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Civil servants struggle to use US$75 allowances
CIVIL servants are facing challenges utilising US$75 deposited into their accounts by Government as a flat non-taxable Covid-19 monthly allowance. The news crew understands that those who rece...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri's daughter says was 'scared' after catching virus
The daughter of Covid-19 denier Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has revealed that she was "scared" after catching the virus.Zimbabwe's defence minister claimed in March – as the disease brought dea...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:35hrs | 3922 | by Staff reporter
Wanted Tsenengamu shames Chinamasa's family
Former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has accused Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa and his family as being corrupt.Tsenengamu said Chinamasa is a failed man who summons journali...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:55hrs | 4648 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chinese national attempted murder trial in false start
THE trial of a Chinese national, Wang Ziliang (41), who is charged with attempted murder, on Monday failed to kick off due to the absence of an interpreter.Ziliang will be back in court on Aug...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Police chief says planned protests illegal
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Godwin Matanga says demonstrations which are being planned by the opposition are illegal and warned that law enforcement agents are ready to enforce...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 17:03hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police sued for tightening COVID-19 lockdown measures
A Harare woman has approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside increased demands by police officers enforcing the country's Covid-19 lockdown measures at checkpoints.In her court c...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1693 | by Staff reporter
Stiffer conditions to pass roadblocks
Police at roadblocks will now be seeking more detailed documentation signed by an employee's chief executive officer or general manager so that those legitimately going to work in an essential service...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Police empowered to impound vehicles
GOVERNMENT has gazetted a statutory instrument authorising law enforcement officers to impound vehicles being used to violate lockdown restrictions with owners or drivers of the vehicles liable to pro...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:26hrs | 6547 | by Staff reporter
Full list of Army and CIO bosses who benefitted from the Farm Mechanization scandal
Political Analyst Alex Magaisa has published a list of Army, police and dreaded Central intelligence officers who benefited from the controversial RBZ Farm Mechanisation Scheme.Magaisa said hi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 8491 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Curfew regulations clarified
THE gazetted legal statutory instrument amending lockdown regulations by setting the 6PM to 6AM curfew, now requires church gatherings, jogging, walking and cycling to take place not earlier than 8AM ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 4996 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt, Old Mutual smoke peace pipe
GOVERNMENT is set to hold a crucial meeting with Old Mutual over the standoff between the two parties in which the largest financial services company has been accused of stoking currency volatility on...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4733 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to ZRP boss Matanga
GREETINGS to you Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga. I am a human rights defender and the watchdog of society.In most cases I write on issues of police brutality, corruption and unconstitutio...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 774 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Mutsvangwa plotting November 2017 style coup over Econet'
STRIVE Masiyiwa's Econet mobile network says its existence was under threat from former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa.Mutsvangwa, according to court papers file...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:41hrs | 4231 | by newzimbabwe
Econet challenges police search, seizure warrant
ZIMBABWE'S largest mobile phone operator Econet Wireless yesterday sought a court order to suspend a police warrant seeking information on its transactions arguing that this would violate the privacy ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's officials fail to appear before Tendai Biti
FINANCE ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga and his ministry officials yesterday failed to appear before the Tendai Biti-led Public Accounts Committee to give oral evidence on the Finance ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:24hrs | 2244 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri must explain wealth, PG insists
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri must not be allowed to use his feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to evade justice, prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has argued.Hodzi was respond...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
ZiNA seeks army, police, judiciary protection during July 31 protests
The new pressure group called Zimbabwe National Anthem has petitioned the state institutions which include the army, the police and the judiciary to protect citizens from the power-hungry political le...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1221 | by Stephen Jakes
G40 Kingpins engage Umkhonto WeSizwe to negotiate readmission to ZANU PF?
Former G40 Kingpins Saviour Kasukuwere, Walter Mzembi and Patrick Zhuwao are reported to have sought the assistance of South Africa's Umkhonto we Sizwe Veterans Association (MKVA) to negotiate w...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 6133 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to pay £3bn land grab compensation
WENTY years after a violent takeover of white-owned commercial farms by the Zanu-PF regime led by the late former President Robert Mugabe, the new administration led by his former deputy Emmerson Mnan...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1471 | 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 | 3533 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in trouble
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and some officials in his ministry face contempt of Parliament charges after the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Finance accused them of treating the august H...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 15027 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parly structure complete
Structural works on the imposing six-storey Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the scenic surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislative supremacy, are 10...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala slept in urine soaked blankets
MDC Alliance deputy chair, Job Sikhala has filed a $1,5 million lawsuit against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, police and the prosecutor general over his arrest and prosecution last year....Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2221 | by Staff reporter
Mnagnagwa loyalists facing purges from Zanu-PF
FRESH fissures are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party with cadres seen as loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Team Lacoste banner facing purges amid reports of a plot to reform the party...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police in distress
THE officer commanding police in Harare yesterday appealed to Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders to provide transport and accommodation to junior officers who are facing eviction from their rented ac...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:59hrs | 3204 | by Staff reporter
Another Chinese up for attempted murder
A CHINESE national appeared at Mutoko Magistrates' Court on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges after he fired four shots at a farmer, but missed, following a land boundary dispute on June 21, 2...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1014 | 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 | 5505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security chefs fingered in mobile money suspension
Zimbabwe's security force leaders sidelined the nation's economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 22:44hrs | 5851 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri says Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President Mnangagwa is persecuting him over a war time clash over a woman, in a case where he is challenging the validit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5181 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative te...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4408 | by Staff reporter
There was no attempt to arrest Chiwenga, claims Chihuri
One of the alleged triggers of a 2017 coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe was based on false information, according to the former Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri.Chih...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5159 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
'Godwin Matanga has no O' Level certificate'
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga is not qualified for the job, his predecessor Augustine Chihuri claims in court documents.Now living in exile, Chihuri also accuses Matanga of "conti...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:01hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17110 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses Harvest House row
UNDERFIRE opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lost legal battle for control of the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, popularly known as Harvest House, after the High C...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:39hrs | 5070 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire's $65 000 damages claim dismisseed by court
#THISFLAG social movement campaign leader and clergyman, Evan Mawarire, has lost a $65 000 damages claim he filed against police after the matter was dismissed by the High Court on June 8.Mawa...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Police Officers confront Matanga
A GROUP of police officers who were recently transferred to stations outside Harare have revealed how they are being victimised for allegedly not thwarting MDC demonstrations, the High Court heard. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Mangudya buys VIP cars for US$400 000 per vehicle
A video that has gone viral on social media reveals that the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe falsified reports that the two institutions purchased VIP vehicles for US$400 000 inst...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 14:06hrs | 36756 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe teachers demonstrate...dump mock coffins on the streets
Zimbabwean teachers under the banner of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) took to the streets of Masvingo on Monday to protest against the meager salaries that the civil servant...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 11:49hrs | 5698 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 111 cops resist transfer
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga (pictured) was on Friday left with egg on the face after more than 1 111 junior officers successfully challenged their "intermittent transfers" at their own...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 5976 | by Staff reporter
State builds its case against Obadiah Moyo
GRAFT accused Health minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday appeared in court and was granted $50 000 bail.The 66-year-old was arrested on Friday on graft charges linked to the US$60 million acquisit...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo arrest drama: Details emerge
Government officials allegedly put pressure on police to release Health minister Obadiah Moyo after his detention on Friday over the $60 million Covid-19 medical supply scandal amid fears his case wil...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:47hrs | 9035 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Minister Obadiah Moyo freed on $50 000 bail
Harare Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has granted Health Minister Obadiah Moyo ZWL$50,000 bailThe magistrate also ordered Moyo to report to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption three times a week. He a...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 4410 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Catch and release? ZACC arrests Obadiah Moyo
Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over his alleged involvement in NatPharm's unprocedural contract with Drax Internat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Police order 'non-existent' Simbarashe Zuze brought to cop shop
IN a dramatic turn of events, Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has demanded lawyers charged early this month with signing a fake affidavit on behalf of a ‘non-existent' client, Simbarashe ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 707 | by newzimbabwe
Mahere calls for Collins Mnangagwa's arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop confusing Zimbabweans and arrest ministers involved in corrupt Covid-19 related deals.She was addressing...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1491 | by newzimbabwe
NatPharm bosses arrested, appear in court
THREE top NatPharm bosses yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of approving DRAX International LLC to supply and deliver medicines and surgical sundries to the Government without following p...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Police chief admits officers are taking bribes
ZIMBABWE Republic Police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, yesterday bared his soul confirming in Parliament that his officials are accepting bribes because of government neglect.Appearing ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 12:59hrs | 3249 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police working without PPE, allowances'
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga (pictured) yesterday disclosed that his subordinates were at high risk of contracting COVID-19 as they did not have personal protective equipment (PPE)....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate denied bail
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Delish Nguwaya, facing fraud charges, will languish in remand prison after he was denied bail by Harare magistrate, Vongai Muchuchuti.Muchuchuti ruled Nguwaya is faci...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:37hrs | 774 | by newzimbabwe
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