Search / Makwanya
Faz victims acquitted
Two residents of Hwedza, Charles Kadungure (48) and Marlon Kandenga (32), have been acquitted of disorderly conduct charges after allegedly confronting a member of Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz)...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:21hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Bus conductor steals phone at accident scene
Terence Mavheneke, a 24-year-old commuter omnibus conductor, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing a Samsung Note 20 Ultra, valued at $550, from a victim of a fatal accident on Seke Ro...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 34 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes discriminatory 1968 law
THE High Court has ruled that husbands of police officers should receive medical and dental services as dependants after ruling that a 1968 discriminatory law on the services was unconstitutional....Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man challenges Zimbabwe's Police Act
A MARONDERA man, Kenias Shonhai has filed a High Court application challenging the constitutionality of Zimbabwe's Police Act saying it is discriminatory and inconsistent with the country's Constituti...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 6 | by Blessed Mupatsi
Children expose mom's illicit affair
A SCHOOL head in Chikomba has been ordered to pay $300 000 in adultery damages for dating a married woman whose husband was based in South Africa.Brighton Makaudze of Riversdale Secondary Scho...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
1978 war victims wallow in poverty
Tens of people injured during the infamous Kamungoma massacre on May 14 1978 in Dewende, Gutu including some who are living with bullets lodged in their bodies are wallowing in poverty because of lack...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen, 19, kills man who dangled penis at her while demanding sex
A 19-year-old woman killed a sex pest who dangled his penis at her, police said.Tariro Matutsa has been charged with murder after repeatedly striking Sure Tsuro, 40, with a log until he could ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reuben Barwe wins Zanu-PF election
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief correspondent Reuben Barwe has been elected unopposed as secretary for information and publicity in the Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elec...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa mourns Munyaka
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has described veteran ZBC reporter Janet Munyaka, who died in Harare yesterday, as an accomplished scribe.Mu...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC Journalist dies of Covid-19
VETERAN journalist and ZBC's Diplomatic Correspondent, Janet Munyaka, has died. She was 48.Munyaka died Saturday evening at Harare's St Anne's hospital where has had been admitted since last w...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman up for money laundering
BUSINESSMAN Fidelis Chuma on Saturday appeared in court on allegations of money laundering involving $300 million.Chuma, who runs a floor polish company King Cobra, is being accused of using a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urban to rural migration the new scenario in Zimbabwe
IN a reversal of the normal trends with regards to rural-to-urban migration worldwide, the current pattern in Zimbabwe is pointing towards a shift in migration, this time, urban to rural migration bei...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 5 | by Peter Makwanya
Mupfumira bail: State to call investigating officer
TOURISM and Hospitality minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges after she allegedly swindled the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) of over US$95 million, is ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa burial snub cannot erase his legacy
Twitter: @MuckrakerZimTHE presidium was last week conspicuously absent at the burial of Zimbabwe's liberation war stalwart, the late Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, at his Ntabazin...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by MUCKRAKER
Another ZBC reporter dies after a short illness
ZBC reporter, Desmond Duri has died.Duri (40) died in Harare early today after a short illness.He joined the national broadcaster on the 1st of February 2009 as a reporter based at Poc...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya burial today
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Diplomatic Correspondent Judith Makwanya will be buried at Warren Hills Cemetery today at 11am. The veteran journalist died on Monday at West End Clinic i...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Judith Makwanya
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolences to the Makwanya family following the death of ZBC Diplomatic Correspondent and veteran journalist Judith Makwanya last night after a shor...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 15:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya dies
Veteran journalist Judith Makwanya has died. She was 56.Reports indicate that Makwanya was admitted at the hospital on Monday. She is known for being a long-serving ZBC journalist who executed...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Millers threaten to sue ZBC scribe over report
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has written to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) senior journalist Judith Makwanya disputing a televised report that milling companies were s...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why ZANU PF will not reform
The recent events since the beginning of this year of 2019, has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that there is no such thing in reality as the so called ‘New Dispensation'. The reckless announceme...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zanu-PF will never reform
The recent events since the beginning of this year of 2019, has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that there is no such thing in reality as the so called ‘New Dispensation'. The reckless announceme...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Zimbabweans in make-up craze
Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face.While fashion trends have always been borrowed from oth...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4 | by Cindy Munyavi
Zimbabwe explains reason for blocking social media
The government says following the well planned violent demonstrations that rocked the country early this week, it was necessary to close the internet to reduce further harm that has so far cost the na...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moving towards abolishing death penalty
The issue of 'capital punishment' might once again come under the spotlight with the Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs hinting that if the country is to amend the Constitution, then the ab...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono: Zimbabwean Journalists are a Disaster
I am among the people offended by Hopewell Chin'ono's analysis published by Nehanda radio some few hours before the beginning of 2019. In his piece, he claimed that journalism industry is dead, briber...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:08hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Top lawyer jailed
A Harare lawyer, Fred Machokoto of Machokoto and Partners Legal Practitioners, was yesterday jailed 60 months for embezzling $57 000 in trust funds. Machokoto was jointly charged with another ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya in accident
LONG-SERVING ZBC senior reporter, Judith Makwanya, dragged an alleged errant driver to court after a collision in the Central Business District.Theophilus Damba pleaded not guilty when he appe...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba attacks ZBC for failure to live-stream Mnangagwa event
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba Wednesday harangued ZBC managers and journalists for failing to live up to competition which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of an election vi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fake soldier demands $200 for military jobs?
A 33-year-old Kadoma man allegedly disguising himself as a soldier and duped two desperate men of $200 by promising them military jobs.The accused, Terrence Maxwell Nyanga (33) residing in Mun...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP inaugural rally successful
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that its rally in Bulawayo on Saturday was successful and the party will proceed to other areas in the country to campaign ahead of the 2018 elections."Sta...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe to attend Mnangagwa's inauguration
Robert Mugabe is expected at tomorrow's inauguration of the new Zimbabwean president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, according to state broadcaster ZBC TV.Preparations are underway at the National Sports...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 14:55hrs | | by BBC
Panties thief jailed
An 18 year old Marondera boy has been sentenced to four months in prison for stealing undergarments belonging to his aunt.Shelton Muderere of Chipesa in Marondera was found guilty by Maron...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
False start for quartet charged with road blockade trial
THE trial of four opposition political party supporters accused of blocking roads during an anti-government protest staged two months ago, failed to commence on Tuesday as the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 09 Nov 2016 at 20:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Sadc threw away Gracia Machel, Tutu and Annan request to discuss Zimbabwe
Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi says that some 3 individuals Gracia Machel, Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan calling themselves elders had written to one head of state calling for the i...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 MDC-T supporters up for land invasion
NINE MDC-T supporters yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe charged with fraud after they allegedly invaded a Ruwa farm and subdivided it for sale to desperate home-seekers....Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pensioners fail to assess their money
Hundreds of pensioners were stranded at the Post Office Servings Bank after failing to access money from the bank.This comes as the country faces serious cash shortages which the Reserve Bank ...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reportrer
Tezvara resurfaces as Sekuru Kaguvi
National broadcaster, ZBCtv has come under fire after they mistakenly used comical footage of a spirit medium – Mbuya Nehanda standing next to Internet sensation 'Tezvara' instead of her husband, Se...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Danisa Masuku
Man breaks hand in scuffle with traffic cop
A 32-YEAR-OLD Rusape man, who broke his hand in a scuffle with three traffic cops at a roadblock, was yesterday arraigned before Marondera Magistrate Tatenda Makwanya, facing charges of undermining th...Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drug abuse among Zimbabweans on the rise
More than 5000 Zimbabweans were convicted for drug related crimes last year, an indication that the vice that most Zimbabweans have been afraid of for so many years has now come onto the nation's door...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt urged to assist disadvantaged tertiary students
The government has been urged to assist disadvantaged children by paying their tuition fees up to tertiary education.The introduction of the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) has benefi...Published: 21 Dec 2015 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe call journalists insane - report
MISA-Zimbabwe, a press watchdog in Zimbabwe said on Thursday it was "extremely concerned" after First Lady Grace Mugabe called journalists working for the private press insane.Mugabe, 50, sai...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade seven girl ordered to 'greet' man's manhood
A cheeky 19-year old Marondera man - Tapiwa Paundi ordered a grade seven girl to "greet it" his manhood.Paundi was in a habit of dangling his organ before the girl.He appea...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Caps United legend 'Carlos Max' in court over tax
CAPS UNITED legend Carlos Max had been dragged to the court for allegedly failing to pay tax to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority since 2009.Max denies the charges.According to H-Metro, ...Published: 28 Jul 2015 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Sables beat Kenya
Zimbabwe 28 - 20 KenyaThe Zimbabwe Sables held their nerves to power to a 28-20 victory over Kenya in an Africa Cup tie played Prince Edward School in Harare today.The Sables started the t...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 19:54hrs | | by Sports reporter
Load More Stories
