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King Munhumutapa to Spend Xmas, New Year Behind Bars
Self-imposed King Munhumutapa Timothy Chiminya, who was arrested on Monday, will spend Christmas and New Year behind bars after being committed to remand prison for a mental health evaluation by...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 09:27hrs | 1295 | by Dickson Bandera
Granny burnt alive, child smashed to death
MANYAYA Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge was last Sunday plunged into deep mourning following a spine-chilling and mind-boggling incident in which a man burnt a defenceless granny beyond recogni...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver 'loses manhood'
In a bizarre turn of events, a truck driver traveling from the DRC to Zambia allegedly experienced a horrifying ordeal in Beitbridge. After an all-night encounter with a married commercial sex worker ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for CCC MP, accomplices
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joanah Mamombe and her co-accused, Makomborero Haruziviishe and Tererai Obey Sithole, will learn their fate today regarding charges of incitin...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lone anti-govt protester pleads guilty
A Harare resident, Itai Makombe (51) who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josiah Tongogara streets has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and unlawful ...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Uebert Angel telling lies'
UNDERCOVER journalists who were posing as Chinese gangsters seeking to smuggle US$1.2 billion in Al Jazeera's four-episode investigative documentary have denied ever desiring to meet President Emmerso...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO bosses dismiss Uebert Angel claims on their role in Gold Mafia
STATE security service Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) bosses say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel (real surname Mudzanire), a selfstyled prophet, dang...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Analysts' 'grill' Gold Mafia documentary producer
ANALYSTS' on Sunday took AL Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary producer over hot coals for misinterpreting the country's mining value chain among other inconsistencies with the Qatar based news network ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel reveals calls to Mnangagwa's wife, son were recorded during Al Jazeera exposé
Ubert Angel, a self-proclaimed prophet and one of Zimbabwe's most influential diplomats, has revealed Al Jazeera recorded his telephone conversation with the state leader's wife and one of his sons du...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exposed
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been left exposed and politically vulnerable following ground-breaking revelations by Qatar-based international television network Al Jazeera's of gold...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamonds sold for a song
Zimbabwe often sells its diamonds below market prices as they are not sought for and are even explicitly banned by major jewellery retailers for ethical reasons," ReportZIMBABWE is allegedly s...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for mocking Mnangagwa
A Rushinga man has been remanded out of custody to November 28 on charges of mocking President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his claims that the country has the strongest currency in the Southern African De...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement effort faces brickwall
The Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive is largely influenced by many issues, chief among them political instability, democracy, high inflation and unemployment.Through the ongoing re-engagem...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | | by Nomatter Jakachira
Epworth residents acquitted after by-elections campaign arrest
HARARE Magistrate Ruth Moyo on Thursday 22 September 2022 acquitted three residents of Epworth, who had been on trial answering to public violence charges after they were arrested during the run-up to...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
State witness admits to lying in CCC activists protest case
A-STATE witness in the trial of opposition MP Johana Mamombe and four others who are accused of violating COVID-19 regulations yesterday admitted in court that he lied while giving his statement to th...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bata puts faith on Zimbabwe economy: US$5 million in plant and machinery
BATA Shoe Company Zimbabwe has invested over US$5 million in plant and machinery, in sheer demonstration of confidence in the economy.The company recently installed a polyurethane pouring plan...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's envoy to refurbish Gwanzura stadium
PRESIDENTIAL envoy and Ambassador-At-Large to the Americas and Europe, Prophet Uebert Angel, has pledged to bring in more investors to partner him in refurbishing Gwanzura Stadium after he injected an...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC activists application for exception dismissed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception by five MDC Alliance activists accused of violating COVID-19 regulations.Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe, Stanley Manyenga, C...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court acquits slogan chanting duo
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday set free two Harare residents who had been on trial on charges of disorderly conduct for allegedly chanting a slogan while attending a court session for pro...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 12:48hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance trio acquitted
THREE MDC Alliance activists, who were arrested and arraigned before the courts for criminal nuisance, were yesterday acquitted by Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko.Kudakwashe Butau, Ngonidzash...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
5 MDC Alliance activists want charges dropped
FIVE MDC Alliance youth members, who are being accused of violating COVID-19 regulations after they held a protest against government's alleged failure to cushion the public during the lockdown, have ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks magistrate's recusal
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday asked the presiding magistrate to recuse herself since her impartiality was compromised because of her previous averments.Chin'...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 protesting teachers arrested
TEN teachers were arrested yesterday in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, for protesting against non-payment of salaries by government.Their lawyer Gift Mtisi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Madzokere abandoned by wife
FREED MDC activist Tungamirai Madzokere carried a broken figure as he narrated how he only got to know his wife had abandoned their matrimonial home eight months ago.Dejected and seemingly out...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono application for exception dismissed by court
HARARE magistrate Vongai Guwuriro yesterday dismissed journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's application for exception to the public violence charge, saying the issues raised against him have to be heard in a...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono lawyers blocked from addressing journalists
POLICE yesterday blocked journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers from addressing journalists at the Harare Magistrates Courts where he was facing charges of inciting public violence.Chin'ono's ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks removal from remand
JOURNAlIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is facing three charges of incitement to commit public violence and another of disseminating falsehoods, has put the State on notice to apply for removal from remand ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Molested' MDC Alliance official arrested for reporting abuse
AN MDC alliance official was arrested at the Harare Magistrates Courts on Tuesday for accusing police officers of fondling her breasts.Vongai Tome was allegedly fondled by a police officer who...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man swindles bank clients through system malfunction
A HARARE man yesterday appeared in court for swindling CABS Bank clients of $533 000 after taking advantage of a system malfunction at the financial institution.The suspect, Israel Magate (31)...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZNA clears air on Chipinge incident
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed a report by a non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) alleging the army concealed evidence that its troops deployed in Chipinge a...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers up for murdering villager
Two army officers and four civilians were arrested by police for allegedly assaulting and killing a local man following an altercation.The soldiers, Vitalis Dube of Shamva and Terence Kagogoda...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social media users lash Prophet Java
Self-styled Prophet Passion Java touched off a storm and attracted immediate backlash on social media Saturday after falsely claiming that comedian Madam Boss had succumbed to Covid-19.Java po...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Nyikayaramba
VICE President Chiwenga has described the late National Hero, Cde Douglas Nyikayaramba, who was Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Mozambique as a "gallant son of the soil" who contributed immensely to the libe...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Human rights activists demand release of UZ student who called for Mnangagwa ouster
THE hardest part about being a parent is watching your children go through difficult and rough experiences and not being able to do anything for them.Such is the feeling of Jephias Moyo, whose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ student gives minister ultimatum
ALLAN Moyo, a University of Zimbabwe student, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | | by Miriam Mangwaya
Chiwenga's 'brother' implicated as foreign firms defy govt ban on river bank mining
FOREIGN-LINKED companies - particularly from China and Belarus - are deploying heavy machinery to river banks to mine for gold under the guise that they are desilting the watercourses, it has emerged....Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
School head in car accident
Chibuwe High School head walked from a car accident with minor injuries after the school minibus he was driving while being towed overturned and landed on the side.The accident happened at aro...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks bail relaxation
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is facing charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, is seeking relaxation of his bail conditions to go to South Africa to seek medical attention, a H...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail appeal ruling tomorrow
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has deferred the ruling on a bail application by incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono to tomorrow.Chin'ono is in custody at Chikurubi Maximum Secu...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono appeals to the High Court
DETAINED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has approached the High Court challenging Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa's decision to deny him bail.Chin'ono through his lawyers Beatrice ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono denied bail
TORMENTED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been denied bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who concurred with prosecutors the scribe had "propensity" to continue committing the same ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stands in solidarity with Chin'ono
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he stood in solidarity with people who fight to promote professionalism at the courts.Chamisa yesterday attended the bail hearing at the Harar...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court tells Mtetwa stop embarrassing the State
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday castigated Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa for embarrassing State prosecutors after she told the court that corruption was stopping prosecutors...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono lawyer wants magistrate arrested
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers yesterday said magistrate Ngoni Nduna should be arrested and face trial for querying why the State did not oppose bail in Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggling cas...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defiant Chin'ono to spend weekend in custody
INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono will spend the weekend at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday postponed the matter to Monday.Chin'ono appea...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama as Chin'ono is brought to court late
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday as journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's was brought to court well after all the courts had closed for business and staff knocked off.A speci...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono arrested over Chief Justice Malaba allegations
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been arrested over Twitter claims Chief Justice Luke Malaba was interfering with his case.Chin'ono was arrested July this year over claims of inciting public v...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecution stands firm on Chin'ono recusal application
Judicial officers must refuse to be bullied by applicants who believe that justice is only served when decisions are made in their favour, two prosecutors said yesterday when calling for the dismissal...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff writer
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