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Supermarket forces clients to buy grocery worth $150 if they need 10kg mealie meal
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday intervened to stop a local supermarket that was selling a 10kg of subsidised roller meal on condition that a customer first bought groceries...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal shortages persist
Subsidised mealie-meal supplies have remained erratic across the country, with major supermarkets running out of the commodity, forcing most consumers to access it on the black market. The sho...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Matanga, Kazembe sued for $783,000
Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been slapped with a $783 100 lawsuit by a Chitungwiza man who was shot and injured by Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants receive cushioning allowances
GOVERNMENT has said civil servants will be paid more cushioning allowances this year as its employees yesterday started receiving their promised payments for this month. Government this week r...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:43hrs | 3553 | by Staff reporter
National railways seeks forex exemption
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has approached Government seeking to be allowed to receive payments in foreign currency from exporters transporting their goods by rail. In ...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1957 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP warns machete gangs
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga said yesterday that police had arrested two members of a machete wielding gang that allegedly killed a police officer who was on duty. Commissioner G...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1276 | by Staff Reporter
Police threaten to shoot to kills maShurugwi
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has threatened that police will shoot to kill the violent maShurugwi gold panners who attempt to disarm the police.The statement follows the murder o...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 08:38hrs | 4811 | by Staff Reporter
Machete cop killers nabbed
TWO suspects believed to be part of a gang that allegedly killed a policeman last Saturday and seriously injured his colleague at Good Hope Mine in Battlefields have been arrested. Police say ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:41hrs | 4783 | by Staff Reporter
Zim police urge citizens to be responsible on the roads
Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged Zimbabweans to be responsible on the roads and ensure that road safety is of utmost importance to every motorist.The Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-Ge...Published: 25 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 730 | by Staff Reporter
'Cop bosses deal in drugs'
TWO female police detectives based in Bulawayo have approached the High Court challenging their superiors' decision to move them to other stations. The two cops, only identified as Detective S...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:08hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
CIO, police pay assault victim $7 000 compensation
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have paid $7 000 to a victim of assault after he successfully sued them with the assistance of Zimbabwe Lawyers for H...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 2178 | by Stephen Jakes
Treasury adjusts Zupco rates
Daily hire rates for contracted Zupco buses have risen from $2 000 to $3 000 following a plea by private transport operators, a Government official has said. The new tariff comes into effect t...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 09:24hrs | 6435 | by Staff Reporter
Govt intervenes on Zupco crisis
Government has stepped in to solve the shortage of Zupco buses on the streets that had withdrawn their services over the shortage of diesel.The Zupco buses offer subsidised services to commute...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:24hrs | 1907 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa labelled Chigumba sellout'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly blew his top and lashed at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscillah Chigumba after she allegedly went to his office with a proposal for elector...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 17300 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to reject majority of debts owed to institutions
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee plans to "reject the majority of debts" owed to institutions, a move it hopes will save the southern African nation much-needed foreign currenc...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 15:18hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student among UK top 10 Rare Rising Stars
Zimbabwean - born economics and finance student, Hlanganiso Matangaidze has been named one of the UK's top 10 Rare Rising Stars for his start-up innovation that has dedicated time to building low-cost...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:11hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
IMF team jets in for crucial talks
A six member delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Gene Leon jetted into the country this week for crucial meetings to revive the Staff Monitored Programme (SMP), which stalled ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube budget statement a fraud, says Biti
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement is in a shambles with several errors and inconsistences in figures compared to those in the proposed estimates of expenditure (Blue Book), former ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 407 | by Staff rpeorter
Lawyers petition police, minister
LAWYERS yesterday held a peaceful demonstration against police brutality before handing a petition to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga.Incen...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:49hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Fired police officers challenge dismissal
THREE police officers who were forced to retire on medical grounds after sustaining injuries during the course of duty have taken Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court challenging their ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:47hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers protest, petition Kazembe, Matanga over police brutality
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have marched during a demonstration to protest against harassment and assault of legal practitioners and ordinary citizens.Dozens of placard waving lawyers gathered outside ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1980 | by Stephen Jakes
ZRP shake-up looms, Matanga to go
A SHAKE-UP is imminent in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, with Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga set to be replaced, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to ring changes within the security secto...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:56hrs | 8612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor resigns from top bank
Member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council Busisa Moyo has resigned from his position as a board member of First Capital Bank. In a press release on Thursday the bank said Moyo ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 13:57hrs | 9645 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister sucked into farm invasion row
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has been sucked into a farm invasion row in Mutare, which has seen the property owner approaching the High Court for recourse. The farm...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
'Cross-border traders to declare forex sources'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is headed for another clash with cross-border traders and ordinary citizens after announcing plans to compel travellers to disclose their source of foreign cu...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:23hrs | 4369 | by Staff reporter
Police brutally assault David Coltart's son
Police in Harare on Saturday brutally assaulted MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart's son and lawyer Douglas Coltart as he visited his client in h...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 5013 | by Staff Reporter
Tough forex controls loom
Importers will soon be required to declare the legal source of their foreign currency under legislation being drafted, as Government takes measures to kill the black market. Those who fail to ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
China corners Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday held crunch talks with China's Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhao Baogang following a nasty fallout over development-partner support figures presented in the...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:07hrs | 2006 | by Staff reporter
Higher Zimdollar denominations coming
Government will soon unveil higher denominations of money to bring convenience to the transacting public but has to do so with caution to avoid inflationary pressures, Secretary for Finance and Econom...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:59hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
By firing doctors Zanu PF delivered coup de grace on healthcare and, more notably, on Zanu PF itself
From November 2017 to July 2018 Mnangagwa had his party thugs, the rogue war veterans, the Police, Army and CIO on the leash. He did not want to see any violence because he wanted to claim the "2018 e...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1297 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ministers sued over suspect's death
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and his Justice counterpart, Ziyambi Ziyambi have been taken to the High Court by a Chitungwiza man who is seeking $420 000 compensation for the death of his son ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:58hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Police chief convicted
Commissioner-general of police Godwin Matanga and the Police Service Commission (PSC) chairperson have been slapped with a 60-day jail term each after they were convicted for contempt of court....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3828 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to abolish VP post reserved for Ndebeles in Zimbabwe govt?
The toxic politics of tribalism and clanism continues unabated in Zimbabwe as the process of "de- Zezurunisation" and "Karanganisation" of government and all sectors which begun when Mnangagwa (Karang...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:38hrs | 10081 | by Israel Dube
Grace Mugabe attacks Mnangagwa?
The escalating row over a farm in Harare's Pomona area, involving Grace Mugabe and a number of land claimants, has now placed the erratic former first lady in the gun-sights of the ruling Zanu-PF. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 14246 | by Staff reporter
Court stops Grace Mugabe farm eviction
Three farmers seeking to evict former president Robert Mugabe's widow from a farm in Mazowe must wait until his estate is registered before pursuing the matter, the Harare High Court ruled on Monday....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 18:11hrs | 10065 | by ZimLive
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2913 | by Wilbert Mukori
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Top cop in corruption storm
A TOP Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) official has been fingered in a well-orchestrated police corruption scam by a subordinate who has since been granted protection by the High Court after exposing th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in remarkable recovery, returning home soon
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears, is preparing to return home after making a remarkable recovery at a top hospital in Beij...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
$2 coins issuance date set
Bond notes lifespan limitedBOND notes and coins will continue being used as legal tender in Zimbabwe for a limited period alongside new notes and coins, which will be put into circulation this mon...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3329 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe defends $2m defamation suit
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe has defended a $2 million lawsuit filed against her and her son Russel Goreraza by Lebanese businessman Jamal Hamed, who accuses the two of defaming him during a legal b...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 13:33hrs | 7436 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt scrambles to save US$1bn Chinese deals
GOVERNMENT officials were this week nervously scrambling to salvage three big Chinese-funded infrastructural projects totalling US$1,324 billion, which are on the verge of collapse after US$10 million...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Matanga reassigns police top brass
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has reassigned Deputy Commissioner-Generals to various portfolios to strengthen the force.The reassignments are with immediate effect.Stephen...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles Police Deputy Commissioner Generals
THE four police deputy commissioner generals have been reshuffled with immediate effect to enhance performance of the force and maximise their innate crime fighting skills.National police spok...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 19:46hrs | 5376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police kill man over $2 bribe
A man was shot dead by a police officer after refusing to hand over a $2 bribe, the High Court has heard.The Harare woman is now suing police chief Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs Minister Cai...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 3430 | by ZimLive
Top cop declared liberation hero
A top police officer, Assistant Commissioner Eliot Muswita, who died last week, was buried on Sunday in Masvingo after being declared a liberation war hero. Asst Comm Muswita, who was responsi...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa snatched Augustine Chihuri's lover'
Former police commissioner Augustine Chihuri did not side with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction in the days of the Zanu-PF succession battles when late President Robert Mugabe was still in power...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 18:04hrs | 28554 | by Staff Reporter
Interpol snubs ZRP over G4O
ZIMBABWE Republic Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga yesterday revealed that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was not willing to assist Zimbabwe extradite certain sus...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:07hrs | 3422 | by Staff reporter
Interpol frustrates hunt for Zimbabwean fugitives
THE International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) is frustrating efforts to extradite people facing criminal charges in the country, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga said yesterday. ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:04hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo extradition - Interpol frustrating ZRP over?
The ZRP Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has accused the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) of frustrating their efforts to extradite people facing criminal charges in the countr...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 15:47hrs | 5665 | by Staff reporter
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