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Esidakeni farm dispute spills to Supreme Court
The long-running Esidakeni Farm ownership dispute has taken a fresh turn after four government-allotted beneficiaries filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging a recent High Court decision whi...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 18:00hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors snub Tshabangu
Councillors from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) in Chinhoyi largely boycotted a meeting convened last week by the party's self-proclaimed secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, amid deep factio...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally reported for corruption
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, along with senior government ministers, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for all...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 21:30hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks eviction of indigenous Zimbabwe farmers
High Court Justice Regis Dembure has ruled against the eviction of indigenous farmers at Springs Farm in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, condemning the withdrawal of their offer letters by Land ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:53hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Maminza kicked off Esidakeni farm
The government's seizure of Esidakeni farm in Matabeleland North was unlawful, the High Court in Bulawayo has ruled.Offer letters for sections of the farm given to Zanu-PF secretary Obert Mpof...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:45hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Expropriation of Malunga farm unlawful and unconstitutional
The High Court in Bulawayo has delivered a landmark judgment declaring the government's expropriation of land owned by prominent human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners Zephani...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 11:06hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council renames major roads
In a landmark move to celebrate African liberation heroes, prominent national figures, and influential global revolutionaries, the Harare City Council has officially renamed several of the capital's k...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:43hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for impersonating candidate in Zimsec exam
A 20-year-old man from Zvishavane has been convicted for impersonating another candidate during a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exam, in a case that has raised alarm over exam malpract...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 18:26hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Council bleeding funds over unrepaid travel allowances
Chinhoyi Municipality could be losing thousands of dollars amid revelations that councillors are benefiting from advance subsistence allowances for official trips they never undertook - and are not re...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Councillors get allowances for trips, fail to travel
Two Chinhoyi councillors were allocated allowances to attend business conferences-one in Saudi Arabia and another in Gweru - yet neither made the trips, raising concerns over the use of public funds....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 45-year fall
The country is emerging from the celebrations of the statehood of the Republic of Zimbabwe on 18 April 2025, just under five years to celebrate half a century of its existence.Are there any ta...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:21hrs | 396 | by Vivian V. Siziba
Employee accused of stealing over US$27,000
A Rainforcing Steel Contractors employee has appeared in court on charges of fraud, forgery, and theft of trust property. Nothando Banana, aged 35, of Barham Green, denied the charges when she appeare...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:47hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
White and black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe's land grabs
Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province, was violently invaded by three armed men in the early 2000s....Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:49hrs | 814 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
Elderly Bulawayo couple sentenced for exploiting bank glitch
An elderly couple from Bulawayo, who took advantage of a technical glitch at Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe to embezzle over US$30,000, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.Frank Sibanda and his...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota aided and downplayed the Gukurahundi Genocide
When someone dies, their entire life is spotlighted..their greatest attributes as well as their awful weaknesses and terrible vices. Many speak glowingly of Geoff Nyarota's attributes as a jou...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:30hrs | 837 | by Siphosami Malunga
Geoff Nyarota betrayed the people of Matabeleland and Midlands
The recent passing of Geoff Nyarota, an award-winning veteran journalist and writer, has reopened a painful chapter in Zimbabwe's history.While lauded by others as a doyen of journalism, both ...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 05:29hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's opposition to Mnangagwa term extension sparks hopes
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's public opposition to the proposed extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term has injected a glimmer of hope among those opposing the move. However, analysts...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:00hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Mavetera under fire for leading Chiwenga diss song
ICT Minister Tatenda Mavetera is facing a firestorm of criticism after leading a controversial song that appeared to target Acting President General Constantino Chiwenga at the National Heroes Acre in...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:52hrs | 2963 | by Staff reporter
Lincoln Mutasa admits fault in former players' election defeats
Outgoing ZIFA Normalization Committee chairperson Lincoln Mutasa has admitted that the body he led is partly to blame for the disappointing defeat of all former players in the recent ZIFA elections. S...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:51hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Twine Phiri warns dummy ZIFA presidential candidates, launches own manifesto
Zimbabwe Football Association presidential hopeful, Twine Phiri has warned all dummy candidates allegedly targeting to spoil the race in reviving the country's football fraternity during the forthcomi...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:26hrs | 1217 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Police ready to maintain law, order during, after holidays
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has assured the nation of heightened security during the festive season, with officers strategically deployed across major roads, neighborhoods, central business dis...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:14hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
'Malunga unqualified to talk about Zanu PF'
ZANU PF Youth League deputy national political commissar, Taurayi Kandishaya, has dismissed recent remarks by artist Clive Malunga about President Emmerson Mnangagwa as "reckless and baseless," arguin...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:13hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a 'coward', says Clive Malunga
Veteran musician and war veteran Clive Malunga has taken a bold stance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pursuit of a third presidential term, questioning the legitimacy of the 82-year-old Zanu-P...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:56hrs | 4029 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over alleged US$9,000 housing fraud
A Bulawayo man, Isiah Ncube, appeared before the Bulawayo regional magistrate, Mrs. Dambudzo Malunga, yesterday facing charges of defrauding a 50-year-old woman of over US$9,000 in a botched housing d...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew kidnaps woman over cellphone
A Bulawayo kombi crew has been sentenced to nine months in jail for kidnapping a 23-year-old woman after accusing her of stealing a mobile phone. Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu (35) and Proud Mpofu (24) appeare...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for Zifa board positions
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections scheduled for January 25, 2025, are poised to be among the most hotly contested in the organization's history. With an impressive lineup of candidate...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:44hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew in court for kidnapping woman
A kombi crew from Bulawayo, accused of kidnapping and assaulting a 23-year-old woman over an alleged cellphone theft, appeared before the regional magistrate's court yesterday.Ntandoyenkosi Nd...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers cross swords with Chief Mafu
Villagers in Insiza District are at odds with their chief over the alleged protection of an abusive village head, Anton Msimanga, whose conduct has drawn multiple complaints from locals. The villagers...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
15 years for raping commercial sex worker
A 30-year-old man from Sojini Village in Mbembesi, Umguza District, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a commercial sex worker. Gracious Lamula was convicted by Bulawayo regional magi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:58hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Cursed father rapes daughter for 3 years
A 41-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man has been dragged to court for allegedly repeatedly raping his 13-year-old daughter from the time she turned 10.The man, whose name has been withheld to protect the vic...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for refusing to pay sex worker
A 27-year-old man from Mbembesi, Matabeleland North province, has been charged with rape after allegedly refusing to pay a sex worker for her services. Gracious Lamula appeared before Bulawayo Regiona...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:03hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dumbest criminals arrested
In a crime that could easily top the list of Zimbabwe's "Dumbest Criminals," three Bulawayo men have been convicted for stealing 2,900 litres of diesel from Econet Wireless base stations and then sett...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 14:20hrs | 2998 | by Staff reporter
Chief Dambisamahubo Mafu dismiss 3 village heads
The recent dismissal of three village heads by Chief Dambisamahubo Mafu in the Chetumbu area has raised alarm among local residents, who view the decision as indicative of "rapid institutional inertia...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:19hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Villagers up in arms with village head
Villagers in Malole B, Chetumbu area, Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, are urgently seeking assistance due to alleged abuse by their village head, Anton Msimanga. Appointed in 2016 by the...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs beer mate over song selection
Mncedisi Hadebe, a 37-year-old man from Matheleni Village, Mbembesi, Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for stabbing his drinking companion, Khulani Mabothe, multip...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:32hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed for chopping off man's leg
TWO men who made several trips to the court for brutally attacking a fellow villager and chopping off his leg over US$6 have each been sentenced to serve 10 years in jail.Sibanengi Ncube (21) ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bed-hopping-accused brutally attacked
A MAN from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after he was severely attacked with stones for allegedly bedding a married woman.Bongani Bandla (32) appear...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Girl lures teacher into kidnap ordeal
A Chitungwiza woman, Rumbidzai Tauro (40), has been arrested for kidnapping and extorting over US$5,000 from Gerald Madamombe, a 52-year-old former teacher. Tauro is accused of holding Madamombe capti...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bed-hopping accused man stoned
A man from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo narrowly escaped death after being severely assaulted with stones, allegedly for having a relationship with a married woman.Bongani Ban...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 10:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Quartet in court for trying to bribe rape victim
Four suspects were nabbed and dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Friday after they tried to convince a rape victim to change her statement in court...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Esidakeni Farm case struck off the roll
The Esidakeni Farm case involving Siphosami Malunga, Zephania Dlamini, Charles Moyo, and the State has been struck off the roll by High Court Judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu, who noted that the case file...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang faces attempted murder charge
TWO machete-wielding men from Selilaba village, Fort Rixon, Matebeleland South province have appeared in court facing an attempted murder charge after they assaulted a fellow villager accusing him of ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors fume over US$7 allowance
SOME councillors are reportedly failing to attend committee meetings citing paltry monthly allowances of ZWL$113 000 that translates to less than US$7 at the prevailing interbank rate.This was...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to clampdown on imported vehicles
Government has begun mandatory inspections of all imported second-hand vehicles as part of broader assessments to curb the importation of substandard goods into the country.The scope of the ch...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man hammers love rival's testicles
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North Province sustained swollen testicles after his love rival "struck" them with a hammer upon allegedly catching him having sex with his girlfriend.This was...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent Zanu-PF member joins Zapu
A Zanu-PF official in Matabeleland North, Jonathan Nkanyezi Sibanda, has rejoined ZAPU, claiming the ruling party has no principles and that the party leadership often sidelines him and incites member...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Christmas Day shooting suspect arrested
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another man during a snooker game in Filabusi on Christmas Day.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:28hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before'
ZAPU says Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before as there is no unity whatsoever, to warrant a whole public holiday, under the guise of commemorating the pivotal signing of the Unity Accord bet...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:44hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
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