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Judge recuses herself from Mutsvangwa bail case
High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba has recused herself in the bail application for Zanu PF bigwigs Monica and Christopher Mutsvangwa's son, Neville, who is accused of violating the Exchange Contr...Published: 27 May 2024 at 10:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Eleph Gula-Ndebele arrested for possession of cocaine
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has officially announced the apprehension of Eleph Khumbula Gula-Ndebele and five others on charges of unlawful posse...Published: 25 May 2024 at 13:30hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Neville Mutsvangwa's bail ruling postponed
Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of Zanu-PF stalwarts Monica and Christopher Mutsvangwa, will remain in custody for an additional five days as his bail hearing has been rescheduled to May 27.Mutsva...Published: 22 May 2024 at 11:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bees sting man to death
Whilst others were enjoying the last day of Easter holidays, Chiwumburu family in Bikita District was thrown into mourning after a family member died from a bee attack.Collen Kumbirai Chiwumbu...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vagrant in court for unlawful entry
A man of no fixed abode has appeared in court for four counts of unlawful entry into premises in aggravating circumstances as defined in the Crimina...Published: 09 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 7 | by George Swarei
Mamombe nailed by owner of the Mercedes Benz in fake abduction trial
NEW details emerged yesterday during the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members Joana Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are accused of faking their abducti...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Makomborero Haruzivishe granted bail
The High Court of Harare has granted bail to opposition activist Makomborero Haruzivishe after being successfully represented by Prof. Lovemore Madhuku and Simon Chabuka.Haruzivishe was arrest...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 08:43hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Apostolic sect seeks to cash in on followers
AN apostolic sect is seeking business ventures with food manufacturers in a deal that would see some products bearing the logo of the religious group.In a letter to food companies dated Decemb...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Makomborero is our national Hero: We demand his release immediately! These Thugs must Free Mako now!
We demand I repeat once more, we demand the release of Makomborero Haruzivishe now at best yesterday. We cannot be silent when our children languish in Zanu notorious prisons for no apparent reasons e...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 14:30hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
Air Force commander files notice of opposition
AIR Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo, who is being sued by a former subordinate he fired last year for trespassing into a gold mine in Kwekwe, has approached the High Court to ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Iran dies
ZIMBABWE'S Ambassador to Iran Ambassador Christopher Mapanga has died. Ambassador Mapanga died in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. He was 69.In a statement on Friday, Foreign Affairs and Inte...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Policeman in court for bribery
A Harare police officer appeared in court today on allegations of soliciting US$45 bribe from a motorist he had arrested.Broadway Jongwe was facing bribery charges when he appeared before Hara...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Varsity students cry foul over fees
Students at Zimbabwe's tertiary institutions are up in arms with their institutions, which they accuse of charging exorbitant fees for online classes during the lockdown period.Education insti...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for supplying gun used in US$2,7m heist
A man whose rifle was used in the US$2,7 million cash heist that occurred along the Harare-Chinhoyi Road, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of supplying the firearm to the gang that pretended...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magaba, Siyaso traders defy COVID-19 regulations
BUSINESS has resumed at Mbare's Magaba home industry with informal traders defying COVID-19 lockdown regulations and going about their usual operations.This is despite that the government rece...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints four new envoys
President Mnangagwa has appointed four ambassadors, replacing those that have either been recalled or retired. The announcement was made by Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet D...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Zanu-PF MP
A warrant of arrest was issued for Andrew Nkani, the Zanu-PF MP for Chakari on Monday after he failed to show up in court to face fraud charges.Nkani, a director of Forward Housing Cooperative...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 15:00hrs | | by ZimLive
Prosecutor arrested over Chombo's passport
A SENIOR Harare prosecutor was arrested yesterday on criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly consented to the release of a passport belonging to former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, wh...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Artuz boss to face trial
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure, who is accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally-elected government by urging people to protest against fuel pric...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist crashes into Chiwenga's motorcade
A HARARE motorist was yesterday summoned to appear in court after he allegedly crashed into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade along Glenara Avenue and Samora Machel Avenue in November la...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi hit by train, 5 dead
An arrest warrant has been issued for a kombi driver charged with causing the death of 5 passengers after he failed to stop at a railway crossing.Simbarashe Gororo, 38, recently failed to turn...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's ally/ foe arrested
MDC secretary-general Douglas Togarasei Mwonzora yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate facing charges of negligent driving, failure to insure a motor vehicle and to licence a motor vehicle aft...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe survived assassination in Gutu
Kenny Constantine Mabuya, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Kenny Ridzai, makes stunning revelations about their confrontation with the British authorities after they had been sent as the advance team for...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late bus operator's wife on the run
THE woman who shot dead her bus operator husband has been issued with a warrant of arrest after absconding court as well as breaching bail conditions.Bridget Makaza is accused of fatally shoot...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman murder: Wife granted bail
Bridget Makaza, who is accused of fatally shooting her bus operator husband has been granted bail by the High Court.Makaza, is said to have shot her husband MacCloud Mapanga to death following...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 21:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman's wife awaits High Court trial date
The wife of the late Harare businessman MacCloud Mapanga, appeared in court yesterday for routine remand.Bridget Makaza who is accused of shooting her husband over a marital dispute stood in t...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman shot
IN-LAWS of the late Harare businessman Marc-Cloud Mapanga, who was shot dead in cold blood on Monday night, have snubbed funeral proceedings.Initial indications were that the deceased's wife B...Published: 17 May 2018 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus operator killed in love triangle
Kurai Coaches bus owner, MacCloud Zvavaviri Mapanga died at his Strathaven home in Harare on Monday night after he was allegedly shot by his United Kingdom-based wife, Bridget Makaza, who accused him ...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Popular Kwekwe gold dealer killed
A POPULAR gold dealer from Kwekwe died on the spot while three others were seriously injured on Wednesday when a car they were travelling in hit a cow and veered off the road before overturning along ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magamba computers seizure lawful, court rules
A bid by Magamba Cultural Activist Network Trust (Magamba Network) to recover computers that were recently seized by the police hit a brick wall after the High Court ruled that police actions were abo...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses $1,500 to prostitute
A HARARE man has dragged to court a prostitute whom he had fallen in love with "just for a short time" accusing her of swindling him of more than $1 500.Tsitsi Zhakata, 33, pleaded not guilty ...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe criticise Kasukuwere
President Mugabe yesterday criticised Kasukuwere for haphazardly distributing urban land for residential stands to Zanu-PF youths, saying the process was "highly flawed" as it could be easily abused b...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Better to die in battlefield'
COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva,...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gears for 2018 polls
THE ruling party has splurged about US$20 million on all-terrain vehicles as it prepares for the 2018 polls in which the incumbent will be seeking an eighth term as President.At the 2018 p...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe polytechnic restructures management to accommodate acting vice principal
Kwekwe polytechnic is reportedly restructuring management to accommodate acting vice principal who allegedly failed to secure post as substantive vice principalSources from the institution ind...Published: 20 Oct 2016 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Drumgold Mine takes minister to court
VANSBURG Drumgold Enterprises has taken the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Walter Chidhakwa to court challenging the suspension of mining operations at Dundrum Mine in Zhombe, in the Midland...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:22hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Failed gold heist gang walks free
SIX men accused of attempting to rob a miner of 47kgs of gold worth over $1,8 million in Kwekwe, yesterday walked free after a magistrate ruled that the State had failed to prove a prima facie case ag...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
$1,8M 'failed gold heist': Gang of six pleads not guilty
SIX men appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of attempting to rob a Kwekwe miner of 47,5kgs of gold worth over $1,8 million which was destined for Fidelity Printers in the gold mining town....Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 09:44hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Explicit pics breaks marriage
A GARIKAI woman’s marriage is in tatters after her explicit photographs in the arms of her teenage lover landed in her husband’s hands. Manica Post reported that Knowledge Karumbidza (25) ...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Obert Mpofu's empire collapses
TRANSPORT minister Obert Mpofu's business empire in Hwange has crumbled after several of his operations in the mining town either closed down or relocated to Victoria Falls.Mpofu's Minus resta...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala attacks Mandi Chimhene
Senior MDC-T official Job Sikhala has attacked Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Mandi Chimhene for claiming that she has taken former Headlands MP Didymas Mutasa's farm because ...Published: 05 May 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe appoints 17 ambassadors
17 ambassadors have been appointed by President Mugabe in order to replace those that retired or were recalled. Zimbabwe's ambassador to China Dr Fredrick Musiiwa Makamure Shava will move to N...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 11:03hrs | 6 | by Zvamaida Murwira
2 armed robbers jailed for 20 years each
TWO Harare men were last week jailed for an effective 17 years each after being convicted of robbing a taxi driver and other people of their belongings.They made off wi...Published: 27 Apr 2014 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora is killing the education sector
I have been watching with keen interest in comparison the two ministers of Education the current minister of primary and secondary education Lazarus Dokora and his visionary predicessor David Colt...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Tichafa Zhou (Norton)
Armed robber mistakenly leaves own phone with victim
A 27-YEAR-OLD armed robber was reportedly given away by his mobile phone which he mistakenly dropped at the crime scene, picking up an identical one belonging to the victim, after stealing more than R...Published: 11 Feb 2014 at 22:43hrs | | by Court Reporter
Moses Chunga jobless
HIPPO VALLEY chairman Tarisai Mudambanuki said the chances of Moses Chunga being integrated into Triangle's technical department is next to nothing.This comes after newly-promoted Hippo Valle...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 05:14hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zimbabwe passports ready for collection in South Africa
Passports of Zimbabweans who have applied for the documents are ready for collection, the Zimbabwe consulate in South Africa said."We are currently dealing with applic...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 07:16hrs | | by Byo24News
Zimbabwe envoy says SA documentation deadline not extended
THE Zimbabwean Consular General in South Africa has dismissed media claims that the country has extended the deadline for Zimbabweans to submit applications for permits.Consular General Chris ...Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 14:17hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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