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Jason Machaya gets four-year jail term
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Jason Machaya, has been jailed for four years after being convicted of abuse of office.He was sentenced together with former Midlands Provincial ph...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Treasury boss faces arrest
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday directed Clerk of Parliament, Kennedy Chokuda to summon Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga on a warrant of arrest to appear before Parliament f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 4066 | by Staff reporter
Former Governor convicted
Former Midlands Governor Jason Machaya has been convicted by the Gweru magistrate court of abuse of office and will be sentenced today (Tuesday), his lawy...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1511 | by Staff Reporter
Judge summons AG Machaya to court over devolution
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (AG) Advocate Prince Machaya has been summoned to appear in court today and explain himself on government's delays in acceding to a court application filed by water rights campaigners...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1244 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army, police victims sue
Two human rights activists are suing the government demanding the enactment of an Act of Parliament to comply with a provision of the constitution which says there must be an independent body to recei...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over appointments
Zimbabwe women Lawyers association (ZWLA) and women's academy of Leadership and Political excellency (walpe) have taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for failing to observe gender balance in h...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2977 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as omalayitsha cargo piles up at Zimbabwe/ SA border
TRUCKS, mainly those carrying goods known as consolidated cargo, have been piling up at Beitbridge Border Post in the past five days after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) introduced the 100 per...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha cargo piles up at Beitbridge Border Post
TRUCKS, mainly those carrying goods known as 'consolidated cargo' have been piling up at Beitbridge Border Post in the last five days after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) introduced 100 percen...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 14:41hrs | 3418 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tightens screws at Beitbridge
Trucks, mainly those carrying goods known as consolidated cargo, where a single load has multiple owners, have been piling up at Beitbridge Border Post in the last five days after the Zimbabwe Revenue...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 8785 | by Staff reporter
NRZ slapped with US$236m lawsuit
DIASPORA and Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) is demanding US$236 million from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) as compensation after cabinet controversially terminated the consortium's ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF decides on expelled Mugabe allies' readmission pleas
MIDLANDS based former government ministers and allies to late ex-President Robert Mugabe will know their Zanu-PF membership status when the party's provincial executive meets this week to examine thei...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Machaya ruling postponed due to ill health
PROVINCIAL magistrate Charity Maphosa on Monday postponed to September 21 ruling in the matter in which former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya is accused of criminal abuse of office...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Machaya fails to appear in court
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya today failed to turn up to court for judgement on his land corruption case yesterday amid indications that he was no feeling well after allege...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Meet the new Minister of Energy Soda Zhemu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Minister of Energy Fortune Chasi and employed a new Minister Soda Zhemu the Member of Parliament for Muzarabani North. Chasi was fired because he could n...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 17:01hrs | 7357 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AG responds to Chihuri court challenge
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has no valid legal reason to undermine a High Court order demanding an explanation on the wealth his family acquired during his 25 years as police ...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya's son dies in car crash
THE son of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, Foster, died in a car crash on Wednesday night along the Gweru-Mvuma Road in an accident that also claimed the life of a popular G...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3797 | by Staff reporter
Readmission of former colleagues divides Zanu-PF
Discord has reportedly rocked Zanu-PF over the readmission of former colleagues who were ejected from the party post the November 2017 coup that removed the late former President robert Mugabe from bo...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:31hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
Matiza censured over collapsed DIDG deal
IN the wake of the controversial termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal last year by cabinet, Attorney-General (AG) Prince Machaya reportedly wrote...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-ministers seek Zanu-PF return
Two former ministers are seeking readmission into Zanu-PF, nearly three years after they were expelled following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe.The late Mugabe resigned 21 N...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 22:27hrs | 5507 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya put to his defence
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya was yesterday put to his defense on criminal abuse of office charges.Machaya appeared before provincial Magistrate, Ms Charity Maphosa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:55hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 scandal: Procurement committee denies involvement
THE Special Procurement Oversight Committee (Spoc) has distanced itself from the ongoing Covid-19 scandal, saying all procurement was done through the Ministry of Health and Child Care in line with a ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Teenage wife stabs hubby to death
A Harare woman appeared in court yesterday for fatally stabbing her husband during a domestic dispute over a telephone call that the latter had received after they had retired to bed. Paidamoy...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Bill hearings hits brickwall
THE High Court has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by Chitungwiza and Manyame Residents Association (Camera) and Alice Kuvheya, seeking to stop Parliament from conducting public hearings...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Parliament defends Bill public hearings
PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe yesterday challenged the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict to stop the august House from conducting public hearings on Constitution of Zimb...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop it
RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations have ganged up to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government from rushing through a controversial constitutional amendment under the cover of...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 5935 | by Staff reporter
Machaya must face trial: High Court
THE High Court has ruled that former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, who is accused of criminal abuse of office, must face trial as permanently staying his criminal trial would be ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary not captured, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the judiciary is not captured as alleged by the country's main opposition party, the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, and civic organisations that claim it plays to the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Anyone without face mask will be jailed for 1 year'
Attorney General Advocate Machaya has announced that all Zimbabweans who will be caught without wearing masks during level 2 of the Coronavirus lockdown mighty face custodial sentence.Machaya ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 03:10hrs | 3137 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalists not essential service providers in Zimbabwe
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday said Statutory Instrument 83 (COVID-19 Regulations) does not classify the work of journalists as an essential service, except those from the broadc...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Govt appeals Hwange ruling
LONG-DRAWN-OUT boardroom wrangles at Hwange Colliery Company Limited have taken yet another twist after the government lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling quashing it...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
'I committed this offence out of hunger,' Maize thief tells court
A 34-YEAR-OLD hungry Mvurwi man was today slapped with a $300 fine by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for stealing 39 green maize cobs. Francis Machaya of plot number 17, Pembi B, ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 13:58hrs | 1162 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa taken to court
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court challenging last year's presidential decree which introduced the RTGS dollar, saying this deprived the organi...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 23:57hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker fined for stealing US$300 from client
A Bindura commercial sex worker who stole US$300 from her client after a night sex service in the mining town was convicted yesterday by a Bindura magistrateEvelyn Mukombwe was slapped with $5...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 20:47hrs | 2104 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machaya has a case to answer, says court
FORMER Midlands Minister of State, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office has failed in his attempt to avoid trial after his application was dismissed by the High Court this ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 16:28hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker steals US$300 from client
A Bindura commercial sex worker allegedly stole US$300 from her client after a all night sex service in the mining town.The mat...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 21:46hrs | 2098 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Search for new NRZ suitor begins
The renewed search for a suitor for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to begin this week after the US$400 million deal with Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)-Transnet conso...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
General Tongogara's ZANU PF died in 2017
Is this the country that Tongogara, Chitepo, JZ Moyo, Silundika and other gallant sons and daughters gave up their lives for?Is this version of ZANU PF the same liberation movement that Tongog...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 07:38hrs | 12977 | by Dr Utete
Do not use state institutions for political fights
The words of Saviour Kasukuwere while he was still ZANU PF Commissar continue to echo loud and seemingly necessary as a desperate and failed regime looks under every rock seeking non-existent enemies ...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2998 | by Peter Moyo
Jason Machaya trial deferred to next year
THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister, Jason Machaya and his seven co-accused in a criminal abuse of office charge, was on Monday postponed to February 3, 2020.The accused, ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Minister taken to court over chieftainship row
A CLAIMANT to the Neromwe Chieftainship in Chiredzi District has taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to court challenging the recent installation of his rival ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Murdered headman's family demands 70 beasts for ritual
RELATIVES of a Mberengwa headman who was murdered by his neighbour for facilitating a botched donkey trading deal are demanding 70 heads of cattle to conduct a cleansing ritual for the deceased's spir...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves infrastructrure master plan
Cabinet yesterday approved an integrated National Infrastructure Development Master Plan that will ensure development of the country's infrastructure and utilities will be done in a co-ordinated manne...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Army told to compensate evicted families
CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago.The army gave a short noti...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF bigwig wants case dropped
Former minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office, has petitioned the High Court seeking review of a decision by a Gweru magistr...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF thug terrorises court officials
A Zanu-PF youth league member jailed for a spate of robberies in August sent court officials scurrying for cover in Kwekwe on Monday after a magistrate added a year to his sentence.Tichaona Is...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 402 | by ZimLive
Mugabe's death breathes life into sleepy Zvimba
TWO young women, flanking a middle-aged man who appears to enjoy every moment of it, stagger in a beer gut along the short road which branches off the smooth highway connecting Harare and Murombedzi g...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 4654 | by Staff reporter
Trial date for Thabitha Khumalo & co
THE trial of seven MDC Alliance members among them, the party's chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo and Senator Helen Zivira Mpofu, who were recently arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly distributing fliers f...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF historian dies
Zanu-PF historian and social worker, Raymond Mazorodze, who worked as a voluntary social worker died at a local hospital in Harare on Monday. He was 72. He collapsed on Monday at the Z...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet orders minister to remove the offending section 40 from Marriage Bill
There has been pandemonium regarding the import of the Marriages Bill, (hereinafter referred to as "the Bill") which was approved by the Cabinet in 2017. After spirited efforts by every person in Zimb...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | 4774 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Latest on Obert Mpofu arrest story
Reports that ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu has been picked up by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission are not true the party has said. Social Media...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 13:15hrs | 13102 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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