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Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CIO boss attacked by State Security Agents?
The Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni challenge 'not abandoned'
A court application challenging the government's planned seizure of Esidakeni Estate, a coveted former dairy farm in Matabeleland North, is still pending before the courts and has not been "abandoned"...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO boss loses service AK47 rifle during a house break-in
WHILE the majority of Zimbabweans are scared of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) due to its brutality and notorious reputation for unmitigated terror, others are not.The CIO...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reza takes over Malunga prosecution as farm battle rages
Deputy Prosecutor General Michael Reza left his station in Harare on Friday to personally take charge of the prosecution of rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and two business partners who are charged wi...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO operatives fired
TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives, already in trouble after complaining about corrupt activities within their organisation, had their High Court appeal thrown out and have been or...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPRA children turn heat on Sipho Malunga over Esidakeni farm
The Esidakeni Farm saga has taken a new twist as pressure group calls on Zimbabwe Anti Corruption to investigate High court judge and prominent Bulawayo lawyer. Abantwana bomzabalazo a pressur...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 13:57hrs | 7 | by Nicholas Ncube
Esidakeni saga: 2 judges recuse themselves
TWO Bulawayo High Court judges Justices Nokuthula Moyo and Christopher Dube Banda have recused themselves in a case where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has been dragged to court ove...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'OSISA directors fraudulently acquired farm'
LAWYERS representing Dr Gatsha Mazithulela have claimed that the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) director Siphosami Malunga and his two partners fraudulently acquired Kershelmar Fa...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Esidakeni Farm rages on
THE fight for control of the hotly contested Keshelmar Farms (Pvt) Ltd, also known as Esidakeni, in Nyamandlovu, rages on after businessman Dumisani Madzivanyati filed an urgent Supreme Court applicat...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm wrangle turns nasty, tomato crops destroyed
KERSHELMAR Farm, commonly known as Esidakeni, should be teeming with ready-to-harvest tomatoes at this time of the year as it is every farmer's wish to take a good crop to market.A gaze throug...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer challenges eviction from Esidakeni farm
BULAWAYO businessman and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati yesterday approached the Supreme Court challenging a High Court judgment which ordered his ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into Esidakeni
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into farm purchase
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm former owner puts weight behind Malunga
THE former owner of Esikadeni farm, which has been at the centre of an ownership dispute pitting its local shareholders and government, has said he disposed of his stake in the dairy business to three...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm dispute takes new twist
Lawyers representing Dr Gatsha Mazithulela have written to the three "erstwhile" directors of Kershelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, challenging them to disclose the circumstanc...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO boss distances self from farm grab, exposes his 'partners'
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director-general Gatsha Mazithulela distanced himself from influencing the seizure of Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited in Matabeleland North throug...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masuka defends Malunga farm grab
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has said the High Court has no authority to reverse the acquisition of farmland by the State.He was responding to an application by Osisa director...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Esidakeni applicants have no legal standing'
GOVERNMENT has said Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa) director Mr Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners, have no legal standing to approach the court claiming ownership of ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'High Court has no jurisdiction over Malunga farm'
THE High Court has no jurisdiction to hear an application by OSISA director Siphosami Malunga and his business associates challenging the acquisition of their Kershelmar farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabelel...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm wrangle turns nasty
IN a move which underlines a further deterioration in the rule of law and property rights under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, Esidakeni Farm manager Makhabane Nkomo was on Thursday evenin...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
NUST lecturer in aggressive new push to grab Esidakeni Farm
A National University of Technology (NUST) lecturer on Thursday night attempted a forcible takeover of a disputed farm which is currently the subject of a court battle.Dumisani Madzivanyati an...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sydney Malunga's son farm shut down...CIO boss fingered
Dumisani Madzivanyati the alleged ZANU PF functionary and runner of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation boss Gatsha Mazithulela has reportedly shut down operations at a farm owned by t...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIO boss issued threats to Sipho Malunga before farm grab
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Gatsha Mazithulela tried with no success to force his way into the ownership structure of Kershelmar Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North, jointly owned...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm ownership wrangle turns nasty
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati has claimed that he sustained head injuries after he was allegedly struck with an iron rods early this month by co-o...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers and CIOs named in farm grab
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director-general Gatsha Mazithule la, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka and Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo have been dragged to the ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister sucked into 'Malunga' farm grab
Matebeleland North Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Richard Moyo has been sucked into OSISA director Siphosami Malunga's Nyamandlovu farm grab saga.About three weeks ago...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Row over farm seizure deepens as owners produce deed of title
HOLDERS of Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Limited - which legally owns Kershelmar Farm currently at the centre of a fierce row between politicians in Matabeleland North province and its lawful property owners...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lands minister distances self from Malunga farm seizure
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has distanced himself from the seizure of a farm belonging to prominent human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners, with his juniors ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO operative points gun at his superior
A BULAWAYO-based member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been arrested for allegedly pointing an AK47 assault rifle at his boss and threatening to shoot him following an argument ove...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 61 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt moots scrapping duty on more imports
THE Government is fed up with unscrupulous businesses that are in the habit of wantonly increasing prices of basic commodities and will soon consider scrapping off import duty on various goods and foo...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops acquitted in $5 bribery case
Two Matabeleland North highway patrol police officers who were facing abuse of office charges for allegedly receiving a $5 bribe from a bus conductor have been acquitted.The two officers, Noms...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust 'takes over' unused firms
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has identified 20 hectares of land and empty factory shells in Bulawayo, which it is targeting to use to design industry driven prototypes. ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
NUST to have substantive vice chancellor
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is set to have its substantive vice chancellor by end of February after a successful candidate was recommended for appointment to President Emm...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust Council dissolved
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is operating without a council following the dissolution of the previous one due to internal squabbles, a development that has allegedly de...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo not frustrating Nust VC appointment
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has refuted claims that the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, was fru...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jonathan Moyo interference on Nust appointment unlawful'
BULAWAYO law firm, Dube, Banda and Nzarayapenga, says Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo acted unlawfully when he allegedly blocked the appointment of Gatsha Mazithulela as National ...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
UBH's first black nurse dies
THE first black nurse at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has died. She was 74. Milia Macala Dube nee Sigogo, one of the pioneer nurses in colonial Rhodesia was the first black nurs...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:43hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabwean technocrat's exit package rattles SA parliament
ZIMBABWEAN technocrat, Gatsha Mazithulela was a subject of discussion in the South African Parliament last week where fresh details emerged about his "controversial" exit from the neighbouring country...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 05:57hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Bulawayo born scientist lands top AU post
One of the country's top scientists, Gatsha Mazithulela, has been appointed vice-chairperson of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (Afcone).Mazithulela will deputise George Ochilo Ayacko...Published: 28 May 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stop harassing vendors,' Khaya Moyo orders council
The senior minister of State in the President's Office, Simon Khaya Moyo, on Friday ordered the MDC-T-controlled Bulawayo City Council to stop municipal police from treating vendors and informal trade...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo to lead delegation to Cuba
Zanu-PF National Chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, is set to lead a delegation to Cuba for an official visit following an invitation by the Communist Party.The delegation will depart for...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 08:47hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Chombo accuses BCC of being 'insincere and inhumane'
LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo has threatened to wield an axe on the defiant Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Gwanda Municipality after the two local authorities blocked appointments of ...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Over 11 000 hectares of land to be given to urban farmers
MORE than 11 000 hectares of land that is lying idle in Bulawayo and its surroundings will soon be parcelled out to residents for use in urban agriculture, a Cabinet Minister has said. ...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 03:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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