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Minister in 'vote-buying' storm
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda allegedly dished out grocery hampers to Zanu-PF women structures in Muzarabani at the weekend in what some party members from the province allege was vote buying for his all...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1672 | by Staff reporter
ZEC raps rigging claims
Allegations of election rigging are normally raised by political parties that would have failed to field agents at polling stations to observe the conduct of polls, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (...Published: 12 hrs ago | 225 | by Staff reporter
LEAD party sues govt over child marriage laws
THE leader of the opposition, Labour Economist Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) party Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and co applicants have taken the government to court in their quest to end child marriage...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:24hrs | 706 | by Stephen Jakes
Police dispute mushikashika claims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has denied that it has been arresting people for boarding kombis not operating under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise.The police made ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 3877 | by Staff reporter
High Court says unvaccinated congregants can attend church
THE High Court yesterday ruled against a Cabinet decision barring unvaccinated congregants from physically attending church services, saying the ban violated citizens' rights and freedoms.Gove...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:07hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Chief Negomo dethroned
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Negomo who made headlines in 2012 after punishing now late Prime Minister and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai with two cows and two sheep for marrying in the sacred month of Novemb...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Birth certificates, passports issuance resumes
THE Registrar General (RG's) Office has reopened to the public after having scaled down operations when the country recorded a spike in Covid-19 infections. Covid-19 cases increased towards the end of...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Musarara, Kazembe called to order
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Politiburo Members (PB) Kenneth Musanhi, Fortune Chasi, Walter Kananga and Munyaradzi Machacha pounced on Mazowe District yest...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 00:51hrs | 1789 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Passengers challenge $2 000 fine
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to block the police from arresting commuters who boarded pirate taxis after failing to ge...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:38hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Politiburo Member crashes Chief Negomo's violence plan
ZANU PF Politiburo member Kenneth Musanhi yesterday doused down flames and threatened party thugs who were threatening to disrupt a peace meeting meant for party chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and his ri...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 17:32hrs | 1719 | by Paul Ndou
Politiburo members descend on Mazowe chaos
ZANU PF politburo members today descend on Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central province to try and douse flames following last week's skirmishes that f...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3580 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF factional fights reach boiling point
Zanu-PF ructions in Mashonaland Central province have reached the boiling point, with two distinct camps brawling for key positions amid reports that two cabinet ministers belonging to one camp are mo...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, RioZim fight over mine
CHEGUTU West legislator Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) has dragged RioZim Ltd (RioZim) to the High Court, accusing the gold producing giant of invading his gold mining claim.Nduna accuses RioZim of fo...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Nduna sues RioZim for invading his mine
CHEGUTU West legislator, Dexter Nduna has taken gold mining conglomerate, RioZim Ltd (RioZim) to court on allegations of invading his Danly mine situated in the mining town.RioZim is being sue...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:09hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
'Land barons hiding behind Mnangagwa's name'
A HARARE resident, Samuel Mutete, has written to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) calling for invest...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Minister frets over new police law
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has expressed reservations about proposed amendments to the Police Act, arguing the police would be severely weakened if the Bill was passed into law in its curre...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official refuses to surrender party vehicle
Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial member Shephard Kararira has allegedly refused to surrender the party's Ford Ranger truck given to him by party chairperson Kazembe Kazembe following his illegal...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes '00' ID code
In a historic move expected to end racial profiling, Government yesterday abolished the "00" code used to identify persons of mixed race, Caucasians and Asians on national identity cards. Pres...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe begs US for talks on sanctions
THE Zimbabwean government has pleaded for a meeting with United States Senate officials, in a bid to push for sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his administration to be lif...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4071 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo waits for death certificates as COVID-19 shuts down RG's office
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over failure by the Registrar-General to issue death certificates after the offices in the city were closed due to COVID-19 infections.Indications are...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi packages imminent
GOVERNMENT will provide social security benefits, among a host of other forms of assistance, to victims of Gukurahundi as part of President Mnangagwa's pledge to find a lasting solution to address pro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa committed to close Gukurahundi issue?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is "committed" to bringing closure to the Gukurahundi issue, the Justice ministry said yesterday as the Zanu-PF leader meets traditional leaders in Matabeleland region tod...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after criminals 'not around him'
Criminals must never be given breathing space to commit offences because that will not only harm people and the society as a whole, but also impede the attainment of national development goals that th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives for Gukurahundi Indaba
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has landed at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo ahead of his meeting with traditional leaders set for tomorrow.The meeting is expected to deliberat...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:28hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns from SADC summit
President Mnangagwa has returned from the 41st Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government that was held in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Head of State and Government touched down at the Rob...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 15:41hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Police face resistance in girl's death probe
Police are facing resistance from the Johanne Marange Apostolic community in Bocha in their investigation of the recent death of a 14-year-old girl, Memory Machaya, at a church shrine, legislators hea...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe grilled over roadblocks, wings clipped
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) yesterday grilled Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also the party's cha...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 19:57hrs | 6229 | by Staff Reporter
ZACC roped in Mashonaland Central dirty politics
RUSHINGA legislator Tendai Nyabani (ZANU) has been summoned by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission today to answer to allegations of a private timber company (Vira Vika) which was reportedly allocated...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 14:52hrs | 694 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 4310 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF in flames
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is battling a raging factional war that threatens to rip it apart.As the fire rages out of control, Patrick Chinamasa, the Zanu-PF acting co...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:04hrs | 3514 | by Staff reporter
Trade unionists file $38m lawsuit for unlawful arrest
NINETEEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders have filed a combined $38 million lawsuit against police for unlawful arrest.According to the summons filed at Mutare High Court, the ...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Jubilation in ZANU PF camp as co-opted members suffer humiliation
There is jubilation in ZANU PF camp Mashonaland Central as Kazembe Kazembe chaired Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) co-opted members suffered humiliation after the commissariat regarded them...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 21:29hrs | 2080 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Landlord removes tenant's eye over US$3 rental arrears
Brian Karemba (40) says he will forever regret the day he rented a room at Gift Kazembe who turned villain and gouged out his eye over US$3 rent arrears.This comes as some landlords are also r...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Musanhi throws weight on Kazembe
ZANU-PF Politburo member Kenneth Musanhi who is the reigning Mashonaland Central most senior man has called on party supporters to respect the incumbent party chairperson Kazembe Kazembe despite the p...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 15:33hrs | 1827 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kazembe Kazembe suffers major defeat
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairman Kazembe Kazembe suffered humiliation after the party's commissariat department reversed his decision to co-opt new members into the Provincial executive...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 6389 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's remains could still be exhumed
THE government is pressing ahead with the construction of a mausoleum for the late former president Robert Mugabe, an indication that his remains could still be exhumed.Close Mugabe family mem...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 4584 | by Staff reporter
Award winning poet drags Kazembe Kasembe, Matanga to court over police brutality
AWARD winning Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube is suing Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner General and five police officers who assaulted him for loitering in January...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
2018 army shooting victim fights for justice
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) employee Zakeo Mutimutema is now partially blind after he sustained facial injuries during the August 1, 2018, electoral violence, which resulted in the gunnin...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:17hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF secretary for security grilled over varakashi's shenanigans
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province secretary for information George Manyame was reportedly grilled by Kazembe Kazembe's chaired Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) held in Bindura on Sunday....Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:02hrs | 1729 | by Simbarashe Sithole
War vets fume over Kazembe's rogue co-options
A fresh war has erupted in Mashonaland Central province after the Zanu PF embattled chairman Kazembe Kazembe allegedly made co-options into the provincial executive structure in a bid to realign his a...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:58hrs | 2606 | by Staff Reporter
BaTonga communities sue for lack of development
HAVING been displaced during the construction of the Kariba Dam and now living at the peripheries of Zimbabwe's largest hydro-electric power project, Kariba, it is only logical that the Batonga people...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:50hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism, regionalism cited in conferment of Zimbabwe National hero status
NATIONAL Assembly members Wednesday gave Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe a torrid time asking him to explain the criteria used by the government in determining who befits the national hero statu...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Passengers appeal against police spikes
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment giving the police powers to use spikes when dealing with errant motorists on the country's roads....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Factional kingpin unmasked
UNDER siege Zanu PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, whose influential position in the party is hanging by a thread has extensively extend...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | 2956 | by Staff Reporter
Forced police transfers triggers anxiety over COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 455 police officers from various Criminal Investigations Department (CID) stations across the country, triggering an outcry.Some members of t...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
IDs shortage to ease
THE GOVERNMENT has enlisted the services of a Lithuanian printing company, Garsu Pasaulis (GP), to produce national identity documents (IDs) to ease current shortages.A progress report present...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga sued $8m for murder
HOME AFFAIRS Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga have been slapped with an $8,5 million lawsuit by a widow of a man who was allegedly murdered by police officers w...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 18:06hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe generals sweat over rampant indiscipline
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 4077 | by Staff reporter
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