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Revealed: Full List of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet
A former officer in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation has revealed to us the full list of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet who were supposed to take over power after the 2018 elect...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 19:27hrs | 12619 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1771 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
Mnangagwa gets ultimatum over Mphoko's pension
GOVERNMENT has up to early December to process former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's full pension or risk a civil suit, his lawyer Welshman Ncube has said.Mphoko is yet to receive his ter...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Modi names Bulawayo shopping mall after Mnangagwa
South Member of Parliament Rajesh Kumar Modi - popularly known as Raj Modi, is probably one of the most loved parliamentarians in the city.This is largely because of the corporate social respo...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 20:56hrs | 5072 | by Staff reporter
Drop another bomb Acie, they have gone into hiding
It's now crystal clear that the ZANU pf chefs are behind the current economic quagmire and are unwilling to resolve it. Thumbs up to Lumumba. Although Lumumba's dignity is marred by grey spots here an...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 14:39hrs | 16771 | by Isaac Nkomah
Mphokos' 'looting' trial starts
THE trial of ex-Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter-in-law, Nomagugu (36) who is accused of "looting" cash and goods from Choppies outlets without board approval starts today. Her husband, Si...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:37hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Mphokos trial dates set
THE trial dates have been set for former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela and his wife, Nomagugu who are facing charges of hijacking Choppies retail business and "looting" more than...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:23hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son, daughter-in-law appear in court
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela and his wife Nomagugu Mphoko (36) on Friday appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate's court facing charges of fraud and extortion respectively....Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2957 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar scandal rocks Zinara
AN external forensic audit has uncovered massive corruption, tax evasion and corporate governance rot at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), in which the government agency lost millio...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:38hrs | 3433 | by Staff reporter
Zinara board fired
THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza has dissolved the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) board. He said the entity's board, whose management ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss jailed for graft
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive Moses Juma, who was facing criminal abuse of office charges, was yesterday jailed for an effective two years. Juma ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:23hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
'No one killed during Zimbabwe coup'
DEFENCE and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri yesterday said no one was killed last November during Operation Restore Legacy which ushered in the new dispensation of President Mna...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:44hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko engages Welshman Ncube to fight for Choppies control
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, who was recently prohibited from interfering with the operations of their family businesses, Choppies Distribution Centre and Choppies Enter...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies launches inaugural promotion dubbed 'Big Birthday'
ZIMBABWE'S fastest growing retail firm, Choppies Supermarkets, has launched its inaugural promotion dubbed Big Birthday Promotion, in which various prizes, including cash amounting to $15 000, are goi...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:52hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi sparks fresh social media nuclear genocide
Socialite ''nouveau riche'' Genius ''Ginimbi'' Kadungure is really not an interesting character, at face value at least. His face is just about as interesting as sitting down and watching paint dry. O...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:42hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Alignment of Zimbabwe laws can't be delayed any longer
MEMBERS of the Ninth Parliament this week went through an induction and orientation exercise in order to familiarise them with parliamentary processes and procedures and flag out some of the issues in...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 170 | by John Makamure
Choppies suspended on JSE, Botswana Stock Exchange
THE Botswana and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges have suspended trading of Choppies' shares pending clarification over the supermarket chain's failure to release financial results for the year ended 30 J...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slammed for scrapping gukurahundi ministry
THE silence around the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet, speaks a lot on the Zanu-PF led government`s insincerity in addressing the country`s p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2959 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies congratulates Mnangagwa
Choppies Enterprises Zimbabwe owned by deposed former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has congratulated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Vice President Mohadi and Chiwenga.Mphoko is currentl...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1522 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko slowly losing Choppies' battle
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is slowly but surely losing grip on the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe, run by Nanavac Investments.Choppies entered the Z...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 3419 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son arrested
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has been arrested for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" more than $50 000 worth of cash and goods from the outl...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's daughter-in-law arrested
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter-in-law has been arrested for allegedly ordering 15 Choppies Supermarket managers in Bulawayo to unlawfully dispense over $30 000 cash from their poi...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's daughter-in-law faces extortion charges
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter-in-law has been arrested for allegedly ordering 15 Choppies Supermarket managers in Bulawayo to unlawfully dispense more than $30 000 cash from thei...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela: Lion King that is about to roar
The Lion is not called "Lion King" for no reason. Paul Siwela is the Lion King that is about to roar and when he does (roar) all other animals in the political jungle will go to hiding.In the ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 3132 | by Israel Dube
Grace Mugabe ally fights for pension payment
Former deputy president Phelekezela Mphoko is still not receiving his pension, four months after government promised to settle it, a report says.Mphoko - a Grace Mugabe ally - lost his job aft...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | 2755 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko engages Welshman Ncube to fight his battles
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his pension, despite government undertaking to settle it four months ago.Mphoko's lawyer Welshman Ncube said his client, who still ha...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | 5103 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1220 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
Mphoko loses $50 million lawsuit
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has lost his staggering $50 million lawsuit against the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) - the publishers of the Daily News, Daily News on Sunday and th...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:11hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Zinara finance manager nails CEO in graft trial
A Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance manager yesterday recounted in court how former chief executive officer Moses Juma made him sign a back-dated document that reportedly conceal...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:46hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 746 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Mnangagwa name-dropping saves Zvorwadza
National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) president Sten Zvorwadza was yesterday told to prioritise court business after he sought a postponement of his attempted arson trial to go and meet with Pres...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 13:39hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's ally in hot soup
A former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employee who was released from police custody by ex-vice president Phelekezela Mphoko in 2016 is now facing criminal prosecution over graft char...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:02hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of 'looting' Choppies cash
THE Mphoko family has come under fire for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" cash from the outlets countrywide without board approval.Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko, son to t...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1186 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko would not accept a hostile takeover bid
THE battle for the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - on paper owned 51% by Nanavac Investments run by former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's family and 49% by Botswana...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | 3244 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of funding Mthwakazi
Choppies chairperson, Festus Mogae has written a strongly worded letter to Choppies Zimbabwe's 51% shareholder, former vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, demanding that he relinquish his Choppies sha...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | 5546 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies fails to pay Zimra
THE government has distributed to Bulawayo hospitals foodstuff confiscated from former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's trucks at Beitbridge border post by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)....Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1272 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko, Festus Mogae fights over Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:24hrs | 2377 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko battles to keep Choppies
A TITANIC battle for the control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - pitting former Botswana president Festus Mogae and his business partners on one side and former vice-president Phelekezela Mph...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:10hrs | 3833 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo is right about Kasukuwere after all!
Can someone tell me kuti zvinombofambiswa seiko munyika muno – how can two border jumpers be treated differently like that? I mean Saviour Kasukuwere and our President ED. We all know that the...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:54hrs | 15718 | by Mapombi
Chamisa was spot on when he sent Tamborinyoka packing
Little Chamisa was spot on when he sent Luke "Lukezha" Tamborinyoka packing. However, I am not sure he was spot on in taking on board Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. I see lots of turbulence in the coming weeks...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:42hrs | 833 | by Bishop
Mnangagwa grooming Kasukuwere as Zanu PF And Presidential Successor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly grooming former Mugabe cabinet minister and ousted Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, to be his preferred ruling party successor and possible ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 14939 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mphoko disowned
AS the adage does, when the times are dark, friends are few and former Vice-President Phelekezela is finding out this the hard way.Zanu-PF's aspiring parliamentary candidate for Bulawayo South...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 34634 | by WikiLeaks
Mphoko yet to get terminal benefits
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his government pensions and other benefits, more than six months after being forced out through a military intervention.His lawyer We...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zvorwadza anti-Mphoko protest trial date set
NATIONAL Vendors' Union leader, Sten Zvorwadza, has been summoned to appear in court on June 1 for trial in a case where he stands accused of threatening to burn Rainbow Towers Hotel in protest over f...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:34hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Disgruntled MDC-T protesters block offices
BUSINESS at the MDC-T provincial offices in Chinhoyi was briefly grounded last week, after more than 50 disgruntled members blocked the main gate in protest over alleged imposition of candidates to co...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
RGM to be removed from Zimbabwe Airways
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday said the political plates affixed to the planes - Mugabe (RGM), President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko (PM) were just t...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 6043 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Mugabe's son-in-law
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday insisted former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore had no shareholding in Zimbabwe Airways which he said was wholly government-owned.Gu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance battle to succeed Ian Kay intensifies
THE battle to represent the MDC Alliance in Marondera Central has intensified with two aspiring candidates reportedly returned from the Diaspora ahead of the looming party primary elections.Th...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
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