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MPs call govt to order
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide yesterday teamed up in condemning the government sanctioned demolitions, describing them as an open war against citizens, particularly informal traders....Published: 22 hrs ago | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo indicted to High Court
FORMER Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has been indicted to the High Court for trial on criminal abuse of office charges.Prosecutor Garudzo Ziyadhuma told the court that Moyo's tri...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1031 | by Staff reporter
We've no case against NYT journo: State
THE State yesterday said it had no case against New York Times (NYT), Zimbabwean journalist Jeffrey Moyo.Moyo spent three weeks in custody, with the State opposing bail, before making a sudden...Published: 22 hrs ago | 498 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube's trial stopped
GWERU regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who was facing US$9 million fraud allegations, pending ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:17hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1826 | by Staff reporter
Lack of internet connectivity affecting govt e-learning programmes
ONLY 30% of schools countrywide have internet connectivity, a situation which is likely to affect government's online learning programmes during the COVID-19-induced lockdown period.This was r...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:26hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Moyo in fresh bid to unite Matebeland-based parties
OPPOSITION United Movement for Devolution (UMD) led by former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo is seeking to enter into a political pact with Matebeleland-based opposition parties in a bid to "recl...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's intervention sort
EMBATTLED Harare City Council human and capital development director Dr Cainos Chingombe secretly met with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as he desperately tries to get support for his comeback...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
New York Times correspondent granted bail, prisons block his release as 'papers not in order'
PRISON officials at Greys Remand in Bulawayo were Tuesday evening declining to release New York Times correspondent, Jeffrey Moyo, who had been granted $5 000 bail at the High Court earlier today....Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
We have stopped prosecution of Smelly Dube - Gweru magistrate's court
Gweru Magistrate Christopher Maturure has accented to the High Court ruling granting Smelly Dube a stay of prosecution in a case in which the businesswoman is facing corruption involving $9 million....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 22:44hrs | 1570 | by Simbarashe Sithole
My last days with Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo
I knew Jason ZIYAPHAPHA MOYO, when I joined the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 1960, after my agricultural course at Tsholotsho Breeding and Experimental Station.The relationship between t...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 21:06hrs | 2941 | by Phelekezela Mphoko (Zimbabwe former Vice President)
Mnangagwa govt refutes Malunga farm grab claims
THE farm that Government has repossessed in Matabeleland North does not belong to Osisa director Mr Siphosami Malunga and his two partners but was compulsorily acquired under the Land Reform programme...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:24hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, Mozambique enemies of the Press'
THE Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa) yesterday said Zimbabwe and Mozambique were the worst in terms of harassment and persecution of journalists in the whole of southern Africa.This ...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Bank card cloner gets away with $3m
A-29-YEAR-OLD suspected fraudster yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate after he allegedly withdrew $3 million from various depositors' bank accounts using cloned cards.Tinotenda Chiny...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
Correction of Zimbabwe history
The Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) never had a Military Command Structure called Special Affairs. The name Special Affairs was a Code name for the Armed Struggle, which ZAPU, (under the...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:27hrs | 3387 | by Phelekezela Mphoko (Zimbabwe former Vice President)
Give Mnangagwa tsvimbo (sceptre) or else..?
No amount concrete on Mugabe's grave or temper proof installed on his coffin will stop ritualist Mnangagwa from digging up Mugabe's remains. According to Mugabe's nephew Leo Mugabe, Emmerson M...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2657 | by Israel Dube
Obert Gutu appointed NPRC spokesperson
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday appointed former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu as its spokesperson and chairperson for its complaints handling, investigations and l...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Bosso class of 98 honours Maphepha
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni has described the legendary Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda, who won Premier Soccer League titles as a manager and chairman of Highlanders an administrator par-excellence, whose...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Damaged Matabeleland North roads rehab under way
THE rehabilitation of major roads is under way in Matabeleland North Province and the Government is providing the resources for the work so as to ensure smooth transportation and facilitation of inves...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
US$100k lawsuit over Zanu-PF spy slur
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) national organiser Mr Michael Kandukutu has filed a lawsuit against a member of an NGO, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, to the tune of US$100 000 for defamatio...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
2 decades of raw sewage for Filabusi townships
RESIDENTS in several townships in Filabusi centre, Matabeleland South, say for the past 21 years they have watched raw sewage flowing within their premises, a situation that poses a health hazard....Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:56hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Anger over police killing
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man, who was shot and killed by a member of the security forces on an operation in the border town, say he was not a robber as police claimed, but just a mere tout at a bus t...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2110 | by Staff reporter
Moyo tipped for top post
Zimbabwean postal expert, Sifundo Moyo is in line to become the next Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) secretary-general after his candidature for the top continental post was overwhelmingly endorsed by...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 6412 | by Staff reporter
Millers close, offload staff as imports rise
ZIMBABWE'S milling industry has hit turbulent times, amid revelations that some companies have suspended operations after a flood of cheap imported mealie-meal pushed them to the brink, it has been re...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Woman slices mother-in-law's buttocks
A heated argument over water bills payment between mother-in-law and daughter ended drastically yesterday.Jacqueline Moyo the mother in law to Yvonne Ncube reived the news that her inlaw was n...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 20:41hrs | 2498 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's govt tells citizens to borrow to pay police spot fines
GOVERNMENT has said motorists must borrow from colleagues to pay for on-the-spot road traffic offenses if they do not have cash, and said it would not introduce alternative means of payment as it was ...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, DeMbare face off in Nakamba Tourney group
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos have been drawn in the same group in the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) inaugural Under-17 tournament to be staged in Bulawayo next week.The two sides are in Pool A...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:51hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Veteran ZDF chaplain calls it a day
The first Chaplain General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Joseph Nyakudya, retired yesterday with ZDF Commander General Phillip Sibanda presiding over his farewell lunch at the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda scolds Ministers for dodging Parliament
SPEAKER Jacob Mudenda says the continued failure by ministers and their deputies to come to parliament has greatly affected proceedings in the august house as MPs have been denied the opportunity to r...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF another pandemic hitting Zimbabwe
Our current situation in Zimbabwe under this so called new republic is simply summed up by the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi's song Paita Mabasa.When people across the country thought that there was...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 14:14hrs | 1570 | by Leonard Koni
Magistrate misdirected self in denying journo bail, says Coltart
DOUGLAS Coltart, the lawyer representing New York Times (NYT) correspondent Jeffrey Moyo has said Bulawayo magistrate Rachel Mukanga grossly misdirected herself in denying his client bail.Colt...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Security agents stalk war veteran
THE fight for control of Caps Holdings Limited (CHL) has turned nasty, with war veteran and businessman Frederick Mutanda alleging that State security agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga admits Zimbabwe health sector collapse
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday admitted that Zimbabwe's health sector was on its knees at a time when the country is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that a lot needed to be...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new tool against dissent
THE incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and delayed acquittal of two opposition activists by the Supreme Court last week is symptomatic of Zanu-PF's desperate attempt to weaponise the l...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
No negotiations over spot fines at roadblocks
MOTORISTS must pay spot fines at road blocks and if they do not have money, they can borrow from their friends or relatives as police cannot follow up offenders who say they will pay at a later date....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players accept offer
TENSIONS in the Highlanders' camp have eased after the players agreed to accept US$70 salary top-ups and give the club time to find a solution to their demands of an upward review.Bosso player...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Biti throws away summons
There was drama at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday when MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti ran away from a police officer who was trying to serve him with summons for a case of public viol...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to put structures in place
Zanu-PF wants its provincial structures to work tirelessly with the lower structures to ensure a resounding victory in the 2023 harmonised elections through putting in place proper structures from cel...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe meets EU for political dialogue
The third session of the Zimbabwe-European Union Article 8 political dialogue is currently underway in Harare as relations between the two take a decisive turn for the better.The Zimbabwean de...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:26hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Detained New York Times journalist appeals to High Court
LAWYERS for New York Times (NYT) correspondent Jeffrey Moyo yesterday said they had filed an appeal at the High Court after receiving a written ruling from the magistrate who denied him bail last week...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
High Court stops Smelly Dube trial
THE High Court has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who is facing US$9 million fraud, pending a determination by the same court of her applica...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Hurungwe records 48 Covid19 positive cases in 3 days
AT least 14 health personnel from Karoi and Chidamoyo hospitals in Hurungwe district have tested positive to Covid-19 bringing the total to 48 in the past three days.All the 14, 12 from Karoi ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
'ZEC ready for by-elections'
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission((ZEC) is committed and ready to hold by-elections but is only waiting for a nod from the Health and Child Care Ministry which suspended public gatherings as part of e...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
NPRC pays courtesy call on Mudenda
NEWLY-APPOINTED members of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday paid a courtesy call on Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to acquaint themselves with parliame...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Trade unions castigate MDC led council demolitions
TRADE unions yesterday blasted the move by Harare and Chitungwiza councils to demolish structures used by informal traders to sell their wares, saying it was going to severely affect their livelihoods...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
China, Zimbabwe's all-weather friend, says Mumbengegwi
The ruling Zanu-PF party and the Communist Party of China are holding a virtual seminar meant to strengthen their ties to uplift the livelihoods of the citizens.Zanu-PF is represented by its s...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:46hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku files ConCourt application defending Malaba, Mnangagwa
Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku drew fire on Sunday after taking up a case that seeks to nullify the High Court ruling that ended Luke Malaba's tenure as Zimbabwe's Chief Justice befo...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4565 | by Staff reporter
Chamber of Mines elects new leadership
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has elected new leadership to lead the organisation until next year amid calls for all mining stakeholders to embrace inclusiveness for the industry to realise the US$...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa polled 33% to Chamisa's 66%, claims Jonathan Moyo
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the eye of a storm after is-suing a bizarre release responding to allegations of poll theft against MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's reported victory ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 7346 | by Staff reporter
'Malaba's spirited fight has dented his dignity, legacy'
OPPOSITION POLITICAL analysts yesterday said the spirited efforts by Chief Justice Luke Malaba to remain in office have dented his dignity and legacy.Malaba has been fighting to retain his job...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:09hrs | 4041 | by Staff reporter
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