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2-year jail term for stealing Chiwenga wife's phones
A Harare man, Succeed Mukaro, has been sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully entering and stealing mobile phones valued at over US$15,000 from a shop reportedly owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:47hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Church secretary in court for US$21k theft
Chipo Molly Machokonera (40), the administration secretary of Apostolic Faith Mission's (AFM) Shalom Assembly in Westlea, Harare, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday, facing charges o...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:18hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Harare police round-up over 22 child street beggars
Police rounded up 22 children who were begging on Harare's streets and handed them over to the department of social welfare.Police carried out an operation in response to a viral social media ...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 21:21hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Harare police round-up over 22 child street beggars
Police rounded up 22 children who were begging on Harare's streets and handed them over to the department of social welfare.Police carried out an operation in response to a viral social media ...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 15:37hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Huge fire consumes Harare shopping mall
A devastating fire broke out last night at a shopping mall located at the corner of Julius Nyerere and Speke Avenue, opposite Joina City, leaving many people counting losses after goods worth thousand...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
TM Pick n Pay sued US$30,000 by customer
TM Pick n Pay Joina City is facing a US$30,000 lawsuit from Victoria Falls resident Farai Chakawa, who is seeking damages for his wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution on baseless allegations of p...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top retailer slapped with us$30 000 lawsuit over abuse of customer
A TOP Zimbabwean retailer has been slapped with a US$ 30,000 lawsuit by a man, who is demanding payment of damages as compensation for causing his unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution over unfoun...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:10hrs | 25 | by Stephen Jakes
Man sues Zimbabwe police over unlawful arrest
A HARARE man is suing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over unlawful arrest after he was detained for two nights for buying whisky at a local supermarket.Acco...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for director over US$102,000 vehicle scam
Police have launched a manhunt for a company director who duped at least 17 people of over US$102 000 in January and February this year after fooling them into believing that his company could facilit...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe citizens less willing to embrace new street names
FOR the one-year period he has been selling wooden utensils in Harare's central business district, Blessing Magocha (35) has been using popular buildings and landmarks as a meeting point with his clie...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP in court for rape
A former member of parliament for Kambuzuma, Tinashe Maduza, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drugging, sexually assaulting and robbing one of his former employees and later for kidnapping hi...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
HIV positive rapist nabbed
A 21-year-old Domboshava man, Goodwill Mhandu has been arrested under the charges of a series of robberies and rape crimes. According to State papers, Mhandu also tested positive for HIV.T...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 17:37hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Mahere affair with married man allegations take a new twist
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has threatened to sue online publication Kukurigo if it does not retract an article alleging she is having an affair with top businessma...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Shopping mall craze grips Zimbabwe
THERE is no doubt that locals are innovative.However, novel ideas and trends often progressively lead to a bandwagon, where everyone wants to get in on the action.Once someone starts a...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Employee defrauds Econet of $4 million
An Econet Zimbabwe sales consultant, who was stationed at Joina City in Harare's city centre, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of duping his employer of nearly $4 mill...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 13 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Biti's dealings under ZACC investigation, says Gutu
MDC-T Vice President, Obert Gutu, has come out guns blazing alleging that millions of public funds disappeared in the now collapsed Interfin Bank under the watch of loudmouth, Tendai Biti who was the ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:44hrs | | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Zimnat holds march to mark launch of USD funeral plan
Zimnat Life Assurance on Friday marked the launch of its Gadziriro/ Lungiselelo United States dollars funeral policy with a march from Zimnat House to Joina City in Harare, generating considerable exc...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter ready to prove her mettle
All roads lead to Andy Miller Hall tomorrow where Selmor Mtukudzi will test her capacity in a mission to fill the gap that her late father Oliver Mtukudzi left. Many people have been talking a...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe the way forward
Good Evening my fellow Zimbabweans, I would firstly like to offer my condolences to the bereaved families and offer some words of encouragement to the victims of cyclone Idai that affected the...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Terence Simbi
Masawara Group hands over relief packs for 500 families
Companies in the Masawara Group on Friday (22 March) handed over relief packs to Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Sekai Nzenza and Deputy Local Government, Public Works and National ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses rejects bond note
PANICKY retailers and suppliers yesterday started rejecting the surrogate bond note currency or electronic transfers after its value collapsed on Zimbabwe's active black market, demanding, instead, to...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia o lose its planes and office equipment to a Zimbabwean
AIR Namibia (Proprietary) Limited is set to lose its planes and office equipment to a Zimbabwean national after dismissal of its application for stay of execution on a July judgment by the High Court ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat launches innovative billboard campaign
Zimnat has launched an innovative advertising campaign to let people know some of the ways in which it can make their life better, through the customer friendly insurance and finance services it offer...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt goes after businesses as cash crisis gnaws
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has threatened to go after businesses that do not bank cash proceeds as well as financial institutions that allegedly channel cash into the informal sect...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti in $30 million NSSA scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday indicated that it was keen to interview Finance Minister during the Government of National Unity era Tendai Biti over allegations that he instructed t...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia's planes to be impounded over $1m lawsuit
High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has issued a court order, authorising the Sheriff or his Deputy to impound Air Namibia's planes and attach office equipment at Joina City in Harare, pending an...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Block chain can solve social media's biggest problems
AS a follow up to my recent article about fake news on social media, this piece sheds light on the block chain technology and how it could be just what the doctor ordered.To those who do not k...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 14:19hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Cable cars for Harare CBD
Yesteryears, the late former Minister of Transport Hon. Enos Chikowore had suggested digging a canal to Chitungwiza to ease the transport problems associated with commuting from the dormitory town. ...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
The day Zimbabweans found their voice
SIRENS, music blaring from cars and people moving in groups and absorbed in animated debates brought Harare to life yesterday.The numbers kept swelling as citizens poured onto the streets and ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Thieving vendors' denied bail
Four vendors who were arrested during Operation Restore Order after looting 48 cellphones were denied bail when they appeared in court yesterday.David Mazibiye, 41, Tinashe Mbofana, 24, Maxwel...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 12:53hrs | | 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
September date for MDC-T activist
The MDC-T activist who allegedly stoned a Zimbabwe National Defence College bus at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Angwa Street near the party's Harvest House headquarters will know his ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T activist arrested for stoning army bus
Police have arrested an MDC-T activist for allegedly stoning a Zimbabwe National Defence College bus at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Angwa Street, near the party's Harvest House headq...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash crisis escalates
Zimbabwe's prevailing cash crisis has escalated, with queues visible at many banking halls in Harare, a survey has shown.Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has said queues f...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ster-Kinekor plans to open studios in Bulawayo
MOVIE lovers have something to smile about as Ster-Kinekor Zimbabwe is planning to open a branch in Bulawayo.If all goes according to plan, Ster-Kinekor will set up shop at the Rainbow Cinemas...Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Harare mall closes early due to floods
Harare - Joina City forced to close early on Saturday...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 08:42hrs | | by Citizen Journalist
Woman dies in cash queue
A woman died over the weekend after enduring long hours in a queue to withdraw $40 from a bank at Joina City in the Harare central business district.She was in the company of her minor chi...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shoko Festival Ready to Roar
The biggest event on the showbiz calendar this year, Shoko Festival, is ready to roar into life from the 23rd – 25th September. Running on the theme ‘Come Alive' the festival is set to live up to ...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 11:09hrs | 5 | by Chenge Nyagweta
AKA, Winky D to headline massive night of Hip Hop and Dancehall at Shoko 2016
Festival goers are set to have an unforgettable evening on Friday 23rd September at the Shoko Festival opening night as the don of South African hip hop, AKA(driven by G-Taxi) is expected to get...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Mutsvangwa's son up for rape
A Harare man, Neville Mutsvangwa (36), appeared in court on Friday for allegedly raping a 43-year-old woman at an office in Harare. Mutsvangwa, who is the son of Zimbabwe National Liberation W...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Fungai Lupande
Chinese ZTE to open 50 branches in Zimbabwe
Chinese telecoms equipment and handset manufacturer, ZTE is set to open 50 branches in Zimbabwe this year which will also include a technical and repair centre for all its products. In the past ZTE us...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Prophet Makandiwa impersonator gets bail
The court last Friday ordered an 18-year-old man who masqueraded as brother to Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa in order to con a church mate of his car, to bring evidence proving that he is a Form Three pu...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 05:28hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Mafikizolo fly into Zimbabwe tomorrow
Top performers for "Harare Lockdown Concert", Mafikizolo from South Africa and Roberto of Zambia, are expected in the country tomorrow ahead of their show at Harare International Conference Centre tom...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Arts Correspondent
'Jumpsuit got in my bag miraculously,' says thieving model
Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe second princess Mercy Kamanura has told the court that the jumpsuit worth $40 she is accused of stealing from an Edgars store in Harare entered her handbag miraculously. ...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Court Reporter
KFC to splash $17 million on Zimbabwe
KENTUCKY Fried Chicken's local franchise plans to spend over US$17 million on 25 new branches over the next five years on the back of better-than-expected performance at Belgravia and Joina City outle...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Livingstone Marufu
Zimbabweans love Mazda, OK and TelOne - survey
Zimbabweans show that when it comes to price-quality ratio, companies and brands ranging from Mazda, OK and TelOne to Nestlé, Delta and CABS have come out on top in their respective categories in the...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 08:33hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Model arrested for theft
Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe second princess Mercy Kamanura appeared in court yesterday charged with stealing a jumpsuit worth $40 from Edgars. Kamanura (24) of house number 13190 Unit N, Seke in Chitu...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 13:40hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
TelOne rolls out Metro Wifi, service not available in Bulawayo
STATE-owned Telecommunications company, TelOne has rebranded and introduced Metro Wifi Service and Fibre to the Home (FTTH) services.The new product will see the price of 100 megabits per ...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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