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:16hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF desperately needs succession planning
AT least 3 500 delegates attended the just ended Zanu-PF congress in Harare, which overwhelmingly endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy ahead of next year's general elections.But w...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:56hrs | | by Evans Mathanda
Resurrection of G40 rocks Zanu-PF
Around 2016, serious ructions opened up in the ruling Zanu-PF then led by veteran Machiavellian politician Robert Mugabe with two factions wrestling to control the party in the event that Mugabe disen...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's path to power
6 November 2017 - President Robert Mugabe dismisses his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from government;8 November 2017 - Zanu-PF expels Mnangagwa from the party. Mnangagwa goes into self-imposed ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Musengezi finds company in Mnangagwa challenge
ACADEMIC and Friends of Shabani, Mashava Mine Trust member Tichaona Mupasiri on Monday filed an application for a joinder in the case in which Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi is seeking to stop the pa...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge struck off the roll
THE High Court has struck off the roll an application by Zanu-PF activist, Sybeth Musengezi who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy to lead both the ruling party and Zimbabwe....Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo's trial date moved to 2023
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo's trial date on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office has been moved to April 7 next year pending his Constitutional Court application.Chombo, w...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed former labour minister launches freedom bid
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye (pictured), who was slapped with a 36-month jail term in June this year for corruption, has appealed for bail pending appea...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court bid launched to block Zanu-PF congress
IN a fresh audacious bid to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial rise to power through a 2017 coup, Zanu-PF card-carrying member Sybeth Musengezi, also a local businessman, has filed an...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mayor, councillors fume over US$20 monthly allowance
HARARE councillors are seething with anger, describing Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) as inconsiderate and heartless in failing to review the paltry monthly allowances given to city fa...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa did not rape me, says ex-Zanu-PF minister
FORMER Environment and Tourism deputy minister Annastancia Ndlovu, who is now a full-time employee at Zanu-PF headquarters in the party's directorate, has strongly denied reports that she was se...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs deplore top govt officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under fire from senior Zanu-PF officials, including those stationed at party headquarters, who have raised concern over the failure by ruling party officials deployed i...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo gets new lawyers for farm dispute
Veteran lawyer Advocate Tapson Dzvetero is now defending the Government in the commercial civil case in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is trying to stop the Government reducing his 3 09...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister Kagonye jailed 16 months
Former Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye has been sentenced to 16 months imprisonment by Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti.This follows her conviction on ...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 16:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere accused of being arrogant and disrespectful to Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF has shut its doors on exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere, accusing him of being arrogant and disrespectful to party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Kasukuwere fled the count...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Why Mugabe desperately supported Chamisa
IT has emerged that the late former President Robert Mugabe decided to support the then MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 2018 presidential bid after President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly shut the...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ouster plot case takes bizarre twist
A Zanu-PF youth member, who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy after the 2017 military coup, says he is receiving death threats amid a spirited campaign to cause the collapse of ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over corrupt government
REVELATIONS by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that Treasury made foreign direct payments on behalf of 16 government ministries amounting to more than US$300 million without the required parliamentary a...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's trial deferred
THE fraud trial involving former Minister, Ignatius Chombo, in which he is being accused of duping the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of $14 billion, has been deferred to June pending the finalisation of a ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 10:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ZANU PF ally...details emerge
The March 26 by election campaign trail saw a unique picture being taken of Nelson Chamisa of the CCC and a man wearing ZANU PF regalia. Details have emerged that the man identified as Wilimor...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa agents hunt for Jonathan Moyo
From fierce clashes in the Zanu-PF politburo meetings after a bitter political fallout over a hotly contested leadership succession during the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule to resorting t...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chombo trial date moved
THE trial date for former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a criminal abuse of office charge, was yesterday deferred to April 7 as he had another matter at the Constitutional Court....Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
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