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Zimbabwe CIO boss's daughter dies in Ireland
FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Friday visited the family home of Central Intelligence Organisation Director-General Ambassador Isaac Moyo to pay her condolences following the death of their eldes...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zimbabwean nurses lose US$8,000 to bogus employment agencies
Eight aspiring nurses were allegedly conned of over US$8,000 by bogus employment agencies they engaged to assist them with securing vacancies at Sally Mugabe Hospital, a Harare court heard Tuesday....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer resigns after sleazy video leak
The Midlands State University (MSU) is topping the Twitter trend after sleazy videos and pictures involving one of its lecturers and students leaked on social media last Friday.The lecturer Re...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Clergyman convicted over an anti-government protest
A 52-year-old clergyman and an apostolic sect leader, has been convicted over holding an anti-government protest.Kanyenzura Parere, a Bishop of Mirirai Jehovha Apostolic Church was convic...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each
THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU's skewed retrenchment scheme backfires
Midlands State University (MSU) faces a massive staff exodus after implementing a skewed and controversial employee voluntary retrenchment scheme, which was unexpectedly oversubscribed leaving the ins...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man acquitted of murdering mother
A 37-year old Zvishavane man who is mentally ill was recently acquitted of murdering his mother by the High Court on circuit in Gweru.High Court Judge Evangelista Kabasa who was on circuit at ...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers send shockwaves abroad
A series of robberies in homes and highways in Zimbabwe have stoked fears in the diaspora community planning to return home for holidays.Local media reports say as many as 200 families in Zimb...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fired MSU lecturer found dead
A MIDLANDS State University philosophy lecturer, Ishmael Jeko, was found dead in his house last Friday.Jeko was vice-president of Midlands State University Lecturers Association (MSULA)....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU staff morale hits rock bottom
STAFF at the Midlands State University (MSU) is reported to have hit rock bottom with lecturers accusing the management of meddling in workers' union affairs in a bid to destabilise it.A sourc...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU to axe 34 workers
THE Midlands State University (MSU) is set to retrench 34 workers in the catering department as part of a downsizing programme, NewsDay reported.A letter to the workers gleaned by NewsDay read...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
36 vie for High Court judges vacancies
Thirty-six candidates, among them regional magistrates and lawyers are jostling to fill the nine vacant positions of judges of the High Court bench, according to the list of nominated candidates short...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
100 MSU students test positive for COVID-19
AT least 100 students at the Midlands State University (MSU)'s Zvishavane campus have reportedly tested positive to COVID-19, a situation that has caused panic at the higher learning institution....Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube court sits in hospital
In a first for the Gweru Magistrates Court, a temporary court was set up at Claybank Hospital so a magistrate could see for himself the extent of illness of an accused person who had failed to turn up...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elephants wreak havoc
PEOPLE living in Masocha village in Zvishavane district are living in fear after a herd of marauding elephants invaded the community, damaging crops in the droughtprone area.A villager, Beatri...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exclusion of Bulawayo boys in the Under-17 squad 'an insult'
FORMER national team and Highlanders captain Thulani Biya Ncube and Mkhokheli Dube have reacted with dismay and anger while questioning the criteria which career Under-17 boys coach Tafadzwa Mashiri u...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father for bewitching him
A 32-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man, who two years ago killed his father accusing him of witchcraft, was yesterday jailed 30 years for murder.Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa sitting at...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge admits she is not computer literate
SUPREME Court judge Justice Anne Gowora yesterday shocked panelists interviewing her for possible appointment to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench after she admitted that she failed to update ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Handshakes, hugs banned as schools reopen
PUBLIC schools reopened yesterday for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination classes with both staff and students adhering to the mandatory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) i...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
JSC to conduct ConCourt interviews tomorrow
THREE candidates out of the 12 nominated for public interviews for the five vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench have reportedly snubbed the offer.One more could not make it because he ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Varsities resume face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has reopened for face-to-face lectures for first year students who will be on campus for two weeks before they start online learning.The university has put ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 19:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to 'strengthen' structures
ConCourt interviews postponedPublic interviews of the 12 candidates for the five vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench have been postponed to the end of the month by the Judicial Service Com...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rentals shocker for students
Students at Midlands State University (MSU) have expressed concern over high rentals being charged for off-campus accommodation which are now beyond the reach of many. Most students at the uni...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject pay rise
GOVERNMENT has awarded a 76% salary hike to its restive workers, a move which will see the lowest paid civil servant getting around $1 000 per month, but civil servants' representative body, the Apex ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu, Jacob Mudenda emerge as Mnangagwa's new targets for purging
AFTER weeding out his new rivals - who brought him to power - in the security sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has now shifted the purges to Zanu-PF, targeting the ruling party's heavyweights seen...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo lecture set for MSU
RESPECTED academic and author Sabelo Gatsheni Ndlovu will today deliver the 2019 Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo memorial lecture at the Midlands State University (MSU) campus in Gweru.The lecture, which...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's passport temporarily released
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, who is on remand over fraud, tax evasion and money-laundering charges involving over $3,5 million, was yesterday granted a repri...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU employs conflicted labour officer
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) has come under fire for employing a Gweru-based labour officer who has been handling cases raised against the institution by close to 100 workers.The university...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman's death opens can of worms
THE sudden death of Mirirai Driving School proprietor, Washington Jekanyika (35), who died in unclear circumstances last Saturday has been the mainstay of public discourse in Mutare over the past week...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Just enjoying our Katuruturu as it is now Zituruturu
I always say things from my perspective, got to think and appreciate the only local team that has made Kariba proud by bringing us premier soccer league. The promotion of ZPC FC coincided well with th...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:55hrs | 2 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
Mugabe son in-law case: Witness declared hostile
There was drama in court yesterday in the unlawful detention case involving former President Mugabe's son-in-law that saw top lawyer Phillipa Phillips declared a hostile witness.Harare magistr...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's trial takes dramatic twist
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in law Simba Chikore took a dramatic twist yesterday after the State threatened to incarcerate its key witness who refused to answer questions citing ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Secti...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:33hrs | 8 | by Parliement
RBZ boss' case deferred
Suspended Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit director Mirirai Chiremba's application for refusal of further remand was yesterday rolled over to Thursday after his lawyer, Mr Ad...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
State witness exonerates Mugabe's son-in-law
A POLICE officer who was called in to testify against, former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simbarashe Chikore on charges of unlawful detention, has instead exonerated the former Air Zimbabwe c...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by newzimbabwe
RBZ executive wants to be removed from remand
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) financial intelligence unit director Mirirai Chiremba has said he will apply for refusal of further remand during his next court appearance. Chiremba appea...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba Chikore case faces collapse
The witness in the case in which former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is accused of unlawfully detaining former ZimAirways legal head, yesterday developed cold feet and wrote to...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer declines to testify against Mugabe's son-in-law
A Harare lawyer has refused to testify against former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore as a State witness to establish an essential fact of the Zimbabwe Airways senior staff row as w...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss' bail conditions relaxed
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) financial intelligence unit director Mirirai Chiremba's bail conditions have been relaxed. Chiremba stands accused of criminal abuse of office after he all...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire to spend more days in remand prison
PROMINENT activist and #This Flag leader Evan Mawarire will spend more days in remand prison after the High Court on Friday reserved judgment on his bail application.Justice Tawanda Chitapi sa...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Tribute to Dr Oliver Mutukudzi - A Disability Perspective
When one reflects on such an artist and icon as is Dr. OLIVER MUTUKUDZI, one finds it difficult to even start writing WHAT'S ON ONE'S MIND about him. Suffice to say, TUKU, as we fondly called him, was...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:37hrs | 16 | by Timothy Mudarikwa
Evan Mawarire remanded in custody to Jan 31
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by This#Flag leader Evan Mawarire challenging his placement on remand. Mawarire was arrested this week following the violence that rocked...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evan Mawarire challenges placement on remand
RIGHTS activist and #ThisFlag founder Evan Mawarire, who is accused of subverting a constitutionally-elected government after he supported calls for a stayaway to protest against fuel price increases,...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reorter
RBZ Director back in court
The suspended Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe director who appeared in court last year facing abuse of office was yesterday back in court for routine remand.Mirirai Chiremba yesterday appeared before...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Busy year for Zimbabwe courts, as govt takes corruption head-on
THE year 2018 was characterised by arrests of most high profile figures for corruption, including former ministers, senior government officials and public entity bosses who were serving in the old dis...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Acie Lumumba faces heavy lawsuits
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) risks being slapped with heavy lawsuits after making damaging allegations against senior RBZ officials which later turned out to ...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumumba blasts Mnangagwa; Mthuli Ncube
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Tuesday blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for failing to fix the economy as they promised...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's 'arrest and release on bail' program exposed
The new dispensation government led by President Mnangagwa on dealing with corruption has turned to be a talkshop staged cosmetics theatre which Zimbabweans are not ready for in the brink of a collaps...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 16:38hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba undresses Fadzayi Mahere
William Gerald Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Friday engaged in a heated Twar with human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that Mutumanje had ...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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