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Unknown Brigadier-General declared a national hero
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on Brigadier-General Epmarcus Walter Kanhanga (Rtd), who died on Thursday. He was 73.In a statement, the Chief Secretary to...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold deliveries to hit 40 tonnes
STATE-owned gold buyer, Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) is bullish on hitting a 40-tonne gold delivery target in 2023 buoyed by new gold mining projects coming into production as well as continuous polic...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:11hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, police boss escape jail term
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have escaped imprisonment for failing to pay over US$60,000 dues to a police officer who was irregularly fire...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, police cross swords
Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was among 25 CCC members arrested recently for holding a meeting at a private residence in Harare. Picture: Shepherd TozvirevaPolice officers attending training ahead of ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:01hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Gun crime rattles Zimbabwe's security sector
THE sudden spike in gun crimes across the country has pushed the security sector into panic with indications that police have since flooded the streets with detectives expected to sniff out menacing c...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Police protects Minister Kazembe's hitman
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's alleged hitman Isheunesu "Chief Saunyama" Dzimbiti did not show up at Bindura magistrates courts today where he was supposed to answer to threats charges agains...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:10hrs | 2833 | by Paul Ndou
December 27 is also a public holiday in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has a public holiday on 27 December 2022.This was confirmed through GN 2021-851 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND PROHIBITION OF BUSINESS ACT FOR 2022, published Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 16:16hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China renew extradition treaty
Zimbabwe and China have renewed their extradition treaty with effect from Dec. 23, 2022, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe has said.The two countries first signed the...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:17hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers, sex offenders kept Zimbabwe police busy in 2022
ARMED robberies and child sexual abuse cases dominated criminal cases handled by the police in 2022, it has emerged.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said while an official annual report was sti...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:16hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe dragged into council graft scandal
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been accused of influencing the return into office of two Mvurwi council officials suspended for alleged corruption.Town secretary Sherry Nyakudya and...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:13hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been sued over their arbitrary ban on a demonstration against the looting of diamonds in Marange and failure b...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officer faces grim prospect of his pay being garnished for torturing civilian
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer could soon have his monthly salary garnished to pay up ZW$400,000 damages to a Chitungwiza man, Ednock Dube, who he tortured for violating Covid-19 curfew regu...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Marange villagers take police head-on
CHIADZWA villagers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have sued the police for banning a planned demonstration against the looting of diamonds and human rights abuses perpetrated by State security...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe's visit to UAE surveillance expo ahead of 2023 raises eyebrows
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently dispatched Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe (pictured) to attend a digital surveillance event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid indications that the Zim...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa back home from AU Extra-Ordinary Heads of States Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived back home after attending a high-level African Union (AU) Extra-Ordinary Heads of States Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Transformation that was held in Niamey...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 12:17hrs | 640 | by Staff Reporter
Widows4ED wants Mnangagwa to fire Harare provincial coordinator
WIDOWS for Economic Development (Widows4ED) has written a scathing letter advising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti, who they accused of ar...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each
THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to train security guards
Private security guards will soon undergo basic formal levels of training by the police, as Government upgrades the industry following a recent rise in robberies through a review of the Private Invest...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Smart traffic management system long overdue
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has made interesting points about a mooted smart traffic management project for Harare, a pilot project which simply showed that most drivers on our roads do not ...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mistrust dividing Zimbabwe, claims Commonwealth team
THE Commonwealth assessment team, currently in Harare, has noted deep-seated polarisation in the country emanating from "mistrust" and implored the media to play a part in uniting the nation.A...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Equip Zimbabwe police to do their job well
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told us this week that crime, particularly armed robbery, in Zimbabwe had now reached colossal levels that it is bordering on being a real national security threa...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Armed robberies shoot up in Zimbabwe
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the sharp increase in the crime rate is a national security threat that is also scaring away potential foreign investors.Kazembe was speaki...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Minister of Home Affairs promotes fraud suspect
Home Affairs Minister and ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province chairperson Kazembe Kazembe last week promoted Former Cottco boss Maxwell Njanj...Published: 12 Nov 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1759 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt sweats over armed robberies
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that armed robberies are now a menace, saying there is need for re-training of police officers to deal with the scourge before it spirals out of control.Speaking ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Musanhi popularity surges
Mashonaland Central Zanu PF Central Committee member Kenneth Musanhi is set to assert himself as the provincial ruling party godfather in the province after edging Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazemb...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 11:27hrs | 2197 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police pays ZW$1 million compensation to victim of 2018 shooting
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has paid ZW$1 million compensation to a man who was shot and injured by a constable in 2018, two years after the case was brought to the courts by the Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Intense jockeying for Zanu-PF youth post
THERE is intense jockeying among Zanu-PF members for the vacant secretary for youth affairs with President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly keeping his cards close to his chest on who to select.....Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist relives Harare Remand Prison aftereffects
CITIZENS Coalition for Change activist Phineas Nyambi is being haunted by his month-long detention at Harare Remand Prison three years ago. He claims to be suffering from hallucinations and forgetfuln...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:28hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in tough Zanu-PF balancing act
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have pacified his deputy Constantino Chiwenga by picking some of his close lieutenants into the central committee to stop factionalism.There was specula...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:57hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda fights in CCC's Jasmine Toffa's corner?
As a political analyst I enjoy following debate and discussions in Parliament. I was perplexed by the events in Parliament last week when the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda exercised his authorit...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:54hrs | 938 | by Regis Charehwa
Zimbabwe fails to process IDs, birth certificates for over 2 months
CITIZENS wishing to obtain birth certificates and national identity cards (IDs) have endured two months of travelling back and forth to the Registrar General's (RG) offices nationwide, only to be info...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs in near fist fight
THERE was chaos in Parliament yesterday with legislators almost exchanging blows after Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe claimed that reports of political violence were "lies".Opposition M...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 3678 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'agonises' over Zanu-PF youth leader
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly agonising over the appointment of a new Zanu-PF youth leader to drum up support for the ruling party ahead of the 2023 polls.Mnangagwa was expected t...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 6264 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'embarrassed' at Zanu-PF elective congress?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was reportedly "embarrassed" at last week's Zanu-PF elective congress after delegates from Mashonaland Central province protested over their provincial chairperson Kazembe...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 4588 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central boycotts Mnangagwa's re-election?
ZANU PF National Chairperson has reportedly lamented indiscipline displayed by some elements from Mashonaland Central delegates who abandoned their bay and Congress for personal business on Frid...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 08:32hrs | 12778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tough time ahead for 'zvakarongeka' Ncube
EARLY last year Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube made the infamous statement "zvakarongeka", loosely translating to "all is in order" as far as the country's financial reserves ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Zimbabwe army barracks
MORALE has reportedly hit rock-bottom in the army as the country's soldiers wallow in poverty and are having to make do with inadequate rations and uniforms, NewsDay can report.This was reveal...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers fed isitshwala and beans, publicly ridiculed
THE dire state of government finances has now come into perspective with Cabinet ministers warning of crisis situations in key security services such as the military and the police as Treasury swung t...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 5970 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Minister Kazembe salutes Macheso
Home Affairs Minister and ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province chairperson Kazembe Kazembe on Saturday praised the King of Sungura Alick Macheso for providing entertainment to a multitude of people at...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 12:29hrs | 1694 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Glendale
Zhemu Soda in factional battles
ZANU PF Muzarabani District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Chairperson Zhemu Soda is being accused of trying to co-opt a party member who is not...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 1334 | by Paul Ndou
AMH journalists demand US50,000 illegal detention
TWO ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) journalists Blessing Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi have filed a US$50 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazambe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matan...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police call for political stability
The police want a peaceful general election next year and in the aftermath of a violent confrontation in Matobo on Sunday have called on all political parties to act responsibly and desist from perpet...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Row erupts in Zimbabwe parliament
A ROW erupted in Parliament Wednesday after Justice minister and leader of government business Ziyambi Ziyambi accused opposition members of causing "unnecessary tensions in the house" by bringing up ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says to allow online betting
Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government has set plans to amend the Lotteries and Gaming Act to allow for the money spinning online betting, a world industry which comes with lucrative revenues.The...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
'Mashonaland politicians using Gukurahundi atrocities for mileage'
PRESIDENT EMMERSON Mnangagwa has accused unnamed political parties of weaponising the Gukurahundi atrocities in a bid to get political mileage.He was speaking at the launch of the Gukurahundi ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:22hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's absence from Parliament irks opposition MPs
VICE President and Health Minister, Constantino Chiwenga's absence from Parliament has been questioned by opposition MPs.During the question and answer session Wednesday, Citizens' Coalition f...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers 'rob' client
FIVE sex workers plying their trade in Harare's Avenues red-light district have been charged with robbery after they reportedly accused their client of messing their sheets and forced him to pay US$80...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Woman demands US$510,000 from Zimbabwe police
A HARARE vendor, Patricia Dengezi is demanding US$510 000 from the police after her one-year-old son was fatally crushed by a commuter omnibus that was fleeing from cops in 2017.Dengezi was al...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
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