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Zanu-PF councillor refuses to vacate lodgings
Bulawayo Ward One Councillor Josiah Mutangi is facing possible imprisonment after being accused of defying multiple court orders to vacate a farmhouse he has been occupying illegally since July 2022. ...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:52hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
South African commentator downplays Zimbabwe's giant steel plant's capabilities?
'It will just add to surplus capacity in the region, and the only way to safeguard against the commodity trade is to start adding value to the steel product itself' – Charles Dednam, South African I...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 07:33hrs | 3454 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect ruled unfit to stand trial
The trial of Bright Zhantali, a suspected serial rapist and murderer, has been suspended following a psychiatric evaluation that deemed him mentally unfit to stand trial. Harare magistrate Dennis Mang...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 163 | by Sgtaff reporter
Zanu-PF leader in fuel tender scam
A Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) member in Zaka is under fire for allegedly failing to deliver 9,000 liters of fuel paid for by the Zaka Rural District Council (RDC) over the past three...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 16:41hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs bogus Chief Chivero; withhold Isuzu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's non-committal to handover Isuzu double cab vehicle to the allegedly fraudulent Chief Chivero has been welcomed by several communities and Mashonaland West provincial chi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:13hrs | 3121 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Rutendo Matinyarare jailed in South Africa
Zanu PF activist Benson Rutendo Manyarare has been convicted of contempt of court and jailed for three months by a court in Johannesburg, South Africa.The sentence was wholly suspended on cond...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 2546 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's obstruction of justice trial continues
THE trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on charges of abusing public office by forcing the release of two officials arrested on corruption charges will continue after the Supreme Court u...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold set to anchor Zimbabwe dollar
GOLD has emerged as the most ideal instrument likely to be used to anchor the structured currency the Government is pursuing to stabilise the exchange rate and curtail persistent inflation.The...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah snubs Baba Harare
JAH PRAYZAH has chosen not to disclose the reasons behind his absence at Baba Harare's album launch in Padziva last week.Despite being scheduled to perform as one of the headline artists along...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Elections Support Network fails to pay election observers
HUNDREDS of election observers who were contracted by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) have reportedly not received payments after the 23-14 August harmonised elections and are threatenin...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF scared of losing'
Zanu-PF yesterday admitted that it is afraid of losing elections scheduled for next Wednesday after skirting questions about accepting election results if the poll outcome favours the opposition....Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos relocates to BF, Chiwenga angry about it
GOVERNMENT has decried Harare City Council's failure and ineptitude that has seen them failing to maintain football stadia, particularly the ceremonial home of Zimbabwean football-Rufaro Stadium, resu...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 20:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
SA steel giant expands imports from Hwange
ARCELORMITTAL of South Africa, one of the world's largest steel producers which imports 70 percent of coke produced in Zimbabwe and manufactures steel used in vehicle manufacturing, construction, rail...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Give us a chance to fix economic mess' cried Chamisa. Failed to fix political mess - THE critical first task
Nelson Chamisa is like Unoka, in Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart. Unoka wanted a good harvest but would not put in the hard work to earn it. Chamisa wants to be president of Zimbabwe but will n...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:26hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zec commissioners' revolt intensifies?
THE revolt by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s seven commissioners who have refused to append their signatures on both the draft preliminary delimitation report submitted to Parliament and th...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, police boss escape jail term
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have escaped imprisonment for failing to pay over US$60,000 dues to a police officer who was irregularly fire...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU threatens to boycott meetings
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to boycott the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meetings next year, saying the body has failed to represent the interests of workers....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ArcelorMittal injects millions into Zimbabwe
ARCELORMITTAL, one of the world's largest steel producers which imports 70 percent of coke produced in Zimbabwe, is set to build coke oven batteries as part of the beneficiation and value addition pro...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ambrose Mutinhiri to be named ambassador to Russia
Former National Patriotic Front (NPF) president Ambrose Mutinhiri is set to be appointed Zimbabwe's new ambassador to Russia, ZimLive reported.He will replace Nicholas Sango, a retired brigadi...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rejects opposition legislators' PVOs Bill plea
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has rejected calls by opposition legislators to recommit the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill to the Committee Reading Stage after c...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne fails to fix abuse of US$1m Covid-19 fund
MOBILE network operator NetOne has failed to properly account for a US$1 million fund the organisation was mandated with distributing to vulnerable citizens whose livelihoods were adversely affected b...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa what's stopping you from arresting criminals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, never has the yearning for freedom manifested itself with intensity. Although citizenry has been gradually concerned by the progressive fall ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Youths forced to produce Zanu-PF cards for stands
YOUTHS who want residential stands from Gweru City Council are allegedly being instructed by the ruling Zanu-PF to produce their party membership cards, The NewsHawks reported.Information gath...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is no longer free
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official open...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission at crossroads
A REPORT produced by the Commonwealth after observing Zimbabwe's 2018 elections will potentially scupper the country's desperate bid to rejoin the group, four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's members jostle for Gweru Urban seat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) senior party members in the Midlands capital have begun campaigning, albeit underground, for the Gweru Urban parliamentary seat ahead of the watershed 2023 g...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor remuneration pushing soldiers to crime, Parliament told
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been blamed for the rise in armed crimes by members of the military.MDC Alliance MP Peter Moyo said government's failure to adequately remunerate them was pus...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri trial opens
CELLPHONES believed to be owned by Citizens Coalition for Change members – Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri were active on internet and various social media platforms during the time the two claim...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to start e-passport processing
IN a development that will bring a major relief to people in the southern parts of the country, the Bulawayo Civil Registry Office will start processing e-passports by 31 March, as the Government seek...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law, adviser botch ZimCoke deal
A COURT application is set to be filed any day from now to legally and officially cancel the US$225 million ZimCoke deal to acquire assets of the now defunct state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's call to polls rattles opposition parties?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has proclaimed March 26 as the day for holding by-elections to fill vacant Parliament and council seats, a move welcomed by the country's major political parties.The Nomina...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife fit to face trial
The trial of Marry Mubaiwa will kick off on December 6 after two medical doctors who examined her indicated that she was mentally fit to follow court proceedings.Mubaiwa recently underwent psy...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive R10m fraudster nabbed, faces extradition
CORDIAL relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa have led to the arrest of a fugitive who swindled a South African company of over R10 million, jumped bail and later sneaked into Zimbabwe where he ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:51hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa told 'don't blame sanctions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime must stop lamenting about sanctions and focus on eradicating corruption that has become rife in his government, Parliament heard yesterday.Zanu-PF h...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz sweats over tariff hike
ZIMBABWE'S telecommunications regulator is combing through tariff hike proposals put forward by operators to strike a balance between protecting hard-pressed consumers and securing the viability of an...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Internet censorship worst in Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE recorded the worst internet censorship rankings in southern Africa despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation promises to usher democratic reforms.Zimbabwe is one of the ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Consult people on Cyber Security Bill, Misa urges Parly
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has urged Parliament to recall the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in order to take it back to the public to air their views on the chang...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Virtual reality - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa's wealth is estimated at US$500 million by the research company Africa Risk Consultancy (ARC). He heads its list of the wealthiest members of Zimbabwe's 'ruling political elite'....Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Teachers desert school over machete gangs
TEACHERS at Mangwande Primary School in Lower Gweru have reportedly deserted the learning institution for security reasons after machete gangs terrorised the area since July 2018.As a result, ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Malaba court case
THE High Court will hear a contempt of court case against Chief Justice Luke Malaba on Thursday following reports that he had continued to execute official duties after reaching retirement age....Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T polling agents still unpaid for 2018 election
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is agonising over outstanding allowances owed to thousands of polling agents hired by the party across the country for the disputed 2018 general election.Mwonzora...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents slam mayor's lavish lifestyle
GWERU residents associations have slammed mayor Josiah Makombe's plans to move into the mayoral mansion despite suggestions that the house be turned into a money-spinning venture.Addressing jo...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Bulawayo water shedding to continue
THE Bulawayo City Council has failed to provide adequate water to its residents who are set to further endure two days per week without the commodity, despite the local authority indicating that it wi...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ guards back at court
The labour dispute pitting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and security guards it retrenched nine years ago is back at the Labour Court, for the second time in four years, with the former workers d...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
Man dies during Covid-19 test
A RUSAPE man died early this week after a swab inserted in his nostrils as part of a Covid-19 test got stuck inside and was rushed to theatre for an operation which saw him fail to regain consciousnes...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge wants bail system reviewed
Legal changes are necessary to ensure criminals on bail who lose their appeal in a higher court do appear back in the lower court for their sentence to be effected, High Court judge Justice Pisirayi K...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe challenges imprisonment
OPPOSITION Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance), who was remanded in custody by a Harare magistrate who wants her examined for mental illness by two government doctors, has approached ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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