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Zimbabwe's ruling elite has no conscience
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elite in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I cannot help wonder how far these people ar...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite will sell their own mothers if they believe can get away with it!
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elitist clique in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I can not help wondering how far th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 10:08hrs | 2354 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We Must all Condemn the Imprisonement of Mthwakazi Activists in Zimbabwe
Greetings to all! As I greet you all, I am saddened by the silence of all our people at the sentencing to long imprisonment of more than three (3) years recently of Mthwakazi activists by Zimb...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:17hrs | 624 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
South Africa flagging fake IDs, passports
The net is closing in on syndicates manufacturing and selling fake South African passports and IDs.Following the arrest of a kingpin who allegedly sold fake IDs and passports, the Department o...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3956 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport 'now a human trafficking hub'
"A lot of things happen here at the airport. It all depends on the money on offer," an immigration official at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport said.In October 2021, Roselyn Dun...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
9 Zimbabweans arrested as police seize R5 million worth of chrome
Eleven suspects have been arrested and a R5 million worth of mining chrome was recovered during a search and seize operation in Witbank on Thursday, 28 April.According to the South African Pol...Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe charges trafficking kingpin
The offer was hard to resist. A life-changing job opportunity in the United Arab Emirates with fully paid flights and visas to Dubai, its most modern capital. A route out of grinding poverty in Zimbab...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:29hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2233 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo responds to reports that he is rejoining ZANU PF
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has refuted reports that he might be rejoining the ruling party ZANU PF as reported by the former Chivi legislator Killer Zivhu on Twitter ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:55hrs | 7088 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'There is room for Thokozani Khupe in CCC' Chamisa lawyer says
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, the CCC President Nelson Chamisa's legal representative, says the newly formed political party is open to welcome MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and former G40 Kingpins to be par...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 10:02hrs | 3180 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere to rejoin ZANU PF' Killer Zivhu says
Controversial former Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu has alleged that former G40 Kingpins Professor Jonathan Moyo, Mandi Chimene, Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere were rejoining ZANU PF. ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 15:18hrs | 7425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa loses key allies as Kasukuwere plots comeback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost the support of some of his key allies including Local Government minister July Moyo who have stood with him throughout his political rise but are now being sideli...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | 11251 | by Staff reporter
'Herbert Gomba arrest; a ploy to embarrass Mnangagwa' Tino Chinyoka says
Former Petrotrade Board Chairperson Tinomudaishe Chinyoka has described the arrest of CCC member and former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba as a ploy by the Zimbabwe Republic Police and the National prosec...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:36hrs | 2981 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa courts Kasukuwere
Citizen Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa is courting the exiled former Zanu PF Commissar and G40 kingpin into his camp as preparations for elections and efforts to remove Emmerson Mnangagwa ...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:46hrs | 7181 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's CCC distances itself from Thokozani Khupe -Welshman Ncube meeting
The Nelson Chamisa-led CCC has distanced itself from the meeting held by CCC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and the MDC-T President Thokazani Khupe brokered by Khupe's ally Abednico Bhebhe. ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:57hrs | 3186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 849 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Kasukuwere shown middle finger by Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa does not need the support of "moonlighting" and "failed" politicians to lead Zanu-PF to a thunderous victory in the upcoming by-elections and in the 2023 harmonised elections as he...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Mudha and nexus of Kwekwe gold terror
AT the time former president Robert Mugabe was deposed in a military coup in November 2017, police were investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over all...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
AUDIO: Shock as Jonathan Moyo divides ZANU PF
In a shocking twist of events senior ZANU PF members from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North are throwing each other under the bus and revealing how and who was working with exiled former G40 kingpin Jona...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 09:34hrs | 11155 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Armed robbery cases increased in 2021
Cases of armed robberies increased countrywide this year with criminals targeting cash-in transit vehicles, individuals and business people with large amounts of cash.Schools and cross-border ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
'US$334k Fawcett robbery staged'
THE case in which US$334 290 was brazenly stolen from a cash-in-transit vehicle between Gweru and Kwekwe last Thursday evening, has taken a new twist with police unearthing evidence linking the Fawcet...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 23:15hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ directs banks to detect currency abusers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to configure their automated transaction systems in order to implement robust mechanisms that detect the abuse of debit cards in facilitating ille...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt ups forex black market fight
GOVERNMENT is implementing a raft of additional measures to curb the illegal trading of forex and the benchmarking of prices using the parallel market rates, Finance and Economic Development Minister ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Forex abusers, money laundering kingpins not deterred by arrests
Foreign currency abusers and money laundering kingpins continue to defy the law despite recent arrests, a situation that has resulted in the eroding of incomes and unnecessary suffering.The ex...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's new Ponzi scheme
FOLLOWING the MDC's dizzying electoral defeats at the hands of Zanu-PF in March 2013 and July 2018, the opposition outfit lost most of its traditional Western funding as donors turned off the funding ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
RBZ takes forex rate war to the streets
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the apex bank will continue its crackdown against black market kingpins to rid the market of delinquent behaviour.In an interview wit...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank panics as exchange rates spiral
MONETARY authorities revised annual inflation targets upwards on Monday before lining up a sea of fresh policy proposals to government, as they scurried to stem a "worrisome" surge in parallel market ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Action, not sideshows can end corruption
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday named nine individuals, which it says are the kingpins of facilitating illegal foreign currency transactions and money-laundering activities in the country....Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso to stage two shows in SA
Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso returns to South Africa for two live performances next month and his management has promised top drawer performances. The October 9 and 10 shows come after earlie...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why are Zimbabwean companies failing to pay taxes?
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) annual report for 2020 released last week confirmed the heavy burden that the country's industries are battling to contain — outstanding taxes are mounting, and ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga in fierce battle to control Masvingo provinces
"Ladies and gentlemen the situation in our country has reached another level…," said the late army General Sibusiso Moyo while addressing the nation during the November 2017 sanitized coup whi...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 18:14hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
'It's not just Loga alone'
Zimbabwean football fraternity has for the past few months been engulfed in a series of debates surrounding the quality of Warriors head coach Zdravko Logarusic who has been making headlines for all t...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF bigwigs hiding behind a finger
Whilst it has been the norm that political parties hold internal elections periodically in a bid to rejuvenate structures and remain up to date, the current and pending ZANU PF district and provincial...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa is nothing without the army as G40 plots Zanu-PF takeover
THE beleaguered Zanu-PF faction under the moniker G40 says it is still alive and planning the takeover of the ruling party ahead of the 2023 polls.Several members of the G40 cabal were hounded...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa lied on police corruption the officers he said are fired are all at work
"False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?" Complaints about lies are nothing new to elections. Zimbabwe must have a Legislation which prohibits certain types of false st...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fleeing ex-convict gunned down
An ex-convict, who had been on the run since 2013 for several cases of attempted murder, theft and assault, was shot and seriously injured by the police after he attempted to jump off a moving vehicle...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day Nelson Chamisa 'won' Zambian elections
Yesterday the world woke up to the news of the confirmation of Zambia's 12, August 2021 elections results. Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader, Hakainde Hichilema had beaten...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
The MDC Alliance's warped view of democracy
Over a week ago, President Mnangagwa launched his biography, "A Life of Sacrifice". As expected, his detractors like journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and self-exiled G40 kingpin, Professor Jonathan ...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mugabe's remains coming home
THE body of the late former CAPS United midfield kingpin, Joe Mugabe, is set to be repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial. Mugabe, who had been based in England since the turn of the millennium, s...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bunjira pays tribute to Mugabe
ALOIS Bunjira has paid an emotional tribute to the late former Caps United kingpin and posterboy Joe Mugabe, describing the former star as a "legend of a man".Mugabe (52) succumbed to cancer y...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers from SA injured in police shootout
FOUR habitual armed robbers operating from South Africa and strongly suspected of being behind a spate of robberies in Zimbabwe targeting cash were on Wednesday night seriously injured following a sho...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 3 | 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 | 37 | by Staff Reporter
G40s Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere, Zhuwao don't exist, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has ruled out any prospects of readmitting vanquished G40 faction kingpins Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Ignatius Chombo, and Patrick Zhuwao as it considers them to be non-existent....Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa abhors cultural erosion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lamented the effects of globalisation on Zimbabwe, saying they were overwhelming local cultures and threatening the lives of youths who were now resorting to dru...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crisis hits Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition... as Vava is accused of employing divide and rule tactics
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) National Director Blessing Vava is under fire from members of the organisation who are accusing him of employing a divide and rule tactics to strengthen his grip on...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere claims credit on new Parliament building
G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the department of communication in the office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa of misleading him on the construction of the new Parliament building in Mt Hamp...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:52hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex abuse scandal erupts at REPS, boarding master on the run
The Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matopo, Matabeleland South, says two young girls were sexually abused by an assistant boarding master who has evaded arrest.In a communication to...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lies have short legs, indeed
In 2019, just a year after the harmonised elections, a 'dead protestor' appeared in the dock.Yes, a 'dead' one.The MDC Alliance and some non-governmental organisations played God and c...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Blessings Chidakwa
G40 resorts to voodoo conspiracies
When the weekly Standard newspaper published a story on 2 May 2021 to the effect that a Zvimba villager, Tinos Manovengere, was not happy with the burial of former President Robert Mugabe, G40 members...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
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