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Airtime vendor sues ZRP for US$40,000
Airtime vendor Michael Zumba from Masvingo has filed a US$40,000 lawsuit against Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba and Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:47hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
2 female teachers draw pupils' blood
Two female teachers from Mbuya Nehanda Primary School in Bikita are facing serious assault charges after allegedly drawing blood from 19 Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupils without consent....Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for former Zanu-PF youth league leader
A Harare court has issued a warrant of arrest for former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu after he failed to appear in court for the continuation of his fraud trial, where he faces allegations of ste...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:24hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover
Tensions are mounting in the Malipati area of Chiredzi as a land dispute involving local villagers, their headman, and outside investors threatens to destabilise the community. Several villagers have ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:10hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Giant lithium miner displaces villagers in Zimbabwe
A tense standoff is unfolding in Bikita, where eight families settled on George Nollen Farm under Chief Marozva in the year 2000, as part of Zimbabwe's land reform programme, are now facing eviction. ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Candidates battle for ZACC posts in high-stakes public interviews
Aspiring commissioners for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) appeared before Parliament last week for public interviews, streamed live from the National Assembly. The session, a hallmark ...Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 12:39hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
8 ex-MPs short-listed for Zacc commissioners' interviews
Eight former legislators have been shortlisted for public interviews for the position of commissioners at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), following the expiry of the terms of office fo...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:57hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Parliament shortlists 47 candidates for ZAAC
Parliament has shortlisted 47 candidates from 145 nominations to serve on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), with public interviews scheduled for December 19 as part of the rigorous selec...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Matutu in suspected US$150,000 fraud
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu appeared before Harare Magistrate Isheanesu Matova on Tuesday, accused of stealing shares from a local mining company, Shusib Investments. Matutu was remanded ...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 14:10hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Disaster as rains destroy over 25 schools in Masvingo
Heavy rains that swept across Masvingo province in recent weeks have caused widespread damage, with 25 schools in the region either having their classrooms or teachers' houses destroyed. The destructi...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 14:02hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
'Zanufication' of Zimbabwe govt jobs gathers momentum
ZANU-PF provinces are advocating for a policy that would reserve government jobs exclusively for graduates of its Chitepo School of Ideology. Provincial structures are currently holding meetings to dr...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:33hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa employee jailed 9 years
A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) employee and his three accomplices were jailed nine years after they were found in possession of a live pangolin.Mlandeli Matutu, a wate...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 16:14hrs | 1040 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fading Harare dwarfs falter against Bulawayo Chiefs
Bulawayo Chiefs 1 - 1 DynamosIn a recent Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match, Dynamos faced heightened security measures around their team bus as frustrated fans gathered after a disappointin...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 06:49hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
2 more in court over spate of armed robberies
Two more suspects, Thembinkosi Matutu (47) and Batsirai Hutsi (21), appeared in court yesterday in connection with a series of armed robberies in Harare. They joined 11 other accomplices already on re...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Bosso silence Bulawayo Chiefs to end derby woes
Highlanders 2-0 Bulawayo ChiefsHighlanders secured a derby victory over Bulawayo Chiefs with goals in each half, marking their first derby win of the season. Marvin Sibanda broke the deadlock with...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:50hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police decimate notorious armed robbery gang
A gang of suspected armed robbers who were behind the widely publicised J and P Security robbery, among other movie-style thefts, are now behind bars after they implicated each other one after another...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:32hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
Nyusi, Masisi and Mnangagwa to sign tripartite agreement
President Mnangagwa is set to attend a significant meeting in Maputo today alongside Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. The purpose of the meeting is to overse...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana mull tripartite rail project
Mozambique is negotiating the upgrade of the regional railway system from Beira through Zimbabwe to Botswana, including a proposed new line into central Botswana, according to President Filipe Nyusi. ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:42hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Man 'bedding' deceased friend's wife
In Harare, a man named Lazarus Banda from Budiriro 2 was taken to court by his wife, Caroline Matutu, who sought a protection order due to marital issues arising after Banda began an affair with his l...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZINWA employee in soup over live pangolin
A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) together with his three accomplices are in trouble after they were found in possession of a live pangolin.Mlandeli Matutu a water bailif...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 20:43hrs | 20 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa ropes in Kudzanai Chipanga and Lewis Matutu
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly oiling his machine for a third term bid by roping in former vocal youth leaders Kudzanai Chipanga and Lewis Matutu to mobilise support.Chipanga, from...Published: 01 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Rutendo Matinyarare labels the High Court a Kangaroo Court
Controversial Rutendo Matinyarare, a well-known public figure, recently faced backlash for his absence during a court hearing. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe had taken legal action against ...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 14:57hrs | 22 | by George Tshuma
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 13 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Faz destabilises Chamisa's CCC
SHADOWY Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-linked Zanu-PF group Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), which took over the running of elections from the military in order to boost the prospects of...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:47hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Primary school pupil survives kidnapping incident
A pupil at Shabani Primary School in Zvishavane survived a kidnapping attempt by two masked men who seized the minor on her way home and tried to shove her in their vehicle.The shock incident ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa let us down'
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader and founder of the Front for Economic Emancipation of Zimbabwe (FEEZ), Godfrey Tsenengamu has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of letting down Zimbabweans and other ind...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers jailed 21 years
THREE Mberengwa men have been sentenced to a combined 21 years in jail for robbing a man at gunpoint.Alford Namusimundo, Macdonald Moyo and Nkosilathi Jabangwe pleaded guilty to the offence wh...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF breaks tradition on primaries?
ZIMBABWE's ruling Zanu-PF party has allowed former opposition members to contest in this week's internal polls, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa breaks with tradition, the Zimbabwe Independent can repo...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-opposition officials cleared to contest in Zanu-PF primaries
THE much anticipated Zanu-PF primary elections that were postponed last week will now be held this Saturday with an array of candidates including those who were once in the opposition set to contest....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries
It will be a dog eat dog scenario in Zanu-PF primary elections initially set for Saturday (March 18) but have been postponed to a later date, with big wigs and some completely new faces set to clash i...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:32hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Chiroto vows to expose Chamisa
Mutare-Former Harare Mayor and President of Urban Council Association in Zimbabwe who is among a host of Zanu-PF returnees has declared that he will expose all strategies and inside information that b...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:18hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's son denies Zanu-PF links
GLEN View South legislator Vincent Tsvangirai (MDC-T) says he was not a Zanu-PF member and would never join the ruling party as it would be betrayal of his father, the late founding leader of the oppo...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa welcomes Morgan Tsvangirai's brother to Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, Saturday said Zanu-PF structures should prepare themselves for an influx of former opposition supporters after receiving hundreds in Harare.In the hundreds was fo...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: 1 000 CCC members defect to ZANU PF in Masvingo
Former MDC Member of Parliament and leader of #Returnees4ED Tongai Matutu says his organisation has welcomed 1 000 former opposition CCC party members who defected to the ruling party ZANU...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 17:25hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Donors snub Nelson Chamisa's CCC'
Former MDC Masvingo urban lawmaker and member of Returness4ED Tongai Matutu has sensationally claimed that the opposition CCC led by Nelson Chamisa has suffer a major blow after losing all its major d...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 17:14hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF unleshes machete gangs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has allegedly unleashed machete-wielding gangs in the Midlands province to mobilise voters for its five million votes for ED campaign ahead of this year's polls.NewsDa...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Chair pained by CCC members' assault
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairperson Daniel Garwe says he was deeply pained by the brutal assault of several elderly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murewa last week.His comment...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resurrection of G40 rocks Zanu-PF
Around 2016, serious ructions opened up in the ruling Zanu-PF then led by veteran Machiavellian politician Robert Mugabe with two factions wrestling to control the party in the event that Mugabe disen...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
List of people and organisations who participated in the sanctioning of Zimbabwe
FORMER Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, has published a long list of eminent opposition politicians he claims were at the forefront inviting "hurtful" sanctions on Zimbabwe.Last week,...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shouldn't all those 'confessing' to calling for Zimbabwe targeted sanctions be the first to be arrested?
Let us just imagine this scenario for a moment.I come out openly confessing to the unresolved brutal murder of a person, which I perpet...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF old guard retain CC posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party retained its old guard in the recently held central committee (CC) elections with a few young guns making it into the party's highest decision-making body.The party's ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube elected as a Zanu-PF Central Committee member
Zanu-PF has released names of Central Committee elect members who sailed through in the just ended elections.Some party heavyweights who retained are Cdes Obert Mpofu, Mike Bimha, Christopher ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's former ally in sensational Zimbabwe sanctions claim
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has blasted former Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, arguing his unfounded and preposterous claims that the then vibrant Movement for Democratic Change...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe agrees extradition deal with Rwanda
ZIMBABWE and Rwanda last week signed an agreement that will help expedite "two specific criminal cases" as Kigali seeks the extradition of individuals suspected of involvement in the country's 1994 ge...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, wife issued with warrant of arrest
FORMER Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere's younger brother Stanley and his wife Martha Batsirai Bakare were yesterday issued with warrants of arrest after failing to appear in court to...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Surely, there is no honour among thieves
NO honour among thieves is a universal truth, a biblical saying that has found resonance globally to denote the actions of robbers who usually double-cross each other, never mind the perils involved i...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Outcry over insurance service gaps
THE Insurance Council for Zimbabwe (ICZ) was inundated with widespread complaints from the public over lack of transparency by insurers.This was highlighted at the recently held Zimbabwe Inter...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Matutu elbowed out of mine
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu has been elbowed out of the late business tycoon John Bredenkamp's gold-rich Thetford Estate in Mazowe, the Zimbabwe Independent has established.This c...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
87-year-old man goes missing
Police in Matabeleland South province are appealing for information that may lead to the location of an 87-year-old man from Filabusi who went missing on March 2.Matabeleland South provincial ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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