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War veteran faces eviction amid corruption scandal
Bernard Masendeke, a war veteran popularly known as "Shumba," is facing eviction from a farm he has occupied for nearly 20 years following a court order linked to a corruption scandal involving senior...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 17:24hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Families stopped from registering adopted children
The High Court has dismissed a request by two families seeking to register adopted children under their names for birth certificates, citing that the matter raises constitutional issues.Taonga...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:24hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes the hanging of men
Zimbabwean government records show that there are more than 60 prisoners on death row.Sixty-two death row inmates in Zimbabwe could have their sentences commuted to life in prison when the gov...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death penalty divides public opinion
BEITBRIDGE residents have expressed mixed feelings over whether or not the country should retain the death penalty on its statutesThe residents gave their views during one of the many public h...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 women among long list of applicants vying for hangman's job in Zimbabwe
Two women are reportedly among the applicants hoping to fill the vacant post of Zimbabwe's "public executioner", under the neighbouring country's Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service.The ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife sells veggies, raises hubby's versity fees, he gets degree and weds another woman
A woman who claims to have paid her husband's fees until he got a University degree was shocked on Friday when she found the latter wedding another woman at Chiredzi Magistrate Courts.Albert N...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 17:46hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
'It's not yet rainy season'
FORMER principal agronomist Davison Masendeke has warned farmers to desist from planting, saying the rains that hit Bulawayo, Matabeleland and other parts of the country during the weekend did not mar...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZNA mourns Brig Gen Gatsheni, Colonel Muchero
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday announced the death of Brigadier General Mbonisi Gatsheni and Colonel Charles Pride Muchero, both succumbed to Covid-19 related complications. Brigad...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
DJ Phuti bounces back
IN between serving the nation as Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Postal and Courier Services and Bulilima West legislator, Dingumuzi Phuti has been working on bouncing b...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's removal could make blockbuster movie
0NE film that is a must make is the removal of the late former President Robert Mugabe from power, a leader who was in power for 37 years. In the past, Zimbabwe has been the scene of some of t...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe's will benefit from a film on Mugabe's Removal from power
One film that is a must, and a must to screen, is the removal of the former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe from Zimbabwe's power. A leader who was in power for 37 years. Zimbabwe was a fi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:30hrs | 2 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Rainy season to end in March'
THE Meteorological Services Department has urged farmers to plant early maturing crops amid indications that the rainy season would end in March.Bulawayo provincial meteorological officer Chip...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor in Abdul case suspended
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has suspended the prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema for consenting to granting bail to four notorious armed robbers led by Musa Taj Abdul.Abdul (47) along with his co-...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe mayor reaffirms support for Chamisa
KWEKWE mayor Angeline Kasipo has dismissed reports that she had crossed over to the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T, saying she would remain loyal to the MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Chamisa.Kas...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC chairman buried
MDC's firebrand Shurugwi South district chairperson, Norman Pfeveni, who succumbed to hypertension over the weekend, was buried at his rural home in the district yesterday.He was 62.Pf...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masendeke detective wants top job
A former top police officer says he deserves to be appointed among the new commissioners for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) because he was behind the arrest of notorious criminals Elia...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock MDC Midlands
DIVISIONS have rocked the MDC Midlands provincial executive over the imposition of members to represent the region in the party's highest decision-making body, the national executive council.M...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 MDC bigwigs eye Midlands chairmanship
THREE MDC top officials have thrown their hats into the ring to contest for the party's provincial chairmanship that is up for grabs next month, when structures gather at the elective congress in Gwer...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance official confesses
A TOP MDC-Alliance official has conceded that his party was part of the organisers of the January protests that rocked the country resulting in the barricading of roads, destruction of infrastructure ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Midlands plots demo over Chibaya, activists detention
MIDLANDS South MDC members have threatened to stage a protest over the continued incarceration of party organising secretary and Mkoba MP, Amos Chibaya, Chiwundura legislator, Livingstone Chimina and ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious Masendeke nabbed for murder
EDWARD Masendeke, who has been on the run since 2013 in connection with a murder case committed at a bar in Mbizo in Kwekwe has been arrested.Masendeke (40) was arrested by police detectives a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura gives up on wives
SITTING in solitary confinement at the heart of Chikurubi Maximum Prison, jailed clergyman Robert Gumbura ponders the future of his 21 wives.He has only served five of his 40-years prison sent...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired military couple seeks readmission
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have approached the courts, seeking to have a High Court application for illegal dismissal filed by a couple fired after the spouse fell pregnant, set aside.V...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo ups anti-Mnangagwa ante
EXILED former Zanu-PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo has escalated his campaign for MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa to give the ruling party leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa a...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reorter
Zvobgo Jnr fails o fill daddy's shoes
LIKE father, like son, so it's said.But for the late national hero and charismatic Zanu-PF politician, Eddison Mudadirwa Zvobgo and his eldest surviving son, Eddison Jnr, this old dictum does ...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Zanu-PF perennial losers
Persistence, perseverance, patience, they say, are the hallmarks of success. Not so for many Zanu-PF parliamentary aspirants, who have tried their luck several times with no success after being beaten...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mahofa daughter eyes late mother's Parly seat
FUNGAI Masendeke, the daughter of the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister and Gutu Senator Shuvai Mahofa, has thrown her hat into the ring to contest in the Zanu-PF primary elections in a bid to...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | 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
Masendeke murders rival suitor
A Kwekwe man ran amok and fatally assaulted a rival suitor after he caught him in the bedroom with his girlfriend, police have confirmed.Acting Midlands Police Spokesperson, Assistant Inspecto...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'kills' rival suitor
A man from Kwekwe allegedly ran amok and fatally assaulted his rival suitor when he caught him pants down with his girlfriend, police have confirmed.Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assista...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Felix Mafa has the qualifications and qualities to deputise Chamisa
Dear President Chamisa ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 21:27hrs | | by Taonashe Chinguruve
Open letter to Chamisa
Dear President Chamisa We as the youths in the generational change we congratulate you for assuming the helm of our visionary party. All work is almost done now and we are ready to work hard t...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Zimbabwe Northern Youths Coalition Builders
The Zimbabwean church and our wicked ways - Magaya
The Zimbabwean Church and Our Wicked Ways: A confession on 31 October 2017 We, the church of Zimbabwe, recognise that the throne of God is founded on "r...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 07:54hrs | | by Bishop Ancelimo Magaya
Footballer attacker a fugitive
THE MAN who brutally attacked a service officer and footballer was a fugitive from justice, the court has revealed.Hardwork Mushati, who has been charged with attempted murder after he attacke...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers ordered to pay 60 cents for certification of their proof of residents
A councillor in Mashonaland East Province, Mutoko South ward 28 reportedly forced villagers to pay 60 cents in order to get proof of residence to register to vote.Heal Zimbabwe Trust reported ...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa too cruel to be President says Grace Mugabe's Ex-hubby
The bitter former Grace Mugabe's husband Stanley Goreraza is alleged to have claimed that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is too cruel that he can not rule the people.He related some inciden...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
People living with disabilities call for equality
People living with disability have called for equal opportunities to participate in social, economic and political spheres.A major conference on disability, citizenship and participation in Af...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Top Bulawayo lawyer deregistered for fraud
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe has deregistered Bulawayo lawyer Russel Dzete who is facing several counts of fraud.Dzete is among 25 other lawyers who were last week barred from practicing by the...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masendeke jailed 26 years
It runs in the family, so the saying goes.And it aptly applies to the Masendeke siblings from Gutu, Masvingo, who have engraved the family's name in history for the wrong reasons.It wa...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
26 lawyers barred from practicing
TWENTY-SIX lawyers yesterday had their practising certificates withdrawn by the Law Society of Zimbabwe, although no reasons were cited for the decision.The move effectively bars the affected ...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Masendeke pleads guilty
THE late notorious robber and murderer Edmond Edgar Masendeke's younger brother Andrew, arrested for allegedly robbing and kidnapping a police officer, has pleaded guilty.The younger Masendeke...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reorter
Masendeke's brother nabbed for robbery, kidnapping police officer
NOTORIOUS robber cum-murderer Edmond Edgar Masendeke's younger brother Andrew has been arrested for allegedly robbing and kidnapping a police officer among a raft of charges including seven counts of ...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army couple sues Chiwenga, Sibanda and Sekeramayi
A married military couple that was dismissed from the force after the wife fell pregnant before serving her first three years has dragged army commanders to the High Court challenging the sacking....Published: 17 May 2017 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
188 years in jail
THREE notorious armed robbers who terrorised miners and businesspeople in the Midlands province and Bulawayo getting away with more than $25 000, a vehicle and six rifles, have been sentenced to a com...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP and 14 protesters arrested over demos
15 National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) protestors including Movement for Democratic Change Member of Parliament, Ms Nomathemba Ndlovu, were arrested in Gwanda after police foiled a demonstrati...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 14:41hrs | | by Staf reporter
Dozens arrested in Zimbabwe's fresh assault on citizens
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Saturday 17 September 2016 arrested dozens of citizens including opposition political party legislators for allegedly staging anti-government protests across the troubled...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 17:15hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Dozens protesters arrested countrywide
POLICE rounded off dozens of protesters including opposition political party legislators countrywide for taking part in NERA organised a anti-government protests.In a update by the Zimbabwe La...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 15:22hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Death penalty challenged
People's Democratic Party leader and lawyer Tendai Biti is challenging the constitutionality of capital punishment several months after he appeared before the same court arguing for sentences of d...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets kicks out Mguni
The Matabeleland South chapter of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) replaced deposed provincial chairperson, Obedingwa Mguni, with Eyer Moyo as the provincial chairpe...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 10:23hrs | | by Richard Muponde
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