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Ex-NatPharm manager wins US$1m suit for unfair dismissal
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has ordered the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) to pay its former procurement manager, Raguel Mthombeni, nearly US$1 million for his unfair ...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:32hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Policeman loses car to robbers in Zimbabwe
Two men, Luckmore Tasaruka (26) and Tatenda Saidi (30), from Domboshava, have appeared in court for allegedly hijacking a policeman's vehicle after hiring him for a trip to Mhondoro. The duo, charged ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 14:17hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans unite over boycott
Highlanders Football Club supporters have come together in support of a proposed boycott of their remaining Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches, starting with Sunday's fixture against ZPC...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:09hrs | 2486 | by Staff reporter
4 Cameroonians in court for falsifying Zimbabwean passports
Four Cameroonian nationals appeared in court on Saturday facing charges of falsifying information to obtain Zimbabwean birth certificates and passports. The accused - Duma Ebako Christiana Boyombe (39...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:03hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
2 000 couples divorced last year in Zimbabwe
Over 2,100 couples divorced in Zimbabwe last year, while 1,061 separations have been recorded since the start of this year, according to court records. The High Court settled 2,149 cases in 20...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:19hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mboro arrested following panga attack at a school
Four suspects have been arrested after a group of panga-wielding men intimidated teachers at a Katlehong school on Monday.According to the Gauteng education department, in a series of shocking...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 13:56hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
MDC awarded US$90,000 in showdown over Bulawayo party offices
The MDC, led by Douglas Mwonzora, has taken ownership of the opposition party offices in Bulawayo previously occupied by the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) and youths aligned to Nelson Chamisa....Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South Africans jailed after being caught driving stolen Toyota to Zimbabwe
Two suspects, Simphiwe Dhladhla, 32, and Siphiwe Sigasa, 31, were remanded in custody after appearing in court for possession of a stolen Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux GD-6 bakkie.The duo...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu and Chamisa battle over CCC party offices, court reserves judgement
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgement in a case involving the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Sengezo Tshabangu posing as its Interim Secretary General seeking spoliation damages from...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former magistrate in court for fraud
FORMER magistrate Shaun Kubonera has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding people of large sums of money after misrepresenting that had connections in the President's Office.Kub...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa denies involvement with new political movement
Nelson Chamisa, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, has claimed that he is not involved with any current political organisation or movement.This was disclosed in Chamisa's o...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 vehicles stolen in Gauteng intercepted at Beitbridge border post
Four suspected criminals, aged between 28 and 64, have been arrested as Limpopo police recovered three stolen vehicles at the Beitbridge port of entry which separates South Africa and Zimbabwe....Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC, CCC fight over Bulawayo party office
The MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora has issued a statement claiming ownership of the opposition party offices in Bulawayo now occupied by the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) party, CITE revealed....Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC youths waiting for Chamisa's signal
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party offices in Bulawayo were repainted blue while a portrait of former party leader Nelson Chamisa was also put up, fueling suspicion that this was the colour...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for foiled bid to smuggle Toyota Hilux stolen from SA to Zimbabwe via Beitbridge
A 33-year-old man, Vincente Sebastiao "Deco" Khoza, has appeared before the Modjadjiskloof Periodical Court after he was arrested by the Musina-based Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans question wisdom of an 'absentee' chairman
DEBATE has been raging on social media about the wisdom of electing office bearers based out of the country as Highlanders Election Day draws closer.Highlanders paid-up members will on 4 Febru...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Christmas Day shooting suspect arrested
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another man during a snooker game in Filabusi on Christmas Day.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested after Toyota RAV4 stolen in Gauteng
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 38-year-old Zimbabwean national during an intelligence-driven operation where a stolen Toyota RAV4 vehicle was recovered.The operation was carried out on S...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South African robber no match to Zimbabwean police, shot dead
A South African national was one of two suspected criminals killed in a shootout with detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Arcadia, Harare.State media in Zimbabwe, The Herald ...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 15:54hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pastor, e-hailing driver found shot dead
A murder case has been opened with the police after an e-hailing driver who went missing on Saturday was found dead.Ison Mthombeni was found at a mortuary in Johannesburg with a bullet wound a...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park has gone dry for more than two weeks
For over two weeks, a significant portion of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo has been without water, exposing more than 1,000 residents to the risk of waterborne diseases. This situation has raised concerns ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga cleared of rape
At the conclusion of the prosecution's case, Harare regional magistrate Mr. Stanford Mambanje has acquitted Charles Guvamatanga, a music promoter and director of Kuziva Holdings, known in entertainmen...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland sweeps away big guns
SOME five months ago, Zimbabwe's Finance minister Mthuli Ncube sauntered like a decorated knight in shining armour into Cowdray Park, a sprawling settlement north west of Bulawayo.The professo...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gains majority of proportional representation seats in Matebeleland
ZANU-PF has clinched a majority of party proportional representation seats in Bulawayo and Matebeleland South provinces while the main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) secured mor...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rallies Zanu-PF supporters
Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday implored citizens to remain resolute in safeguarding the gains of the country's liberation struggle by voting for ruling party in t...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family in close shave with death
A BULAWAYO family is lucky to be alive after a close shave with a venomous snake on Wednesday afternoon at their home in North End suburb. The snake was reportedly hiding in a water vase. ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Israel Moyo bounces back at Highlanders
FORMER Highlanders Football Club secretary-general Israel Moyo has bounced back at the club after being co-opted to fill the vacant treasurer's position.The vacancy arose last week after Busan...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF names candidates for Matebeleland North provincial council
ZANU-PF Matebeleland North province has selected 10 candidates who will represent the party in the Provincial Council in line with the country's Constitution.The Constitution provides for a ne...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso auditors quit amid threats, tensions
HIGHLANDERS Football Club is facing a crisis that threatens its reputation and financial stability. Recent events have unfolded, leading to the resignation of the club's auditors, PNA Chartered Accoun...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso treasurer quits
HIGHLANDERS Football Club treasurer Busani Mthombeni has resigned midway through his three-year term. Mthombeni quit his post on last (Tuesday) night after presenting the club's 2023 budget du...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 10:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso executives survive vote of no confidence
HIGHLANDERS Football Club's executive survived a vote of no confidence after the auditors issued an adverse opinion on the club's financials which paints a bad picture of the institution.An ad...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders' books open to manipulation
HIGHLANDERS Football Club is battling the flames that are threatening the stability of the club after auditors flagged some discrepancies in the club's books.According to a report sent to mana...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa books rematch with Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has reportedly been unanimously nominated to stand as party presidential candidate in this year's polls.Chamisa, the foundi...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans ecstatic about Madinda return
A majority of Highlanders Football Club's followers have hailed management's decision to engage club legend Madinda Ndlovu as first team and director of junior development.Bosso followers beli...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders' financials: Something is STINKING!
HIGHLANDERS Football Club's bonafide members will have to wait a bit longer to receive audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022 after it emerged that the auditors are yet to ...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I-Bosso yakhiwa ngabaniniyo'
FEBRUARY is significant in the history of Zimbabwean football as it is the month the country's oldest football club Highlanders was formed.Established at royal level, Highlanders have overcome...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa refuses to hand over phone evidence
THREE Zanu-PF party members who were arrested for inciting other party activists to commit acts of violence against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) at the burial of a party member Shepher...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
God, Highlanders and everything else after ... life of Bosso treasurer
BEING an ordained minister of the gospel of Christ and holding a top post at one of the country's top clubs can never be an easy task.However, for Highlanders FC treasurer Busani Mthombeni, th...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda windfall for Bosso
CHARMED by Highlanders' improved second half of the season performance in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, the club's principal sponsors, giant energy company Sakunda Holdings has offered 250 p...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Silla raring to go
HIGHLANDERS midfielder Adrian Silla is bouncing back after four weeks of inactivity over disciplinary issues and could be part of the team when the giants date Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premie...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chilonga land grab resistance intensifies
EIGHT community leaders from Chilonga area were briefly detained at Chiredzi Police Station on Thursday after continuously resisting the establishment of lucerne plantations on their ancestral land....Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso leadership watches PSG, off to Barcelona
FRENCH football giants Paris St German are the first side the Highlanders leadership, which is on a tour of Europe has visited.Members of the Bosso hierarchy were part of the crowd that watche...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF old guard wins central committee elections in Matebeleland
Most of the senior Zanu-PF members in Matebeleland won in the party's central committee elections held on Saturday.The central committee is the party's highest decision-making body outside of ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders leadership leaves for Europe
THE Highlanders leadership left the country yesterday for a tour of Europe that will see them going to France, England, Spain and Belgium to visit yet-to-be-named clubs.The tour is a learning ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losing Tsholotsho South Zapu candidate accuses Zanu-PF of cheating
LOSING Zapu Tsholotsho South candidate Leonard Mthombeni has claimed rigging by the ruling Zanu-PF party in the March 26 by-elections, and vowed to go all out for victory in elections expected next ye...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC dismisses true story on Khupe office donation
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo province has dismissed claims that former MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe donated offices to the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party.We reported th...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to age of consent ruling
LAWYERS yesterday reacted differently to the Constitutional Court's Tuesday ruling that raised the age of consent for sexual relations from 16 to 18, to meet the minimum age of marriage as set in the ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stunner in court for assaulting wife
HIP HOP singer Stunner, born Desmond Chideme, appeared in court today on allegations of assaulting his wife, Dyonne Tafirenyika following a misunderstanding over her phone after his weekend's performa...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora supporters in failed bid to seize CCC Bulawayo office
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) security Thursday thwarted attempts by MDC-T supporters to seize their party's Bulawayo offices, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The incident happened when CCC â...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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