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Zimbabwe police arrest traffic cops in the viral video
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced the arrest of two officers following the emergence of a viral social media post showing them accepting bribes from pirate kombis, taxis, and registered...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 13:35hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chivayo promises vehicle rewards to Scotland FC players
Controversial tenderpreneurs Wicknell Chivayo has pledged to reward Mabvuku MP Scott Sakupwanya's team, Scotland FC, with a fleet of vehicles if they secure a win against MP Innocent Benza's Herentals...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mulls Tram System to tackle urban traffic congestion
The Zimbabwean government is embarking on an ambitious project to introduce trams in major cities as a potential long-term solution to chronic traffic congestion. Trams, which are rail cars that opera...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop escapes jail time after assaulting son
A former police officer, Noel Muzenda (39), has avoided a custodial sentence following his conviction for assaulting his 10-year-old son in Eastview. The incident, which was captured on video by conce...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Water woes: Govt bails out Harare, ignores Bulawayo
The Harare City Council is once again receiving emergency support from the Government to address the ongoing water supply crisis affecting the city. The Government's measures include assisting...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:47hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Councillors appointed cronies to Rufaro board
The Commission of Inquiry into governance issues in Harare City Council has uncovered alleged mismanagement by CCC-appointed loyalists at Rufaro Marketing, a company managing 130 premises across the c...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:03hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Scott Sakupwanya in near fistfight with Lloyd Mutasa
In a dramatic turn of events, prominent Zimbabwean businessman and Zanu-PF politician Scott Sakupwanya was reportedly involved in a near altercation with former Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa.The ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 20:41hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Harare man arrested for fatal shooting
A significant development in a four-year-old murder case has led to the arrest of 41-year-old Jealous Samoyo from Kuwadzana 7. Samoyo, taken into custody last week, is suspected of being i...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:59hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Suspected human remains found at Scott Sakupwanya offices
Police have launched an investigation after suspected human remains were uncovered during renovations at the Harare offices of Better Brands, a gold mining and marketing company owned by Mabvuku MP Sc...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 21:32hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
2 more forex dealers jailed
TWO more illegal foreign currency dealers arrested by police, while changing money have been sentenced to effective terms of three months in jail.Kudakwashe Welcome Maketo (24) and Ishmael Mun...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1842 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Minister Garwe sucked into Harare City power struggles
Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe has become entangled in the power struggles within the Harare City Council (HCC), with reports alleging that he has halted the transfer of Fani Machipisa, a seni...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:57hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
King Nadolo parts ways with Yadah FC
King Nadolo has left Yadah Stars to join Scotland FC. The former Highlanders and Dynamos player reportedly accepted a more lucrative contract from the Northern Region Division One side, owned by Mabvu...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:46hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Scottland beat Bosso on Dzingai
Scottland, a title contender in the Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL), has successfully signed former Warriors' defender Jimmy Dzingai, outmaneuvering Premiership giants Highlanders. ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man axes wife to death, commits suicide
In Chikari, Chegutu, a tragic incident unfolded when 40-year-old Watson Musika brutally killed his 32-year-old ex-wife, Shiellah Utete, with an axe. The attack occurred in a bush near Maldon Compound ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Human faeces found in 24 Harare boreholes
Tests conducted between January and June 2024 revealed traces of faecal matter in 24 out of 259 boreholes across several Harare suburbs, including Mbare, Highfield, Glen View, and Budiriro. These bore...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:20hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Intruder beaten to death after attempting to rape woman
A fatal incident occurred in Magunje, Zimbabwe, when Sammer Panashe Kaimbanemoyo (23) was fatally assaulted after being caught attempting to rape the wife of Nomore Chikandiwa (32). Solomon Ch...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zec facing legal action
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is facing legal action over a controversial US$40 million tender awarded to businessmen linked to Zanu-PF for the procurement of electoral materials ahead ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Policeman loses US$5 700 to Be Forward agent
A BE FORWARD agent based in Harare, Forget Mguza, has been taken to court for allegedly defrauding a police officer of US$5,700 under the pretense of helping him import a car. The incident occ...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 10:35hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
WANTED: Police seek to arrest Portia Tsivai Tapi for raping 16year old boy
A 39 year-old Harare woman is allegedly on the run after 'raping' a teenage boy and infecting him with a sexually transmitted disease. The woman, Portia Tsivai Tapi (39), was employed as a maid in Rus...Published: 31 May 2024 at 13:09hrs | 6 | by George Tshuma
NOIC suffers blow in US$160,000 arbitration award
The High Court has ruled in favor of the contractor in a dispute with the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) overpayment for supplying and installing instrumentation, control, and ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in Lupane accident, 10 injured
On Monday around 10 PM, three individuals lost their lives, and ten others sustained injuries along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road when the truck they were traveling in veered into oncoming traffic,...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:48hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
5 die in Mabvuku accident
Five people died on the spot when two commuter omnibuses and a lorry were involved in a crash on Tuesday night.According to the police, the accident occurred when one of the commuter omnibuses...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
NOIC loses US$164 000 suit
The High Court has ordered the National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) to pay US$164,631 to a company that repaired its Mabvuku ethanol plant, after rejecting NOIC's attempt to challenge the arbitr...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Historical documents destroyed as Town House floods
THERE are fears that historical documents dating back to the colonial era belonging to the City of Harare were destroyed when a river flowing along Julius Nyerere Way recently flooded the basement of ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimswitch, EcoCash roll out new currency
FOLLOWING the unveiling of the new currency last Friday, the country's sole national payments platform and clearing house, Zimswitch, yesterday announced that it had completed the rollout of the ZiG p...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCCC President hits out at ZEC
President of Changu Chimuti Chikapinda Chapinda (CCCC) David Chitimbe says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is charging exorbitant nomination fees after reassuring the presiding officer that money wa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda remain Bosso principal sponsors
HIGHLANDERS on Friday evening got the much-needed financial boost to wage a serious challenge for honours in Zimbabwe football when BetterBrands stepped up as co-sponsors of the football giants....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders secure partnership with Pedzai 'Scot' Sakupwanya
HIGHLANDERS have partnered Better Brands ahead of the start of the new season, in a move that is set to ease the club's financial burden.Better Brands is owned by businessman and Mabvuku-Tafar...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP to sponsor Bosso?
HIGHLANDERS are set to receive a major boost ahead of their first big Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match of the season following a sponsorship deal between the club and Better Brands to be unvei...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Indian soldiers in murky deals
SUSPECTED former Indian army officers, who have been operating in Mozambique's troubled northern province of Cabo Delgado region, have reportedly settled in Zimbabwe, where they are allegedly operatin...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pedzai Sakupwanya scoffs at insanity rumours
BUSINESSMAN and Mabvuku legislator Pedzisayi 'Scott' Sakupwanya has scoffed at rumours circulating on social media that he has gone insane. He laughed off these rumours and mocked those sharin...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's CCC resignation
ON 25 January 2024, Zimbabwean opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa quit.Looking through the dancing ropes, it is more like a boxing match. Remember when Mi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Vivid Gwede
Armed robbers get away with US$9,000
Police in Mabvuku are investigating a case of robbery which occurred at a service station in Eastview on Wednesday where six unidentified suspects got away with over US$9 000.In a statement on...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare residents brace for prolonged water crisis
Harare residents should expect the ongoing water shortages to persist as the council continues to struggle to meet the demand and most suburbs receiving water for a few days every week, sparking conce...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament resumes sitting without CCC MPs
The National Assembly resumed sitting Tuesday after a month and a half long recess for the festive season.Recently elected Representative for Binga North, Chineka Muchimba took his oath of off...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Leaderless citizens urged to rally behind Sikhala
CITIZENS have been urged to unite in calling for the unconditional release of Job Sikhala who appeared in court on Wednesday.The former Zengeza West legislator, who was on Wednesday convicted for inci...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's assault trial in false start
THE trial of recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara Constituency Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi on malicious damage to property and assault failed to kick off yesterday because the witness was una...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
50% Harare boreholes unsafe
Half of the boreholes in Harare's western and northern districts are contaminated with human waste and could be potentially unsafe sources of drinking water.Water samples from boreholes in the...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minor tormented for reporting rape
A HARARE woman from Mabvuku has approached the civil court on behalf of her 14-year-old child whom she said was facing physical and emotional abuse from her neighbour's tenant whose husband was jailed...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Housebreaker arrested 3 years after committing crime
A HOUSEBREAKER who has been on the run for three years has been arrested.In a statement, police said Regobert Joseph (23) committed the crime in January 2021 in Mabvuku, Harare."Police...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
All 15 miners trapped underground at Redwing Mine rescued
All 15 miners who were trapped underground following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga last week have been rescued three days after the incident.The mine owned by Metallon Gol...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare over trapped Redwing miners
Tempers flared yesterday at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga where about 11 artisanal miners were trapped underground after a mine shaft collapsed, with relatives accusing government of fumbling the rescue ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bad parenting fuels juvenile delinquency
WHAT happened to good parenting?Many people are curious about this issue in the wake of incidents where young people are found in violation of the law.Recently, minors, some as young a...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 9 | by Veronica Gwaze
Govt steps in to fix Harare mess
The GOVERNMENT has stepped in to restore sanity in the capital, Harare, by supplying potable water and rolling out a major clean-up campaign to curb the spread of cholera.Thirty-six trucks hav...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Shaky ground hinders Redwing Mine rescue efforts
UNSTABLE ground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, has reportedly stalled efforts to rescue nearly a dozen artisanal miners trapped underground on Thursday.In a statement, Met...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
15 feared dead at Zanu-PF MP's Mine
ABOUT 15 miners are feared dead in the Tsapauta mining area at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province after a mine shaft collapsed yesterday morning.The Tsapauta mining area is a sect...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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