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Cyclone Idai donations 'looting' soldiers freed
THREE soldiers that were nabbed after allegedly looting Cyclone Idai donations have each been released on $500 bail.High Court judge Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba ordered the trio to report thrice a ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:11hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 4390 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning suspect arrested on shopping spree
A Chitungwiza woman appeared in court yesterday for allegedly duping Pastel Paints Manufacturer of over $1 800 by using a cloned card. Vongai Majoko (40) appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers arrested over Cyclone Idai aid
AFTER weeks of frenzied speculation, some members of the military have finally been exposed for allegedly looting goods donated to survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai which left a trail of dest...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3452 | by Staff reporter
Thieves besiege Beitbridge border post warehouse
THIEVES have besieged the burnt State warehouse at Beitbridge Border Post where they are targeting mostly copper cables and related products still trapped under the debris, it has emerged. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders vs CAPS United - LIVE Updates
Highlanders 0 - 0 CAPS United90+2' Domica Chungwa mops home a rebound but the goal is waved for an offside.90' Free-kick to CAPS United, Musarurwa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:39hrs | 3331 | by Staff reporter
Umalayitsha wins battle to recover impounded car
THE High Court has ordered police to release a South African registered kombi belonging to an umalayitsha which was impounded last year after it was found carrying a carcass of an alleged stolen beast...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean driver battles for life after fresh SA xenophobic attacks
A ZIMBABWEAN truck driver is battling for life at a hospital in Durban, KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa after he was caught up in suspected fresh xenophobic attacks in the neighbouring country....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
11 in court for smuggling
ELEVEN PEOPLE have appeared before a Mutare magistrate in connection with smuggling of goods from Mozambique following an incident in which a bus carrying more than 400 packs of Coca Cola drinks was i...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals car at police station
A POLICE officer based in Gokwe has been arrested after he tried to drive out a car that was kept at a police station as exhibit.Brighton Sebata (25) based at Gokwe Police Station last week ap...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:26hrs | 2112 | by Staff reporter
Cops intercept smuggled energy drinks
Police detectives have intercepted a large consignment of smuggled goods including livestock products and 27 tonnes of a banned energy drink.Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, chief v...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Bus impounded over smuggling
A web of corrupt officials involving Zimra, Immigration and security personnel at Forbes Border Post in Mutare is under investigation after a bus carrying more than 400 packs smuggled Coca Cola drinks...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:32hrs | 6213 | by Staff reporter
Unregistered cars can no longer buy fuel
POLICE have engaged the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to ensure that vehicles without registration numbers do not fill up at fuel service stations following an upsurge in crimes committe...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 09:17hrs | 3884 | by Staff reporter
Injiva wins $5,000 lawsuit against Cain Mathema
THE High Court has ordered Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema and three police detectives to pay an injiva US$5 000 as compensation following his unlawful arrest and detent...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver shot dead by police while avoiding paying $4 tollgate fee
A man was shot dead by a police officer while trying to avoid a tollgate in Harare.The incident, at around 8PM on Monday night, took place at the Skyline tollgate just after the Mbudzi roundab...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 9115 | by ZimLive
Government speaks on latest internet shutdown
The government has informed the nation that it is not responsible for the latest shutdown on internet services that was experienced on Monday throughout the country.Deputy government spokesper...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | 12234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra official arrested over chrome ore smuggling scam
A MUTARE-BASED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly attempted to facilitate the smuggling of a truckload of chrome ore to Mozambique.Gerald Kad...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora remittances drop
DIASPORA remittances into Zimbabwe dropped by 11,4 percent in 2018 to $619, 2 million from $699 million received in the prior year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said. Diaspora remitt...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2468 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar returns'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has effectively brought back the local currency after denoting the existing electronic balances, bond notes and coins in circulation as real time gross settlement (R...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of consensus fomented govt ructions, discord'
OF late, there have been contradictory statements coming out of the Information ministry and other government departments regarding various programmes and policy issues. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Ev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Salad cream intercepted at border
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have intercepted 21 tonnes of salad cream worth R470 000 being smuggled from South Africa to Harare. The Hash Logistics Truck was intercepted by the Ferre...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:09hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Is the 'Croc' all talk and no bite?
The first few weeks of the year in Zimbabwe have been quite eventful, for lack of a better word. We have gone through a national shutdown, where the country was temporarily sent back to the Stone Age,...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2661 | by Thabani Mnyama
Chiyangwa won says court
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Dr Philip Chiyangwa as the legitimate legislator for Zvimba South, putting to rest rigging allegations by the losing MDC-Alliance candidate. Justice Joseph Mu...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa government dogged by mistrust
A cloud of mistrust has reportedly engulfed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as emerging details allege that some ZANU PF members participated in the protests that turned violent to sab...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:42hrs | 6315 | by Alistair Nyakudya
Armed robbers on the loose
Police have launched a manhunt for 15 armed robbers who are masquerading as members of the uniformed forces after stealing uniforms from law enforcement agencies and soldiers, the Daily News reported....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:37hrs | 2115 | by Staff reporter
Poacher shot, jailed 2 years
Suspected poacher Life Shoko (29), from Kambanjo in Gokwe, who was intercepted and shot by rangers while poaching at the Bubye Valley Conservancy in Beitbridge last year, has been slapped with an effe...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate busted after 65 felonies
A ROBBERY syndicate from Lower Gweru has been busted after racking up 65 felonies in the Midlands Province last year.Knowledge Nkomo (26), Hlonipani Sibanda (28) and Jabulani Sibanda (35) appe...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't hesitate shutting down Internet again
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi yesterday warned that government would not hesitate to shut down the Internet again if need arises and claimed Zimbabwean...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa justifies Internet shutdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the blockade on Internet connections and social media services imposed during violent protests against the 150 percent fuel price hike does not mean he was intole...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | 3063 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Educated criminals causing headache, says police chief
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday said criminals were becoming sophisticated as they were educated and came from families grounded in sound social ethos. Speaking at t...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 23:58hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
High Court ruling on Internet hailed
Information, communication and technology activists have welcomed the High Court's decision to have the Internet restored saying its shutdown violated the rights of millions of Zimbabweans.Gov...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:54hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Biti dodges court, issued with arrest warrant
TOP MDC politician, Tendai Biti was on Monday issued with a warrant of arrest after he was nowhere to be found for trial continuation in a case in which he is being accused of violating the country's ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3169 | by newzimbabwe
MDC MPs, 21 others denied bail
MDC Alliance Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chiminya will spend another week in remand prison as police intensify a manhunt for two witnesses who allegedly fled after being intimidated by unknown people be...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
MNOs restore full Internet services
THE High Court in Harare yesterday ruled that National Security Minister Owen Ncube had no authority to order a shutdown of Internet services. Service providers immediately restored services. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:04hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Court rules that blocking internet is illegal
The High Court has on Monday ruled that Minister of State Security in the office of the President Owen Mudha Ncube does not have the authority to issue any directives regarding the shutdown of I...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | 11582 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anonymous takes down Zimbabwe govt websites
GLOBAL hacktivist collective, Anonymous, hacked and took off-line several Zimbabwe government websites on Saturday.The ‘cyber freedom fighters' confirmed that they had joined the internation...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 11545 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 338 | by Tawanda Majoni
Soldiers warn organisers of last week's demonstrations
The country's security services have sternly warned organisers of last week's violent demonstrations against urging their allies to continue with their destructive plans this week, and has assured mem...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over Internet blackout
Two civic society organisations have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court following a government decision to completely shut down the Internet twice in a week, following a three-day ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 7933 | by Staff reporter
Legality of blocking the Internet simplified
TODAY, we discuss the legality of the recent shock total blockade of the Internet and subsequent limitation of service to the exclusion of social media sites Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter, a...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 674 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Police recover looted goods, culprits in court
POLICE in Bulawayo recovered property and groceries worth thousands of dollars in Entumbane suburb that were looted by violent demonstrators. The recovered goods include stoves, refrigerators,...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:20hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
The case for the internet shutdown
The bygone violent and destructive protest stay away in most urban centres of Zimbabwe which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week triggered an internet shutdown since Tuesday morning. This was on th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:33hrs | 1830 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Murder accused Zanu-PF youth leader 'freed on Chiwenga orders'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga ordered police to release and apologise to Godwin Gomwe, the Zanu-PF Youth League chairman for Harare, after he was arrested over the shooting deaths of two peopl...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:16hrs | 8215 | by ZimLive
'Overwhelming demand cuts off Zimbabwe internet'
Deputy information minister Energy Mutodi has denied that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration ordered the first internet blockade, clumsily claiming on national television that inte...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:19hrs | 7529 | by Staff reporter
'Internet shutdown draconian'
Information, Communication and Technology activists have blasted government for shutting down the Internet saying the arbitrary action was ultra vires the constitutionally enshrined right to informati...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe restores internet connectivity
Mobile networks and internet service providers in Zimbabwe have restored internet connectivity after a blackout that lasted more than 24 hours, ...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:29hrs | 6689 | by Staff reporter
Time to confront bloodsuckers wherever and whenever
THAT things could be on the verge of boiling over is not an overstatement, but for the "big boys" these are the best of times as they are making a killing.But it should be pointed out from the...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | 386 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe bird smuggler caught with 19 rare eggs at Heathrow
THE self-proclaimed "Pablo Escobar of the falcon egg trade" is facing another lengthy jail sentence after being caught at Heathrow airport with a stash of 19 rare eggs strapped to his chest.Je...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 13:23hrs | 3430 | by The Telegraph (UK)
Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe on the rise
Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe has risen as criminal networks groom mules to smuggle packets of hard drugs into the country, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and ZRP CID drugs and narc...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:08hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
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