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ZNA colonel threatens to 'kill' workers at Prophet T Fredy mine
Prophet T Freddy has filed urgent application at the High Court stopping Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Colonel Richard Mapanda from invading his mine in Mazoe and threaten to kill workers.Colon...Published: 18 mins ago | 13 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Sanctions unpacked
As the nation, region and continent come together to mark 25 October as an anti- sanctions day it becometh expedient that I add my voice to the matter at hand. It is said knowledge is power and indeed...Published: 21 mins ago | 12 | by Prof Blessing Kasiyamhuru
Suspended judge fingers Chief Justice Luke Malaba
SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has claimed interference by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, whom she accused of ordering her to deny bail to former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira and M...Published: 2 hrs ago | 439 | by Staff reporter
Teachers on MDC Alliance payroll, claims Chinotimba
BUHERA West MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) yesterday accused teachers of fronting for the opposition MDC Alliance through their endless industrial action, which he said had destroyed the education sec...Published: 2 hrs ago | 512 | by Staff reporter
Small Claims Court jurisdiction reviewed to $300 000
The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has with immediate effect increased the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Courts to $300 000 from $1 000. The move is aimed at decongesting the ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 51 | by Staff reporter
Bus and three cars pile up in Beitbridge
A 42-year-old Beitbridge man was killed, while three others were seriously injured in a road accident involving three light vehicles and a Zupco bus on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at...Published: 2 hrs ago | 202 | by Staff reporter
Cops steal 79 clothing bales
Three police officers from Mutare have been arrested for allegedly stealing 79 of the 143 smuggled clothing bales they had intercepted. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul...Published: 2 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
'Lazy' MPs abandon $7 million CDF
NATIONAL Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has called on voters to dump MPs who have abandoned in excess of $7 million in Constituency Development Funds (CDF) through failure to submit applications to ge...Published: 2 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flip flops on Mapisa-Nqakula's trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the ministerial handbook is often flouted when he approves ministers' requests for travel abroad on "urgent" busines...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1656 | by Staff reporter
Nguwaya savages Temba Mliswa
HARARE businessman Dilesh Nguwaya, has savaged Norton legislator TembaMliswa for maligning his reputation by labelling him as corrupt without providing evidence.This comes after Mliswa accused...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3851 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC in massive voter education exercise
THE MDC Alliance in Marondera has embarked on a massive voter education exercise ahead of the hung local authority and constituency by-elections.The Marondera Central seat fell vacant after th...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 5388 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in bold health plan
Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has put forward an ambitious plan to establish ground and air ambulance services as part of government efforts to resuscitate the country's ailing health system. ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 3935 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide must not be swept under the carpet, says Gandawa
EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, Godfrey Gandawa has called for truth telling and prosecution among perpetrators of the Gukurahundi atrocities before steps could be put in ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' jailed for assaulting wife's boyfriend
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Bindira-based apostolic prophet Forget Mahachi (33) was yesterday sentenced to a month in jail for assaulting his wife's boyfriend with a stick.Mahachi was sentenced on his o...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide deal divides stakeholders
THE majority of stakeholders in the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces have expressed reservations over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to allow traditional leaders to ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Suspended judge in court drama
SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday challenged a decision of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to ask President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a tribunal to investigate her...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
JSC protects magistrate against lawsuit in Mamombe matter
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has moved in to protect provincial magistrate Bianca Makwande from being sued in her personal capacity, in a matter where she committed Harare West MP Joanah Mamo...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says violence instigators to be brought to book
ZANU-PF Politburo member Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said perpetrators of violence which led to the abandonment of the Kwekwe Central Constituency primary election recently must be made to account for ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe degree trial date set
Former University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura will stand trial on November 24 for alleged criminal abuse of office in which he is said to have illegally awarded former First Lady Mrs Grac...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Judge takes Mnangagwa to court
SUSPENDED High Court judge Erica Ndewere has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court challenging the setting up of a tribunal to investigate her over alleged misconduct.Ndewere also cite...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga challenges authority to regulate healthcare workers
The eight health professional councils have been challenged to regulate the conduct of healthcare workers to aid Government's push for accelerated attainment of universal health coverage in line with ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:04hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
Defunct club demands Tapuwa Kapini's transfer fee share
A defunct football club has contacted Highlanders demanding a 30 percent share of the transfer fee which the Bulawayo giants received following eccentric goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini's move to Platinum St...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Top Harare lawyer in messy divorce
A TOP Harare lawyer Musindo Dunira Hungwe is embroiled in a messy divorce with his wife of 10 years and mother of his five kids whom he is accusing of bed hopping.The matter has spilled into t...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:53hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for forging daughter's birth certificate
A RUWA woman (36), who forged her daughter's birth certificate in a bid to inherit her late landlord's estate, was last Thursday slapped with an 18-month jail sentence by Marondera magistrate Ignatius...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 2766 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA: Selling a 'fragile' stability
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sold optimism in his state of the nation address Thursday, saying a period of exchange rate stability shows that his policies are delivering. But not everyone is convinced...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2063 | by Staff reporter
JSC recommends tribunal to probe justice Ndewere
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended a tribunal to investigate whether or not High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere was fit to hold office after discovering she was not clearing her ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Bushiri has fake SA permanent residency?
Home Affairs is set to appeal a High Court judgment that stopped government from withdrawing self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri's permanent residency status in South Africa. The departm...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 15:03hrs | 14593 | by Staff reporter
Fresh charges for Charumbira
CRIMINAL Investigation Department boss Crispen Charumbira was yesterday slapped with fresh criminal abuse of office charges relating to an incident that he ordered constables to release a suspect that...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:20hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers set Sherwood home on fire
Four unidentified men robbed a home in Sherwood, Kwekwe yesterday and set the house on fire on their departure.Isaac Chigodora(40) was ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:47hrs | 3195 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's bad friends
In its short years as the Zimbabwean first family, the Mnangagwas have fared quite sorely in one area: Choosing good friends.You will naturally remember Draxgate, the scandal that rocked the r...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1352 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Brick molder kills colleague
A Guruve brick molder allegedly stabbed his colleague to death over brick funds.The stabbed Mike Adriana was pronounced dead upon arrival at Guruve hospital.The matter came to light at...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 545 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for impregnating woman with mental illness
JONAS Mukoma (26) of Makarutsa village, Rushinga was on Friday jailed 15 years for raping and impregnating a woman suffering from mental illness by a Bindura magistrate.The magistrate Marehwan...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:46hrs | 595 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Khupe, Mwonzora, Mudzuri, Komichi fight for MDC-T Presidency
ENGINEER Elias Mudzuri says he will contest the post of president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Thokozani Khupe, which is expected to hold an extraordinary congress i...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2733 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland chiefs take Mnangagwa to task
CHIEFS from the Matabeleland region Saturday took President Emmerson Mnangagwa to task and raised concerns over the marginalisation and underdevelopment of the area, Local Government Minister July Moy...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | 424 | by Staff reportetr
Govt food aid diverted to Zanu-PF DCC election campaigns
SOME Zanu-PF MPs vying to be chairpersons in the party's district coordinating committees (DCCs) are reported to be diverting government food aid meant for vulnerable families and selectively donating...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1875 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son loses US$4m
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, was allegedly duped of US$4 million after he was booted out a company which he co-funded.The directors of Hozheri Stone Crushers Pr...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | 6209 | by Staff reporter
Judge seeks to bloc Mnangagwa from firing her
HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has filed an interdict against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop him from suspending her until Chief Justice Luke Malaba has followed correct disciplinary pro...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 4750 | by Staff reporter
Journalist sues minister for unlawful arrest
MUTARE-BASED freelance journalist Sydney Saize has sued Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and State security agents for humiliation and unlawful arrest in Chimanimani while investigating alleged theft...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Violent soldier killed by minors
A 37-YEAR-OLD 1 Commando Regiment-based soldier was on Thursday night killed by three minors after he allegedly attacked their mother over suspected arson at his parents' home in Zaka, Masvingo provin...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have affected citizens from rural areas to urban areas
Zimbabwe has laboured under the cruel sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States. In an unprecedented way The United States has made it its duty to oversee the Zimbabwean suffering. ZImbabwe ha...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 192 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man fatally crashes baby on floor
A Bindura man allegedly gruesomely murdered his one year old child by smashing him on the ground after a domestic dispute with his wife and mother....Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 22:22hrs | 2940 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Wife finds used condoms in hubby pocket
A Bulawayo man apparently needs some cutting-edge tips on how to destroy evidence of cheating.The call to leave no evidence of sex behind comes after he failed to keep his sex habits to himsel...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:46hrs | 4194 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'a brighter future depends on us all'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made an impassioned call to all Zimbabweans to set aside their political differences and work together to build the country.At the same time, the 78-year-old...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:13hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe has psychological problems'
TWO medical doctors have concluded that MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Harare West Joana Mamombe has psychological problems and recommended that she be treated and get help from a psychologist....Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:12hrs | 3162 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses party grip, close allies sink
BELEAGUERED Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga made spirited but futile efforts to save his allies from the Zanu-PF political guillotine during Wednesday's tense politburo meeting in which a titanic ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:44hrs | 17317 | by Staff reporter
RBZ debt accumulation above US$2 billion
THE US$2,23 billion debt accumulated by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the 12 months since July 2019 could be grossly understated, as fresh details emerged this week indicating the central bank...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:41hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2722 | by Staff reporter
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