Search / Kony
Trial begins for Zimbabwe police shooting
The trial of four men accused of fatally shooting Paul Munakopa in Bulawayo's Hillside suburb four years ago has commenced at the Bulawayo High Court. Munakopa, 34, was shot during a high-speed chase ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:04hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's programme disrupts learning
Business came to a halt at schools across Chikomba District in Mashonaland East province yesterday as both teachers and learners were ordered to attend an event hosted by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:32hrs | 3787 | by Staff reporter
FC Cincinnati sign defender Teenage Hadebe
FC Cincinnati have signed defender Teenage Hadebe to a contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026, the club announced today. Additionally, FCC have traded their natural first round pick ...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:04hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacist in US$260 000 fraud
Douglas Nzombe Chiutsi, a pharmacist based in Mutare, Zimbabwe, is facing serious allegations of embezzlement totaling US$258,708 from his employer, Healthwell pharmacy trading as Clique Pharmacy. Rep...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:25hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Investigating Directorate chickens out of arresting Gwede Mantashe
The Investigating Directorate (ID) has rubbished claims that Gwede Mantashe will be arrested soon.The reports allege that plans are in motion to arrest Mantashe, the country's Minister of Mine...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa has 'lost his grip' on ANC NEC
President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership of the ANC stands on shaky ground after reportedly ‘losing his grip' on the National Executive Committee (NEC).Highly placed sources within the NEC say...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 12:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu rally behind Warriors ahead of Lesotho tie
Former Zimbabwe captain Peter Ndlovu and other football legends visited the Warriors' training base in South Africa to motivate the team ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and South A...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 09:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Wolves forward ineligible for Warriors
Zifa is working tirelessly to assist striker Tawanda Chirewa in obtaining a Zimbabwean passport ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup Group C qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa. Chirewa, o...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's elections body accused of vote rigging
At least 11 disgruntled political parties are demanding a recount of the votes and accusing the IEC and the ANC of vote rigging.The parties have lodged complaints to the IEC saying they have a...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 20:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Teenage Hadebe leaves Turkish side Konyaspor
Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe has confirmed his exit from Tumosan Konyaspor football club in the Turkish Super League.Hadebe, who joined Konyaspor in February on a four-month contract set t...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:55hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zanufication of the ANC on
AS South African general elections approach, the country's governing ANC is increasingly undergoing a further Zanufication process as it openly accepts offers of help from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF wh...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA parties alarmed as ANC enlists Zanu-PF help for election campaign
ZIMBABWEAN state media on Tuesday broke the news that the country's ruling party, Zanu-PF, had been called on by the ANC to assist with its final stretch of campaigning ahead of South Africa's general...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Free Russian fertilizer arrives in Zimbabwe
Over 23,000 metric tons of free Russian potash and NPKS fertilizer has arrived in Zimbabwe, the press service for Uralchem Group reported on Wednesday. The shipment is Uralchem's fifth humanit...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenage Hadebe happy to be back in national team colours
Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe expressed his anticipation for the upcoming Four Nations Cup tournament, set to commence on Thursday in Malawi. The 28-year-old, representing Turkish Super Lea...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man robbed US$1 000 at ATM
TWO men teamed up to rob a man who had just withdrawn US$1 000 from an automated teller machine (ATM).In a statement on X,the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said: "The Court...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: President Mnangagwa honours best performing public official
In a prestigious ceremony held at the State House in Harare, President Mnangagwa honored the outstanding performance of several key public officials across various sectors. The event, which mark...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 11:16hrs | 18 | by George Tshuma
Chamisa linked faction recalls Tshabangu linked senators from Parliament
Chaos continues in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change following the recall of four senators who were sworn in Tuesday after they were chosen by a faction led by Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti a...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets more free fertilizer from Russia
A ship carrying 23,000 metric tons of fertilizers has reached and fully offloaded at the port city of Beira in Mozambique, Uralchem Group's press service reported on Monday.The fertilizers wil...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenage Hadebe signs for Turkish side Konyaspor
Zimbabwe international defender Teenage Hadebe has joined Turkish top-flight side Konyaspor on a short-term contract until the end of the season.The 28-year-old became a free agent after leavi...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue withdrawal letters for underutilised farms
the Government will soon issue letters of withdrawal to anyone found to have been underutilising farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme, a senior Government official has said.The Land...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already secured five wards ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections after the High Court nullified the nomination of 23 recalled National Assembly and local authority CCC candidates....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins five council wards after CCC fails to field candidates
Zanu-PF has automatically won five council seats in Harare, Chiredzi and Manyame RDC following the disqualification of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Zimbabwean scammer Webinston Jokonya fakes to create new country
In a surprising twist, investigations by this publication and others into the claimed discovery and establishment of the United Republic of Delvin (URD) on Howland Island by Zimbabwean national Dr. We...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 11:21hrs | 207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF eyes Goromonzi South seat
Zanu-PF party leadership in Mashonaland East province has begun mobilising for support in Goromonzi South constituency ahead of a February 3 by-election.The seat is one of the biggest peri-urb...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
6 family members perish in car crash
A pregnant mother, her husband and four of their children travelling from Marymount in Rushinga to Chinhoyi, were among the nine people killed early Monday morning in the head-on collision between two...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners shun Zimbabwe learning institutions
LATEST data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) shows that foreigners no longer prefer to study in the country.A total of 469 752 visitors from abroad entered the country d...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Russian corporation assists Zimbabwe in fighting hunger
Over 23,000 metric tons of bulk potash and NPKS fertilizer intended for Zimbabwe have been fully loaded onto a vessel in the ports of Riga, Latvia, and Ghent, Belgium; the shipment is intended for hum...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Russia ships 23 000t of fertiliser to Zimbabwe
RUSSIA's giant fertiliser manufacturing company, Uralchem Group, is in the process of shipping 23 000 tonnes of humanitarian fertiliser to Zimbabwe to complement the country's efforts to boost food an...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors chase stakeholders before boycotting same meeting
There was drama last week at Chiredzi Town Council Boardroom where the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors chased all stakeholders from a special full council meeting to elect a new town c...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Boycott Israeli goods over blood bath,' says Malema
South Africa's third biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has held a protest outside the Israeli embassy in the capital, Pretoria.Party leader Julius Malema once again calle...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 6 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zanu-PF councillor cries after party loses council chairperson post
A recent incident at Chiredzi Town Council unfolded with unexpected emotions when Charles Njopera, Zanu-PF's ward 4 councilor, found himself in tears after Roger Chikonye of the Citizens Coalition for...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara blasts Mnangagwa
Prominent Zimbabwean academic Professor Arthur Mutambara, who is also former deputy prime minister, has lambasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointing a cabinet stuffed with ethnic cronies, fri...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Respect Zimbabwe's sovereignty'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met the Secretary General of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, Fikile Mbalula, who has been in the country to witness the inauguration ceremony ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makomo Resources back on its feet
HWANGE-based coal miner, Makomo Resources, has resumed operations after securing a contractor.Makomo, once the country's largest coal miner, went under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ANC backs Motsoaledi on Zimbabwean Exemption Permits
The ANC is calling for a change to the ethos that South Africa belongs to all who live in it.It says it supports Home Affairs' decision to end Zimbabwean Exemption Permits.Minister Aar...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 15:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe flags 31 unregistered lawyers
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients.In a not...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aspiring MP in land scam
Zanu-PF's aspiring parliamentary candidate for Goromonzoi South constituency Tinashe Chikonye has been accused of parcelling out State land to home-seekers in Caledonia, claiming the land was his....Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grandsons terrorise woman
An elderly Harare woman has been granted a protection order against her three grandsons, who have been tormenting her for the past two years.Acquisillia Makonyonga from Mufakose told Harare ma...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate convicts CCC councillor without trial
A Chiredzi magistrate who bungled a case of an 'unauthorized' meeting involving a CCC councilor by convicting him at the close of the State case apologised for the error and wrote to the High Court in...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 9 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF legislator jailed for stealing diplomat's fertiliser
Zanu-PF's aspiring Nyanga North legislator Evans Kamombo was yesterday sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing fertiliser worth US$44 075 belonging to Zimbabwe's envoy to Tanzania, Anselem Sany...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Freddy kills 2 people in Zimbabwe
CYCLONE Freddy, which had been anticipated to cause havoc in the country and parts of southern Africa has killed two people and blown off several roofs in Chimanimani and Chipinge, the country's Metro...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies for Cyclone Freddy
Reports from Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Climate Services Centre indicate that the cyclone, which hit Madagascar on Tuesday night, is expected to make landfall in the region, includi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF councillor bashed at graveyard
ZANU PF Mazowe ward 16 councillor Munyaradzi Mutauri was humiliated and bashed at a funeral in Glendale where he wanted to give a speech recently.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrate...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 14:47hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu PF Councillor demands payment for presidential inputs
Villagers in Ward 16, Buhera Central Constituency, are up in arms with their Zanu Pf councillor Thomas Matsenhura who is allegedly demanding payment upfront for one to get Presidential inputs and soci...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 17:16hrs | | by Zebedi Mapuranga/ Simbarashe Sithole
'Zimbabweans are serial plan B people!' Where is plan B if millions are in the dark and starving
"Zimbabwe did not become a failed state overnight. The collapse of the country happened over a period of decades, starting as early as the 1980s," wrote Malaika Mahlatsi in an article circulating in m...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 10:01hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Load More Stories