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75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 6 hrs ago | 514 | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for card-cloning
A SOLDIER, who cloned a bank card and accessed $506 475 from an unsuspecting bank client's account has been arrested and is expected to appear in court this week.Mkhokeli Moyo (23), a member o...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3653 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP dies of heart attack
Zanu-PF Member of the National Assembly for Mwenezi East Jusby Omar has died. He died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Makurira Memorial C...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2202 | by Staff reporter
'Measures to insulate Zimdollar against erosion sustainable'
Measures put in place to insulate the local currency against erosion are sustainable beyond the lockdown, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said, despite the reopeni...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Andy Rinomhota snubs Warriors
English football Championship outfit Reading midfielder Andy Rinomhota has turned down the chance to play for the Warriors in the hope of securing a senior call-up for England in the future, Standards...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
'Robber' shot dead in Esigodini
A suspected armed robber was shot dead on Friday night in Esigodini after attempting to attack police details who were effecting an arrest on him.The suspected robber, identified as Mbekezeli ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland chiefs take Mnangagwa to task
CHIEFS from the Matabeleland region Saturday took President Emmerson Mnangagwa to task and raised concerns over the marginalisation and underdevelopment of the area, Local Government Minister July Moy...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | 413 | by Staff reportetr
Journalist sues minister for unlawful arrest
MUTARE-BASED freelance journalist Sydney Saize has sued Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and State security agents for humiliation and unlawful arrest in Chimanimani while investigating alleged theft...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses party grip, close allies sink
BELEAGUERED Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga made spirited but futile efforts to save his allies from the Zanu-PF political guillotine during Wednesday's tense politburo meeting in which a titanic ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:44hrs | 17050 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blames everything on sanctions
The sanctions which were imposed by the British, the Americans and European countries on Zimbabwe were as a result of human rights abuses and the land which was taken from the white farmers.I ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 288 | by Leonard Koni
Matanga accused of shady car deals, bribery
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has been accused of being involved in a raft of corrupt activities including inflating prices of police vehicles, flouting tender processes; and bribing Spec...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Battle for control of MDC-T intensifies
Rival candidates have heightened their campaign activities ahead of MDC-T's extraordinary congress as the battle to control the party intensifies.Early this month, the Supreme Court gave MDC-T...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:27hrs | 7287 | by Staff Reporter
Land deal eases government re-engagement efforts
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government's decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country's international engagement and re-engagement efforts...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:18hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Investigator nails CID boss
AN INVESTIGATOR in the case involving Stephen Kuwaza, 42, the officer-in-charge of police Theft From Car department - arrested for allegedly interfering with a witness in the probe against suspended C...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 2833 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's wife arrested
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition snubs anti-sanctions gala
OPPOSITION parties have snubbed the invitation extended to them by government to attend the State organised anti-sanctions musical e-gala scheduled for Bulawayo this Saturday, describing the event as ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:54hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Top cop took residential stand as bribe to drop probe
A senior police officer faced bribery allegations on Wednesday as he was released on Z$10,000 bail by a Harare magistrate.Chief Superintendent Joseph Josphat Mutipforo allegedly received a bri...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:41hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | 2790 | by Staff Reporter
Man glasses wife with beer bottle for going to party
IN a fit of rage, a Makokoba man allegedly stabbed his wife with an empty broken beer bottle for "disrespecting" him by defying his orders not to attend a party in the same neighbourhood. It's...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3260 | by Staff Reporter
Town planner arrested for abuse of office
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2085 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi album storms world music charts
BULAWAYO-BASED internationally-acclaimed Imbube/Iscathamiya group Black Umfolosi has scored big after its latest album Washabalala Umhlaba (Earth Song) was featured on the World Music Charts Europe (W...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered over torn R10 note at gambling school
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly beating their friend to death for placing a bet using a torn 10 rand note during a gambling game. Thulani Nkomo (19) and Peter Dube (26) both from Fila...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 756 | by Agencies
Chiwenga ally in COVID-19 fraud?
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 6577 | by Staff reporter
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Pupils expose teacher's affair
A BULAWAYO-based married teacher who had an affair with his neighbour was exposed by his pupils who were discussing his cheating ways without noticing the presence of his wife. The pupils had ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo et all told 'return home and clear your names'
HOME Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has called on exiled former Zanu-PF politicians who skipped the country past three years citing political persecution to return home and clear their names in crim...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 3494 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3597 | by Staff reporter
The Unity Accord & Gukurahundi
The 1987 unity accord meant nothing then to the people of Mathebeleland and the Midlands and it means nothing to them today. We said it then and we are saying it today. It actually made the leader of ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:30hrs | 1011 | by Clemen Moyo
Esaph Mdlongwa: Obituary from the General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
I have learnt with a heavy heart the passing away of Comrade Esaph Mdlongwa, the founding Organising Secretary of the Movement for Democratic Change, a trade unionist and a former Member of Parliament...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 11:39hrs | 1950 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena.
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 11035 | by Staff reporter
Zacc finalising probe into Obadiah Moyo
Just one more document is now required by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to complete its case against former Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo before handing over the matter to t...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa redeploys Ferret forces, says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo, has claimed that there President Emmerson Mnangagwa is redeploying Ferret Forces amid concerns over the exposure of the force's secret activities....Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:05hrs | 8734 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo seeks relaxation of bail conditions
Former Health Minister Obadiah Moyo today approached the court seeking relaxation of his bail reporting conditions saying they were costly and inconvenient to him.Moyo, through his lawyer, sai...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:33hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
'Mgodoyi' is Jonathan Moyo's predicate he used to express disgust!
It is one of Professor Moyo's terms to express anything disgusting him.Umgodoyi is an overly thin malnourished dog whose mouth unendingly oozies slummy saliva, a sign of obvious illness relate...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1897 | by Nomazulu Thata
Provinces await Zanu-PF DCC elections date
THE Zanu-PF Matabeleland North provincial leadership has said revival of the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) will help the party to strengthen grassroot structures in preparation for the 2023 ge...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar demand spikes
THE continued consolidation of the Zimbabwean dollar gains on the official market-driven foreign currency auction platform has created huge demand for the local currency on the back of growing confide...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere in nasty fallout
Ideological differences have triggered a nasty fallout between former G40 kingpins, Saviour Kasukuwere and Jonathan Moyo, who spent the better part of yesterday exchanging harsh words on social media....Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 21:26hrs | 5997 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attempts to end enduring Zanu-PF ructions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is once again extending an olive branch to many of his disaffected erstwhile Zanu-PF comrades - including former vice president Joice Mujuru, as he seeks to unite t...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa out to fix me,' says Kasukuwere
EXILED former Local Government minister and Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying the extradition order his administration was seeking from th...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 07:00hrs | 6488 | by Staff reporter
Protests stall MDC Alliance primaries
BULAWAYO MDC Alliance women's assembly members on Sunday staged a demonstration against the party's leadership, stalling the holding of primary elections to replace the late ward 8 councillor, Ronia M...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must remove pastoral jacket
WHY does MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa continue to seek re-course at the courts that are captured by Zanu-PF? Why does Chamisa dream of participating in the 2023 presidential elections that are a...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1894 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zacc commissioner challenges suspension
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) Commissioner, Frank Muchengwa, has approached the High Court seeking nullification of the verbal suspension from office, which he received from com...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Breakdown at Bulawayo waterworks
A PUMP breakdown at the Bulawayo waterworks has seen the city's water pumping capacity dropping by over 100 megalitres (ML), piling more woes on residents.The Bulawayo water shortage has force...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
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